Month: January 2018

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Try out Sakura for free in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition from January 16th-23rd

Still undecided on pulling the trigger for the Season 3 Character Pass for Street Fighter V? Well, Capcom will be letting people try out Sakura for free during her launch week. During this free week, you’ll be able to play through her Story mode, complete her trials and play her online — but beware! Any XP or Fight Money that you earn with Sakura will disappear once the free trial ends on January 23rd. You can get this missing XP and FM back should you purchase Sakura, so don’t worry about it being lost in the ether forever.

Sakura can be purchased individually with either Fight Money or real world cash, or as part of the Season 3 Character Pass. Do note that buying Sakura with Fight Money does not get you access to her Battle Costume or extra colors.

Hopefully, Capcom will continue this trend and offer all new fighters a trial period so players can try before they buy!

Source: Capcom-Unity

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Crowfall – Male Nethari & Male Half-Elf Revealed in New Dev Blog

ArtCraft’s Melissa Preston has taken to the Crowfall site to introduce fans and players to a pair of new characters: the male Nethari and the male Half-Elf. The Nethari can play as a confessor, Templar or Assassin, while the Half-Elf can play as Ranger, Assassin or Druid. The blog post goes into a bit of lore behind the race as well as how the original models have been adapted for the opposite gender, in this case for males.

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– CES 2018 Thoughts

I don’t typically write about technology here at MMORPG.com, but I do like to follow it. CES (Consumer Electronics Show) is the E3 of the technology world and I look forward to it each year. There’s usually a lot of junk at CES, but the cool stuff tends to set the stage for what we can expect in technology for the year and offer some exciting hints for the future.

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SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy is coming to Nintendo Switch this summer [UPDATE]

UPDATE: Turns out SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy is coming to PS4 as well, along with a special Diamond Dream Edition. This collector’s edition comes with a two-disc OST, an artbook, a special lapel pin set, a special collector’s box, as well as a Fatal Cutie cap, a sleeveless Mai Shiranui shirt, a SNK sweatband and even a themed workout towel. If you’re really into your SNK heroines, you can pre-order this collector’s edition over on the NISA online store for $119.99.

SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy Diamond Dream Edition

Original story: Revealed during today’s Nintendo Direct Mini, SNK and NIS America have revealed a brand new 2v2 fighter, which has all of SNK’s leading ladies battling it out. Titled SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy, this tag fighter can have up to four players clashing in either local play or online — with a fighting system that a little more chaotic when compared other SNK games.

Along with simplified special moves which can be performed with a single button, players can utilize items that spawn on screen to turn the tide of a fight. It’s not enough just to reduce your opponent’s health to zero though, as you can only finish off an opponent in SNK Heroines by using a Dream Finish — a character-specific super move.

So far, Athena Asamiya, Kula Diamond, Mai Shiranui, Leona Heidern and Yuri Sakazaki have been confirmed as playable fighters — with more to be announced in the future. Every character in SNK Heroines can be customized with different outfits, accessories and even voice clips, so you can really make your favorite fighters stand out.

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Acting as a spiritual successor to SNK Gals’ Fighters back on the Neo Geo Pocket Color, SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy is scheduled to launch on Nintendo Switch this summer.

Source: Nintendo

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Pokkén Tournament DX’s Battle Pack DLC adds Aegislash and Blastoise as new fighters

Announced as part of today’s Nintendo Direct Mini, Pokkén Tournament DX is getting new fighters, as part of its Battle Pack DLC. This DLC comes in two waves and will add two new Battle Pokémon, as well as four new Support Pokémon.

The first wave adds the Living Weapon Pokémon Aegislash as a playable character, along with Mega Rayquaza and Mimikyu as Supports. Based on the small bit of gameplay footage that was shown off, Aegislash looks to be quite a technical fighter, as players will need to master its Sword and its Shield forms to succeed in battle. This first DLC wave will launch on January 31st.

The second wave adds Blastoise, the Shellfish Pokémon as a playable fighter, as well as Mew and Celebi as Supports. Unfortunately, we didn’t see any footage of Blastoise in action, but I imagine he’ll act as a bulky zoning character. Wave 2 will release on March 23rd, and you can buy the Battle Pack over on the Nintendo Eshop right now. As a bonus for pre-purchasing, you’ll get some new avatar customization options to use straight away.

Check out the Nintendo Direct Mini below; the Pokkén portion of the presentation starts at 1:26.

Source: Nintendo