Month: March 2018

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Daigo Umehara shares his thoughts and reactions to the Street Fighter V set with Tokido at Kemonomichi 2

A lot has been said about the Kemonomichi 2 event that took place last weekend, especially about the clash of the titans of Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition. Echo Fox|Tokido faced off against none other than Hx.Twitch.CYG BST|Daigo Umehara, and — as most of us know already — challenger Tokido lost, and tears were shed.

Though some cast pretty negative takes on that outcome, there was much more at stake than may have first appeared. On a post-event stream, Umehara and Fuudo talked at length about the event. A Japanese blog transcribed the conversation, which then another blog, FuguTabetai, translated into English. Daigo talked about why Otani was his training partner in preparation for the showdown. Then he goes into explaining the neutral game and the drawbacks to crouching.

“If you play normally, as long as you don’t get cornered, Guile won’t lose. So you should stand and play neutral or walk forward to stay in the center of the screen,” Umehara said. “If you walk forward, you will eat your opponent’s attacks. For me, the neutral game means ‘stand and wait.’ Usually, Guile crouches and waits, but there are drawbacks to crouching.”

Addressing his feelings about Tokido, Daigo talks about Tokido’s doubts, growth, and the desire to test himself. He was happy that Tokido put so much on the line, as evidenced by his reaction to the loss.

Check out the full transcript of this fascinating and insightful conversation over on the FuguTabetai blog. Take a look at our Kemonomichi 2 results page for more information about the event itself.

Source: Twitch.tv/daigothebeasttv; FuguTabetai

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See more of the prince’s fighting style and his alternate outfits in the official Tekken 7 DLC launch trailer for Noctis

“If I didn’t know better, I’d say he’s following me…”

Bandai Namco have provided us all a better look at what the DLC3 pack brings to Tekken 7: namely guest character Noctis Lucis Caelum, along with the new Hammerhead stage, and no less than five alternate costume sets for the prince (Casual Outfit, Royal Raiment, Choco-Mog Style, Fighting King’s Raiment, and the Kingly Raiment).

In the launch trailer below, you can also see more of Noctis’ overall gameplay style, and his Armiger-powered Rage Art!

Noctis has been confirmed to be arriving as DLC for Tekken 7 on March 20, 2018.

Source: Bandai Namco Entertainment America

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Virtua Fighter 2 and Eternal Champions coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, as part of the Sega Genesis Classics collection

Last night, Sega accidentally revealed that their Sega Genesis Classics (Sega Mega Drive Classics outside the US) collection would be coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. While the company later pulled the announcement, saying that they had “jumped the gun” and would be doing a proper reveal later on, we did get a glimpse of a couple of classic Sega fighters that may be coming to consoles because of this.

The first of these is none other than Eternal Champions. Developed as Sega’s answer to the Street Fighter IIs and Mortal Kombats of the day, Eternal Champions still has a dedicated following to this day. While the version that’ll be part of the Sega Genesis Classics isn’t the superior Sega CD version, it’s still a chance for people to play a classic on modern consoles.

The more interesting game of the two however is the Genesis port of  Virtua Fighter 2. The game is both a tacit acknowledgement that the early 3D fighters were still locked to a 2D plane, and a perfect representation of Sega’s confused strategy when it came to transitioning to the 5th generation of consoles. The game itself feels more like a port of the first Virtua Fighter, lacking then-newcomers Lion and Shun Di, as well as the rest of the cast lacking many of their moves from 2. In practice, it’s more curiosity than competitive fighter.

The premature announcement for the Sega Genesis Classics collection on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One stated a release this May. Whether or not that still holds true when Sega makes their proper announcement is as of yet unknown. In the meantime, anyone curious about these two games can already check them out on Steam.

Source: US Gamer