Month: March 2018

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Dragon Ball FighterZ character roundup: What we’ve seen so far for Tien

Our own Tournament of Power still has a lot of time left! Keep practicing!

We’ve seen a lot of tech videos for Dragon Ball FighterZ come through our tipline, covering everything from team-building strategy, fundamental game mechanics, and combo after combo after combo, from throughout the game’s cast! Since the roundups were put together based on what came in when, not sorted by character, we’re re-compiling them by fighter to make it easier to find something for your individual team members.

This time, let’s look at what we’ve seen so far for Tien!

rooflemonger found the lack of scaling on Chiaotzu’s super — that should have been a hint that a Tien combo video wasn’t far off!

rooflemonger’s also prepared a tips and tricks video for Tien:

TheSchmogi shows what the team of Trunks, Super Saiyan Blue Vegeta, and Tien can pull off.

Persona Entertainment continues to showcase DBFZ combos, this time featuring Tien!

Here’s an example of what Sparking Blast can do for you: Tien’s “touch of death” courtesy of KOG Productions.

As always, thanks to all content creators out there, and everyone that sent in tip! Keep an eye on Shoryuken for future DBFZ roundups!

Sources: rooflemonger; TheSchmogi; Persona Entertainment; KOG Productions

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Smash-style fan game “Mega Man Arena” lets you duke it out as Mega Man and the Robot Masters

When it was announced some years back, one of the draws of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U on Wii U (and 3DS) was the ability to play as Capcom’s Mega Man. For some smashers however, that wasn’t enough. Enter Jeff “KishSquared” Kish, a Cisco engineer and Super Smash Bros. enthusiast who took the concept and expanded it with his own Smash-style Mega Man fan game: Mega Man Arena.

The premise of Mega Man Arena is as simple as it comes: take Mega Man and a slew of classic Robot Masters from Mega Man 2 and put them in a Super Smash Bros. game. The game itself sticks closer to the Mega Man side of things — not only through its 8-bit style graphics, but also through its gameplay, focusing on draining an opponents lifebar instead of trying to blast them off the stage.

In addition to this, Mega Man Arena also features a “Boss Mode” which has players taking Mega Man and the Robot Masters out against classic Dr. Wily stage bosses from the series.

Mega Man Arena is available to download for free over on its official website. Now, being a fan-made game, this does run the risk of getting shut down… However, Capcom has historically been very lenient with fan games, having actually featured one on their official Capcom-Unity blog, and even promoting another as an official game for the series’ anniversary.

Source: Mega Man Arena

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Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 “Re-Finement” patch is now live globally for console users

Though we knew that the latest update for Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 would be live in Japan today (on March 1st), the company kept quiet about the US (and other regions) — until yesterday. This week’s ArcLive — the company’s now-regular Twitch show — brought special guests Tasty Steve, Sajam, and Mike Engler from Aksys Games. They shared some exciting patch notes with the Western community.

The patch for the PlayStation 3 and 4 versions of the game already has gone live, so eager users were trying it out last night. There is no concrete date for the Steam version update (often preferred, due to smoother online connections). The patch rebalances the game and adds some new tools to certain characters. During the stream, Tasty Steve and Sajam went over the REV 2 patch notes and tried out certain characters in Training Mode. They also did a couple of Versus Mode matches.

Other than that, the episode featured some BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle matches, they played Damascus Gear Operation Tokyo for the Nintendo Switch, and discussed the fighting game community (the footage was separated into episodes).

Source: Arc System Works (YouTube)

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Dragon Ball FighterZ character roundup: What we’ve seen so far for Frieza

Our own Tournament of Power still has a lot of time left! Keep practicing!

We’ve seen a lot of tech videos for Dragon Ball FighterZ come through our tipline, covering everything from team-building strategy, fundamental game mechanics, and combo after combo after combo, from throughout the game’s cast! Since the roundups were put together based on what came in when, not sorted by character, we’re re-compiling them by fighter to make it easier to find something for your individual team members.

This time, let’s look at what we’ve seen so far for Frieza!

TeaMandem‘s Frieza looks poised to take over the Universe!

desk stages his own DBZ story with his Trunks vs. Frieza combo video. So does this officially count as fan-fiction?

As usual, Clayton “Final Showdown” Chapman has some flashy and powerful combos to show off. Check out the Frieza fireball loops!

Here’s an absurdly powerful juggle loop for Golden Frieza from Victor Thammavong.

Brian Kasugano has an extensive combo video featuring stuff for SSJ Vegeta, Krillin, Frieza, Ginyu, SSGSS Goku, and Piccolo.

AlukardNY has shared a video demonstrating some advanced combos for Frieza.

Persona Entertainment shows off a touch-of-death by way of Golden Frieza.

Moving beyond combos, GLHFtv breaks down Frieza’s neutral and moveset.

Lythero shows off big damage with his Android 16/Vegeta/Frieza team. Pretty incredible that 16 can break 5K without spending super meter!

As always, thanks to all content creators out there, and everyone that sent in tip! Keep an eye on Shoryuken for future DBFZ roundups!

Sources: TeaMandem; desk; Final Showdown; Victor Thammavong; Brian Kasugano; AlukardNY; Persona Entertainment; GLHFtv; Lythero