Month: April 2018

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ZeRo opts out of competing in Super Smash Bros. on Switch

It has been a little over a month since ZeRo — the undisputed best player in the history of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U — decided to retire from competitive play in the game. While he previously stated that he’d keep his options open if a new game were to come out, little did he know that would happen sooner rather than later.

With the announcement of a new Super Smash Bros. title coming to the Switch, his resolve was certainly tested. However, given the timing of the new release, the Chilean took to YouTube to state that he was currently enjoying his time away from competition, and had no desire to compete competitively in the upcoming title. He did state that he would be learning the game, so maybe the door is still open for him to make a return at a later date.

Source: ZeRo

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Atlus is bringing Virtua Fighter crossover costumes to their upcoming Persona 3 dancing game

For any Virtua Fighter fans out there desperate for any news about their beloved franchise, here’s an interesting slice. Atlus has announced that Virtua Fighter crossover costumes will be coming to their upcoming rhythm game Persona 3: Dancing Moon Night.

The Virtual Fighter DLC costumes were announced at recent Sega Fes 2018 hosted by their parent company Sega. With it, players will be able to dress up characters in this game as characters from Virtua Fighter.

Persona 3: Dancing Moon Night is one of a pair of Persona based dancing game Atlus is releasing next month. The other game, Persona 5: Dancing Star Night will be having Sonic the Hedgehog and Yakuza crossover DLC instead.

While it’s not a new game in the storied Virtua Fighter franchise, this announcement does seem to indicate that Sega believes that the Virtua Fighter franchise is still something that people will spend money on. Here’s hoping for more Virtual Fighter in the future.

Source: Atlus

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Seth Killian interviews Justin Wong at NYU Spring Fighter 2018, talks about JWong’s beginnings in the FGC

“I couldn’t get one game on Eddie Lee in Marvel vs. Capcom… that made me want to get better.”

If you haven’t heard the story of Justin Wong’s introduction to the FGC, then Team Spooky has an excellent interview for you.

“Some kid from New York”, as the bare ’90s internet knew him originally knew him, sat down with host Seth Killian at NYU Spring Fighter 2018 to talk ancient MvC1 lore. The legend of Eddie Lee, Chinatown Fair, Marvel vs. Capcom, and more are covered in this nearly hour-long history lesson on the roots of New York’s Prodigal Son.

Source: Team Spooky

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The King of Fighters ’99 releases worldwide for Xbox One, Japan only for PlayStation 4

The King of Fighters ’99 is the latest ACA NEO GEO re-release to come to modern consoles, hot on the heels of Real Bout Fatal Fury Special’s release on the Nintendo Switch. SNK’s 6th installment of the series, this fighter introduced the “Striker” assist system into its core gameplay, making it a wild and different experience from other KOF titles up until that point. You can read more about KOF ’99’s mechanics over on the SRK wiki.

Want to pick up KOF99? Well, you may be in luck — it was released for both Xbox One and PlayStation 4, but it would seem that some PS4 fans have, bizarrely, been left out in the cold. Though KOF99 can easily be purchased on Xbox’s website worldwide, it would appear the decision was made, at the time of this writing, to only release the PS4 version to Japanese audiences.

We have to suspect that KOF ’99 will find its way to the US PlayStation store at some time in the future, just like its previous entries.

Source: hamster_corp