Author: Casey "Waveflame" Rinaldi

After its initial announcement in August, Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe has released a new character reveal trailer for the mobile version of Tekken, revealing that King will be joining the game’s roster.

The trailer notes that King is a technical fighter, with a “Throw-based Hold attack” and high Waza Card damage. Over the course of his brief gameplay footage, we can see that the masked grappler’s signature Chain Throws, Shining Wizard, Giant Swing and Rage Art are all still faithfully intact. You can see the full trailer below.

Tekken will be released for both iOS and Android devices in Japan, North America and Europe, with a release date yet to be revealed. Pre-registration is now open at tekken-mobile.com. A soft launch of the game is currently ongoing in Canada.

Source: Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe

After its initial announcement in August, Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe has released a new character reveal trailer for the mobile version of Tekken, revealing that King will be joining the game’s roster.

The trailer notes that King is a technical fighter, with a “Throw-based Hold attack” and high Waza Card damage. Over the course of his brief gameplay footage, we can see that the masked grappler’s signature Chain Throws, Shining Wizard, Giant Swing and Rage Art are all still faithfully intact. You can see the full trailer below.

Tekken will be released for both iOS and Android devices in Japan, North America and Europe, with a release date yet to be revealed. Pre-registration is now open at tekken-mobile.com. A soft launch of the game is currently ongoing in Canada.

Source: Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe

Taking a break from his anime and manga reference videos for the playable cast of Dragon Ball FighterZ, IKevinX has begun creating a series of character concept videos for characters he’d like to see in the game: specifically, Dragon Ball Super‘s Legendary Assassin of Universe 6, Hit; Beerus, the Universe 7 God of Destruction; and the devious pair of Goku Black and Zamasu, who seek to deliver divine justice with the eradication of all mortal beings.

These videos utilize references from both the Dragon Ball Super anime and manga in order to give viewers his personal idea of what these fighters could do if they were to make it into the game, with everything ranging from the intros and victory animations, to the entire moveset of normals, specials and supers. He even has a creative idea in imaging how Goku Black and Zamasu could work as a tandem character — similarly to how Androids 17 and 18 were implemented — that I’d really like to see come to fruition, as it seems like something Arc System Works and Bandai Namco Entertainment could successfully pull off. You can see all three videos below.

What do you think of these character concepts? Would you like to see these four represent Dragon Ball Super in Dragon Ball FighterZ? Are there any other character concept videos you’d like to see from IKevinX? Let us know in the comments.

Dragon Ball FighterZ will be released in February 2018 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Steam PC, in both standard and CollectorZ Editions. An Open Beta test will be held closer to the game’s release — with pre-orders gaining early access to it, as well as early unlocks for Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan Goku and Vegeta, along with two exclusive online lobby avatars.

Source: IKevinX

Marvel Entertainment has returned with Part 2 of their Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite behind-the-scenes documentary: “Bringing the Story Mode to Life.” This time, the Executive Creative Director of Marvel Games, Bill Rosemann, Capcom writer Paul Gardner, Capcom Associate Brand Manager Brett Elston, and the game’s producer, Capcom’s Mike Evans, speak about the process of writing the 2-hour-plus Cinematic Story Mode, which is a first for the Marvel vs. Capcom franchise.

“This time around, we decided, let’s really get into what has brought the characters together. I know as a Marvel fan, I always want a story,” said Rosemann.

With 30 playable characters, along with several NPCs and DLC characters Sigma, Black Panther and Monster Hunter making appearances, the team felt it was best suited to introduce characters in various groups of teams on “Stone Missons.”

“One of the things that was very fun early on was thinking of what character pairings would work, and even if they didn’t work throughout the entirety of the Story, they would at least set up good moments,” Elston noted.

Writer Paul Gardner best summed this up in the interactions between Spider-Man and Frank West, as they infiltrate the newly-formed A.I.M.brella Corporation, along with Resident Evil‘s Chris Redfield.

“They both have a similar kind of way of dealing with the world through their wit. The difference is, Spider-Man kind of uses his wit as a weapon, and Frank’s using his wit as a shield.” He also noted how much he enjoyed writing for Ghost Rider and Morrigan.

“Morrigan is a succubus, and so she draws her power from seduction. Ghost Rider is very stoic and he’s kind of almost immune to her charms.”

Other topics discussed include the decision to make Xgard Ultron Sigma’s base of operations, how Jedah’s use of the Soul Stone has corrupted his usual code of honor, ensuring that they preserved the spirit and voice of each character, as well as “peeling back the layers” to show what led to the beginning of the Convergence, as well as weaving all of the characters and their various quests back into the scope of the overall narrative.

Paul Gardner closed with the following statement:

“You know, we’re a game first and foremost. The goal of the Story is to give meaning, motivation, substance and a sense of stakes, to the gameplay.” You can see the full video below, and can check out Part 1 of MvC:I BTS here.

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite is currently available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Steam PC.

Source: Marvel Entertainment

Maximilian is back with more of his character breakdowns for the cast of Dragon Ball FighterZ, this time moving on to the first member of the game’s villainous trio, Perfect Cell. Noting that while Android 16 currently stands as his favorite character in the game, Max feels that Perfect Cell is the character he’s likely best with, due to a combination of “really good normals, really good approaching advancing attacks, supers that lead from almost any situation that you can think of to do them from, and EX special moves that bring you back down to parts of the screen where your other team members can act from. He’s just multi-utility, really damn good, a great comeback character.”

Not at all surprising, given that Dr. Gero’s greatest creation contains the combined DNA of Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo, Frieza, King Cold, Nappa, Krillin and Gohan, along with countless lifeforms. He also has absorbed the bodies of Androids 17 and 18 into himself, allowing him to utilize any of their techniques he wishes, making him the ultimate fighting machine.

Cell’s normals are some of the longest in the game, with his crouching medium being an M. Bison-esque slide he’s possessed throughout multiple Dragon Ball games, while his special skill, the step-in low kick, allows him to move forward during combos to tack on a few more hits and a bit more damage. His Hell Strike immediately teleports him behind his foes, allowing Cell to connect with a swiping strike, which is great for closing out rounds. It can also be canceled into Vanish for a bar, allowing the perfect specimen to confound his challengers with multiple teleports for even more perfectly deceptive mix-ups.

For his Ki Blasts, Cell points downward, blasting at his opponent’s feet, while his aerial Ki attack sees him toss a slashing blast, which looks similar to Rugal’s Genocide Cutter. Cell’s specials include his Telekinesis Crush (which Max sadly got no footage of), which is a full-screen unblockable command grab utilizing QCB+S. The Rolling Crush lunges Cell forward if grounded, or he dives forward if airborne. This causes a hard knockdown, and is super, special and Vanish-cancelable. His aptly-named Perfect Attack is a flip-kick that, when EXed, knocks the opponent to the ground regardless of screen location, where Cell finishes them with a backbreaker — even if already KOed. Since this move is super-cancelable, it is perfect for DHC opportunities — especially if Cell is paired with Teen Gohan, whose supers can only be executed when he is in a grounded state. Perfect Cell’s Kamehameha can only be done on the ground, unlike the Saiyans, but if you hold up or down, Cell will either aim upwards as an anti-air, or at a down-forward angle off of an automatic jump.

Cell only has two super special moves, the Level 1 Energy Field and the Level 3 Solar Kamehameha. The Energy Field covers a massive circular radius around him, and is excellent for waking up, tacking on extra damage, or DHCing him out or into the battle. The Solar Kamehameha can only be used on the ground, but covers a wide screen space and does good damage (even at the end of combos) and can easily be connected off of heavy Perfect Attack for the hefty cost of 4 bars. You can see the full video below, with links to his previous breakdowns.

• Future Trunks
• Piccolo, Android 16 & Android 18
• Krillin
• Goku
• Vegeta
• Teen Gohan

Dragon Ball FighterZ will be released in February 2018 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Steam PC.

Source: Maximilian Dood

After covering the game’s combo system, Unequalled Media’s Tyrant is back with episode 4 of his Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite beginner’s guide, this time looking at movement and wavedashing. One of — if the not the most important — aspects of any Versus game is proper movement. While it’s an essential component of any fighting game you’re trying to play, in a game filled with traps, projectiles, full-screen hit grabs, Dark Spells, Flame Carpets, flight, air dashes, teleports, Drones, Infinity Stones, the ability to tag in your partner at any point off of any move in your arsenal, as well as the occasional Flora Colossus… it’s in your best interest to know how to get around the screen as quickly and efficiently as possible.

After touching on the basics of both directional and two-button dashing, Tyrant moves on to the concept of wavedashing, which involves canceling your two-button dash, into a down or down-forward directional input, with each character having a different timing and rhythm to their wavedashes that will require some Training Mode time to fully utilize. However, there are two rather “dark” exceptions to this form of movement on the Capcom side of the roster. Darkstalkers representatives Morrigan Aensland and Jedah Dohma — true to their original series — possess unique “hover dashes” that will immediately force them to leave the ground, automatically putting them in a flight state which, while limiting their overall ground mobility, allows them trickier mix-up opportunities that are not afforded to the other 28 characters.

Next, Tyrant moves on to aerial movement, which includes normal and super jumps, short hops (reminiscent of The King of Fighters or Persona 4 Arena, and are new to Infinite) as well as air dashes and flight, depending on the character. You can see the full video below, as well as links to Tyrant’s previous episodes.

• Episode 1 – Gameplay Basics
• Episode 2 – Infinity Stones
• Episode 3 – Combo System

Source: UM Tyrant