Author: Casey "Waveflame" Rinaldi

With ten episodes of The Fighter’s Dojo now under his belt, Genex|Frabisaur has decided to dive into the world of Tekken 7 for his next project: Marshall’s Dojo!

With many new players, including himself, looking to join the King of Iron Fist Tournament 7, this series should serve as a great springboard to anyone looking to learn the game — providing a look at a relatively new player learning the ropes from a veteran player with over a decade of experience. Enlisting the help of top Tekken player Dominique “AceUnlimited” McCowin, the two provide insight into the mentality of character choice in the 3D fighter, along with details of the stage select screen and its various icons, which contain crucial information for any player.

Next, they move on to the concepts of utilizing the “Core 4” tools of Tekken: jabs, launchers, throws, and strings, as Ace teaches the nuances of the Tekken’s poking game and how to properly utilize the game’s primary pokes and jabs in your pressure and offense. However, he strongly advises against falling into patterns that could result in you being launch-punished for big damage, as opposed to perhaps being a “go-to” or “guaranteed option,” for players in other games. You can see the full video, with training mode demonstrations, below!

For more information, you can reach out to AceUnlimited on Facebook, or, as always, hit up Frabisaur on Twitter or catch his stream at http://www.twitch.tv/frabisaur, where he will be hosting weekly episodes of Tekken Live very soon. Frabisaur also compiled more great resources to help you along your Tekken journey in the video description, so be sure to take a look.

The second episode, focusing on throwing specifically, is also already available to view:

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YogaFlame24 continues bringing us some of the most hilarious and rage-filled moments in the fighting game community, with Episode 8 of his “Top 5 Funny/Raging Moments of the Week” series.  With the newly-released Tekken 7 now in the hands of the masses, there’s yet another title that can provide hilarious sodium-chloride-filled moments for our enjoyment.

This week, we have some more NSFW meltdowns from players streaming the new 3D fighter, an unsuspecting Ed player literally slipping on a banana peel, and Secret|Poongko paying dearly for a taunt. You can experience all the salt and rage with the full video below, but be mindful of your own blood pressure when viewing.

If you’d like a clip featured in a future episode, contact YogaFlame24 on Twitter, or leave it in the comments.

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After recapping the story of the first three games last month, Bandai Namco Entertainment America completes its effort to recap the franchise’s lore — for players looking to witness the end of The Mishima Saga — with Part 2 of the “Tekken Retro Recap.”

Once again, Dutton Films Animation provides a nostalgic 8-bit, sprite-based, RPG-style recap, this time for Tekken 4-6. Events such as Heihachi being caught in the middle of a clash between Jin and Kazuya’s Devil forms, Jinpachi being surprisingly accepting of being killed by Jin before his possessed form wrecks havoc, Kazuya and Heihachi’s back-to-back battle against a horde of Jack-4’s, and epic battles against Azazel are hilariously spoofed. Catch the video below to complete your primer on the history on Tekken lore, and have another good laugh.

Tekken 7 is available now on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Steam.

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After a long series of delays and CFN beta tests, Street Fighter V’s massive Season 2.5 update finally launched on May 30th, bringing with it a slew of new features, as well as shaking up the competitive meta with lots of balance changes — including health adjustments and new moves for several members of the cast. In order to get players up to speed, CrossUPDP has recapped all of the changes, character by character, in his latest video. After demonstrating each, he provides some hilarious commentary on how he feels each fighter made it out of the update. You can see the full video below!

Are you enjoying SFV’s Season 2.5 update so far? Let us know what you think in the comments below!

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After a lengthy break, The Fighters Generation webmaster Frank Yagami is back to counting down his top 10 favorite fighting games, again, in no particular order. This time, Yagami takes a special look at the series he is perhaps known best for, given his reviews and myriad of match uploads: Tekken.

He’s a huge fan of the series since its initial installment, due to Namco’s penchant for creating a unique and diverse cast of characters, as well as continuously pushing the franchise foward in terms of animations, additional moves, and deeply complex mechanics. He notes that two titles from The King of the Iron Fist have made his list, with Tekken 5/Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection coming in at #6. After declaring it “The greatest experience I’ve ever had playing an arcade game, period,” due to living a few hours away from several outlets with thriving offline scenes–most notably Beachland Arcade–he praises the entry for coming at a time (2004-2005) when other fighting game developers didn’t have much going on in the way of new or memorable titles. He also brought up the innovative design choices of adding DualShock 2 ports to the cabinets, allowing players to bring their personal controllers from home to use, as well as being the first fighting game to use the card system that is now commonplace in Japanese Arcades, allowing players to keep track of their personal stats, as well as their customized characters. After finally touching upon Dark Resurrection‘s online component, as well as his little-known 1st-place victory at CEO 2010, Yagami moves on to an Honorable Mention that didn’t make his list: Tekken 6.

Though he praises the Bound System and the game’s detailed character models (that are even superior to its successor, Tekken Tag Tournament 2) he notes it missed the bar, due to the lack of a widespread arcade release in North America. Arcades were dying out in this country, and the cabinet being too expensive for most remaining arcade owners to afford–since it cost a whopping $10,000-$11,000.

Finally, Yagami moves on to the #5 title of his list, which is, of course, Tekken Tag Tournament 2. Though certainly an unforgiving game for newcomers, Yagami joyfully recalls the sheer amount of creativity the game allows in terms of combos, as well as the Tag System and massive roster size–though he admits he’s ready to return to 1V1 in Tekken 7.

You can catch the full video below–which is certainly a great watch for any and all Tekken fans, especially if you were around the community in those days.

You can check his other vlogs, which include Samurai Shodown 2 & Street Fighter Alpha 3, as well as Garou: Mark of the Wolves, here and here.

As we gear up for the release of Tekken 7, feel free to share some of your favorite Tekken memories and franchise entries in the comments below!

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With a ton of tournament action going down last weekend between the Street Fighter V ELEAGUE‘s season finale, Combo Breaker and the Red Bull Kumite, it’s no stretch to believe that YogaFlame24 would have an overabundance of material for the next episode of his new series. This week, he’s rebranded it to be Episode 7 of the “Top 10 FGC Plays of the Week,” expanding his collection of clips to include Killer Instinct and Injustice 2, as well as the usual Street Fighter V highlights.

This week’s selection includes another celebratory (NSFW!) pop-off from Infused|Imstilldadaddy after he successfully Sonic Boom-looped an Ibuki player, -Hoji- Raging Demon-ing through Urien’s Aegis Reflector, XYZZY’s heart-stopping victory over Twitch.Hx.CYG BST|Daigo Umehara at Red Bull Kumite, Choxie’s impressive Kolin comeback against TKUDemarcus’s Juri, Critical Reaction’s Honeybee making a magic pixel comeback against Noble|Raptor’s Robin, Ultra Arcade’s Wheels preventing a 3-0 against HW|Valoraxe in the second Set of Killer Instinct Grand Finals, and much more. You can catch the full video, and all the hype it contains, below.

If you’d like to see your clips featured in a future episode, contact YogaFlame via Twitter or leave it in the video comments.

What was your favorite “Play of the Week?” Are you happy to see Yoga expanding this series beyond simply SFV? Are there any other fighters you’d like to see him feature in the future? Give us your thoughts in the comments below!

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