Celebrate 24 years of Super Street Fighter II Turbo with these insanely hype highlights

This year, the grandfather of modern fighting games celebrates its 24th year on the market. With its impending re-release in the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, Super Street Fighter II Turbo still lives on in the competitive landscape. As players continue to delve into the game and find crazy interactions and hype moments, SSF2T never seems to get old.

LiangHuBBB‘s compilation below shows off some of the crazy stuff we have seen since release — from Japanese legends duking it out, grimy Fei-Long cross-unders, final Boxer turnaround punches, and more. Even as we move on to year 25, there are still more thrills to find in the classics.

Source: LiangHuBBB

Celebrate 24 years of Super Street Fighter II Turbo with these insanely hype highlights

This year, the grandfather of modern fighting games celebrates its 24th year on the market. With its impending re-release in the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, Super Street Fighter II Turbo still lives on in the competitive landscape. As players continue to delve into the game and find crazy interactions and hype moments, SSF2T never seems to get old.

LiangHuBBB‘s compilation below shows off some of the crazy stuff we have seen since release — from Japanese legends duking it out, grimy Fei-Long cross-unders, final Boxer turnaround punches, and more. Even as we move on to year 25, there are still more thrills to find in the classics.

Source: LiangHuBBB

AnimEVO to announce the first wave of games for their tournament lineup on March 26th

With Evo 2018 fast approaching, the largest side-event organizer for Evo has also begun their preparations. AnimEVO — whom, as the name implies, focuses on anime-based fighters — is in the throes of topping last year’s 500 unique entrants across 17 games.

With the intent of revealing their first wave of games, AnimEVO staff has announced that they will be appearing on Team Spooky’s Super Desperation Radio on Monday at 7:00 PM PST. With a lot of possible titles — including some new ones in the lineup — it will be exciting to see what makes the cut.

Source: AnimEVOTeam Spooky

Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown returns to the spotlight in this Sarah Bryant combo video

With the Virtua Fighter series currently receded into the background, characters from the franchise are at a dearth in publicity. As such, it is always refreshing to see the series get some attention.

In this combo video, Sarah Bryant — in the series since the very first game — shows off what she can do in Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown. This shows a lot of wall carries, and even a few ring-outs over the wall as we see a lot of usage of the core mechanics of the game.

Source: T Artist

Catch the best moments of Final Round 2018’s Street Fighter V tournament in these highlights

The Capcom Pro Tour kicked off in a big way at Final Round. Every one was bringing their A-game — as developed since the release of Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition — and as such, we saw a lot of interesting plays and hype moments throughout the weekend.

From Infiltration’s big reveal of his signing to Panda Global, to NL’s amazing double-perfect against stormKUBO’s oppressive Abigail, there were many moments that could’ve been included in a highlight reel. But Capcom did their best to condense the weekend into five of the very best moments, and did a good job at doing so:

Source: Capcom Fighters

Extend Chun-Li’s combos with these V-Trigger I Crush Counter confirms in Street Fighter V

While a lot of Chun-Li mains have been using her second V-Trigger (Kikosho) since Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition released, V-Trigger I (Renkiko) is still a very strong V-Trigger in its own right. Its multi-hit buff to normals allows her a lot of options based on their increased hit-stun, and deals a load of damage on every successful touch.

As shown here, even from max range, getting a Crush Counter from forward roundhouse — newly added to Season 3 — can result in big damage. This shows two combo variations — one considered simple and one more advanced. Both, however, deal lots of damage and might give Chun-Li players more pause for consideration when tasked with choosing their V-Trigger.

Javits has been continuing to explore Chun-Li V-Trigger I tech, so have a look at what’s been compiled into this Twitter Moment.

Source: Javits

Extend Chun-Li’s combos with these V-Trigger I Crush Counter confirms in Street Fighter V

While a lot of Chun-Li mains have been using her second V-Trigger (Kikosho) since Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition released, V-Trigger I (Renkiko) is still a very strong V-Trigger in its own right. Its multi-hit buff to normals allows her a lot of options based on their increased hit-stun, and deals a load of damage on every successful touch.

As shown here, even from max range, getting a Crush Counter from forward roundhouse — newly added to Season 3 — can result in big damage. This shows two combo variations — one considered simple and one more advanced. Both, however, deal lots of damage and might give Chun-Li players more pause for consideration when tasked with choosing their V-Trigger.

Javits has been continuing to explore Chun-Li V-Trigger I tech, so have a look at what’s been compiled into this Twitter Moment.

Source: Javits

Electrify the competition with this Sailor Jupiter tutorial for Sailor Moon S

Sailor Jupiter is the undisputed queen of top tier in Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S. Her zoning tools, combined with her command grab properties, make her dangerous from far away and make it risky to get up close to her.

But it’s not just about the tools, but how you use them. This tutorial from Xsjado Blade explains in-depth the tricks Sailor Jupiter can use to lock down the competition. Further, he shows off some of her best combos, including her insane 100% combo using cross-up jump kicks into her lariat.

Source: NoSLP Xsjado

VesperArcade discusses the opening of the Capcom Pro Tour in this Final Round 2018 aftermath video

Final Round opened the 2018 Capcom Pro Tour in a big way. Carrying on with his momentum from Evo Japan, PG|Infiltration has shown that he is back in the saddle, winning another event on the strength of his Menat and his Juri.

But that was just the tip of the iceberg, as VesperArcade explores in this video. With the emergence of Kolin as a powerhouse, and the concerns about Abigail taking out various killers across the tournament, there are many things that will need to be considered by both Capcom and players going forward.

Source: VesperArcade

GO1 sits down with BornFree at Final Round to discuss Dragon Ball FighterZ

Very few players at Final Round 2018 had a busier weekend than GO1. After first winning a highly-anticipated FT10 exhibition match against America’s Sonic Fox, the Japanese self-proclaimed “King of Poverty” carried his momentum into the tournament by winning in grand finals in the runback — out of losers bracket, no less.

After the event, BornFree sat down to talk to him about the game. He talks about the nerves he felt going into the long first-to-ten set, as well as how broken he feels that Adult Gohan is. He also talks about his usage of a Shenron summon in a tournament match in Japan, and also how he feels about the state of the game in his native country.

Source: BornFree