Author: Corey "Missing Person" Lanier

While there is many legends within the fighting game community, none have had the influence on the American scene like that of Tomo Ohira. The Los Angeles-based player made a name for himself as the best Street Fighter II player alive, winning tournament after tournament before eventually disappearing from the scene altogether.

His name is so iconic that people still ask where he is and if he will ever make a return to the competitive scene. In this video from Great Big Story, they chronicle some of his achievements prior to his departure, before getting word from the man himself, who says he left because the fire to compete had been exchanged with the fire to simply not lose. They also give us a glimpse into what he is doing now.

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Anime-style fighting games have definitely carved a niche into the FGC, with a decent following on every title released, no matter how small. Touhou 15.5: The Antinomy of Common Flowers — a fighting game among a long line of doujin-based shooters — has been awaiting a release date for quite some time.

Today, we now have that release date set as October 15th. On top of that, we have a newly announced character joining the cast. Doremy Sweet — the ruler of the dream world — will be making her way into the game, as evidenced in the trailer below.

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In a previous Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite video from desk, he noticed that characters would flip out of a combo if hit by a light punch 20 times. It was a natural assumption, then, that an combo that repeated a move 20 times would cause a character to flip out.

That proves not to be the case, however. As tested in this video, the only move that causes this flip-out is indeed light punch, which is likely due to a preventative measure by Capcom to prevent light punch infinites. However, given the prevalence of an easy-to-execute infinite with Spider-Man, could adding this to all moves be the solution to all of the game-breaking things that could be found?

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If you missed the Capcom vs. SNK 2 tutorial series last week, have no fear. Silentscope is back with the continuation of his series, and this time he is taking on one of the most-mixed bag grooves in the bunch.

N-Groove was early on thought of as top tier for its meter, and all the options that it had. However, that opinion has changed in recent years, as it is now thought to be middle tier for the same reason it was once thought top. That doesn’t mean this tier isn’t viable — as many characters can use N-Groove to augment their strengths — but it does require more work than others. Found out exactly how much work in this video.

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If you’re starting out with Tekken, one of the better characters to learn with is Jack-7. While it’s obvious that he is strong in the meta given the performances of players like Echo Fox|Saint and Circa|Joey Fury on the circuit, his strong poke game allows you to learn solid fundamentals in Tekken while using a character with an easy learning curve.

Looking to get started with the big robot yourself? This great primer from novriltataki goes over a lot of information that will be useful in your practice. Going over some of his best moves, weaknesses, combos, and punishes, this guide will definitely help you tighten up the screws on Jack.

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Street Fighter V is chock full of setups that are just now getting discovered, and Ken is seeing a much larger repertoire of setups coming out. While setting up meaties on hard knockdowns isn’t anything new, Ken definitely has some options that will make the meaties hard to deal with.

In this video, World Warrior shows off some of the possibilities off a crush counter sweep. These include left/right mix-ups that, when combined with the potential for throw setups, can leave your opponent guessing all day.

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Are you a brand new player to fighting games looking to get started? Do you have a friend who mashes their way into oblivion every time they play, but yet wishes they could improve? Are you that friend, and just creating a hypothetical friend to protect your own ego? If you said “yes,” to any of those three questions, this video is for you!

Gootecks has started a new series with Cross Counter Training that starts at the very core of learning Street Fighter V. Taking someone of very little experience in the game, he begins to break down the game in very basic concepts before diving into everything else. In this video, he talks about how to use Training Mode efficiently, and also uses Gerald Lee’s Sweeps & Throws concept to teach.

Source: Cross Counter TV