Author: Crow_Spaceboy

When Justin Wong stopped by Frame Advantage studios earlier this year to talk about Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition‘s Menat, he summed her up simply: “She’s very, very cheap.”

You’d think that make VesperArcade’s current project — theorizing what changes would best benefit the inevitable upcoming Season 4 balance patch — would be made a lot simpler thanks to that quip from one of Menat’s top players. The reality is a little more complicated: a lot of Menat’s “oompf” came from changes in Season 3, including the addition of a new move that filled a gap in her complicated gameplan. (It also didn’t hurt any that it was during Season 3 that Sako practically reinvented the way the community viewed the character.)

Check out the video above to see how they tackle a theoretical Menat in Season 4 — are you happy with the changes they propose?

Source: VesperArcade

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Evo champion William Peter Hjelte, better known as “Leffen”, has spent his time in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate dissecting many of its new properties. During his stress test he’s found that Nintendo’s new platform fighter has some odd quirks when it comes to its new buffer system, most notably in the way it implements the c-stick during aerials.

Many of the problems with the C-Stick are likely attributed to the fact it is a macro, which you can read about in further detail here in this reddit thread.

Sources: reddit; William Hjelte

With a new Mortal Kombat on the way, you may be looking to jump into playing a modern NRS game for the first time. Whether you’re brand new to the way the American studio does things, or just a player looking for a refresher, it’s important to understand how NRS tests your in-game knowledge. Or, put more simply: You need to know what a Mortal Kombat gimmick look like.

NRS commentators PNDK&M‘s latest videos tries to highlight this exact concept. Check out the video above for practical MKX examples of gimmicks that you can study right now in preparation for MK11.

Source: PNDK&M

Due to the hardware limitations of consoles many years ago, it was impossible to have arcade-perfect ports of fighting games. This was true in the Super Nintendo Era and extremely true of the Street Fighter Alpha 2 ports. These versions of the game were flawed in a variety of hilarious ways and Mike Z — Mr. Skullgirls developer himself — just put out an excellent video on one of its more bizarre glitches.

Check out the video above to see a super-flash glitch that breaks nearly every aspect of the game — meter, pushback, combos, and even the way the game functions beyond the round it was performed in. If you ever want a reminder for how good you have it in an era of immediate patching, this is it.

Source: MikeZWasTaken

Prior to launch, Modus Games community manager GeoffLife shared a basics primer for new players interested in Override: Mech City Brawl. If that series of videos — which you can catch here if you haven’t seen it yet — caught your eye but didn’t completely sell you on the 3D arena brawler, then perhaps this advanced mechanics tutorial straight from the developers will. Here, GeoffLife covers how Override’s stun-based combos function, meter cancels, momentum-modification on specials, footsies, and more.

Override: Mech City Brawl is out now on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Steam.

Source: PlayStation