Recently, WWE’s Austin Creed was at the Body Count Fighting studios to play Dragon Ball FighterZ. Though there for purely entertainment purposes (which is something he’s very, very good at), he likely also wanted to win. Sadly, the heroic Austin Creed jobbed to BCF’s Shayan during virtually the entire episode.
In true FGC fashion, if you get bopped in one game (and no amount of rematches will save your losing streak), then just challenge them in another! It’s a new day for Austin Creed — see if he’s able to get revenge for his losses in the 2D genre in BCF’s latest episode above.
Street Fighter Carnival X is Mikado Arcade’s currently-ongoing multi-game tournament series for a wide variety of classic (and sometimes, obscure) arcade titles. To see the beginning of these high level Japanese tournaments, go here!
We’ve got two tournaments from Mikado’s feed today: there’s the old school, footsie-heavy Data East fighter Fighter’s History Dynamite (which is known as Karnov’s Revenge in some markets)…
And then there’s The King of Fighters ’97, which introduced the “Advanced Mode” meter mechanic to the series.
You can follow the action of SFCX by subscribing to Mikado’s official YouTube channel. For the night owls in the US, you can even try to catch them when they livestream.
Pushing an opponent towards the wall with careful space control is the cornerstone of the fighting game genre. Even if some of the details are a little different, this is true in Pokkén Tournament DX‘s Duel Phase as well.
Once you employ proper space control in the neutral, locking your opponent down in the corner is your reward. In BadIntent‘s latest tutorial video, he breaks down how best to contain people in the corner and maximize your damage potential from this advantageous position.
Four years ago, Super Smash Bros. for the Wii U was released. Since then, Nintendo’s “Nintendo Direct” promotional streams have been decried by the increasingly impatient Smash community when they have always failed to mention a sequel to the wildly popular crossover platform fighter. Say what you will about Smash fans, you can’t deny how vocal and committed they are — and now, their prayers and pleas have been answered at last.
Teased at the very end of today’s Nintendo Direct broadcast was a short 1-minute promo: Starting off slyly as (what appeared to be) more Splatoon 2 promotional footage, the tone quickly shifted when the Super Smash Bros. logo appeared in a fiery blaze.
At the time of this writing, it’s completely unclear as to whether this is a port of the Wii U version, or if this is a full-fledged sequel. Nintendo followed up with a tweet confirming that some version of Super Smash Bros. is Switch-inbound this year:
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) March 8, 2018
Either way, two things are certain: the Inklings are in, and we will see a decline in the number of Wii U consoles at tournaments at some point this year.
Good afternoon, Dragon Ball fans! We’ve got another stack of Dragon Ball FighterZ footage for you to peruse: hopefully there’s something here you’ll want to take into the Hyperbolic Time Chamber with you.
Let’s start out with the main man himself, Goku. NurseLee leads us in with some simple BnBs for the series’ iconic protagonist.
“Subarashi!” Here’s a simple Goku Black option select from Pony that allows you to convert on 2H hit and keep the pressure up on block.
If you’re unsure of exactly what’s invincible in DBFZ, rooflemonger covers everything in the game with invincible properties.
He also shares soe Vegeta tips and tricks with us.
Frost Edge – TV shows the offensive synergy between Goku Blue and Android 18.
MrKingFunk breaks down how to connect Majin Buu’s Fat Throw attack with nearly all assists in the game — vital information for anyone wanting to quickly reset or kill opponents with the roundest Buu.
HapkidoRed shows us some high damage combos and resets with Hit.
Finally, we close out with sikshot gaming‘s breakdown of how to deal with Captain Ginyu on block. (RIP Milky Cannon glitch.)
As always, if you see anything worth sharing, let us know by submitting a tip for our next roundup. Thanks everyone!
Street Fighter Carnival X is Mikado Arcade’s currently-ongoing multi-game tournament series for a wide variety of classic (and sometimes, obscure) arcade titles. To see the beginning of these high level Japanese tournaments, go here!
SNK vs. Capcom: SvC Chaos may not have been the success of any of its Capcom-produced predecessors, but it has enjoyed a cult following despite many of its well-documented balance problems. The game has a surprisingly entertaining pace, and there’s something charming about watching the absurdity of its top tiers clashing. It doesn’t hurt any that this game is the source of some rare and gorgeous SNK sprite work of Capcom characters.
You can follow the action of SFCX by subscribing to Mikado’s official YouTube channel. For the night owls in the US, you can even try to catch them when they livestream.
Now that Pokkén Tournament DX is returning to Wednesday Night Fights, it’s a great time to brush up on some of the highest-level techniques found in tournament play. If there’s one set of defensive techniques that you can nail down to get ahead of the field, it’s the combination of Perfect Block and Homing Cancels.
By combining these two in Field Phase, you can negate the throw/homing mix-up many characters will run once they frame trap you. The homing cancel itself protects you from the throw, and the perfect block technique will often times give you a punish opportunity after your successful block.
The worst part about Evo being as big as it is, is the fact that it’s impossible to catch all the action! At Evo 2017, one of the most shocking moments was the defeat of sponsored Japanese player Tanukana at the hands of relative newcomer Beautifuldude.
Even Beautifuldude candidly admits he didn’t see this in his future — Not in Tekken, at least. In his latest interview with That Blasted Salami, the multi-game pro talks about how he took his fundamentals from the anime sub-genre and transitioned successfully to Namco’s 3D arena.
There’s a multitude of ways to “trap” someone in Tekken 7. While you can typically glean a lot of basic setups from frame data, there’s more complex and frustrating ways to trick your opponent once you start manipulating the get-up system and various on-hit states.
For aspiring King players, BoxeR-King is a great player to scope out for such traps. And he’s made it easy by sharing some particularly nasty setups in his latest video. He goes into detail about why these traps work, too, if you are the creative type looking to mould some tricks of your own.
It’s another day in West City! Dragon Ball FighterZ continued to spirit bomb our inbox with tech videos. Let’s see what the FGC has been working on lately!
There’s been some talk lately about Vegeta’s value outside of an assist. Maybe this was the inspiration for rooflemonger tackling some Vegeta combos?
Speaking of Vegeta, sikshot gaming is back with his “On Block” video series. He’s tackling both Vegeta and Bluegeta in his latest video.
Famed KOF combo maker Persona Entertainment has continued to try his hand at the 100% possibilities of DBFZ.
Monkey D Vegetto demonstrates how unsafe it is to try and reflect Hellzone Grenade. There’s true lockdown potential here with this super!
Street Fighter V pro THE COOL KID93 wanted to show off his technology with Gotenks, particularly his synergy with Goku Blue.
