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“Super Street Fighter Carnival 2017” is back after a brief foray into the world of Flying Discs. SSFC2017 is the currently-ongoing Japanese tournament series at Mikado Arcade for a wide variety of classic (and sometimes, obscure) arcade titles. If you missed the first few tournaments from SSFC2017, there’s a lot to catch up on!

Today, Mikado takes us to the second game in Capcom’s classic horror fighter series, Vampire Hunter -Darkstalkers’ Revenge- (known by the title Night Warriors: Dark Stalkers’ Revenge in the US).

This post may seem somewhat familiar to you: Mikado Arcade just recently ran its “Vampire Hunter Championship 2017” event concurrently alongside SSFC2017. If the three hours of footage from the Championship tournament isn’t enough for you, then the focused footsies of today’s event should help out!

Enjoying SSFC2017? You can follow the action by subscribing to Mikado’s official YouTube channel, or you can even try to catch Mikado Arcade when they livestream!

Source: Mikado

The V-Reversals in Street Fighter V were basically designed to score breathing room when your opponent’s pressure proved too much for your defense. This universal panic option has a notable flaw, however: a screen-freezing, input-eating cinematic flash.

Whether intentional design or not, this brief pause allows characters like (the much-maligned) Ryu to easily bait out panic V-Reversals. Ryu’s V-Skill — the “Mind’s Eye” parry — can be buffered into his block-strings to ensure that it’ll only come out in response to a V-Reversal. Check out World Warrior FGC‘s latest video above to see plenty of examples of this powerful and safe option select!

Source: World Warrior FGC

Raiden, Big Bear, NUMBAH WAN. Whatever you want to call him, this poison spewing, drop-kicking wrestler from the Fatal Fury series shows off ample amounts of both techniques in the latest combo video from King of Fighters YouTuber Persona Entertainment.

Almost every one of these combos kill, a few of them stun, and all of them test your button dexterity with Raiden’s charged dropkicks. Don’t miss the 100% combo that intentionally whiffs a command grab super mid juggle- in true heel fashion, Raiden can showboat his way to a brutal, flashy victory.

Source: Persona Entertainment

Up until this point in Tekken 7, the most feared stage for combo manipulation in tournaments was arguably the Forgotten Realm. Its combination of multiple floor break opportunities into wall combos meant that, versus a knowledgeable opponent, every conversion hurt more then they normally could.

This is assuming, of course, that there were still floor breaks in play: after a balance patch in the arcade, only one floor break was allowed per combo. It also meant that some characters were just blatantly better and pumping out absurd damage on that stage then others, perhaps most notably King and Lili.

However…

Josie 152-damage combo from josie hip.

After the most recent patch, though, some tournament players may breathe a sigh of relief when they get Forgotten Realms. The alternative is that they could have ended up on the dreaded Howard Estate!

112 damage Bob combo from Nether Specter.

Geese Howard’s home stage has three breakable walls, all within a deliberately-placed close proximity of each other, for maximum carnage.

Hwoarang, Asuka, Law, and Xiaoyu Howard Estate combos from cutcc.

And if that weren’t enough, there’s a balcony break looming just beyond the Estate’s breakable walls!

Kazumi, Shaheen, Lili, Hwoarang, Xiaoyu, Asuka, Law, Bryan, Leo, Paul combos by hfblade.

In a lot of these early combos, a key to consistently high damage seems to be saving your Screw Attack for after the last wall break. Since juggle scaling is usually quite high by this point, this will help you figure out a proper tool to reach the balcony.

Kazuya death combo from TheMainManSWE.

Considering the short amount of time the Howard Estate has been out and the wide range of characters already capable of exploiting its stage layout, it’s easy to see that jockeying for wall positioning early on will be a big part of most player’s strategies on this stage.

Sources: Nether Specter; cutcc; hfblade; TheMainManSWE; josie hip

Looking to add a Vice to your life? Well, don’t. That’s bad. Unless it’s The King of Fighters XIV‘s Vice. Then, sure, go ahead!

While it may be billed as a quick combo video, Coliflowerz’ latest Vice Guide is actually an excellent primer for new players looking to pick up this Orochi descendant. This video breaks down this mobile grappler’s move-set and options thoroughly before moving in to beginner-to-intermediate combos. Included with these combos are tips for spacing and meter requirements.

Source: Coliflowerz

We’re on our third video roundup of videos for Tekken 7‘s DLC2 character, Geese. The previous two roundups have been largely centered around combos and options, predictably so.  But any new character in any game is going to have a bug or two, and if glitches are your favorite things in fighting games, this post if for you.

Let’s just go ahead and get the biggest one out of the way, from Sodusthepock. Devil Jin, you no longer rule the skies of Tekken 7:

Geese became a burd. And something more.https://t.co/BjoTAqN7St pic.twitter.com/HZRWPUWGlv

— Seltekh (@Sodusthepock) December 1, 2017

You may remember that Akuma can trap opponents on the ground by FADCing his Red Fireball over their body, then sweeping them OTG into the fireball. Well, Geese thinks that’s too much work, and just opts for his EX Fireball to pick up grounded opponents in this video from Peter Souvannarath. No other tricks required!

Also from Peter, we have an impressive wall-to-wall combo:

Louis Lee found out that there’s no electrical activity in Geese’s Raging Storm. It makes sense that Geese didn’t get hit, but how did Kazuya survive? Is there a dead spot in the eye of Geese’s storm?

From ShiningFace, here’s a 3-bar death combo that, though it requires the Rage damage buff, does not use any Rage Arts.

Just like Akuma, Geese is able to throw a fireball from upstairs, then juggling into it post-balcony break. art_adriano says it’s his first Geese combo: it’s a good one.

My first Geese Combo #tekken7 #snk #bamco pic.twitter.com/0NwXs8smev

— Adriano Lopes (@art_adriano) December 4, 2017

And last but not least, cutcc has some quick educational Geese tips, both for playing as and against SNK’s most famous big-bad.

Sources: Sodusthepock; Peter Souvannarath; Louis Lee; art_adriano; shiningface; cutcc

“Super Street Fighter Carnival 2017” marches on! SSFC2017 is the currently-ongoing Japanese tournament series at Mikado Arcade for a wide variety of classic (and sometimes, obscure) arcade titles. If you missed the first few tournaments from SSFC2017, there’s a lot to catch up on!

Continuing its recent string of classic SNK tournaments, today’s game is Samurai Shodown 2 (known in Japan as Shin Samurai Spirits).

Arguably one of the most beloved fighters in the SNK catalog, Samurai Shodown 2 is a highly competitive and consistently run game at Mikado Arcade. Light on combos and heavy on smart poking, SS2 is a treat for anyone craving some simple and solid footsies.

Enjoying SSFC2017? You can follow the action by subscribing to Mikado’s official YouTube channel, or you can even try to catch Mikado Arcade when they livestream!

Source: Mikado