Author: Franz "d3v" Co

With just about a month until its release, Bandai Namco has dropped the second trailer for their upcoming arena fighter, Kamen Rider: Climax Fighters.

This new trailer goes over the game’s mechanics, features, and online modes. Additionally, it gives us a closer look at some of the riders joining the fight this December. Specifically, the trailer gives us our first looks at Kamen Rider Accel, Kamen Rider Birth, Kamen Rider Meteor, Kamen Rider Beast, Kamen Rider Baron, Kamen Rider Mach, Kamen Rider Specter, and Kamen Rider Brave.

Kamen Rider: Climax Fighters hits PlayStation 4 in Japan and Asia — with English subtitles — on December 7.

Source: Bandai Namco Games

Double has been one of those characters that has had a constant presence in Skullgirls competitive scene. Her tools, including one of the best assists in the game, mean that she’s a character that seems to work on almost any team.

For any beginning Skullgirls 2nd Encore players looking to add Double to their team, the Skullgirls Slapfest has put up a lengthy new tutorial video for her. As with their previous tutorial for Valentine, this one features another top player help out in showing how to play the character: Keninblack. Also, just like the previous tutorial, this one is pretty long (their longest to date) so be sure to check out the timestamps in the video description on YouTube.

For more on learning Skullgirls, check out the rest of this tutorial series on the the official playlist.

Source: Skullgirls Slapfest

The transition of fighting games to modern 3D engines on PC has opened the door to all kinds of mods for these games; some of the most interesting are those that change how the game looks through the manipulation of an engine’s lighting and shaders.

This next set of mods from nded may be some of the most striking yet. Using the popular graphics modding program ReShade, nded has made both Street Fighter V and Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite look as if they were drawn with pencil and ink on someone’s notebook.

The graphical mod, which you can see in the videos below, is far from perfect – certain effects such as hitsparks, interfaces — and in Street Fighter V‘s case, projectile moves — aren’t visible with the mod. That said, the fact that both games run on an engine (Unreal Engine 4) that other fighting games use opens the door to those fighting games getting similar mods in the future.

For more info on how to get get these shaders, check out the instructions on the description of the MvC:I video.

Source: nded

Of the three currently-playable DLC characters for Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, it seems that Monster Hunter is the one that has gained the most attention, due to the number of viable teams that people are developing around her. One of these teams has her partnered with Dante — a combination that has been noted to reward players with damage just for hitting buttons.

This new combo video from RoK the Reaper explores the potential of this Monster Hunter/Dante team. As part of showcasing the combos that these two can do, a number of them also demonstrate combos using the Time Stone, using both the stone’s Infinity Surge and Infinity Storm to extend the combos. In addition to this, some of the combos also utilize one or both of these characters’ install Hypers, showing what they can do together with these powered-up states.

Source: RoK the Reaper

Series stalwart Strider Hiryu returns to Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite with a number of changes to how some of his moves are used. The return to classic combo rules may make him feel similar to his incarnations in MvC1 and MvC2, but that his changes also open up some new opportunities.

In his latest combo video, FINAL SHOWDOWN explores some combos and concepts for Strider Hiryu in the new game. Take note that some of these aren’t full combos, rather they’re bits and pieces that can likely be further refined and combined with other things to create interesting combos and setups, in the right hands.

Source: FINAL SHOWDOWN

Despite having a mostly unchanged moveset, Morrigan is one of those characters who plays very differently coming into Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite. Unlike how she was in the previous game, Morrigan in MvC:I focuses much more on rushing her opponent down, and using her partner to set up mix-ups and situations that most players will have difficulty defending against.

One of the players who’s been championing this new playstyle is Cosmic Gorgon’s Juan Miguel Champo, who’s been putting out impressive performances with this team of Dante and Morrigan (with the Time Stone), including a 5th place finish at South East Asia Major 2017. In addition to doing well in tournaments, Champo has been sharing tips and tricks for the team on social media, the latest of which is this new reset concept involving the use of Dante’s Million Carats.

The reset, which you can see below, uses the freeze from Million Carats to allow Dante to set up a sequence ending in his overhead “Hammer” special, while at the same time tagging in Morrigan to set up a low. With the speed of her low, it’s quite difficult for the defending player to block both attacks, even with the game’s pushblock auto guard.

Morrigan/Dante hard to blockable reset from million carats #MVCI #PS4share pic.twitter.com/GJM3M0Y3tn

— Juan Miguel Champo (@SchampoW) October 30, 2017

Source: CG|Champo