Welcome to the Rollback: a frame-by-frame look back at our past week’s most notable news–and our favorite SRK articles–from February 17 to February 23, 2017!
Zavian “mushin_Z” Sildra, Editor-in-Chief:
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This Is the Year You Will Learn How to Perform Tekken’s Korean Backdash!
Crow Spaceboy provides us an in-depth breakdown on how to practice this fabled piece of Tekken tech. Study up and get your backdashing ready for Tekken 7!
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The Art of Learning: The Philocypher Interviews Joe Munday, Author of Gief’s Gym
In this great interview, The Philocypher talks at length to the creator of Gief’s Gym about learning and practice methodology–and philosophy–as it applies to fighting games, Street Fighter in particular. Excellent insights for players walking the road to a better game.
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Ultra Revival? Canada Cup Adding Ultra Street Fighter IV Back to the Event Roster for 2017
Canada Cup has been a blast both times I’ve attended, and the Super Street Fighter II Turbo event last year was probably the highlight for me. I’m hoping that the same magic can be made to happen for Ultra Street Fighter IV this year!
Sam “Trilby” Foxall, Assistant Editor:
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VSFighting 2017 Returns to Birmingham’s Millennium Point from August 12th-13th
One of the UK’s best majors and based in my home city, VSFighting 2017 is returning to Birmingham’s Millennium Point for another year of top quality fighting game competition. Let’s hope the finals get on the IMAX big screen again!
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The Fallen Titan Returns: Cyborg and New Story Details Shown Off in Injustice 2 Trailer
Booyah! The robotic leader of the Teen Titans is set to return for Injustice 2, as revealed in this brand-new story trailer. I’m still hoping that Starfire gets her chance in the sun.
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Street Fighter V Joins the TBS ELEAGUE on March 27th
Street Fighter V goes full esports, as it joins the ELEAGUE next month. With the invitational overlapping with both Combo Breaker and Red Bull Kumite in May, we’re starting to reach real event saturation. Who will make it out to each event?
Keegan “Interrobang!?” Spindler, Features Editor:
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Gundam Versus Gets 38 Playable Mechas in Its Upcoming Closed Beta
Giant. Fighting. Robots.
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Learn the Nature of Swamp Thing’s Attacks in Injustice 2 with This Gameplay Walkthrough from IGN
The original Injustice made some interesting decisions with the grapplers, like Bane and Solomon Grundy, and it seems that Injustice 2 is looking to do the same. All I’m saying is, a grappler that has options to control almost any area on the screen? Yes please.
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MarlinPie Talks Evo, Arc Revo, and the State of Guilty Gear in America with Shoryuken
As one of the very best Guilty Gear players in the West, you can rely on MarlinPie to keep proving that we aren’t free. He’s got a lot of interesting things to say about his experiences and why he believes that, at the moment at least, Japan has something of an advantage over the rest of us. It’s a great read.
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The Eternal Challenge Explored in New Indie Documentary: ROAD TO EVOLUTION
Director Jonathan Rouzier takes us along on a trip to follow Cliff Rouzier’s quest to up his Street Fighter game and score some wins at the world’s biggest fighting game tournament. This documentary shows the value of the drive to compete, and the personal growth it can lead to.
Editor’s note: The views expressed in this article and the selected posts are solely those of the writers, and do not reflect Shoryuken.com as a whole.
The Street Fighter Mighty Meeples (“meeple” being short for “my people”) are 1-inch wooden figures that can be collected and displayed, or can replace board game pieces to add some Street Fighter flavor. “Meeples” were introduced more than fifteen 15 years ago, and possess a distinctive shape that has made them a popular choice as player pieces in a number of tabletop games.