Author: Zavian "mushin_Z" Sildra

Check out the high-level competition every Wednesday night at Esports Arena in Santa Ana, CA!

Wednesday Night Fights is a hotbed for fierce competition in a variety of fighting games, ranging from the current hottest titles to some less-prominent gems. Tune in to see the best of the best in California strive to up their game in these weekly battles at Esports Arena, brought to you by Level|Up Series!

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WNF x Orange County features weekly tournaments in the following titles: Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Tekken 7, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, and Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2. They also feature monthly events for Dissidia Final Fantasy NT, Pokkén Tournament DX, and ARMS. Other games appear seasonally or for special events. For more information on the events and schedule (or to register, if you’d like to attend), check out the smash.gg event page, or Level|Up Series on their Facebook page or Twitter.

This week you can check out Wednesday Night Fights x Orange County 4.7. Casuals kick off by 7:00 PM PT, while the main tournaments start at 9:30 PM PT. And Super Smash Bros. Ultimate continues at WNF!

This #WNF will be ugly holiday sweater themed! Make sure you wear your ugliest holiday sweater! https://t.co/COOBHIlB37

— Level | Up Series (@levelupseries) December 25, 2018

BRACKET PLAY

Watch live video from leveluplive2 on www.twitch.tv

 MAIN STREAM (ESA OAKLAND & ESA ORANGE COUNTY)

Watch live video from leveluplive2 on www.twitch.tv

VARIETY

Watch live video from MaxDamageTV on www.twitch.tv

TEKKEN 7

Watch live video from LevelUpYourGame on www.twitch.tv

DRAGON BALL FIGHTERZ

Watch live video from Kevin_Ha on www.twitch.tv

SUPER SMASH BROS.

Watch live video from 2GGaming on www.twitch.tv

ANIME

Watch live video from StuffRSStreams on www.twitch.tv

Sources: Level|Up Series (Twitter); Wednesday Night Fights (smash.gg)

Tokyo’s best battle weekly for dominance in Bandai Namco’s hottest titles!

Fighting Tuesday, presented by ANIMEILLUMINATI, sees fierce competition from some of Japan’s best players in SoulCalibur VI, Tekken 7, and Dragon Ball FighterZ, and is held weekly at the Red Bull Gaming Sphere Tokyo. You can catch it every week on ANIMEILLUMINATI’s Twitch channel — and check out the VOD archive on JIYUNA’s YouTube channel!

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Fighting Tuesday 42 begins at 7:00 PM JST (3:00 AM PT). Look for the bracket on Challonge; for more details check out JIYUNA on Twitter or search the #FightingTuesday hashtag.

Tomorrow at #FightingTuesday 42: Come through to #RedBullGamingSphereTokyo for a very special Christmas edition of Fighting Tuesday! Thanks to @MarkMan23 THERE WILL BE CHICKEN AND GAMES! If you want to play #DBFZ #TEKKEN or #SCVI or just want to hang out, come through tomorrow! pic.twitter.com/lHfUW0VbgQ

— Majin「O」@ #Fighting Tuesday 42 (@2dJazz) December 24, 2018

Watch live video from ANIMEILLUMINATI on www.twitch.tv

 

Welcome to the Rollback: a frame-by-frame look back at our past week’s most notable news — and our favorite SRK articles — from December 14 to December 20, 2018!

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Zavian “mushin_Z” Sildra, Editor-in-Chief:

Frame 1:
Kage is the first new character for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition’s fourth season and is available now

Basically, this is how you put Evil Ryu in a game whose main storyline is about Ryu getting over all this Satsui no Hado stuff.

Frame 2:
The patch notes for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition’s latest patch are now available

The Season 4 changes are extensive, but only time will tell if they are actually balanced.

Frame 3:
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate glitch allows Isabelle to fill the screen with assist trophies

My favorite kind of glitch: ridiculously funny in action.

Frame 4:
Rising Up: Season 4 — Important changes for Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Cammy, and Nash

Bafael breaks down the Season 4 changes visually, so you don’t have to wonder about what they actually amount to in-game. The first batch of the SFV cast is here, with more to come.

Frame 5:
Override: Mech City Brawl is an ambitious and exciting robot brawler, but may need a few tune-ups

It’s a joy to see that games like this are still being made.

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Crow_Spaceboy, Assistant Editor:

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PNDK&M document the competitive meta and history of Mortal Kombat 9 in 45+ minute retrospective

If you haven’t played Mortal Kombat from a competitive standpoint and want to get into Mortal Kombat 11, this video is required viewing.

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Cassandra Alexandra and Amy Sorel rumored to be the next two DLC characters in the SoulCalibur VI Season Pass

Here’s a casual reminder that Lizardman is sitting there, in the game, nearly finished. But you can’t play as him.

Frame 3:
There are no plans for a Season Pass for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition in 2019

They… they got it right last season. It’s like they want to be wrong.

Frame 4:
ZeRo demonstrates fundamental movement options for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Its never too late to learn from one of the greats.

Frame 5:
Arc System Works’s next fighting game is Granblue Fantasy Versus for PlayStation 4

It looks as gorgeous as any Arc System Works game typically does, and the gameplay sounds interesting. I just wish it was any other series.

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Catch up on what you may have missed in our prior SRK Rollback compilations.

Check out the high-level competition every Wednesday night at Esports Arena in Santa Ana, CA!

Wednesday Night Fights is a hotbed for fierce competition in a variety of fighting games, ranging from the current hottest titles to some less-prominent gems. Tune in to see the best of the best in California strive to up their game in these weekly battles at Esports Arena, brought to you by Level|Up Series!

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WNF x Orange County features weekly tournaments in the following titles: Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Tekken 7, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, and Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2. They also feature monthly events for Dissidia Final Fantasy NT, Pokkén Tournament DX, and ARMS. Other games appear seasonally or for special events. For more information on the events and schedule (or to register, if you’d like to attend), check out the smash.gg event page, or Level|Up Series on their Facebook page or Twitter.

This week you can check out Wednesday Night Fights x Orange County 4.6. Casuals kick off by 7:00 PM PT, while the main tournaments start at 9:30 PM PT. And Super Smash Bros. Ultimate continues at WNF!

Don't forget that Smash Ultimate will be starting promptly at 8pm here at #WNF x Orange County! #SSBU

Date: 12/19/18

Pre-register here: https://t.co/HT8zqgbnkr pic.twitter.com/jvzvHimhKP

— Level | Up Series (@levelupseries) December 18, 2018

Thanks to @Chelsnii for partnering with me, both #WNF will unite tonight to against poverty this Christmas for kids!

Donate a new unwrapped toy at #WNFOC or #WNFOAKLAND and be entered to win a prize!

https://t.co/h02KbASogY @ESAOakland
https://t.co/aIduHlDbZy @ESA_OC pic.twitter.com/398LMt6N2P

— Rose (@embersandroses) December 19, 2018

BRACKET PLAY

Watch live video from leveluplive2 on www.twitch.tv

 MAIN STREAM (ESA OAKLAND & ESA ORANGE COUNTY)

Watch live video from leveluplive2 on www.twitch.tv

VARIETY

Watch live video from MaxDamageTV on www.twitch.tv

TEKKEN 7

Watch live video from LevelUpYourGame on www.twitch.tv

DRAGON BALL FIGHTERZ

Watch live video from Kevin_Ha on www.twitch.tv

SUPER SMASH BROS.

Watch live video from 2GGaming on www.twitch.tv

ANIME

Watch live video from StuffRSStreams on www.twitch.tv

Sources: Level|Up Series (Twitter); Wednesday Night Fights (smash.gg)

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RELATED POSTS

Kage is the first new character for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition’s fourth season and is available now

The patch notes for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition’s latest patch are now available

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate glitch allows Isabelle to fill the screen with assist trophies

Check out the high-level competition every Wednesday night at Esports Arena in Oakland, CA!

Wednesday Night Fights is a hotbed for fierce competition in a variety of fighting games, ranging from the current hottest titles to some less-prominent gems. Tune in to see the best of the best in California strive to up their game in these weekly battles at Esports Arena, brought to you by Level|Up Series!

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WNF x Oakland features weekly tournaments in the following titles: Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Tekken 7, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2, Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st], Fighting EX Layer, Street Fighter X Tekken, and Super Smash Bros. Melee. They also feature monthly events for Dissidia Final Fantasy NT, Pokkén Tournament DX, ARMS, and Injustice 2 [TBD]. Other games appear seasonally or for special events. For more information on the events and schedule (or to register, if you’d like to attend), check out the smash.gg event page, or Level|Up Series on their Facebook page or Twitter.

This week you can check out Wednesday Night Fights x Oakland 2018 Episode 20. This week the DISSIDIA Master Series returns.

Enter @ESAOakland's #Dissidia #FinalFantasy tournament tomorrow, December 19th! #playDFFNT and compete to win! https://t.co/HJBiNznFHD @LevelUpSeries #Dissidia #FinalFantasy pic.twitter.com/iKdCRlNV0H

— Final Fantasy (@FinalFantasy) December 18, 2018

Schedule (as posted on smash.gg):

• 6:00 PM PT – Casuals
• 8:00 PM PT – All other games besides Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition & Fighting EX Layer start
• 9:00 PM PT – Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition & Fighting EX Layer start

MAIN STREAM (ESA OAKLAND & ESA ORANGE COUNTY)

Watch live video from leveluplive2 on www.twitch.tv

VARIETY STREAM

Watch live video from THEPANDORAHOUSE on www.twitch.tv

BLAZBLUE: CROSS TAG BATTLE

Watch live video from esedu on www.twitch.tv

UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH EXE:LATE[ST]

Watch live video from Yowanehaku on www.twitch.tv

SUPER SMASH BROS.

Watch live video from windforceesports on www.twitch.tv

TEKKEN 7

Watch live video from Shangles on www.twitch.tv

Sources: Level|Up Series (Twitter); Wednesday Night Fights (smash.gg)

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RELATED POSTS

Yuna is now available in Dissidia Final Fantasy NT

The patch notes for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition’s latest patch are now available

Kage is the first new character for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition’s fourth season and is available now

 

The news, art, and action continues on Capcom Connect.

Capcom’s new weekly streaming show Capcom Connect continues tonight at 8:00 PM PT, streaming live from Esports Arena Oakland! Tune in at Capcom Fighters on Twitch.

Watch live video from CapcomFighters on www.twitch.tv

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The stream will once again feature event and news recaps, Street Fighter V matches with guest players and art and cosplay from Street Fighter fans.

Join us for the final episode of Capcom Connect – Season 1!

Tweet out #CapcomSweepstakesKelvin or #CapcomSweepstakesROM for a chance to win this Sakura Vinyl Figurine from Cryptozoic – US only.

Tune in tonight at 8pm PT: https://t.co/Wy2eNl7gRN pic.twitter.com/6wvWDFRMoK

— Street Fighter (@StreetFighter) December 18, 2018

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From the original Capcom-Unity announcement:

You will have the chance to win various codes for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition just by watching and interacting with our social channels. In the afternoon before each show, we’ll tweet out a specific hashtag on the Street Fighter or Capcom Fighters Twitter account. All you need to do is use that hashtag in a tweet of your own before the drawing begins at around 8:15 PM PT. During the show, we’ll randomly choose winners and announce them on-stream. After the show, expect a Direct Message from the Street Fighter or Capcom Fighters accounts with your code. The codes are currently only for North America.

If you’re an artist or cosplayer, tweet @StreetFighter with pictures of your creation and we just might feature it on the stream with all credit going towards you!

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RELATED POSTS

Capcom Cup 2018 results

Kage is the first new character for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition’s fourth season and is available now

The patch notes for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition’s latest patch are now available

Welcome to the Rollback: a frame-by-frame look back at our past week’s most notable news — and our favorite SRK articles — from November 30 to December 6, 2018!

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Zavian “mushin_Z” Sildra, Editor-in-Chief:

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Cower in fear of all of The Walking Dead references in Negan’s Tekken 7 reveal trailer

The portion of the Venn diagram where fans of The Walking Dead meet fans of Tekken 7 got a real treat in Negan’s gameplay reveal trailer; if you want to verify you caught all of the little nods to the TV show, have a look at this.

Frame 2:
Here are the finalized brackets for Capcom Cup 2018

The last big hurrah for Street Fighter V in 2018 is kicking off today with its Last Chance Qualifier. Here are the starting points for the best of the best in SFV this year for the final showdown.

Frame 3:
Wizzrobe shows how to wavedash perfectly in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

The new Smash is now out in the wild — and the classic mechanic has returned, after a fashion.

Frame 4:
VesperArcade shares his thoughts on the insanity of Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition’s new “Sponsored Content”

I literally think this is the worst design decision Capcom has implemented in SFV. When the only good thing about a game function is that you can turn it off, that should be the first clue it’s a terrible idea…

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2B from NieR: Automata cuts her way into SoulCalibur VI on December 18

… On the other side, instead of adding hideous ads to their game, Bandai Namco are bringing us bad-ass sword-swinging androids. You know, content that actually improves the game?

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Crow_Spaceboy, Assistant Editor:

Frame 1:
Namco reveals SoulCalibur VI version 1.10 patch notes for December 17th

I might have one or two things I disagree with in the proposed changes, but overall this is one of Namco’s most thoughtful balance patches in Calibur history.

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Warner Bros. announces fan art project “MK Kollective” for Mortal Kombat 11

There’s some surprisingly high-profile acts acting as ambassadors on this project. I’m looking forward to it!

Frame 3:
Button2Pixel compares the input delay of every Super Smash Bros. iteration, including Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Input lag just keeps increasing with new iterations of games, and I wonder what the “breaking point” will be.

Frame 4:
MikeZ demonstrates game-breaking super flash glitch in SNES version of Street Fighter Alpha 2

This is the sort of wild glitch that is only possible thanks to the limitations of the past. I love it.

Frame 5:
Italian GameStop website appears to leak details of Mortal Kombat 11’s Premium Edition

I want to play as Shao Khan right now. All of you, get out of the way.

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Catch up on what you may have missed in our prior SRK Rollback compilations.

Check out the high-level competition every Wednesday night at Esports Arena in Santa Ana, CA!

Wednesday Night Fights is a hotbed for fierce competition in a variety of fighting games, ranging from the current hottest titles to some less-prominent gems. Tune in to see the best of the best in California strive to up their game in these weekly battles at Esports Arena, brought to you by Level|Up Series!

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WNF x Orange County features weekly tournaments in the following titles: Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Tekken 7, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, and Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2. They also feature monthly events for Dissidia Final Fantasy NT, Pokkén Tournament DX, and ARMS. Other games appear seasonally or for special events. For more information on the events and schedule (or to register, if you’d like to attend), check out the smash.gg event page, or Level|Up Series on their Facebook page or Twitter.

This week you can check out Wednesday Night Fights x Orange County 4.5. Casuals kick off by 7:00 PM PT, while the main tournaments start at 9:30 PM PT. Tonight sees Super Smash Bros. Ultimate arrive at WNF!

Don't forget to sign up for today's #WNF x Orange County in advance! We will be capping our Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournament at 128 entrants! You snooze, you lose! #SSBU https://t.co/ppokIRxrMF pic.twitter.com/zGk2w7ZNSc

— Level | Up Series (@levelupseries) December 12, 2018

#WNF x @ESA_OC Stream Schedule:

Bracket Play
9:30pm-11pmhttps://t.co/DIFoAprVlV

DBFZ
9:30pm-closehttps://t.co/7txbl1grOi

Variety
9:30pm-close https://t.co/TF80aapFEl

TK7
9:30pm-closehttps://t.co/KZzWjSfrQ2

Anime
9:30pm-closehttps://t.co/1Yd6qUuDCr https://t.co/9bqWc2Lu4V

— Level | Up Series (@levelupseries) October 9, 2018

BRACKET PLAY

Watch live video from leveluplive2 on www.twitch.tv

 MAIN STREAM (ESA OAKLAND & ESA ORANGE COUNTY)

Watch live video from leveluplive2 on www.twitch.tv

VARIETY

Watch live video from MaxDamageTV on www.twitch.tv

TEKKEN 7

Watch live video from LevelUpYourGame on www.twitch.tv

DRAGON BALL FIGHTERZ

Watch live video from Kevin_Ha on www.twitch.tv

SUPER SMASH BROS.

Watch live video from 2GGaming on www.twitch.tv

ANIME

Watch live video from StuffRSStreams on www.twitch.tv

Sources: Level|Up Series (Twitter); Wednesday Night Fights (smash.gg)

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RELATED POSTS

Capcom releases official patch notes for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition Version 03.110

Version 1.2.0 update coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate next week

Red Bull Final Summoning brings the Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour Finals to Los Angeles on January 26-27, 2019

 

Check out the high-level competition every Wednesday night at Esports Arena in Oakland, CA!

Wednesday Night Fights is a hotbed for fierce competition in a variety of fighting games, ranging from the current hottest titles to some less-prominent gems. Tune in to see the best of the best in California strive to up their game in these weekly battles at Esports Arena, brought to you by Level|Up Series!

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WNF x Oakland features weekly tournaments in the following titles: Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Tekken 7, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2, Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st], Fighting EX Layer, Street Fighter X Tekken, and Super Smash Bros. Melee. They also feature monthly events for Dissidia Final Fantasy NT, Pokkén Tournament DX, ARMS, and Injustice 2 [TBD]. Other games appear seasonally or for special events. For more information on the events and schedule (or to register, if you’d like to attend), check out the smash.gg event page, or Level|Up Series on their Facebook page or Twitter.

This week you can check out Wednesday Night Fights x Oakland 2018 Episode 19. Fighting EX Layer is back:

It is #WNF x @ESAOakland tomorrow and we're back with #FEXL It's free entry and $50+ prize pool! Click the sponsor links on the @matcherino_
campaign to add a FREE dollar to the pot!

Campaign: https://t.co/whB1scXHgF
Reg: https://t.co/3Kq2AFjEeZ pic.twitter.com/1ZZ5D6uCTb

— CapsuleEntertainment (@CapsuleEnt) December 12, 2018

Introducing our new #WNF stream schedule! We will now be showcasing both NorCal and SoCal talent on https://t.co/Bp9pzQLPdN starting this week!

8:00pm-11:00pm – @ESAOakland
11:00pm-1:30am- @ESA_OC

Don't miss out! Register here:https://t.co/ppokIRxrMFhttps://t.co/uo7r8oqyl8 pic.twitter.com/8ixwVoBaiI

— Level | Up Series (@levelupseries) October 9, 2018

Schedule (as posted on smash.gg):

• 6:00 PM PT – Casuals
• 8:00 PM PT – All other games besides Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition & Fighting EX Layer start
• 9:00 PM PT – Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition & Fighting EX Layer start

MAIN STREAM (ESA OAKLAND & ESA ORANGE COUNTY)

Watch live video from leveluplive2 on www.twitch.tv

VARIETY STREAM

Watch live video from THEPANDORAHOUSE on www.twitch.tv

BLAZBLUE: CROSS TAG BATTLE

Watch live video from esedu on www.twitch.tv

UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH EXE:LATE[ST]

Watch live video from Yowanehaku on www.twitch.tv

SUPER SMASH BROS.

Watch live video from windforceesports on www.twitch.tv

TEKKEN 7

Watch live video from Shangles on www.twitch.tv

Sources: Level|Up Series (Twitter); Wednesday Night Fights (smash.gg)

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RELATED POSTS

 

Capcom releases official patch notes for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition Version 03.110

Revisiting Fighting EX Layer: New characters, arcade mode, and a new Steam version!

SikShot Gaming breaks down all of Maxi’s stances in SoulCalibur VI