Category: Fighting Games

With Tekken 7: Fated Retribution finally releasing for Japanese arcades, excitement is building for the impending console release in early 2017. Between guest character Akuma, a fully fleshed out story mode and returning fighters like the recently announced Lee Chaolan, there is a lot to get Tekken fans giddy with anticipation.

With fan favorites returning to Tekken 7 with new tricks, YouTuber “The Main Man” has compiled a video, showing off some of the things that Mishima clan patriarch Heihachi can do in this iteration. Insane juggles, monstrous damage and crazy pickups galore; these are just some of things on show in this combo exhibition.

Source: The Main Man

Fighting games naturally have characters that are better than others. It’s the nature of the beast. However, the difference can be surmountable with human effort while sometimes, a character is just too bad to be competitively viable. One such character is Roy, who currently is considered on the Melee Tier list as 20th of 26.

Considering this, modder and YouTuber MagicScrumpy tried his hand at fixing some of Roy’s problems to help him actually compete at a higher level. He’s previously made the Ultimate Spacie, combining Fox and Falco’s movesets to create the best character in Melee, so let’s see how he does in making a bad character a bit better.

Source: MagicScrumpy

One of the good things about bringing characters back in new installments of fighting games is seeing character specialists move onto the latest addition, bring all of their knowledge and skill with them. One such player was  Teresa, known as one of Japan’s strongest Jam Kuradoberi players in Guilty Gear XX. Teresa has recently made the jump to Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- now that Jam is in game and his return is the focus of one of Jonio’s Slash Series exhibitions for Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-.

Facing him is yet another character specialist in the form of Kakkou, who has stuck with Ramlethal even through her nerfs, making a name as one of the character’s premier players. In a way, this exhibition match represents the coming together of character specialists from two “generations” – one coming from an older game taking up their old character, and the other having made their name on a character introduced in the current game.  Check out the exhibition match below.

Source: Jonio via Majin Obama

Acting as one of the prime tech researchers in the world of Smash 4, the Beefy Smash Doods have set their sights on a quirk with Smash 4’s input buffering system, which they called the ‘Aerial Input Lock’. Most easily observed with Yoshi’s Egg Lay move, players have noticed that despite mashing a certain aerial while encased in the egg, their character seem to perform a different aerial upon busting out of the shell.

In the video, Risuno of the Beefy Smash Doods explains that if a player continues to mash the attack button while in the egg, they essentially lock their character’s input until they stop hammering the attack button. So if you accidentally pressed down and A as your first input upon entering the Egg Lay animation yet you wanted to do an up air instead, you could only reset the lock until you stop pushing the A button and allowed the game to register a fresh new input.

So, to stop this locking of inputs, all you really have to do is press your desired attack input once. That’s all there is to it. While this sounds like an incredibly niche bit of information, this Aerial Input Lock doesn’t just apply to Yoshi’s Egg Lay. It actually applies to every single animation in the game where you must wait before your character can act again. This includes aerials, air dodges, specials and even hit stun. This information explains many complaints players have of the game ‘eating’ their inputs and not doing the move they desire – it’s probably because you were frantically mashing A. Make sure to check out the video to see the possible applications of the Aerial Input Lock and how being aware of it can help diagnose why you SDed or dropping that crucial combo.

Source: Beefy Smash Doods

While Summer Jam rages on in the US, another Capcom Pro Tour event will be happening across the globe. E-Sports Festival Hong Kong 2016 will be going down as part of the Asia-Oceania circuit, with some very strong players looking to score ranking points and a spot in the regional finals. Among the players competing are Stupendous, BST|Daigo Umehara, HM|Eita, HM|Dogura, MOV, GGP|Kazunoko, YBK|Shiro, DNG|Itabashi Zangief, Kindevu, PandaTV|Dakou, QANBA.Douyu|Xiaohai, Tse4, PandaTV|Jiewa, GamerBee, Gameouttt, Humanbomb, GL|Saunic and Chris Wong.

BEast of the East will be providing a stream of the event. Check out the stream below and the brackets here.

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Schedule

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The ability to stay calm and focused under the pressure of an opponent’s attack is crucial to succeed in any fighting game. This trait is something Daigo Umehara is known for, and XusesGB decided to highlight it with this compilation of Street Fighter V online fights in which Umehara (as memememe) keeps his cool and comes back to dismantle the opponent with his well-honed Ryu techniques.

Want to see more of Umehara’s online battles? XusesGB also compiled these fights from within the CFN upper ranks.

Source: XusesGB

Ten years of Summer Jam! This weekend Big E Gaming is bringing you Summer Jam X. As you would expect from a Big E event, this year’s event will feature a large variety of fighting games. This year’s Street Fighter V competition is a Capcom Pro Tour ranking tournament, meaning points for the top 16 placers and a regional finals spot for the winner.

Some familiar names will be taking part in the event. Registered players include EVB|Chris Tatarian, EG|K-Brad, EG|Ricki Ortiz, Liquid|Knuckle Du, FOX|Julio Fuentes, Smug, VGP|Nashfan, BxA|Squall, LuckyD, Snake Eyez, Coin Up|Ludovic, cR|SonicFox, IFC YipeS, Circa|LPN, F3|alucarD, PG|Fchamp, NVT|Flash, TS|Sabin, D-Link|Lord Knight, VR-Raiden, PAG|Lost Soul, UA|Tom Brady, MTL|Jer, EVB|Big D, PG|Scar, DCB|ChrisD, PG|RayRay, Flux, JustFrameJames, Shadow 20z, Blood Hawk, RenoFace, ITS|P. Ling, and Pinkdiamond.

Summer Jam X will be brought to you live by a number of streams. Thanks to Team Spooky, nycfurby, Bifuteki, Kombat Network, Kick Punch Block and Smash Studios. Check out the streams on Twitch or below, and follow the brackets on Challonge.

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KombatNetwork

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KPBLive

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SmashStudios

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While a fully-playable Urien still waits in the wings, we’ve still got the most recent DLC fighter Juri to play around with–and her Street Fighter V incarnation proves quite interesting in its similarities and differences from her Super Street Fighter IV debut. Those looking to get a good grasp on the Spider would get a strong start with these combo videos from Kamotaru–with a bonus 450-damage combo thrown on for good measure.

Not done playing? Have a look at how to capitalize on knockdowns with Juri.

Source: Kamotaru