Category: Fighting Games

One of the coolest things about Super Smash Con is their willingness to not only embrace some of the black sheep in the Super Smash Bros. series, but be creative with them.

Super Smash Bros. 64 has developed an extremely combo focused style, thanks to lengthy hitstun that means a single hit can lead to a death combo. That means that many games are neutral heavy, with explosions of action and sequences to take your breath away.

But what happens when you give the best players in the world free reign to ignore all that pesky neutral and get right into the coolest combos they can work out? The video below, that’s what. It’s definitely worth a watch all the way through, but if you’ve only got time for one majestic combo, skip to about 23 minutes in to see what Prince–one of the best Japanese Smash 64 players of all time–has up his sleeve.

Source: VGBootCamp

The Street Fighter V Capcom Pro Tour will be hitting multiple regions this weekend, among them China. The Yangcheng Cup is an event organized by famed King of Fighters and Street Fighter player Dakou. In addition to SFV, the upcoming King of Fighters XIV will be featured.

Quite a few top players from not only China but also Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong will be attending this CPT ranking event. MOV, Bonchan, Humambomb, Gameouttt, QANBA.DouYu|Xiaohai, PandaTV|Dakou, QANBA|Abao and Xiaobao are among the players that will be competing this weekend.

The event will be streamed on Twitch and PandaTV.

Watch live video from yangchengcup on www.twitch.tv

Schedule

Saturday, August 13

Sunday, August 14

Source: Capcom Pro Tour

Crossups aren’t really a concept that you tend to think about when you’re playing Super Smash Bros for Wii U. Like most fighting game concepts however, there’s a lot more crossover than you might think at first–and crossups are no exception to that.

Unlike in series like Street Fighter and King of Fighters, crossing an opponent up doesn’t make your moves any more difficult to guard. Instead, they open up a whole host of new problems for your opponent, and opportunities for increased pressure for yourself.

Check out the video below, where 2GG’s BAM goes into much more depth and explores why you should be looking to incorporate crossups into your own game.

Source: 2GGaming

There is somewhat of a Captain Falcon renaissance going on in Super Smash Bros. Melee at the moment, with three different players leading the charge with the crowd-pleasing brawler. On one end of the spectrum, you have COG|Wizzrobe of the 20GX school of Falcon, focusing on optimizing Falcon’s punishes off of reading tech rolls, and less on the character’s explosive speed. Meanwhile, you have players like Tempo Storm|S2J, who is known for playing the Falcon that crowds go mad for, harnessing his ability to turn on the jets, go hard and decimate someone’s stock in a matter of seconds.

Somewhere in the middle is EMG|n0ne, who seems to take the punish-heavy playstyle of 20GX and the innate nuttiness of Falcon to create some amazing Melee moments. To commemorate his Falcon, The Portland Pilot has compiled a 14-minute montage of n0ne’s play from the past 12 months, taking clips from both big tournaments like Get On My Level 2016 and smaller events. What results is a Falcon masterclass, showing just how creative n0ne is, as well as how spectacular Falcon can be when put in the hands of a player is able to balance both Falcon styles.

Source: The Portland Pilot

As announced in June, Red Bull and Capcom have partnered to bring us the Red Bull Proving Grounds tournament; a North American event open to any challengers–provided you don’t already have more than 100 Capcom Pro Tour points. Competitors are vying for a share of $5000 in prize money, and entry into the CPT’s North American finals open bracket.

Check out the infographic video below for more information about the Proving Grounds qualifier stops and finals in Santa Monica. The dates and locations are as follows:

• Atlanta – August 27, September 24;
• Los Angeles – August 20, September 17;
• Chicago – August 28, September 25;
• Seattle – August 13, September 10;
• Philadelphia – August 13, September 10;
• Toronto – September 10

Sources: Red Bull eSports

When it comes to dealing with jump-ins, it’s becoming ever more important to make sure that your anti-airs are on point. Everyone is getting to grips with just what moves–and it’s not always shoryuken–are best for stuffing a jumping opponent, and starting to feel comfortable with the timings.

That may well have just changed, thanks to a little explored property of Vega’s air throw: as soon as you use it, Vega’s lower body becomes invulnerable, meaning that those perfectly timed anti-air jabs lose some of their venom and can open up the opportunity for serious punish opportunities. Check out just how it works in the video below.

Source: es_napo