Category: Fighting Games

If yesterday’s Latin America online ranking event wasn’t enough for you, Capcom is keeping the Street Fighter V Pro Tour train rolling with Asia-Oceania’s first onliner.

Unlike the other regions, Asia-Oceania’s two qualifiers have different eligible countries for each qual. Today’s event is open to
Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. The second qual in October is open to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea.

The Top 16 action is live now on Capcom Fighters. Check out the stream and follow the brackets on Challonge.

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More Street Fighter V Capcom Pro Tour online events are coming your way this weekend. Just like the offline events, the winner of each online ranking events will qualify for the regional finals for their respective area. First up this weekend is Latin America, which includes players of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Panama and Uruguay.

Tune into the Top 8 now on the Capcom Fighters now, and be sure to catch the Asia-Oceania online event tomorrow at at 4 PM Singapore time (4 AM EDT, 1 AM PDT).

Watch live video from CapcomFighters on www.twitch.tv

Results

Street Fighter V

9. Keoma (Karin)
9. BTr|RJ (Ken)
9. Schmooeletor (Ryu)
9. Vegas7 (Vega, Necalli)
13. pumpit (Nash)
13. Brolynho
13. MRG|Darkside (Karin)
13. CFA|Eliandro (Dhalsim)

Top 8 Winners

Aozaki Kyo vs. ElTigre
MRG|K3lvinZetsu3i vs. Adonai_Nova

Top 8 Losers

SP|MenaRD vs. RTN|Hnkmeister
STRIKE PHOENIX vs. vegas7

Source: CapcomFighters

Pikachu is the electric poster-mouse of the entire Pokémon franchise, and a popular fighter for the Super Smash Bros. series to boot. As part of their ongoing Smash History video series, The Game Theorists have examined the fiesty pokémon’s past and how its prior appearances in the core Pokémon games (and the collectible card game) have helped shape Pikachu’s moves in the current Super Smash Bros. for Wii U & 3DS titles.

Pikachu’s pre-evolved form Pichu (of Super Smash Bros. Melee fame) is also included for comparison–and they discuss the fan-theory that the version of Pikachu seen in Super Smash Bros. Brawl onward is actually Melee’s Pichu, post-evolution. Check out the video and judge for yourself.

Study up further on Pikachu with ESAM’s breakdowns of its Smash 4 matchups.

Source: The Game Theorists

Peter, the unplayable police officer from Street Fighter V’s General Story mode (and voiced by Peter “ComboFiend” Rosas), has drawn a committed fanbase. This character has so much support, that he was even modded into the PC version of the game–which you can check out in our mod roundup here, which includes Peter as well as other modded characters.

Not only has this policeman earned die-hard fans and a chance to fight for himself, but now he also has an opportunity to shine in his own fan trailer. The trailer shows off his “charming” personality, and his powerful attacks–such as his overhead baton, which can be linked into additional baton attacks for a hilarious combo string. Check out the trailer to see what else he can do!

Source: SFV Mods Street Fighter V Mods

This weekend, Electronic Dojo presents to you one of the United Kingdom’s largest fighting game events, VSFighting 2016. Like last year, VSFighting is part of the Capcom Pro Tour as a ranking tournament, giving players of the UK a chance to score ranking points and possibly qualify for the Europe regional finals later this year. Other titles in this year’s line-up include Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-, Killer Instinct, Mortal Kombat XL, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Tekken Tag Tournament 2.

A few players from the US will be making their presence known at this year’s VSFighting, together with some of Europe’s best. Players attending include EG|K-Brad, EVB|Chris Tatarian, brenttiscool, RB|Luffy, Valmaster, PXP|Problem X, FA|Ryan Hart, UM|imstilldadaddy, PRLS|Packz, PRLS|Afii, GXC|Damascus, HCL|Pro Fluke, PXP|A F0xy Grampa, Jupe, PND|Ketchup, PND|Mustard and many more.

Two streams will be bringing you the action from Birmingham. Check them out below and follow the brackets on Challonge.

VSFighting

Watch live video from VSFighting on www.twitch.tv

ElectronicDojo

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Schedule

All times in BST (UTC +1).

Coming to you live from the Japanese Red Cross Society’s Tokyo office is the 6th TOPANGA Charity Cup. Initially held in response to the Great East Japan earthquake in 2011, each year the Charity Cup functions as a massive donation drive to give back to society.

As the the very first Charity Cup for Street Fighter V, this event is huge. Approximately 1000 players are registered compete, including tons of the top-level players you’ve come to know and love.

Check out the 5-on-5 action on TOPANGA’s two streams live on Twitch.

Stream A

Watch live video from Topangatv on www.twitch.tv

Stream B

Watch live video from topangajpn on www.twitch.tv

Source: TOPANGA

In Skullgirls, calling an assist to back yourself up is one of the most powerful options in the game. An assist can cover weaknesses of your point character, and exacerbate weaknesses of opposing players. However, this does not mean that an assist call is always the right decision–in fact, poor assist calls can often hurt you more than anything your opponent can put you through. If both you and your assist are caught, there are ways of optimizing and maximizing damage to kill the assist, either with meter or without meter.

Today, here’s yet another way to capitalize on a bad assist call and ensure your victory. If you combo both the assist and the point character, but the point character dies, the assist is stuck in the combo until dropped. Creative players can take advantage of this fact to take a second character–or even the match. Below, player CaioLugon shows us how to use this to your advantage with every character in the game.

Source: CaioLugon

“Git gud,” the most common (and most empty) piece of advice floating around online, is a phrase thrown around derisively at weaker players. How do you actually get good enough to break through to the pantheon of top players?

While speaking from the perspective of a Super Smash Bros. for Wii U player, ZeRo disassembles the phrase and attempts to actually answer the question. Beyond effective practicing, studying, and attending events, he mentions how important it is to commit time to getting better. Tournaments particularly help one measure up to the competition level that lies beyond locals.

Other than that, ZeRo goes over what aspects to study and grind: knowing frame data, the right punishes, and the most effective combos all contribute to getting better.

Source: ZeRo

Ibuki’s strength in Street Fighter V lies in her deadly combos, and her Isshaku Horokudama–her V-trigger, namely those tricky ninja bombs–can really keep the pressure on if the timing and positioning is mastered. The Rush n’ Kill Clan recently showed off excellent applications of this; in the video below, MrBshock gives us a look at how to vary your mixup to deal with an opponent’s knockdown recovery: be it a quick rise, a back recovery, or none at all. Keep that pressure on and don’t let an opponent escape!

Source: MrBshock