Category: Fighting Games

If you know anything about the Smash community, you’re familiar with Team SoloMid’s Gonzalo “ZeRo” Barrios. Widely regarded as one of the best Super Smash Bros. for Wii U players, ZeRo’s long list of accomplishments includes first place finishes at Apex 2015, Evo 2015, and The Big House 5.

To cut a long story short, when ZeRo talks Smash, people listen. That’s why his latest video, a breakdown of Cloud Strife’s recent appearance as a downloadable character, is invaluable for folks looking to take the Final Fantasy protagonist far in competition. Below, he provides his early thoughts on Cloud’s wide array of moves, setups you’ll want to look out for, and various other strategies for aspiring Buster Sword wielders.

Source: ZeRo via EventHubs

It’s never too late to pick up a new fighting game, especially if it’s one as popular as Super Smash Bros. Melee. But getting into a game with such a high execution ceiling can be daunting. Luckily, SSBM Tutorials is providing up-and-coming Smashers with helpful hints on how to be the best Melee player possible.

In their latest tutorial, Kira arms viewers with the tools necessary to make a safe return from the ledge as Falco. The tutorial covers six common options and discusses how to perform each, while also offering insight into things that you should never do in the same situation.

Source: SSBM Tutorials, featured image courtesy of abfdghafdg

It’s never too late to pick up a new fighting game, especially if it’s one as popular as Super Smash Bros. Melee. But getting into a game with such a high execution ceiling can be daunting. Luckily, SSBM Tutorials is providing up-and-coming Smashers with helpful hints on how to be the best Melee player possible.

In their latest tutorial, Kira arms viewers with the tools necessary to make a safe return from the ledge as Falco. The tutorial covers six common options and discusses how to perform each, while also offering insight into things that you should never do in the same situation.

Source: SSBM Tutorials, featured image courtesy of abfdghafdg

This week’s installment of Next Level Battle Circuit is now streaming live courtesy of Team Spooky’s Arturo Sanchez. As usual, the event is being broadcast from its namesake, Next Level Arcade, in New York City. Tonight, they’ll be running Ultra Street Fighter IV and Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-, featuring some of the best players on the east coast.

If you would like to check out these weekly tournaments, be sure to head on over to Next Level Arcade and take part every Wednesday. The address has been included below.

4013 8th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11232

The stream is currently live below, but you can also visit Twitch to join the chat. Full brackets will be made available through Challonge.

Watch live video from nycfurby on www.twitch.tv

Sources: Arturo Sanchez

This week’s installment of Next Level Battle Circuit is now streaming live courtesy of Team Spooky’s Arturo Sanchez. As usual, the event is being broadcast from its namesake, Next Level Arcade, in New York City. Tonight, they’ll be running Ultra Street Fighter IV and Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-, featuring some of the best players on the east coast.

If you would like to check out these weekly tournaments, be sure to head on over to Next Level Arcade and take part every Wednesday. The address has been included below.

4013 8th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11232

The stream is currently live below, but you can also visit Twitch to join the chat. Full brackets will be made available through Challonge.

Watch live video from nycfurby on www.twitch.tv

Sources: Arturo Sanchez

After taking last week off, the folks over at VGBootCamp recently went live with another installment of Smash @ Xanadu from Xanadu Games in Baltimore, Maryland. These weekly broadcasts provide a great look at the region’s Smash community, and tonight’s installment will feature competition in Super Smash Bros. Melee.

If you’re interested in some Smash Bros. action, be sure to tune in. The stream is live below, but you can also head on over to Twitch to join the chat.

Watch live video from VGBootCamp on www.twitch.tv

Source: VGBootCamp

No matter how old a game is, there’s always more to learn. Seven years of gameplay have solidified absolutes in our mind about Street Fighter IV, but certain situations still have a bit of tweaking left even as the game enters its twilight.

In their latest video, Core-A Gaming teams up with Ryan “Laugh” Ahn to demonstrate a sneaky technique that allows characters with air throws to bait out an opponent’s anti-safe jump setup, such as an EX Tornado Throw from Abel, and punish accordingly. The solution? Simply whiff an air throw as close to the ground as possible.

By doing this, the character performing the air throw remains in the air slightly longer than usual due to the whiff animation, causing the above setup and any others that require a grounded opponent to become ineffective.

Be sure to check out the video below for Laugh’s full explanation.

Source: Core-A Gaming via Sean Gilley, James Chen