Category: Fighting Games

We got a chance to sample some of R. Mika’s motivational monologues last month thanks to a video from Burnout Fighter. Even though Mika had plenty to say, that footage barely scratched the surface of what the wrestler has on her mind.

It appears that she has–at the moment–seven different speeches to regale crowds with while she sits comfortably behind her single hit of armor. In the video below, Burnout Fighter returns to provide an opportunity to hear the rest of Mika’s talks.

For the most part, her words come as little surprise. There’s plenty of mention of rainbows, nods to how swell professional wrestling is, all that stuff. But her last offering is a little bit strange. It likely alludes to some story element that remains unseen at the moment, and involves pursuing an unknown target, a chase that she seems to believe requires the construction of a rainbow bridge.

There’s little chance that this is a nod to Norse mythology, but if anyone in the Street Fighter roster were to have something to do with Bifröst, I suppose the one named Rainbow would be the most appropriate.

Source: Burnout Fighter

Novril and the Chemical Lovers team are back with another set of tips and tricks for budding Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- players. Last week’s tutorial covered attack ranges and suggested that a good way to get started in the world of comboing is to figure out how to chain attacks together at a few different distances with your character of choice. With that tidbit out of the way, the team can move on to one of the most important, and most fun parts of the game: hit confirming.

In this week’s episode, the team suggests keeping your optimal chain ranges in mind, and then using the time during which your first few attacks connect to figure out what the best option for ending the combo will be based not only on range, but also on the current state of your opponent–standing, crouching, etc.

Check back next week for the team’s next video, and if you missed previous entries you can find information relating to basic offense, basic defense, ground movement, and aerial movement by following their respective links.

Source: Novril

Beyond the Summit is kicking the weekend off early with Smash Summit, a unique Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament that will see invited players face off against others that were voted in by the community.

Apart from the main tournament, the Los Angeles-based organization will be hosting four days of competition and interviews, complete with various challenges (detailed in the graphic below) that will force players to use strategy outside of the game in order to succeed.

The players you can expect to see in attendance this weekend include a|Armada, C9|Mango, COG|Mew2King, EG|PPMD, PG|Plup, MH|Lucky, TMP|Axe, WFX|Shroomed, CLG|PewPewU, TMP|Westballz, S2J, SFAT, Alex19, SP|Zhu, MH|Kage the Warrior, and BERT|Swedish Delight.

The live broadcast can be found below or on Twitch if you prefer to chat. If you can’t tune in for the full event, Melee it on Me’s Tafo will be tracking all the challenges here.

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Sources: Beyond the Summit, Tafo

UPDATE – Apparently, this story/tutorial mode was opened up in the Street Fighter V beta with a recent update, and is currently playable on PlayStation 4.

With all the exploration folks have been doing through Street Fighter V’s inner workings, it was only a matter of time before a diligent fan pieced together enough content to provide a full look at parts of the game that have yet to see the light of day. Such is the case with this new video from Mubariz, which demonstrates an early portion of the story mode.

In the clip below, Ryu and Ken can be seen training with their master Gouken, both sporting old-school designs instead of their updated Street Fighter V aesthetics. There isn’t much here in terms of the overall narrative, but it does show that the game will do what it can to teach gameplay concepts like movement, offense, and defense with a bit of intermediate knowledge sprinkled in for good measure.

Like other recent content, this was discovered within Street Fighter V’s beta files and is prone to change before the official release on February 16. At the very least, those who disliked Ken’s new look will have something to look forward to.

Source: Mubariz via NeoGAF

Burnout Fighter released a video shortly after Street Fighter V’s second beta ended demonstrating Karin’s ability to perform a just-frame version of her EX Tenko. He showed that, activated this way, the move is safer, faster, and provides more combo options–pretty good, right? Well, on top of all that, it seems that the just-frame special also doesn’t cost any meter.

That’s right. Pandora House’s LPN recently showed this concept in action with a brand new video. From what we can tell, this technique looks to be just as good in practice as it is on paper. There’s one minor restriction that at least sort of puts a damper on the tactic, and that’s the fact that it’s only free if it isn’t canceled into from a normal. As you can see from the rest of the highlight reel, that isn’t much of an issue.

It’s important to note that there has been no official word on whether this effect is intended or not. We’ve still got a few months left before we get our hands on the final product, and things like this could change entirely before that time. For now, and until we hear otherwise, be afraid of Karin.

Source: Pandora House