Category: Fighting Games

Some time back, we showcased a couple of matches of Red Bull’s Darryl “Snake Eyez” Lewis taking on YUBIKEN’s Dashio and Hagejin when he visited their team headquarters in Japan. Luckily for all of you Zangief fans out there, those weren’t the only sets that the visiting American played. In these new videos, Snake Eyez takes on two more of the organization’s best and brightest.

For the first match, Russian wrestling takes on American boxing as Snake Eyez faces YUBIKEN’s resident Balrog, -R-. This competitor gives Snake Eyez quite a fight at first, resulting in a couple of clutch wins. However, he is able to quickly adapt and use footsies to get in and take control of the matches.

Next up, Snake Eyez is paired with Super Santarou Man. As one of the best Sagat players in the world, he’s obviously able to give Zangief quite a difficult matchup. Even when Snake Eyez gets the lead, it still feels as if Santarou is in control, as his zoning and poking game can quickly turn the match back into his favor. This forces Snake Eyez to dig deep and take a couple of hard reads to punish Sagat with Zangief’s Ultra 2 in the closing rounds of this match.

If you liked what you see and want more, be sure to visit YUBIKEN’s channel by following the link below.

Source: YUBIKEN

This week’s installment of Next Level Battle Circuit is now streaming live courtesy of Team Spooky. 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, 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 TeamSp00ky on www.twitch.tv

Sources: Team Spooky

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

Shano recently put up a video showing the best ways for Sakura to keep the damage going after a combo ends through the use of various unblockables in Ultra Street Fighter IV.

The majority of these setups work on one or two targets at best, but that’s just the nature of this sort of thing. There are, to be sure, a small number that work on a wider swath of cast members, but they’re certainly not the majority in the footage below. The good news–or, I suppose, the bad news, depending on which end of the setup you’re on–is that Shano has included plenty of variety when it comes to the type of knockdown delivered and wakeup timing used.

I personally found the destruction that Sakura can bring to an unsuspecting Ibuki to be nothing short of alarming. Maybe their rival battle has more anger behind it than the short cinematic would lead players to believe.

Source: Shano

After first being leaked by Famitsu due to some serious mishandling of assets, PlayStation has officially revealed Street Fighter V’s Brazilian newcomer Laura.

As you can see in the video below, Laura brings a ton of electrifying attacks to the table, dishing out an impressive mix of strikes and grabs, bypassing fireballs, and even setting up her own slow-moving projectile.

These trailers are typically accompanied by additional gameplay details, so stay tuned for that information in the very near future.

Street Fighter V is scheduled to launch for PlayStation 4 and PC sometime next spring.

Source: PlayStation via Matthew Legesse

For any players getting into the recently released Dengeki Bunko FIGHTING CLIMAX, one of the new mechanics they might have trouble wrapping their heads around are the assist characters. While the game itself is a one-on-one fighter, it also allows the selection of an supporter that can be called upon for help.

To provide a look at what all the game’s assists are capable of, Fatal Seabass recently shared a new video that breaks down their unique skills. Each support character has multiple attacks depending on which direction the player holds when calling them, and learning what they do and when to utilize them obviously forms an important part of FIGHTING CLIMAX’s gameplay.

Source: Fatal Seabass