Category: Fighting Games

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Pokkén Tournament Spotted at Round 1 in Southern California

While folks in New York City are currently enjoying a Pokkén Tournament location test at Dave & Buster’s, it appears as if Bandai Namco Entertainment will be showing some love to Southern California as well.

According to IPLAYWINNER, a pair of Pokkén cabinets have been installed at Round 1 in City of Industry, California, located in the Puente Hills Mall. They aren’t operational at present, but it’s only a matter of time before the owners throw the switch and give players a chance to try out this unique Pokémon fighter.

Pokkén Tournament is currently enjoying a release in Japanese arcades, and was recently updated to include Blaziken and Masked Pikachu as part of the playable cast. A global Wii U release is expected sometime in spring 2016.

Sources: IPLAYWINNER

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Crank Sakura’s Style to Unnecessary Levels with This Mid-Combo Meaty Option in Ultra Street Fighter IV

Sakura’s regular combos just don’t seem as stylish as they used to thanks to Jay Rego’s new method of bringing classy levels of pain to opponents in Ultra Street Fighter IV. This option may not break an opponent’s health bar, but it will certainly break their spirit.

By taking advantage of the reeling state that Sakura’s neutral jump fierce causes on crouching opponents, she can time a follow-up jab to hit meaty, affording her just a touch more hitstun to work with when she moves on to the next attack. I don’t need to speak to how impractical this sort of thing is, but if you’d like to give it a whirl in an actual match, the video includes some reset options that could potentially result in landing the opening swing.

Source: Jay Rego

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Smash @ Xanadu feat. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Streaming Live

The folks over at VG BootCamp 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, with tonight’s stream focusing entirely on Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

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: VG BootCamp

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Midwestern Players Receive Their Very Own Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- Round-Robin Broadcast

After giving the United States’ west and east coasts the opportunity to shine, Ruu, Efute, Biscuits, and Zidane have organized a similar Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- lobby for players in the Midwest.

Regularly thought of as one of the strongest Guilty Gear regions, this broadcast will allow Midwestern competitors to show the world what they are made of. The players invited this time include ElvenShadow, BLACKSNAKE, SymVicious, KBNova, and Bloodwolf, all of whom are set to participate in an intense round-robin competition.

Much like previous efforts, Biscuits will be providing an English broadcast on Twitch while Efute does the same in Japanese on Niconico Live. If you’re interested in checking out the matches live, be sure to tune into one of their streams on Saturday, September 26, around 7 PM PDT, 10 PM EDT.

Source: Zidane

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Capcom Compiles Their Top Five Ultra Street Fighter IV Moments from Tokyo Game Show 2015

If you didn’t tune in live to check out the action at last weekend’s Tokyo Game Show Ultra Street Fighter IV tournament presented by Mad Catz, the folks at Capcom have picked apart the footage and grabbed their favorite five moments to let you relive a small chunk of the hype that took place.

With a bracket as stacked as we saw, every person who made the cut for these five moments has an impressive Street Fighter resume: MOV, EG|PR Balrog, AVM|Gamerbee, BE|Nemo…the list just goes on and on. But it really wouldn’t be a highlight reel from this year’s event without the reigning champion, YBK|Dashio, showing off some fancy footwork with Seth.

If you’re wearing headphones, be sure to check your volume before the final two highlights; EG|K-Brad’s hype reaches (understandably) high levels.

For full results, you can head over to our coverage hub, and more replays can be found in our previous report.

Source: Capcom Fighters

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Street Fighter V’s Next Beta Session to Feature Cross-Platform Play

While we still don’t know when it will all go down, Capcom has released some other information concerning Street Fighter V’s second beta phase.

As you may already know, players on PC will be able to get in on the action when the beta reopens sometime this fall, but they won’t be kept from the experienced PlayStation 4 users. According to Capcom’s Neidel “Haunts” Crisan, the next beta session is set to feature cross-play between the two platforms.

If you plan to take part in this upcoming testing phase, you’ll find minimum and recommended PC specifications over in the original Capcom-Unity post. Further details will be coming in the near future.

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

Source: Capcom-Unity

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Learn How to Pull Off Infinites on Incoming Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Characters

It’s only natural that players figure out ways to break apart aging games, performing with ease what was once thought as impossible. We see this sort of thing happen in fighters all the time, typically in the form of ridiculous combos, setups, or the like, but Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 players must be going for some kind of record because the onslaught of potentially game-changing discoveries to surface in recent weeks borders on alarming.

First we saw the Maluk shield change the way we think about team ordering, then we saw this strange interaction between tag-ins and screen spacing, and now Paulow3b and BE|Kane Blueriver have shared with us different methods for taking advantage of infinite properties on incoming characters.

For those out of the loop, keeping your character off the ground after eliminating someone with a TAC infinite carries the properties that make it possible over to when the second fighter enters the fray, allowing you to whittle them down the same way. This technique still requires that the first hit land before the victim makes a slow march toward an empty health bar, but as you’ll see below, it’ll be easy for anyone with a firm grasp on their infinite options to put this strategy to work when the stars align.

While not as new as more recent discoveries, very few players have taken the time to explore this technique’s applications. Even if you knew about this already, do yourself a favor and check out the video below for a more in-depth look at its properties.

Source: Paulow3b

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Street Fighter V Will Not Have On-Disc Downloadable Content

One of the issues that people had with some of Capcom’s recent fighting game releases in the past console generation was the presence of downloadable content on disc. While 2012’s Street Fighter x Tekken was the most infamous example, other games like Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 used this practice as well.

Apparently, Street Fighter V won’t be following in their footsteps. When asked about the topic by Game Revolution at Tokyo Game Show, Capcom senior manager Matt Dahlgren’s reply was short and sweet: “There will not be on-disc DLC, for sure.”

This confirmation goes hand-in-hand with Capcom’s stated plans for Street Fighter V’s post-launch content. Not only are the developers planning to continuously expand the upcoming title’s cast beyond the initial 16 characters available at launch, they will also make them (and all gameplay related post-launch content) earnable via in-game currency.

Street Fighter V will launch on PlayStation 4 and PC sometime during spring 2016.

Source: Game Revolution

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Rivals of Aether Now Available via Steam Early Access

If you’ve been waiting to get your hands on a copy of Rivals of Aether, you’ll be happy to know that the indie title went live on Steam early this morning. This early access version of the game comes equipped with six characters, five stages, training mode, local versus mode, and a fully-functional one-on-one multiplayer mode with Steam integration, making lobbies a breeze to create and join.

Do note that this is an early access title, which means that bugs, balance issues, and the like may crop up from time to time. If you prefer a fully-tested and polished title for your cash, you should wait until the final release to scoop up a copy for yourself, but if you can’t wait to get your wavedash on, now’s the perfect time to throw your fifteen bucks on the table.

We’ve included a trailer below for your perusal, and if this is the first you’re hearing about Rivals of Aether, you can learn more about the game here.

Source: Steam and Dan Fornace

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King of Wolves ~Premium Round~ Streaming Live from Akihabara, Tokyo

This Tuesday, Japan is giving a bit of classic action with King of Wolves ~Premium Round~. The event will feature 2on2 team tournaments for The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match and Street Fighter III 3rd Strike. Each tournament features a list if invite teams along with a qualifier to fill out the 16-team bracket.

The stream is currently live, with the finals tournament about to start. Check it out on Game Newton’s Twitch channel.

Watch live video from gamenewton on www.twitch.tv

KOF 2002 UM Entry List
SFIII 3S Finals Team List