Category: Fighting Games

As is often the case, Street Fighter V has changed considerably over the course of its development. These adjustments, like Vega’s new motion inputs, are far from final, but provide some interesting insight into how Capcom views each character as they show the game off around the world.

One such change was recently discovered in the build currently being shown off at Tokyo Game Show. According to a picture shared on Twitter by French competitor Frionel, newcomer Necalli now boasts a couple of new charge inputs, specifically for his Disc’s Guidance and Raging Light specials. Furthermore, Opening Dagger now needs to be performed by holding down+forward instead of just down.

Necalli est devenu à charge!!! pic.twitter.com/b3i30RtSa0

— Venom frionel (@frionel26) September 17, 2015

More discoveries of this nature are sure to be made as Tokyo Game Show continues, so stay tuned for further Street Fighter V details.

Source: Frionel, tip via NightmareSteam

If you’ve come within a hundred miles of the internet since last Friday, you’ve certainly seen plenty of articles, videos, and general chatter involving Super Mario Maker. To add to the buzz, Nintendo recently announced that they will be bringing a stage inspired by the new title to Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS.

Sadly, this celebration of the Mario franchise seeing tournament legality would likely happen after even Kirby’s Great Cave Offensive took its place on the main stage thanks to the chaos that the Mario Maker hand can cause, but I have to say that it still looks interesting to try.

But that’s not the only interesting news. Some crafty viewers deconstructed the Japanese version of this reveal video a bit and discovered a suspicious blank spot on the stage selection screen. With nothing unlocked, the downloadable stages make their way to the first page of stages, but you’ll notice that the bottom row sits grossly off center. When looking at the rows of stages above, one quickly notices that the disparity in the bottom row’s central location leaves just enough room for Nintento to plop in another stage.

The evidence that another stage is soon to follow the Mario Maker addition isn’t exactly conclusive, but it wouldn’t be unheard of for more stages to make their way into the game in future updates. You can check out the evidence below to draw your own conclusions.

Sources: Nintendo, GameXplain , NeoGAF, and Reddit, thanks NightmareSteam for sending these in

Sanwa Denshi has been on a roll as of late with their collaborations on limited edition arcade parts. For Tokyo Game Show, they have partnered with Arc System Works to release a series of pushbuttons and dust covers featuring characters from their upcoming fighter BlazBlue: Central Fiction.

But don’t worry if you aren’t able to fly all the way to Tokyo to pick some up for yourself, as Arcade Shock will be making a limited number of these items available for purchase on their site. Pre-orders are open now, so be sure to check them out here if you’re interested.

These items are expected to ship around October 12. In the meantime, check out the art below and let us know what you think.

Source: Arcade Shock

After the surprise King of Fighters XIV reveal during Sony’s Tokyo Game Show press conference wore off, many fans came to the same conclusion: the game is pretty damn ugly. Sure, graphics are far from the most important thing when it comes to enjoying a competitive title (have you seen Melee these days?), but it was a rather jarring transition from its predecessor’s superb sprite work.

Almost anticipating the backlash, SNK Playmore quickly released a trio of screenshots that depict combatants Kyo Kusanagi and Iori Yagami locked in the same battle from the initial teaser. Of course, it’s almost impossible to tell what’s real and what’s actually representative of gameplay in this era of game development, but you can’t deny the images below don’t look nicer.

King of Fighters XIV is scheduled to arrive on PlayStation 4 sometime in 2016. Due to this far-off release window, it’s entirely likely the game’s aesthetics will improve over time. Let us know what you think in the comments.

Source: 4Gamer

If you’re planning to attend Northeast Championship 16, you may want to go ahead and get your registration taken care of now. Tournament organizer Eric “Big E” Small announced earlier today that a handful of brackets have received hard caps for entrants. The following games are affected:

• Killer Instinct received a cap of 80 players, with 33 slots filled at the time of announcement.
• Tekken Tag Tournament 2 received a cap of 80 players, with 31 slots filled at the time of announcement.
• Skullgirls Encore received a cap of 64 players, with 35 slots filled at the time of announcement.

Small’s announcement is apologetic, but no word was provided as to why these caps have been put in place. One can assume that the general popularity of these titles had some impact on the decision, but nothing is certain. Even with these limits in place, there’s still plenty of room to get your name thrown on the list to show the world what you’re made of.

For more information about Northeast Championship 16, as well as to register, you can head over to the Big E Gaming website.

Source: Big E Gaming