Category: Fighting Games

There’s nothing worse than getting hit with a huge combo, then finding yourself with an impossible guessing situation on the other side of it. Whether it’s something so simple as an incoming ambiguous cross-up, or something more intimidating like Rose activating her Soul Satellite Ultra and initiating a dash while you’re in an aerial recovery state, you know that getting hit will mean lights out.

These situations are exactly what SSK|freeno0b captured in the video that you’ll find below. Chances are that you’ll see a thing or two that you’ve seen before–perhaps from other videos of this nature, or perhaps from actual matches–but there’s an even better chance that you’ll see something that will leave you wondering what happened.

Source: SSK|freeno0b

Missing a tech in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U is something that every player wants to avoid and, thanks to a recent video from PEPESPAIN, they will definitely want to make sure their techs are on point when facing Pac-Man.

As you’ll see in the footage below, Pac-Man can create jab lock situations through the use of his down throw at certain percent ranges. Since this is the sort of thing that experienced players shouldn’t have any trouble keeping themselves away from, PEPESPAIN has also included options for what to do in the event that opponents roll back, forward, tech in place, or jump. These options aren’t as devastating as the jab locks, but they’ll still net Pac-Man a little bit of damage for his efforts.

If you’re a Pac-Main, or spend a lot of time beating up arcade legends, be sure to check out the video.

Source: PEPESPAIN via Smash Boards

Over the past few years, BROKENTIER team manager Samantha “Persia” Hancock has become one of the best Marvel commentators on the scene today, providing expert analysis at prestigious events across the country, including the Evolution Championship Series. While her skills have previously been confined to the commentary desk, she recently began her foray into content creation with a look at NorCal 2015’s Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 grand finals between Evil Geniuses’ Justin Wong and Christopher “NYChrisG” Gonzalez of Tempo Storm.

This amazing match featured great play-by-play from Team Spooky’s Victor “Spooky” Fontanez and Kevin “KBeast” Baigan of Marvelous Customs as it was happening live, but Persia’s latest project dives into what she thought were the most important aspects of the match, the strategies both players employed, and more over the course of its fifteen-minute length. Give it a watch below and let us know what you think.

Source: Persia, special thanks to MarkMan for the tip.

Ah, the 90s–they were a simpler time: a time when ISPs charged hourly fees; a time when you could wear your neon shark swimming trunks to the grocery store without passersby averting their gaze; and a time when every company that had anything to do with video games wanted to get in on that sweet, sweet fight money. Naturally, the desire to do what Capcom did so well with Street Fighter II was more evident in some of these attempts at printing money than others, but few took such an unapologetic approach to stealing the Street Fighter spotlight as Super Fighter.

We’re talking fonts, sound effects, fighting stances, animations, hadoukens, and the list just keeps on going. The only aspect of Super Fighter that is most definitely its own is the platform that saw its initial release: MS DOS.

In the most recent episode of Saturday Morning Scrublords, the Super Best Friends sat down with this game and gave it an honest shot. You’ll likely notice–as the guys did–that the game’s copyright comes from just two short years ago. It turns out that a retro publishing company, appropriately dubbed the Super Fighter Team, picked up the rights to Super Fighter from its original owners, C&E, at some point in the early 2000s. What we’re looking at in the video below is the most recent update to the game.

If you like to see lesser-known retro fighters in action, be sure to check out the video below.

Source: TheSw1tcher via Super Best Friends

Plenty of characters in Ultra Street Fighter IV can convert choice trade situations into massive damage–Sagat immediately comes to mind. Being able to recognize and react to these situations can turn a would-be loss into a hype-defining victory, so knowing what options you have available is key to mastering your character of choice.

Below, you’ll find a quick collection of combos from GroundedSF that display some of the options that Dan has in the event that his EX Dankukyaku results in a trade. These options aren’t all practical, and some of them are character-specific, but they’re certainly not to be overlooked.

Source: GroundedSF

Olympic Gaming is back with another episode of their Spotlight series, this time focusing on the Sonic Boom-chucking abilities of A K A III N U. As with previous Olympic Gaming videos, you’ll see this week’s featured player face off against a bevy of top-notch online warriors, as well FA|Ryan Hart’s Rolento.

A K A III N U certainly knows their way around a Sonic Boom, but there’s plenty more to Guile than sitting back and tossing projectiles. Since we’re talking about a Guile player more than capable of handling themselves, you’ll get to see all of the fighter’s tools put to use. This includes space control with a variety of normals, plenty of combo action, and an unusually high number of throws; but hey, whatever works, right?

Additionally, you can find a text-based interview with the highlighted player in the video’s description.

Source: Olympic Gaming

South East Asia Major represents the largest fighting game tournament in the region, and as such, plays host to top players from a variety of countries. To highlight this, Beast of the East and Thaiger Uppercut have released a new trailer for the event that lists the massive amount of notable competitors that will be attending.

The list is, for lack of a better term, quite stacked. Players such as Mad Catz’ Daigo Umehara, Tokido, and Mago,  Evil Geniuses’ Momochi, Evo 2014 runner-up Bonchan, Infiltration, Poongko, Razer’s Fuudo, Gackt, and Xian, AVerMedia’s Gamerbee, Qanba’s XiaoHai, The Black Eye’s ABEGEN, and Canada Cup Gaming’s Humanbomb should already be familiar to fans around the world, but even the lesser-known names on the list all represent folks who have made names for themselves in the region.

Check out the trailer below to see who will be attending this event.

South East Asia Major 2015 will take place June 19-21 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Source: Beast of the East