Category: Fighting Games

While NorCal Regionals 2015 is going on in America, Europe will also see some Capcom Pro Tour premier tournament action with Hypespotting 4, brought to you by Versus Scotland. While plenty of Europe veterans like Ryan Hart, CG.RZR|Problem X and MD|Luffy will be attending, a few faces from Asia will also be looking to qualify for Capcom Cup 2015: MCZ|Tokido and MCZ|Mago of Japan, and RZR|Xian of Singapore.Versus Scotland will be providing the main stream for the event, while Capcom Fighters will be streaming the USFIV tournament. Brackets for the event are available on Challonge.

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While poking around Amazon.com, Mortal Kombat fan HatesideVids discovered a trailer for Mortal Kombat X’s resident Shokan, Goro. Since this trailer only covers a single character, it’s remarkably short–clocking in at right about 45 seconds–but it’s filled with plenty of footage of Goro busting heads. Given the fact that NetherRealm Studios has planned a five hour stream dedicated to the character later this afternoon, there’s a good chance that we weren’t supposed to see this footage just yet, but you can check it out below.

From the trailer, we can gather that the series veteran has access to his usual array of fireballs and attacks that make good use of his extra limbs and they look even more brutal than ever before. If you want to catch even more Goro action live, including a complete character breakdown, be sure to tune in to NetherRealm Studios’ stream today, starting at 1PM PDT, 4PM PDT.

Source: HatesideVids via Test Your Might

After the success of last year’s event, Cafeid is back with the second Id Global Tournament. Hosted at the Oakwood Premier Incheon in Incheon, South Korea, IGT 2015 is placing much emphasis on The King of Fighter series, drawing international players like 777, Woo, Haregoro and MOA of Japan, VGM|Misterio of Chile, TC.LDA|Luis Cha of Mexico and QANBA.DOUYU|Xiaohai of China. Other attending players include Japan’s RZR|Itabashi Zangief and of course them members such as MADKoF and more. These players will be competing for a prize pool of over 15 million won (~13,500 USD).

All tournaments will be best of 5, single elimination. In addition the singles events, there will also be national team tournaments for KOF XIII and KOF 2002UM. The tournament will be streamed on YouTube and DouyuTV.

In every game, players tend to develop shared habits and tendencies due to how the game’s mechanics work. That said, falling into these habits and tendencies may not always be beneficial for high level play.

In his latest video, Jiyuna takes a look at Persona 4 Arena Ultimax players and breaks down the 5 biggest bad habits and mistakes that players make. The mistakes here oftentimes cost players their matches. Even so, many of these habits are quite simple to fix.

Give the video below a spin and check if you make these mistakes.

Source: Jiyuna

When considering point characters to add to the team of Dante and Vergil in Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3, Amaterasu isn’t usually the first name that comes up.  However, it seems that the Sun Goddess actually does have some good synergy with the two half-demons from Devil May Cry.

In his latest video for the game, Pepopulo demonstrates just what Amaterasu can do when paired with these two. The video below contains a good number of highly optimized combos, building good meter while dealing damage. Additionally, one of the combos does enough to take out Thor, the character with the highest number of hit points in the game.

Source: Pepopulo

One very strong defensive technique in Persona 4 Arena Ultimax is the “fuzzy jump.”  Using this allows players easily defend certain strings and setups that lead into a throw (and possibly more combos).

In his latest video Lord Knight explains the theory behind these fuzzy jumps and demonstrates how players can learn to apply them in game. Additionally, he also shows how to stop opponents who try to use fuzzy jumps.

Source: Lord Knight

Last week, Dustin of Hitbox Arcade put out a video that showcases how well Doctor Doom’s Hidden Missiles assist pairs with M.O.D.O.K., and the various means of making the most of that assist. Yesterday, Dustin took a similar approach to Amaterasu’s pairing with the Marvel villain, and it seems that the Goddess’ Cold Star assist can be used for similar combo extensions.

Below, you’ll find a collection of combos that offer a close look at how this pair can turn all sorts of different combo openers into big damage for little meter expenditure. Just like the old saying goes, a Sun Goddess truly is an evil floating head’s best friend.

Source: Dustin

Rush Hour Smash has been providing the community with high quality Super Smash Bros. for Wii U content since the game released late last year–everything from combo videos to tech breakdowns and more. On top of high caliber content, these videos are always rounded out with some of the best editing that the fighting game community has to offer.

This week, Rush Hour Smash uploaded two more mixclips, one dedicated to Izaw’s Link and another focusing on False and Keitaro’s take on the increasingly popular Mii Brawler. Since these short reels include only the best plays, everything you’re about to witness will get your blood pumping, but the final edge guarding segment that Izaw pulls off against a Captain Falcon will almost certainly get you up on your feet.

If you missed the Villager and Robin mixclips, be sure to follow this link to check them out!

Source: Rush Hour Smash