Category: Fighting Games

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. Tonight’s stream will focus on Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Project M.

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

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Cody’s overhead in Ultra Street Fighter IV has some unexpected properties. It’s pretty easy to punish on block, some characters can punish it on hit–under specific circumstances–and it gains an increased amount of frame advantage when it hits against standing opponents. Combine these with the fact that it’s slower than most overheads, hits twice, and has some insane reach, and you’ve got a button that honestly feels unique in a world where overhead normals are rather common.

But what do you do with all of this information? GroundedSF took the time to break down this attack in a quick video that demonstrates all of these properties as well as situations where they’ll come into play. Some of the more important applications involve noting when the move connects with a standing opponent and then following that up with any number of links that lead into high damage. Many of these situations involve (multiple) one-frame links, but most combos out of overheads involve similarly tight execution; Dudley, Ibuki, and Evil Ryu all come to mind.

If you’re thinking that an overhead won’t often connect with a standing opponent for some very obvious reasons, you’d be correct. Do remember, though, that the move hits twice, making it a decently-ranged armor breaking normal that, while slow, will shut down focus attacks and net a counter-hit, allowing for even more damage potential.

For more in-depth Cody technology, check out GroundedSF’s previous video that focuses on the properties of Ruffian Kick and Criminal Upper.

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It’s no question that Smug of Team PIE and Fukuoka Gamers Club’s Pepeday are two of the most popular players in the Ultra Street Fighter IV scene right now. And it’s easy to see why as soon as either of them enters a match: they both know their characters and their matchups incredibly well and rely heavily on speed, mobility, and mix-up options to set the pace and keep the momentum in their favor–an approach that lends itself more to hype back-and-forth sets than calm and calculated footsie-heavy play.

When you take two players like this and put them up against each other in an exhibition, the resulting matches are not only exciting to watch, but do an excellent job showing just how important maintaining momentum can be, whether it’s in a single round, over a whole match, or throughout an entire set. This constant tug of war makes every round exciting because as soon as one of the players exerts dominance, there’s a good chance that they’ll continue to rack up a few more rounds in their favor.

If you didn’t catch this set when it was broadcast live from Northeast Championships 15, you missed out on what may be one of the most frantic Ultra Street Fighter IV matches of the year. Check it out below if you want to see what the hype is all about or possibly just experience it all over again.

For full results, as well as plenty more information surrounding last weekend’s Northeast Championships 15, head over to our coverage hub.

Source: Team Spooky

Super interested in how fights will play out in Ultra Street Fighter IV’s Omega Mode and have a couple of hours to kill? Well, you’re in luck, because the fine folks over at Capcom UK just went live with a very special broadcast dedicated to this unique remix of a gameplay option.

In order to fully showcase the mode, they’ve invited high-level competitors such as Andreas, Problem X, and other members of the region’s fighting game community to play a few matches.

The stream will be live for two hours, so check it out below or head on over to Twitch if you want to chat with other viewers.

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Source: Capcom Fighters via UltraDavid

While newer players tend to be drawn to Killer Instinct for its ridiculous combos, actually getting in is just as, if not more, important. In his latest video, Sajam shows how players can start some basic yet powerful offense that can help them control the match.

The tutorial below focuses on the fact that meaty attacks on wakeup are quite strong in this game. By using such attacks to continue pressure and condition an opponent on knockdown, players can easily gain control of a match.

Check the video out below and see if this can help put a combo breaker on your losing streaks.

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UltraChen TV is back with yet another broadcast, and a whole new slate of topics to discuss. Tonight, the entire show will once again be dedicated to Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. UltraDavid and James Chen have invited both D’Ron “D1″ Maingrette and Gonzalo “ZeRo” Barrios to return and continue their discussion from last week, so be sure to tune in if you’re interested in learning a bit more about the game.

The stream will be live in this article, but you can also visit Twitch to join the chat.

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Source: UltraChen TV, featured image courtesy of Kara “Karaface” Leung

As we’ve seen recently, Ultra Street Fighter IV taunts sometimes have more applications than just provoking opponents into acting without thinking. It seems that Sakura can now count herself among those with additional applications of taunt thanks to this safe jump trick from BGCallisto.

Pick your favorite taunt–it seems to work with all of them–and hit the battlefield ready to bait some reversals like never before! On top of being a wonderfully reliable safe jump, this setup, which follows a two-hit Sakura Otoshi, uses a taunt to space out the frames before hitting the skies. Once the taunt moves to jump-cancelable frames, Sakura can hop in and keep up the pressure.

Until this circulates more, there’s a good chance that opponents won’t expect this jump to actually be safe. Also, since taunts sometimes draw out aggressive tendencies, you can be ready to punish those reversals.

Source: BGCallisto