This Wednesday, Fighter’s Crossover Akihabara will hold tournaments exclusively for beginner and intermediate players of Street Fighter V. Taking place in Akihabara’s Esports Square, it is one of many fighting game events that the area hosts.
Much like the famed Wednesday Night Fights of America’s West Coast, Japan also has its own weekly tournaments on hump day. One of these, dubbed Fighter’s Crossover Akihabara, is featuring tournaments for less experienced players of Street Fighter V. Taking place in Akihabara’s Esports Square on Wednesday, August 1st at 7:00 PM (JST), players of all strengths can come test their mettle against those of their own skill level.
The elementary and intermediate SFV tournaments will be thrown in celebration of FCA’s 150th iteration, featuring free entry and an array of drink courses for attendees to choose from. Players can choose from two to three hour courses with one beverage of choice for ¥1300 to ¥1800 (the equivalent of about $11 or $16), or the all-night option for ¥2500 ($23), provided they arrive by 7:30 PM. Additional time in the arcade can be purchased per thirty minutes for ¥400 for those wanting to get in extra sets.
The beginner tournaments will be held on basis of merit, leaving it up to players to honestly declare their ranking before entering. With three tables available, those above Platinum, under Platinum, and players of any rank can fling fists in Street Fighter V. The event will feature 3 vs. 3 random battles from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM, as well.
Community leader and Street Fighter player Kagecchi stated that the event exists as a “place where you can feel free to fight as anyone.” By providing less-experienced players with the chance to play competitively against others on their skill level, their words certainly hold true. Players wanting to participate can read more about the event on Kegetchi’s website — but be sure to bring a newbie with you!
theScore eSports’ latest player documentary tells the tale of Juan “Hungrybox” DeBiedma, and how he became one of the most notorious names in the competitive Super Smash Bros. Melee community. Like many people in life, Hungrybox was faced with several challenges on his road to greatness — from a troubled family life to a long history of coming up just short of victory when facing other elite players.
Even after gaining respect as one of the best, his competitive career was not without it’s fair share of controversies. Still, the story of Hungrybox is one of rising from the shadows and claiming victory despite all the odds. You can check out the full video history recap in the link below.
The King of Fighters ’97 is the latest retro SNK fighter to be ported to the Nintendo Switch. This particular iteration of the classic fighter takes place during the height of the Orochi saga, which deals with the ancient magic that is the source of Kyo Kusanagi and Iori’s flame-wielding abilities. This game served as the debut for KOF fan-favorite Chris, who was a member of the Orochi Team alongside Yashiro and Shermie, and also introduced the bloodthirsty Orochi versions of Iori and Leona.
Though this title was short-lived, it holds a unique place in The King of Fighters‘ storyline as well as in the heart of the series’ fans. Interested Switch owners can download The King of Fighters ’97 now for just $8.00 USD.
The King of Fighters ’97 is the latest retro SNK fighter to be ported to the Nintendo Switch. This particular iteration of the classic fighter takes place during the height of the Orochi saga, which deals with the ancient magic that is the source of Kyo Kusanagi and Iori’s flame-wielding abilities. This game served as the debut for KOF fan-favorite Chris, who was a member of the Orochi Team alongside Yashiro and Shermie, and also introduced the bloodthirsty Orochi versions of Iori and Leona.
Though this title was short-lived, it holds a unique place in The King of Fighters‘ storyline as well as in the heart of the series’ fans. Interested Switch owners can download The King of Fighters ’97 now for just $8.00 USD.
Evo 2018 is sponsored by Cygames, well-known as the publishers of Shadowverse, but also now known to the fighting game community through the Street Fighter V competitors that comprise the Cygames Beast team: headed by Daigo Umehara, the team currently includes Fuudo, Chris Tatarian, GamerBee, and PR Balrog.
CYGAMES BEAST, from left: GamerBee, Chris Tatarian, Daigo Umehara, PR Balrog, Fuudo
After his recent win at VSFighting 2018 in the UK, Daigo Umehara had a message to share with his fans, as well as all attendees and audience for Evo:
My recent win at VSFighting, which was my first Premier win this year, reflects a recent revelation. Throughout all my years of competitive fighting, I never let myself be swayed by my emotions. I never got nervous or upset over a loss. I remained calm no matter what happened, which was good in itself, but somehow my burning desire to win had also subsided.
Then I have realized that my winning matters so much to people I care about — my sponsors, the people who support my work on day-to-day, and of course my fans. I wanted to persevere to the very end and win for those people. That’s what you saw at VSFighting.
You’ll see more of me throughout this CPT Season. I’m looking forward to my upcoming tournaments. The next stop is Evo!
As an event sponsor, Cygames themselves will not be idle during Evo: their booth will have activities throughout the event, and a selection of merchandise will be available too — including Daigo Umehara’s now-famous book, The Will to Keep Winning (note that the book will be sold at the Nsurgo booth, not the Cygames booth).
Cygames has a number of activities and surprises planned throughout the event:
Look for Cygames’ brand new social media accounts launching today on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. And watch for your favorite Cygames Beast competitors around the Evo venue sporting these custom-made Skajan jackets designed by Takuya Suemoto with Shishumania’s Street Fighter V artwork! (Designs shown are works-in-progress.)
If you want to learn more about Cygames and the sponsorship of Evo 2018, check out the Q&A below!
Cygames Evo 2018 Q&A
Why did Cygames decide to sponsor Evo?
We decided to sponsor Evo because we like fighting games! Cygames is a company that was founded by gamers, and our company mission statement is to deliver the best in entertainment. We are not a company that is driven by marketing logic; we don’t have any grand plan for targeting particular audience segments, or creating products according to a marketing checklist. We just make the games that we like to play; we make manga, anime, merchandise, and we sponsor sports teams, esports teams, and events that we like. And we think Evo is a great event.
It’s also a great fit to expand upon our existing sponsorship of Cygames Beast – our team of Street Fighter players, who will all be competing at Evo. We also want to use our sponsorship of Evo to bring those guys to a wider audience, because we think they deserve it, and because we think people will enjoy watching them play. And, of course, we hope that sponsoring Evo will help us reach new audiences.
What is it about the fighting games community that interest Cygames in terms of audience?
The thing that interests us about the fighting games fans is their passion: fighting games fans are passionate about games, and passionate about competing, and so are we.
You are also sponsoring an esports fighting team, Cygames Beast. Why did you decide to do that, while as a studio you don’t have any fighting games?
We didn’t decide to sponsor Cygames Beast to promote any particular game. We just think they are worth promoting in their own right; another way for us to deliver the best in entertainment. Cygames Beast includes some of the top players in the world, and some of the most charismatic, and people love to watch them play — whether they are winning or losing, they always seem to be involved in some epic match-ups. We hope that our support will help bring them to a wider audience and the recognition that they deserve.
You also have a booth at Evo 2018. What are you planning to showcase there?
The main goal for our booth at Evo 2018 is just to support Cygames Beast — to give them space to rest and to rehearse, and to give them every chance to perform well in the tournament.
But we will also have Cygames Beast merchandise for sale; we’ll be hosting Twitch Japan; we’ll be working with the amazing guys at Cross Counter TV who will be keeping people entertained at the booth and on stream; and we will be showing off Shadowverse, our strategic card game.
Cygames also sponsor the Juventus soccer team. Can you tell us a bit more about the company sponsoring strategy?
Juventus is one of the greatest soccer clubs in the world, and one of the most entertaining, so it was an obvious fit for Cygames to sponsor. Everything always comes back to our desire to deliver the best in entertainment, which is why we also sponsor Cygames Beast; a team of world-class Magic: The Gathering players; the Japanese soccer team Sagan Tosu; the rising MMA star Tenshin Nasukawa (who doesn’t seem capable of scoring a KO that is less than spectacular); and a host of other content.
Cygames is mainly known outside of Japan for the TCG Shadowverse. Can you tell us your plans for this game?
Shadowverse is one of Japan’s leading esports. Many thousands of people turn up to our offline tournaments in Japan, and the competitive scene is growing around the world, too. The esports teams Tempo Storm and Panda Global have just signed up to participate in our Western tournaments, and this December will see our World Grand Prix take place in Tokyo with a first prize of a million dollars. So we intend to support that competitive scene for the foreseeable future. But beyond the competitive scene, Shadowverse is just a very interesting card game, featuring a ton of interesting design mechanics, thanks to a design team made up of world-class card game players. New expansions come out every three months to keep the game fresh and balanced; we are always adding new chapters to the single player story mode; and our new pre-built decks make the game easier to get into than ever before. It’s never been a better time to start playing!
Evo 2018 is sponsored by Cygames, well-known as the publishers of Shadowverse, but also now known to the fighting game community through the Street Fighter V competitors that comprise the Cygames Beast team: headed by Daigo Umehara, the team currently includes Fuudo, Chris Tatarian, GamerBee, and PR Balrog.
CYGAMES BEAST, from left: GamerBee, Chris Tatarian, Daigo Umehara, PR Balrog, Fuudo
After his recent win at VSFighting 2018 in the UK, Daigo Umehara had a message to share with his fans, as well as all attendees and audience for Evo:
My recent win at VSFighting, which was my first Premier win this year, reflects a recent revelation. Throughout all my years of competitive fighting, I never let myself be swayed by my emotions. I never got nervous or upset over a loss. I remained calm no matter what happened, which was good in itself, but somehow my burning desire to win had also subsided.
Then I have realized that my winning matters so much to people I care about — my sponsors, the people who support my work on day-to-day, and of course my fans. I wanted to persevere to the very end and win for those people. That’s what you saw at VSFighting.
You’ll see more of me throughout this CPT Season. I’m looking forward to my upcoming tournaments. The next stop is Evo!
As an event sponsor, Cygames themselves will not be idle during Evo: their booth will have activities throughout the event, and a selection of merchandise will be available too — including Daigo Umehara’s now-famous book, The Will to Keep Winning (note that the book will be sold at the Nsurgo booth, not the Cygames booth).
Cygames has a number of activities and surprises planned throughout the event:
Look for Cygames’ brand new social media accounts launching today on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. And watch for your favorite Cygames Beast competitors around the Evo venue sporting these custom-made Skajan jackets designed by Takuya Suemoto with Shishumania’s Street Fighter V artwork! (Designs shown are works-in-progress.)
If you want to learn more about Cygames and the sponsorship of Evo 2018, check out the Q&A below!
Cygames Evo 2018 Q&A
Why did Cygames decide to sponsor Evo?
We decided to sponsor Evo because we like fighting games! Cygames is a company that was founded by gamers, and our company mission statement is to deliver the best in entertainment. We are not a company that is driven by marketing logic; we don’t have any grand plan for targeting particular audience segments, or creating products according to a marketing checklist. We just make the games that we like to play; we make manga, anime, merchandise, and we sponsor sports teams, esports teams, and events that we like. And we think Evo is a great event.
It’s also a great fit to expand upon our existing sponsorship of Cygames Beast – our team of Street Fighter players, who will all be competing at Evo. We also want to use our sponsorship of Evo to bring those guys to a wider audience, because we think they deserve it, and because we think people will enjoy watching them play. And, of course, we hope that sponsoring Evo will help us reach new audiences.
What is it about the fighting games community that interest Cygames in terms of audience?
The thing that interests us about the fighting games fans is their passion: fighting games fans are passionate about games, and passionate about competing, and so are we.
You are also sponsoring an esports fighting team, Cygames Beast. Why did you decide to do that, while as a studio you don’t have any fighting games?
We didn’t decide to sponsor Cygames Beast to promote any particular game. We just think they are worth promoting in their own right; another way for us to deliver the best in entertainment. Cygames Beast includes some of the top players in the world, and some of the most charismatic, and people love to watch them play — whether they are winning or losing, they always seem to be involved in some epic match-ups. We hope that our support will help bring them to a wider audience and the recognition that they deserve.
You also have a booth at Evo 2018. What are you planning to showcase there?
The main goal for our booth at Evo 2018 is just to support Cygames Beast — to give them space to rest and to rehearse, and to give them every chance to perform well in the tournament.
But we will also have Cygames Beast merchandise for sale; we’ll be hosting Twitch Japan; we’ll be working with the amazing guys at Cross Counter TV who will be keeping people entertained at the booth and on stream; and we will be showing off Shadowverse, our strategic card game.
Cygames also sponsor the Juventus soccer team. Can you tell us a bit more about the company sponsoring strategy?
Juventus is one of the greatest soccer clubs in the world, and one of the most entertaining, so it was an obvious fit for Cygames to sponsor. Everything always comes back to our desire to deliver the best in entertainment, which is why we also sponsor Cygames Beast; a team of world-class Magic: The Gathering players; the Japanese soccer team Sagan Tosu; the rising MMA star Tenshin Nasukawa (who doesn’t seem capable of scoring a KO that is less than spectacular); and a host of other content.
Cygames is mainly known outside of Japan for the TCG Shadowverse. Can you tell us your plans for this game?
Shadowverse is one of Japan’s leading esports. Many thousands of people turn up to our offline tournaments in Japan, and the competitive scene is growing around the world, too. The esports teams Tempo Storm and Panda Global have just signed up to participate in our Western tournaments, and this December will see our World Grand Prix take place in Tokyo with a first prize of a million dollars. So we intend to support that competitive scene for the foreseeable future. But beyond the competitive scene, Shadowverse is just a very interesting card game, featuring a ton of interesting design mechanics, thanks to a design team made up of world-class card game players. New expansions come out every three months to keep the game fresh and balanced; we are always adding new chapters to the single player story mode; and our new pre-built decks make the game easier to get into than ever before. It’s never been a better time to start playing!
Despite being a game that’s been available for barely a month, Fighting EX Layer is getting an official side tournament at Evo 2018. Now, for those interested in joining said side tournament this weekend, details on how to register have just been revealed.
Registration for the official Fighting EX Layer side tournament at Evo 2018 opens today at 4:00 PM Pacific Time. As with the other games at Evo, registration will take place via smash.gg.
The tournament itself will be capped at 128 entrants, who will be divided into 4 pools of 32 players each. From these 4 pools, the top 4 players will then have a double-elimination playoff to decide the flow of the finals. Of course, Evo registration is required to participate.
Evo 2018 will be taking place this weekend, August 3 to August 5, 2018 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV. Fighting EX Layer is currently available on PlayStation 4.
If you’re familiar with Did You Know Gaming? series, you know that the series likes to take a closer look at games — and details about them — that many players may not know. For their latest episode, the series takes a look at none other than the hit Dragon Ball FighterZ.
This episode of Did You Know Gaming? in particular takes interest in how its subject came to be in the first place. This includes Arc System Works’ previous work on other Dragon Ball games, as well as the people behind it.
Along the way, we actually get some translated excerpts from director Junya Motomura and producer Tomoko Hiroki, including details on how Dragon Ball FighterZ‘s art style is actually not exactly like that of the old show — rather, something that’s made to look more like how fans probably remember the show looked like in their heads!
If you’re familiar with Did You Know Gaming? series, you know that the series likes to take a closer look at games — and details about them — that many players may not know. For their latest episode, the series takes a look at none other than the hit Dragon Ball FighterZ.
This episode of Did You Know Gaming? in particular takes interest in how its subject came to be in the first place. This includes Arc System Works’ previous work on other Dragon Ball games, as well as the people behind it.
Along the way, we actually get some translated excerpts from director Junya Motomura and producer Tomoko Hiroki, including details on how Dragon Ball FighterZ‘s art style is actually not exactly like that of the old show — rather, something that’s made to look more like how fans probably remember the show looked like in their heads!
In Feburary 2017, I did my best to write the most thorough practice guide available for absolute beginners to learn Tekken 7‘s Korean Backdash. In hindsight, there are things certainly things I missed in regards to the way different sticks read inputs, and I recognize that some people simply learn with visual aids better than they do with a step-by-step written guide. Both of these weaknesses are corrected in cutcc‘s excellent Korean Backdash Guide below:
cutcc‘s guide also demonstrates various hand positions for both 1P and 2P side, and the strengths and weaknesses for each. If you still feel a little rusty on your KBD or just want to learn something new about how different sticks solve the ‘KBD’ problem, this is a great video to jump into.
