Bandai Namco brought Jump Force to the 2018 Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong convention. As part of this, they dropped a new trailer and showed off some new gameplay from the upcoming Shonen Jump arena fighter. The new trailer focuses on characters from Bleach — specifically, we get to see Ichigo, Rukia, and Aizen in action in the game’s engine.
The trailer itself was shown as part of their on-stage demo for the game, which was broadcast on PlayStation HK’s channel. You can check it out at 14:30 in the video below.
Of course, the video also contains some more important bits about the game, including this overview of the new Hong Kong stage at 20:29…
… As well as some actual gameplay of the Bleach characters at 23:03.
Jump Force is set to release on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC sometime in 2019.
There’s a lot of creative strategies and setups in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle to inflict maximum pain on the opposing team. But one that seems fairly prevalent is the simultaneous usage of a Dragon Punch with an assist. This becomes a strong offensive wall that’s difficult to defend against. For one, DPs in the game are air-unblockable, leading to (at least prorated somewhat) combos. Secondly, the team that uses this technique may often retain an advantage and keep pressuring.
KhaosMuffins made an informative video regarding this technique. He shows how Yu and Waldstein can work together and keep the opponent in blockstun. Depending on the timing of the pushblock, you can mess up their strategy; the video shows several different applications. If you have the meter, you can punish them with a Distortion Drive. KhaosMuffins changes things up by showing what happens when Yang and Es work together, as Yang’s DP has a lot less recovery. It’s also different when punishing projectile-based assists, like Tager’s or Jin’s.
The situations vary greatly depending on timing, but there usually is some kind of opening, which varies by which characters you’re using. Examine the possibilities with the video below:
Arc System Works likes to facilitate conversation, and their latest effort shows Toshimichi Mori answering fan-submitted queries. The selected Twitter questions cover a variety of topics, with many asking about possible future projects that the company might tackle.
There’s a lot of questions about turning various anime franchises into fighting games, but he’s also asked about BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, the most recent fighting game release from the company. For now, there are no plans for a “second wave” of DLC for the game. Mori would like to solidify plans to introduce more RWBY characters (he likes Adam, while many staff members like Penny), but he says more fan support is needed. He does recognize that Central Fiction is its own, mainline game and that the support for it might not be over yet.
Make sure to turn on the Closed Captions function on YouTube for the following clips.
The second part drives at some other games Arc System Works has worked on. After working on Dragon Ball FighterZ, Mori isn’t sure yet what the next anime game could be. Someone specifically asks about turning Disgaea into a fighting game, and Mori gives a mysterious “I see, cool”.
When asked about the future BlazBlue: Central Fiction‘s Kokonoe and Sector 7 (the organization she’s part of), he points to Dark War, a mobile game that’s currently only in Japan, but Mori would “love it” if it was released internationally. Finally, when asked about the possibility of Persona 5 Arena, Mori says that he can’t say anything, and that the fans should ask Atlus instead.
Last night, online registration officially closed for AnimEVO 2018, meaning that the entry totals for each title have now been tallied and released, resulting in a whopping 776 unique entrants across the event’s 27 different side tournaments. Without further ado, the numbers for each game are as follows:
Under Night In-Birth EXE: Late[st] – 209 entrants
Windjammers – 171 entrants
BlazBlue: Central Fiction Version 2.0 – 114 entrants
Gundam Versus – 97 entrants
The King of Fighters XIV – 89 entrants
Melty Blood: Actress Again: Current Code – 73 entrants
SNK is currently hard at work at their new fighter SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy. Set to arrive this September, the game features a unique new control scheme meant to make it easier for new players to pick up.
SNK, with the help of Japanese gaming news outlet Goziline, has released new footage of the tag team fighter. The video below features over 20 minutes of SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy gameplay with the Goziline staff and former SKE48 idol Sawako Hata. Here, they go over the game’s cast and features of the game as well as explaining a bit about how it plays, before getting into actual matches.
SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy hits PlayStation 4 and Switch on September 6 in Japan, and September 7 in North America and Europe.
With the release of character trailers for the next pair of DLC characters in Dragon Ball FighterZ, Base (or Black Hair) Goku and Vegeta, YouTuber IKevinX is back once again to document all of the anime and manga references that are present in each.
Both characters, Base (or Black Hair) Goku and Vegeta, harken back to the early days of Dragon Ball Z, before either of these mighty warriors obtained the powers of a Super Saiyan. Arc System Works has extensively drawn on many of the pair’s earlier fights during the Saiyan and Captain Ginyu Sagas, with Base Goku having several normal attacks that appear to be unique and based off of his early battles with Vegeta, the Ginyu Force and Frieza, in addition to debuting the Kaioken and Spirit Bomb.
Meanwhile, Base Vegeta maintains the dark brutality that characterized the early sadistic days of the Saiyan Prince, utilized the techniques he employed to murder Guldo, Burter, Jeice, Cui, and of course, Nappa. He looks to have Dirty Fireworks, his trademark Galick Gun, and the Destructo Disk, but unfortunately no Great Ape transformation. You can see the video, with all of it’s nostalgia-filled goodness, below.
Both of these characters will be available in mid-August along with the next balance patch. You can see our previous coverage of IKevinX’s work below.
Dragon Ball FighterZ is available now for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Steam PC, with a Nintendo Switch version releasing on Thursday, September 27th in Japan, and Friday, September 28th in North America and Europe.
“The biggest barrier you could ever put on yourself is thinking there is a ‘right way’ to play.”
Few people had as a meteoric of a rise in the FGC at such an early age as Chris “CJ Truth” Jayson did when he made top 32 at Evo 2011 in Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition. The protege of Jebailey came out of nowhere and took out top players with his hyper aggressive Fei Long and has have a reputation of being a fearsome opponent ever since.
Seven years later, CJ Truth still has the same boundless energy that seemed to possess him before. But while his passion for fighting games (and Fei Long) is still as palpable and entertaining as ever, he’s gained some concrete insight from his years of tournament play that balance out BornFree‘s most recent interview.
Interested in scoping out the NorCal’s Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition talent? Then you’ll want to catch Shin City Showdown, which is a Red Bull RISE tournament being hosted by variety stream group Pandorahouse gaming.
The tournament starts at 5 P.M. PST, and brackets can be found here at smash.gg.
Featuring a variety of well known FGC names (such as XsK_samurai, LPN, and our very own El Cubano Loco, among others), this will be one of your last chances to see NorCal prep before they head into battle at Evo 2018.
Scandinavia is getting some tournament action this weekend via Headstomper in Copenhagen, Denmark. The event includes Dragon Ball FighterZ, Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Street Fighter V Arcade Edition and Tekken 7, of which the last two are part of each game’s respective pro circuit.
A number of strong players from Europe and beyond will be attending, including Luffy, Problem-X, Phenom, will2pac, Hurricane, Shakz, Takamura, Jiewa, Fergus, Joey Fury and more.
Three streams will be covering the event live over the weekend. You can find each below.
“Personally, for me, she’s top 3… She’s very, very cheap. “
These bold words about Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition‘s Menat come from a man that’s seen some cheap characters in his time: the legend himself, Justin Wong. There are few better sources to find out about the nuanced cheap stuff around this orb-wielding character than the man himself, and that’s why he’s a guest on today’s episode of “The Lab”:
“She doesn’t really get crush countered that often,” Justin explains as he demonstrates the complete lack of hurtboxes on her st.HP to “The Lab” hosts UM|Tyrant and Method|Packz. Check out the video above for 30+ minutes of lessons from the Street Fighter prodigy — and if there’s other characters you have difficultly with, Frame Advantage has probably covered them, too!
