Category: Fighting Games

The Ebony Messiah takes the spotlight in The Nostalgic Gamer’s latest Darkstalkers retrospective!

After last covering Pyron and Q-Bee around Halloween, The Nostalgic Gamer returns for another episode of his “Meet the Darkstalkers” series. This latest episode focuses on the self-proclaimed “Vampire Savior” — and youngest of the three Makai Nobles — Jedah Dohma.

After the release of The Night Warriors in 1994 introduced the concept of Hunters who battled against the creatures of the night, the development team decided to explore the idea of a new antagonist that would overshadow and eclipse all other conflicts in the Darkstalkers world, forcing all of them to put aside their individual differences to unite against a greater common enemy.

When asked to create a short story about the conflict between the Houses of Aensland and Maximoff for promotional purposes, they created the initial concept that would eventually give birth to the graphically expressive God of Death that we know and love today. Following his resurrection after being betrayed Ozom, Jedah began a plan to unite all of the “worthy” souls within the demon realm into the Majigen to create a singular being within the Fetus of God.

After covering a variety of his connections with the rest of the cast, The Nostalgic Gamer discusses his playable history, which includes Capcom Fighting Evolution, appearances in the RPG’s Cross Edge and Project X Zone, as well as his grand return in Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite — also going into what makes him such a memorable design over 20 years since his creation. You can see the full video, along with a closer look at his canonical strength, in an episode of “How Strong Is,” narrated by The Nostalgic Gamer, below.

Sources: The Nostalgic Gamer; PowerCrunch

Lucky Chloe has been one of the most-popular low tier picks in Tekken 7. Her usage in competitive play has been relatively prevalent, with several strong players — including Korea’s Jeondding — playing her, so there must be some secret to her madness.

While these combos may be more on the impractical side, they show off some of the craziness that Chloe can pull off. While we see some wall-less and walled combos, we also see some amazing side-switches off of her Rage Drive, resulting in some stylish damage.

Source: The Nobodyz

GameSpot Versus is known for bringing out some of the best in the world for Super Street Fighter II Turbo. Many Super Turbo players across the planet make it one of their tourist destinations when visiting Japan, and the amazing play from their team events make it obvious as to why it could be construed as one.

This video shows more than enough high-level play, including some of the best players in Japan. Yaya’s Dictator and Komoda Blanka both make some amazing plays, and show why they’re ranked in the top echelons of their characters.

Source: Super Street Fighter II Turbo

Homing Canceling and Perfect Blocking are two of the most vital techniques that separate beginner and professional Pokkén Tournament DX players. These two techniques let aware players to tighten up their defense considerably, allowing them to win it more often over intermediate players and, therefore, take an early Synergy lead.

If you want to learn how to properly utilize these techniques, then technical wizard BadIntent‘s instructional video above is perfect for you. In it, he demonstrates both of these technique’s strengths and applications.

Source: BadIntent

At Magfest 2018, Robot Boombox and Newchallenger teamed up to bring one of the most simultaneously beloved and reviled Street Fighter games in existence into tournament fruition: Street Fighter: The Movie (The Game)… The Tournament.

SFTMTG is strange for a lot of reasons: from its inclusion of non-movie characters like Akuma and Blade, to its bizarrely flexible juggle system. But what really takes the cake is the incredibly touchy combat system, which has goofy fake cross-ups, and random move property changes never done before or since — why on earth can Ken jump cancel a Tatsu?!

Sources: Robot Boombox; Newchallenger