Category: Fighting Games

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ZeRo opts out of competing in Super Smash Bros. on Switch

It has been a little over a month since ZeRo — the undisputed best player in the history of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U — decided to retire from competitive play in the game. While he previously stated that he’d keep his options open if a new game were to come out, little did he know that would happen sooner rather than later.

With the announcement of a new Super Smash Bros. title coming to the Switch, his resolve was certainly tested. However, given the timing of the new release, the Chilean took to YouTube to state that he was currently enjoying his time away from competition, and had no desire to compete competitively in the upcoming title. He did state that he would be learning the game, so maybe the door is still open for him to make a return at a later date.

Source: ZeRo

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Atlus is bringing Virtua Fighter crossover costumes to their upcoming Persona 3 dancing game

For any Virtua Fighter fans out there desperate for any news about their beloved franchise, here’s an interesting slice. Atlus has announced that Virtua Fighter crossover costumes will be coming to their upcoming rhythm game Persona 3: Dancing Moon Night.

The Virtual Fighter DLC costumes were announced at recent Sega Fes 2018 hosted by their parent company Sega. With it, players will be able to dress up characters in this game as characters from Virtua Fighter.

Persona 3: Dancing Moon Night is one of a pair of Persona based dancing game Atlus is releasing next month. The other game, Persona 5: Dancing Star Night will be having Sonic the Hedgehog and Yakuza crossover DLC instead.

While it’s not a new game in the storied Virtua Fighter franchise, this announcement does seem to indicate that Sega believes that the Virtua Fighter franchise is still something that people will spend money on. Here’s hoping for more Virtual Fighter in the future.

Source: Atlus

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Seth Killian interviews Justin Wong at NYU Spring Fighter 2018, talks about JWong’s beginnings in the FGC

“I couldn’t get one game on Eddie Lee in Marvel vs. Capcom… that made me want to get better.”

If you haven’t heard the story of Justin Wong’s introduction to the FGC, then Team Spooky has an excellent interview for you.

“Some kid from New York”, as the bare ’90s internet knew him originally knew him, sat down with host Seth Killian at NYU Spring Fighter 2018 to talk ancient MvC1 lore. The legend of Eddie Lee, Chinatown Fair, Marvel vs. Capcom, and more are covered in this nearly hour-long history lesson on the roots of New York’s Prodigal Son.

Source: Team Spooky

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The King of Fighters ’99 releases worldwide for Xbox One, Japan only for PlayStation 4

The King of Fighters ’99 is the latest ACA NEO GEO re-release to come to modern consoles, hot on the heels of Real Bout Fatal Fury Special’s release on the Nintendo Switch. SNK’s 6th installment of the series, this fighter introduced the “Striker” assist system into its core gameplay, making it a wild and different experience from other KOF titles up until that point. You can read more about KOF ’99’s mechanics over on the SRK wiki.

Want to pick up KOF99? Well, you may be in luck — it was released for both Xbox One and PlayStation 4, but it would seem that some PS4 fans have, bizarrely, been left out in the cold. Though KOF99 can easily be purchased on Xbox’s website worldwide, it would appear the decision was made, at the time of this writing, to only release the PS4 version to Japanese audiences.

We have to suspect that KOF ’99 will find its way to the US PlayStation store at some time in the future, just like its previous entries.

Source: hamster_corp

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VesperArcade evaluates the new changes to Alex in Street Fighter V

VesperArcade has perennially done a great job at evaluating Alex in Street Fighter V. Often going into meticulous detail, he is able to break down the character and give accurate predictions on the character’s viability — with the prognosis usually being poor, unfortunately.

However, Alex has certainly received some quality-of-life improvements in the most recent patch. With new cancels, better air options, and a few stronger options, Alex is now infinitely more scary when he is in your face. If you’re able to make your approach count, Alex can certainly make it worth the work.

Source: VesperArcade

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Early Access indie title Slashers: The Power Battle adds new character Efe “The Ottoman Slapper” to its roster

“Victory for my King!” A new sword-swinging warrior joins the Power Battle.

In-development indie Slashers: The Power Battle — currrently available as part of Steam Early Access — has added a new fighter to its roster: Efe, the Ottoman Slapper! As described by the publisher:

Efe is a dagger-wielding, energy-ball throwing Ottoman fighter with damaging focused attacks. Thanks to his rigorous training (slapping marble blocks), his slap attacks send opponents flying across the arena. The newest warrior added to Slashers excels at switching low and high moves rapidly which keeps opponents unbalanced and gives him the opportunity to deal devastating combos.

Having arrived on Steam last year, Slashers has been gradually adding new content, bringing the “old school” fighting game closer to full commercial release. “It’s been a fantastic Early Access journey so far, we’re working closely with our amazing community to make Slashers the ultimate old school fighting game,” says Galip Kartoglu, founder of Stun Games. “We have so many more epic ideas to introduce into Slashers, and our powerful Ottoman slapper is a brilliant addition to the game’s diverse roster!”

Slashers: The Power Battle — along with Efe — is available to try now on Steam Early Access.

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Source: KISS Publishing/Stun Games [press release]

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Tekken 7’s performance issues on PC are due to DRM software

Tekken 7 player on PC may have noticed that the game occasionally suffers from slips in performance every now and then… Now, the game’s director Katsuhiro Harada has spoken out about the issue, and the cause of it.

In a recent series of tweets, Harada has stated that the frame rate drops are not related to either graphical or processing power. Rather, it’s due to the DRM program that the game runs to protect it from piracy — Denuvo.

As for fixing the issue, Harada mentioned that they are working with Denuvo, and waiting on an update from them that should address the issue.

Those familiar with Denuvo are probably aware of the DRM program’s controversial reputation. The program has proved unpopular with gamers with many pointing to the fact that, aside from it causing performance issues, it also supposedly shortens the lifespan of solid-state drives. This is on top of generally being difficult to remove from PCs, even after the game it came with has been uninstalled. This has caused some companies to eventually remove it from their games — however, it seems that this will not be the case for Tekken 7.

Responding to some players questions about Bandai Namco removing Denuvo from the game, Harada had this to say.

It seems that, while the piracy issue isn’t that important to Harada, they do have to protect the rights of other companies whose IP is in the game.

Source: Katsuhiro Harada, via WCCF Tech

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Almost all of the participants have been revealed for the 2018 ELEAGUE Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition Invitational

The Fight Card has begun to fill in with 19 of the 24 World Warriors!

Last month, it was announced that ELEAGUE would be holding a second Street Fighter V Invitational tournament — this time with Arcade Edition under Season 3.5. The event will feature 24 of the game’s top competitors from all across the globe, fighting for $250,000 across four Groups, to be broadcast on both Twitch and TBS beginning on Friday, June 1st. The action kicks off with Group A at 3:00 PM ET (Noon PT), at twitch.tv/ELEAGUETV, before moving over to a live TBS broadcast at 11:00 PM ET (8:00 PM PT.)

Additionally, the winner of the upcoming reality show ELEAGUE The Challenger: Street Fighter V (featuring LowTierGod, GRAPHT|gllty, Commander Jesse, Sherry Jenix, HZRDS|RobTV, SB|JB and BigBossDayasha) will earn one of the 24 coveted spots in the Invitational. Recently, many of the competitors have been revealing their invitations to the event on Twitter. The 19 currently-known players (at time of writing) include:

  • Echo Fox|Justin Wong
  • Echo Fox|Punk [2017 ELEAGUE Street Fighter V Invitational Champion]
  • NVD|Phenom
  • Mouz|Problem X
  • Twitch.Hx.CYG BST|Daigo Umehara
  • 801 Strider
  • Echo Fox|Momochi
  • RISE|MenaRD
  • Echo Fox|Tokido
  • F3|Brolynho
  • CYG BST|PR Balrog
  • Fudoh|Haitani
  • iDom
  • Fudoh|Fujimura (formerly Yukadon)
  • Filipino Champ
  • CO|Dogura
  • ARES.RB|Luffy
  • CYG BST|Fuudo
  • RB|Snake Eyez

You can see the full series of announcement tweets below. Keep your browser locked to Shoryuken, as we’ll continue to update this story as more names are revealed.

What do you think of this current lineup, and who would you like to see fill the remaining slots? Give us your picks and predictions in the comments below.

Sources: JWonggg (Twitter); PunkDaGod (Twitter); NVD_Phenom (Twitter); MrProblemX (Twitter); daigothebeast (Twitter); 801_Gustavo (Twitter); momochi212 (Twitter); _MenaRD_ (Twitter); tokidoki77 (Twitter); F3.brolynho (Facebook); PR_Balrog (Twitter); hai090 (Twitter); iDomNYC (Twitter); fujimura333 (Twitter); CYCLOPS_ENG (Twitter); maneater_dgr (Twitter); Louffy886 (Twitter); TheFuudo (Twitter); Snake_Eyez_ (Twitter)

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Sanwa Denshi MONO arcade stick now available to pre-order at Arcade Shock

A bare-bones no-nonsense fight stick for Sanwa Denshi enthusiasts.

Sanwa Denshi levers and buttons are a common part of our fight sticks, used by many manufacturers as an industry standard of arcade-level quality; you’ll often find them in Qanba, Razer, and Mad Catz fight sticks. Sanwa Denshi aren’t known for producing their own complete controllers — but you might have seen pictures of the MONO stick that appeared at Evo Japan: a Sanwa Denshi-produced fight stick all their own, based on their classic Guilty Gear stick case.

This controller is now becoming available stateside. It’s a bit of an unusual stick in its sheer basic, utilitarian design — but it’s hard to argue with performance. Sanwa Denshi faithful can pre-order this fight stick at Arcade Shock for $214.99 USD, right now!

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sanwa denshi mono fight stick details

  • Officially Licensed PlayStation 4 product
  • PS3/PS4 compatible
  • Sanwa Denshi OBSF30 pushbuttons
  • Sanwa Denshi JLF joystick
  • Foam underside padding for comfort & grip
  • Removable plexi surface for custom graphics

As a pre-order bonus, Arcade Shock is offering buyers a chance to be randomly-selected to receive a free graphic for the top panel: their own Layers custom Sanwa Denshi “Elephant Masher” top panel art, limited to 8 lucky winners!

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Source: Arcade Shock

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SNK’s brilliant animation design shines through with Garou: Mark of the Wolves’s Rock Howard

SNK has always provided lots of eye candy in its detailed art, though one rarely has the chance to slow down the action to really pay attention to the details. SugarPunch Design Works took the time to appreciate the fine details of the aesthetic that makes up Rock Howard, one of the most popular characters in the series.

Garou: Mark of the Wolves’s Rock, who is the son of the villainous Geese Howard and adopted son of Terry Bogard, has elements from both characters. But he largely succeeds in “carving his own lineage”, as SugarPunch points out. There’s genius simplicity in Rock’s color scheme, which has basically only three colors. His jacket is an important element; it’s finely outlined, and you can always see it moving responsively to whatever way Rock attacks. It’s that blowback, or follow-through, effect that adds to the power of SNK’s animations. There’s also a nice touch of personality in his attacks that not everyone might know about — after performing heavy attacks, Rock flips or fixes his hair.

Check out the video below to appreciate Rock’s old-school, and excellent, animation.

Source: SugarPunch Design Works