Category: Fighting Games

Is an “Imagination Bomb” about to be dropped on the fighting game market?

Indie developer Zero Dimension seeks to take players back to the good ol’ days of hand-drawn sprites and 2D fighting action with their in-development project Cerebrawl. Inspired by classic Street Fighter and the Marvel Vs. games, it’s a potentially fresh look at what was great about old school fighting games. It’s currently in a crowdfunding stage, with the target being Steam Early Access.

From Cerebrawl‘s Kickstarter campaign page:

Cerebrawl is a fully hand-animated, 2v2 4-player tag-team fighting game. As a team, you and your partner can use several assist options available to maximize your damage. Cerebrawl is inspired by games such as the Marvel vs. Capcom series and their robust tag-team systems, but focuses on breaking each character out to a respective player. While it takes many notes from the VS series of games, it has become a beast of its own during its time in development. Cerebrawl is built on the idea that players not only need to know their character and the depth of their moveset, but also how players can best work together as a team to defeat their opponents. 

The game’s core features revolve around competitive play with future features including 1v1 and 1v2 modes, a full button check system built into the character select, and tournament mode with a fully automated bracket system… we are also excited to add stage breaks into the game, a system where players can break down parts of the stage to either extend or narrow the size of the play space and change the meta on the fly.

On the story and setting:

Harmon City was a typical modern metropolis. But when an Imagination Bomb is detonated at the center of the city, Harmon City and its inhabitants are changed forever. 

As the blast engulfs the region, the minds of the people start spilling into the reality. Reality can’t hold all the different thoughts and possibilities, and when the content of everyone’s psyche start to collide, each individual is thrusted into their own dimension. In these pocket dimensions, each citizen of Harmon City grow new worlds based on their ideals and desires.

As fast as these worlds start to form, the pocket dimensions begin to re-collapse into reality. The many dimension-worlds start spiraling back into the place from which they came, but Harmon City has only limited space. The people who were merely residents of the city now have a chance to form their environment, but to do so they need to fight for real estate, as their dimension-worlds will need space to take root in the newly forming Harmon City.

Aside from it’s classic 2D aesthetic, one of the biggest draws to the game is the hip-hop inspired soundtrack — very reminiscent of Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike — to be provided by 2 Mello, featuring Mega Ran, K Murdock, Open Mike Eagle, and Time Machine.

The future of Cerebrawl may be a bit uncertain, however, as it only has a few days left in its “all-or-nothing” crowdfunding campaign, and has reached less than 10% of its funding goal. You can check out design concepts, character descriptions, preview videos, and download a demo on Cerebrawl‘s Kickstarter page.

Source: Cerebrawl (Kickstarter)

With the latest update dropping for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition yesterday, notable dataminer X-Kira has once again unearthed some new findings related to potential upcoming content for the game. First off, he displays all colors and Easter eggs for Blanka’s costumes, as well as the Monster Hunter Crossover Costumes for Ibuki, Rainbow Mika, and Ken (which sees the shoto remove his helmet, while the ladies remove their weapons). We also get the same treatment for Captain Commando Nash, whose Extra Battle challenges will likely begin once Chun-Li’s June Lin Milliam and the MH trio have all finished in March. (Keep in mind those three sets of Battles have recently been rescheduled, if you’re looking to hunt for a certain World Warrior.)

Furthermore, we get a listen to the main theme of the Monster Hunter franchise, “Proof of a Hero,” which can be earned in an additional Extra Battle currently beginning on February 27th. This song can seemingly be set to replace the current Main Menu theme for SFVAE if you so choose, and is yet another collaboration fans of both series will surely appreciate. New Titles are also displayed.

Next, X-Kira brings us footage of a potentially upcoming new mode known as Extra Survival. Similar to the mode that currently resides in the game, you battle a series of CPU-controlled foes in single-round matches through various courses that increase in both difficulty and number of levels as you progress, gaining a choice of Battle Supplements along the way that allow you to stay in the fight as long as possible. The key difference in this mode is that you will be battling various NPC opponents, such as AS-D (Low-Ranking Shadaloo Soldier C), AS-Y (Low-Ranking Shadaloo Soldier A), AS-R (Mid-Ranking Shdaloo Soldier C), AS-M (High-Ranking Shadaloo Soldier A), and various Dolls from the General Story. Though X-Kira also notes that all 34 playable characters can also be fought in this mode, the difficulty of which is “insane.” X-Kira also notes that “some of these Dolls will appear in General Story Volume 2,” something else he has hinted at for quite some time.

Finally, he notes that the original name for this update was supposed to be “Super Street Fighter V,” before Capcom eventually settled on Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition. It will be interesting to see if these findings are related to the “Boss Rush” mode with varying courses that would pit players against the likes of Shadaloo, S.I.N., Neo Shadaloo, the Mad Gear Gang, and the Illuninati, of if they will be two entirely separate modes that will each be added to the game in the future. You can see both videos below, where X-Kira runs through Extra Survival with Nash. Keep in mind to take all of this with a massive grain of salt until it’s officially confirmed by Capcom!

He also noted recently on Twitter that a Nostalgic costume for Abigail (based on his original Final Fight appearance) is in the pipeline, and the third Season 3 DLC character — Neo Shadaloo’s Falke — will not be released until all of the Monster Hunter and Captain Commando Nash Extra Battles have concluded. New costumes for Akuma and Sakura — which could also be tied to Extra Battle — have been found, speculating that she could arrive on Tuesday, April 17th.

VAE: While the content of this client not totally published, Falke will not have its release…

Next client coming only, when that client has all placeholders filled.

Capcom has never changed customer without it being filled, it's just a tip… pic.twitter.com/hAAiVKhPJS

— X-Kira (@Mikami_XKira) February 15, 2018

Abby nostalgia costume same of the FF coming to BE, listed on A *– *

Release date? f@ck this *– * pic.twitter.com/wrCQ1vfmkg

— X-Kira (@Mikami_XKira) February 13, 2018

What do you think of these developments? Are you excited about upcoming Crossover Costumes, or the prospect of Extra Survival? Tell us in the comments.

Source: X-Kira; Mikami_XKira (Twitter)

Our inbox here at Shoryuken is still so full of Dragon Ball FighterZ content that we may have to change our name to Kamehameha.com. (I’m kidding. Please don’t yell at me, that was originally my editor’s joke. Yell at him.) In addition to the typical assortment of combo videos that come in, we have some interesting studies on fireball priority, and other assorted tech. Let’s see what the community has submitted this time.

Do you have a friend that is into the Super Smash Bros. series that wants to try out other fighters? Because even Smash YouTube giants like the Beefy Smash Doods are getting on board the DBFZ train with this beginner’s guide video.

datHazy shows off some DHC potential with Adult Gohan.

CCW|MRpeck324‘s combo guide for Hit has an interesting reset involving the cancelable state of Hit’s Auto-Combo!

GLHFtv covers Trunks’s unusual (and interesting) mobility options.

Clayton Chapman‘s combos are still some of the most creative and innovative combos out there. Here’s just a few examples of the work he’s done lately…

He also put together a fairly interesting study on the quest to find the best “fireball” in DBFZ.

And closing out today’s post is @ApologyMan‘s use of Hellzone Grenade to setup an invisible which-way mix-up!

The future of Hellzone Grenade mix ups. #DBFZ #PS4sharehttps://t.co/rCncvlzOJQ pic.twitter.com/kHoMM7DkmG

— Vineeth Meka (@ApologyMan) February 21, 2018

As always, if you see anything worth sharing, let us know by submitting a tip for our next roundup. Thanks everyone!

Sources: datHazy; Beefy Smash Doods; CCW|MRpeck324; GLHFtv; Clayton Chapman; @ApologyMan