With Dissidia Final Fantasy NT‘s Western release now upon us, people will certainly be in the lab with this title. Fortunately for those who want to see what they can do with this game, people who have their hands on the Japanese version have been posting their findings.
This combo video shows off some strong basic combos with a large swath of the cast, including characters like Onion Knight, Cloud, Ultimecia, and Tidus. Armed with these, you’ll be better equipped to cut and cast your way through to victory for your team.
While attending the inaugural Evo Japan, it crossed my mind that an article talking about the differences between the event and the original Evo in Las Vegas might be a great read. That said, there was just one little problem. Well a big problem: I’ve never actually been to Evo in Las Vegas. Yes, there it is, hold the presses — one of Shoryuken’s longest-tenured writers was an Evo “virgin,” and hasn’t gone to the big game in Vegas.
Street Fighter V finals in Las Vegas (Evo 2016)
It’s not like I haven’t tried. However, real life always seemed to find a means to get in the way of my plans. The first time I tried to go, I got laid off when the company I worked for got bought out, and after that, I’d focused more on helping build the scene here in the Philippines. The Evo trip kept getting moved back further and further. It certainly didn’t help that flying to Las Vegas from the Philippines wasn’t exactly an easy task — what with the Visa requirements, on top of the actual cost (at least a thousand US dollars for the flight alone).
The thing is, I’m not actually alone in this now. The viewership numbers alone indicate that there’s a large audience of players who are interested in Evo, but aren’t able to go. And I’m pretty sure a number of these are players like me — stuck on the other side of the world, and not easily able to travel to Las Vegas.
We call ourselves the “Fighting Game Community,” but we’re actually quite divided in more ways than one. Geography — specifically, the Pacific Ocean — is one of those great divides. While Evo is supposed to be where the community gets together, for the longest time, only a limited number of people from the East have been able to come over — usually the top players from Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, or China, fighting to represent their countries in their games of choice.
With Evo Japan though, players from all over the Asian region now have a chance to actually fulfill that dream: from top players who stood good chances of winning, unknown talent capable of causing upsets, fighting game fans who want to experience something like Evo, to veterans who just want to reconnect with old friends (and make new ones in the process). For the most part, the same kinds of players you see at the Evo in Las Vega — only now, it’s in Tokyo.
With this in mind, perhaps the really important point to make isn’t about the differences between Evo Japan and the original Evo venue. Rather it’s about how they’re similar. Both represent the most prestigious tournament in the world of competitive fighting games. Both are where the fighting game community at large comes together to celebrate this genre that we’ve all fallen in love with. The only real difference — or at least the only one that matters — is that now one of them takes place on the other side of the world, opening the Evo experience to an even greater population of fans and players, and finally letting those who wouldn’t couldn’t attend before do so.
We’re back with some more Dragon Ball FighterZ! Versus-style games are much more sandbox-like in combo potential, so it’s probably unsurprising that we’re still knee-deep in combo video submissions. Still, today’s roundup shows the community venturing a little bit more into mechanical breakdowns, showing that there might just be a bit more to the game then dumping your entire meter.
Here’s what the community has sent in today!
rooflemonger opens us up with a collection of tips both for new fighting game players and for players still learning subtle parts of DBFZ’s gameplay.
He’s also our first Android 21 entry with his combo guide, and move-absorption breakdown.
playergodaines‘s Piccolo solo combos should make all Namekians proud.
Peter Souvannarath breaks down all the changes that occur when you activate Sparking Blast. Was there anything here you didn’t know about?
desk continues his exploration of the Blue Saiyans with these SSGSS Vegeta combos.
SNK had a pretty sizable booth at Evo Japan. The booth was about twice the size of most other booths at the event, with both a demo area and a shop for players to pick up some merchandise. It’s the former that concerns this article, T as the demo area was dedicated to letting players try out The King of Fighters XIV‘s newly-announced DLC character, Oswald.
For those who weren’t at the event, jiぇfu was able to capture some off-screen footage of him during a play session at the booth. In the footage below, they get a fair bit of testing of Oswald done, including some of his side-switching counter moves (taking control of both sticks).
In addition to this. SNK also had a small SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy setup in between their shop and the demo area. Here, they had cosplayers posing for photos, while some gamplay footage was played on a monitor behind them. jiぇfu also took some off-screen footage of the monitor, capturing a few pre-recorded matches that SNK was playing.
All of the community’s eyes were on Evo Japan 2018, and it was indeed an amazing event, with some interesting results. The whole world saw Infiltration return to his throne, reigning as king of Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition.
VesperArcade sat down to discuss the aftermath of the event, and specifically talked about MOV and HumanBomb’s differences in approach to Chun-Li, with the former sticking the V-Trigger I and the latter moving on to some creative uses of V-Trigger II. He also discussed various matches, including stormKUBO and Tokido, and Infiltration and John Takeuchi.
SNK brought SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy to the Evo Japan show floor, with a small booth where players could take pictures with cosplayers dressed up as the game’s characters, among whom was a big hint at the game’s next playable character. Now, for those who weren’t there, SNK has finally dropped a trailer revealing said character: Nakoruru.
The Evo Japan trailer for SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy gives us our first glimpse of Nakoruru as she appears in the game (literally, as her cosplayer was wearing her more-traditional outfit at Evo). In addition to this, we get more gameplay snippets of the other girls.
This is on top of revealing the set up for the game’s story, where the girls have been kidnapped after the last tournament and find themselves in a mysterious mansion — basically the same setup as the April Fool’s webcomic spinoff Nariyuki Quest. Whether or not this means that Kukri, *ahem* Sandel Dark, is the final boss of the game has yet to be revealed.
Check out the trailer — in both English and Japanese — as well as Nakoruru’s official art below.
SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy is set to hit PlayStation 4 and Switch sometime this summer.
While most of the announcements for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition at Evo Japan were in regards to its Monster Hunter: World crossover content, there was one that was more relevant to the game’s competitors. At Evo Japan 2018, it was announced that the Red Bull Kumite would once again return in 2018.
The fourth edition of the Red Bull Kumite will now take place on November 11. This is a change from the event’s usual spring schedule. As per the previous events, Red Bull Kumite will still take place in Paris, France. Also taking place in Paris is the last chance qualifier, set for November 10, 2018 — the day before the Kumite, naturally.
In addition to this, a Red Bull Kumite qualifier series for Japan was also announced. The qualifiers will begin later this spring, and will take place in various venues around the country before finally culminating in a final qualifying tournament. The winner of this will gain automatic entry into Red Bull Kumite in France!
World-Warrior continues to turn up the heat with Street Fighter V‘s fiery shoto!
World-Warrior has been hard at work exploring Street Fighter V‘s Ken since the Arcade Edition upgrade, making sure Ken mains stay on top of the rushdown. In the first video below, he demonstrates some okizeme options to cover both quick and back rise:
And in this next video, World-Warrior looks at the change to Ken’s Thunder Kick!
Check out other Ken tech from World-Warrior in our recent SFVAE roundup post.
Style, samples, and lots of love make this “Ode to Capcom” worth the listen.
Inspired by the release of Street Fighter V‘s Arcade Edition update, hip-hop artist YEAR OF THE OX made this music video — “STREET FIGHT (An Ode to Capcom)” — to express their love for that most influential of fighting game franchises. For those of still riding on hype of the spectacular Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition action from Evo Japan this past weekend, this is right up our alley.
A certain shades-wearing ninja didn’t make it into Tekken 7‘s launch roster, but it appears that he has found his way into the battle of the World Warriors. A Street Fighter V PC mod by SleepingMaster let’s you exchange Nash’s vest and spectacles for the option to be the spitting image of the Tekken series’ Raven.
The mod is very well done, and it’s surprising how many similarities between Nash and Raven have gone unnoticed until now: they’ve both got teleportation abilities and assassination skills, they’re both bespectacled men with very noticeable battle scars, who prefer to let their fists do the talking.
This Raven mod for Street Fighter V also comes with 10 unique color swaps. Check it out in action in the video below — and you can pick it up here.
With Evo Japan though, players from all over the Asian region now have a chance to actually fulfill that dream: from top players who stood good chances of winning, unknown talent capable of causing upsets, fighting game fans who want to experience something like Evo, to veterans who just want to reconnect with old friends (and make new ones in the process). For the most part, the same kinds of players you see at the Evo in Las Vega — only now, it’s in Tokyo.