Category: Fighting Games

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Try out Sakura for free in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition from January 16th-23rd

Still undecided on pulling the trigger for the Season 3 Character Pass for Street Fighter V? Well, Capcom will be letting people try out Sakura for free during her launch week. During this free week, you’ll be able to play through her Story mode, complete her trials and play her online — but beware! Any XP or Fight Money that you earn with Sakura will disappear once the free trial ends on January 23rd. You can get this missing XP and FM back should you purchase Sakura, so don’t worry about it being lost in the ether forever.

Sakura can be purchased individually with either Fight Money or real world cash, or as part of the Season 3 Character Pass. Do note that buying Sakura with Fight Money does not get you access to her Battle Costume or extra colors.

Hopefully, Capcom will continue this trend and offer all new fighters a trial period so players can try before they buy!

Source: Capcom-Unity

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SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy is coming to Nintendo Switch this summer [UPDATE]

UPDATE: Turns out SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy is coming to PS4 as well, along with a special Diamond Dream Edition. This collector’s edition comes with a two-disc OST, an artbook, a special lapel pin set, a special collector’s box, as well as a Fatal Cutie cap, a sleeveless Mai Shiranui shirt, a SNK sweatband and even a themed workout towel. If you’re really into your SNK heroines, you can pre-order this collector’s edition over on the NISA online store for $119.99.

SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy Diamond Dream Edition

Original story: Revealed during today’s Nintendo Direct Mini, SNK and NIS America have revealed a brand new 2v2 fighter, which has all of SNK’s leading ladies battling it out. Titled SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy, this tag fighter can have up to four players clashing in either local play or online — with a fighting system that a little more chaotic when compared other SNK games.

Along with simplified special moves which can be performed with a single button, players can utilize items that spawn on screen to turn the tide of a fight. It’s not enough just to reduce your opponent’s health to zero though, as you can only finish off an opponent in SNK Heroines by using a Dream Finish — a character-specific super move.

So far, Athena Asamiya, Kula Diamond, Mai Shiranui, Leona Heidern and Yuri Sakazaki have been confirmed as playable fighters — with more to be announced in the future. Every character in SNK Heroines can be customized with different outfits, accessories and even voice clips, so you can really make your favorite fighters stand out.

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Acting as a spiritual successor to SNK Gals’ Fighters back on the Neo Geo Pocket Color, SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy is scheduled to launch on Nintendo Switch this summer.

Source: Nintendo

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Pokkén Tournament DX’s Battle Pack DLC adds Aegislash and Blastoise as new fighters

Announced as part of today’s Nintendo Direct Mini, Pokkén Tournament DX is getting new fighters, as part of its Battle Pack DLC. This DLC comes in two waves and will add two new Battle Pokémon, as well as four new Support Pokémon.

The first wave adds the Living Weapon Pokémon Aegislash as a playable character, along with Mega Rayquaza and Mimikyu as Supports. Based on the small bit of gameplay footage that was shown off, Aegislash looks to be quite a technical fighter, as players will need to master its Sword and its Shield forms to succeed in battle. This first DLC wave will launch on January 31st.

The second wave adds Blastoise, the Shellfish Pokémon as a playable fighter, as well as Mew and Celebi as Supports. Unfortunately, we didn’t see any footage of Blastoise in action, but I imagine he’ll act as a bulky zoning character. Wave 2 will release on March 23rd, and you can buy the Battle Pack over on the Nintendo Eshop right now. As a bonus for pre-purchasing, you’ll get some new avatar customization options to use straight away.

Check out the Nintendo Direct Mini below; the Pokkén portion of the presentation starts at 1:26.

Source: Nintendo

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Here are 39 while-standing launchers in Tekken 7, ranked from fastest to slowest

If you are an experienced Tekken 7 player who strives to keep a competitive edge, one need not express to you the importance of of landing a while standing/rising launcher. When reacting to an opponent’s botched sweep, it is especially important to realize that blocking is only the first step, and that a well-executed while-standing launcher can turn the tides immensely in a player’s favor.

YouTuber Scallywag 93 has created a useful visual guide that ranks 39 while-standing launchers by their execution speed. Spanning a majority of the Tekken 7 roster, this handy video can help most players determine when — or if — they should use a rising attack as a punishment option. This is also useful in helping a player determine what to expect as punishment, should they find themselves on the business end of a botched sweep situation.

Check out Scallywag 93’s while-standing launchers rankings below, and swing by their channel for more Tekken 7 tech of this nature.

Source: Scallywag 93

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Fighting Game Analysis: TrueUnderDawgGaming explains what makes a character low tier

It seems like no matter what fighting game you play, there always seems to be a few characters that are considered “bad” or “low tier.” While every player may have their own personal tier list in mind, there are a few common factors that most would agree make a character not worth the effort.

Using Street Fighter V‘s Ryu, or rather his Seasin 2 balance changes as an example, YouTuber TrueUnderDawgGaming covers what he believes are the key factors that make a fighting game character underpowered. In a brief yet very insightful video, he lists a character’s lack of basic mechanics, weak core mechanics, or a player’s inability to achieve a character’s playstyle as the three top reasons a character would be placed at the bottom of any tier list.

Check out What Makes a Character Bad? by TrueUnderDawgGaming below, and be sure to check out their channel for more fighting game analyses.

Source: TrueUnderDawgGaming

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VODs for Japan’s Kanto Tournament 3 Pokkén Tournament DX Major now available

With the Pokkén Tournament World Championship starting to shape up for 2018, now seems like a great time to check in with the scene that leads the Pokkén Tournament DX‘s meta. Of course: It’s Japan.

The Kanto Tournament is Japan’s largest offline major for Bandai Namco and Nintendo’s Pokkén Tournament DX. In its third year, this tournament brings together all corners of Japan’s scene, and Kanto Tournament 3 boasted 98 players in its bracket, which you can see here. This includes Evo champ Tonosama, Final Boss and Canada Cup champion Azazel, and more of Japan’s finest.

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Lars piles on the damage in this Tekken 7 combo video

Lars has certainly fallen from grace in Tekken 7 from his days on the top of the tier list in Tekken 6. A lot of players commented that his damage output has fallen off somewhat in the most recent iteration of the game. Looking at this combo video, however, may leave you thinking, “What nerfs?”

While this video has some heavily technical combos for the character, it does show that Lars has some amazing corner carries and huge damage output at times. It also showcases two different 100% combos on the Howard Estate against Kuma and Jack-7, showing how dangerous Lars can be on that stage.

Source: Savage Ogre

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The voice actors for Goku and Vegeta will clash in a Dragon Ball FighterZ Super Saiyan Showdown on January 25th

We saw the trash talk on Twitter, we saw the gauntlet being thrown down and now we have a date for this epic voice actor battle! Organized by Funimation, Bandai Namco and Esports Arena, Christoper Sabat (voice of Vegeta, Piccolo and Yamcha) will face off against Sean Schemmel (voice of Goku and King Kai) in a special Dragon Ball FighterZ showdown!

The event will take place on January 25th at the Esports Arena in Santa Ana, with tickets being available soon for those who want to see this Super Saiyan showdown. If you can’t make it out to Esports Arena, Funimation are planning to stream this epic clash on Twitch, Twitter and Facebook Live. Expect more details in the coming days regarding exact times and how to secure a ticket.

Now the date is locked in — who is each Saiyan going to play? I can easily see Sabat using Vegeta, Yamcha, and Piccolo (as he voices all three), while Schemmel may even opt for Team Triple Goku, seeing as Goku Black, Super Saiyan Goku and SSB Goku are all playable. Sabat has already been getting some early pointers from some FGC heads on Twitter, so expect the Prince of all Saiyans to come into this bout with some nasty set-ups.

Source: Funimation

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Zorine Te discusses recent fighting game news in the inaugural episode of 1-2 Punch

FGC news on the radio? Who would have ever thought this medium would accommodate us? Yet, here we are. Zorine Te — formerly of Yahoo! Esports — is now doing a fighting game-centric radio program on the FNTSY Sports Network, entitled 1-2 Punch, and the replay of the first episode was uploaded shortly after it was broadcast.

In this episode, Zorine talks about various tournaments that have happened in recent times. She then discusses other news, such as K-Brad’s leaving Evil Geniuses and the potential issues surrounding the team. She also talks about the potential for fighting game reality shows that are happening with recent casting calls for amateur players.

Source: @Zorine

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VesperArcade breaks down the gameplay footage of Sakura in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition

We just got our first taste of actual gameplay footage of Sakura in Street Fighter V via the Winner Stays On Sessions and Capcom-Unity streams, and now we know partially what she’s capable of within the community’s hands. If you are looking for analysis of what we saw during that stream, look no further than VesperArcade.

In this video, he discusses her normals, commenting on what links and what doesn’t. He also discusses the potential uses of each move. He later notes that her V-Triggers limit her to three uses of affected specials per activation.

Source: VesperArcade