Anytime you pick up a new fighting game, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by whoever the game’s resident rush-down monster is. In Pokkén Tournament DX, Weavile easily fits that role with his fast jabs, high mobility, and Counter-to-Taunt parry options.
But there’s a lot of gaps and big commitments common in both low and high level Weavile play. Once you understand how some of Weavile’s options work, Weavile will seem a lot less terrifying: you can reduce many of his more complex tools down to 50/50s, or outright nullify them completely depending upon the character you’re playing as.
Check out Mitchel‘s breakdown of the ice Pokemon above to learn about how to slow down this speedy slasher. As one of the most recognizable Weaviles out there, Mitchel‘s humorous and detailed teaching methods makes this video easily digestible and informative.
Welcome to the special annual Rollback: this time we take a frame-by-frame look back at the entire year of 2017. Here’s our top 10 headlines and editorials on Shoryuken — based on general popularity and page views — from the 2017 calendar year!
ARIKA’s spectaular April Fool’s Day “joke” became one of the most talked-about upcoming titles in the FGC; we just finished an open beta for this game — that dropped seemingly from nowhere!
Here’s some great news for any King of Fighters fans who love collecting toys and figures from the franchise. Hobby Japan is producing a new Mai Shinarui figure.
The new figure is a 1:6 scale statue based on Mai’s look from the King of Fighters XIV. As such, the figure includes some of the finer details, such as the cherry blossom print on her costume, not seen in prior games.
The figure is set to be released on May 31, 2018. For those interested in picking it up, it’s currently available for pre-order over at Play-Asia for $189.99.
In the meantime, here are a few images of the figure.
The numbers are in — how many fighters are taking on the challenge in Tokyo?
Now that Evo Japan competitor registration has concluded, we can see how the numbers stack up for each title on the roster. And the results are (in descending order):
Street Fighter V: 2,256
Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2: 1,225
Tekken 7: 1,200
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U: 793
BlazBlue: Central Fiction: 633
The King of Fighters XIV: 557
ARMS: 340
Final Evo Japan 2018 Numbers! SFV: 2,256 GG: 1,225 TEKKEN 7:1,200 Smash: 793 BBCP：633 KOF14:557 ARMS：340
Unsurprisingly, SFV still pulled the largest number of entries, and Nintendo’s more unusual title came in last. Many have called attention to KOFXIV’s strong number of registrants, being not far behind BlazBlue and well exceeding the number of competitors at Evo 2017 in Las Vegas.
Now, if you want to get a seat to view the Evo Japan Sunday finals, tickets will go on sale at 9:00 AM PT of January 5, 2018:
We release Day3(Sunday) tickets for overseas on Jan. 5th at 9:00 AM (PST) 5:00 PM (GMT) 2:00 AM (JST, next day.) All kinds of seats (zone S, A, B and standing) are available. Paypal accont will be needed to purchase it. Thank you for your patience to keep waiting so long.
For any fans looking for some more Dragon Ball FighterZ action before the open beta hits later this January, here’s some great news. The 3 on 3 tag team fighter based on the popular shonen anime franchise is coming Awesome Games Done Quick 2018.
Tokyo Attack have teamed up with Bandai Namco to bring a build of Dragon Ball FighterZ to Awesome Games Done Quick 2018. As part of this, they’ll be bringing along a special, head to head Vewlix based arcade cabinet for those at the event looking to try the game out.
Awesome Games Done Quick is an annual speed running marathon that takes place every January. This year’s marathon will take place from January 7 to 14 at Herndon, VA. The event aims to raise money for the Prevent Cancer Foundation via donations.
Dragon Ball FighterZ will launch on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on January 26.
It’s a great time to be a Tekken player. Whereas the majority of sponsorships were awarded to Street Fighter players for a while, Tekken players are now seeing a cut of the cake, with many players getting scooped up as of the last year.
This time around, Emirate-based Fursan Esports have made their stamp on the FGC by picking up Korean Tekken great LowHigh. The Shaheen player has been well known within the Tekken community for a long time, and his presence will most definitely be felt on the 2018 Tekken World Tour.
We're very proud to announce that our First representative will be @TekkenLowhigh. We wish him all the best in Tekken World Tour 2018. Good luck Champ! pic.twitter.com/nBSctY459I
What better way to start off the New Year, by looking back over those who made their mark on the year before. Set to launch ahead of the first major tournament of the year — Genesis 5 — MIOM has partnered with Red Bull to release the 2017 edition of the SSBM Rank. This new list will rank the world’s top 100 Melee players and will become the yard stick for measuring upsets over the next six months.
The rankings will be released over the course of three weeks, usually in batches of nine players at a time. Ranks 100-91 will be released on January 3rd, with the top ten being formally announced on January 16th. There’s set to be quite the upset at the top of the rankings this year, as Hungrybox’s successes may have finally allowed him to overthrow Armada as world number one.
If you want to find details on how the top 100 are decided, as well as a list of those who missed out on this year’s honor-roll, mosey on over to the official Red Bull SSBM Rank site.
Xuses is winding up 2017 with a bang, releasing several compilations in the last few days. This one focuses on one simple thing — people getting utterly destroyed.
In this compilation, Xuses pulls out a collection of people facing the humiliation of being double perfected. Featured dishing out this ultimate lesson in humility are top players such as Daigo Umehara, Imstilldadaddy, Problem X, and Poongko. Given the difficulty of pulling off this feat, we only hope as viewers that we are never featured on the receiving end of one of these.
20XX has become the go to hack pack for Super Smash Bros. Melee training, and its most recent update has made it even more effective in leveling up.
Added recently is its ability to record and replay save states, allowing you to practice for various situations in Melee. This is not unlike Street Fighter V‘s recording function, but has a few more extensible options, including infinite loops and state resets, which allow you to reset your exact position to set up various circumstances that you should practice for. It is, however, a little cumbersome to use, which is why SSBM Tutorials created a video chronicling how to use it properly.
With the recent reveals of the Dragon Ball Super trio of Goku Black, Hit and Beerus in Dragon Ball FighterZ, IKevinX has recently released reference videos for the new warriors.
First up is Goku Black, the current form of Present Zamasu, the Supreme Kai Apprentice of Universe 10, who used the Super Dragon Balls to switch bodies with Goku, before beginning the “Zero Mortals Plan” with Future Zamasu. Battling exclusively in his Super Saiyan Rose form, Black’s references are pulled solely from the anime and his Xenoverse 2 incarnation, forgoing his Super manga appearance entirely.
Naturally drawing on all of his anime battles, we see Black’s barbaric fighting style on full display, with his Launcher and Medium Auto Combos coming straight from XV2, while his Instant Transmission, God Slicer and Black Kamehameha, as well as the Fierce God Kick (which IKevinX affectionately dubs the “Savage Kick,”) are all accounted for with the usual stunning accuracy. Not to be left out, Black also has some tandem offense with Future Zamasu, such as the Binding Black Kamehameha, where he forced Goku and Future Trunks to eat the charged beam by grabbing them from behind, surviving the impact due to his immortal body. The God Slicer Dance, Holy Light Grenade and even his ultimate attack, the reality-destroying Work Of The Gods, is seen as his Level 3.
In contrast, both Hit and Beerus utilize references from the manga, with the Universe 6 assassin’s battles with Super Saiyan Blue Goku, Vegeta and Frost, as well as his recent encounter with the Pride Troopers during the on-going Tournament Of Power being drawn upon for inspiration. His Time-Skip abilities, such as Jump Spike, Tremor Pulse, Flash Skewer, Back Breaker, and Time Freeze have manifested as Counters, with his Phantom Fist serving as a dodge of sorts. Time Skip/Molotov also serves as his Level 3.
Universe 7’s God of Destruction, Beerus, rounds out this lineup, primarily drawing on his fights with Goku, Vegeta and Buu, in both Dragon Ball Super and Battle Of Gods. Utilizing his Cataclysmic Orbs, Sneeze Blasts, the Palm Energy Infusion Explosion, God of Destruction’s Wrath, the Beerus Ball and — of course– Hakai, the Destroyer has a fittingly powerful move set.
Dragon Ball FighterZ will be released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC in North America and Europe on January 26th, 2018. A Japanese release will follow on the same platforms February 1st. An open beta test will be held on January 14th-15, with digital pre-orders getting in on the 13th.
IT’S REAL! Check out Arika’s livestream of their new Street Fighter EX/Fighting Layer-based fighter