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The player selection process has begun for the first ever Smash 4 Boot Camp

Just as Smash Summit 5 has wrapped up for Melee, Smash 4 is getting its first ever Summit-style invitational, courtesy of VGBootCamp. Named “Smash 4 Boot Camp,” this four-day event will see 10 invited players squaring off against six players, voted in by the greater Smash 4 community.

Player opt-ins opened earlier this week, with that section of the selection process ending today at 2:00 PM PT. From there it goes to Twitter nominations, where the public must vote for the players they want to see in the next round. This stage lasts until November 13th, with the top 16 advancing to the final phase — the dreaded elimination stage.

From November 13th to 16th, the top two players will be voted into the Boot Camp, with the bottom two being eliminated from the contest. Just like Smash Summit, expect players humiliating themselves and pandering to the public on social media to get those precious, precious votes. For all the details on how to get and spend Boot Camp votes, make sure to check out the official Smash 4 Boot Camp smash.gg page, or this master post from GIMR on r/smashbros.

So far, these ten players have made it in:

  • TSM|ZeRo
  • NRG|Nairo
  • MVG|Salem
  • Dabuz
  • FOX|MVG|MKLeo
  • P1|Tweek
  • MSF|Larry Lurr
  • CLG|VoiD
  • Marss (via The Big House 7)
  • BSD|Elegant (via GameTyrant Expo)

There are over 50 players that have opted-in for the Twitter nomination portion of the selection process, so expect heavy fighting between candidates and local communities as they try to get their player through to the next round. I wonder if anyone will top Chudat eating several onions to get into Smash Summit 5…

Sources: smash.gg; r/smashbros

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Indie fighter “Slashers: the Power Battle” will have character customization

If there’s one feature that 2D fighting games haven’t really embraced, it’s the ability to customize characters. So far, only Injustice 2 has really run with the concept. Now, an indie fighter is looking to tackle characters customization in 2D fighter: Slashers: the Power Battle, now available on Steam as an Early Access title, will allow players to unlock gear that they can use to customize how their character looks. We’ve covered Slashers before, however, this is the first time we’ve gotten details on the game’s customization system. In the game, players can earn medals from playing the game’s “Journey Mode.” They can then use these medals to purchase and unlock customization gear.

The amazing thing here is that this is all done using 2D graphics. Other fighters that allow for character customization usually use 3D polygons (much easier to animate) even if they feature 2D gameplay. As for the game itself, Slashers borrows or pay homage to other fighting games with its mechanics. Slashers: the Power Battle features “Block ” and “Counter Block,” inspired by Street Fighter III‘s parry system; “Recovery” and “Power Recovery” inspired by Guilty Gear’s Roman Cancels, and the “Chaos Break” which serves as a combo breaking “Burst” mechanic.

The game is currently available on Steam as an Early Access title. In addition to this, it’s also subject to a 15% discount this weekend.

Source: Steam

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There’s a trick with proximity blocking and hitboxes in Guilty Gear XX Accent Core +R

There’s so much obscure tech in the venerated Guilty Gear XX Accent Core +R, it’s no surprise there are still videos coming out about it. Though this trick probably has been known and used by the most arcane masters of +R, it’s nonetheless well-presented in the video below.

Clayton chapman explains an “advanced proximity blocking” trick: whenever characters in Guilty Gear get ready to block, they switch their stance. Certain characters (not everyone!) have more than one blocking stance, which means that their hurtbox slightly alters. Clayton shows this below mostly with Ky and Potemkin. Ky uses Stun Raising to show that some attacks would trigger a taller box on Potemkin. In effect, you could force Potemkin to block attacks at certain spaces.

Read the full YouTube description for an explanation from the player, who talks about another setup.

Source: Clayton chapman

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Super Street Fighter Carnival 2017 continues with “NEO GEO Battle Coliseum” tournament

“Super Street Fighter Carnival 2017” is the regularly-occurring tournament series of Japan’s famous Mikado Arcade. This series focuses on arcade titles of old, bringing out high-level play for a variety of games. We are halfway through this tournament season, so you can catch up here if you missed any of the action.

The most recent game is NEO GEO Battle Coliseum, SNK’s other dream-match crossover fighter.

NEO GEO Battle Coliseum is SNK’s 2v2 tag game, though without assists it still retains a patient footsie-mind feel. The timing of running this tournament is pretty nice: NGBC has become something of a topic ever since rumors began circulating that a sequel was in the works at SNK. There’s also that fact that SNK is expanding their esports division… if you missed out on NGBC when it came out, it may be worth your time to get a sneak peek at it just in case NGBC2 is around the corner.

Of course, a lot of what you will learn may be null and void if Hotaru and Mr. Big don’t make the cut in a theoretical NGBC2. As you’ll see from this event, they tend to hold important places on many of the teams represented. If you want to read up on why these characters seem to be so common place, you should check our SRK’s wiki guides for the game!

You can follow the action by subscribing to Mikado’s official YouTube channel. For the night owls in the US, you can even try to catch them when they livestream.

Source: Mikado

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gentle_step showcases some amazing Ultra Street Fighter IV combos

If you remember the Street Fighter IV series for anything, elaborate combos is definitely one of its hallmarks. Most people first heard of desk from his amazing displays of execution through the game, and now not to be outdone is Toronto player gentle_step.

In his most recent combo video for Ultra Street Fighter IV, he showcases some long and execution-laden combos for Blanka, Poison, Sakura, Makoto, Decapre, Cody, Oni, Dan, Ibuki, Seth, Deejay, Akuma, Rufus, and Evil Ryu. While some of these may have some more optimal variants for tournament play, gentle_step is merely showing off how rich this game is for its combo system.

Source: james

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“Now, watch and learn!” World Warrior shows off safe jumps and corner pressure with Street Fighter V’s Old Zeku

Old Zeku has some new tricks up his sleeve thanks to youtuber World Warrior.

While there’s always a flurry of content during the first week of a character launch, few players actually stick with the flavor of the month. But when World Warrior showed us anti-back-rise setups, he clearly wasn’t done. Now, he’s discovered that the Bushinryu master has an excellent safe jump setup versus nearly the whole cast off his Crush Counter sweep, allowing him to set up meaty cross-ups and beat reversal Dragon Punches.

He also has his own take on the corner Gram pressure that we saw so prominently during week one. With the combination of wake-up pressure and safe jumps off hard knockdowns, this Zeku tech is perfect for Street Fighter V ‘s offensively-minded world.

Source: World Warrior

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Here are your brackets for this Friday’s ELEAGUE Injustice 2 World Championship Playoffs

This Friday marks the start of the playoffs of the ELEAGUE Injustice 2 World Championship. From a starting field of 16 players, we now have just four players looking for a chance to become the champion.

These four players will face off this Friday at 10:00 PM ET (7:00 PM PT), live from the ELEAGUE Arena in Atlanta, GA.  For those curious as towards the match ups, ELEAGUE has released the brackets for the playoffs, which you can see (alongside an amazing animated “poster”) in the tweet below.

First up will be Allegiance’s Ryan “Dragon” Walker going up against Problem X Promotions Denom “AFoxyGrampa” Jones. With his recent signing, Evo 2017 champion Dragon will be looking to prove himself to his new team. However, AFoxyGrampa is no slouch, having gained multiple Top 8 finishes at events like SCR 2017, Absolute Battle 8 and East Coast Throwdown 2017.

Following up on this match up, we have NASR eSports’s Sayed Hashim Ahmed, aka Tekken Master, going up against Circa’s Christian “ForeverKing” Quiles. As with the previous match up, this one is also between two heavyweights, with both players being considered some of the best in Injustice 2.

Which of these four will make it to the winners finals of the ELEAGUE Injustice 2 World Championship? We’ll find out this Friday.

Source: ELEAGUE

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Problem X talks to BornFree about the state of Street Fighter in the UK, and his preparations for Capcom Cup

Problem X has been on fire this season, with four Capcom Pro Tour wins this year and a number 6 seed in the upcoming Capcom Cup. He also finished off his CPT regular season with a respectable fifth place finish at Canada Cup 2017.

At the aforementioned event, BornFree sat down with Mouseports|Problem X to talk about his preparations for Capcom Cup. He also discusses his past in first-person shooters before changing gears with Street Fighter IV, and his concern about how the new V-Triggers in Street Fighter V will be implemented. He also states that despite the UK’s success on the Capcom Pro Tour in Street Fighter V, he felt like the scene in general was stronger in Street Fighter IV.

Source: BornFree

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Prepare yourself for Capcom Cup 2017 with this special edition of Wake Up Wednesdays

The big event just over a month away, so Capcom is gearing up for Capcom Cup 2017. Spilling the beans about the format for this year’s event, as well as explaining how people can register for the Last Chance Qualifier, Capcom’s Michael Martin has released a special Capcom Cup-themed episode of Wake Up Wednesdays.

First off, the first two days of Capcom Cup 2017 will be held at the Anaheim Hilton, right next to the Anaheim Convention Center where PlayStation Experience is taking place. Both Capcom Cup 2017 and Battle for the Stones will be running at the same time in the Anaheim Hilton, so there is plenty for you to watch if you’re attending as a spectator.

If you are coming for the Capcom Cup Last Chance Qualifier, you must register via smash.gg as quickly as possible! Registration costs $20 and is capped at 256 players — so register now to avoid disappointment. Online registration ends on November 29th but there is still hope if you miss the deadline. There will be on-site registration for the LCQ on December 7th, but it costs $40. Also note that all on-site entrants will be placed in a single “pool of death”, so beware of shark-infested waters should you register late.

Top 32 for Capcom Cup will take place on December 9th and then Top 8 will be hosted in the Anaheim Convention Center on December 10th, closing out PlayStation Experience with a bang. As for format, Capcom Cup 2017 will use the traditional bracket format, with players being seeded based on Capcom Pro Tour points. There had been some discussion both early in the Pro Tour and online about a group format but no, this year’s event will stick to the usual straight double-elimination bracket.

You can register for the Last Chance Qualifier over on smash.gg right now, so don’t delay! See you all at Capcom Cup 2017!

Source: Capcom Fighters

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HORI is releasing a special Dragon Ball FighterZ-themed RAP Pro.N fight stick

If you’re a Dragon Ball fan looking for a new stick to celebrate the launch of Dragon Ball FighterZ, HORI has you covered. Spotted on Amazon Japan, the hardware manufacturer is releasing a version of their Real Arcade Pro.N Fight Stick, complete with special DBFZ artwork. The artwork is actually taken from Super Saiyan Blue Goku’s Level 3, where he finishes off a Kaioken x 20 God Kamehameha with a planet-shattering uppercut.

The stick itself is identical to your standard RAP Pro.N in terms of form factor and function — it’s just sporting the fancy Goku artwork. You can pre-order the stick off Amazon Japan right now, with it retailing for ¥20,498 (approx $180) and releasing on February 1st. If you want to learn more about the RAP Pro.N, you read our review of the regular model of this stick right here.

Source: Amazon Japan via ShonenGamez