Category: Fighting Games

With the Capcom Pro Tour winding down and Capcom Cup 2017 just over a month away, now is the time to take stock and check who is going to be in that final 32-person bracket. We already have our own Capcom Cup analysis series for those players who have secured their spot, but how about those who didn’t make the cut?

Seeing as there are only the Latin American and North American Regional Finals left to go and most of the bracket is locked in, VesperArcade has decided to go through the list and highlight those players who just missed out making the final 32. There are some definite shockers in there — Gamerbee, Infiltration, Xiao Hai, Nemo and MOV have not made it in — while players like 801Strider and Xiaobao had their fates sealed at Canada Cup last weekend.

There is still hope for those who have yet to qualify. 31 spots in the final bracket are decided by points, while the 32nd place is reserved for the winner of the Last Chance Qualifier, held the day before Capcom Cup. This qualifier is open to anyone, so it does act as the final gamble for anyone who has yet to secure a spot. Some US players like FChamp and K-Brad who are hovering in the mid 30s can possibly make it in through the NA Regional Finals as well, so all hope is not lost.

Source: VesperArcade

“Super Street Fighter Carnival 2017” is the regularly-occurring tournament series of Japan’s famous Mikado Arcade. This series cherishes arcade titles of old, bringing out high-level play for a variety of titles. We’ve got a month of tournaments from this season already completed, so if you want to see all of the previous games, there’s a lot of games to catch up on!

Today’s SSFC2017 game is “Ninja Master’s: Haō Ninpō Chō” which is an SNK weapons-based fighter set in Feudal Japan that somehow ISN’T Samurai Shodown. Or Last Blade, for that matter.

Have you been enjoying this years SSFC2017? Mikado plays classic arcade titles all the time, and if you dig that you should follow them at their official YouTube channel, or try to catch them when they livestream!

Source: Mikado

Double has been one of those characters that has had a constant presence in Skullgirls competitive scene. Her tools, including one of the best assists in the game, mean that she’s a character that seems to work on almost any team.

For any beginning Skullgirls 2nd Encore players looking to add Double to their team, the Skullgirls Slapfest has put up a lengthy new tutorial video for her. As with their previous tutorial for Valentine, this one features another top player help out in showing how to play the character: Keninblack. Also, just like the previous tutorial, this one is pretty long (their longest to date) so be sure to check out the timestamps in the video description on YouTube.

For more on learning Skullgirls, check out the rest of this tutorial series on the the official playlist.

Source: Skullgirls Slapfest

The “full-crouch” state in Tekken 7 (And most 3D games in general) is confusing for players transitioning from 2D to 3D fighting games. More specifically, many 2D players are unaware that the transitional stage between full-crouch and standing is its own state, with its own set of moves tied to it.

This state is known as “While-Standing” in Tekken (here’s a mnemonic for you: it happens while you’re standing up.) and sometimes “While-Rising” in other 3D games. If you’ve ever wondered why you tried to do one of your standing moves after you finished crouching and something else came out instead, you probably got a While-Standing move.

Though crouching and “While-Standing” moves are not inherently bad or good, there are real reasons why you may find yourself wanting to bypass both of these states to instantly get normal standing moves. In that case, you need to learn about crouch canceling, which is performed in Tekken 7 by using a sidestep to cancel your crouch. Check out FrameWhisperer Tekken‘s latest video for its execution, and practical examples for when to apply this important technique.

Source: FrameWhisperer Tekken

We’ve mentioned in the past that Pokkén Tournament DX‘s Weavile is a slippery foe to pin down thanks to its long list of mobility options. When you see this sort of super-fast, high-mobility archetype in games, you typically don’t expect them to also pump out giant damage when they actually connect.

That’s just not the case with Weavile. Combining the long list of combo tech on display in the latest in the latest 21 Hits exhibition with its special-cancelable anti-air (8Y) and one of the best 9 frame mids in the game (4Y), Weavile hits hard and fast in every situation.

Source: 21 Hits