Category: Fighting Games

Having trouble with Red Hood’s “Going Ballistic” character power? This string can seem pretty overwhelming at first — he has low, mid, and throw options all off of the same string. On paper it’s a three-way mix-up, but in actuality there’s nothing to fear thanks to “Fuzzy Guarding.”

As NRS-dedicated content creator and pro MK_REO demonstrates, there’s a particular motion you can use to negate all three options. Depending upon the character you play, this potentially makes every single mix-up option a sudden unsafe liability for the Red Hood player.

Source: MK_REO

Famous for his mastery of the incredibly difficult to perform aerial super wavedash, the hyper-technical Samus main Goomy has brought out a brand new Melee combo video. From aerial super wavedashes, uses of Samus’ extended grapple beam and some insane off-stage sequences, Goomy make Samus look nigh-on unstoppable.

At one point, Goomy is able to super wavedash to one side of Fountain of Dreams, forward tilt his opponent into a bomb on the other side of the stage and then finish them off with a Charge Shot. The sheer skill to pull off that sequence would make you think Samus herself was behind the controls. He then manages to use Samus’ grapple to phase through Pokemon Stadium and kill someone by coming up through the bottom of the stage.

Goomy is set to be at GT-X next weekend, so let’s hope he can show off his awe-inspiring Samus on stream.

Source: Goomy Smash

Part of the power of King’s Giant Swing in Tekken 7 comes from its incredible speed: it’s one of the few 10-frame startup throws in the game. Because of this, it’s a little more surprising in nature, which is a great thing for a grappler in a game with reactable throw startup.

You might think its complex input may limit where you can place Giant Swing, but Australian Tekken 7 pro BoxeR-King is here to demonstrate that there’s always time to go for a spin. The execution a little more difficult, but you can learn to execute Giant Swing from crouching postion. This allows you to use it in surprising moments like after a crouch jab, DB+3, or even after your opponent puts you in a crouching position with a move.

Source: BoxeR-King

The leap from Pokkén Tournament on the Wii U to Pokkén Tournament DX on the Nintendo Switch includes two versions worth of balance changes. While American players probably don’t want (or need) to dwell on the fact they missed the Arcade exclusive version 1.05, it is where many of the biggest changes in Pokkén Tournament DX originate from.

This is especially true of of the Fire Fox, Braixen. Once considered the best character in the game (an opinion boosted by a series of major wins by Evo champion Tonosama, no doubt), this powerful zoner received both heavy nerfs and interesting buffs. Double_FGC (arguably the U.S.’s best tournament Braixen pro) has made a great video demonstrating each of these changes for the meta-defining Pokémon, with footage from both the Wii U and DX versions for comparison’s sake.

Source: Double_FGC

The leap from Pokkén Tournament on the Wii U to Pokkén Tournament DX on the Nintendo Switch includes two versions worth of balance changes. While American players probably don’t want (or need) to dwell on the fact they missed the Arcade exclusive version 1.05, it is where many of the biggest changes in Pokkén Tournament DX originate from.

This is especially true of of the Fire Fox, Braixen. Once considered the best character in the game (an opinion boosted by a series of major wins by Evo champion Tonosama, no doubt), this powerful zoner received both heavy nerfs and interesting buffs. Double_FGC (arguably the U.S.’s best tournament Braixen pro) has made a great video demonstrating each of these changes for the meta-defining Pokémon, with footage from both the Wii U and DX versions for comparison’s sake.

Source: Double_FGC

If you’ve played a lot of fighting games or RPGs, you will have come across the idea of character archetypes. Used by both players and designers, they act as a form of short-hand when you are describing the attributes of a certain character. The glass cannon is probably the most cited character archetype — someone who can deal massive amounts of damage, but is super fragile.

To give players tangible examples, MySmashCorner has made a helpful video which attempts to map common character archetypes onto fighters from across the Super Smash Bros. series. MySmashCorner is keen to point out that characters will often fit multiple archetypes at once, in order to make them more appealing to play. Smash also has its own archetypes along with these generic ones, like the space animal and the fastfaller.

Having multiple archetypes makes a game’s roster interesting, and it’s fun to see when designers deliberately play with an archetype to create something new. Hopefully, future Smash games will continue to experiment and make new twists on old formulae.

Source: MySmashCorner