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More of Retsu’s Mad Gear members arrive in this latest set of CFN Portal profiles

After taking a quick break to cover Street Fighter V‘s newest arrival, Menat, the Shadaloo Combat Research Institute has continued to reveal their research on the remaining members of Retsu’s underlings in his incarnation of the Mad Gear Gang, seen in 1993’s Final Fight 2. Today, we start with Eliza’s knife-wielding partner-in-crime, Mary. Low-ranking Shadaloo soldier Private Nakagawa returns to provide his customary narration of the Activity Reports.

Private Nakagawa: “Another sexy knife nut. She pays much attention and care to her health, in order to maintain her good looks and beautiful appearance.”

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Basic Info:

Name: Mary
Height: 161cm
Weight: 46kg
Blood type: B
Birthday: November 7th
Country of Origin: USA
Likes: Jogging
Dislikes: Cockroaches

Private Nakagawa: “She gets along very well with her brother Leon, [Her male replacement in USA, obviously] and likes to jog along Metro City’s Bay Side area. While running, she also trains her leg strength, so her kicks become more powerful as well. She likes cleanliness, and always keeps her room tidy. When she was a little girl, she wanted to become a florist.”

Next, we move on to the portly electrical engineer, Elick!

Private Nakagawa: “A man who attacks with his hand-made power generator. Unbeknownst to his friends, he frequents an aerobics gym.”

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Basic Info:

Name: Elick
Height: 160cm
Weight: 109kg
Blood Type: A
Birthday: December 12th
Country of Origin: USA
Likes: Electrical engineering
Dislikes: Dogs

Private Nakagawa: “He admired his father, who worked at a Metro City power plant, so he studied electrical engineering all by himself. He’s loved pranks since his childhood. Nowadays it looks like he’s hanging out with his hometown friends, and has a hand in some crime…”

Now we take a look at the Molotov-cocktail-tossing Joe!

Private Nakagawa: “A dangerous thug who throws Molotov cocktails. He has an extremely short temper, so his companions always fear him.”

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Basic Info:

Name: Joe
Height: 185cm
Weight: 77kg
Blood Type: B
Birthday: August 1st
Country of Origin: USA
Likes: Red Things
Dislikes: Moisture

Private Nakagawa: “He loves red things, and eats tomato spaghetti every day. He was raised in a strict family, all study and discipline. He’s always quiet in front of people, but he committed several arsons, to release the stress he accumulated, and was arrested.”

For the 240th Profile, we meet Eliot.

Private Nakgawa: “He deals with weapons and illegal things. Because he’s so silent and serious, his companions always welcome and trust him… Just why doesn’t he work honestly then?”

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Basic Info:

Name: Eliot
Height: 188cm
Weight: 80kg
Blood Type: A
Birthday: August 1st
Country of Origin: UK
Likes: Alcohol
Dislikes: Pickles

Private Nakagawa: “He’s in charge of the key of a secret port warehouse. He always walks to the warehouse, carrying the key. Every time there’s business inside, he becomes the gatekeeper, and intimidates anyone who gets to close. He’s a maudlin drinker, and whenever he becomes drunk, he cries and tells something about his past. Because he has a very good memory, when he’s very drunk his tales go on forever.”

Now we take a look at Mark.

Private Nakagawa: “He loves beautiful things, and also himself. He’s a man like Lord Vega. Because he uses strong perfumes everyone spots him, even when he tries to hide.”

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Basic Info:

Name: Mark
Height: 166cm
Weight: 58kg
Blood Type: A
Birthday: February 20th
Country of Origin: USA
Likes: Himself, Handsome Men [This, and Mark’s new design, reference One Punch-Man‘s Puri-puri Prisoner, constantly flirting with handsome men.]
Dislikes: Slimy Things [Likely a reference to Puri-puri Prisoner’s defeat by Deep Sea King.]

Private Nakagawa: “Due to the influence of a movie he saw in his childhood he dreams to become an actor. His excessive self-esteem led to him taking countless auditions, but he was always rejected due to his personality. Because he faced financial hardships, he got his hands dirty with crime. While he now belongs to a criminal gang, he didn’t give up on his acting career dream, and still cares for his appearance. His reactions are over the top, and his voice is loud.”

Next it’s time to walk with Elias.

Private Nakagawa: “A man who moves quickly and attacks with his metal rod. He’s obsessed with jinxes and lucky items. His peers are always uncomfortable when he’s around because he does fortune-telling and is always right.”

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Basic Info:

Name: Elias
Height: 195cm
Weight: 85kg
Blood Type: Not Checked
Birthday: April 4th
Country of Origin: USA
Likes: Karaoke
Dislikes: Fat Meat

Private Nakagawa: “He has a characteristic laugh, that once heard will never leave your ears. His specialty is astrology. He’s an avid reader with extensive knowledge. He also loves housework. He’s quite taciturn… He could be an unexpected indoorsman, after all.”

Finally, we have Jack!

Private Nakagawa: “A man who’s unusually fashion-conscious. He pays attention to caps above all else. He played baseball during his schooldays.”

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Basic Info:

Name: Jack
Height: 184cm
Weight: 60kg
Blood Type: 0
Birthday: August 5th
Country of Origin: USA
Likes: Collecting Old Clothes
Dislikes: Mornings (hates getting up)

Private Nakagawa: “He’s a spendthrift, and any money he earns immediately goes to some clothes or accessories. His room is so full of clothes that there’s no place to stand in. He wants to open his own fashion shop someday in the future by himself. Recently, he started worrying about his hair loss.”

That does it for the latest round of Final Fight 2 underlings, with the remainder of them likely getting covered in the coming weeks. Do you have any nostalgic memories of facing these foes during the game? What do you think of some of the additional personality traits and redesigns they’ve acquired through these Activity Reports? Leave your thoughts in the comments section below. You can also check out the last set of profiles, featuring Eliza from FF2, here.

Special thanks to Midgardsorn for translations and footnotes.

Source: CFN Portal

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More combos, setups, loops, and semi-inifinites: here’s another helping of Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite pre-release videos

Though its official release is still a couple of days away, not only has Capcom given some players early access to Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, but some players have been able to purchase the game via stores breaking the street date. The result is that we have even more videos showing off the game, even if it isn’t supposed to be out yet.

First up, we have some Dormammu videos from Olaf Redland. The concept behind the combos shown here is using flight cancelling to continually loop his opponent with his Dark Hole special.

We’ve talked to Olaf a bit more about this, and sadly for anyone thinking we’ve found something gamebreaking, the combo itself isn’t a true infinite. That said, it’s still a pretty good combo, especially with how he can pull it off from nearly full screen.

Speaking of loops, Rynge has shared a video of one way Zero can set up mid-screen lightning loops.

Next up, we have Panda Global’s RayRay showing off a combo for the team of Gamora and Ultron. He seems pretty impressed with the team and says that it’ll likely be his first team in the game.

Meanwhile, Echo Fox’s Justin Wong has been playing around with a number of characters. One of these is Captain America, who Justin demonstrated a pretty damaging Power Stone combo for on his stream in a clip that was shared by Panda Global.

Justin also demonstrated an amazing Spider-Man combo on his stream, that you can see in this clip taken by HiFight.

Flash was also on hand in Justin’s stream and showcased some stuff as well. Here he demonstrates a set up for the team of Rocket Raccoon and Doctor Strange.

HiFight also clipped this bit from Apology Man’s stream, showing him teching two throws from a tag in. The interesting bit here however is basically how it demonstrates that players can use tag ins to set up a second throw after the first attempt is teched.

Spab on the other hand has been experimenting with Ryu, demonstrating how a team can confirm into a combo by tagging out of an anti-air Shoryuken.

He’s also demonstrated a Soul Stone Infinity Storm extension combo for his particular team of Ryu and Strider Hiryu.

Speaking of teams, Evil Geniuses ChrisG has been hard at work with the team of Jedah and Morrigan, aka “Team Darkstalkers”. The king of Morrigan in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 has put together a video demonstrating some concepts for the team.

Last, but not least, UltraDavid shared this un-rollable ground reset for Thor.

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite officially launches on PlayStation 4, PC, and Xbox One on September 19.

Sources: Olaf Redland; Rynge; PG|RayRay; EchoFox|Justin Wong via HiFight; ApologyMan via HiFight; Spab; EG|NYChrisG; Ultradavid

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Shoryuken review: Seimitsu LS-56-01-AS multi-tension lever (Arcade Shock exclusive)

A joystick that can provide exactly the amount of resistance you want.

When it comes to controller modification, aesthetics get a lot of attention — but what primarily matters to the player is, as Arcade Shock puts it, “user experience.” The levers that are most predominant in factory-made arcade sticks today are the ubiquitous Sanwa Denshi JLF (used in Razer and Qanba’s products, and any stick that is marketed as “professional” quality) and the HORI Hayabusa (the automatic inclusion in all of HORI’s full-size fightsticks). These levers share a great deal in common: at stock specs, both are square-gated, ball-topped, and offer about the same degree of spring resistance — with the Hayabusa being marginally looser than a standard Sanwa JLF. This is the typical Japanese arcade-style model.

seimitsu multi-tension lever 9For those players that didn’t start their fighting game training on Japanese sticks, they may have grown used to the significantly higher-tension levers used in North American arcade units, or the Korean Crown models renowned for being the sticks to play Tekken on. For those that crave some more “oomph” in their lever, Arcade Shock commissioned this lever kit from Seimitsu. It is at first glance a very typical Japanese lever, but by including five different springs to modify the lever’s resistance, a user can dramatically alter the feel of playing on this stick. Arcade Shock provided us one to try out exactly that.

Custom springs aren’t anything new, but the Seimitsu LS-56-01-AS kit makes the process easier by shipping with five different springs of various stiffness, ready to go. This streamlines the process significantly, as rather than hunting down different tensions to try, you have a wide range of resistance available to try out for yourself immediately, and see what suits your taste.

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You can see the range data on the scale above; Arcade Shock includes the comparable tensions of other Seimitsu models. The softest is 0.4 lbf (pounds of force), ranging through 0.9 lbf (the default spring, already installed in the lever), and 1.12 lbf, up to a some really stiff ranges : 2 lbf and 4 lbf, well above typical for Japanese levers. The stick comes packed with a basic black shaft cover, dust cover, and balltop (but Sanwa Denshi/HORI balltops are also compatible, if you want to swap colors), and a very ordinary square gate (that can also be replaced by a differently-shaped restrictor, if desired). They also include some extra C-clips because — you know it — these things are bound to break or go missing when they fly across the room.

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To swap the springs out, you need to pop that C-clip off the shaft (a flat-tipped screwdriver or a pair of pliers usually serves that purpose well) and pull the shaft assembly apart, just like on most levers. That takes a bit of caution and practice — you want to be careful to not damage the C-clip while making sure the shaft assembly doesn’t just spill apart on you. The spring sits around the shaft itself right in the middle of the assembly.

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Because there isn’t an “easy” way to swap springs, finding the tension you actually like can prove a bit of a chore, as you need to extract the spring from this assembly each time you want to try something else. The joystick will mount perfectly into the bracket used by a Sanwa or HORI lever with no modification, but because of how tricky it can be to get that spring in/out, I recommend deciding what tension you want to use before you mount the lever in your fightstick case.

Original HORI Hayabusa lever
Seimitsu LS-56-01-AS lever

Installation note: while the five-pin connector is reversed from the HORI/Sanwa setting, the lever should still be oriented facing the same way to ensure the switch directions are still matched up.

So, installation aside, how does it feel? In my (highly subjective!) comparisons, the softer tensions are comparable to most Japanese sticks; 0.4 lbf feels as loose or even a little lighter than a stock Hayabusa, while 0.9-1.12 lbf covers the Sanwa Denshi JLF range, and slightly stiffer. The 2 lbf and 4 lbf springs are the really interesting ones. The 2 lbf feels comparable to those solid bat-topped arcade sticks I grew up with before Mad Catz brought the JLF to North America, or a Crown; while the 4 lbf is a monster, however — definitely a spring for players that really want their stick to feel solid. I found the 4 lbf spring actually tiring to manipulate and play on (and a bit tricky to install, too!).

Tekken-5-Kazuya-Mishima-841-1-Is this lever kit for you? It has a lot going for it: even before the swappable springs, it’s a solid and comfortable Seimitsu lever. When you factor in the extra springs and the reasonable cost — $29.95 USD — this is a very attractive package if you’re in the market for a new lever. Head over to Arcade Shock to check it out. The tension your lever provides can make a big difference in your game — one of the reasons stiffer joysticks are preferred by many for Tekken titles, due to their quick return-to-neutral-position response. This lever kit accomplishes exactly what it was intended for, and is definitely worth a look.

Pros:

  • Included spring selection provides a great range of different tensions
  • Immediately compatible with any five-pin fightstick setting and other brands’ accessories
  • Reasonable price

Cons:

  • Spring installation/swapping isn’t any easier than a regular lever
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2D brawler-fighter hybrid Wishmere gets September 26th release date on Steam for PC, Mac, & Linux

It wasn’t too long ago that Crayder Studios offered a free demo of their new indie brawler-fighter Wishmere on the Steam platform. Today, they’ve announced that this Steam-greenlit project is now ready for retail release:

Wishmere is the first full release by the two-man team behind Crayder Studios. It’s an ambitious project, whose battle system features heavy meter management and a variety of combo possibilities. If that sort of thing interests you, you can check out the official website to read more in depth about the game’s systems and modes. Wishmere launches September 26th on Steam.

Source: CrayderStudios

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Got beef? It’s time to get Salty at Revolution 2017, thanks to their grudge matches

There’s nothing better than a good grudge in the FGC, and apparently Revolution 2017 agrees. The UK’s Anime major has announced that there will be a secondary stage devoted entirely to grudge matches, run by Rice Digital.

So if you’ll be in Europe and fancy proving a point in front of live viewers, get your slot booked. Pick your format and your game of choice — Fight of Gods grudge matches anyone? — and talk to NGI. The matches will all be streamed of course, so the whole world can watch you settle a grudge by perfectly executing a Jesus infinite or two.

The Salty Suite is nothing new, but it’s great to see a bit of flavor added to the UK’s biggest anime event of the year. Hopefully there are going to be some great matches lined up, with plenty of context and a whole lot of salt. Fingers crossed.

Oh, and check out the new Revolution 2017 trailer:

Source: PQUBE

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Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite character introductions: Hawkeye, Ultron, Zero, Haggar, Ghost Rider, & Arthur

The Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite character guides just keep coming from Unequalled Media and FingerCramp, as we continue to steadily approach Tuesday’s release. This next batch of six videos contains tutorials for Hawkeye, Ultron, Zero, the Mayor of New Metro City Mike Haggar, Ghost Rider, and Sir Arthur.

As usual, Capcom UK Community Manager Matt “The Street Writer” Edwards is back to provide a brief character overview and a breakdown of each of their special moves, Hyper combos and unique skills, such as Arthur being able to jump cancel each of his air specials. He closes by providing an Infinity Stone recommendation for each character, such as using the Power Stone’s ability to negate advancing guard to continue Ultron’s relentless drone pressure, giving Ghost Rider or Zero the Mind Stone to utilize several Hypers continuously, or equipping Hawkeye or Arthur with the Time Stone, which provides them with improved runaway games and powerful projectile loops when the Infinity Storm is activated. You can find all six videos below — which also provide a listen to each character’s new theme.

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite will be released in North America and Europe on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Steam PC this Tuesday, September 19th. A Japanese release on the same platforms will follow on Thursday, September 21st. You can find the other two groups of tutorials released so far below. Don’t forget to also check out this basics tutorial from Sajam and Rip, as well as the first two episodes of UM|Tyrant’s MvC:I Beginner’s Guide, which covers Infinite’s new mechanics, as well as a detailed breakdown of the powers of the six Infinity Stones.

Source: Marvel vs. Capcom

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Pokkén Tournament DX major “Burst Attack” in San Francisco, CA brings fighting games to the Thalia Beach

One of the advantages (and arguably, the primary selling point) of the Nintendo Switch is its portability. The Pokkén Tournament community is clearly eager to take advantage of that, having announced one of the more unique tournament settings seen in the FGC: a shore-side tournament at San Francisco’s Thalia Beach.

Planned for November 3-5, 2017, the tournament is already boasting a list of some of Pokkén Tournament’s best players from around the country, including the likes of:

  • Allister (NorCal)
  • IcySoapy (Arizona)
  • Rokso (Tri-State)
  • meLo (Missouri)
  • Bellsworth (Utah)
  • SirSpudd (Nebraska)
  • Thulius (Ohio)
  • Toasty (Texas)
  • Fosh (SoCal)
  • Kino (Florida)

You can find out more about this Beach-Side Scuffle here at Burst Attack’s official website. With the tournament entrants already advertised, it’s safe to say that this event will include points towards the previously announced Pokkén Arena Circuit.

Source: 21 Hits

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The Brooklyn Beatdown Round 2 streaming live from Brooklyn, New York

Last year’s The Brooklyn Beatdown is getting a second go this weekend as part of ESL One New York. While not a part of the Capcom Pro Tour circuit, this Street Fighter V tournament sports a $50,000 prize pool and, from the look at the brackets, some very fierce competition.

At The Brooklyn Beatdown will be not only some of the top players from North America, (NuckleDu, Punk, Justin Wong, K-Brad, Snake Eyez, Smug, Fchamp) but also Asia (Tokido, Fuudo, Haitani, Daigo Umehara, Kazunoko, Momochi, Verloren, NL, Xiaohai), Latin America (DR Ray, Brolynho, MenaRD, Caba) and Europe (Phenom). If you’re looking for some high-quality Street Fighter V, this will be the perfect fit for your weekend.

To catch the tournament and see who walks away from the weekend with a cool $20,000 first prize, head over to ESL’s Street Fighter V channel on Twitch.

Watch live video from ESL_SFV on www.twitch.tv

Schedule

All times in EDT (UTC -4).

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Source: ESL Gaming, Smash.gg

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The Top 4 of the Injustice 2 Pro Series will be broadcast on ESPN 2

Another day, another FGC event getting top billing on cable TV. Ahead of tomorrow’s Injustice 2 Pro Series Finals, ESPN has announced that it will be broadcasting the Top 4 live on ESPN 2. If all goes to plan, the Grand Finals will be broadcast from 8pm-10pm PT on ESPN 2 and on ESPN Live.

For those who don’t have access to ESPN, you will still be able to watch all of the action via the NetherRealm Twitch channel. The preliminary bracket is set to start at 10am PT tomorrow, with all matches being three out of five. The players competing in the Injustice 2 Pro Series Finals are as follows:

  • FOX|SonicFox
  • Noble|Dragon
  • FOX|Theo
  • Eanix|Biohazard
  • RNG|whiteBoi
  • Noble|Semiij
  • NASR|Tekken Master
  • PxP|A F0xy Grampa
  • Rogue|Slayer
  • Circa|Forever King
  • bc|HoneyBee
  • iLuusions
  • PG|Hayatei
  • Madzin
  • F3|DR_Gross
  • FOX|Scar

Tickets are still available to attend the finals live, so make sure to grab some seats if you are in the LA area.

Source: InjusticeGame

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THE MIXUP streaming live from Lyon, France

France is throwing down this weekend with THE MIXUP. Building off of its reputation in previous years as the Street Fighter tournament Street Grand Battle, THE MIXUP adds new franchise to the mix with Guilty Gear and Tekken. On top of that is a tournament for the upcoming Arc System Works title Dragon Ball FighterZ.

Tournament Games

THE MIXUP is a Capcom Pro Tour Ranking Event. Some world warriors that are scheduled to be in attendance include GmaerBee, Luffy, Mister Crimson, Problem X, Packz, and Akainu, to name a few. You can find brackets for the event on Challonge.

Four streams will be available over the weekend for the event, including a English main stream option for non-French speakers.

UnequalledMedia (English Main)

Watch live video from UnequalledMedia on www.twitch.tv

VSFTVdotcom (French Main)

Watch live video from vsftvdotcom on www.twitch.tv

LaDOSETV (French Secondary)

Watch live video from LaDOSETV on www.twitch.tv

LaDOSETV2 (French DBFZ)

Watch live video from LaDOSETV2 on www.twitch.tv

Sources: THE MIXUP, Capcom Pro Tour