Android 16 is one of the more interesting choices that Bandai Namco and Arc System Works have made for the cast of Dragon Ball FighterZ. Getting involved in just a couple of fights in the original source material, the green giant isn’t usually the first choice for inclusion in games.
Even if Android 16 only fights twice in the anime and manga, there’s lots of material for Dragon Ball FighterZ to call back to. And his various video game versions throughout the years have added their own share, building him up as a grappler archetype. DBFZ isn’t afraid to reference these past games, as well.
You can check all the references IKevinX has found in the video below.
Earlier this week at Gamescom, we learned that Black Manta, Raiden and Hellboy would be joining the cast of Injustice 2, as the next three DLC characters contained in Fighter Pack 2. The GameStop Hometown Heroes finals are currently raging in Las Vegas, Nevada, where NetherRealm Studios’ Ed Boon revealed the first look at gameplay for Black Manta, who will be the first character released in September.
David Hyde brings his signature arsenal of powerful technologically-augmented black wetsuit, which is equipped with a harpoon gun, a jetpack that provides him with the ability to float in the air, and a pair of shoulder-mounted rocket launchers to strengthen his zoning abilities. Manta also boasts a Teleport Punch and his pair of twin blades, allowing him the ability to rush down his foes with ease. His Trait appears to be his signature optic blasts emitted from his helmet’s lenses, that may function similarly to Hish-Qu-Ten Predator’s lasers in Mortal Kombat XL.
Finally, his super move sees Manta pull out his trident, which he uses to stab his opponents, sending them forward at high speed, before blasting them with his shoulder rockets and restanding them with his harpoon gun, before finally frying them with his eye-lasers. His dialogue with arch-enemy Aquaman indicates he still holds a grudge against the King of Atlantis for killing his father, something his Injustice incarnation likely shares with his New 52 counterpart. You can see the full trailer below:
Black Manta will be available as part of Fighter Pack 2 — which is included in the Ultimate Edition. No date was given for when Manta will be getting a full Watchtower character breakdown, but the details of that will likely be revealed soon.
Injustice 2 is currently available for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Hop kicks, wall carry, low parries, godfists… when learning to play Tekken competitively, it’s easy to get caught up in the lingo. Terms like these and others can be especially confusing for those who are used to playing traditional 2D fighters and are entering the 3D land of the iron fists for the first time.
Here to show 2D-heads that they’re not alone in their Tekken 7 journey is YouTuber raidhyn, who has created a great beginners guide filled with tips and tricks designed to help you conquer that 3rd dimension. raidhyn does a great job of trimming the fat and getting down to the nitty-gritty of what you do and don’t need to know about Tekken 7‘s core mechanics.
While we hope you can find all of the tech and strategy help you need in Tekken 7 here at SRK, this guide is a practical reference for everything those videos assume you already know as a Tekken player. Even Heihachi Mishima was a noob once, so check out the video below to begin mastering the basics.
Does elitism prevent players from accepting new versions of their favorite games?
In this new video, Fighter 101 examines how “old school” values caused them to resent new players succeeding in new, more accessible games; specifically, how a Street Fighter V player can find success more quickly now than a Super Street Fighter II Turbo player could — based on both the design of the respective games, and the resources available to their generation. But they warn that holding on to elitism from the retro gaming experience can cloud one’s judgement of modern titles, and what they offer players and the community as a whole. There are rewards to adaptation, if you want the most out of your games.
With only a couple of Sagas left to go before the Championship Finals, 2GGaming have announced the next event on the 2GGC Circuit. Hoping to celebrate the entirety of the West Coast, September’s Saga is titled 2GGC: West Side Saga.
The goal of the event is to “showcase as much West Coast talent as possible”, along with supporting any other regions that make the journey to attend. To aid out-of-region players, 2GG is offering a $10 entrance fee discount to the first 200 non-SoCal players who sign up to attend West Side Saga. Esports Arena is also going to distribute $1000 among the three regions (outside of SoCal) with the most attendees, so rally the troops if you want a bit of extra cash for your area.
As usual, both singles and doubles events will be at West Side Saga, with Esports Arena putting up a $2000 pot bonus for singles and $500 for doubles. Seeing as it is called West Side Saga, I’d love to see a Sharks versus Jets crew battle, complete with a Bayonetta dance-off to decide the event.
Registration is available via smash.gg, along with the current 2GGC standings. Remember to get it quick if you want that $10 entry discount.
Android 18’s playable appearance in Dragon Ball FighterZ has her bring along her brother Android 17 as an assist character. For those looking for them, this means twice the number of references to the original manga and anime.
Aside from borrowing from various scenes in the original source material, Android 18 also borrows a number of references to some of her previous video game appearances. Meanwhile, some of her normals seem to be taken from moves Android 17 has done in the source material. Android 17 himself also has his own share of references as well, and also copies some moves from his sister.
Their Accel Dance super comes straight from Dragon Ball Extreme Butoden — a game developed by Arc System Works — while her Assist has Android 17 warning an opponent that they should not interfere with the fight. Not only is it an ‘anti-Assist’ Assist, but his speech is word for word identical to a speech he delivers to the Z-Warriors during Vegeta’s fight against Android 18. Talk about faithfulness to the source material.
Out of all of the hosts of the Mishima bloodline, Jin Kazama is definitely an outlier. Though he does carry some of his family’s electrifying techniques, there is a fluidity to his style that is simply not present in that of his quarreling father and grandpa.
HurtboxTV’s latest combo breakdown illustrates the benefits of Jin’s simple-and-clean style. Though you may not be able to play as aggressively as you would with Heihachi or Kazuya, you won’t have as much to focus on execution-wise with Jin. The video also demonstrates the terrific wall carry that his strings have, which gives Jin an advantage when playing on any stage with walls.
If you admire the Mishimas for their straight-forward simplicity in battle and have yet t0 try Jin, this combo breakdown has what you need to get started. Check it out below and feel free to examine more of HurtboxTV’s Tekken 7 combo guides.
With all of the new gameplay footage and characters on display in the Gamescom build of Dragon Ball FighterZ, IKevinX has been hard at work continuing his videos showcasing all of the anime and manga references that Arc System Works is painstakingly recreating for each and every single character in the game.
In his latest video, he tackles the two newest additions to the roster, Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan, or Super Saiyan Blue, Goku and Vegeta. These two divine forms of the last pair of pure-blooded Saiyans will be taking up their own character slots, but will not be clone characters. As such, though they do share a few normals with their original counterparts, their attacks have mostly been lifted from Dragon Ball Super, particularly their battles against Golden Frieza and Goku Black.
For SSB Goku, ASW also draws on his matches against Zamasu and Hit during the Universe 6 Saga, as his Kaioken X 10 God Kamehameha serves as his unique Meteor Attack. You can see the full video with all known references from the trailer below. Reference videos for Androids 16 and 18 will be coming soon.
If you’d like to see more of his previous work, you can check it out at the links below.
Dragon Ball FighterZ is set to be released in February 2018 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Steam PC. Sign-ups for the closed beta test, which will feature all characters from the Gamescom build are now open.
Abigail, Street Fighter V‘s most recent DLC character, has been out in the wild for a month now with a lot of character combo and setup tech on YouTube and other social media sites. However, there doesn’t seem to be many videos covering how to punish Abigail’s unsafe normals and specials with frame disadvantage on many of them ranging between high single to high double-digit numbers. There aren’t many solid Abigail players out there yet, so anyone who’s unfamiliar with the character’s unsafe moves and strings will be thrown for a loop.
Thankfully, YouTube channel ECThrowdown uploaded a video made by ListonThePrince exposing how heavily punishable Abigail’s move set is with Vega. The video shows the masked matador punishing Abigail’s regular and EX Abigail Punch, Avalanche Press, Dynamite Punch,Giant Flip, Critical Art, and his most unsafe normals. He also shows how to punish untrue strings as well as gaps in his EX Giant Flip follow-ups. If you have four minutes to spare, check it out below and gain some knowledge.
In what’s probably one of the last big BlazBlue: Central Fiction 1.0 tournaments, we have two top players facing off against each other in a Grand Finals clash. The venerated PG|SKD’s Izayoi battles Grover who is among — if not the — top Carl in the United States. Though the set is a little one-sided, it’s definitely a worthy watch to also listen to some commentary.
Despite Carl’s pressure and unblockable setups, Izayoi proves to be a very difficult match-up. Izayoi’s mobility is infinitely superior to Carl’s, and as long she activates her Drive, she has very easy opportunities to pressure and teleport. Grover does occasionally catch her, and it’s not that easy to get out, but when SKD has resources, he doesn’t allow Grover to lock him down into submission.
It will be interesting to see how the match-up changes in 2.0, though the overall spirit of it probably won’t be too different.
