Two Capcom Pro Online events are happening this weekend. First up is Europe’s third event, open to players from Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, United Kingdom, Slovenia, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Luxembourg, France and Italy.
Finally is Latin America’s final online event for the 2017 Capcom Pro Tour season. The event is open to players from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Venezuela, Peru and Uruguay.
After taking a detailed look at Hakan’s family, the Shadaloo Activity Report takes us inside the squared circle today, as we look at a pair of wrestling legends. One holds a deep connection with a pair of luchadores from both Street Fighter and Saturday Night Slam Masters, and the other paying homage to one of the true Japanese legends of the sport. Today, Private Nakagawa introduces us to Meteorito Jr. and Antler Inoki.
Private Nakagawa: “¡Viva Mexico! The God of Lucha Libre, born in Mexico. The master of El Fuerte and El Stingray. As his name implies, he has a very cool meteor shining in his mask’s forehead.
Basic Info:
Name: Meteorito Jr.
Height: 177cm
Weight: 90kg
Blood type: Unknown
Birthday: April 20th
Country of Origin: Mexico
Likes: Movies (he acts in them) [That sounds a lot like El Santo], Baseball
Dislikes: Airplanes
Private Nakagawa: “He was originally a superb high-flyer, who used as his special move, a modified Moonsault Press named “Yucatán Tornado.” [This references Último Dragón‘s move Cancún Tornado, a Twisting Moonsault (that Último Dragón mainly did springboarding outside the ring). The inventor of the Twisting Moonsault was Chaparrita ASARI, who named it Skytwister Press, and for this reason it’s considered mainly a female wrestler move in Japan: think DOA’s Tina, or Tekken’s Jaycee for instance, both equipped with the move.] When he came to Japan for a fight, (he went by ship because he’s afraid of planes) he injured his neck after being caught in Antler Inoki’s Abdominal Stretch. From then on, he started using a spinebuster named Kukulkán as a finisher. He’s known as an excellent trainer and has opened his dōjō in Mexico, where he’s raising many promising young wrestlers.” [Exactly as Último Dragón himself has done with his Toryumon]
For the 280th Profile, we meet (the likeness of) one of the top Japanese professional wrestlers in history, Antler Inoki.
Private Nakagawa: “The worthy rival of SASHA Nishiki and Meteorito Jr. He even fought against the macho mayor Mike Haggar, a true wrestling legend! The image below depicts him when he was still active.” [Antonio Inoki is currently retired and is a wrestling promoter and politician, well known in Japan for his meetings with Saddam Hussein before the Gulf War and, more recently, with North Korean officers, in an effort to improve the relationship between North Korea and Japan.]
Basic Info:
Name: Antler Inoki
Height: 191cm
Weight: 100kg
Blood type: AB
Birthday: February 20th
Country of Origin: Japan [All copied straight from Antonio Inoki’s real stats. Yup, even his blood type.]
Likes: Sunflower Seeds [Antonio Inoki actually sells his own brand of sunflower seeds.]
Dislikes: Egg Dishes
Private Nakagawa: “With his unique talent for sports, he was active as a big name killer. [Among others, Antonio Inoki beat Andre the Giant and Vader during his career.] He had friendly relationships with various federations in the whole world, [Even with the then WWF, in which he was an unrecognized champ, having beaten Bob Backlund in a controversial match] and several wrestlers came to Japan to wrestle him in famous matches. He has a fan club, who every month receives cool Antler Goods.”
What do you think of these two legendary grapplers? Would you like to see either of them in a future season of Street Fighter V? Give us your thoughts in the comments, and be sure to check back here on the front page as more CFN profiles are released!
Special thanks once again to Midgardsorn for the translations and footnotes.
Arcana Heart 3: LOVE MAX SIX STARS!!!!!! is the kawaii-but-deadly appendix to Arcana Hearts 3 has been in Japanese arcades since 2014, but has yet to receive a home-accessible version of any kind. Aligning with Examu’s previously reported plans to bring their game to PC, they have has launched their Kickstarter campaign to do so — having started on July 5th.
As reported on Examu’s Prefundia page, balance changes and two new characters, Minori Amanohara and Ichor, the Arcana of Blood, will be updates included with the PC port, should it receive the necessary funding. Images of Minori and Ichor, respectively, can be seen below.
More images and info on the future of Arcana Hearts 3: LOVE MAX SIX STARS!!!!!! is available via Prefundia.
Body Count Fighting has announced the date for their event BCF2, a series of exhibition and title matches in California for Street Fighter V, Injustice 2, and Tekken 7.
BCF2 will be held at Machinima Studios in Burbank, CA on Thursday, July 27, 2017 at 6:00 PM PST, and will feature the following matches:
BCF1 concluded with the crowning of two champions: in Street Fighter V, Dhalsim pro Commander Jesse squeaked out a narrow 4-3 victory over the legendary Alex Valle. This time, he has to square off against LPN, whom is just off of a commendable 9th place finish at CEO 2017 in SFV.
BCF1’s Injustice 2 title match was less of a race, with Slayer securing a win over Michelangelo 4-2. His opponent was also at BCF1, in a feature match versus Panda Global’s Kitana Prime. That man, Han Rashid, also won his set 4-2 as well. Will we have a closer match for the Injustice 2 title defense?
As far as the feature matches, controversial player LowTierGod was unsurprisingly the biggest draw of BCF1, and will likely continue to play his role as a villain versus Street Fighter V player KillerMiller. Tekken 7 gets it’s BCF debut with two sponsored It’s in the Skies players butting heads: Xiaoyu player Princess Ling and Eddy legend SperoGin. Lastly, Mortal Kombat vets Awesome-O and Krayzie will be butting heads in NetherRealm Studio’s latest DC fighter, Injustice 2.
BCF2 will be hosted by Krizz Kaliko and will feature a musical performance by Team Backpack.
BCF2 will be streamed live on Twitch and YouTube. Fighting game fans are welcome to attend the event, and can get free tickets on Eventbrite.
Continuing their line of Street Fighter V figures, Storm Collectibles have worked their way onto Season 2 with the announcement of their new Akuma statue. At 1:12 scale to the actual Master of the Fist, this Akuma statue sports his standard Street Fighter V look, complete with the new “lion’s mane” haircut.
Like their previous Zangief figure, Akuma comes three interchangeable heads, along with eight different palms for each of his attacks. Along with accompanying “Dohatsu Shoten” effects for his arms, there is a special Gohadoken attachment so Akuma can do air and standing fireballs. If you want to show off the aftermath of a Shun Goku Satsu, Akuma also has a second gi, complete with the 神人 or “shin” kanji emblazoned on it.
Priced at $65.00 USD, this Akuma figurine is scheduled to ship in Q3 of 2017. You can pre-order over on the Storm Collectibles website to snag your miniature version of the wandering murderous martial artist.
If you weren’t around at the beginning of the fighting game revolution, you may not be privy to how one of the most cherished fighting games of all time was also one of the most glitchy. Street Fighter II: The World Warrior featured many glitches, but the most notorious was Guile’s infamous “handcuff” glitch. In this glitch, Guile would input a flash kick immediately after performing a throw. The result: the opponent would be stuck to Guile.
Capcom, sticking to the roots of the Street Fighter II series, seems to have let one slip past QA for Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers. Whereas Guile was the center of the glitch in World Warrior, E. Honda and Dhalsim take center stage in this one. E. Honda is capable of grabbing opponents out of the startup of their supers with his Oicho command grab. However, on Dhalsim, if he were to try to Oicho Dhalsim and Dhalsim performs Yoga Teleport at the exact same time, Dhalsim disappears, and Honda is left hugging air for the rest of the round. The difference between this and the original Guile handcuff glitch is that Guile can actually reset the glitch, and Honda cannot.
ARMS University is Andrew “NEV” David Murphy‘s ongoing tutorial series for documenting the competitive concepts in Nintendo’s ARMS. If you’re interested in ARMS and are coming from other fighters, it’s helpful to know how concepts you’re already familiar with might apply to this series.
That is the entire purpose of NEV’s latest “Terminology” video. Here, he defines and provides examples of footsies, pokes, hit confirms, whiff punishing, knockdowns, okizeme, and conditioning.
NEV is also currently working on gathering frame data for ARMS. In the video above, he’s provided us with his preliminary visual guide to Spring Man’s data.
Sajam has noted himself as coming from a background of 2D fighters with a particular interest in Injustice. Tasty Steve has long been a Tekken mainstay. These two fighting game styles have long had a dividing line between the two, with few players being proficient in both disciplines.
Since the release of Tekken 7, we have seen a massive influx of players from Street Fighter and other series into the realm of 3D fighters, with a lot of people struggling on the mechanics side So on The Recipe, Tasty Steve shares with Sajam and other fighting game players how necessary movement is in the game. He also dives into proper spacing in the game, which is entirely different than 2D fighters. He also explains various aspects of the engine — including counter hits, crushes, and the juggle system — in a way that newcomers to the style of fighter can understand.
After a three-month period of covering fan-made characters created in the Street Fighter Laboratory Corner of the IJWPW Broadcast Station, the Shadaloo Combat Research Institute has finally reopened its data banks to create more CFN profiles on canon characters. Private Nakagawa has also returned to resume his narration duties. This time, we take a closer look at Hakan’s beloved family, starting with his extremely attractive wife: Melike!
Private Nakagawa: “She’s the wife of Hakan, yağli güreş champion. A stunning beauty who was actually elected Miss Turkey once… And she’s terrible when angered, apparently.”
Basic Info:
Name: Melike [From the Semitic root mlk, “king,” and obviously “queen” when in feminine form.]
Height: 175cm
Weight: 49kg
Blood type: A
Birthday: April 20th
Country of Origin: Turkey
Likes: Hakan, Her Daughters
Dislikes: Liars
Private Nakagawa: “She’s a hugely successful businesswoman who supports her husband. Among her many activities, she sponsors the yağli güreş great tournament [I guess they’re referring to the annual Kırkpınar tournament in Edirne.] and owns a football team. Hakan has such a soft spot for his daughters, that he always buys them whatever they want on the spot. Melike always scolds him for being too indulgent. He never dares to contradict her.”
Finally, we move on to Hakan’s seven daughters:
Private Nakagawa: “They are the daughters of Hakan and Melike. Seven sisters full of energy and vitality. A large family that gets along pretty well, anyway. It seems their father buys them whatever they want.”
Basic Info:
Name: Hakan’s daughters
Country of Origin: Turkey
Likes: Daddy and Mommy
Dislikes: Daddy’s songs
Private Nakagawa: “Their special trait is undoubtedly their incredibly unruly hair. It seems it’s a bit of a sore spot for them, too…
Their names are…
The first: Abla [“Elder sister,” literally. They don’t have actual Turkish names, taking them mainly from oil-related Turkish terms. With “Abla” they even played with the Japanese term 油 abura, aka “oil”, the Turkish “abla” being written the same in katakana.]
128cm / 29kg / July 7th
The second: Susam [ “Sesame”]
125cm / 25kg / October 2nd
The third: Hurması [“Persimmon, date“, but incorrect as it should be simply hurma. Hurması is the third person possessive form, so it’s actually “her persimmon/date.”. The Turkish ı (without the dot) is like the English short e in open.]
124cm / 25kg / October 2nd
The fourth: Tereyağı [ “Butter”. The Japanese 照れ屋 tereya means “shy”, so they played with its meaning by having Tereyağı in her turbulent phase instead. The Turkish ğ doesn’t have a real sound, actually lengthening the preceding vowel. So it’s like it was written “Tereyah-i.” It’s the remnant of an old intervocalic g that lost its sound fairly recently, and it’s because of this that now we pronounce the “g” in “yogurt” (a word that came from the Turkish yoğurmak, “to knead”) and they don’t anymore.]
121cm / 20kg / December 7th (now in her rebellious phase)
The fifth: Kanola [“Canola”]
122cm / 21kg / December 7th
The sixth: Zeytin [“Olive”]
122cm / 21kg / December 7th
The seventh: Ayçiçeği [“Sunflower”. The Japanese “aichichi” can mean “Love daddy.” The Turkish ç is the English ch.]
117cm / 17kg / October 16th
“All are blood type A. Their order is visible from the number of blocks in their hair. They like a type of Hakan doll that oozes oil if you squeeze it strongly.”
Here’s a look at Hakan’s arcade mode ending, where his family originally appeared.
That wraps up another round of CFN profiles. Are you excited to see them return? Did you enjoy finally learning more about Hakan’s family, particularly if you play him? Let us know in the comments, and be on the look out for more profiles on the front page, as they appear to now be back in full swing.
Special thanks to Midgardsorn for translations and footnotes.
Red Bull Esports has launched the fist episode of its documentary into the life of their Zangief pro, Darryl “Snake Eyez” Lewis:
This episode has two major focuses. The first is Snake Eyez’s training regime: how much time he practices, his diet, and his lifestyle. The other focus is his trip to, and opening match at, Final Round 20. Snake Eyez breaks down his own approach to tournament play, and how he gets clues into other players’ playstyle through their mentality and mannerisms.
