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Final Showdown has helped innovate many combos for Vegito in Dragon Ball FighterZ. Now, he’s put out a video that’s meant to show how you should optimally be using the “sparking” mechanic in your combos.
The video below specifically teaches advanced sparking combos for Vegito. For anyone wondering how Final Showdown pulls his combos for the character off, or simply needs more optimal conversions for Vegito, this video should give you ideas of what you can do:
Source: Final Showdown
For some time now, we’ve known when BlazBlue: Central Fiction Special Edition for the Nintendo Switch would arrive in Japan and Europe — At long last, we also know when it’ll arrive in North America.
BlazBlue: Central Fiction Special Edition arrives in North America on February 7, 2019. This means that North America on the same day as Japan, and a day before Europe. For those wondering about what makes BlazBlue: Central Fiction Special Edition “special”, the game comes with all previously released DLC for the other ports of Central Fiction.
Source: Siliconera
Following up on the recent reveals of Nonon Jakuzure and Houka Inumuta for the Arc System Work’s upcoming 3D Arena fighter Kill la Kill the Game: IF, we now have 21 and-a-half minutes of new gameplay of the entire Elite Four, taken from the new build of the title that will be playable at the upcoming ARCREVO Japan 2018 in Tokyo next week.
In the four presented matches, we see Nonon taking on her best friend Satsuki Kiryuin, displaying her powerful zoning prowess, with musical orbs, traps, and bombs, as well as break attack that sees her fire a massive laser from her Symphony Regalia.
Next up, Houka Inumuta gets a rematch with Ryuko Matoi before also taking on Satsuki. As the analytical strategist of the Elite Four, Inumuta possesses a unique “Analyze Gauge,” which holds 8 stocks that can be filled by connecting with his clones, similar to M.O.D.O.K.’s Analyze Cubes from Marvel Vs. Capcom 3. Once filled, Houka can then cash out the stocks for longer combos, feints, invisibility, the ability to summon clones, and possibly more.
He can also fill the Gauge rapidly with what appears to be a multi-hitting break attack utilizing his clones, and possesses a teleport dash, making him a very tricky and deceptive fighter. Finally, Stocks of the Analyze Gauge will carry over between rounds, as any fan of the show knows that Houka doesn’t like to lose valuable data. Unfortunately, it seems that his Japanese voice actor, Hiroyuki Yoshino, who also voices Ed in Street Fighter V, hasn’t stepped into the booth to record his lines yet, as the character is entirely silent throughout the footage.
Finally, we get another look at Ira Gamagoori and Uzu Sanageyama, who were previously showcased at the Tokyo Game Show in September. You can see the full footage below.
Kill la Kill the Game: IF is set to release for PlayStation 4 and PC sometime in 2019.
Source: Gematsu (YouTube)
At this Saturday’s DOA Festival, Team NINJA had a number of announcements for Dead Or Alive 6.
Revealed at DOA Festival was new character NiCO, alongside veterans Kokoro and Lisa. The former, who is the 2nd and final new character being added to the game, is a Finnish genius who uses the Indonesian martial art Silat, as well as some lightning powered attacks.
Team NINJA showed a trailer for these characters that you can see below.
Alongside these characters, Team NINJA also revealed that Dead Or Alive 6 would have a character customization mode. This mode seems to be an expansion of the customization options in Dead Or Alive 5, allowing players to mix and match hairstyles, eye wear, and costumes. Some examples of the customization mode were shown on the DOA Festival stream. EpicPianoSolo over at r/DeadOrAlive was able to capture some of these:
Finally, Team NINJA revealed that there will be a special exhibition for the game at Evo Japan on February 15, 2019 — the same day that the game comes out. Additional details for this will be revealed in the near future.
2019年2月15日に福岡国際センターで開催の「EVO Japan 2019」オープニングプログラムとして、『DEAD OR ALIVE 6』エキシビションマッチ開催決定！詳細は続報をお待ちください！ #EVOJAPAN2019 #DOA6 pic.twitter.com/yuaYcoERLg
— DOATEC(DOA6)OFFICIAL (@DOATEC_OFFICIAL) November 18, 2018
Dead Or Alive 6 arrives on PlayStation 4, PC, and XBox One on February 15, 2019.
Source: Team NINJA, r/DeadOrAlive
Red Bull Conquest has wrapped its nationwide call to Rise. Rally. Conquer. The second day of the Red Bull Conquest National Finals in Washington D.C. were a smashing success, with New York City claiming the title of top fighting game region in the United States. New York City emerged victorious and earned 52 points by the end of the evening, beating out other strong regions including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Chicago. With the winning region now determined, Victor “Punk” Woodley, Eli “LostSoul” Rabadad and Anthony “Mr.Whooppee” Castro have each earned a spot for Evo Japan 2019 taking place February 15-17 in Fukuoka.
For an overview of the event, please read on below — and check out the Red Bull Conquest National Finals smash.gg page for a full look at today’s results.
Day 2 of the Red Bull Conquest National Finals was a thrilling showcase of the nation’s most talented FGC players, with top 8 match-ups taking place across Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, Tekken 7 and Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2. Participants displayed skill and tenacity throughout the day in the hopes of helping their region win the Red Bull Conquest circuit.
Despite facing rigorous competition, New York City emerged victorious and was crowned the winner of the National Finals. New York City ended the tournament with 52 points, beating out second place winner San Francisco with 51 points and third place winner Los Angeles with 37 points.
New York City’s win was thanks in large part to Street Fighter athlete Victor “Punk” Woodley, who during a grand final reset swiftly beat last chance qualifier winner Alan “Nephew” Sun with a 3-1 victory in a crazy display of character knowledge during an unexpected Kolin mirror match. Punk was notably ecstatic for his two New York City counterparts in Tekken 7 and Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2, stating “I’m very happy for my teammates, this win is for them.” One of his teammates, Eli “LostSoul” Rabadad, was ultimately defeated 3-1 in the Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 grand final match against Hang “dot_Nova” Ren. While he didn’t win the Guilty Gear bracket, LostSoul was optimistic New York City would come out on top and in an interview after his win, urged amateur competitors in the FGC to “just keep pushing and don’t let your losses take you down!” In the Tekken 7 bracket, Jimmy “jimmyjtran” Tran won 3-0 against Joseph “Joey Fury” Bennett in the grand finals, however it was New York City’s Anthony “Mr.Whooppee” Castro who will be heading to Evo Japan. Mr.Whooppee went into the weekend “with a fighting mindset,” and is looking forward to Evo Japan.
Red Bull Conquest will host the Capcom Pro Tour North American Regional Final tomorrow, where the North American Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition champion will be crowned. The event will be streamed live on twitch.tv/capcomfighters beginning at 12:00 PM ET/9:00 AM PT. For a full overview of tomorrow’s stream schedule, please see below.
Sunday, November 18 – Day 3
Capcom Pro Tour North American Regional Final
12:00 PM: Capcom Pro Tour Regional Open Tournament Top 8
2:15 PM: Capcom North American Finals
7:00 PM: Day 3 Ends
Stream Link: https://www.twitch.tv/
We also some words in with the tournament organizer of Red Bull Conquest, Jimmy “ShinJN” Nguyen on-site at the event.
DaFeetLee: Red Bull Conquest is coming to a close. How do you think the event went?
ShinJN: I think it was fantastic. The goal of Conquest was to cultivate the FGC and bring the players together as one to represent their region, and we achieved that goal. It was fantastic seeing the players on the same stage doing interviews, shaking hands, and playing for their region. A lot of the players did not see their regional teammates for the first time until Conquest: NuckleDu didn’t even know his own teammates for Conquest before the event.
DaFeetLee: This year, Red Bull Conquest is taking place in Washington D.C. Is there a reason behind this location?
ShinJN: I was not a part of those discussions but if I had to assume, discussions happened and Red Bull chose Washington D.C. because Washington D.C. is getting into esports and the Entertainment and Sports Arena never had an esports event, so Red Bull Conquest would be the first one taking place there. It’s a really cool space in terms of build and infrastructure.
DaFeetLee: Do you guys plan to do this event again next year?
ShinJN: I haven’t been part of the discussions but I hope it continues. I think the team aspect of the tournament is so important. We have done individual events for so long and I think there needs to be change to promote teamwork and camaraderie.
DaFeetLee: What do you think about the format this year?
ShinJN: The previous year, we had the Red Bull Proving Grounds and Battlegrounds. This year, we decided to do three games. There are 3 main genres in the FGC: 3D, 2D, and anime. These genres have their own communities and while there is a lot of cross pollination, there is not a lot of collaborative work between the communities to play together. We thought it would be a very good idea to come up with an event that had a team aspect with a champion for each game.
When can players really talk to players from other genres? Playing in a team with players from other genres brings a lot of inner collaborativeness that would not be there otherwise. We initially announced that it would be a true team tournament where regions would face against each other in a 3v3 format but that changed due to some publisher agreements (we had to change to the event to three individual brackets). In the current format, you have to play in an individual bracket for the game you qualified in and earn points based on your wins in winners and losers bracket.
DaFeetLee: You guys chose Guilty Gear Xrd as the anime game. Why not Dragon Ball FighterZ or BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle?
ShinJN: When we looked at the games, we chose the games that really started it all. For 2D, Street Fighter started it all. For 3D, Tekken started it all. And for anime, Guilty Gear started it all. If we want to go grass roots and start from the ground up, those three games were the best choices.
DaFeetLee: This event had a lot of competitors for all 3 games, but I saw that there weren’t a lot of spectators. What should you guys do to attract more spectators?
ShinJN: In the FGC, we have a lot of saturation in terms of events. Also, this weekend, we were going up against DreamHack Atlanta. I believe that had some effect on our attendance. DreamHack having way more games at their event naturally attracts way more of the casual audience. That was our battle this weekend: our dates clashed. For the future, we will try to work around dates that are more free.
DaFeetLee: Have you talked to players about how they feel about the tournament?*
ShinJN: They love the team aspect of it. I haven’t heard much ideas for improvement because they are still digesting it. They love that Red Bull does events. They feel like this is how FGC events should be done. I think in terms of improvements, a lot of people were confused about the tournament format rules. We can always improve that. We could not really foresee publisher agreements so we will keep those in mind for next time.
*[When I spoke to the players, they really loved the amount of casual setups that were in the venue. At other FGC events, that is usually a big problem for players: there aren’t enough casual setups for warm up or training. Red Bull Conquest opened its doors at 10:00 AM and allowed the players to warm up/train for 2 hours before the brackets began. In addition, there were 32 stations for SFV and 16 stations for GGXrd and Tekken. The players got to play to their heart’s content until the venue closed! However, the players did comment about the lack of food options around the venue.]
DaFeetLee: My favorite part about Red Bull events is the entry fee. I paid ~$20 for 3 days at this amazing event. Why are the entry fees so low compared to other FGC events?
ShinJN: It’s not really about the money for Red Bull. It’s about the cultivation of athletes and players. It’s the same for the FGC. Red Bull wants to give them opportunities, give them the avenues to grow, and see how everything progresses from there. Nashville and Minnesota don’t have big FGC communities like New York and Los Angeles and we wanted to give them the opportunity to grow. As you know, a lot of people have been complaining about the lack of opportunities in the FGC on Twitter. Red Bull Conquest hits a lot of those points: it gives experience in understanding how events should be done, working with a professional team, and getting into an engaging experience with the hosts + the audience + the players.
In an effort to make Claudio more than an anthromorphic hopkick, Namco performed a fairly major overhaul of the character in Tekken 7 Season 2. This new version of Claudio is reliant on new frame traps and better strings, though some of his changes are better on paper than they are in practice.
To help you pick out what changes are worth noting on his fairly length change long, That Blasted Salami‘s latest Season 2 guide cuts through the noise to get you up to date on the most anime Italian in Tekken.
Source: That Blasted Salami
You may remember a few months back that SNK put out 30+ albums featuring the soundtracks of many of their classic games. Realizing how much of a good thing they had on their hands, they followed up the (several) soundtracks released with a special live performance at Taito Station Mizoguchi, which they’ve shared recently on their official YouTube channel.
Here’s the set list in the above video:
The live performance brought together SNK, CAVE, and Taito for a selection of rockin’ game music from each of their catalogs.
Source: snkGame
A new edition of Dragon Ball FighterZ was just revealed in a recent issue of V-Jump magazine. Called the Dragon Ball FighterZ Deluxe Edition, this new edition is coming to PlayStation 4 in Japan this coming January.
The Dragon Ball FighterZ Deluxe Edition comes with all 8 DLC characters that have been released – Bardock, Broly, Merged Zamasu, SSB Vegeto, Base Vegeta, Base Goku, Cooler, and Android 17. It will arrive this coming January and will cost only ¥6,100 (US$54).
This price makes this new edition an inexpensive entry point for players who have yet to purchase the game. Currently, each DLC character goes for ¥540 (US$5) and the FighterZ Pass for all of them goes for ¥3,240 (US$34.99). This means that those who purchase the Deluxe Edition get the complete package for the cost of the base game.
Dragon Ball FighterZ Deluxe Edition arrives in Japan for PlayStation 4 on January 31, 2018.
Source: Siliconera
A new edition of Dragon Ball FighterZ was just revealed in a recent issue of V-Jump magazine. Called the Dragon Ball FighterZ Deluxe Edition, this new edition is coming to PlayStation 4 in Japan this coming January.
The Dragon Ball FighterZ Deluxe Edition comes with all 8 DLC characters that have been released – Bardock, Broly, Merged Zamasu, SSB Vegeto, Base Vegeta, Base Goku, Cooler, and Android 17. It will arrive this coming January and will cost only ¥6,100 (US$54).
This price makes this new edition an inexpensive entry point for players who have yet to purchase the game. Currently, each DLC character goes for ¥540 (US$5) and the FighterZ Pass for all of them goes for ¥3,240 (US$34.99). This means that those who purchase the Deluxe Edition get the complete package for the cost of the base game.
Dragon Ball FighterZ Deluxe Edition arrives in Japan for PlayStation 4 on January 31, 2018.
Source: Siliconera
RED BULL CONQUEST has reached its final stage, and the top eight competitors in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2, and Tekken 7 will face off today to claim dominance in their respective titles. Then, Street Fighter V takes over with the Capcom Pro Tour North American Finals!
The brackets can be viewed on smash.gg:
You can read a recap of Friday’s results here. Saturday, (November 17) will see the completion of the RED BULL CONQUEST Finals, and the open-bracket SFV event for the CPT NA Finals. On Sunday (November 18), the top 8 for the SFV open bracket will run, followed the Regional Finals itself, in which the top 8 players on the North American CPT leaderboard will do battle.
The CPT open tournament for SFV on Saturday runs 9:00 AM PT – 3:00 PM PT (up to top 8), but it will not be streamed live, instead it will be recorded and broadcast later after RED BULL CONQUEST concludes (probably around 6:00 PM PT). The other events can be seen on their respective Twitch channels below.
Watch live video from redbullesports on www.twitch.tv
Watch live video from CapcomFighters on www.twitch.tv
Sources: Capcom Pro Tour; Red Bull Conquest; smash.gg