Category: Fighting Games

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Mikado Arcade shows off nearly 2 hours of tournament footage for Marvel Super Heroes

Before Marvel vs. Capcom became synonymous with “Marvel fighting game,” Capcom developed two 1v1 fighters for the famous comic book empire. Marvel Super Heroes was the second entry of the series, and featured a wide variety of unusual mechanics–most notably it’s Infinity Gem system. World-famous Mikado Arcade showed off what this game has to offer in a great tournament recently.

The Infinity Gem system allows players to enjoy a wide variety of subsystems and buffs, which you can read further about at the SRK Wiki. The gems have to be obtained manually as they appear, creating a interesting mental game where you may potentially want to give up pressure to go chase down a gem. Furthermore, gems spawn after fulfilling in-game actions, such as getting the first attack in a round, or by entering a low health state. In a way it can be considered a early example of a comeback mechanic, although more nuanced and creative one.

After the tournament, Mikado went the extra mile and did a Thanos exhibition. In a game known for its long, high-damage combos, Thanos’ are some of the easiest and most threatening. If you’ve only played Marvel vs. Capcom 2, you may not be familiar with how strong the Mad Titan was in his original games. After watching him ravage the competition here, you’ll have an idea of just how terrifying this character could be were he to show up in Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite.

Source: Mikado

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The story behind Bang the Machine, a fighting game documentary disrupted by the 9/11 attack

Many of us precisely remember where we were when the September 11 attack happened in 2001. Peter Kang watched not only the World Trade Center towers crumble, but also the dreams and hope for this Street Fighter-centered documentary: Bang the Machine.

As the team’s office was indeed in one of the towers, almost everything was lost. The documentary has never been officially published, despite a promising showing at the 2002 SXSW film festival. Another thing that hurt salvaging the documentary was usage of expensive, copyrighted music, that often was mixed in with audio interviews, making it too difficult to separate unless they wanted to cut the original audio. As a result the finished film was much smaller in scope than intended, and has only received limited screenings. Kang hasn’t given up entirely, and a fundraising campaign is one way he could mount a comeback.

Read up on the full feature on Bang the Machine over at Game Informer to learn more about how it planned to showcase the fighting game community.

Source: Game Informer

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Check out a new trailer and groove to new soundtrack samples for Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers

Capcom gives us an earful of the remixed tunes you can hear in Ultra Street Fighter II.

A new trailer has arrived for Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers for Nintendo Switch; Capcom and Nintendo definitely are promoting this updated title as the definitive version of the arcade classic. This trailer lists the myriad of modes and features the game will offer to Street Fighter fans.

In addition to updated graphics (if desired), the game features an updated soundtrack, too. While it’s reusing the UDON art assets from Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix for the HD visuals, USF2 won’t be using the OverClocked ReMix soundtrack from that game, it seems. There’s a new batch of remixes of the classic characters’ themes, and you can get a preview in the soundtrack sampler below.

Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers arrives on Nintendo Switch on May 26, 2017.

Source: Street Fighter

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Cross Counter TV expands into Super Smash Bros. Melee with new series “The Reads” featuring Scar and Toph

Hoping to bring the Excellent Adventures format to other fighting games, Cross Counter TV is expanding into Super Smash Bros. Melee with their new series titled “The Reads.” Starring Bobby “Scar” Scarnewman, Kris “Toph” Aldenderfer, and one special guest from the world of Melee, these three will venture out into the wilds of Melee netplay to get some wins, sprinkle some salt and generally entertain the audience.

The first episode of The Reads will feature Team Secret’s own SilentWolf, who will accompany Scar and Toph as they attempt to show the world that they can still keep up in the fast-paced world of Melee. If The Reads is anywhere close to Scar’s electrifying appearance on Excellent Adventures, be prepared for some fun. Cross Counter TV subscribers will get the series as soon as it’s ready, while non-subscribers will have to wait for each episode to be uploaded to the Cross Counter TV YouTube channel.

To tease fans, Cross Counter TV have released a short trailer, as well as making the first episode free for everyone to watch.

Source: Cross Counter TV

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Bonchan shares candid thoughts about Street Fighter V, Nash, cooking, and Punk with BornFree at NCR 2017

NorCal Regionals 2017–a Capcom Pro Tour Premier event–took place this past weekend in Sacramento, CA, and drew a lot of the best players from all over the United States, Japan, South Korea, and other regions from around the world. To say the competition was stacked is an understatement, with many top and well-known players being eliminated in the early goings of the tournament.

Red Bull’s Masato “Bonchan” Takahashi was not one of those players. He finished with a strong fourth place performance, only losing to Circa|LPN and GRPT|Fuudo, and got that far using his main, Nash–a character most players have written off as not being as viable as he was in season one, since getting hit by the nerf bat in season two.

YouTube user and FGC personality BornFree managed to catch up with Bonchan before he played in the top 32, to get his brutally honest thoughts and opinions (as translated by Kenzo Suda) about Capcom’s direction with Street Fighter V, Nash’s changes in the next patch, PG|Punk’s admiration for him, and his love of cooking. The video clocks in at almost an hour, so make sure to set aside some time to watch the whole thing below.

Sources: BornFree, NorCal Regionals

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Updated trials are coming to Street Fighter V, according to datamined evidence

Street Fighter V’s trials may be getting a long-overdue update to match the current build.

Since Season 2 first made its significant changes to Street Fighter V, the trial mode has been outdated, left running in the game’s Season 1 state. However, it seems that we may soon see a refresh to these obsolete trials, as either an addition or replacement, to match the upcoming balance patch.

In the video below, VesperArcade discusses the new combo trials–datamined by X-Kira, and now with video evidence posted to YouTube–and how they appear to be slightly more difficult to perform, but more optimal in terms of gameplay application. The videos for the datamined trials can be found here. When–or even if–these will be integrated into Street Fighter V officiallyhas not yet been revealed.

Source: VesperArcade

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Brainiac arrives for the final chapter of Injustice 2’s Shattered Alliances this Thursday

We’re a mere 28 days away from the release of Injustice 2, so NetherRealm Studios’ hype train is continuing at full speed ahead. While we’ve recently seen the official gameplay trailer for the Society’s Poison Ivy–who will be the recipient of a full character breakdown alongside Catwoman and a third yet-to-be-named character, on the next Watchtower livestream sometime this week–we do have a concrete release date on the next piece of content: specifically the next Shattered Alliances story trailer.

The final chapter, focusing on Brainiac, will be released this Thursday according to the Injsutice Twitter account. While we’ve seen a few in-game screenshots of the character, after he was unveiled as the narrator of “The Lines Redrawn” trailer, in addition to being the game’s new lead antagonist (and likely final boss), we haven’t seen any form of gameplay from the Collector of Worlds. This trailer will hopefully provide us with a taste, along with a larger look at his role within the game’s Story Mode, as the battle for power between the Insurgency, Regime and Society rages on. You can see the official tweet below, along with a new piece of artwork for Brainiac.

If you’re craving more information, check out Heat Vision’s interview with Tom Taylor about the Injustice 2 comic book here, the Multiverse Mode that was revealed at the Insomnia Gaming Festival, and don’t forget that the next character will be revealed on April 28th! You can also catch the other parts of Shattered Alliances at the links below:

Injustice 2 will be released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on May 16th.

Source: InjusticeGame (Twitter)

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Release date set for Street Fighter V’s Thailand Stage and School Costumes

The remastered version of Street Fighter II’s Thailand Stage will be released for Street Fighter V, alongside three new premium costumes, on April 25. The new content was revealed during Capcom’s WonderCon 2017 panel earlier this month.

The iconic stage was the home of Street Fighter II’s final battle, where players faced off against M.Bison. Capcom released several design sketches for the stage, which has been faithfully reproduced. The stage’s theme music has been recreated as well, in similar fashion to the Air Force Base and High Roller Casino stages already adopted from Street Fighter II.

SFV Thailand Sketch

Ryu, Chun-Li, and Juri will receive new premium costumes with a shared schoolyard theme. Ryu is dressed as a student gang leader with fierce sideburns, Chun-Li dons glasses for a more traditional school girl look, and Juri shows off some gothic punk style–boots, leather and all. Each costume will cost $3.99 USD.

SFV Juri School
SFV Chun School
SFV Ryu School

Capcom has also confirmed that even more new content is on the way before the end of April. A previously announced balance patch is due to arrive before the end of April, and the developer is expected to reveal the third DLC character for Street Fighter V Season 2–soon.

Source: Capcom-Unity

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UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe:Late[st] console release announced

After nearly two years of waiting, Under Night In-Birth fans will finally be able to enjoy the Late[st] version of the game! Famitsu announced today that Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st], which has been played in Japanese arcades for almost two years, will be getting a release on PS3, PS4, and PS Vita. We were given a taste of what is to come in this teaser shot!

Famitsu Preview Spread on the newest release of UNIB
Famitsu Preview Spread on the newest release of UNIB

As you can see, we can expect at least one new character, in addition to the two characters that have been added to the arcade versions since the last console release, Mika and Phonon. In addition to the new challenger, Enkido, we will also get new system and balance changes that will bring console users up to date with the arcade version in Japan.

The first console release of French Bread’s UNIB saw massive popularity in the North American competitive scene, so this news will no doubt appease the hordes of fans who have been clamoring for a new console release. Stay tuned later this week for more information from the full Famitsu article, after the issue goes on sale on April 20.

Source: Famitsu

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Extend Orchid’s combos with these air throw juggles in Killer Instinct

One of the more interesting properties of Orchid’s air throw in Killer Instinct is the fact that she can continue to hit her opponent afterwards. This can lead to some extended juggles when near, or at, the corner.

TDB_Ki4life demonstrates some combos and setups that lead into Orchid’s air throw juggle extensions in this new video. The combos here are tested on version 3.7 of KI (taking into consideration the changes to Orchid’s Flick Flack). The corner sequence itself just repeats over and over, the only limit being the fact that she needs to burn meter for her Upper Firecat (EX Air Buster) for the lowest height relaunch.

Source: TDB_Ki4Life via Keits