Category: Fighting Games

One of the interesting things about having a PC version of a game–and the ability to mod it–is when unused assets are discovered. These things can tell us more about the game’s development, and reveal what things were cut out before release.

One such unused asset surfaced in a recent moveswap mod for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 by pat728. The mod swapped out Morrigan’s moveset for Magneto’s and, in the process, had the former call up a voice line that she normally doesn’t use in the game.

The interesting thing about this voice line is that it’s for Morrigan’s “Soul Eraser” Hyper Combo. This move was a multi-beam Hyper that Morrigan originally had in Marvel vs. Capcom and Marvel vs. Capcom 2. However, in the Marvel vs. Capcom 3 series (as well as the preceeding Tatsunoko vs. Capcom), this move was seemingly replaced with Finishing Shower. The discovery of this voice line seems to indicate that Soul Eraser was originally planned to be given back to her in either the original Marvel vs. Capcom 3, or its Ultimate update. Why it was never implemented we’ll likely never know, though it’s not as if Morrigan is hurting for more Hyper Combos, what with four of them already in the game (and the fact that its replacement, Finishing Shower, can be performed in the air to end her combos).

For those interested, you can check out pat728’s moveswap in the video below. The line itself is spoken at around the 27 second mark.

Source: pat728; thanks to Joel for the tip.

The Judgement Girls are back in action! Oh, and there’s a lot of new functions in CFN, too.

After giving us a look at the improvements to Guile’s Air Force Base stage in the PC beta currently being held to test Street Fighter V’s new CFN features, VesperArcade is back today with another video describing the additions to Kanzuki Beach, as well as the numerous functions added to CFN itself.

Like the Air Force Base, Kanzuki Beach now sports some new background elements like boats and birds, but more significantly the “Judgement Girls” from Street Fighter III now will hold up signs to declare the winner of a Time Over.

VesperArcade also takes the time to describe the many additions to the Capcom Fighters Network functionality itself. It is now possible to ban specific stages from random stage select as part of your profile. He describes how the blacklist and friend list functions work, and shows us what the finally-unlocked information tabs on player profiles actually now display. VesperArcade also tries to test for any improvements to the rollback netcode–with inconclusive results that seem to indicate there is no improvement to the netcode itself. However, better matchmaking may mitigate lag issues once the new CFN launches. Check out the details in the video above!

Source: VesperArcade

In the 10th episode of their Smash News series, the Beefy Smash Doods cover what they thought were some of the biggest upsets from the recently-fought 2GGC: Civil War tournament. The highly anticipated Super Smash Bros. for Wii U showdown saw two teams, Team Ally and Team Zero, put the Smash 4 communities on their back as they faced off in a series of single and doubles events that proved more than worthy of the hype that preceded them.

Though the intensity was anticipated, many of these upsets were nothing less than unpredictable. Regardless of whose team you were rooting for, these upsets solidified this tournament as one of the greatest in Super Smash Bros. For Wii U history to date. For a thorough recap of  2GGC: Civil War, check out our official post covering the results.

Source: Beefy Smash Doods

Casting a spotlight on the villains playable in Injustice 2, NetherRealm have released a new trailer showing off Gorilla Grodd, Bane, Captain Cold and Scarecrow in action. Hinted as a playable character in a previous story trailer, this video shows off the first gameplay footage of Captain Cold, while acting as Scarecrow’s grand debut.

While Gorilla Grodd is roaring in peoples’ faces and Bane is flexing on his opponent, Captain Cold spends this trailer skating around his foes and shooting them with his freeze ray. As you can guess, most of his moves revolve around putting enemies on ice, before unleashing a barrage of blows. His super is quite the display, with Captain Cold skating up a frozen spiral before hurtling to Earth on a massive icicle.

Speaking of villains that will send a chill up your spine, Scarecrow’s design is pretty damn scary. Wielding a huge meat hook, Scarecrow has been taking lessons from Jason as he rips and tears at his adversary. His super is particularly spooky, pulling poor souls into a gas-induced nightmare before slamming them into their own grave.

Source: Injustice

The Samurai Shodown series started with a very light-on-combos philosophy, which makes a lot of of sense for its weapon-based combat. Most of the games were focused purely on high damage pokes and footsies, and even today the majority of tournament matches for Samurai Showdown VI lean toward more pokes then combos.

There’s a lot of reasons for that–meter requirements, how rare combo-starting situations can come up, and so on–but that doesn’t mean that long, execution heavy combos don’t exist. In fact, SS6 has a number of meter systems called “spirits” that are specifically built to give you different ways to manage meter and play. There’s 6 in all (8 in the console version!), and a few of them are shown off here in MrBroken030’s newly-released combo video.

About half way through, the focus is predominately on combos involving the “Mu” spirit, a time-stopping rage mechanic that allows for even longer combos for the whole cast. If you’ve ever wanted to get an idea of just where you can take combos in Samurai Shodown VI and weren’t sure where to start, MrBroken030’s work here should give you some ideas!

Source: MrBroken030