Category: Fighting Games

We all have that one game or series that we love. A love that has stood the test of time, carrying us through years of gaming. We sometimes love completely different games and companies, but that core passion is the same no matter what game we play.

Killer Instinct is one such game that’s had fans from across generations. Some of us got into the game back in ’90s arcades, others when it came to the SNES or the Nintendo 64, while others still are finding that love for the first time with the Xbox One’s update to the franchise. Killer Instinct sat down several players to get into a bit of why each of them love the game.

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Greninja has some interesting combo possibilities, but often isn’t commented on; be it that the Pokémon is high mid tier in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, it’s likely that it is not seen as viable as other characters in the competitive landscape.

However, this tutorial is hoping to break that perception. Greninja has some interesting properties on its Up Air, which not only has an up-reaching but also a down-reaching hitbox, each with their own uses. While the upward hitbox can be used to extend combos, the downward hitbox can be used to bounce opponents off the ground, leading to even more combo potential as a starter move.

Source: HASC Poga

Steve Fox, eat your heart out–Nelson from The King of Fighters XIV also shows that he has the juggle potential to stand with the likes of him, and Street Fighter’s Dudley, in this combo video from Setsuna_MX.

While his damage output isn’t as large as some of the stronger characters in the series, he makes up for it fully in flash with these combos. Given a few bars of meter, he even proves to be a respectable anchor character–if you are capable of executing his combos. Especially amazing is how he is able to string together three supers one after another in several of these combos, making for some impressive–though rather impractical–combos, as long as you’re fully stocked.

Source: Setsuna_MX

Neutral is where players in every fighting game live and die. If you play a bad neutral game, you are typically going to lose a lot more than you win. This same maxim applies to Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

Given the nature of the game’s varied stages, neutral game and space control takes on a completely different dynamic in this platform fighter. This tutorial elaborates on neutral in the game, discussing how using your defensive options–as well as projectiles, jabs, and tilts–can make or break you in the neutral.

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Bako’s first Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- combo video features his main character, Axl Low. The chain wielder’s moveset allows long-range confirms that frequently go into Bomber loops, a trademark of the fighter.

The combo video includes a balanced set of practical and stylish combos, that often start from some kind of pressure from the opponent. As Axl has many types of reversal moves, there’s a couple of creative combos from his Dragon Punch move, including one where he manages to switch sides and corner the opponent. There’s also an interesting move utilizing pushback, since the longer the combo draws on, the more the attacker gets pushed out.

For something closer to a tutorial, refer to our previous Axl Low combo video post.

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The first ever CenCal Standoff saw the birth of a new tournament: one that represented a region that tends to get overshadowed by Northern and Southern California. Thanks to its location between both these major fighting game areas, the event saw a lot of top players from California come to fight it out in a number of games.

For those who missed out on all the action, the folks at Kern County eSports–the production team behind CenCal Standoff–have begun to upload some of the on-stream matches from the event. This includes the top 8 matches for both Street Fighter V and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3.

Street Fighter V saw a lot of top players from in and around the region, such as Evil Geniuses’ Chris “NYChrisG” Gonzales, Circa’s Long Phi “LPN” Nguyen, Kelvin Jeon, Bryan “bjUNCHAINED” Jeon, and Winter Fox’s Miky “XsK_Samurai” Chea. The top 8 was full of great matches, but the highlight has to be the grand finals set between bjUNCHAINED and ChrisG, where the latter pulls off a magic-pixel comeback with Guile.

The Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 tournament was also filled with some of the best “killers” from in and around the region. This included FORT’s Jonathan “Cloud805” Morales, the “Golden Boy” Abraham “Neo” Sotelo, Vineeth “Apologyman” Meka, Priest, SS|Supernoon, Taekua, and of course, Evo 2016 champion Evil Geniuses’ Christopher “NYChrisG” Gonzales. As with the Street Fighter V tournament, the highlight here is another amazing grand finals comeback, this time by Neo, using Dark Phoenix’s healing field to keep himself from getting chipped out by Apologyman, giving himself the opening to take the win.

Source: Kern County eSports