Category: Fighting Games

The sudden changes in the Super Smash Bros. for Wii U ruleset came as quite a shock to a lot of players in the community. While the ruleset typically stays in flux throughout the life span of a Smash title, this was one of the more dramatic changes to date.

Tafokints sat down with D1 recently to discuss these changes. They talk about the ruling to ban Duck Hunt stage–a stage that, on average, added a minute and a half to every set it was used in. They also talked about the decision to reverse the ruling on the ban of Lylat Cruise, stating that there needed to be more research done on it. They also discuss the coaching rule–which allows players a one-time coaching per set, for 30 seconds–stating that the loss of time was mitigated due to the ban of Duck Hunt.

After talking about the rule changes, they look forward to Civil War. There has been a decent amount of internet beef stewing over the event, which they cover in detail.

Source: Yahoo! Esports

Alex Jebailey is a trendsetter within the Fighting Game Community. Having a history of running successful events with his CEO brand of tournaments–as well as working for Dreamhack–he has made quite the name for himself.

Earlier in the month, Jebailey was invited to speak at the Tampa Bay Business Journal’s 2017 Business of Sports event. He has since talked to theScore about the experience. He talked about the importance of sponsorship within the FGC, as well as the low risk factor in companies getting involved. “The FGC is a pretty cheap space compared to other esports,” he stated. “They could give me 100 grand and I could run a successful event. To them, 100 grand is just another day of their budgeting.”

He further discussed sports companies’ decisions to get involved, stating, “Obviously it is about the money to any business, that’s how they work… A lot of them were just inspired by how fast it’s growing, and wondering where do they come in.”

Source: theScore esports

Since the early days of competitive fighting games, there has been a buzz and clamor for two of the largest names in fighting games to clash–or should I say klash? With Street Fighter having crossed over with various other intellectual properties, people have always wondered when–and if–Mortal Kombat would join the list of crossover titles with Capcom’s flagship title.

According to NetherRealm Studios head Ed Boon–in an interview with IGN–it’s something he would consider if approached by Capcom, but doesn’t view as likely. He cites the differences in mechanics between the two titles as a reason, stating: “There’s different pacing, there’s different fundamentals with both of them.” He also said, “There’s part of me that’s like, ‘That would be such a cool dream,’ and then there’s another part of me that goes, ‘There’s no way that would satisfy everybody.’”

Check out the full interview over on IGN.

Source: IGN