Category: Fighting Games

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Echo Fox’s CEO Talks about Investing in the Fighting Game Community

Those following the business side of fighting game news are likely aware of how esport team Echo Fox has recently signed a number of top Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, and Super Smash Bros. players. The move has transformed them into something of a super-team, featuring a number of former MadCatz and Evil Geniuses players.

Yahoo! Esports’s Michael Martin caught up with Echo Fox’s CEO Jace Hall, where they talked about the latter’s recent acquisitions. Regarding why they signed all these top players, Hall talks about how the fighting game community is filled with a lot of underexposed talent. He also mentions how the time is now ripe for esports organizations to get involve and help provide opportunities for fighting game players.

In addition to this, he also talks about setting Echo Fox up as a place for their players to grow, and how it’s not just about figuratively “holding a gun” to the players heads and expecting them to win.

Source: Yahoo! Esports

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The Midwest Rallies Its Troops for 2GGC: Midwest Mayhem Saga in February

The 2GG Championship Circuit is starting to form up, as 2GGaming and Events2Compete announce the February Saga to be held at the Esports Arena in Santa Ana, California. Titled Midwest Mayhem Saga, this event will see the Midwest’s finest invading SoCal to defend their honor against the rest of the USA. Winners of previous Midwest Mayhem events–C9|Ally, Zinoto, False and Circa|6WX–will be in attendance, with other Midwest players being able to nominate themselves to the 2GG Shop, in order to get funding for the event.

Galvanized by their previous clash at The Big House 6, SoCal are demanding a crew battle rematch with the Midwest, gathering its best players to prove their dominance on home turf. If you don’t want to nominate yourself for the 2GG Shop but still want to attending Midwest Mayhem Saga, there will be three separate qualifying tournaments to win a trip to the event. FTS: The Wreckpublic and Kingslayer 2 on January 28th will be qualifying events, as well as Midwest Mayhem 7 on February 4th.

Midwest Mayhem 7 will be special in itself, as it will see various Mexican players coming to compete in Chicago. So far, Cloud main Javi, world’s best Mr. Game & Watch SF|Regi and Lucario main SF|Richi are confirmed to attend Midwest Mayhem 7, with more to be announced in the coming weeks.

Registration for Midwest Mayhem 7 should now be available over on smash.gg and the confirmed date for Midwest Mayhem Saga will be decided later this week, as 2GG are trying to avoid clashes with international events like BEAST 7.

Sources: Events2Compete; smash.gg

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Relive All the Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Hype with the Top 8 Footage from Cooperation Cup 15

Much of the FGC had their eyes glued to the yearly event that is Cooperation Cup, the highest profile 3rd Strike event of the year. The event featured some of the highest caliber 3rd Strike play you can find anywhere, making it a truly worthwhile event to watch.

YouTube channel Hagaishi TV compiled the Top 8 segment of the tournament, featuring the best 5-man-teams, making a total of 40 different players. With this many high-level players, we get a nice variety of characters and playstyles.

You can also check out the Pre Co-Op Cup exhibition event below, which showcases some equally amazing play. Be sure to soak up all the 3rd Strike play you can, it’ll be another year before you see this type of competition again.

Sources: Hagaishi TV (YouTube); Capcom Fans (YouTube)

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Final Round 20 Confirmed to Be Part of This Year’s Capcom Pro Tour

With Street Fighter V’s second season now in full swing, many people are looking forward to this year’s Capcom Pro Tour. With last year’s rather confusing qualifying structure, more than a few are wondering at how this year’s tour will be changed up.

Now while no announcement has been made yet regarding this year’s structure, we now know of of at least one major tournament that will be part of it. In a recent tweet, the organizers behind Final Round 20 have confirmed that the event will once again be a part of the Capcom Pro Tour.

Final Round has usually been one the first major tournaments in the Capcom Pro Tour each year–and for the past couple of years, has been the first Premier event. Whether or not it will be the same again this year is yet to be seen.

Final Round 20 takes place on March 10 to 12, at the Georgia International Convention Center in Atlanta, GA.

Source: Final Round

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PR Balrog Encounters Glitch that Lets Him Play Season 1 Version of Balrog Online in Street Fighter V

Street Fighter V’s second season brought a significant number of balance changes to the game’s existing cast; despite this however, the data for season one still exists in the game’s code, mostly to allow replays from the previous season to still work, despite all the changes.

However, it seems that there is a way to play as the season one version of the characters–at least by accident. In a recent stream, Eduardo “PR Balrog” Perez experienced a glitch in an online match that reverted Balrog to his season one version. He noticed this after being unable to perform Screw Smash, which had its input changed to a dragon punch (forward, down, down-forward) in season two, from a charge motion in season two. You can check this out in these clips from PR Balrog’s stream below.

The exact method of invoking this glitch is as of yet unknown. However, the theory is that it happens when a player gets disconnected during the loading process before a match starts.

Source: PR Balrog via Adaptive Trigger

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Watch Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3’s Jill Valentine Fight at Breakneck Speed in This CMV

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 has been enjoying a nice resurgence of popularity, partly due to the release on PlayStation 4, along with the announcement of Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite. The community has always been active and doing its best to grow, but news like that undoubtedly helps expand interest.

In the face of this new interest, we’re seeing more content popping up on YouTube for the game, some of which you can see below. Here we have a hectic Jill CMV by Hailet Lo’Rain, featuring the S.T.A.R.S. agent going berserk on her opponents. There are enough side-switching antics and kooky interactions to make anyone’s headspin, but just wait till you see what she does to Nemesis.

Source: Hailey Lo’Rain (YouTube)

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Right Back at Ya! 10 Insane Power Shield Reversals for Super Smash Bros. Melee

In Super Smash Bros., using your shield mere frames before an attack hits activates what’s known as a Power Shield, a shield that parries melee attacks and reflects projectiles back in the direction of the attacker. Though virtually every high-level Smash player is aware of this technique, sometimes they get a rude reminder of just how effective Power Shielding can be.

In their latest video compilation, Mr.Pickle255 accumulates 10 insane Power Shield situations from several Super Smash Bros. Melee matches. Top Players like Ice, Armada, Leffen, Frootloop and Darkrain make appearances in the clip. A particular Power Shield from one of these players brings Smash commentator D1 to the brink of tears, but you’ll have to watch the video to see who. Check it out below and subscribe to Mr.Pickle255 for more Super Smash Bros. lists and compilations.

Source: Mr.Pickle255

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Kasumi and Momiji Team Up in This Dead or Alive 5 Last Round Combo Video

Far less represented in combo videos lately, Dead or Alive 5 Last Round still has great possibilities and flexibility for combos. Especially with the tag team feature, you can see a lot of interesting things.

In this video, we see female ninjas Kasumi and Momiji in quite the combo demonstration. With as many juggles as a Tekken combo video, these two carry their opponents for a long while. With as amazing combos as this–and this only hinting at more–this is sure to tantalize your senses.

Source: Desna

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Majorboy’s Ibuki is Looking Even More Sinister in this Street Fighter V Compilation

Majorboy has been a major threat in Street Fighter V the whole time. He has the execution and the mind games that makes Ibuki viable, and makes it work effectively enough to be ranked high within the online scene.

Fortunately, December proved to be a season of giving for Majorboy, as Ibuki received solid buffs to make her game plan even more solid. Reaping the benefits of this, Majorboy has become an even more sinister player, as can be evidenced by this compilation of his online matches.

Source: XusesGB

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WatchMojo List Their Top 10 Worst Fighting Game Characters

Whether they are considered weak, low tier, poorly designed or are just plain unlikable personality-wise, there are certain characters in every fighting game that leave a sour taste in your mouth and makes you wonder why they are on the character select screen to begin with. With so many fighting games out in the wild these days, there’s bound to be a bad apple or two could that potentially be a waste of a character slot.

WatchMojo.com has compiled a top 10 list of who they consider the worst fighting game characters; characters from popular series such as Street Fighter, Soul Calibur, Mortal Kombat as well ones from more obscure fighters such as Sonic the Fighters, Shaq-Fu and Rise of the Robots are represented in this video. Their number-one pick for worst character is actually quite surprising and amusing.

What are your picks for worst characters in fighting games? Post and share your thoughts in the comments below.

Source: WatchMojo