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Check Out Mai Natsume’s Colors, Special Interactions and Combo Trials in This BlazBlue: Central Fiction Roundup

The days are ticking away until Mai Natsume becomes available to all Western BlazBlue fans, but that isn’t stopping details from surfacing. We covered some initial tech and combo discoveries from Japanese players earlier in the week, so here are some videos showing off other aspects of Mai, like her special interactions with other characters on the roster.

First up are colors 1-22 for her, as well as some of her Distortion Drives and Astral Finishes. This compilation is brought to us by Jourdal, whose channel is home to all sorts of Blazblue content, including gameplay and CMVs.

Next we have her trials, shown off by Dandy Antagonist. Some of her trials appear fairly basic, and she gets good corner carry off of most conversions.

As is the norm with ArcSys games, special interactions are available when Mai comes across other key members of the cast. Here is a compilation of all of them.

Lastly we have some gameplay through replays, provided by Yoshi SF.

Sources: Jourdal; Dandy Antagonist; SyaoranQ8; Yoshi SF

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Keep Your Opponent on The Ropes with These Meaty Setups After Grab With Balrog in Street Fighter V

Knowing for his explosive damage output once he gets an opening, Balrog can also guarantee pressure after a forward or back throw with specific meaty setups. Top ranked Balrog player Brian_F has compiled a list of these specific post throw meaty setups, to help other Balrogs continue their onslaught of power punches.

He goes through each setup, based on Balrog’s screen position and whether you perform a forward or back throw. Brian_F does include input notation for each setup, as well as listing how safe or unsafe each setup is on hit, on block or on counter-hit. There are even setups made for characters with three or four frame jabs, with the three frame meaty setup resulting in a favorable trade for Balrog.

Source: Brian_F

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Learn to Combo and Tech Chase Properly With Captain Falcon in Super Smash Bros. Melee

Learning to cover your opponent’s options and punish in any given situation is essential to playing your character well, no matter what game or character you play. As far as Smash goes, due to the sheer number of movement options some characters have, this can seem a bit overwhelming. That’s where SSBM Tutorials come in, to help point out some of the most optimal options to cover when playing a certain character.

In this tutorial, Captain Falcon is shown covering various tech chase and pressure situations. Options after grabs and stomp are covered, as well as his options following the opponent’s directional influence.

Source: SSBM Tutorials

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Pick Up The Basics of Kukri in King of Fighters XIV With This Character Breakdown

Few things capture mystery and intrigue quite like a hooded figure who manipulates sand. While playing a fighting game may at times seem as effective as pounding sand, we luckily have friendly community members willing to break things down, making them nice and simple for us.

Coliflowerz us one such friendly face, who regularly uploads helpful content for his game of choice. This time around, he’s helping us learn Kukri, teaching things like pressure tools, punish options, anti-air tools, as well as of course some basic and advanced combos to learn.

If Coliflowerz’ work impressed you, don’t be shy about checking out their channel. They regularly post really helpful content in an attempt to elevate the community.

Source: Coliflowerz

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Lab Zero Releases Details on Physical Copies of Skullgirls 2nd Encore

After being out for the better part of five years, Skullgirls is finally able to give English fans the option to hold a physical copy of the game in their hands. As we reported earlier pre-orders will open Monday, letting fans indulge. In preparation for this, Lab Zero has released details on their physical copy, seen below.

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The game itself, which will only be pre-orderable for about two weeks, will be $39.99 for both PS4 and PS Vita. Pre-ordering ensures a copy, but after that two weeks the available stock will be limited and eventually run out. The disc comes with a full color manual, as well as a soundtrack and a slipcover for the game. Lab Zero even took to Twitter to boast about their PS Vita slipcover:

In addition to all of this, there is also the goal of 10,000 pre-orders, which if reached will allow the publisher, Autumn Games, to patch Japanese voices into the game.

Source: Skullgirls

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Lab Zero Releases Details on Physical Copies of Skullgirls 2nd Encore

After being out for the better part of five years, Skullgirls is finally able to give English fans the option to hold a physical copy of the game in their hands. As we reported earlier pre-orders will open Monday, letting fans indulge. In preparation for this, Lab Zero has released details on their physical copy, seen below.

Click to view slideshow.

The game itself, which will only be pre-orderable for about two weeks, will be $39.99 for both PS4 and PS Vita. Pre-ordering ensures a copy, but after that two weeks the available stock will be limited and eventually run out. The disc comes with a full color manual, as well as a soundtrack and a slipcover for the game. Lab Zero even took to Twitter to boast about their PS Vita slipcover:

In addition to all of this, there is also the goal of 10,000 pre-orders, which if reached will allow the publisher, Autumn Games, to patch Japanese voices into the game.

Source: Skullgirls

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Here’s a Sneak Peek At a Beautifully Animated Street Fighter Fan Film

When Capcom first started promoting Street Fighter V, their main tagline was “Rise Up” encouraging fans, both competitive and casual, to rise up and express their passion for the franchise.  Now, one creator has taken on that challenge and risen up to create something quite beautiful.

Now some of you may already be familiar with Paul “OtaKing” Johnson’s work. The animator first caught the internet’s attention with the release of his Star Wars fan-film “TIE Fighter”. The short, is an homage to LucasArt’s classic TIE Fighter space flight simulator franchise. What made it catch the eye of many fans was the fact that Johnson lovingly animated the film himself, doing it in the style of old 1980’s cartoons and animé.

Now, he’s turning his attention to Street Fighter with a new fan film. He’s released a short clip from it featuring everyone’s favorite dictator, M. Bison alongside a horde of Shadaloo troopers. You can check it out below.

Johnson’s target for the film is around 20 minutes, which would make it one of his longest animations to date.

For more on Johnson’s previous work, check out his original TIE Fighter film here. In addition to this, he’s also worked with Mashed on other video game fan animations, including these videos for R-Type and Warframe.

Source: Paul Johnson

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Here’s a Sneak Peek At a Beautifully Animated Street Fighter Fan Film

When Capcom first started promoting Street Fighter V, their main tagline was “Rise Up” encouraging fans, both competitive and casual, to rise up and express their passion for the franchise.  Now, one creator has taken on that challenge and risen up to create something quite beautiful.

Now some of you may already be familiar with Paul “OtaKing” Johnson’s work. The animator first caught the internet’s attention with the release of his Star Wars fan-film “TIE Fighter”. The short, is an homage to LucasArt’s classic TIE Fighter space flight simulator franchise. What made it catch the eye of many fans was the fact that Johnson lovingly animated the film himself, doing it in the style of old 1980’s cartoons and animé.

Now, he’s turning his attention to Street Fighter with a new fan film. He’s released a short clip from it featuring everyone’s favorite dictator, M. Bison alongside a horde of Shadaloo troopers. You can check it out below.

Johnson’s target for the film is around 20 minutes, which would make it one of his longest animations to date.

For more on Johnson’s previous work, check out his original TIE Fighter film here. In addition to this, he’s also worked with Mashed on other video game fan animations, including these videos for R-Type and Warframe.

Source: Paul Johnson

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Massive Steam Halloween Sale: Low Prices for Blazblue, Guilty Gear, Skullgirls, and More!

Who doesn’t love a good Steam Sale? Not many people. So, for your spooky Halloween weekend, Steam is running a special Halloween sale with offers on tons of games, particularly for some of the best fighting games on Steam at the moment.

Among the sales are Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late for just under $20, BlazBlue ChronoPhantasma Extend, Guilty Gear Xrd, and Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code for $15. The prices get even lower than that, with Skullgirls+DLC available at a little over 6 dollars, or 10 dollars for the complete 2nd Encore package (which contains additional modes). There are other low price games, with GUILTY GEAR XX ACCENT CORE PLUS R being available for just under $5, along with other big discounts for Arcana Heart 3 LOVE MAX!!!!!, Yatagarasu Attack on Cataclysm and Vanguard Princess. The sale lasts until November 1st, so be sure to act quickly!

Source: Steam

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See Super Street Fighter IV for Nintendo 3DS Played with a Fightstick

Giving the game the controls it deserves.

After the highly questionable Street Fighter IV Volt and other portable iterations for iOS, Super Street Fighter IV 3D for the Nintendo 3DS is likely next on the list of mostly-forgotten versions of Street Fighter IV. Not having access to arcade-style controls is a deal-breaker for many FG players–of course, you could instead hack your 3DS with custom firmware, and then use an arcade stick to play the game the way you want! Observe below. Interested modders will find helpful links and other info in the video description.

crouchStrong Gaming also has some other homebrew 3DS Street Fighting strangeness, this time involving Street Fighter Alpha 2, viewable on their YouTube channel.

Source: crouchStrong Gaming