To sweeten the deal for any Mortal Kombat players thinking of attending this year’s SoCal Regionals event, NetherRealm Studios and Warner Bros have added a $10,000 pot bonus to the Mortal Kombat X prize pool. This cash injection should help entice any players who were on the fence about attending SCR to start planning where they are going to be staying during that October weekend.
The winner of the Mortal Kombat X tournament at SCR2016 will be going away with at least $5,000, not including the actual money generated from signups so quite a lot of cash is on the line for this year’s event. Mortal Kombat is not the only game with a sizeable pot bonus though, as Street Fighter V has a $15,000 pot bonus as it is the last US Premier event before Capcom Cup, while Tekken 7 is getting $3,000 for being part of the road to the North American King of the Iron Fist Finals.
There will also be tournaments for Killer Instinct, King of Fighter XIV, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 and Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- so get signed up at the official SCR2016 smash.gg page to ensure your spot at one of the biggest tournaments of this year. SCR2016 will be held at the Esports Arena from October 14-16th and it is not one to be missed.
Taking a break from their coverage of the Street Fighter EX Characters, the Shadaloo Activity Report’s next bit of research focuses on a Character Profile for the Kanzuki Ninja Legion. You may have seen some of these ninja at the end of Birdie’s Character Prologue, where Karin forced him to take the challenge after allowing him to be a house guest, in order to, “help [him] digest.” They can also be found in background of the Lair of the Four Kings We previously covered the kunoichi of the Estate here.
Private Nakagawa: Today I introduce the Ninja Legion, the honorable guards of the Kanzuki household. A while back, we introduced you to the Kunoichi guard, but it’s the legion who is responsible for guarding the mansion.
Private Nakagawa: The extent of their fighting power becomes apparent in a sum as opponents during the Kanzuki-ryu 100 man Kumite. They use ninjutsu as depicted in the picture, such as: Katon [“Fire Release”], Suiton [“Water Release”] and Doton [“Earth Release”. All full under Ninja Tactics.] The Genin-chan looks like this.
Private Nakagawa: They appear in the Kanzuki family mansion, they’re the ones hanging from the ropes. They are a puckish group of playful people.
So ends another CFN Profile, as more of the Kanzuki Zaibatsu gets fleshed out further. Keep your browser locked right here on Shoryuken for more Profile coverage in the coming weeks!
The cycle remains unbroken. With Abadango Saga coming to a close last night, the Saga curse still persists. Not a single one of the nine players who have had sagas named after them have succeeded in winning their eponymous event. Many people were betting on Abadango to finally break the streak but unfortunately, fate and the Mario brothers conspired to send him out at 13th place, after losing to B7Games’ Dr Mario and eM|Elegant’s Luigi. Abadango’s brother in arms Komorikiri did place higher, achieving 5th place but failing to take a saga title home for Japan. It may be up to Kamemushi in a future Kamemushi Saga to finally break the curse and bring the a title back to Japan.
Top 12 of Abadango Saga was a nest of vipers, with big names like Team eLevate’s Larry Lurr, IMT|ANTi, CLG|VoiD and C9|Ally sitting in Losers’, while TSM|Zero, Komorikiri, NRG|Nairo and Rich Brown remained in Winners’, making the struggle for those final positions an absolute bloodbath. In Winners’, ZeRo started to pick up steam in his journey to Grand Finals, taking out Rich Brown with a swift 3-0, before edging out Nairo with a 3-1 victory. ZeRo only dropped three games in his path through top 48 and he seems to be returning to his 2015 state with every passing tournament.
Elsewhere in the bracket, Larry Lurr was putting on the Losers’ run to end all Losers’ runs. After being sent into the lower bracket in pools, Larry began to smash his way through everyone that stood in his way. The man looked unstoppable, racking up successive wins against Komorikiri, K9 and WaDi before cruising into Losers’ side of Grand Finals with back to back 3-0s against Ally and Nairo. Larry’s Fox was moving at near enough the speed of light when heading into Grands, resetting the bracket 3-1 against ZeRo for a final showdown between the two, reminiscent of their set at 2GGT: Mexico Saga. Unfortunately, this legendary run was not to be completed, as ZeRo regained his composure and won 3-1 in the bracket reset, claiming first place at Abadango Saga.
Alongside the blistering action on stage, congratulations must go to the 2GG team for holding a 500+ man major with singles and doubles event in a single day, without any major holdups. The TO team is running with military efficiency at this stage so major kudos to all of the behind the scenes staff who made this event happen within 24 hours. All of the VODs are available on the 2GGaming YouTube channel and check out Losers’, Winners’ and Grand Finals below.
The string of Latin America Capcom Pro Tour ranking events continues, this time stopping in Santiago, Chile. Never Give Up 2016 has attracted Chileans and international stars alike for competition in Street Fighter V, The King of Fighters XIV and a number of side events. Attending along with Chilean powerhouses like Baek and Kane Blueriver and other South American talent like Misterio, Broylnho and Pikoro are Jiewa of China and Tokido of Japan.
Rodolfo “Rotendo” Camarenamora, a longtime FGC and SRK community member from Texas, has been touched by a tragic event in the past few days. His wife and high school sweetheart, Stacy, passed away due to complications with diabetes and other illnesses. Now a father of three children, Rotendo turned to GoFundMe and the fighting game community for help.
The GoFundMe page seeks to cover funeral costs and some of the medical bills incurred over the past few years, which put a financial strain on the family. Rotendo faces those costs as well as the difficulties of raising three children on his own.
[Stacy] loved our children more than herself and always put their needs before her own. Stacy passed peacefully in her sleep on Sept 22, 2016. She had a big heart and is loved by many and all those she touched.
Sharing the page and his story, as well as any donations, would be hugely appreciated by his family.
Big thanks to Dios <-X-> from our SRK Forums for posting about Rotendo’s story and spreading the word.
Adding to their “How to Beat” videos, SSBM Tutorials have started a new series which details how to conquer difficult matchups as certain characters. In this inaugural video, Kira goes through the things Falco players should be looking out for when going up against the graceful swordsman, Marth.
It breaks down each part of the match up, starting with what you should be doing in neutral, how to combo Marth and what to do to get out of Marth’s own combos. The video finishes off by detailing Falco’s best methods of recovery, in order to avoid getting tipper forward smashed at the edge. If you are struggling to edgeguard Marth, Kira recommends checking out their twovideos on exactly how to edgeguard him.
When not suplexing opponents in the ring, pro wrestler Kenny Omega is known to do some damage on the sticks in Street Fighter V. During the chaos of Tokyo Games Show last week, FloKO TV were able to grab some time with the 2016 Climax G1 Champion to talk about his history with fighting games, balancing playing Street Fighter with training for matches as well what events he is hoping to attend for the rest of the year.
While he doesn’t get much time to actually relax and play Street Fighter V as he only gets one day off a month, Kenny is hankering for a run back with Mike Ross, after playing a first to 30 set with him after CEO 2016. While Kenny did not tell FloKO the results of this legendary hotel room set, one can only guess he wants to gain redemption based on his desire to run it back. The whole interview is worth a watch so go over to FloKO TV’s website to listen to the whole thing.
If you want to see Kenny’s proficiency in Street Fighter V, make sure to check out his dramatic set with fellow wrestler Xavier Woods at CEO 2016, which played out like something from a pay per view event.
The skin maker extraordinaire Demonslayerx8 is back at it again, this time bringing some familiar faces from Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 over to Smash 4. These skins for Ryu and Captain Falcon turn the Street Fighter into fellow karate master Iron Fist, while the futuristic race car driver turns into the Spirit of Vengeance, Ghost Rider.
Don’t expect the Penance Stare to replace the Falcon Punch but these skins do look very good in motion, especially when paired with the Training Stage mod as seen in the video below. Demonslayerx8 is also working on a Nova skin for Captain Falcon, along with a redone version of the Shadow Moses Island stage from Brawl. You can download the Iron Fist and Ghost Rider skins from Gamebanana now, and expect Nova and Shadow Moses to release within the next week or so.
The Illuminati are taking over Street Fighter V–but they’re not the only threat! Prior DLC roster addition Juri still has her fans. and if you’re looking to expand your Juri techniques, marlonlonmilk has these videos to offer.
In this first video, marlonlonmilk examines what anti-air options Juri has available and how to apply them against various other cast members:
In this video, you can check out a variety of nasty frame traps, and means to exploit proximity guarding:
While Aksys Games already announced a Limited Edition Bundle for the upcoming US release of BlazBlue: Central Fiction, there’s an another eye-catching offer: in a separate bundle that comes together with the Limited Edition goodies, Aksys Games is selling an officially licensed a HORI Fighting Commander pad.
The HORI pad boasts a d-pad, six buttons, turbo settings, and a wired connection in order to minimize input lag. Licensed by Sony and Arc System Works, the pad is compatible with PlayStation 4, as well as PlayStation 3 and PC thanks to XInput.
Those who pre-ordered the Japanese PS4 version of BlazBlue: Central Fiction can already enjoy its roster of characters in a limited demo. That version is fully releasing on October 6th.
