Category: Fighting Games

In Street Fighter V, BST|Daigo Umehara and Tokido both have chosen Ryu as their fighter of choice, and both have become renowned for the skillful play they bring to a character that–while very robust and usually near the top of SFV tier lists–doesn’t typically sit at the number one spot in tournament results. Last month, YogaFlame24 featured a face-off between these two giants, and now the fight continues in this compilation of over 18 minutes of online matches between The Beast and the “Murderface.”

Who’s Ryu is strongest? The answer lies in the heart of battle, of course!

Source: XusesGB

In Street Fighter V, BST|Daigo Umehara and Tokido both have chosen Ryu as their fighter of choice, and both have become renowned for the skillful play they bring to a character that–while very robust and usually near the top of SFV tier lists–doesn’t typically sit at the number one spot in tournament results. Last month, YogaFlame24 featured a face-off between these two giants, and now the fight continues in this compilation of over 18 minutes of online matches between The Beast and the “Murderface.”

Who’s Ryu is strongest? The answer lies in the heart of battle, of course!

Source: XusesGB

If you include fan-favorite “dark hero” K’ on your team in The King of Fighters XIV–or just like checking out some stylish combos–have a look at the videos below. First, The Fighters Generation presents this 9-minute collection of all sorts of potent stuff, starting with some basic combos and setups, and then increasing into greater complexity:

Comparatively, you can also have a look at this more bite-sized combo compilation from FightingMachineVS, featuring DarkWingZERO:

Thanks to FYagami & Mohammad for the tips!

Sources: Fighters Generation; FightingMachineVS

Often underappreciated, voice actors make a massive contribution to our games: the personality they inject into our favorite characters can make or break immersion–or enjoyment. Street Fighter V boasts a robust voice cast, and this game’s English versions of the character voices are quite good overall–if not better, in some characters’ cases–than their Japanese originals.

If you have any curiosity as to what the actors providing these voices might look like, check out the video below. YouTuber “Porfirios guarding this channel” has compiled photographs of the SFV actors, and paired them with their character and a voice selection to give an enlightening glimpse behind-the-scenes as to who we’re hearing during and between Street Fighter V’s battles and cinema scenes.

For even more, check out the source material: Behind the Voice Actors and IMDb.

Sources: Porfirios guarding this channel; Behind the Voice Actors; IMDb

A true test of greatness is how someone bounces back from adversity. So what happens when someone has to deal with adversity within adversity itself? This question will be answered in Cultivation: Leffen Episode 3.

Leffen, who had been barred from competing for a year, returns to the North American Smash scene by way of Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo–or EGLX–in Toronto, Canada. While breezing through pools, Leffen finally faces difficulty in the brackets as he bumps into Tempo Storm’s Axe–a formidable Pikachu player–and Duck–a Samus main of which there is a dearth in Europe. In dealing with these players, Leffen also faces an internal struggle to stay focused and figure out if he is still a match for players who have consistently been training and improving in his absence.

To see what happens, jump over to Red Bull and catch the latest episode.

Source: Red Bull eSports

With LI Joe currently in Japan for Tokyo Games Show, it was only natural he was going to hit the stick sooner or later to get some training ahead of the competition at the trade show. Using a select Japanese CFN profile, LI Joe took on challenges from all comers, hoping to train against some of Japan’s best online players before the main event.

Seeing as these matches were all online, everyone’s favorite online match-gatherer XusesGB has collected most of the matches from this online series and put them together in a single video. Watch Joe go up against some of Japan’s top ranked online warriors, with a variety of different characters.

Source: XusesGB

Announcing their first ever Smash event, Hitbox TV have revealed the Hitbox Olympus, a three-day tournament held at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City. This tournament boasts events for Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Project M, with each singles event having a guaranteed pot bonus of $1,000. Doubles will also have $500 added to their pots, so there is an extra $4,500 for the taking on top of the money generated from entrants.

Sign ups are now available over on Matcherino, with each game costing $10 to enter. Entrants to Olympus also get free entry to Gameacon, a general gaming convention being held at the Tropicana on the same weekend. If you’ve bustered out of the tournament and have spent all your extra cash on the roulette wheel or money matches, you can head over the convention to play some new indie games and join in on the Halloween party.

With Hitbox acting as the home for those wanting to stream Project M, expect all the best PM players coming to compete. Looking at the sign up list already, players like Junebug, Professor Pro and Lunchables have already signed up for Project M and with more to come in the future, this is a PM tournament you’ll not want to miss.

Sources: Hitbox TV; Matcherino