Category: Fighting Games

This week’s Best of III is a real treat, as we begin to see the inner workings of a tournament series that has suddenly blown up to gigantic proportions. The team talks with Mono and Maricarmen, the tournament organizers for First Attack in Puerto Rico. They discuss the origins of First Attack, and their motivation for running successful events. They also talk about why First Attack has been able to grow in such a short time, and the Puerto Rican influence within the Fighting Game Community.

Later, they talk to F3’s Antwan “Alucard” Ortiz, who talks about why he picked Balrog to counter Liquid|NuckleDu’s Nash at Absolute Battle. He also talks about his jumping around various titles, his training regimen, and his plan moving forward in future events.  For that and more, tune in to the video and watch!

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If you were not in front of Twitch over Sunday for the Street Fighter V Top 8 at East Coast Throwdown, you were certainly missing out. Not only were there hype matches, but great character diversity as well–with only Panda Gaming’s RayRay and Coin Up’s Ludovic sharing a character in Chun-Li.

Fortunately, for those of you who were out and about and needing a pick-me-up out of their Monday doldrums–Team Spooky has you covered. They have just uploaded the Top 8 of East Cost Throwdown to archive some of the great matches held during the event.  Now you can watch the likes of RayRay, Ludovic,  FOX’s Julio Fuentes, OG’s Shine, danslip, F3’s Alucard, Raoh NS, and GS’s HamBam duke it out for Capcom Pro Tour ranking points at your own leisure.

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If you were not in front of Twitch over Sunday for the Street Fighter V Top 8 at East Coast Throwdown, you were certainly missing out. Not only were there hype matches, but great character diversity as well–with only Panda Gaming’s RayRay and Coin Up’s Ludovic sharing a character in Chun-Li.

Fortunately, for those of you who were out and about and needing a pick-me-up out of their Monday doldrums–Team Spooky has you covered. They have just uploaded the Top 8 of East Cost Throwdown to archive some of the great matches held during the event.  Now you can watch the likes of RayRay, Ludovic,  FOX’s Julio Fuentes, OG’s Shine, danslip, F3’s Alucard, Raoh NS, and GS’s HamBam duke it out for Capcom Pro Tour ranking points at your own leisure.

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Tecmo Koei’s, Dead or Alive 5: Last Round will soon be getting another star cross-over character, as King of Fighters icon Mai Shiranui dives onto the scene on September 13. Tecmo Koei released a new trailer today that displays some of the Lady Ninja’s fighting skills–along with her cheerleader outfit.

While The King of Fighters XV most recently took the kunoichi to the third dimension with the game’s new 3D models, her appearance in DOA5 LR brings her into a fully 3D fighting space.

A new set of costumes will also be released on September 13. These threads will be based on Mai’s teammates from The King of Fighters 2000.

Check out the new official trailer below!

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Tecmo Koei’s, Dead or Alive 5: Last Round will soon be getting another star cross-over character, as King of Fighters icon Mai Shiranui dives onto the scene on September 13. Tecmo Koei released a new trailer today that displays some of the Lady Ninja’s fighting skills–along with her cheerleader outfit.

While The King of Fighters XV most recently took the kunoichi to the third dimension with the game’s new 3D models, her appearance in DOA5 LR brings her into a fully 3D fighting space.

A new set of costumes will also be released on September 13. These threads will be based on Mai’s teammates from The King of Fighters 2000.

Check out the new official trailer below!

Source: DualShockers

Underrated by many and placed in low tier on many lists, Samus is a character with untapped potential in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. Players like Johnny Westside and Afro Smash show that this character can put in serious work at a high level, and fellow Samuses are actively researching for ways to add more tricks to Samus’ Power Suit.

Muramishi is one of these researchers, finding a footstool combo for Samus which sees her using a bomb to bounce opponents back into her range in order to continue to pile on damage. What results is a stylish combo, where Samus essentially plays pinball with her victim, knocking them back and forth between bomb and beam cannon. Muramishi outlines how the attacking Samus can deal with certain DI, different character weights and sizes, along with what to do if someone tech rolls or getup attacks during the combo.

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Underrated by many and placed in low tier on many lists, Samus is a character with untapped potential in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. Players like Johnny Westside and Afro Smash show that this character can put in serious work at a high level, and fellow Samuses are actively researching for ways to add more tricks to Samus’ Power Suit.

Muramishi is one of these researchers, finding a footstool combo for Samus which sees her using a bomb to bounce opponents back into her range in order to continue to pile on damage. What results is a stylish combo, where Samus essentially plays pinball with her victim, knocking them back and forth between bomb and beam cannon. Muramishi outlines how the attacking Samus can deal with certain DI, different character weights and sizes, along with what to do if someone tech rolls or getup attacks during the combo.

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With the sheer amount of interactions and scenarios possible in a fighting game, you’re bound to get some wacky stuff happening during the course of a match. Some of these moments have been compiled by desk and placed in a single mix-clip, showing off some of these odd interactions–and how you can capitalize off of them.

This includes comboing into Ryu’s Critical Art off of a trade, using Necalli’s EX Disc’s Guidance to go through an entire barrage of Sonic Booms and even armor cancelling to land a tricky Critical Art. All this and more can be found in the video below.

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After his landmark win with Rashid at First Attack over the weekend, everyone wants to know more about the 18-year-old prodigy from Japan, John Takeuchi. Being the master of the CFN replay compilation, XusesGB has been busy in the editing suite, gathering together a collection of Takeuchi’s online replays with Rashid.

Takuechi makes Rashid look insufferable to play against, rolling and spinning opponents into the corner before locking them in place with a barrage of tornadoes and whirlwinds. I imagine we’ll see a surge of Rashid players after seeing Takeuchi’s play over the weekend, as people try to master the ways of the Turbulent Wind.

Source: XusesGB