Category: News

One of the unique things about the Mii Fighters in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the ability to dress them up in various costumes, often mimicking characters that aren’t actually on the playable roster. As such, it should be no surprise then that they’re getting some DLC costumes in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in 2019.

While Nintendo hasn’t highlighted this, the listing appears in their support page for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Specifically, it states that Mii Fighter costumes are coming to the game sometime in 2019, and each costume will be sold for $0.75 each.

With Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, several of the Mii Fighter costumes from the previous game — including those based on third party properties — were taken out. With this, it’s highly likely that these costumes, as well as some new ones, will be coming into the game as DLC.

Source: Resetera

You probably don’t need to be sold on this, but one of the FGC’s most engaging personalities — 2007 EVO Champion IFC Yipes — is streaming and commentating Battle of the Strongest 2. This is a Marvel vs. Capcom 2 round robin featuring some of the game’s most decorated legends competing for a winner-takes-all prize of $1k.

A gauntlet for one of the most punishing, technical, and wild games from the early days of the FGC? Of course you’re watching! It’s live right now, and you can check out all the action below:

 

Watch live video from IFCYipeS on www.twitch.tv

Source: IFC Yipes

Punch Planet is an Early Access Sci-Fi fighter in development from 3-man indie studio Sector-K Games. You may already be familiar with them thanks to their active presence — and character reveals — on the floor at Evo 2017 and Evo 2018. The latest version of Punch Planet just dropped today on Steam, and it includes some dramatic new changes to its online functionality: the addition of Online Lobbies and Spectating.

#PunchPlanet version 0.4.1.a is now available on #SteamEarlyAccess! Featuring better lobbies, spectating, Cid art update, gameplay changes and more. 25% OFF until Jan 3rd during the #steamwintersale! > https://t.co/AP7ja8i8jK #indiedev #indiegame #fgc #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/Orm53JiTMX

— Punch Planet (@PunchPlanet) December 29, 2018

Players can now compete in rotation king-of-the-hill style with up to 7 other players, and spectate matches that are in progress.

Current features of the lobby system:

• Players can leave the rotation if they wish to only spectate
• If only two players are in the rotation, players can rematch as much as they want
• Players will be automatically skipped if AFK
• Lobbies can be private and steam friends can be invited / join
• Steam profiles can now be viewed
• Total amount of players online is now shown

The developers at Sector-K promise that this is just the beginning of their plans for the online mode — they have future plans for matchmaking queues, data/rank tracking, and more in the works.

In addition to the new functionality of online mode, there’s several game-play and graphical updates in the new patch. You can read the additions and balance changes for the latest version here, and purchase the game here.

Source: PunchPlanet

Back in April at the Nexon Developer Conference 2018, Arc System Works announced that the beloved classic title, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core +R would be coming to the Nintendo Switch at some point during the calendar year. The port was scheduled for a worldwide release, and would include the Korean soundtrack from Guilty Gear XX #Reload, composed by Shin Hae Chul.

As we’re now a mere four days from closing the curtain on 2018, ASW has apologetically announced on Twitter that the game will be officially delayed until sometime in 2019, stating, “We’re sorry we were unable to release it in 2018, but please look forward to more information.”

 

2018年に配信決定とお知らせしてました「GUILTY GEAR XX ΛCORE PLUS R」のNintendo Switch™版ですが、こちら現在2019年配信へ向けて進行中です。
2018年中にお届けできず大変申し訳ございませんが、続報にご期待くださいませ！ pic.twitter.com/BaqUik3Fys

— アークシステムワークス公式ツイッター (@ARCSY_Event) December 27, 2018

Stay tuned right here to Shoryuken for any additional updates on this upcoming release.

Source: ARCSY_Event (Twitter)

Learn about previously undocumented changes for F.A.N.G, Cody, Ryu, and G!

At the conclusion of Capcom Cup 2018, Yoshinori Ono surprised everyone in attendance and watching at home with the news that Season 4 would officially begin right after the tournament concluded. In addition to the explosively violent reveal of “The Embodiment of Satsui,” Kage, Capcom also released a slew of customary balance changes for the entire cast. However, it seems a few alterations for the quartet of F.A.N.G, Ryu, Cody, and G, though already implanted into the game, went undocumented in the initial release of patch notes. Capcom has recently corrected this error on the Shadaloo C.R.I. page, and you can view the changes for the four World Warriors below:

• F.A.N.G

・EX Ryobenda (Regular/V-Trigger II)
③Reduced the block stop for the first hit by 2F.
Note: Changes in the advantage/disadavantage only if the first hit is blocked.

• Cody

・Trash Out (Front Throw)
Damage increased from 120 to 130.

The following are corrections for items that were mistakenly listed on the adjustment list.

• Ryu

・VTII Isshin
Mistaken: ②The attack recovery can be canceled into Shoryuken.
Corrected: ②The attack recovery can be canceled into Shoryuken and EX Jodan Sokutou Geri.

• G

・G Smash Over (V-Trigger I)
Expanded the collision boxes in the upwards direction for the first hit.

Source: Shadaloo C.R.I.

Here’s some great news for fans of Japanese arcade games who wish they could play them in the USA. Taito is bringing its NESiCAxLive 2 arcade digital distribution system to the United States.

Round 1 announced that NESiCAxLive 2 will be location tested at 10 of their stores around the US. The specific stores testing the system are as follows:

• Puente Hills Mall (Southern California)
• South Center Mall (Washington)
• Shops at South Town (Utah)
• Southwest Plaza (Colorado)
• Grapevine Mills (Texas)
• Fox Valley Mall (Illinois)
• Great Lakes Crossing (Michigan)
• Stonecrest Mall (Georgia)
• Broadway Mall (New York)
• Maine Mall (Maine)

No time frame for how long the tests will run has been given as of the time of writing.

Source: Round 1

A couple of weeks back, right before Capcom Cup 2018, Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition received one of its more controversial additions: Sponsored Content. Now, just a couple of weeks after, the sponsored content is no longer available.

As of the time of writing, advertisements on stages and the loading screen have been turned off. At the same time, trying to select color 3-10 on an “Ad Style” costume will simply give the message “the sponsor is currently not available, so you cannot use the selected color.”

Some may speculate that this was due to the negative reaction to the sponsored content. However, the original posting for the Capcom Pro Tour shows that they were scheduled to run only up until December 25. Additionally, other in-game posts about the sponsored content state that they will “change intermittently”, stating that “if a sponsorship is not available at the time and you selected any colors from 3-10 of the Ad Style outfit in your battle settings, you will be forced to use colors 1 and 2.”

Of course, that’s not to say that Capcom isn’t looking at the feedback. After Capcom Cup, producer Yoshinori Ono sent out a tweet thanking the community for providing feedback, and that they would “consider how we can improve this new feature for players in the future.”

Source: Street Fighter V; Yoshinori Ono

For the longest time, Bandai Namco’s Katsuhiro Harada has been associated with Tekken, having been with the franchise from the very beginning. Now, Harada is set to take on a larger role in the company when it comes to their fighting games.

In a message to players of Dragon Ball FighterZ, SoulCalibur VI, and of course Tekken 7, Harada announced that he is now the leader and supervisor of Bandai Namco’s Fighting Game Esports Strategy team. As part of this, he confirmed that Bandai Namco is committed to helping expand the competitive scenes for these games, confirming that they are planning to have as many official tournaments for them as possible. This is on top of figuring out ways to continue to assist tournaments and community events in the future.

Of course, this doesn’t mean that he’ll stop being a producer: Harada stated that he will continue to be one on top of this new role moving forward.

Source: Katsuhiro Harada

For fans of Dragon Ball FighterZ, the past week or so has been dominated by talk regarding the game not appearing in a number of upcoming tournaments. The popular theory is that this is because Toei Animation, the studio behind the Dragon Ball anime franchise, is blocking these tournaments.

Replying to a tweet from a fan, Toei Animation has responded to this speculation by stating that they aren’t the cause for these tournaments not hosting Dragon Ball FighterZ.

Apologies, but we have no knowledge about preventing DBFZ tournaments.

— Toei Animation (@ToeiAnimation) December 26, 2018

Of course, with this clarification, the question still remains of why Dragon Ball FighterZ isn’t at these tournaments. The possible explanation could lie in the fact Toei Animation is simply just one of the entities involved with the franchise, other companies are also involved in other various aspects of the franchise. Noted fighting game commentator and attorney David “UltraDavid” Graham has pointed out it could be an issue from one of these other holders.

Like I said, there are lots of rights holders involved. Could be a rights issue from some other angle instead

— Regular UltraDavid (@ultradavid) December 26, 2018

Sources: Toei Animation; UltraDavid