The fighting game library of Nintendo’s Switch portable console hybrid continues to grow! At the 2018 Tokyo Game Show, Arc System Works announced that a port of BlazBlue: Central Fiction is coming the system.
The version of the game coming to the Switch is specifically called BlazBlue: Central Fiction Special Edition — as for what exactly being a “Special Edition” entails for the Switch port, no details so far have been revealed. They also didn’t reveal what the release date for BlazBlue: Central Fiction Special Edition.
Until Arc System Works gives us more information, the most special thing about BBCFSE is its mystery — well, that and it being the first mainline BlazBlue title to appear on the Switch.
Another day, another tech roundup for Tekken 7 Season 2. You know the drill by now — the community is working hard to break down Season 2, and we’re here to collect their discoveries. Let’s jump in!
Let’s open up today with some Anna tech, courtesy of UYU_Fergus — since she can spike off a wall combo, she gets this incredibly juicy 50/50 at the wall.
Anna's 50/50 situation after d341 wall flip, mixup with db3+4 3 clean hit or qcf3,2 hitconfirm, db3+4 hits grounded. Can also do ws3/ss3 as a mid option which also hits grounded. Throw stomp in there too, mix it up. pic.twitter.com/qf9KI8lIlm
He’d also like to remind you that Anna’s RA can be performed from crouch, giving her a uniquely strong punish tool in specific match-ups:
Don't forget Anna can punish -13 or worse moves from crouch (standing recovering lows and other moves) also with RA
Important vs the likes of Miguel, Akuma/Kazumi/Heihachi df12, Jack WS21, Josie CD3, Jin db4, Nina db3, Eliza b124, and more. pic.twitter.com/fC2XeSwUwH
Scallywag 93 covers Claudio’s changes, and explains why we were all wrong about our fear of Claudio’s starburst-less moves.
REEKEE shows off a juggle into Heihachi’s 10-string. Disrespectful and damaging.
xMTSento developed some of Xiaoyu’s most disgusting setups in Season 1, and it’s no surprise he’s got more dirty tricks in Season 2.
And closing us out today is Mellowlink, who gives a rundown on the ups and downs of each of Lei’s Rage Drives, with setups to boot.
Thanks to everyone that submitted content to us! If you have some Tekken 7 tech you’d like to share with the world, reach out to us through our tipline.
With the game’s release now less than a month away — as well as the 2018 Tokyo Game Show in full-swing — there has been an absolute massive amount of news and footage trickling out for Bandai Namco Entertainment’s Soul Calibur VI. While we’ve already seen the official reveals of Cervantes de Leon and Raphael Sorel, as well as a large amount of footage from pro players Kayane and Hayatei, another huge leak has apparently sprung: Inferno, the flaming physical embodiment of Soul Edge.
The series starting titular antagonist is reportedly obtainable after reaching Level 20 in the Soul Chronicle mode, taking up the currently-open slot in the middle of the character select screen between Sophia and Geralt, and will serve as the game’s Mimic character, who will battle with the styles of randomly-chosen fighters among the entire available cast by generating weapons from his body, just as he did back in Soul Calibur I.
YouTuber Dynasty speculates that, due to the text displayed upon acquiring him, that there could possibly be other “Bonus” characters, but that obviously remains to be seen. You can see the full video, as well as some images of Inferno on Twitter, below.
What do you think of this latest news? Are you excited to see the Classic Boss officially return to the Stage of History? Are you disappointed that he appears to be a Mimic character, ala Edge Master or Mokujin? Or are you hoping for some more secret unlockable characters that haven’t been revealed yet, when the game launches? Sound off in the Comments section.
Soul Calibur VI will be released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Steam PC on Friday, October 19th.
Nintendo’s robotic build ‘n’ battle series appears to be mothballed.
For fans of Nintendo’s own answer to VIRTUAL-ON, the Custom Robo games, there’s some bad news. Nintendo has apparently opted not to renew their trademark for “Custom Robo”, which pretty much ensures that Nintendo is done with the series, at least under that name.
Nintendo’s Custom Robo franchise spanned a number of games in Japan, but only saw two official releases in North America: Custom Robo (“Custom Robo: Battle Revolution” in Japan) for the GameCube, and Custom Robo Arena for the Nintendo DS. As part of the functional family of robot-piloting arena fighters, players customized their mechs with special abilities and took them into the fight in 3D battlegrounds.
While we can now discount seeing a new title in this series for the Switch — and probably no re-releases, either — we may see the series return in another form, only time will tell. It also calls into question whether the “Ray-Mk. III” mech Assist Trophy will be a part of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate — something we’ll have to watch for in December.
What are you doing on Sept 28th? No, you’re not. Shut up, sit down, and get ready to play Soul Calibur VI, instead.
Warriors, prepare yourself for online battles on PS4 & X1! You are invited to help us test our online network for SOULCALIBUR VI. Login and play RANKED MATCH mode!
Out of nowhere, Namco has announced a Soul Calibur VI network test for the 28th on XboxOne and PlayStation 4. All you have to do is download the client on the 27th, login on the 28th, and play with one of the 15 characters unlocked right at the start. Sadly, it seems like PC players will be left out of this surprise gift — for now, at least.
The SCVI Ranked Beta runs until the 30th at 8PM PDT.
With the final Premier Event, SCR 2018, now in the books, NetherRealm Studios has finally announced the date and location for the Finals of the 2018 Injustice 2 Pro Series. 16 of the strongest heroes and villains from around the world will descend upon Chicago, Illinois, on Tuesday, November 13th to compete for a $100,000 prize pool and the title of Injustice 2 World Champion.
If you’d like to attend the event in person and experience all of the hype first-hand, tickets for the event are now available at injustice2proseriesgrandfinals.com, courtesy of TheTicketFairy. For the $8.00 USD General Admission price, (including fees) ticket holders will have exclusive access to the preliminary rounds of the competition from when doors officially open at 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM CT, as well as the Semi-Finals and Finals, scheduled to take place from 8:00 PM -10:00 PM. You must be 17 years old or older to attend. The battles will fought at the PRYSM Nightclub in Chicago.
It appears that a massive round of layoffs has hit Telltale Games, developers of such well-regarded titles as Batman: The Enemy Within, the Minecraft: Story Mode games, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Walking Dead and others. While no official statement has been released, sources speaking to VentureBeat have confirmed the layoffs. Another source said that the company is down to only 25 remaining employees. Some believe this is a precursor to a complete shutdown of the respected studio.
Were you holding out on picking up Fighting EX Layer until Terry Bogard arrives? Unsure if BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle or Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection were right for you? If you planned on grabbing any of these, now might be the best time — these three fighters are on sale for the SIEA region (Sony Interactive Entertainment America) from now until the 24th of September.
Fighting EX Layer (light version)$27.9930% off
Fighting EX Layer (standard version)$41.9930% off
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle $34.9930% off
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Deluxe Edition $48.9930% off
Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection $29.9925% off
You can see the Flash Sale here on Sony’s website, or by going to the PS Store on your PlayStation 4.
After another successful year at the Pokémon World Championships, Namco and the Pokémon Company are continuing their partnership with a new balance patch — and it’s dropping next week!
Serebii Update: Pokkén Tournament DX Version 1.3.3 to hit on September 26th 2018. Balances several characters. Details being added @ https://t.co/gDbXkIa6cr
The majority of the currently-translated changes are bug fixes: for example, more than a few of the proposed changes involve fixing issues where Croagunk and Blastoise would get up earlier from various opponents’ grabs. The notes are currently being translated from the Japanese site by the good folks at Pokkén Arena, and you can read them here. (Or check out the Japanese site yourself here.)
As it stands right now, it’s looking like the patch is more for refinement than anything else. Considering the wild diversity of the current season of Pokkén (grand finals at Worlds featured Empoleon and Gengar, for god’s sake!), perhaps this is a good thing.
Arc System Works brought their upcoming arena fighter Kill la Kill the Game: IF to the 2018 Tokyo Game Show; as part of this, a couple of characters were announced for the game.
Joining the cast of Kill la Kill the Game: IF are Nonon Jakuzure and Houka Inumuta. Fans of the show should recognize them as the remaining two member of the Elite Four, the other two having been previously revealed in a recent issue of Famitsu.
No other details of these two as of yet, though we can safely assume that they’ll come with their debut Ultima Uniforms from the show.
