“If you’re willing to do whatever it takes, I won’t hold back.”
Ready yourselves, Hunters — another Shonen Jump franchise has been revealed to be part of Bandai Namco’s upcoming arena fighter Jump Force. This time, some scans from V Jump magazine show that Gon Freecss and Hisoka Morow from Hunter X Hunter will be in the game. Have a look:
It looks like we will also see a new battle stage in New York, and Blackbeard and Sanji from One Piece will appear in the game as well. The game’s roster is getting better and better — look forward to some footage of these new reveals in action soon, once Bandai Namco makes a full reveal for the West.
“All the things I’m trying to apply in Street Fighter (…) are making my Tekken game improve.”
Korean Tekken Pro UYU|Jeondding’s CEO 2018 win was, by every estimation, a huge upset — he plays unconventional, risky characters (Eddy, Lucky Chloe), he won it from losers bracket, and he won it in two sets versus Qudans, one of the greatest players to ever play Tekken. It was Jeondding’s first TWT major win and a huge milestone for one of Tekken 7’s most unique players.
But as BornFree discovered in this hour-long interview with Jeondding, his method of training is as unconventional as everything else about his approach — namely, that he’s mostly been playing Street Fighter V!
Ironically, Jeondding didn’t intend to learn Street Fighter V — he set out to teach another SFV player how to play Tekken and just started playing sometimes on his stream. On his journey into new territory, he’s already beaten SFV pro, John Takeuchi, and has set a personal goal of making the top 8- in a single event in both Tekken 7 and Street Fighter V.
“You’re-going-to-like-me…You’re-going-to-like-me — Did it work?”
Dissidia Final Fantasy NT‘s latest DLC character Rinoa Heartilly from Final Fantasy VIII is now available for purchase on PlayStation 4. Square-Enix released a new trailer dedicated to Rinoa, showcasing the character’s attacks, alternate colors, and weapons.
Rinoa comes equipped with her Blaster Edge for ranged attacks against her opponents. In addition to this, her trusty hound Angelo also helps out by disrupting her opponent’s attacks and keeping them at a distance. Her EX Skill is “Angel Wing” which transforms her into a powerful Sorceress, complete with a new move set that allows her to cast powerful spells at the cost of reduced health over time.
The Rinoa Heartilly Starter Pack includes three colors as well as three weapons — Pinwheel, Valkyrie, and Rising Sun for $5.99.
In addition to this, players can also purchase her “Party Dress Appearance Set” for $2.99, which calls back to the famous party scene from FFVIII, which also comes with three distinct colors. Meanwhile, her fourth Weapon, “Cardinal” is available for $0.99.
One of Japan’s most storied voice actors has just passed away. Unshō Ishizuka (born Yukinori Ishizuka), who voiced a number of well known roles — including some iconic fighting game characters — had been under medical care before finally succumbing to esophagus cancer at age 68.
Fighting game fans will most likely recognize Ishizuka for being the voice of Tekken‘s Heihachi Mishima in recent games (including Tekken 7), replacing Daisuke Gōri (who himself passed away back in 2010), as well as Dead or Alive‘s Brad Wong. He was also the voice of Guile during the early 2000s, voicing the character in Capcom vs. SNK 2 and Capcom Fighting Jam.
Of course, as part of his work as a voice actor in anime, he did the voices for his characters in the fighting games for franchises such as Mister Satan from Dragon Ball, Zabuza Momochi from Naruto (both roles also inherited from the late Daisuke Gōri), as well as the elderly Joeseph Joestar from JoJo’s Bizare Adventure. Additionally, he also voiced Street Fighter’sBlanka in Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie from 1994, and Virtua Fighter‘s Wolf Hawkfield in the series’ anime adaptation from 1995, and of course Tekken‘s Heihachi Mishima in Tekken: Blood Vengeance from 2011.
The loss of this actor that has brought his touch to so many anime and game properties — also including Jet Black from Cowboy Bebop, and Pokémon’s Professor Oak — will be sorely felt. He will be missed.
The horror-themed fighting game is flying your way this fall
From Chilean developer, AOne Games and Dutch publisher Sodesco comes a fighting game title that has circled major tournaments for the past year. Omen of Sorrow takes the horror genre and brings it to new heights, with twelve characters based on lore from popular horror stories and timeless myths. An official trailer for the game was released on August 16th, announcing the game’s upcoming release on November 6th, 2018.
The trailer also revealed an emphasis on single-player content, with a total of 36 solo battles for players to enjoy and unlockables like concept art. There will also be an Arcade Mode, Survival Mode, and Tutorial Mode. In addition to standard online matches, Custom Rule Matches will also be available for players to set their own rules. Keep a weather eye on the horizon for this new, independent fighting game — but best not play it under the full moon.
While Marie-Laure “Kayane” Norindr has played a number of fighting games in her career, the series she’s most associated with is Bandai Namco’s SoulCalibur. As such, with a new game on the horizon, having her talk to the people behind the game is bound to provide some interesting insights. This is exactly what happened at Evo 2018 where Kayane got a chance to interview SoulCalibur VI producer Motohiro Okubo. Here, she gets a chance to talk to Okubo about things that competitive players care about and how they related to the upcoming game.
As part of the interview, Okubo says that he’s watched the Tekken World Tour and has enjoyed doing so. As such, he says that he hopes to be able to create something similar for SoulCalibur VI, even stating that it is his dream to do so. Another thing Kayane asks about is if SoulCalibur VI will have in-game frame data. Sadly, Okubo confirms that this will not be in the game (something that the game shares with Tekken 7 as well).
Now, regarding a demo or beta, Okubo stated that he could not answer anything regarding this. This seems to indicate that they haven’t made a final decision on this, and that either could still be possible.
Finally, regarding guest characters, Kayane asks specifically about 2B from Nier: Automata. Okubo responds by saying that Geralt from the Witcher is the only guest character at launch. However, he does hint that there may be another one that’s coming as part of the season pass.
SoulCalibur VI is set to launch on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on October 19.
As some of you may already know, SNK is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. As part of this, a number of their games on PlayStation platforms are on sale on the PlayStation Store in Japan — including a number of classic fighting games.
The games cover digital releases and ports of various SNK games to a number of PlayStation platforms. This includes the PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, and even PlayStation Portable. Many of these also include older PlayStation and PlayStation 2 titles re-released as PS and PS2 Classics.
You can check out a list of discounted fighting games below. Please take note that we’re using the English names for some titles for easy recognition.
For those interested in picking up any of the above titles, be aware that the sale only lasts until August 23, 2018 — and you’ll need to use a Japanese PSN account, of course.
No, it’s not Candy Crush the RPG coming out from King. It’s actually a pretty “sweet” looking RPG called Legend of Solgard. The official PR says, “Let’s Ragnarok” and players are charged with heading into Solgard to “save the world from the icy doom of Ragnarok”. The game is free to download from either the Apple App Store or Google Play and includes nine worlds to travel through, a ton of enemies and bosses and gear to collect all themed around Nordic folklore.
Prove your skill in Street Fighter V in these online tournaments and ESE will pay your way to Canada Cup.
Esports cryptocurrency developer eSports Ecosystem wants to send two Street Fighter V “online warriors” to Canada Cup 2018 in Toronto this October; and you can win your way there by conquering one of their online tournaments next month. Registration is open now on smash.gg to players throughout North America — the tournament for West NA takes place on September 4th, while the event for East NA will be held on September 11th. The winner of each event will get an expense-paid trip to compete in Canada Cup.
Canada Cup 2018 is a Capcom Pro Tour Premier event, and takes place in Toronto, Ontario on October 26-28.
Capcom’s Shadaloo C.R.I. recently released Sagat’s early concept art, alongside details concerning his newest design.
Sagat’s newest iteration in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition hasn’t seen any drastic changes. The Shadaloo C.R.I. recently uploaded a collection of concept art for the King of Muay Thai, which highlighted his nomadic status, as well as revealed an intent to stay true to old-school Muay Thai style.
“He’s a character that has a lot of flavor, so there wasn’t much we could change about him,” artist Takayuki Nakayama wrote. This is certainly true: Sagat maintained his iconic design with minimal changes in dress, donning a simple shawl over which to hide his scar from the trembling masses. “His body is covered in scars from training and his fights,” Nakayama explained, “so he wears the upper body cloth in order to not frighten the villagers – the kind considerations of a king.”
Alongside Sagat now pads a beautiful and ferocious tiger, named ‘Phicit Willa Maiu’ or ‘Willa Maiu’ for short. According to Nakayama, the tiger’s full name means ‘victorious courageous cat’ in the Thai language, although Sagat originally named him just ‘Maiu,’ or ‘cat,’ in kittenhood. Concept art shows Maiu wearing an eyepatch to match his owner, with bandages and a scar, to boot. Fans can check out the artwork here.
