Category: News

Cody’s back, and he’s ready to clean up the streets! The (new) mayor comes to Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition with his Final Fight weapons applied to his V-Triggers, a new projectile, and more. As usual, players are already breaking down Capcom’s latest character, so let’s take a look at what Cody players can try on their first day in office:

VesperArcade starts us off with basic hit confirms and bread ‘n’ butter combos.

Doopliss shows off some practical damage and a clear example of Cody’s stun capabilities.

nevillebamshew gives us a nice trade situation for Cody’s Zonk in block strings.

Frame Advantage, in addition to showing off some BnBs, breaks down common tick throws, basic playstyle info, and more.

desk shows off his knife play with these VT1 combos. I wish Cody could just always c.LP the wrong way.

But for sheer flash factor alone, desk makes VT2 look like the V-Trigger of choice. Batter up!

See something Cody related that the world needs to know about? Contact your SRK representative today!

Sources: VesperArcade; nevillebamshew; Doopliss; Frame Advantage; desk

For any fans of classic fighting games from the ’90s, here’s a great surprise from SNK. The company has announced The King of Fighters Collection: The Orochi Saga is now available on the PlayStation 4.

Originally released on the PlayStation 2, as well as PlayStation Portable and Wii over a decade ago, The King of Fighters Collection: The Orochi Saga compiles together the first 5 games in the series, from the seminal The King of Fighters ’94, to the tournament favorite dream match The King of Fighters ’98.

The ports themselves also feature extra modes not in the original such as a color edit mode, and an option to switch to an arranged version of the soundtrack.

This new release of The King of Fighters Collection: The Orochi Saga is still based on that PlayStation 2 version.

Source: SNK

Degica Games and Unknown Games have a new announcement: the makers of Koihime Enbu — a game which features female characters based off the Romance of the Three Kingdoms — are overhauling the title in an updated version based off the arcade edition that adds new content and rebalances the fighters.

New fighter Chōryō joins the cast, wielding a powerful naginata. The other new character Kaku is her strategist, available as an assist character, who uses ice attacks. Speaking of assists, there are no more faction restrictions on those. Players can also find two new colors for every character, new combos, additional options in Training Mode, and a brand new Challenge Mode.

Check it all out in action in the trailer below; this updated version releases on July 12th this year for PlayStation 4 and Steam. The price isn’t listed yet. The current version of Koihime Enbu is also 75% off on Steam.

Source: Gematsu

Something amazing took place during Combo Beaker 2018, and you probably missed it. You may have heard of character auctions, but you haven’t seen one like this: one that’s based around Sarvets Mugen All-Stars.

Phil Nolan captures those amazing moments in an NFL-style video documentary. He expertly mixes crowd reactions with slowdowns and footage from the hypest moments. What really adds to it though is the voiceover: slow, epic, and deep. There’s really no better way to capture the sheer lunacy of that amazing Sarvets Mugen All-Stars character auction.

Marvel at it below. The video will take you to the climactic finals, which even had a moment of possible collusion between the two top players, but Oki Dyke was not tempted.

For more on the event, visit our Combo Breaker 2018 results page.

Source: Phil Nolan

Something amazing took place during Combo Beaker 2018, and you probably missed it. You may have heard of character auctions, but you haven’t seen one like this: one that’s based around Sarvets Mugen All-Stars.

Phil Nolan captures those amazing moments in an NFL-style video documentary. He expertly mixes crowd reactions with slowdowns and footage from the hypest moments. What really adds to it though is the voiceover: slow, epic, and deep. There’s really no better way to capture the sheer lunacy of that amazing Sarvets Mugen All-Stars character auction.

Marvel at it below. The video will take you to the climactic finals, which even had a moment of possible collusion between the two top players, but Oki Dyke was not tempted.

For more on the event, visit our Combo Breaker 2018 results page.

Source: Phil Nolan

Seems like the buggy troubles of BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle aren’t over yet. The Kanji bug has been fixed, but as new DLC characters came out, players have discovered more reproducible glitches. There’s the one where Naoto makes her opponents invisible, and it appears that Hakumen, the embodiment of the Power of Order, is bringing some chaos into the Cross Field as well.

The bug happens with Hakumen’s air counter, which throws the opponent up. Sometimes it happens when the opponent uses a Distortion Drive in response, but seemingly not always.

pic.twitter.com/ZMkZuDkkqW

— テッドおじさん (@6D3C_Sekka) June 23, 2018

This compilation shows the bug performed on many characters; again, most of them use a Distortion Drive to get trapped in the air. Funnily enough, a part of the super animation is retained with the Under Night In-Birth characters, which looks especially good with Gordeau.

bye idiot #NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/2GVL0NGrqq

— Buttface (@the_buttface) June 23, 2018

The bug looks the same on the Nintendo Switch version of the game.

#BBTAG pic.twitter.com/25ZWVWw5fO

— Oreo (@OreoTheWolf) June 24, 2018

And then, of course, it wasn’t too long until someone turned it into a meme. *dons tinfoil hat* Introducing bugs was Arc System Works’ ploy for publicity from the very beginning.

バグの境地https://t.co/IiXdfLjS1J pic.twitter.com/Iuw9uNejgp

— べあとうわ (@Forteen_Xi_JC) June 23, 2018

And here’s a bonus; not sure how to trigger it, but if you ever wanted to see two Weiss(es?) battle it out like they’re BBCF’s Izanami, here’s your chance.

Sources: @Forteen_Xi_JC; @6D3C_Sekka; @the_buttface; @OreoTheWolf