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Street Fighter Carnival X is Mikado Arcade’s currently-ongoing multi-game tournament series for a wide variety of classic (and sometimes, obscure) arcade titles. To see the beginning of these high-level Japanese tournaments, go here!

We have two tournaments to add to the long list of SFCX tournaments this year. First, Samurai Shodown 64 ( Samurai Spirits in Japan). This was SNK’s first foray into 3D fighters; it drifts pretty far from the core elements of the Shodown series thanks to duckable grabs and longer combos, among other mechanics.

Following this, we have the fast-paced battle’s of ADK’s World Heroes Perfect. Mikado Arcades patrons make it clear very quickly who their favorite character in this game is — and if you’re unfamiliar with the cast, you’ll know soon enough whom the background cries are mimicking.

You can follow the action of SFCX by subscribing to Mikado’s official YouTube channel. For the night owls in the US, you can even try to catch them when they livestream.

Source: Mikado Arcade

A new event for Nintendo competitors is on the horizon.

2GG — a California-based company that organizes and broadcasts Super Smash Bros. events — announced a new tournament for April called SwitchFest in Long Beach, CA.

Competitors can register for the following:

• ARMS – Free Entry with $500 Prize Pool
• Splatoon 2 – Free Entry with $500 Prize Pool
• Pokkén Tournament DX – Free Entry with $500 Prize Pool

Though Switch games are obviously the focus of SwitchFest, there will also be a Super Smash Bros. for the Wii U side event. Early bird registration is available until April 6th, when the registration fee will go up to $40.00.

There will be Ladder events for each game as well, but you need to have your own Nintendo Switch to participate. Visit the SwitchFest smash.gg page for details about the event and to sign up.

A brand new event for the #NintendoSwitch Community featuring #ARMS #PokkenTournamentDX & #Splatoon2: All free to enter!

Plus a #SmashBrosWiiU event with a theme of Shulk from #Xenoblade!#Switchfest
April 21 – 22, 2018
Long Beach, CA @LAThunderFGC https://t.co/VMPMI9H7tn pic.twitter.com/KmJzpfLn34

— 2GG (@2GGaming) March 22, 2018

Whether you’re planning to travel for the event or just watch it, mark your calendars — SwitchFest takes place April 21-22, 2018.

Sources: smash.gg; Twitter

While the first Master event of the 2018 Tekken World Tour was raging on at Final Round 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia, many top Japanese Tekken 7 players were conspicuous by their absence: as Kelot Cup 5 was being held in Tokyo, Japan. The fifth iteration of the semi-annual 3v3 Team Tournament, with nearly 100 different squads participating. Notably, the Yamasa trio of Nobi, Take, and Yuu were split up among three different teams, adding another interesting wrinkle of unpredictability into the proceedings.

Results

Tekken 7

1. Next Time I Won’t Cry: COOASGAMES|Noroma (JACK-7), Yamasa|Take (Kazumi), Buts (Hwoarang)
2. MHW: Pikohan (Lee), Airuu (Dragunov),  Kuutan (Lili)
3. Chihiro Special Forces: Yamasa|Nobi (Dragunov), Nishi (Feng), Kagemaru (Josie)
3. TBS: Tamachi (Xiaoyu), Buppo (Paul), Tora Ken (Panda)
5. Flying Knee With MHW: Maimerochian (Lili), Nashimerochian (Lili), 12 Raaku (Katarina)
5. Suppa Muucho Meiki: Kanamaru (Claudio), Suppa Muucho (Katarina), Mouhitori no Boku (Josie)
5. Rougai to Hatsunabisetai: Niino (Nina), Nao (Feng), TRI:BAL (Nina)
5. Edishizeyo: Rakutarou (Steve), Osamu (Eddy), Masakarijin (Alisa)

The latest arcade collaboration, which includes new customizable items and costumes from the Bandai Namco Entertainment virtual reality game Summer Lesson, was also announced at the conclusion of the event.

Source: Yuu Nobi Gaming Live

As you may know, the much-anticipated Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection will launch this May 29th. However, it seems that will no longer be the case in Japan.

Producer Tomoaki Ayano recently made an announcement over at the game’s official Japanese site regarding the delay. The release date has been moved from “Spring 2018” to a more nebulous “to-be-determined”.

According to the announcement, the reason for the delay is because they have received a lot of feedback from the fans, since the collection was first announced back in December of last year. As such, they have decided to move the release date in Japan to be able to address this.

As for what exactly the feedback was related to, they didn’t specifically say. That said, the original announcement for the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection indicated that it would have English titles, voicing, and text (likely including the names of the Street Fighter II bosses). As such, this could be the main thing being addressed in the delay — especially since no such delay has been announced for the West.

Source: Capcom

New live-action Street Fighting is on the way to your screen.

Joey Ansah, Jacqueline Quella, and Mark Wooding — the team behind the live-action web series Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist — is now on board with eOne to produce a new live-action Street Fighter television series, this time based on the events of Street Fighter II: The World Warrior. Ansah wrote and directed their prior 12-episode live-action web series and Wooding and Quella produced it for Machinima; it proved to be a quite popular transition of the Street Fighter setting and characters to live-action — something the big screen movies haven’t pulled off yet.

Mark Gordon — eOne’s President and Chief Content Officer for film, television and digital — spoke to Deadline Hollywood about the project:

Street Fighter is a global tour de force franchise, having garnered immense worldwide commercial success and built a vast devoted fanbase that has only grown through its 30 year legacy. We are thrilled to be teaming up with Joey, Jacqueline and Mark, who are already so deeply connected to this brand, to bring this adored story to television audiences everywhere. A particular strength of Street Fighter is the wide range of ethnically diverse characters and powerful women featured in the game. It will allow us to build an inclusive and engaging TV universe.

Capcom’s Yoshinori Ono — Street Fighter executive producer — added this:

After a long search, guided by the team behind Assassin’s Fist, we are delighted to be partnering with a company with the outstanding TV experience of Mark Gordon and eOne. They have the credentials to help us launch a faithful adaptation of Street Fighter as a major TV series.

Stay tuned for more info as to when we can expect to see this new series arrive on our TV screens.

Source: Deadline Hollywood via ESL Street Fighter (Twitter) and John D (Twitter)

Those looking for some high-level Tekken 7 action are in for a treat this weekend with the Japanese Tekken Pro Championship. This double-elimination tournament will see eight of the best Tekken 7 players in Japan fight it out in a historic tournament.

Participating in the tournament will be Yamasa|Nobi, Yamasa|Take, Yuu|Yuu, Noroma, Hakaioh, Ao, Double, and Pekos. While this level of talent should be notable enough, the other unique thing about this tournament is that it will be the first Tekken tournament under Japan’s new professional license system.

On top of the pride of winning the first “pro” tournament under the system are some very generous cash prizes. The winner gets ¥600,000 (approximately US$5,7oo), 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place are given ¥350,000, ¥150,000, and ¥100,000 respectively, while everyone 5th place and below earns ¥75,000.

The tournament itself will start at 5:45 PM Japan time, March 24th (that’s 1:45 AM Pacific). For those interested in watching, the tournament will be streamed in both Japanese and English on Twitch. The Japanese stream will be on Bandai Namco Entertainment channel, while the English stream will be on their Tekken Channel. English commentary will be provided by Bandai Namco’s Michael Murray, as well as MajinObama.

Source: Tekken Official