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Check out more highlights from Week 2 of the SoCal Smash League, courtesy of 2GGaming

2GGaming comes at us with another round of highlights from the newly-formed SoCal Smash League. Building on the hype from the regional tournament series’ first week, this replay reel from week 2 is filled with more high-level Super Smash Bros. for Wii U action.

From the looks of the leaderboards, it seems that the self-proclaimed future “King of Smash” K9sBruce dominated this second week, but as you can tell from the highlights, his victory was hard-earned as many worth smashers dared to stand in his way .

Check out these highlights featuring community favorite Shawn Bruce and others below, and to get involved with the SoCal Smash League, be sure to check out the league tournament schedule.

Source: 2GGaming

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OminousGames demystifies Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition’s patch notes with unlisted notable changes for the entire cast

When Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition’s patch notes leaked earlier this month, before subsequently being released in their final form one week before launch, Capcom was, to be blunt, less than clear on many of the upcoming character alterations. With extremely vague wording on various subjects, particularly when it came to many characters seeing adjustments to the hitboxes and hurtboxes on their normals, it was extremely difficult for players to determine how their favorite warriors would be turning out in Season 3. Thankfully, with the release of the new online tool sfvdiff, it’s recently become much easier to look directly in the game’s code to decipher the exact nature of some of these seemingly-minute changes, and Ominous Games has been doing just that on Twitter.

After looking through the scripts for each of the game’s 28 rebalanced world warriors, Ominous has posted lists of all of the most significant changes for each character not covered in the patch notes, noting whether each individual change was a buff or a nerf. These range from specifically listing out altered numerical values, such as how Ken’s walkspeed increase now provides him with the same forward movement speed as Cammy, to exactly how much less V-Gauge certain characters’ V-Skills build following their nerfs. With the entire cass accounted for, Ominous has collected all of the Tweets, as well as relevant comments explaining the ramifications of certain changes further into a single Moment on Twitter, for the world’s viewing pleasure.

These are undeniably a fantastic companion to the official patch notes, and may teach you a few new things about your characters that you haven’t discovered yet, so be sure to take a look and give him some love for his hard work.

Source: OminousGames (Twitter)

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PNDK&M break down the history of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3’s meta

Did you miss the Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 tournament scene during its heyday? Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 is widely considered one of the most competitive of the retro Mortal Kombats, and it’s hard to ignore its influence on the series: it introduced the Run Button and an intentionally designed juggle system, both mechanics of which would go on to influence the rest of the series.

Famous NRS commentators Ketchup and Mustard worked together with legendary MK player Shock (whom is also at ultimatemk.com, an excellent site for more UMK3 info) to put together the excellent UMK3 primer above. Covered here are the basics of the Run-Jab mixup, wide range of juggle hitboxs, glitched jab safety, infinites, and information on the community’s “Tournament Edition” project.

Source: PNDK&M

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Heihachi joins PlayStation and ThinkGeek’s new Totaku toy line

Sony, in collaboration with GameStop’s ThinkGeek, has announced a new line of figures named Totaku. The line features statues of various iconic PlayStation characters, one of which is none other than Tekken‘s Heihachi Mishima.

The Heihachi Totaku figure stands at about 10cm tall on a fixed non-articulated base. The figure, as with all Totaku figures, features no articulation, being purely a statue. For those wondering, the figures do not come with near field communications to talk to the PlayStation 4, unlike Nintendo’s amiibo line.

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Other figures in the Totaku collection include Kratos from God of War, Crash Bandicoot, Sackboy from LittleBigPlanet,  Parappa the Rapper, the Hunter from Bloodborne, and the Feisar FX350 ship from Wipeout.

The Heihachi Mishima Totaku figure will be available March 23, 2018. Interested folks can already pre-order the figure for $9.99 at GameStop.

Source: GameStop

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Rhymestyle, Maximilian, Xavier Woods and Demetrious Johnson to face off during Bandai Namco Entertainment’s Dragon Ball FighterZ launch stream

The time to step into the World Tournament Arena is drawing near, as the release of Dragon Ball FighterZ is less than a week away. To celebrate, Bandai Namco Entertainment America announced via Twitter that they will be holding a special launch stream on Thursday, January 25th, the day before DBFZ releases outside of Japan. They’ll also be hosting a quartet of special guests: Dragon Ball YouTuber Rhymestyle, FGC YouTuber Maximilian, WWE Smackdown Live Superstar and New Day member Xavier Woods and UFC Flyweight Champion Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson.

They will battle it out in a four-man tournament for DBFZ supremacy and there’s bound to be even more surprises in store, so be sure to tune in to all the action at 2 PM PT (4 PM CT, 5 PM ET) at twitch.tv/bandainamcous.

Don’t forget about the “Super Saiyan Showdown” between Sean Schemmel and Christopher Sabat, the English voice actors of Goku, Goku Black, King Kai, Vegeta, Piccolo and Yamcha, taking place on the same day.

Dragon Ball FighterZ will be released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Steam PC in North America and Europe this Friday, January 26th, while a Japanese release for the same platforms will follow on Thursday, February 1st.

Source: BandaiNamcoUS (Twitter)

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The NRS community shares 25th Anniversary ‘Thank You’ video to NetherRealm Studios

2017 marked the 25th year anniversary of the Mortal Kombat franchise. To celebrate the occasion, RomanovaNRS over at the First to 10 YouTube channel wanted to put something special together: a collection of thankful messages from NRS players to NetherRealm Studios.

Comprised of thank-yous and well wishes from players at NEC 18 and abroad, players sound off on what NRS games mean to them. Sonicfox, Kitana Prime, Sabin, Dragon, CircaNicky, FGCTheo, TheHadou, and more show their love for one of the longest running American fighting game studios in existence.

Source: First to 10

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Esports Arena are hosting a special “Battle of the Gods” Dragon Ball FighterZ invitational

Happening straight after the Super Saiyan Showdown between Sean Schemmel and Christopher Sabat, Esports Arena are holding a special Dragon Ball FighterZ invitational — where four top anime fighter players will fight for glory. Hosted by Marc Dorris, this exhibition will have LordKnight, Nakkiel, NerdJosh and Tatsu showing off some high-level DBFZ play, before the game comes out on January 26th.

Tickets are still available from the Esports Arena website and there will be demo stations at the event, meaning you can start experimenting with the full roster before Dragon Ball FighterZ‘s full release. With players discovering tons of tech during the open beta, expect the first two weeks of DBFZ to be truly spectacular.

Source: Esports Arena

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ARMS, Injustice 2, Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, Nidhogg 2, & Tekken 7 nominated for D.I.C.E. awards

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences has just released their list of nominees for this year’s 21st D.I.C.E. Awards. One of the categories in the D.I.C.E. Awards is for “Fighting Game of the Year,” which is awarded to the fighting game that the academy believes is the best one released this year, naturally.

The nominees cover most of this years big releases as well as a couple of innovative releases, including one indie fighter. Without further ado, here are the nominees for Fighting Game of the Year:

  • ARMS
  • Injustice 2
  • Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite
  • Nidhogg 2
  • Tekken 7

In addition to these, Injustice 2 has also received a nomination for Best Sound Design.

The 21st D.I.C.E. Awards will be presented at the D.I.C.E. Awards ceremony on Thursday, February 22 in Las Vegas as part of the 2018 D.I.C.E (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) Summit.

Source: AIAS

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The Pokkén Championship Series returns for 2018

After announcing the Oceania International Championships earlier this month, the Pokémon Company have officially revealed that the Pokkén Championship Series will indeed be returning for 2018. Held over three regional qualifier and a last chance qualifier, this year’s championship will culminate at the Pokkén World Championships in Nashville, Tennessee.

In a change from last year, there will be two age divisions for the 2018 Pokkén Championship Series, similar to Pokémon TCG and VGC tournaments. The Senior Division is for players born in 2003 or later (below the age of 16), while the Masters Division is for those born in 2002 or earlier — so those aged 16 or older. The final Masters bracket will be made up of 16 players, with the Senior Division bracket being composed of only eight competitors. For those wanting to know how many players qualify from each tournament, here’s the breakdown:

  • Oceania International Championships: Top two from Masters Division, winner of Senior Division
  • North America International Championships: Top four from Masters Division, top two from Senior Division
  • Sheffield (UK) Regional Championships: Top four from Masters Division, top two from Senior Division

The rest of the Worlds invitations will be awarded to players from Japan and high placers in the Last Chance Qualifier.

All tournaments will use a double elimination format and players must either use the official HORI Pokkén controller or a wired fight stick. You are not allowed to use a wired Nintendo Switch pro controller — which is odd when you consider the one of the second place prizes in a Senior Division qualifier is a pro controller.

For all the details regarding prize money and how to register for each event, head on over to the official Pokkén Tournament DX website. While the dates have been decided for both the Oceania and Sheffield qualifiers, the Pokémon Company have yet to confirm the dates for the North American qualifier.

Source: The Pokémon Company

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The community came together to make a launch trailer for Rising Thunder: Community Edition

As some of you may know, Radiant Entertainment has just released Rising Thunder: Community Edition. The game is the final build that Radiant had reached before they canceled the project as part of their acquisition by Riot Games.

That said, a launch these days just doesn’t feel right unless it comes with a trailer. To remedy this, members of the game’s community came together to put out their own launch trailer for the game — very apt, considering the game’s subtitle!

While the trailer below is made by the community, the quality is such that it looks like an official video. It’s a true labor of love, and a reflection on the passion these players have for the game.

Rising Thunder: Community Edition is now available to download for free for PC.

Source: Rising Thunder Community