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It seems to be the trend that any major fighting game in development these days finds itself the subject of leaks. Such is now the case with Dragon Ball FighterZ, with a interesting leak regarding unlockable characters.

The leak, originally posted anonymously on 4Chan and later shared on the Shoryuken forums, supposedly comes from a GameStop employee who was at the GameStop Expo this past weekend. The leak details the final roster count of the game, as well as the presence of unlockable characters.

If the leak is to be believed, Dragon Ball FighterZ will launch with 27 characters. Of these, four will be unlockable, two of which are the already revealed Super Saiyan Blue versions of Goku and Vegeta. Interestingly enough, both of these will not take up a slot on the select screen, rather they can be picked by highlighting Goku and Vegeta and hitting a button to switch to their Super Saiyan Blue forms. The same goes for the 3rd unlockable character, Android 17, who is selectable by doing the same on Android 18’s slot. Interestingly enough, these characters supposedly work like the EX characters in The King of Fighters games, where you cannot select them alongside their regular versions for the same team.

More interesting, however, is the supposed fourth unlockable character — Towa, the sister of Demon King Dabura, from Dragon Ball Online and the Dragon Ball Xenoverse games. The leak claims that Towa is accompanied by her husband Mira, and acts as the game’s final boss.

Finally, the leak claims that they were given word of a “Saiyan Season Pass” for the game, that will include 2 DLC characters to be announced at a later date.

Of course, since this is basically a rumor, we suggest taking all of this with a massive grain of salt. We’ll learn if this is legitimate or not in the months leading up to Dragon Ball FighterZ‘s release in February of 2018.

Source: Shoryuken forums

You’ll be able to try out the Eyes of the Future soon.

Offline play only, this morning; as per the usual new content routine, Street Fighter V‘s servers will be down for a while today:

We will perform server maintenance from 8am to 3pm on 8/29 PDT. Thank you for your patience and support.

— SFV Server (@SFVServer) August 28, 2017

When they go live again this afternoon, we’ll have access to the new DLC character Menat, and be able to buy the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary premium costumes for Guile, Karin, Ibuki, and M. Bison.

Source: SFV Server (Twitter)

One of the first hints that Android 17 would be making an appearance (albeit as an assist for Android 18) was the fact that his voice actor made some allusions to it. Now, yet another voice actor is hinting that their character may make it into the game.

This time, none other than legendary voice actor Tohru Furuya has mentioned that he has done recording work for his character Yamcha for Dragon Ball FighterZ.  Specifically, about three months back, Furuya tweeted about some recording work for that he did for Yamcha, but he’s only now confirmed that it’s for the game.

The name of the game is a "Dragon Ball Fighters" released in 2018 . (^-^)https://t.co/5RF0AczNzb

— 古谷徹 50周年 Thanks！ (@torushome) August 28, 2017

Now, this doesn’t mean for sure that Yamcha will be a playable character in the game. Android 17’s appearance was hinted at in a similar manner, and he turned out to be an assist for Android 18. It could be that he also comes in as someone else’s assist, or that he makes an appearance in the game’s story mode.

Will Yamcha be one of the characters we’ll be playing when the game launches in February? Stay locked on to Shoryuken for more on this and other Dragon Ball FighterZ news.

Source: Tohru Furuya (Twitter)

The mystical Menat’s V-System and Critical Art, explained!

As revealed at E-sports Festival in Hong Kong, the fortune teller Menat is on her way to Street Fighter V as the fourth all-new character in Season 2. And she’s almost here: she’ll be joining the cast tomorrow, August 29th.

As usual, Capcom-Unity has posted some details about Menat:

Menat is an apprentice of a famous fortune teller that lives in Italy. The techniques she was taught revolve around her crystal sphere, which she controls with her soul power. This power lets her extend the base of her attacks, giving her a fortunate advantage at longer ranges. She is also able to send it out at the opponent to disrupt attacks, where she can later call it back. While the crystal sphere is out, she can cancel any normal attack and her V-Skill into Soul Sphere: Ankh, calling the crystal ball back to her, greatly increasing her combo potential.

V-Skill: Soul Reflect – Kamal

Menat can reflect “average” projectiles (probably meaning non-EX or CA, but we’ll see), or absorb them to fill her V-gauge if her crystal ball has been sent out.

V-Trigger: Wisdom of Thoth

Menat calls six additional spheres, which become linked to her normal attacks. They can also be thrown at the opponent.

Critical Art: The Nefertem

Menat binds her crystal ball to the opponent to deal massive damage to them through her dance.

According to Capcom, success with Menat will be determined by learning how to utilize her crystal ball — either to keep opponents at range, or sending it out for mix-up options.

Menat, like prior characters, will launch with a Story Mode outfit and Battle Costume:

Season pass holders will immediately get Menat, her Battle Costume, and default/Battle colors 3-10 unlocked (as usual), and an exclusive PlayStation 4 theme as well. Capcom has also confirmed that logging into CFN between August 29 and September 5 will grant a free 30,000 Fight Money.

The 30th Anniversary premium costumes for Karin, Ibuki, M. Bison and Guile will also be arriving tomorrow.

Source: Capcom-Unity