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Running until 12/16, “Super Street Fighter Carnival” is the regularly occurring tournament series of Japan’s famous Mikado Arcade. Along SSFC2016’s epic two month journey, Mikado Regulars are pit against each other in a wide variety of classic and obscure arcade titles.  Today’s videos from Mikado’s YouTube Channel definitely pick from both of those categories.

Regardless of whether or not you saw SSFC2016’s Capcom v SNK 2 tournament, you likely already know of CvS2’s reputation. You probably already have a strong opinion on the game, in one way or another. Less talked about in our community is it’s predecessor, Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000. This four button fighter introduced the concept of Ratios, marked the first actual fighting game collaboration between SNK/Capcom. It’s also worth noting: If you ever thought Nakoruru was nuts in the new King of Fighters, you’ll see that this is not without precedent.

Going even further into obscurity, there’s Far East of Eden: Kabuki Klash. This 1995 game is the first fighting game made by developer Racdym, and with its deliberate ground game, slick sprite work and chaotic item interactions, it’s likely their best entry in the genre.

As SSFC2016 is obviously named after the Street Fighter series, it only makes sense for a SF game to make an appearance! Mikado’s finest clashed in Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition. This version of SFII is the final version to be released in arcades, and allows players to pick any version of the cast from the previous SFII releases.

It’s hard to believe there’s still so much left to see from SSFC2016! As always, you can follow along Mikado’s upload schedule on YouTube, or try to catch them live on their UStream.

Source: Mikado

Unfortunately, another international player will be unable to attend next weekend’s Capcom Cup. Just a week after qualifying following the Asia/Oceania Regional Finals, Tse Wa “Tse4444” Ping, the Hong Kong Chun-Li player and 31st seed with 132 points, is unable to attend next weekend’s festivities according to the CapcomFighters Twitter account.

Much like Brook|Misterio being replaced by EG|K-Brad, Tse4444’s spot will be going to Fujimura “YD|Yukadon” Atsushi, considered by many to be Japan’s strongest Nash player, who is currently rank 14 on the CPT Asia Leaderboards with 90 points.  Highlights of his Capcom Pro Tour season include getting fifth at Abuget Cup, fourth at FV Cup, second at Tokyo Button Mashers, ninth at Well Played Cup, third at Evo 2016 and most recently, 13th at the Capcom Pro Tour Asia/Oceania Regional Finals.

With this bracket shakeup, Yukadon is projected to face BST|Daigo Umehara in the first round. He picked up a 3-2 victory over the Beast himself in the Losers’ Finals of Tokyo Button Mashers, so he has plenty of matchup experience against world warrior Ryu.  Other big victories include eliminating Team Hail Mary’s Go1 from Evo, defeating YOUDEAL’s Haitani and Alienware’s Nemo at both Tokyo Button Mashers and Evo, as well as conquering Panda Global’s Filipino Champ in top 64 at Evo. In terms of overall character representation among this top 32, this brings the number of Chun-Lis down from 6 to 5, tying her with Ken for the most represented character, while increasing the total number of Nashs attending to 2.

Capcom has also confirmed that the final brackets for Capcom Cup will be released tomorrow, so competitors and spectators can start properly theorizing paths to that Street Fighter V World Champion title.

Both Mistero and Tse4444 are unable to compete at Capcom Cup which qualifies EG K-brad and Yukadon respectively. Final bracket tomorrow.

— Capcom Fighters (@CapcomFighters) November 27, 2016

Capcom Cup 2016 takes place December 2nd at the Esports Arena in Santa Ana, CA, with top 8 being fought at the Anaheim Convention Center on December 3rd, as part of the PlayStation Experience.

Source: CapcomFighters (Twitter)

While Capcom Cup is what many of the FGC will be attending the PlayStation Experience for, plenty of other fighting games will be present at this year’s show in Anaheim.

If you are at Capcom Cup finals in person, you have full access to the show floor as part of your ticket, so make sure to look around the convention to see some of the other fighting games on offer. Fans of Garou: Mark of the Wolves and Brawlhalla should find a setup or two to enjoy themselves on, with Nidhogg II and Fantasy Strike also playable at the event. King of Fighters XIV will be there too so feel free to get some sets in while at the show.

For a current list of what games will be present at the event, follow the link here. If you intend to make it out, tickets are still available for the event. With all the rumors surrounding Akuma’s presence at the PlayStation Experience, along with the MvC4 scuttlebutt, you may not want to miss it.

Source: PlayStation Experience

 

After recently covering Bred, Dug, Jake and Simons, the CFN Portal site continues the Shadaloo Activity Report’s coverage of the members of Mad Gear seen in Final Fight, with Private Nakagawa now taking a look at the Gang’s pair of “knife nuts,” who would later go on to serve Rolento in the Street Fighter Alpha series following the organization’s fall, El Gado and Hollywood!

Private Nakagawa: Mad Gear’s knife nut. He’s fast and agile, and his Sliding Kick is sudden and unexpected. Before coming to Metro City he participated in guerrilla warfare.

Basic Info:

Name: El Gado
Height: 201 cm
Weight: 83 kg
Blood type: B
Birthday: May 2nd
Home Country: South America
Likes: Knife Throwing, Ajiaco
Dislikes: A certain Man [Rolento. They’re taking Final Fight Revenge’s story into account.]

Private Nakagawa: He competes with his friend Hollywood in the art of knife throwing. He’s feared even by his friends, because he always sleeps with an eye open. He doesn’t speak about his past, but it seems he has his reasons to be a member of Mad Gear … . [Namely, Rolento was responsible for the death of El Gado’s family, so El Gado infiltrated Mad Gear only to confront him.]

In addition to his appearance as an enemy in FF1, El Gado also appeared in Final Fight Revenge, a 1999 3D fighting game that was released to Arcades in July of that year, before being ported to the Sega Saturn in Japan on March 30th, 2000. The title saw ten characters from the original Final Fight (Cody, Guy, Haggar, Sodom, Poison, Hugo Andore, Damnd, Edi E., Rolento and El Gado) returning to Metro City as the result of the threat of a resurrected and zombified version of the gang’s leader, Horace Belger. In El Gado’s ending, he holds a knife to Rolento’s throat as he seeks to make him pay for the murder of his family and comrades. However, the general uses his silver tongue to talk his way out of the situation, offering to make El Gado “a very powerful man.” He seems to successfully name the guerrilla’s price, as he can be later seen assisting him with his Take No Prisoners when he makes his debut in Street Fighter Alpha 2 and even later during Ultra Street Fighter IV. We’ve included an arcade playthough of Final Fight Revenge with El Gado, so you can see how the Cuban knife-wielder fully translated to a fighting game, as well as his confrontation with Rolento in his ending.

This brings us to his partner, who also joined up with Rolento’s army and can also be seen during Take No Prisoners, Hollywood!

Private Nakagawa: Holly Wood is another knife nut. He is a cruel guy with a brutal personality who was charged with murder and sent to prison, but he escaped from jail and joined Mad Gear.

Basic Info:

Name: Holly Wood
Height: 202 cm
Weight: 85 kg
Blood type: AB
Birthday: January 3rd
Home Country: America

Likes: Knives, Dancing
Dislikes: Cops

Private Nakagawa: He’s surprisingly good at singing and dancing. He’s earned the name Holly Wood because of this. He’s skilled at handling knives against various opponents, raising a bloodbath. Apparently, murder is his art.

That brings us to the end of another pair of CFN Portal profiles, as two more members of the Mad Gear Gang are on the books! Stay tuned to Shoryuken for more CFN Portal profiles in the future! You can check out other members of the Mad Gear Gang here, as well as the lead-up to 200 Profiles, which included J and TWO.P.

Sources: CFN Portal; TheInnoncentSinful

Unfortunate news for fans looking forward to see Brook|Misterio’s Karin in action at the Capcom Cup Finals next weekend, he is unable to make the event due to visa issues. As a result, the third place placing on the Latin America Points leaderboard, EG|K-Brad will take his place at the world finals at Capcom Cup 2016.

As a result of this player swap, only two Latin American players will be present at Capcom Cup; GAM|Dr Ray from the Dominican Republic and F3|Brolynho from Brazil. With K-Brad now tagging in for Misterio, he will face BST|Daigo Umehara in the first round of the top 32 bracket. The last time they fought was at OzHadou Nationals 14 back in August, where Daigo took it with a clean 2-0 victory.

Remember to keep your eyes locked on Shoryuken for all the details of Capcom Cup 2016, as it goes on next weekend from December 2nd-3rd at the PlayStation Experience in Anaheim, California.

Sources: Capcom Cup 2016; Misterito13; KBradJStorm