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As we reported a couple months back, Skullgirls is receiving one last patch. In this patch, brand new introduction animations are being added, thanks to Hidden Variable’s involvement with the Skullgirls mobile game. These intro animations are not completed yet–but they have been added in their current state to the Skullgirls Endless Beta on Steam.

Some of these animations are amazing, like Eliza’s Sekhmet intro, or Painwheel’s grappling-onto-the-screen intro. There are some that aren’t quite finished, of course, like Cerebella’s Circus ring drop, but Big Band’s intro animations really steal the show. His rocket intro is probably the best character intro I’ve ever seen, and he gets this in addition to a nod to everyone’s favorite SFIII: 3rd Strike detective.

It’s interesting to note that Big Band is the only character with four intro animations now. Not every character got new animations; though hopefully more will be added if Skullgirls Mobile is a success.

Sources: SkullgirlsTV; FightersGeneration

Degica Games is keeping busy on the promotional trail of their newest title Blade Arcus, and now fans of the game have even more to look forward to, come Thursday.

Firstly, Thursday will see the release of a new patch for Blade Arcus: this patch’s goal is to improve the netcode of the game. There are no balance updates involved in this patch.

Secondly, Degica Games will have none other than Evil Geniuses’ Justin Wong on their Thursday Night Fights stream this week. The stream will start at 7:00 PM PST, and will feature Wong playing some Blade Arcus and Koihime Enbu matches, along with semi-hourly giveaways. If you are interested in how to play either of these titles, watching one of the best in the business at breaking down game mechanics will certainly be a helpful tool!

Source: Mitchell Scott of Degica Games

Last year, we reported that Brave Wave Productions had partnered with Capcom and original Street Fighter II composer Yoko Shimomura to produce a remastered version of the original Street Fighter II soundtrack, in both digital and vinyl formats: Street Fighter II: The Definitive Soundtrack.

Of course, the album quickly sold out upon release. As of the time and date of this posting, the cheapest eBay listing has the album going for just under $125 USD. However, If you missed out the first time around, Brave Wave recently announced some good news through partner Tiny Mix Tapes:

FIGHT! "Street Fighter II" soundtrack get re-pressed in 4xLP boxset (@bravewavemusic) https://t.co/GMEASrvc3O pic.twitter.com/1ysPSPjw9L

— Tiny Mix Tapes (@tinymixtapes) October 12, 2016

You can pre-order a copy from the re-press here for $75.00 USD. The album description from Mondo states that the “soundtrack release includes new remasters of both CPS-1 and CPS-2 versions of the arcade game, extracted directly from the arcade boards and approved by original composer Yoko Shimomura.”

A soundtrack like this definitely deserves another press and release!

Sources: Tiny Mix Tapes (Twitter); Mondo

Last year, we reported that Brave Wave Productions had partnered with Capcom and original Street Fighter II composer Yoko Shimomura to produce a remastered version of the original Street Fighter II soundtrack, in both digital and vinyl formats: Street Fighter II: The Definitive Soundtrack.

Of course, the album quickly sold out upon release. As of the time and date of this posting, the cheapest eBay listing has the album going for just under $125 USD. However, If you missed out the first time around, Brave Wave recently announced some good news through partner Tiny Mix Tapes:

FIGHT! "Street Fighter II" soundtrack get re-pressed in 4xLP boxset (@bravewavemusic) https://t.co/GMEASrvc3O pic.twitter.com/1ysPSPjw9L

— Tiny Mix Tapes (@tinymixtapes) October 12, 2016

You can pre-order a copy from the re-press here for $75.00 USD. The album description from Mondo states that the “soundtrack release includes new remasters of both CPS-1 and CPS-2 versions of the arcade game, extracted directly from the arcade boards and approved by original composer Yoko Shimomura.”

A soundtrack like this definitely deserves another press and release!

Sources: Tiny Mix Tapes (Twitter); Mondo

In the late hours of last night, Critical Reaction had an announcement to make:

Please join us as we welcome @keninblackpat to Team cR! He's a top SkullGirls player#TeamcR #cRFamily#cRHype

— Critical Reaction (@Team_cR) October 19, 2016

This makes the third top Skullgirls player they’ve added to their ranks. Patrick’s exploits at the most recent CEOtaku, which we detailed in our writeup, didn’t go unnoticed.  Kelly responded with appreciation for the opportunity.

So happy to be apart of @Team_cR I hope to promote and help the team to the best of my ability. Thank you so much for the opportunity!!

— cR Patrick Kelly (@keninblackpat) October 19, 2016

The love was–of course–mutual between team members, with Jon “dekillsage” Coello congratulating him:

We're finally all on the same team!!! @keninblackpat @SonicFox5000 @Team_cR pic.twitter.com/pZZGXfq9m5

— cR dekillsage (@dekillsage) October 19, 2016

Patrick has the support of most of the community, in fact, inside and outside of the game. He has been starting up a comedy career along with his gaming, and community members regularly make efforts to attend his stand up shows.

Sources: Critical Reactions; dekillsage; keninblack; Patrick Kelly

The wait is now over for The King of Fighters XIV players: throughout the past few months, SNK has been talking about a balance patch to address some issues with the game, and now, that patch is finally live on PlayStation 4.

The patch itself brings some significant changes not just to the game’s characters, but also to some of its systems. One of the more notable changes is the removal of the “F-shiki” fuzzy guard that was first discovered in the demo versions of the game.

A more significant change, however, may be the fix to wake-up rolls. Prior to the patch, these had a bit too much throw invulnerability. Now, that extra throw invulnerability has been removed.

The changes that players have been looking forward to the most are to the characters. Top tier characters such as K’ and Nakoruru have received some significant changes. The latter’s bird no longer destroys super projectiles, and her crouching C has had its hitbox reduced, among other changes. The former on the other hand now has to spend more meter to deal damage.

Comparatively, low tier characters have received buffs as well. For example, Sylvie Paula Paula has received a number of hitbox and damage buffs.

Of course, this is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the changes. SNK has released a long list of patch notes – 19 pages long to be exact. We’ll leave you to your reading…

Source: SNK

The “Super Street Fighter Carnival 2016” festivities continue! SSFC2016 is the currently ongoing Japanese tournament series at Mikado Arcade that pays tribute to older,–and sometimes completely forgotten–fighting games. If you missed the first few tournaments from SSFC2016, don’t sweat it!

These events are never complete without a Fatal Fury game or two, so “Fatal Fury Special” is a welcome inclusion, albeit unsurprising one for anyone that follows Mikado. (Which you should.)

But! There was no version of myself prepared to see a tournament for FORCE FIVE. This, for a couple of reasons–3D fighters have a much lower chance of showing up at these sort of events, traditionally. Oh, also: there’s the fact I legitimately had never heard of it! I’m apparently not alone: it’s an unreleased fighting game by Sammy and Anchor that was only very recently obtained. Haven’t heard of Anchor? We both can be forgiven, then: they almost exclusively work on wrestling and UFC games.

The company was founded by former Tekken team members. I didn’t find this out until after I watched the below tournament, and it honestly makes a lot of sense–there appears to be some very Tekken-esque movement in the game. Is that backdash canceling I’m seeing? It’s honestly surprising to me this game never saw the light of day until now, as it seems remarkably complete.

I don’t know about you, but Del Sol, the luchador that chucks energy versions of himself to body splash his opponent, is my new favorite fighting game character.

Source: Mikado