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While many are now waking up to the realization that M. Bison is a viable tournament character on the strength of Mousesports|Problem X, with players like L.E.S, Sin, and Toi all also having shown promise with the character, he’s been that way for a now. When you look further, you find him to be a powerhouse online, showing that the character has potential that is still only just being tapped.

When VesperArcade talked about what they would change about the character, they were at an actual loss. With the nerfs and buffs they’re calling for across the board, they feel like M. Bison serves as a middle ground where he would benefit more from other characters’ changes than anything Capcom could do for him.

Source: VesperArcade

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“Overall, it’s pretty hard to mess with a character design as solid as Devil Jin,” That Blasted Salami explains in their latest Tekken 7 Season 2 change breakdown. If you wanted no other information or nuance, that pretty handily covers Devil Jin’s changes…

…but for everyone else, it does help to know the little things, such as his D+4 and hellsweep nerf. Before you go and think he might drop a tier or two, though, note that DJ’s Electric somehow got better tracking in Season 2 — firmly keeping DJ in place as the best Mishima in the game.

Source: That Blasted Salami

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Astaroth’s Soul Charge mode in SoulCalibur VI is shaping up to be a round-stealing beast, and it’s due to a 50/50 loop he can setup from multiple scenarios. The most terrifying of these is easily his Soul Charge 214A+G command grab, “Ride of the Wicked”:

Because B+K causes an non-air controllable state on airborne opponents, Astaroth can easily setup a terrifying 50/50 off any 22B hit during Soul Charge. There’s a tremendous amount of practicality here: He can combo into this from 214+A+G and CH 6B, and 6B frame traps from the 4BB that’s used to spike at the end of the “Ride of the Wicked” okizeme. With some creativity, Astaroth can take an opponent from full health to 0% with just a few coin flips thanks to this setup.

Source: APE OF THE U N I V E R S E

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Final Showdown has helped innovate many combos for Vegito in Dragon Ball FighterZ. Now, he’s put out a video that’s meant to show how you should optimally be using the “sparking” mechanic in your combos.

The video below specifically teaches advanced sparking combos for Vegito. For anyone wondering how Final Showdown pulls his combos for the character off, or simply needs more optimal conversions for Vegito, this video should give you ideas of what you can do:

Source: Final Showdown

The Academy’s Elite Four strut their stuff!

Following up on the recent reveals of Nonon Jakuzure and Houka Inumuta for the Arc System Work’s upcoming 3D Arena fighter Kill la Kill the Game: IF, we now have 21 and-a-half minutes of new gameplay of the entire Elite Four, taken from the new build of the title that will be playable at the upcoming ARCREVO Japan 2018 in Tokyo next week.

In the four presented matches, we see Nonon taking on her best friend Satsuki Kiryuin, displaying her powerful zoning prowess, with musical orbs, traps, and bombs, as well as break attack that sees her fire a massive laser from her Symphony Regalia.

Next up, Houka Inumuta gets a rematch with Ryuko Matoi before also taking on Satsuki. As the analytical strategist of the Elite Four, Inumuta possesses a unique “Analyze Gauge,” which holds 8 stocks that can be filled by connecting with his clones, similar to M.O.D.O.K.’s Analyze Cubes from Marvel Vs. Capcom 3. Once filled, Houka can then cash out the stocks for longer combos, feints, invisibility, the ability to summon clones, and possibly more.

He can also fill the Gauge rapidly with what appears to be a multi-hitting break attack utilizing his clones, and possesses a teleport dash, making him a very tricky and deceptive fighter. Finally, Stocks of the Analyze Gauge will carry over between rounds, as any fan of the show knows that Houka doesn’t like to lose valuable data. Unfortunately, it seems that his Japanese voice actor, Hiroyuki Yoshino, who also voices Ed in Street Fighter V, hasn’t stepped into the booth to record his lines yet, as the character is entirely silent throughout the footage.

Finally, we get another look at Ira Gamagoori and Uzu Sanageyama, who were previously showcased at the Tokyo Game Show in September. You can see the full footage below.

Kill la Kill the Game: IF is set to release for PlayStation 4 and PC sometime in 2019.

Source: Gematsu (YouTube)

In an effort to make Claudio more than an anthromorphic hopkick, Namco performed a fairly major overhaul of the character in Tekken 7 Season 2. This new version of Claudio is reliant on new frame traps and better strings, though some of his changes are better on paper than they are in practice.

To help you pick out what changes are worth noting on his fairly length change long, That Blasted Salami‘s latest Season 2 guide cuts through the noise to get you up to date on the most anime Italian in Tekken.

Source: That Blasted Salami

You may remember a few months back that SNK put out 30+ albums featuring the soundtracks of many of their classic games. Realizing how much of a good thing they had on their hands, they followed up the (several) soundtracks released with a special live performance at Taito Station Mizoguchi, which they’ve shared recently on their official YouTube channel.

Here’s the set list in the above video:

• Geese ni Shouyu [KOF XIV ver.]
• JUDGEMENT [Metal Slug 2]
• FINAL ATTACK [Metal Slug 5 ver.]
• Yappari ESAKA [KOF XIV]
• ESAKA? [KOF ’96 Arrange Sound Trax]

The live performance brought together SNK, CAVE, and Taito for a selection of rockin’ game music from each of their catalogs.

Source: snkGame

One of The King of Fighters XIV‘s most original and intriguing new characters is Sichuan opera dancer, Mian. This highly-mobile fighter also pumps out big damage like a KOF-character should, and does so with generous use of qcb+C loops and Max Mode divekicks.

Combo creator Persona Entertainment has been working on an expansive combo series for the whole cast of The King of Fighters XIV, and you can see more complex conversions on at their YouTube channel here.

Source: Persona Entertainment

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