Everyone has a fighting chance
Tung Fu Rue may be old, but clearly age has sharpened him into a killing machine. With this most recent combo video for The King of Fighters XIV — based on the 3.01 patch — Tung shows off some insane air Senpuu Ken loops, with nearly every combo doing at least 70% damage. He also shows off amazing restand combos that make him look more like a Marvel character than anything. Perhaps he should trade in his Fu Manchu for a curly mustache.
Source: Persona Entertainment
With Season 3 coming to a close, the inevitable wish list discussion has begun. Which characters would people like to see in the next season of Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition? For VesperArcade, there’s a decent mix of obvious characters with less likely, but equally interesting choices.
While obvious fan-favorites such as Dudley, C. Viper, and Fei-Long make the list, we also hear some other less common names make the cut for them. Would many people clamor for the possibility of getting their hands on Sodom from Street Fighter Alpha or Eagle from Street Fighter 1?
To finish off, they also discuss the possibility of entirely new characters.
Source: VesperArcade
It’s no surprise that, in the light of a new a Samurai Shodown game, that interested parties would look to older titles again with new inspiration. Of the many games in the Samurai Shodown series though, there is one that consistently brings together all walks of life from inside and outside the SamSho fanbase: Samurai Shodown V Special.
If you, too, were wanting to glance back to the SamSho series, novriltataki has made an excellent primer video on why SSVS has survived after all this time. Not just among other SamSho properties, but as its own unique, footsie-focused, creative powerhouse in the FGC.
Source: novriltataki
“Good games never die,” is the slogan of 2 Old 2 Furious, a fantastic FGC tournament series for classic games run by the NYC crew. If you’ve never seen a 2O2F event before, you’re in for a treat: they was involved in several tournaments at East Coast Throwdown 2018 over the weekend. A wide variety of events fell under their umbrella and the resulting VODs are getting uploaded right now on Team Spooky After Hours (by Sabin)‘s YouTube. We’ve linked the currently available playlists below:
CD Projekt Red has sent out the official Gwent launch trailer to mark…you guessed it: The launch of The Witcher-themed card game on PC. The PlayStation 4 and XBox One launch day is currently slated for December 4th.
SoulCalibur VI is still going strong and the tech is still filling up our tipline. Let’s take a look at some of the high damage and crazy tech that’s floated in today:
TesuuArisato found an interesting loop that exploits the fact that Sophie’s WS B+K locks air control on its first hit.
#SCVI_Sophitia #PS4share 135 DMG Wall Combohttps://t.co/ObLFzZ4uIU pic.twitter.com/bVLpYeSCxp
— Tesuu (@TesuuArisato) October 22, 2018
Instead of opting for an air throw, raynexpress has a clever ukemi setup for Taki’s A+B bomb.
In this setup, bomb meaties all ukemi for +frames. Lie there? OTGs! Mash? Huge launch! #SCVIhttps://t.co/uSOZu6BpLP pic.twitter.com/BzPZy21gXj
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The new Lethal Hit mechanic gives new life to moves that never quite shined so bright before. Take the case of Seong Mina’s 44K, as demonstrated by Fighterslegend.
44K Lethal hit combos #SCVI_SMN #PS4sharehttps://t.co/hmtslzyX7t pic.twitter.com/Gugf0LP2qD
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(@Fighterslegend) October 20, 2018
sikshot gaming breaks down all the pros and cons around the controversial new mechanic, Reversal Edge. Pay particular attention to the unique gimmick around Azwel’s K option!
Kagerasimaru shows off why Talim is a combo-lover’s dream — particularly if you like to cross up mid-combo, as that is pretty much the entirety of her design.
And closing out today’s post is RossLipps , who shows us an assortment of exceptionally odd interactions that can occur in SCVI, including back-turned clashes, GI’s, and strange parries against Taki’s projectile.
Stuff, cc: @CrowCrowters #PS4sharehttps://t.co/MLv1xYGPFF pic.twitter.com/eY0cuvJz3G
— Formerly Xenozip (@RossLipps) October 23, 2018
Thanks to everyone that submitted content to us! If you have some SCVI tech you’d like to share with the world, reach out to us through our tipline.
Sources: TesuuArisato; raynexpress; Fighterslegend; sikshot gaming; Kagerasimaru; RossLipps
Persona Entertainment continues their journey through the cast of The King of Fighters XIV with yet another combo video. This time, they focus on newcomer Luong.
Luong is an interesting character because she’s one of the rare fighters who is able to extend their MAX mode combos even after the mode has ended. This means that she gets a few more options to end her combos after MAX has ended.
Check out the video below. As usual, notation for these can be found in the description on YouTube.
Source: Persona Entertainment
Wake up with these flashy combos for The King of Fighters XIV’s Meitenkun from Persona Entertainment
2GG is an esports organization centered around competitive games for the Nintendo Switch. It’s not a surprise, then, that they’ve started their own online tournament series for Nintendo’s ARMS, titled Iron Fist Fridays.
This bi-weekly online event sees players competing in a ladder format until the top 16 are determined, whom go on to compete in a double elimination bracket. This tournament is free-to-enter — so if you love ARMS’s experimental third person gameplay, go check out the tournament rules and sign up on 2GG’s smash.gg page here.
Source: 2GGaming
Over the weekend Fighting EX Layer developers arika showed off a demonstration video for some recent balance changes in the works for two of the game’s Gougi decks: Thunderbolt and Stealth Raptor.
With how integral running has become, arika has decided to retool Stealth Raptor around a new running dash, then slightly nerf the short hop by adding a half-meter cost. Thunderbolt users, however, have much more to be pleased with: it’s all buffs for them, in the form of a new, very fast ground-to-air teleport.
Source: arika
New to SoulCalibur, or 3D games in general? On-The-Box protagonists are usually good places to start when learning a new engine, and SoulCalibur VI‘s Mitsurugi is no exception. Armed with a versatile toolkit that contains mid-range and applies hellish pressure up close, Mitsurugi is rarely without options of some kind on the battlefield.
Since learning Mitsurugi will inevitably help you learn Calibur as a whole, we thought it’d be best to make our first beginner’s guide centered around the series-original samurai. We’ll go through the whole cast in a similar manner, and build up basic knowledge of the whole cast’s primary goals from the ground up.
Shoryuken review: SoulCalibur VI – The competitive side
Shoryuken review: SoulCalibur VI – The casual side
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