“What do you call a Vegeta and a Goku? Vegito sounds alright.”
Seemingly out of nowhere, Bandai Namco Entertainment announced the rumored and anticipated fighter Vegito (SSGSS) for Dragon Ball FighterZ with his character trailer on its Bandai Namco Entertainment Taiwan Facebook page. As of this writing, the video has yet to be shared by other Bandai Namco Entertainment outlets, but has been spread online by fans and other news sources.
Vegito (SSGSS), also commonly referred to as Vegito Blue, perfectly embodies the expert technique of Goku and the raw strength of Vegeta, along with his own unique moves to set the fused Saiyan apart. Expect a release date for the fighter, alongside the previously announced Zamasu (Fused) to be announced soon.
The character trailer below by Bandai Namco Entertainment was captured and shared by ShonenGames.
It’s always a treat to see someone do a crossover concept combo video involving characters from two different fighting game series! Granted though, both Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 and BlazBlue: Central Fiction‘s respective protagonists Sol Badguy and Ragna the Bloodedge share similar character aesthetics and play styles that transition well between the two — as shown in this video.
YouTuber Ian “kazumaru88” Kirk demonstrates to viewers some practical, but flashy mid-screen and corner juggle combos with Sol and Ragna using specials, supers, Roman Cancels, Exceed Accels, Overdrives, and even Instant Kill and Astral Heat finishing combos for each respective character at the end. With “Keep the Flag Flying” from GGXXAC+ playing in the background, it makes for an entertaining and enlightening concept video, showing what Sol and Ragna are capable of!
Not sure of what to do when you knock someone down in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition? Are you wondering how the pros seem to be able to safely run mix-ups constantly on knocked-down opponents, when you can’t stop a wake-up jab or DP to save your life? It sounds like it’s time for you to learn about creating safe meaty setups.
For the beginners out there, a “meaty” is the (unfortunate) term used to describe a situation where you place an attacking hitbox over an opponent as they get up. This will allow you to stuff the almighty crouching jab on wake-up, scoring you a counter-hit and big damage. If you’ve always wondered how to create a setup like this, the latest entry in World Warrior FGC‘s “Git Gud” series is here to show you how!
Revere and praise the references of the most beautiful and powerful god!
Bandai Namco Entertainment recently saw fit to bless us filthy ningens with the gameplay trailer to Dragon Ball FighterZ’s third upcoming DLC character, Fused Zamasu. As always, Dragon Ball content creator IKevinX has returned to craft a video showcasing all of the anime and Xenoverse 2 references the Dragon Ball Super antagonist has to offer, during the brief snippet of footage.
We can see that Zamasu (Fused) will be even be taking inspiration from his “corrupted” form for some of his Ki Blade attacks, as well as his battles with Future Trunks pre-Fusion. He even has an aerial kick that is unique to Xenoverse 2‘s Boss Raid version of Fused Zamasu. We can also see his Blades of Judgment and his previously-documented Level 3 Super Special Attack, the Light of Absolution. You can see the full video — as well as links to IKevinX’s past work — below.
Fused Zamasu can be purchased individually for $4.99 or as part of the FighterZ Pass — which also includes Bardock and Broly, as well as five additional DLC FighterZ that will be revealed at a later date — for $34.99. Fused Zamasu will also come with his own unique Z-Stamp, Lobby Avatar and set of colors. However, a release date for the merged deity has not been set, yet.
The Lost Child of Desire rounds out the playable cast in The Nostalgic Gamer’s latest entry!
After covering Jedah Dohma recently, The Nostalgic Gamer turns his attention to the final member of the 18 character playable cast: Lilith Aensland.
The last of the four New Challengers introduced in Vampire Savior, Lilith was originally conceived as an angel character by the name of Genevieve, but was changed to be a hermaphroditic succubus, as the team felt the angel character archetype was becoming overdone in video games at the time.
Given that she is technically part of Morrigan, many of her attacks and mannerisms are the exact opposite of her sister, potentially harkening back to the aforementioned angelic motif. Around 10 years after a portion of Morrigan’s soul was sealed away by Belial, it began to develop a consciousness of its own, as feelings, desires and an individual identity began to slowly emerge over 300 years. After this soul was drawn into the Majigen, Jedah struck a deal to give it a physical body, in exchange for it luring Morrigan and other Darkstalkers into his newly-created dimension, and thus Lilith was born.
Though Dohma always planned to use both Aensland sisters to merely increase his own power. After sensing Morrigan and learning of the Shinigami’s deception, Lilith’s ultimate fate is portrayed as her either merging with Morrigan into a single being in her sister’s Arcade ending, or tragically fading away in her own, unable to reach Morrigan in time.
Despite only being playable in Vampire Savior, The Nostalgic Gamer notes that Lilith has made cameos in a wide variety of crossover titles, most recently as a Crossover Costume for Juri Han in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, and closes the video with a bit of trivia concerning her voice actresses. You can see the full video below.
Thus, we seemingly arrive at the end of TNG’s “Meet The Darkstalkers” series, as the entire playable cast has now been covered. Though it is unknown if he will be making episodes about Hidden Characters like Shadow and Marionette.
Do you have fond memories of Lilith? Now that they’ve all been introduced, which Darkstalker is your personal favorite? Tell us in the comments.
Every fighting game has top-tier and low-tier characters, even though the specifics on them are points of contention. Here and there, we see players break the mold by winning with surprising choices. Certain people are able to push their skill to outshine the weakness of their selections. The Philocypher sits down with recent Tekken 7 winner, Azure, who triumphed at Michigan Masters 2018 with Lucky Chloe.
The discussion starts out with some general questions about Azure’s approach to fighting games, and what attracts him to the genre. The common metaphor of “high speed chess” comes up. Azure talks about creating games within games to outplay the opponent and having fun with training. The discussion delves deep into structuring your time to making sure it’s productive, and how to grow as a fighting game player. Later on, they switch to talking about the negative effects of affixed mindsets (like thinking that someone can’t win with a certain character, or making excuses).
Are you sticking it out with a low tier character? Do you believe that the player can make enough of a difference to rise to the top regularly? Let us know in the comments.
Who are the strongest fighters in the Pacific Northwest…?
If you’re in the vicinity of Vancouver, British Columbia on May 12, you’ll want to check out the Vancouver Battle Royale Spring Championship, brought to you by Kenny “Air” Lam and BCLC!
It will feature tournament events in the following titles:
Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition ($300 Prize Pool)
Ultra Street Fighter IV ($200 Prize Pool)
Dragon Ball FighterZ ($1000 Prize Pool)
Tekken 7 ($300 Prize Pool)
Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 ($200 Prize Pool)
BlazBlue: Central Fiction ($300 Prize Pool)
Injustice 2 ($100 Prize Pool)
Skullgirls 2nd Encore ($100 Prize Pool)
Super Smash Bros. Melee [singles & doubles] ($1000 Prize Pool)
Super Smash Bros for Wii U [singles & doubles] ($1000 Prize Pool)
Super Smash Bros. [Nintendo 64] ($250 Prize Pool)
HearthStone ($500 Prize Pool)
It will also feature competion in FIFA and VS Phoenix Darts. Nakkiel is confirmed to be in attendance for DBFZ, and LarryLur will be there to fight in Smash 4. Registration is open now on smash.gg!
Falke is now out in the wild of Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition! The latest season 3 DLC character looked likely to be more zoning and footsies-oriented then your typical SFV character — but does she live up to expectations? Let’s take a look at what the community was able to put together with her and find out!
To start, marlonlonmilk shows us some beginner-to-advanced combos, and also demonstrates the execution needed for her combo challenges.
Xian’s Falke already appears to have decent neutral, somehow. His midrange control is excellent, and will only get better from here.
Rikk demonstrates the mix-up potential with Falke’s divekick — shades of Rolento!
Of course, desk is one of the first out of the gate with some of the longest and most unusual combos out there.
GameTricks shows off a little Easter egg — Falke’s German Lesson!
And closing us out today is Doopliss, whom shows us both some excellent mid-range combo loops and disgusting resets.
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When doling out damage in The King of Fighters XIV, sometimes you need the luck of the Irish. With Oswald, you get that in spades, and his damage goes hand-in-hand with some of the juggernauts of the title.
In this combo video, we witness some amazing meter usage, including doubling-up on Max Modes, and going all-in on level three supers. You can expect to see as many ideas on how to chip away at your opponent’s health bar as there are gambling puns in this preamble.
Yun and Yang, everyone’s favorite custom combo twins, are characters that tend to be associated a lot with Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike. However, 3rd Strike wasn’t the first game where the two were treated as separate characters. Indeed, it was in Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact where the twins were first made separate characters, and given distinct movesets.
Now, with the impending release of the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, PM has created a combo video that demonstrates the differences between the 2nd Impact and 3rd Strike incarnations of the twins. In the former, the twins shared even more moves before Capcom differentiated them further in the latter; for example Yun still using the Senkuytai roll into rising kick, before gaining his Nishou Kyaku up kicks in 3rd Strike.
Check out the video below to see how these changes differentiate both versions of the twins.
