“I couldn’t get one game on Eddie Lee in Marvel vs. Capcom… that made me want to get better.”
If you haven’t heard the story of Justin Wong’s introduction to the FGC, then Team Spooky has an excellent interview for you.
“Some kid from New York”, as the bare ’90s internet knew him originally knew him, sat down with host Seth Killian at NYU Spring Fighter 2018 to talk ancient MvC1 lore. The legend of Eddie Lee, Chinatown Fair, Marvel vs. Capcom, and more are covered in this nearly hour-long history lesson on the roots of New York’s Prodigal Son.
VesperArcade has perennially done a great job at evaluating Alex in Street Fighter V. Often going into meticulous detail, he is able to break down the character and give accurate predictions on the character’s viability — with the prognosis usually being poor, unfortunately.
However, Alex has certainly received some quality-of-life improvements in the most recent patch. With new cancels, better air options, and a few stronger options, Alex is now infinitely more scary when he is in your face. If you’re able to make your approach count, Alex can certainly make it worth the work.
“Victory for my King!” A new sword-swinging warrior joins the Power Battle.
In-development indie Slashers: The Power Battle — currrently available as part of Steam Early Access — has added a new fighter to its roster: Efe, the Ottoman Slapper! As described by the publisher:
Efe is a dagger-wielding, energy-ball throwing Ottoman fighter with damaging focused attacks. Thanks to his rigorous training (slapping marble blocks), his slap attacks send opponents flying across the arena. The newest warrior added to Slashers excels at switching low and high moves rapidly which keeps opponents unbalanced and gives him the opportunity to deal devastating combos.
Having arrived on Steam last year, Slashers has been gradually adding new content, bringing the “old school” fighting game closer to full commercial release. “It’s been a fantastic Early Access journey so far, we’re working closely with our amazing community to make Slashers the ultimate old school fighting game,” says Galip Kartoglu, founder of Stun Games. “We have so many more epic ideas to introduce into Slashers, and our powerful Ottoman slapper is a brilliant addition to the game’s diverse roster!”
Slashers: The Power Battle — along with Efe — is available to try now on Steam Early Access.
Source: KISS Publishing/Stun Games [press release]
SNK has always provided lots of eye candy in its detailed art, though one rarely has the chance to slow down the action to really pay attention to the details. SugarPunch Design Works took the time to appreciate the fine details of the aesthetic that makes up Rock Howard, one of the most popular characters in the series.
Garou: Mark of the Wolves’s Rock, who is the son of the villainous Geese Howard and adopted son of Terry Bogard, has elements from both characters. But he largely succeeds in “carving his own lineage”, as SugarPunch points out. There’s genius simplicity in Rock’s color scheme, which has basically only three colors. His jacket is an important element; it’s finely outlined, and you can always see it moving responsively to whatever way Rock attacks. It’s that blowback, or follow-through, effect that adds to the power of SNK’s animations. There’s also a nice touch of personality in his attacks that not everyone might know about — after performing heavy attacks, Rock flips or fixes his hair.
Check out the video below to appreciate Rock’s old-school, and excellent, animation.
It has been a few days since version 3.0 of The King of Fighters XIV has dropped, and Twitter exploded with new tech almost immediately upon its release. The patch brought us several new characters and a host of balance changes for the preexisting cast — let’s take a look and see what the FGC has uncovered since our last roundup!
Let’s start out with some basics. If you’re unsure of which new character you want to try out first, Gatoray has a decent sampler of each characters combos.
TheLastKaede shows us that Heidern’s classic “Storm Bringer” bug has made it into KOF XIV — is it safe to say this is a feature, at this point?
Maybe less intentional is Blue Mary’s “Double Rolling” bug, demonstrated here by COMBONAUTS.
And to close us out today, LostFeather413 shows off Oswald’s combo potential. I’m just going to use this opportunity to gush about how cool Queen is in combos. Thank you, SNK.
You may remember Venom44 as one of the creative forces behind last year’s juggle-point light combo mod. As much of a trip as that concept was, it looks like those nearly-limitless combos were just building blocks to a larger project. And finally, here it is: Street Fighter V: Mysterious Mod.
SFV:MM is much more than just a combo mod for the PC Version of Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition — it adds new mechanics, tweaks preexisting ones, and seeks to re-design the entire philosophy behind SFV’s gameplay.
Take a look at the introductory trailer above; what do you think of the Mysterious Mod, and how do you feel it stacks up to the current game-play of SFVAE?
[Check out the video description on YouTube for more details, and to download the mod for yourself. – Editor]
It’s finally happening! Nexon has announced that MapleStory 2 is finally heading to the west. The announcement was made late yesterday and comes along with a new trailer and the news that closed beta testing is set to begin on May 9th. A sparkling new site is ready to accept registrations and provide more information too.
Whether you’re a casual or competitive Dragon Ball FighterZ player, it’s good to familiarize yourself with certain techniques in the game. The “Vanish” technique is an easy and common way to spend super meter — but there’s quite a bit of nuance to the ability. Learning a little more about it will set you apart from other players.
Pro player PG|Nakkiel continues his “Lookout” series with a introduction to the attack, pointing out that the attacker has a slight advantage over the defender (provided that both characters go for light jabs.) However, that doesn’t mean there’s no counter-play against Vanish — usually, attacks that are canceled into Vanish aren’t gapless. The universal anti-air, 2H, might be too slow to stop Vanish, but a Reflect will work — and even result in a punish in the corner. Other than that, a Level 3 Super will always punish a Vanish, and there are some character-specific tools available as well.
Since the beginning of 2017, Victor “Punk” Woodley’s name has been on the tip of everyone’s tongue in the fighting game community. After going on a rampage throughout the course of the year, this amazing young player left sponsor Panda Global in search for a new home with the titanic team Echo Fox.
After his first event under the orange and blue jersey, Punk sat down to answer seven questions from his new employer. In this video, we learn his thoughts on his losses in tournaments to Abigail, as well as how he feels about the pressure to perform as a top player.
Bandai Namco has just dropped some important news concerning My Hero Academia: One’s Justice. Up until this point, all the previously released material for it has been in Japanese, targeted at a Japanese launch — now, we finally know that the game is coming to the West as well.
The game will be coming to North America and Europe as My Hero Academia One’s Justice (sans colon) this year. The game will be localized in the following languages, English, French, Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese. As with the Japanese release, the game will be hitting PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC (via Steam).
Here is the official fact sheet from Bandai Namco.
Whether you want to see the destruction of humanity or believe heroes should defend those in need, fight to prove your justice in My Hero One’s Justice. The popular Weekly Shonen Jump manga series comes to life, as players experience the abilities of fan favorite characters such as Izuku Midoriya, Katsuki Bakugo, Tomura Shigaraki, and many more in this arena brawler, where you’ll get to choose between hero and villain in your path to justice.
Utilize Quirks and call upon your side-kicks to activate powerful attackers where your environments are at your disposal in total field destruction. The battle doesn’t just confine you to the ground — take the fight upwards where buildings and walls become a part of the action.
Key Features
Plus Ultra! – Based on the hit weekly Shonen Jump manga series.
Heroes or Villains – Choose between fan favorite characters like Deku, All Might, Tomura, and many more in your path to justice.
Total Destruction – The environments are at your disposal as players can destroy their surroundings in fierce battles.
Join Forces – Choose up to two sidekicks to unleash powerful combos.
Unleash Superpowers – Utilize each character’s Quirks to plant explosive attacks.
In addition to this, they’ve also released an English version of the previous trailer, which you can see below.
