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Bod Count Fighting gives pre-match analysis for BCF5’s Dragon Ball FighterZ featured matches

The upcoming SoCal region Title Event, BCF5, will feature all-star matches up and down the card. Of the three games with top tier matches, the most-represented title is Dragon Ball FighterZ — and it’s no surprise when you see the skill level of the players showing up.

  • dekillsage (champion) vs. Perfect Legend — Title Match
  • Tatsunical vs. Richard Nguyen
  • Supernoon vs. Kizzie Kay
  • Cloud805 vs. NerdJosh

Each of the above matches promises to be a spectacle. As the boys over at Body Count Fighting point out, each of the above players have preformed exceedingly well in tournaments, and most are names with weight beyond just DBFZ. It’s easy to see the winner of any of the under-card matches getting a shot at whoever wins between Perfect Legend and Dekillsage — who do you think that’ll be?

Source: Body Count Fighting

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BornFree catches up with Bonchan at NorCal Regionals to talk about Street Fighter V, waiting for Sagat, and Dragon Ball FighterZ

Bonchan is a man of many hats in the FGC right now, but when his Red Bull hat is on, he’s all business at the joystick. But when he sits down with BornFree, we get to hear an interesting side of the player that we rarely get to hear!

In this interview conducted at NCR, Bonchan talks about his hopes for Sagat in Street Fighter V, as well as how he feels the balance is for the game (prior to the most recent patch), stating that he feels like the lower tier characters are more viable than before.

He also discusses Dragon Ball FighterZ and his hope to learn the game, as well as his road trips that aim to promote local play in Japan.

Source: BornFree

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The BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle English dub version is packed with special intros

English dubbing returns to Arc System Works’ upcoming title, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, something that many fans have been clamoring for since its departure from Central Fiction. Lo and behold, the BBTAG version with dub finally debuted at Anime Ascension this weekend. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it’s packed with adorable special intros for many of the characters, even if they aren’t from the same franchise.

Pssych kindly compiled the footage from this past weekend to show off just the intros. There are lots of expected pairings, like Ruby and Weiss, as well as Yosuke and Chie. Tager and Waldstein discuss their approach before entering battle. Predictably, Rachel prefers Ragna to do the dirty work for the two of them. Noel considers a peaceful approach, but Hyde doubts that’s going to work. Noel also has a special interaction with Nu-13, which makes sense per BlazBlue‘s lore. Best of all, though, is probably Ruby and Ragna’s intro. Ruby is such a geek over weaponry, she can’t help but go full-fangirl over his sword-scythe.

Check out the compilation below — and if you’re looking for more footage, Anime Ascension’s BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle tournament is worth the watch!

Source: Pssych

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VesperArcade discusses the general changes to Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition in the most recent patch

Everyone was taken aback when Capcom announced at NorCal Regionals that a new patch was being released for Street Fighter V this week. Thankfully, we already have the balance changes listed, and now know what we can expect to find when we download this patch.

VesperArcade goes over the patch notes on the general mechanics side of the changes, and considers what Capcom’s direction is. He discusses how it appears that they want to see people teching throws more, but also eliminated any possible throw tech option selects. He also touches briefly on the character-specific changes, and shows some confusion in Capcom’s intentions with their nerfs and buffs this time around.

Source: VesperArcade

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The King of Fighters ’97 Global Match is now available for purchase on Steam

When we first reported on the launch date for The King of Fighters ’97 Global Match, the April 5 date was only for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita, but not on PC. Now however, we know when the game can be purchased on Steam — right now.

The King of Fighters ’97 Global Match can now be purchased for $9.99 on Steam. Prior to this, the game didn’t even have a listing on the platform, despite being announced for it. It seems that SNK waited until the game was available before putting the page up.

While never reaching the same competitive status as The King of Fighters ’98 or The King of Fighters 2002: Unlimited Match, The King of Fighters ’97 has garnered something of a cult following in some places (most notably China). The Global Match release takes the original KoF ’97 and adds online play, and comes with all characters already unlocked. In addition to this, it also adds an artwork gallery and menu background music selection.

As stated above, The King of Fighters ’97 Global Match is also coming to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita on April 5. In the meantime, check out this launch trailer for the game.

Sources: Steam; SNK

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Extend step hook in the best ways with King in Tekken 7

King’s Step Hook is a solid move to fish for counter hits. However, with it causing an immediate tailspin, it is a difficult launcher to maximize damage off of. Further, it pushes far enough away that many combo extenders simply won’t work, even with a dash.

J King just released a video on how to actually do so. The combos vary in difficulty, but you can get upwards of 50% — if you are an execution god and can pull off the most difficult of extensions.

Source: J King

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Peace, love, and war: Sailor Venus tutorial for Sailor Moon S

Were you wanting to get in to Sailor Moon S, but were waiting to find a Dhalsim-style character to play? You’re sort of in luck, as Sailor Venus fills part of that niche. With her long range and heavy damage, she is a force to be reckoned with, despite being bottom four in the game.

Xsjado Blade shows off some of her capabilities in his most recent tutorial. He also shows combos into her devastating desperation move, which can kill on counter hit at any point.

Source: NoSLP Xsjado

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Blow it up with these SSGSS Goku combos for Dragon Ball FighterZ

“Goku Blue” has been a rather popular character in Dragon Ball FighterZ, despite his low placement in many tier lists. He does solid damage on both solo and assists, and has a lot of flexibility in his ranges.

In this combo video, we see a lot of this on display; there’s a ton of dirty combos to lift your opponent off of the ground prior to launches, making combos even longer. There are also a load of varied assists and DHC combos, showing off several possible synergetic possibilities for the character.

Source: ARed0cean

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Get devilish with these Akuma V-Trigger II setups for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition

Akuma is easily one of the most complete characters in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition. He has a high damage output, and both of his V-Triggers are very useful in a variety of match-ups.

The more versatile of his V-Triggers is arguably his second one, the Shiretsu Hasshi, which allows him to cancel specials into EX specials without EX bars. Not only is this useful for maximizing damage off of your normal hit confirms, but as this video shows, it’s useful for maximizing damage off of whiff punishes, and even for creating setups.

Source: Mike Meyers

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Mikado Arcade’s Street Fighter Carnival X continues with Art of Fighting 3 & Virtua Fighter 3: Team Battle

Street Fighter Carnival X is Mikado Arcade’s currently-ongoing multi-game tournament series for a wide variety of classic (and sometimes, obscure) arcade titles. To see the beginning of these high-level Japanese tournaments, go here!

Today’s main draw is a special Art of Fighting 3 event. For those that don’t know, this SNK fighter has an Easter egg where each character gets access to their Desperation Move at full health on their canonical birthday. You’ll have to watch the tournament o see if the birthday girl, Kasumi Todoh,made the most of her gift!

And the other tournament seems to be Mikado Arcade’s favorite 3D game this season, Virtua Fighter 3: Team Battle.

You can follow the action of SFCX by subscribing to Mikado’s official YouTube channel. For the night owls in the US, you can even try to catch them when they livestream.

Source: Mikado Arcade