This year, the grandfather of modern fighting games celebrates its 24th year on the market. With its impending re-release in the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, Super Street Fighter II Turbo still lives on in the competitive landscape. As players continue to delve into the game and find crazy interactions and hype moments, SSF2T never seems to get old.
LiangHuBBB‘s compilation below shows off some of the crazy stuff we have seen since release — from Japanese legends duking it out, grimy Fei-Long cross-unders, final Boxer turnaround punches, and more. Even as we move on to year 25, there are still more thrills to find in the classics.
This year, the grandfather of modern fighting games celebrates its 24th year on the market. With its impending re-release in the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, Super Street Fighter II Turbo still lives on in the competitive landscape. As players continue to delve into the game and find crazy interactions and hype moments, SSF2T never seems to get old.
LiangHuBBB‘s compilation below shows off some of the crazy stuff we have seen since release — from Japanese legends duking it out, grimy Fei-Long cross-unders, final Boxer turnaround punches, and more. Even as we move on to year 25, there are still more thrills to find in the classics.
With all the continuing growth the fighting game community is experiencing with esports, sponsors, social media, and bigger cash payouts, it might be easy to forget where most of what we now have originally started: the local arcade scene. So, with that said, it’s nice when someone takes it upon themselves to show where their local scene comes from and who represents their region.
In this almost seven-minute mini-documentary — simply titled “SFV” — by Matt Herrick takes us on a visual tour of 16-Bit Bar + Arcade in Columbus, Ohio. At this local bar/arcade spot in the Midwest, plenty of drinks are served next to retro arcade games such as Donkey Kong, Tron, Galaga — and classic fighters such Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, and Killer Instinct are in abundance. It’s also at this venue where Beatdown at the Bit weekly tournaments are held for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition.
Matt also interviews local players Sarah “litebriteRPG” Opelt, Brian “ocelotyouth” Opelt, and Red Bull Proving Grounds finalist Rob “RobTV” Burney. They talk about when they first started playing the Street Fighter series, and how they feel being a part of the fighting game community.
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Nash’s target combo, Bullet Combination, received a set of buffs that wildly increased its value in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition. This kick string ends in his “Bullet Clear” V-Skill, and by allowing him to both build V-meter and score big damage off conversions, Nash will constantly be able to build up to his V-Trigger no matter the situation.
On top of that, this opens up his strong okizeme setups he already had off of his EX Sonic Scythe. Check out NurseLee‘s demonstration above to see how Nash can keep the pressure up after his new conversions.
The body count rises — the fight card is set for Body Count Fighting 5!
The next set of Title and Feature matches at Machinima Studios in Burbank, California has been announced: Body Count Fighting 5 will take place at 5:00 p.m. PT on April 7, 2018! With fights planned in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition and Tekken 7, BCF5 will also feature the first BCF Title match for Dragon Ball FighterZ!
Doors open at 4:00 p.m. on April 7th; tickets are available on the Body Count Fighting 5 Eventbrite page — for free! There will be free food, casual gaming stations, and a free vintage arcade for attendees. The event will be streamed live on Body Count Fighting’s YouTube and Twitch channels, starting at 5:00 p.m. It will also stream on SRK’s own SRKLive Twitch channel.
Title Matches
Dragon Ball FighterZ Title Match: dekillsage vs. Perfect Legend
Street Fighter V Title Match: Smug vs. Chris Tatarian (Champion)
Tekken 7 Title Match: Jackie Tran vs. Joey Fury (Champion)
Feature Matches
Dragon Ball FighterZ Feature Match: Tatsunical vs. Richard Nguyen
Dragon Ball FighterZ Feature Match: Supernoon vs. Kizzie Kay
Dragon Ball FighterZ Feature Match: Cloud805 vs. NerdJosh
Street Fighter V Feature Match: Commander Jesse vs. Brenttiscool
Street Fighter V Feature Match: EricC vs. General Azad
Tekken 7 Feature Match: Runitblack vs. FGCTim
Xavier Woods invites you to the excitement of BCF5 in this new teaser trailer!
BornFree continues to release his video interviews from Final Round 2018; this one captures a conversation with Nakkiel, shortly after he finished his initial Dragon Ball FighterZ pool at the events. Nakkiel — who hails from Seattle, Washington — plays multiple anime titles, but he has particularly became known for his play in Bandai Namco’s and Arc System Works’ latest fighter.
The conversation begins with the origin of Nakkiel’s tag, which comes from a song he used to listen to. He discovered Guilty Gear and then the forum site, Dustloop, and started to meet up with the fighting game community. They switch onto Dragon Ball FighterZ talk, which covers a number of topics; Nakkiel first encountered the game at Evolution 2017 but didn’t play it, and then got asked to present the game at PAX West in Seattle. He likes the neutral in the game, which he feels is a good synthesis of Marvel-style and air-dashers. He didn’t like the Vanish mechanic initially, but he has learned more about it since, and is planning on releasing some content about it.
The interview is much longer than usual ones, but it covers a lot of ground — including helpful advice and opinions about the upcoming DBFZ characters, Broly and Bardock. The latter parts dip into BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, and other video games Nakkiel likes to play.
BornFree has also recently conducted interviews with GO1 and MenaRD.
Battle Pack Wave 2 became available for download in Pokkén Tournament DX last night, coinciding with the promised March 23rd release date (in Japan, that is — North America got it a little early as a result). This completes Pokkén’s first two-part DLC package on Nintendo Switch — bringing Blastoise into the fray, along with Mew and Celebi assist Pokémon, and a selection of customization items for your avatar and Nia. Go get it now, battle trainers!
With the Virtua Fighter series currently receded into the background, characters from the franchise are at a dearth in publicity. As such, it is always refreshing to see the series get some attention.
In this combo video, Sarah Bryant — in the series since the very first game — shows off what she can do in Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown. This shows a lot of wall carries, and even a few ring-outs over the wall as we see a lot of usage of the core mechanics of the game.
A look at the history behind this Super Street Fighter spin-off, and why only the Switch is getting it.
It was recently revealed that the Nintendo Switch version of the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection is getting an exclusive addition: it will be tho only platform that gets a version of the somewhat rare Super Street Fighter II: The Tournament Battle.
In a recent article, Stephen Kleckner discusses the history behind The Tournament Battle: an ambitious four-cabinet variation of Super Street Fighter II, released at the height of the 2D fighting boom, that allowed players to jump right into an eight-player tournament — with the software itself handling all the bracketing work. The article also describes the challenges to acceptance that this game faced, such as the expense of quadruplicate hardware to arcade operators, and the awkwardness (and trolling potential) of cabinet-hopping between fights.
Ultimately, it adds up to why this odd SSF2 offshoot is best suited for the Switch, as the portability of the console lends itself well to the structure of The Tournament Battle. Read the whole article over on VentureBeat!
Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection will be released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, and Nintendo Switch (with the exclusive Tournament Battle mode) on May 29, 2018.
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 one of the most modern games to ever show up in a Mikado event, SNK’s The King of Fighters XIV…
…which makes it doubly funny to see that it was the followup to the previous day’s SFC X tournament, Virtua Fighter 3: Team Battle. Never change, Mikado.
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.
