As we wait patiently for The Regalia to make its stop in Tekken 7, Scallywag 93 has put together an excellent breakdown of the currently available footage of Final Fantasy XV‘s Noctis.
The latest guest character seems, at least on the surface, to have a really fantastic set of standard Tekken tools. He has his own riffs on Nina’s UF+1, Bob’s roll mix-ups, and Paul’s Demo Man low sweep. By combining that with his own original teleport stances and long-range Warp Strike, Noctis looks poised to steal victories when he releases on March 20th.
Welcome back, Saiyan warriors! You’ve clearly been training in Dragon Ball FighterZ, because we have another pile of tech videos piled up in the SRK inbox. Let’s take a look at what the FGC has cooked up!
Let’s start with Hit — Hit’s ability to combo after his super (thanks to proper assist calling) makes up the bulk of Y. Xiao’s latest combo video.
Kitoragi suggests you never, ever Guard-Switch against Perfect Cell.
Tbcboocock gives a quick rundown of Goku Blue’s safety during his blockstrings.
Adult Gohan doesn’t need to start with much in the way of resources to convert into a Touch-of-Death, as datHazy demonstrates.
Mynus shows off some particularly dirty instant-overhead tech with 18.
And closing us out today is Shoyoumomo, whose clashing exploration won’t teach you much about high-level play, but it will show you who the Real Deal is.
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If your journey in fighting games has led you to the FGC, that means at some point you had enough fire within you to seek self-improvement. You know that it takes hard work and practice to get to a better “you”. And yet, oftentimes, no matter how aware a player is of what they want, many players will find reasons to not to work for it– even if they want to.
That’s the subject of The Philocypher‘s latest video: the “Lazy Perfectionist.” This is the person aware of the path they want to take, but is unable or unwilling to take it. It’s a struggle that goes beyond fighting games, and it could be holding you back from your growth as a player — and a person.
We now know why the well has been dry for Blastoise info for Pokkén Tournament DX — it looks like the producers were saving his reveal for a live demo at Japan’s Spring Fist tournament this weekend.
Now that the turtle has come out of his shell, we can see that Blastoise’s move list is (at first glance) surprisingly diverse. He possess more than a few different types of projectiles from his cannons, each covering various angles in different phases. He also seems to have a “Withdraw” stance in both Duel and Field Phase. Perhaps most interesting, Mr. Cannon-Turtle has an armored, mid-range command grab. Add all this together with his healthy 660 HP lifebar, and you have a tank that’s ready for every phase of the fight.
Blastoise is scheduled for release in Pokkén Tournament DX on March 23rd.
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!
SFCX ran a number of events over the last few days, so let’s play catch-up! Today’s tournaments include Sengoku Basara X Cross, The King of Fighters ’95, and The Last Blade.
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.
Tekken 7 is no stranger to special collaboration content with other IPs — so far, the game has had collaborations for Idolmaster, Taiko Drum Master, and New Japan Pro Wrestling. This time Tekken 7‘s arcade version is getting a special collaboration event with Namco’s own Summer Lesson VR game on April 4.
For those who aren’t familiar with it, Summer Lesson puts the player in the virtual shoes of a tutor who’s tasked with teaching three schoolgirls over the summer. While it seems like a strange IP to collaborate with, Summer Lesson itself is a project of Tekken series producer Katsuhiro Harada.
The collaboration consists of the following items:
Hikari Miyamoto costumes for Asuka, Kazumi, Josie, and Eliza
Allison Snow costumes for Xiaoyu, Katarina, Master Raven, and Nina
Chisato Shinjo costumes for Lili, Lucky Chloe, and Alisa
Summer Lesson collaboration interface
“Fluffy Allison” item (usable by all characters)
“Fluffy Chisato” item (usable by all characters)
“Fluffy Hikari” item (usable by all characters)
Whether or not this content will make it into the PlayStation 4, XBox One, and PC versions of Tekken 7 is, as of yet, unknown. However, considering that the previous collaborations with Idolmaster, and Taiko Drum Master did make it into the home versions, it’s likely this one will as well. In the meantime, check out the trailer for the collaboration below.
Defiance 2050 devs Matt “Destromathe” and Chip “Zephkial” were on hand yesterday during a live stream event where the team spoke about the Assault Class that will be part of the game when it launches later this year. A pre-alpha version of the game was shown including the zone map, concept art, in game combat, skills and much more.
Looks like the rumors about the White Wolf joining the cast of Bandai Namco’s upcoming fighter were true — Geralt of Rivia is the first official guest character in SoulCalibur VI.
So far, we only have the reveal trailer to look at, but IGN produced a helpful look at the video footage with slowdowns and some speculative analysis. In it, IGN brings up Geralt’s swords — one is steel, and the other is silver, which is used for special monsters.
The SoulCalibur Twitter account wrote that Geralt uses both along with his “Signs” (according to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Signs are “simple magic spells that can prove effective when used properly.”) IGN guesses that the silver weapon would specifically come out for monstrous enemies (e.g. Lizardman), but my personal prediction is that Geralt will take out that sword when activating his “Soul Charge” mechanic. A lot of the video focuses on the Signs that Geralt uses.
We can’t wait to see more of Geralt — and there will be an opportunity to do that at the SoulCalibur VI event in San Francisco at the end of the month.
Just a slice of what made Evo Japan so much fun to watch.
Evo Japan was overflowing with hype — and in this look back from Just Frame, he highlights some of the most exciting aspects of the spectacular event. Check out Abadango’s perfect (literally) Bayonetta play in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Chanel’s thrilling Red Bull-fueled Tekken 7 run, Majin Obama’s passionate Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 commentary, Tokido and Daigo Umehara playing the preview to their epic Kemonomichi 2 bout, and more. Warm up some Cup Noodles and enjoy the show.
King’s Frankensteiner in Tekken 7 is a blockable special mid that turns into a throw on close contact with a standing opponent. At an unimpressive 28 frames, its somewhat slower speed and spacing requirements might completely shy you away from this move. But as Saint showed us with the Jack’s tournament-winning body splash at TWT 2016, you can make some magic work with the right setups for these gimmicky attack-throws.
That’s the meat of BoxeR-King‘s latest tutorial for Tekken’s most famous luchador. Check out the video above for insight on both how to apply this move, and the surprisingly powerful setups King can pressure with afterwards.
