Everyone has a fighting chance
Bandai Namco has officially revealed the return of three SoulCalibur mainstays to the upcoming SoulCalibur VI: in the trailer below, you can see Nightmare, Xianghua, and Kilik show off both familiar moves — and some new surprises. We also meet new challenger Grøh, the “Agent in Black,” who eliminates his targets using two linked blades.
SoulCalibur VI is playable at Evo Japan this weekend, so we can expect to see more details on this game very soon!
During a special media event in Korea, JoyCity showed off the first trailer from Bless Mobile. Publishers expect to launch the game in South Korea in 2018. It is based on Neowiz’s Bless but will introduce a new world view and story according to MMOCulture. Notable changes include a completely different combat system and additional content not found in Bless.
There are some combos that hit you, and then there are some that hit you before you even know they hit you. If we’re talking about the latter group, you know we have to be talking about The Flash in Injustice 2.
In this combo video, you see excellent usage of his Trait, which slows down the opponent making extending combos even easier, and a few amazing corner carries that can deal around 70% damage to one bar of health. You also see a couple of mix-ups which allow him to take an entire bar easily.
Source: Gold Roo – Lead
Security at events are ramping up to an all-time high. Especially in the age of 24-hour venues, majors now see a need to not only protect their patrons, but also protect their assets from potential theft. As such, Final Round 2018 has instituted a clear bag policy for this year, which will have its attendees carry all of their belongings inside of a clear bag. If you are unable to do this, you will have to carry your items in your hands, as there will be no other bag allowed inside the venue.
As DeeDogg explains, this creates a potential source of contention among players. As noted, players with larger joysticks — such as the Qanba Dragon or HORI VLX — are left out in the cold, as their joysticks are too large to fit inside the provided clear bags, yet too heavy to comfortably lug around under their arms. He also postulates that this will do very little to stem the tide of theft — but could potentially clear up other security issues.
Source: DeeDogg
Blazblue: Central Fiction lends itself to some insane combos. Its diverse mechanical options lend to extending combos beyond the realm of practicality. Azrael is known for having longer combos that dole out a great deal of damage, and this particular combo video shows much of this.
From coast-to-coast combos, to corner combos that deal insane heaps of damage, it is no wonder that he is considered one of the more powerful characters in the game. You’ll also see a crazy combo with a confirm into Astral Finish to cap off the video.
Source: ChaoticGamez
With all the hype from Frosty Faustings X, the two biggest games for the event were still Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, and Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2. The former game saw Mo-Joe stun everyone with his R. Mika play, while the latter — the highlight of every Frosty Faustings — saw the lone Japanese player in attendance, Teresa, not make a top 8 that saw last year’s runner-up BjornSonofBears capture the title.
But that’s not all you’ll find in these videos from BGCallisto. You’ll also see Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R and Ultra Street Fighter IV action, featuring the likes of Punk, Wolfkrone, Teemo, and Elvenshadow in the limelight.
Source: TheSassageKing
Maximilian shows off the fused Saiyan warrior Gotenks’ abilities, from the basics to more advanced strategies, in his Full Breakdown series. One of Gotenks’ most useful and unique abilities is that his Miracle Super Punch can lead into The Great Special Rolling Kick or another Miracle Super Punch, etc., allowing for a lengthy combo if done properly. According to Max, Gotenks is the only character who is capable of having two specials lead into each other naturally.
And of course, who could forget about Gotenks’ other unique abilities like his Galactic Donut, which may be most useful as the character’s assist, and his Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack. There’s also a special Piccolo interaction with the character’s level three super, the Charged Ultra Volleyball! Check out the full breakdown video below to see if Gotenks is the one you’ve been looking for! It’s a good thing these matches don’t last longer than 30 minutes.
Source: Maximilian Dood
Clearly Capcom-heads are loving Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition. When we’ve typically done video and tech roundups in the past, there’s eventually a slow down of tech coming in by the next week of the game’s release. Not the case for SFVAE in the least! So let’s see what the community has cooked up today:
For starters, VesperArcade has released his AE Ryu combo guide.
desk‘s latest video turns to the new V-Trigger possibilities of Ken and Zangief.
Heel Mika’s Nadesiko Steel Chair V-Trigger can potentially stun in one mix-up, allowing for this brutal kill sequence.
NurseLee‘s excellent eye for set-ups is on Sakura, so if you’re enjoying Capcom’s newest S3 character, be sure to check it out.
And speaking of Sakura, AutoMattock is impressed with her HK Shunpukyaku…
Almost as much as Blockstring is with Sakura’s shimmies.
Apolo Loussalier believes that there’s still power in the “nerf” to M. Bison’s st.HK.
I don’t know how many people expected Laura to gain even more terrfying mix-ups than in S1, but, here we are. GLHFtv demonstrates the power of the buffs to V-Trigger I.
Closing us out today is a smorgasbord of Urien tech from @a_e_o_n_. Enjoy!
Trade combo after forward mp – VT2 pic.twitter.com/wxoXa1S1ku
— Fabio Sossa (@a_e_o_n_) January 16, 2018
Delay cr.hp after fully charged VT2 juggle to get guaranteed cr.hp – lp hb (whiff) – cr.hp combo.
Use another VT2 for corner carry and mix up in the corner pic.twitter.com/Ukb38jDjo0
— Fabio Sossa (@a_e_o_n_) January 18, 2018
VT2 combos #2 pic.twitter.com/G1klUineLs
— Fabio Sossa (@a_e_o_n_) January 20, 2018
Midscreen fully charged VT tackle – lp hb – cr.hp combo.
It only works against Laura, Chun li, Rashid, Necalli, old/young Zeku pic.twitter.com/2BORFGBXTc
— Fabio Sossa (@a_e_o_n_) January 19, 2018
I saw this corner combo on my TL but cant find the person who posted it, this might be max damage meterless after charged VT tackle.
Meaty st.mp after cr.hp – mk knee – forward mp is no longer possible, but meaty cr.lp is +3 on block pic.twitter.com/GE7KwiCipH
— Fabio Sossa (@a_e_o_n_) January 19, 2018
— Fabio Sossa (@a_e_o_n_) January 19, 2018
Meaty VT2 after CC sweep
beats wake up 3f
+2 on block pic.twitter.com/qWj5Yy0l3X
— Fabio Sossa (@a_e_o_n_) January 18, 2018
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Sources: VesperArcade; desk; mikesglist; NurseLee; AutoMattock; Apolo Loussalier; Blockstring; GLHFtv; @a_e_o_n_
Team Spooky has uploaded a host of exhibition matches for Dragon Ball FighterZ to their YouTube page, from this event. The matches pit the team against one another as they go head to head for FighterZ superiority! Check out the batch of matches below, and get ready for some pre-release fun!
Dragon Ball FighterZ‘s release is only a few days away. Do you already have your mains picked out? Maybe these exhibition matches will influence your team!
Source: Team Spooky
Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition is out, and every character in the game has gotten extensive balance changes. Not only do players need to know the new adjustments to their own character, they need to know their opponent’s new tools. In light of this, I’m doing a series of videos on ShoryukenTube showing off the most important gameplay adjustments for each character. I’m doing one video a day in this series until I’ve covered all characters!
I’m doing the characters in the order they appear on Capcom’s official patch notes. The order seems to be SFV’s twelve returning characters, the four new characters, the first season of DLC, and then the second season of DLC, in order of release. My first five characters are Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Cammy, and Nash.
In addition to their balance adjustments, each character also received a new selectable V-Trigger. These new V-triggers significantly affect gameplay, and they have a lot of intricacies that are not well defined in the game’s demonstration mode. In light of this, I’m doing a concurrent daily series where I look at each character’s new V-trigger in detail and explain its uses.
I’ll continue with both series every day until I’ve covered all characters, which should take about a month total. Keep an eye out on the ShoryukenTube YouTube channel so you don’t miss out!