Touhou is a long running, difficult to obtain, cult-classic series of 2D bullet hell shoot-’em-up games and fighting games. If you were in the corner of the FGC that (likely pirated) and played Immaterial and Missing Power in 2004, congratulations: you’ve officially lived to see an easily-obtainable Touhou fighting game for the PC. Today, Team Shanghai Alice’s Touhou 15.5~ Antinomy of Common Flowers (東方憑依華) is officially released on Steam, and you can check out its Steam page here.
AoCF is a one-on-one aerial fighter with no ground combat, similar in vein to its free-flying predecessors Urban Legend in Limbo and Hopeless Masquerade. Heavily influenced by their bullet-hell roots, these games feature a unique movement system and projectile nullifying technique called “Grazing.” You can read more about these mechanics here.
This game, like every Touhou game before it, has no official English language support — for the moment. The developers have stated that AoCF’s future updates will be in English, making it the first official game to have an official translation.
The second fighter of Fighter Pack 3, the villainous Enchantress joins the Injustice 2 roster on January 9th — if you own the Ultimate Edition, Ultimates Pack or Fighter Pack 3. A short-lived member of the Suicide Squad, June Moone desperately tries to keep Enchantress’ desire for world domination in check, while still utilizing her immense magical powers.
Enchantress is quite a unique character, being half zoner and another half counter character. Taking elements from Mortal Kombat sorcerers Quan Chi, Shang Tsung and Ermac — as well Injustice’s Zatanna — Enchantress excels at shutting down her opponent’s options with counters, traps and a magic shield which reflects back projectiles.
Enchantress can also summon a zombie which lurches towards her opponent, along with a giant demon fist through special portals. If you’re a player who enjoys turning your enemy’s tools against them, Enchantress is the demoness for you.
Now we just have to wait for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to sewer surf their way into Injustice 2!
Capcom has released a brand new trailer for Monster Hunter World to introduce the first post-launch content with Elder Dragons. “There are plans for post-launch support of MHW with regular content updates, as well as major title updates for free”.
The Tekken series has always been known for extravagantly long juggle combos. But, it wasn’t until the addition of Street Fighter V‘s Akuma and Fatal Fury‘s Geese Howard (along with Tekken’s own Eliza) that expendable resources were used to start, and continue, these combos. This comes in the form of a 2D-genre-inspired “Super Meter,” appropriately so considering the source of these two fighting game icons.
HapkidoRed‘s latest combo video shows off some freestyle juggles for the previously-mentioned fan-favorite crossover villains. This is a direct extension of his initial exploration of these characters, and a great example of why meter-using characters are and must be polarized in their options. It’s easy to forget this when you see the life-bar breaking combos from the meter-users, but their damage output and options are much lower without these mechanics. It’s a new way to approach character design and balance in Tekken’s ecosystem, and given the response and frequency of Akuma/Geese combo video submissions here at SRK, it’s one that players respond positively towards!
A fighting game that’s based on a existing pop culture franchise has the advantage of being able to pull in players from beyond the typical fighting game fandom. Such is the case with Dragon Ball FighterZ, and to help show this, Bandai Namco Games’s latest promotional video for the game features a group of people you might not necessarily associate with the genre: the Green Bay Packers.
Bandai Namco Games took a pre-release build of Dragon Ball FighterZ to the Green Bay Packers, letting some of their players — who also happened to be Dragon Ball fans — try it out. Players such as defensive tackle Mike Daniels, quarterback Brett Hundley, linebacker Chris Odom, offensive guard Justin McCray, and others not only get a chance to play the game, but also talk about their history and love for the Dragon Ball franchise, and why they’re excited for the game.
Check out the video below:
Dragon Ball FighterZ hits PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on January 26 in the West, and February 1 in Japan. Before that, interested players can try it during its open beta from January 14 to 15.
If you missed the live stream of Daigo Umehara’s first-to-ten exhibition event Kemonomichi, BeasTV has got you covered, of course. You can relive these intense battles — or catch them for the first time — in the event VODs below!
In these exhibition matches, you’ll see Aniken take on Kotaka Shouten in Super Street Fighter II X: Grand Master Battle (better known to us as Super Street Fighter II Turbo); Ogawa versus Machabo in Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2; and Ohnuki’s Chun-Li facing off against Deshiken’s Ken in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike. These are fights that should not be missed.
Captain Ginyu is quite the bizarre character in Dragon Ball FighterZ… having only one unique special on his own, he relies on the rest of the Ginyu Force to do his bidding.
Maximilian sat down to break down the character in a recent video, and explained that the Ginyu Force acts much like Teddie in Persona 4 Arena, where each character is cycled through on a set pattern. However, you have access to two separate moves per character, which makes things more interesting. Also, he talks about his game-changing body swap, which allows him to switch sides with your opponent’s onscreen character. This gives the Ginyu player access to the character swapped with, and their entire moveset — but only allows the unfortunate opponent access to Captain Ginyu and his single special.
We’re now less than two weeks away from the dawn of a new era (for SFV, at least!) with Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, and VesperArcade continues his analysis videos covering each character’s new V-Triggers and reported balance changes — while we await Capcom’s release of the full changelog. This time, Vesper examines “The Soul Consuming Darkness”: Necalli.
Given that his V-Trigger, Torrent of Power, is arguably one of the most unique — and most powerful — in the entirety of the game, and the title’s only “permanent” Trigger (providing the ancient warrior with a multitude of passive buffs in exchange for merely being locked out of his V-Reversal for the remainder of the round), many were curious about how they would top this with anything close to an enticing alternative.
Fortunately for him, Capcom decided to merely give Necalli access to a pair of new specials tied to his Trigger choice, as opposed to altering or forcing him to give up his powerful transformation. TOP will now grant him access to a new attack known as Clouded Mirror, which can be charged by holding down the heavy buttons to increase the length of his new forward leap — which appears to serve as a way to avoid projectiles, bait throws, and further close the gap on his foes, something that has proved problematic for him in certain match-ups.
His new V-Trigger, Explosion of Power, replaces Clouded Mirror with another new attack, the Heart of Gold, which sees Necalli spit out a short-range fireball that hits five times and is plus on block — seemingly compensating the spirit-consumer for the upcoming loss of his throw loops and knockdown advantage following forward dashes in Season 3. You can see the full video below for more details, and visual demonstrations.
You can find links to Vesper’s previous AE coverage at the following Links:
Over the course of the run he takes on Nash, Helen (Kolin in her default attire, without a character portrait), Urien (in both his default and “Easter Egg” attires), Kolin (in her Nostalgic Costume) and… Gill (who, despite currently using Urien’s voice clips and possibly his moveset, lacks a character portrait, and appears to be the model seen in the post-credits stinger of A Shadow Falls, not Urien’s 2017 Halloween costume designed to resemble his brother… though it could just be a Urien utilizing Extra Battle-exclusive abilities to simulate a clash against the President). Also surprisingly, X-Kira utilizes Decapre inside the Underground Arena, perhaps suggesting that the Shadaloo Dolls may be playable in this mode once it becomes available.
X-Kira also mentions that there are at least nine paths to Boss Rush, with the first being against Shadaloo, the second being this one against the Illuminati, a third featuring S.I.N., a fourth going up against Neo Shadaloo, a 6th where we’ll battle civilians (likely including Brazilian police officer Peter…), and a seventh path where we’ll face off with members of Mad Gear, which in-game notably only includes Abigail, for the moment. The contents of the fifth, eighth and ninth paths are currently unknown.
On the subject of Gill’s appearance, X-Kira noted the following: “The script calls the character Gill, but I did a patch to complete the mode. I do not think it’s just a reskin, however the mode leaves Urien reskin naked too, it means Gill will have clothes like Urien and will have the Easter Egg naked…”
Lastly, X-Kira posted a second video showing what appears to be a slot for an eventual Character Story for Gill, appearing in the spot directly underneath Menat’s, after Zeku’s. Though this spot will obviously go to Sakura once AE is officially released, Gill’s tab could certainly be moved into another row when/if it releases. Perhaps these are two indicators that the cult leader could be making an appearance in Season 3, either as part of the rumored second Cinematic Story Mode, or as a Secret Boss in the Street Fighter III Arcade Ladder? You can see both videos below.
JusticeSoulTuna wasn’t the only YouTuber to send off 2017 with a multi-game combo video; Doopliss was sure to offer one as well, and the variety of titles showcased in this video is impressive in itself. Doopliss’ send-off features Street Fighter V (starring Abigail and Zeku!), Tekken 7 (with some violence provided by Paul), as well as Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite; BlazBlue: Central Fiction; The King of Fighters XIV; SoulCalibur V; JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle; Fantasy Strike, and… The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild…?
