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As the collective anime fighting game community hypes themselves up over BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle, it’s always good to remember that you can reference (most) of these characters in their original series. Ragna Daimond‘s examination of Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st]‘s Gordeau is particularly timely, then, considering the scythe-wielders recent reveal announcement for ArcSys’ cross-over fighter.

Under Night In-Birth‘s giant normals and Gordeau’s combination of command grabs and slides will certainly make him stand out in BBxTB. While the west is still waiting patiently for UNIST release date, there’s still plenty of footage you can check out from the many UNIST events run in Japan, if you don’t have a Japanese PSN account to try UNIST on.

Source: Ragna Daimond

In Street Fighter V, Young Zeku’s target combo “Bushin Gokusanage” (LP, MP, HP, D+HK) is a three-punch string into a flipping attack-throw. Since this target combo switches sides on hit, it’s also a very quick way to get out of the corner and turn the tide in your favor.

Since the attack-throw portion of the target combo has a throw’s knockdown properties, the opponent is limited in how they can get up off the ground. NurseLee ran with this to come up with some safe wake-up pressure and a throw/medium kick mix-up off of a no-recovery wake-up. A lot of the tech we’ve had submitted here at SRK has so far focused on Old Zeku, but as you can see, Zeku’s got great knockdown pressure no matter what stance he takes!

Source: NurseLee

With Dragon Ball FighterZ‘s release just a couple of months away, Bandai Namco is naturally starting to ramp up the promotion for the game. As part of this, they’re starting to advertise the game on television in Japan.

The company has thus released their first television commercial for Dragon Ball FighterZ. While the video — which was aired as part of the recent episode of Dragon Ball Super — doesn’t give out any new details, it does showcase the action well from this already impressive-looking title.

Check out the TV spot below:

Source: Bandai Namco

Ignoring for a second where your opinion may stand on Tekken 7‘s Lucky Chloe as a character, there’s an undeniable fact about the official mascot of G Corp — she hits like a truck.

Whatever weaknesses the acrobatic idol may have in neutral and punishment, she makes up for in absurd damage potential. This is true of both her normal bread and butter combos, and of the flashy juggles put together here by Japanese player KYSG. Regardless of whether you stick to the standard DF+1 filler or go for a more stylish dance, make sure you’re always cashing out your conversions for the highest damage you can perform.

Source: @realKYSG

Mismagius is an odd support in Pokkén Tournament DX. It’s great for a brief lock-down and chip damage, but its slow summon time makes it to vulnerable outside of specific knockdown setups. It also goes away very quickly once your opponent blocks it — assuming, of course, you don’t manipulate the situation.

Because you can push your opponent’s hurtbox with forward momentum, you can create situations where Mismagius “follows” you, causing one of its many hits to stagger one at a time. This completely prevents your opponent from escaping as long as you know how to “fill the gaps” of Mismagius’s hits, and allows potential guard break setups as well, depending upon your character.

Source: Ouroboro DFGaren

Did you find yourself inspired by Blackbeard’s performance at Tekken World Tour Finals? If watching his performance made you want to pick up Josie, then you have a little bit of studying to do: Josie is a stance character!

Continuing his comprehensive Josie tutorial series, BemaniAK‘s “Stance Mixup” guide covers how to use each of Josie’s stance transitions into Switch Stance, Crouch Dash, and Sway Back, then apply them once you’re there. Each stance’s options has varying levels of practicality and purpose, giving you a versatile toolkit versus every type of opponent.

Source: BemaniAK