Adjust your collars, boys. It’s time to do some Robert combos in The King of Fighters XIV.
Persona Entertainment‘s latest effort shows both practical damage and ridiculous, impractical entertainment. It’s certainly worth your time to learn the dive kick loops in max mode and 100%s, but you can probably do without the (incredibly swaggy) intentional Ranbu super cross-under whiff. Then again, learning and executing something like this is purely for style- and there’s nothing more in the spirit of Robert Garcia than that.
In Pokkén Tournament DX, few characters have as many moving parts in their combos as Sceptile. Command jump cancels, loops, Just Frames, and Phase point management are all required skills to get the most out of this Grass Gladiator.
While this setup-heavy, trap-chucking Pokémon may not be the most beginner-friendly character, he is a rewarding one. Already a strong tournament pick, Sceptile received a number of buffs and new options in Pokkén Tournament DX that make him downright frightening. WhiteChocolate Pokken‘s launcher guide can give you a good starting point for learning this highly-technical, highly-rewarding powerhouse, but your execution will need to level up with Sceptile for long-term success in tournaments.
Typically when we talk about Mark “BornFree” Sheridan, it’s in the context of his work as one of the FGC’s hardest-working interviewers. Today, though, he’s on the other side of the mic — answering questions as a fighting game player and lifelong Capcom fan.
David Gama of FGC News had BornFree on the latest episode of his FGC podcast, Good Gamer Show, and the two bonded over a forgotten feature of Street Fighter IV: in-game voice chat. This ties in to the larger theme of the entire hour-long show: the community-building aspects of Street Fighter, what’s changed, and what can be improved. With the recent announcement of Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, the two also share their wishlist of modes for the title update.
While most of us express our love for fighting games by playing and competing in them, this certainly isn’t the only way to do so! One dance crew from the Kyrgyz Republic demonstrated another way to do so at Asia’s Got Talent.
The crew, named ADEM, performed while dressed up as Mortal Kombat characters, set to an MK-inspired dubstep mix. The performance was impressive enough that series co-creator Ed Boon from NetherRealm Studios took notice of the crews performance. You can see Ed’s tweet, as well as the actual performance by ADEM, below.
Check out this video of dancers (dressed as Mortal Kombat characters) on the show ASIA's GOT TALENT. Just….Wow.https://t.co/g2KHyThKkK
Mortal Kombat is currently celebrating it’s 25th anniversary, so expect Ed Boon and NetherRealm to highlight more ways fans are celebrating the franchise in the coming weeks.
Following Fire Emblem Saga this weekend, 2GGaming and Esports Arena have announced that the final Saga before the 2GG Championship will be 2GGC: MKLeo Saga. Dedicated to the lion of Mexico and swordsman supreme MVG|FOX|MKLeo, this will be the final chance for someone to break the infamous Saga Curse before this year’s Championship.
With the Curse currently 19-0, having defeated greats like NRG|Nairo and TSM|ZeRo, Leo has the chips stacked against him if he wants to be the man to break the spell. He couldn’t do it at Fire Emblem Saga, so he’ll have to dig deep if he wants to lay the Curse to rest at his own event.
Following Fire Emblem Saga last weekend, where MVG|Salem took the gold against Nairo, the 2GGC Leaderboard has experienced quite the shake-up. Salem surged into second place, bumping Dabuz down to third and 2GG|komorikiri to fourth. Japan tightens its grip on the bottom spots of the top 16 with T, KEN, Shuton and Kirihara holding onto the 12th, 13th, 14th and 16th spots respectively. With big hitters like bc|Mr. R, Ranai and IMT|ANTi currently out of the running for the Championship Finals, expect an influx of players making a pilgrimage to the Esports Arena come November 4th for one last throw of the dice, before the Last Chance Qualifier in December.
UnlimitedBrettWorks (also known as TheBrett) was TO and provided commentary for top 8 of the Gundam VersusAnimEVO tournament, and is one of the most prominent YouTubers for the game. You may remember that he recently put out a very quick primer for the game, with a promise for a more in-depth series to come. Well, here we are!
“Gundam Versus Basics” aims to cover all fundamental information needed to improve in Bandai Namco’s latest entry into their team-based arena fighter series, Gundam Versus. TheBrett intends to roll out all the components of this series quickly, so be sure to subscribe to his channel to keep up with the latest Gundam Versus tech.
SoCal Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite pros Supernoon, Priest, and SackTap stopped by Body Count Fighting‘s studios for their “Hitbox” tutorial series. If you were looking to get into MvC:I and weren’t sure where to begin, you can get decent rundown of most of the cast through their character guides:
Body Count Fighting’s channel plays host to Wednesday Night Fights replays and the “BCF” championship series. You can watch all the players involved in these tutorials over on their channel here.
After an 11-month absence, The Nostalgic Gamer has finally returned with new episodes of his “Meet The Darkstalkers” series. Part of the “Darkstalkers Forever” project, each episode of the series sees The Nostalgic Gamer take an in-depth look at one of the series’ colorful cast members, examining the initial ideas behind their creation and design by the Darkstalkers development team.
The two newest episodes focus on Hutizul — or Phobos in Japan — the robotic protector, and Rikuo, known as Aulbath in Japan, the curiously attractive fishman. Previous episodes have chronicled Morrigan Aensland, Demitri Maximoff, Felicia, Hsien-Ko, B.B. Hood, John Talbain, Anakaris, Lord Raptor, Bishamon, Donnovan & Anita and Victor von Gerdenheim. Since it’s been 20 years since the release of the last mainline game, Darkstalkers 3 or Vampire Savior, these videos serve as a fantastic reminder of the creativity and charm of Street Fighter‘s “sister series,” the legacy of which still lives on to this very day.
For more Darkstalkers history, you can check out The Nostalgic Gamer’s near-hour-long retrospective on the entire series here.
Tekken players are no strangers to high damage combos. It is, in fact, one of the selling points of the series: average combo damage can be 30~50% depending on the starter, which often can be punished for around 15% or so if it’s blocked. People are driven to go for big damage, but risk falling behind for fishing too much with their combo starters.
A more rare- but certainly possible- scenario arises with stage positioning, counter-hits, and rage. Stage awareness and manipulation are fundamental skills for both maximizing damage in Tekken 7 and for creating ridiculous looking combo videos, pushing damage to 90-100% per combo. Exhibit A: Blu3Angels‘s latest combo video features nothing but 100% combos for a large part of the cast, including: Paul, Lucky Chloe, Shaheen, Kuma/Panda, Asuka, Jack-7, Katarina, Akuma, Devil Jin, Claudio, and Jin. It’s a wild ride of execution, creativity, and a high level understanding of how Tekken works.
Earlier this week, five of America’s top Street Fighter V players made the journey to Japan to battle five of the best from the Land of the Rising Sun in a Team Exhibition, hosted by YOUDEAL, in order to determine which country was supreme.
The Teams were as follows:
Team Japan:
Hx.Twitch.CYG BST|Daigo Umehara (Captain)
GRPT|Haitani
GRPT|Fuudo
AW|Nemo
GGP|Kazunoko
Team USA:
Echo Fox|Justin Wong (Captain)
Rise|Smug
CYG BST|PR Balrog
CYG BST|Snake Eyez
SPY|Filipino Champ
A series of five First Round matches were held between each team members, with the winners receiving a “second life” during the Team Battle, meaning they would need to lose twice to be eliminated, while the losers only received a single life for their respective squad.
Results:
Street Fighter V
Team Japan
– GRPT|Haitani (Necalli)
– GRPT|Fuudo (R. Mika)
– Hx.Twitch.CYG BST|Daigo Umehara (Guile)
– AW|Nemo (Urien)
– GGP|Kazunoko (Cammy)
Team USA
– CYG BST|Snake Eyez (Zangief)
– Rise|Smug (Balrog)
– FOX|Justin Wong (Karin)
– SPY|Filipino Champ (Dhalsim)
– CYG BST|PR Balrog (Balrog)
