Dark Phoenix has cast a spectre over the Marvel vs. Capcom 3 series since the game’s launch; while she was adjusted in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, players such as Splyce|Filipino Champ, RyanLV, Noel Brown, and Neo have continued to show how Dark Phoenix remains a threat.
With Dark Phoenix continuing to be dangerous, players have come up with all sorts of ways to counter her. This new method, however, may be the most unique. Finisher of war has discovered a glitch using Firebrand that keep Phoenix from going Dark when she revives.
The glitch involves using a move or assist, such as Viewtiful Joe’s “Shocking Pink” bomb that damages both Firebrand and Phoenix, while killing the latter. Instead of Phoenix reviving as Dark Phoenix however, she instead simply gets all her life back, while losing the 5 bars of meter she would have used to activate the Dark Phoenix state.
You can see the glitch in action in the video below. Currently, it seems to work only with Firebrand; whether or not other characters can trigger it is–as of yet–unknown.
Namco Sugamo is an arcade in Tokyo, famous for its Tekken Museum. Its close ties to the Tekken scene–and Bandai Namco in general–often allow it to serve as the backdrop of many of Namco’s big fighting game announcements. It has played host to the Mastercup series, Tekken Global qualifying events, and more throughout the years. This place hasn’t just seen Tekken, it is Tekken.
Namco Sugamo just held a 3v3 tourney, with 19 teams comprised of some of the strongest talent Japan has to offer. A wide variety of characters are on display here, from Josie to Yoshi, and the action is as strong as ever.
You can check out the bracket for the event, and all the players that attended, here.
As if Diddy needs to be any stronger. Created by Super Smash Bros. for Wii U player Ge0 and popularized by Zinoto, the Ge0 combo is a potential 0 to death combo with Diddy Kong, which uses multiple footstools, neutral and down airs to rack up damage, before dunking your opponent into the abyss. Looking to optimize and find possible escapes for this devastating combo, the Beefy Smash Doods have gone into the lab to further investigate the Ge0 combo.
While it looks flashy and is certainly devastating when optimized properly, the Ge0 combo is not a guaranteed kill by any means. Gravity, weight and fall speed massively factor into combo follow ups and when you combine Rage and move stalling, it becomes a huge guessing game as to what follow ups you can use. Luckily, the Beefy Smash Doods go through their current combo optimizations to show you what works on a variety of characters.
The main things to note is that the Ge0 combo is much harder to hit on fastfallers and that floatier characters must be at low percent for the combo to work. Get practicing and see how powerful the Ge0 combo can be.
Recently, Ace Kombat conducted a series of experiments to test the limits of Street Fighter V’s online play between the PlayStation 4 and PC versions. Setting a PS3 HORI Fighting Stick 3’s Turbo function to continuously mash the Start button, he displays that this creates a timing discrepancy during an online match between the PS4 Pro and PC versions of the game, which can lead to major rollbacks and issues with background elements, due to the PS4 version falling behind as the two attempt to resync with each other. He details the process in the video description.
“In the left side of the screen (PS4 Pro), the PS3 Hori stick has a turbo option set specifically for the start button, set on and off throughout the video. When it flashes green, Start with turbo function is activated. What the video details is that the PS4 Pro side of the screen will experience no negative results by applying the turbo function to the start button on the PS3 Hori stick. The PC side, while experiencing one-sided rollback by being too “ahead” from the PS4 time-sync, is experiencing dramatic rollback effects by the rapid presses of the start button from the PS4 Pro side. This, therefore, induces the effect of one-sided rollback to the PC user. The same could theoretically be applied to a PC VS PC scenario, depending on the specs of the individual PC systems. As [an] added note, mashed inputs will promote rollback activity if both systems are not synced properly.”
In a second experiment, Ace consistently causes a lag spike by plugging a cell phone charger into the PlayStation 4. In the comments, Kombat notes that he’s tested this with King Of Fighters XIV, using a legacy controller, with no noticeable lag spike occurring, and that “you can plug/unplug a PS3 stick and you will get the same results as in this video, just no phone involved.”
“The actual presentation of a live match couldn’t be interpreted, since it was a one-person task,” explains Ace. “What I can say is that the signs present is an indication that time-sync is off, and that having mashed inputs through the PS4 end will give a different, negative experience to the PC user.” You can view both videos below.
Balrog and Alex are now susceptible to combos such as Laura’s Step Elbow Linked into St.HP into EX Thunder Clap, which would previously whiff on them, due to the shorter hurtboxes.
Before the Kolin build, Laura's 6HP>HP into EX Clap worked on everyone except Boxer and Alex.
Chun-Li can now no longer low profile certain blockstrings, such as the Ryu one shown here. However, Javits notes that some blockstrings that work on the entire roster will still whiff on a crouching Chun.
Before the Kolin build, this blockstring (and many other similar blockstrings) worked on everyone in SF5 except Chun-Li
With this information, these changes can be looked at less as “nerfs” and moreso as “standardizations” of character hurtboxes. We will have full confirmation when Street Fighter V’s next big balance patches releases later this month.
As reported in August of last year, Robo-Fortune received the ability to shoot lasers from her body as part of her Skullgirls: 2nd Encore zoning buffs. In the most recent installment of his weekly “Tuestorial” series, YouTuber Mr Peck zeroes in on her new long-range ability to explore its different variations and technical properties.
Hitboxes and inputs are put on display for study purposes and they are much needed given the many variations of Robo-Fortune’s beams. There is also some quick coverage of her Detonation Mode and Catastrophe Cannon that can be used in conjunction with your newfound zoning knowledge. Whether you have a Robo-Fortune in your team or are just trying to close the gap to shut her down, there is much to take away from this quick and useful clip.
Our next pair of CFN Profiles take us back to 1999’s Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, as we look at a pair of CIA agents who can be seen in Q’s ending, searching for any connection between all of his mysterious appearances: David Spender and Gillian Leigh.
As any fan of the show will notice when looking at their stats, these two were meant to be homages to the lead characters of The X-Files, Fox Mulder and Dana Scully–portrayed by actors David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson–who investigated unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. As always, Private Nakagawa returns to relate Shadaloo’s information on this pair.
Private Nakagawa: “An investigator working for the C.I.A. In charge of difficult cases together with his partner Gillian He’s a realist man, who doesn’t believe in supernatural and bizarre phenomena. [This is inverted from the original X-Files situation, where the “realist” was Dana Scully.]
Basic Info:
Name: David Spender [We all know “David” comes from the name of the actor David Duchovny. “Spender” was also the real surname of the Cigarette Smoking Man… who was Fox Mulder’s biological father, indeed.]
Height: 183 cm [Roughly the same height and weight David Duchovny was while acting as Fox Mulder]
Weight: 72 kg
Blood type: A
Birthday: October 13th [Also Fox Mulder’s birthday.]
Home Country: USA
Likes: Basketball [As did Fox Mulder, who was apparently a Brooklyn Nets fan.]
Dislikes: Insects [As did Fox Mulder.]
Private Nakagawa: “He has great confidence in himself, and is a distinguished agent with great acumen and intuition. Outside of work, he’s an unexpectedly frivolous person. He loves basketball, and has a mountain of his beloved home town’s team goods scattered across his desk.”
Next up is his partner, Gillian Leigh. The original name is written ジュリアン Jurian, not ジュリアナ Juriana, and Gillian Anderson’s first name is consistently transcribed ジリアン Jirian in Japanese… except they often miswrite it as ジュリアン Jurian, indeed. Jurian would be better suited as a rendition of Julianne, but it’s apparent they actually wanted to use Gillian Anderson’s name.
Private Nakagawa: “An investigator working for the C.I.A.in charge of difficult cases together with her partner David. Actively believes in supernatural and bizarre phenomena. [This is inverted from the original X-Files situation, where the “believer” one was Fox Mulder.] Loves occult and UFO stuff.
Basic Info:
Name: Gillian Leigh [That’s the definitive proof they wanted to use Gillian: “Leigh” is Anderson’s actual middle name. As “Leigh” is pronounced exactly as “Lee”, the Japanese transcribe it as リー Rī, accordingly.]
Height: 167 cm [Definitely taller than Dana, though…]
Weight: She won’t tell it
Blood type: B
Birthday: August 9th [Also Gillian Anderson’s birthday. For David they took the character’s date, here they took the actress’.]
Home Country: USA
Favorite things: Japanese Anime [Maybe a reference to the time Gillian Anderson dubbed Maro’s character in the English version of Hayao Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke?]
Dislikes: Lack of Sleep [Gillian Anderson notoriously suffered from severe sleep deprivation while acting in the first season of X-Files.]
Private Nakagawa: “An investigator in charge of occult and strange cases. In her childhood, she happened to experience an encounter with “a strange living being, pure white, who could change its appearance. She possesses a deep knowledge of cryptids and monsters. She’s a beauty, but everyone thinks of her as ‘a bit strange.’ Has a tremendous passion in her work and often argues with her colleague David.”
You can see the two of them, along with their boss–C.I.A. Public Relations Manager Richard Burgman–in Q’s ending, where he orders David and Gilliana to start an investigation on Q immediately.
If you’re looking for more CFN Portal profiles, you can check out Kyle, Yuriko Hibiki and Captain Sawada here.
Zangief’s Spinning Pile Driver can be very devastating when it connects in Street Fighter V. It is one the greatest assets in Zangief’s whiff punish game. However, it is about become even more powerful.
It has now been discovered that the EX version of Spinning Pile Driver can interrupt certain block strings. If you perform a reversal EX SPD on a block string with a three frame gap, it will cause the next move to whiff and Zangief will react with a SPD for your opponent’s troubles.
Here is an example on Karin with her crouching strong, standing strong blockstring. This stuffs all of her options outside of crouching strong, crouching forward.
Another example involves Akuma’s crouching fierce, crouching strong block string. It is also noted that if you activate V-Trigger, it also causes the second move to whiff.
Ryan “Filipino Champ” Ramirez is becoming sort of a vagabond in the fighting game community. Having spent the last year with Panda Global, he has now moved on to Splyce–a team linked with the NHL’s Boston Bruins.
When he sat down to talk to Michael Martin on the most recent episode of Conversations and Fireballs, he talked about the change, citing the fact that he was the only Street Fighter player on Panda Global as one of the reasons for his exit from the team. He also talks in great detail about his preference for mid-ranked seeding in tournaments. He states that being in the middle of the pack gives you a great advantage as a player, as you will theoretically know who you are playing well in advance.
Stuntman, actor and martial artist Eric Jacobus has become known for re-enacting the more practical movesets of various fighting game characters in real life. In the latest installment of his “Real-Life Tekken” series, he takes on the attacks of the Spanish brawler Miguel Caballero Rojo.
Utilizing various props and bags, he emulates various attacks and strings from the character’s arsenal with extreme efficiency and masterful style, while the in-game version from Tekken Tag Tournament 2 plays alongside him for comparison. He breaks down Miguel’s style as “less martial arts than a mixture of brawling and tequila. Lots of hook punches, fakes, low kicks and beatdowns. It’s borderline practical!” These attacks might even come in handy if you need to really fight dirty in your next street brawl.
He’s also completed movesets for Hot Ryu, Devil Jin and Balrog recently. You can catch the full video below.
