Fire Emblem Tactician Robin comes with one of the widest toolkits in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. This is primarily thanks to his multiple magic-spitting tomes — and with such a wide arsenal, comes an even wider array of ways to use these spells on the battlefield.
In the playlist above, you’ll find the “1-Minute Tech” series produced by Mad Ice King. These videos quickly condense complicated topics — such as Robin’s Elwind Cancels and Instant Tome Pickups — so that you can become a fearsome Grandmaster with one of Smash’s most unique characters.
With a new balance patch out, people are scrambling to see what new things can be done in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition. One such person is combo genius desk, who’s compiled his findings in a new combo video.
In the video below, desk implements a number of the new things that some of the cast has been given in Season 4 of Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition. This includes things such as Balrog’s new cancels, Chun Li’s new V-Skill follow up, and more. The highlight however has to be the first combo, a 30-second-long one that he pulls off with Guile on Abigail. Check out the video below.
Following the conclusion of this year’s Capcom Pro Tour, Capcom has released Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition’s newest character, “Kage,” along with a balance patch to give each character some new bells and whistles. This patch changes every character and addresses some of the most common complaints about Season 3 and 3.5. By popular demand, I’m continuing my series on ShoryukenTube where I analyze the Season 4 patch notes and describe how the changes will affect each character’s combos and playstyle going forward. While it’s critical to know your own character’s balance adjustments, you also benefit from knowing your opponent’s options against you.
This time, I’ve made videos describing the most important changes for Zangief, Dhalsim, Rashid, Laura, and Necalli:
If you missed my previous videos, check them out here:
I’ll be working my way through the roster in the same order as the in-game character list, so next time I hope to cover Necalli, Alex, Guile, Ibuki, and Balrog. Remember to subscribe to the ShoryukenTube YouTube channel so you don’t miss out!
Nexon has sent out a 3 minute teaser trailer for an upcoming “online 3D action RPG” called “Project BBQ”. The game is being built by Neople using the Unreal Engine 4. The developers should sound familiar as Neople is the same studio behind the wildly popular Dungeon Fighter Online. The video shows off a number of environments, “character’s skills and battle sequences”. You can’t miss the DFO feel coming from what is shown.
Ivy has always been difficult to deal with in SoulCalibur. Her ranged game coupled with her grabs make her even more dangerous in SoulCalibur VI, and this video makes it look even crazier.
Not only does Telethon show grab setups off of hits with some of her best buttons, but he also discusses how to mix up your grabs with other follow-up buttons to keep your opponents guessing on whether to tech the throw or not. It becomes a difficult situation given either way you go, you are going to get a large amount of damage if they guess wrong.
Some of the most wild tech from the Smash community in the past came from My Smash Corner, who has, up until now, been largely silent on Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. As it turns out, they were just preparing a video on a game-changing mechanic: Attack Canceling.
Smash Ultimate allows you to cancel the startup of dash attacks, jabs, and other moves with a jump during their startup. This quirk allows players to get access to safer types of aerial attacks, instant b-airs, and for Rosalina players, a brand new combo tool. Check out the video above and get into training mode: If you play Ultimate, you’ll want to know how to do this.
Is NieR: Automata‘s 2B your entry into the SoulCalibur VI universe? If so, you may want to pick up some quick and effective combos her. That’s where Sleepy Justin‘s combo primer will help you out:
No one will ever accuse 2B, your’s or anyone else’s, of having low damage output. This character was built to be easy to play and terrifying to fight: so hit training mode and analyze along with the above to get the most out of your stance conversions and whiff punishes.
Popular fighting game streamer and content creator Maximilian has addressed the issues surrounding Dragon Ball FighterZ’s current licensing debacle, hoping for a brighter future in light of Toei’s probable restrictions.
Max uploaded a video to YouTube on December 22 speaking out on the matter, noting that the game has been pulled from major tournaments such as DreamHack Atlanta and Anime Ascension, and is not making an appearance at the next Evo Japan. Max went on to speculate that developers ArcSys and publishers Bandai Namco were unlikely to have anything to do with the restrictions, citing Toei’s noted history of being “difficult to work with” as a likely culprit.
Despite the community’s concern during what Max called the “worst case scenario” for competitive players, he hopes for an eventual change of pace, calling back to Nintendo’s cease and desist order toward the Evolution Championship Series in 2013 in regards to Melee.
“It worked itself out, and I can only hope that’s what happens now because I feel bad for Bandai Namco,” Max said of the matter. “They’ve put a lot of time into making Dragon Ball a big, competitive thing.”
Max likewise hopes for a change to the game’s overall composition for the upcoming announcement at Jump Festa 2019, calling for a big tweak to its superdash mechanic among predictions for new characters.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Dragonball FighterZ will no longer be run at Anime Ascension. We’re sorry for the inconvenience/disappointment! Please stay tuned for future announcements. pic.twitter.com/lLsUxQKicx
Dragon Ball FighterZ has been at the center of controversy since its cancellation from DreamHack Atlanta in November of 2018. Since then, the game has been pulled from SoCal’s Anime Ascension tournament due to what organizers referred to as “unforeseen circumstances,” leaving players to cancel their flights and refund their registration fees.
With the game not making an appearance at the upcoming Evo Japan despite being a massively popular fighting game title, the FGC is at odds with Toei’s alleged licensing restrictions, calling for big changes to the company’s current agenda; although the reasons for why the game is being pulled from these esports events — and if it is indeed Toei responsible — are still unconfirmed.
Following the conclusion of the year 2018 Capcom Pro Tour, Capcom has released Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition’s newest character, “Kage,” along with a balance patch to give each character some new bells and whistles. This patch changes every character and addresses some of the most common complaints about Season 3 and 3.5. By popular demand, I’m continuing my series on ShoryukenTube wherein I analyze the Season 4 patch notes and describe how the changes will affect each character’s combos and playstyle going forward. While it’s critical to know your own character’s balance adjustments, you also benefit from knowing your opponent’s options against you.
This time, I’ve made videos describing the most important changes for M. Bison, Vega, Birdie, Karin, and Rainbow Mika:
If you missed my previous videos, check them out here:
I’ll be working my way through the roster in the same order as the in-game character list, so next time I hope to cover Zangief, Dhalsim, Rashid, Laura, and F.A.N.G. Remember to subscribe to the ShoryukenTube YouTube channel so you don’t miss out!
World-famous Mikado Arcade is back with two more tournament VODs featuring high-level Japanese play in a variety of classic arcade titles!
This week’s tournaments include the indie footsie-focused fighter Koihime Enbu -RyoRaiRai-. Coincidentally, this game is on sale right now on Steam for the holidays… in case, you know, you enjoy the tournament footage.
The other entry today is Street Fighter EX2+. If you’re excited for the new Fighting EX Layer characters Area and Sharon but have never played as them, both are represented in today’s footage!
You can follow the action of SFC12 by subscribing to Mikado’s official YouTube channel. For the night owls in the US, you can even try to catch them when they livestream.
