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In his latest video, VesperArcade takes a look at characters he believes could be “secret” top tiers following Street Fighter V’s impending March balance update. He feels these five characters–if left untouched, or buffed–will rise to the top, if Capcom nerfs the current top tiers.

He begins with Ibuki: the plucky ninja received an extra 50 health, had her Dash sped up to 16 frames to improve her pressure, as well as her massively improved St. MK, which gives her safe Critical Art confirms and new pressure options with shimmies and EX Kunai. Her Crush Counter St. HK also gives her full combos, due to increased hitstun. In a “bold prediction,” he believes Ken to be the strongest Shoto, despite the nerfs to EX Tatsu. He’s still armed with throw loops, high damage and corner carry off of stray hits, as well as a new Cr.MK link into Critical Art and better overhead conversions on crouching opponents with Thunder Kick. For his third pick, Vesper couldn’t decide between Karin or Rashid, citing recent competitive success from the likes of ANBU|Punk, John Takeuchi and Mago. For his final pick, he looks at Zangief: with many Japanese players now considering him to be one of the strongest in the game, citing Detonation Gaming’s Itabashi Zangief making it to the Final Stage Group of TOPNAGA League 6.

Check the video below for more details–as well as reasons why Necalli and Akuma didn’t make the list.

You can also take a look at which fighters Vesper thinks should be nerfed, and who should be buffed.

Source: VesperArcade

While Game Developers’ Conference typically focuses on the business and technology of creating games, a surprise announcement for consumers occasionally surfaces. NetherRealm Studios Senior Producer Erin Piepergerdes took to the stage yesterday to present a mobile version of their upcoming superhero fighter, Injustice 2.

The fights take a 3v3 format, and look faithfully recreated from the console version thanks to Unreal Engine 4 support. Similar to the full game, the mobile version will also have equippable gear that changes the base statistics and abilities of every character. Playing the game unlocks more items to further customize the fighters and improve their strength. The footage below shows off a first look at Scarecrow’s super move.

Check out the image gallery–as well as the GDC presentation video–for a closer look at the Injustice 2 mobile game. The company didn’t specify which platforms will host superhero battles nor give a release date other than it’s “coming soon.”

[Editor’s note: as revealed previously by Maximilian, some players/regions seemingly have access to a version of this mobile game already, which provided the leak on the probable existence of Scarecrow, Green Lantern and (since confirmed) Cyborg in the console title.]

Sources: Injustice 2; Google Developers