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For four weeks, Hyounoo “DrakeFang” Sung has run a tournament series at Korea’s well-known Street Fighter stomping grounds–ArcadeStream. The series acted as a qualifier, with the top two of each week qualifying for the final top 8. While the proceeds of the ₩10,000 went to charity, the final event itself has something extremely coveted by its participants.

DrakeFang is offering a limited edition Evolution 2016-themed Madcatz Touranment Edition 2 fightstick to the 1st place winner in the winner take all grand finals. Many of ArcadeStream’s mainstays, and some of Korea’s best players, have taken part in the series to get this gem–numbered 27 out of the 30 in existence. Here is the list of the players participating in the finals, to be held on Saturday, September 10th at 5PM KST (1AM PST):

• [TAS] ROF (Birdie -Australia)
• [TAS] zZInsaneZz (R. Mika – Brazil)
• it_g_ma_yo (Rashid – Korea)
• diabloDOC (Ryu – Korea)
• nakodid (M. Bison – Korea)
• BreastPantyHip (R. Mika – Korea)
• crazyforsf (Dhalsim – Korea)
• Dunhill (Karin – Korea)

Tune in to ArcadeStream’s Twitch channel to watch the finals live from Seoul!

Source: ArcadeStream

It was quite a while ago that Team SoloMid’s ZeRo started his own personal Super Smash Bros. for Wii U tier list–back in June, in fact–weighing in on how he felt the roster stacked up after the 1.1.6 patch based on his own admittedly subjective experience and observations. He originally began from the top down; after neglecting to continue his list for a while, he recently resumed a revised version from the bottom up–and that list has now been completed.

We recently reported on his new bottom and low and mid and upper tiers; to finish it all off, here are his high and top tier videos:

Since first starting this list, it seems ZeRo’s had a change of heart on a few fighters: no longer as confident in Ryu, ZeRo has moved the wandering warrior down while bumping up Sonic and–to the surprise of many players–now claims Rosalina & Luma belong in the number one spot. Midgar’s Cloud fell in ZeRo’s esteem all the way from #2 to #6, while mainstay Fox climbed a bit–even Bayonetta got a post-nerf boost.

The list is complete, but the debates will undoubtedly continue.

Source: ZeRo

Back in 2000, Japanese developer Psikyo released a multi-directional twitch arcade shooter known as Cannon Spike, or Gun Spike in Japan, named after Cammy’s trademark Special Move. It was later released by Capcom that same year for the Sega Dreamcast. The title allowed you to control fan-favorite Capcom characters, such as Arthur, Cammy (whose SFV outfit is based off of this game’s design), Nash, B.B Hood and Mega Man, as you blasted through multiple Capcom-themed stages. Recently, the CFN Portal decided to spotlight the two original characters in the game, Shiba and Simone.

Today we have the mysterious young man Shiba. He seems to be cooperating with Delta Red, the British Special Forces group to which Cammy belongs. Basically, he’s an enemy of Shadaloo.

Basic Info:

Name: Shiba
Height: 171cm
Weight: 59kg
Blood type: A
Birthday: May 3
Home Country: Japan
Likes: Skateboard, Ramen
Dislikes: Dark Places, Rain

A former skateboarding world champion. He hates evil since he was involved in a terrorist attack, and he is currently cooperating with Delta Red. He uses a hoverboard, invented by Ginzu. He’s followed by a support robot named Akabi that subjugates mobs and insurgencies by spitting flames from its mouth. Shiba seems to be acquainted with Nash, but when and where they met is unknown.

Next up, we have the second original character from Cannon Spike, Simone! A nasty, bothersome mercenary who aids Delta Red, like the previously introduced youth Shiba. She wields a powerful samurai sword!

Basic Info:

Name: Simone
Height: 172cm
Weight: 78kg
Blood type: AB
Birthday: Unknown
Home Country: France
Likes: Zen Meditation
Dislikes: Noisy Places

She performs her assignments with her samurai sword in hand. She’s also excellent at handling firearms. She prefers high-caliber Magnum automatic handguns. Furthermore, she knows Kenpō, and part of her body is cybernetic. Her Special Move is “Kattōha,” (“Sliding Blade Wave”) a, iaido sword draw. She can do aerial throws too!

For more from the CFN Portal site, check out our recent entries on the original characters in Chun-Li’s Pachislot game “Chun-Li Leaves China” here.

Source: CFN Portal