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Fire Up Your Engines and Go from Zero to Ninety with Fox’s Footstools in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Fox is one of the most technically difficult characters to play in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, and it seems like his strongest proponents are still discovering something awesome for him every month.

NME|Xzax has been hitting the lab, it seems–because he’s put together some insane strings that kick off with Fox’s footstools. And continue with some more footstools. It seems that if you’ve got your head hopping on point, you can do some serious work–most of these combos start at less than 10% and leave your opponent sitting at around 90%. Not bad for a single string.

Just don’t try to use them on Palutena, as Skarfelt proves…

Source: Xzax; Tesla Skarfelt

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Sega Renews Virtua Fighter Trademark

Virtua Fighter is one of the most respected fighting game franchises; even in the West, where its popularity doesn’t match that of other games, the series is still highly respected for its technical depth. Despite this, we haven’t really seen anything new regarding the Virtua Fighter franchise for a long time–outside of character guest-appearances in other games.

That said, it seems that Sega may still have some plans for franchise in the future. According to Trademarkia, the company has recently renewed the trademark for Virtua Fighter.

Now, take note that this doesn’t necessarily mean that a new Virtua Fighter game is coming–companies renew their trademarks all the time, if just to protect them. But it does show that Sega retains enough interest in the franchise to hold on to their trademark for it.

Source: Trademarkia via VFDC

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Check Out This Excerpt from “Metagame”, Travis Beauchamp’s Upcoming Super Smash Bros. Melee Documentary

In addition to filming at the event and hosting his panel at Super Smash Con this weekend, Travis “Samox” Beauchamp–director of the Super Smash Bros. Melee documentary “The Smash Brothers”–has provided us an excerpt from his follow-up project “Metagame”. The clip is now available to view through his Twitter feed, or directly on YouTube at East Point Pictures.

The excerpt opens with discussion of 2008’s Pound 3 event, thought by some to be the “last big Melee tournament” due to Super Smash Bros. Brawl’s release (how wrong they were!), and showcases Mango’s fierce battle through Pound 3’s Losers bracket.

Sources: Travis Beauchamp (Twitter); EastPointPictures