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Street Fighter V isn’t without its bugs and glitches, but one that came across our desk today thankfully has a simple explanation.

In a recent video, uploader My Name’s Not Lars shows off what appears to be a glitch involving Chun-Li’s EX Spinning Bird Kick. He explains that, at times, one of the special’s regular variants will come out instead of the EX version, which could make for some rather sticky situations in actual matches if you get the wrong strength.

Fortunately, the move isn’t as broken as it appears. After doing some testing of our own, we realized that this all comes down to charge timing.

According to the official strategy guide, EX Spinning Bird Kick requires five more frames of charge when compared to the light, medium, and heavy versions, meaning that, even if you have the meter, the game will give you a normal variant if you input the motion too early. This allows the move to be charged fast enough to be utilized in combos like st.MP > cr.MK > Spinning Bird Kick.

While likely common knowledge at this point, those of you who were stumped by this issue can move forward knowing that Capcom hasn’t forsaken you.

As one of the first major tournaments he’s attended since winning Evo 2015, Team Black Eye’s Nicolas “Kane Blueriver” Gonazalez had a lot on his plate at Winter Brawl X this past weekend. In addition to “defending” his title, he was also primed to compete in a high-profile exhibition against Panda Global’s Ryan “Filipino Champ” Ramirez.

After the event, Hold Back to Block got a chance to talk to Kane about his experience, which included a loss to Filipino Champ in the exhibition but a first-place finish in the actual tournament. Overall, he mentions being thankful that he got a chance to see how he measured up to a player of Champ’s calibre.

Kane also took some time to talk about Evo 2015 and his reaction to winning. He states that he thought he would feel different, but then realized that it wasn’t so much about winning than it was about moving on and becoming a stronger player.

Of course, this is just part of their discussion, so be sure to check out the entire interview below.

Source: Hold Back to Block, featured image c/o KaboXx