Welcome to the Rollback: a frame-by-frame look back at our past week’s most notable news — and our favorite SRK articles — from December 14 to December 20, 2018!
Zavian “mushin_Z” Sildra, Editor-in-Chief:
Kage is the first new character for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition’s fourth season and is available nowBasically, this is how you put Evil Ryu in a game whose main storyline is about Ryu getting over all this Satsui no Hado stuff.
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The patch notes for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition’s latest patch are now available
The Season 4 changes are extensive, but only time will tell if they are actually balanced.
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate glitch allows Isabelle to fill the screen with assist trophies
My favorite kind of glitch: ridiculously funny in action.
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Rising Up: Season 4 — Important changes for Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Cammy, and Nash
Bafael breaks down the Season 4 changes visually, so you don’t have to wonder about what they actually amount to in-game. The first batch of the SFV cast is here, with more to come.
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Override: Mech City Brawl is an ambitious and exciting robot brawler, but may need a few tune-ups
It’s a joy to see that games like this are still being made.
Crow_Spaceboy, Assistant Editor:
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PNDK&M document the competitive meta and history of Mortal Kombat 9 in 45+ minute retrospective
If you haven’t played Mortal Kombat from a competitive standpoint and want to get into Mortal Kombat 11, this video is required viewing.
Here’s a casual reminder that Lizardman is sitting there, in the game, nearly finished. But you can’t play as him.
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There are no plans for a Season Pass for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition in 2019
They… they got it right last season. It’s like they want to be wrong.
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ZeRo demonstrates fundamental movement options for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Its never too late to learn from one of the greats.
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Arc System Works’s next fighting game is Granblue Fantasy Versus for PlayStation 4
It looks as gorgeous as any Arc System Works game typically does, and the gameplay sounds interesting. I just wish it was any other series.
Catch up on what you may have missed in our prior SRK Rollback compilations.