Think you’ve seen everything in Street Fighter IV? We’ve got a few surprises in store for you:
This is actually the second episode in a series of SF4 combo videos released every other Tuesday. Check out the first episode here: SF4 Biweekly TACV 01: Ryu
Northern California’s premier fighting game tournament returns to the scene in style as the final major for 2009. This year’s NorCal Regionals tournament will be held on November 21-22 at the beautiful Domain Hotel in Sunnyvale CA, just down the street from the historic Sunnyvale Golfland Arcade.
This year’s revamped lineup of titles features fresh and familiar faces, like the highly anticipated Tekken 6 and fan favorite Street Fighter 4, as well as old friends like MvC2 and NorCal favorite CvS2. Duke it out in any or all of our tournaments, or cheer on your favorite players in our special exhibition SF4 team grudge match: NorCal vs. SoCal.
The highest level of elite players from all over the country including EVO top 8 finalists Alex Valle, Ed Ma, Ricky Ortiz, ShadyK, Combofiend, Chunkstah, and West Coast Warzone SF4 champion Marneto, are confirmed to attend to stake their claim as “The Best In 2009.”
NCR will be utilizing official tournament-grade EVO equipment, and Shoryuken staff members Seth Killian, Ponder, James Chen, and Mr. Wizard will be present to oversee the tournament. Spectating is free and there will be plenty of giveaways from sponsors including Namco, Madcatz, and Sugar Betty.
Can’t make it this year? All of the action will be livestreamed courtesy of the folks at iplaywinner.com and additional coverage will be provided by Kineda and Get Your Tournament. Pre-register by November 13 to save. To register, visit the official NCR website or browse the SRK thread for additional information.
How much do you know about Street Fighter IV’s combo engine? Want to test your Training Mode Ryu skills? Then this is just the challenge for you:
Video quality isn’t important here, so record your solution using whatever equipment you have on hand (PC capture card, camcorder, PVR, DVD recorder, etc.) and post it as a video response. There’s more than one answer so get as creative as you want.
Presented by ACTivegamerS LA
In cooperation with SDTEKKEN, SHORYUKEN.COM, and the fighting game community!
Sponsored by Namco Bandai Games, Mad Catz, & Starbucks.
Southern California fighting game fans! Get ready for the next battle! Celebrate the launch of TEKKEN 6 in style with ACTivegamerS and the rest of the fighting game community as we party the night away on Saturday, Oct. 24 in Hawthorne, California.
Community members Fugee and Ghaleon are back, once again, to bring you their annual gift to fighting game players everywhere; Seasons Beatings 4! Running at MoMo2 KTV in Columbus Ohio starting tomorrow and going all weekend long, Seasons Beatings is in its fourth year and has become the tournament hot-spot for the cold winter season.
This year’s main event will be a rematch of the Evo2k9 Street Fighter 4 finals, in which Daigo “The Beast” Umehara will face off against Justin Wong in a first-to-ten-wins battle for worldwide supremacy. On top of that, tournaments for the hottest fighting games will be running all weekend with a live stream showing off the best and brightest matches from the USA’s greatest competitors. While the Daigo v. Justin event will not be streaming, the finals will be streamed all weekend, with the hottest games finishing up on Sunday. And as the icing on the delicious cake, Seth Killian himself will be in attendance to lend his commentary to the proceedings. Rumor has it that he is bringing the latest build of the US version of Tatsunoko vs Capcom with him to show off as well!
You can live it through the live video stream this weekend, or buy that last minute flight and come join us in Ohio for a holiday bash like you’ve never seen. Stay tuned to Shoryuken.com for a link to the live streaming site, or just keep an eye on the thread in our forums.
In the continuing coverage of the upcoming release of Tatsunoko vs Capcom: Ultimate All Stars today IGN “revealed” 2 more characters of the game’s roster. Science Ninja Team Gatchaman’s Joe the Condor for Team Tatsunoko and Maverick Hunter Zero from the Mega Man X series for Team Capcom. Joe’s gameplay seems to be rooted from within the anime series while Zero’s bag of tricks seems to be rooted from earlier games in the X Series. Mainly the 4th and 5th iterations of the series to be precise. From the gameplay shown they seem to fit right in with the rest of the cast while being diverse in their own right. You can take a look at the full story from IGN in the source link below and the both vids of Joe the Condor and Zero in action.So revel in this and KEEP HYPE ALIVE EVERYBODY!!! Don’t forget that Tatsunoko vs Capcom: Ultimate All Stars is slated to be released in the US on January 26, 2010.
At Evolution 2009 this past summer, a very special LIVE Dogface Show took place with some very special guests: Tom “inkblot” Cannon and Tony “Ponder” Cannon, creators of many Fighting Game Community standards such as Shoryuken.com itself, the Evolution Fighting Game Championships, GGPO, and more! Watch this very, in Victor “Dogface” Ratliff’s own words, insightful interview with two people who have influenced the Fighting Game Community in more ways than you probably know.
As before, we’ll be splitting up these video interviews into 10-minute segments and releasing them on a weekly basis. Share your comments here or over on the official website, where we’ll be posting the follow-up segments on a weekly basis.
Capcom has finally confirmed the widely rumored followup to the smash hit Street Fighter IV. Borrowing the SUPER title from the 90’s (and same exact logo), super implies bigger, badder, and beastlier. This sequel is shaping up to be one of the most anticipated fighting game sequels in 10 years.
Information is pouring out of Japan, just after the TGS show has ended. An interview with Ono, has revealed some juicy details about the game, including some of the new cast. T. Hawk, and Dee Jay are included, as well as a new Korean Tae Kwon Do martial arts expert named Juri, who is rumored to be one of Seth’s henchmen.
Last week, several websites had reported some rumors regarding the rest of the cast, and had the name of the new character before it was released yesterday.
Some of the information was listed as two new characters, Juri, and Hakan (Hakan being a Arab grappler associated with lots and lots of oils), and EIGHT returning cast members from other Street Fighter games. Dudley, Ibuki, and Makoto from the Street Fighter III series. From the Street Fighter Alpha series, we have Cody, Adon, and Guy, and from the Super Turbo series, we have T. Hawk and Dee Jay. We will have to wait and see what Capcom reveals to see if any of these rumors turn out to be true.
Expect massive changes in all the old returning cast as well. Improvements and overall gameplay will be fine tuned to make this the best Street Fighter to date.
Coming Exclusively to XBOX 360 and Playstation 3 in Spring 2010! Get Hype!!
Edit: Here is a video of T. Hawk, Dee Jay, and Juri in action!
Now as you may or may not have heard, the “alleged” remaining roster of Tatsunoko vs Capcom: Ultimate All Stars was leaked 2 weeks ago. With the 2009 Tokyo Game Show in full effect we’ve seen the first fruit from the Tree of Leaks in the confirmation of everybody’s Zombie Killing Journalist, Frank West representing the Dead Rising series. But his gameplay style is something that just has to be witnessed. But for right now that’s all that’s been revealed to us as of now. I’ll leave some links just in case you need to catch up. Until next time, KEEP HYPE ALIVE!!!!!
One more thing before I go. The release date for the US version is January 26, 2010. So go ahead and mark off those calendars and prepare yourself for battle.
Usually the words ‘wireless’ and ‘arcade stick’ don’t mix, but with TEKKEN 6 and the limited edition bundled fighting stick from Hori… TEKKEN team director Katsuhiro Harada wants everyone to know how this is a match made in heaven…
TEKKEN 6 LAUNCH EVENT
Capcom has finally confirmed the widely rumored followup to the smash hit Street Fighter IV. Borrowing the SUPER title from the 90’s (and same exact logo), super implies bigger, badder, and beastlier. This sequel is shaping up to be one of the most anticipated fighting game sequels in 10 years.
