Earlier today, the folks over at Capcom opened areas on the Unity forums in which the community can offer their thoughts on balance changes for ten more Street Fighter IV characters. Like with earlier threads, these will be used to gather suggestions for the recently announced update. This last group consists of Cammy, Seth, Akuma, C. Viper, Adon, El [...]

thekelvinshouse recently started a brand new series of Street Fighter x Tekken ver. 2013 videos called “Pick a Team, Any Team”, which focuses on developing team synergy and strategy. Each episode will go through a different combination of characters and cover their basic combos, tactics, and tricks. Be sure to request your favorite team in the video comments! Today’s [...]

Ryu Apprentice recently uploaded this quick video showing off an Akuma unblockable on Seth in Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition ver. 2012. The setup uses a demon-flip throw to set up an unblockable on wakeup with a demon-flip dive kick. Seth can shoryuken out, but has few other options. Source: Ryu Apprentice

Though Brazilian competitor GR|Breno Fighters made a strong showing at his country’s Street Fighter 25th Anniversary qualifier with a first place finish over MCZ|Tokido, travel issues kept him from making an appearance at the grand finals. In an effort to make up for this unfortunate turn of events, Capcom flew SF25 champion Infiltration (formerly of [...]

This new video by Michael Galardi is a basic overview of some interesting tips and tricks that you can use for much of the Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition ver. 2012 cast. Set-ups, cross-ups, mix-ups, and other tactics that can’t be described using “-ups” are shown for Sakura, Cammy, Ken, Gouken, Blanka, Akuma, Ryu, Fei Long, and [...]

Ryu Apprentice‘s latest Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition ver. 2012 video covers what to do if you whiff Akuma’s double kick. The answer? Raging Demon! Akuma can cancel his normals into super on whiff, so if the kick sails over your opponent’s head, just spend that meter! Source: Ryu Apprentice

The folks over at Tough Cookie TV recently uploaded some fantastic Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition ver. 2012 footage from Asia Game Show 2012 in Hong Kong last month. WW.MCZ|Infiltration and HumanBomb, the respective first and fifth place finishers at EVO 2012, went head-to-head in an intense first to five set that provides an [...]

Capcom-Unity’s Combofiend just posted a few videos that showcase changes coming to half a dozen characters in Street Fighter x Tekken ver. 2013. While changelogs are all well and good, these offer a great visual representation of the major updates coming to Ryu, King, Marduk, Akuma, Julia, and Ibuki, so definitely check them out if you [...]

ReNiC is moving on to the last few characters in his Third Strike Beginner’s Primer series. This episode focuses on Akuma, once again going over his normals, specials, and basic combos. Aside from that, ReNiC focuses heavily on Akuma’s mix-up and pressure game, detailing how to play him as a rushdown monster. He also briefly [...]

RyuApprentice recently uploaded a quick tip to help you get down Akuma’s basic Tatsu-Sweep string in Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition ver. 2012. The key? Looking at Akuma’s knees. When the opponent falls to about knee height, that’s when you sweep. If you’re an aspiring Akuma player who can’t land this consistently, do yourself a [...]

The folks over at FingerCramp recently shared the latest episode of their #FGC A-Files series through FightCircuit. This time, they focus on the video game adaptation of Street Fighter: The Movie. With the help of AGE|NYChrisG, they analyze and, of course, make fun of most of the characters in the game. This video is NSFW, but if you’re looking [...]

Using his hacking skills, error00001 goes over differences between between boss characters and their normal counterparts in Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition Version 2012. Seth, for example, actually has auto-combos built into his moves, which prevent them from prorating as normal. In addition, he shows the differences between boss versions of Akuma, Gouken, and Oni as [...]

What better way to enjoy Christmas as a gamer? Maximilian uploaded an audio rendition of the popular short story; “How Akuma Stole Christmas”. Originally written by Gavin “Vokter Seuss” Jasper, Maximilian decided to share some holiday joy and read it to us. If you have a couple minutes to spare you should sit back and [...]

A new challenger has entered the ring! Street Fighter x Megaman was a surprise to us all, and now it has a surprise of its own. If you beat 3 of the bosses with a perfect you are definitely in for a treat. Who could this secret boss character be? If you don’t have the game [...]

On one level, this is a bunch of cosplayers dressed up like Reptile and Akuma doing fight choreography. On another, it’s a commentary on how the FGC reacts to every new fighting game in an over-saturated market. Either way, Machinima’s new Crossover video, Akuma vs. Reptile, is a pretty fun watch. Source: Machinima