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Esports
It’s A Good Time For A Street Fighter III Revival
The recently released Street Fighter 30th Anniversary collection has led me to playing a lot more Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike. I wasn’t expecting this. The new collection rounds up 12 Street Fighter games from the past three decades and allows ranked and casual online matches for four of them: Turbo: Hyper Fighting, Super Turbo,…
By Maddy Myers Published June 5, 2018 -
Street Fighter Was Almost Released For The 8-Bit NES
Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection is out today. In addition to including the arcade versions of 12 different games in the series, ranging from 1987’s Street Fighter to 1999’s 3rd Strike, it also has an impressive virtual museum built into it, with some surprising revelations. Among other things, this repository includes the only known screenshot…
By Ethan Gach Published May 29, 2018 -
Esports
Street Fighter Showcase Is A Trip Down Memory Lane
Last night, some of Street Fighter’s old guard assembled to play an exhibition tournament that took the players and viewers through the timeline of the series. It was both ridiculous and nostalgic, and a nice reminder of the legacy of these games and the people that play them. Five on-site auction entrants at Combo Breaker…
By Eric Van Allen Published May 26, 2018 -
Esports
The Umeshoryu Is The Gutsiest Move In Fighting Games
Daigo Umehara has built a legacy on fearless calls, and he added one more to his story at Stunfest in Rennes, France last weekend. Down on life and with his back against the wall, the fighting game legend shot off a clutch Flash Kick to catch his opponent off guard and steal a victory with…
By Ian Walker Published May 22, 2018 -
EsportsStreet Fighter Footsies Explained In Two Minutes
Street Fighter V pro Justin Wong placed first in the Canada Cup Master Series tournament with the new character Falke, described by some pros as “the worst character in the game.” The reason Wong can succeed with Falke is due to his expert defensive play, particularly when it comes to engaging in the back-and-forth duet…
By Maddy Myers Published May 21, 2018 -
Esports
What Stops Women From Going Pro In Esports
Cecilia D’Anastasio: So Nintendo invited a bunch of Super Smash Bros. pros to showcase Smash 5 at E3 this year! And among some of my favorites—Armada, Zero and Hungrybox—are exactly no women. I didn’t notice an outcry. Frankly, it was about as surprising as walking outside and noticing the sky, which was very much not…
Maddy Myers & Cecilia D'Anastasio Published May 14, 2018 -
Monster Hunter: World’s New Street Fighter Quest Is Tough
Monster Hunter: World’s Ryu armor was a silly trophy costume that was underpowered. The good news is that hunters looking to buff their gear can finally get an upgraded version. The bad news? You’ll have to fight one of the game’s most tenacious—and annoying—monsters. The new Monster Hunter has been crossing over with Street Fighter…
By Heather Alexandra Published May 11, 2018 -
Monster Hunter: World‘s Sakura Costume Is Adorable But Not Very Useful
Monster Hunter: World is drowning in crossover events, from the recent Devil May Cry event to a Street Fighter V promotion that allowed players to dress up as Ryu. The Street Fighter love continues with a new event quest that unlocks a Sakura costume. It’s a fun but difficult mission, though the reward is a…
By Heather Alexandra Published May 4, 2018 -
Nicki Minaj Seems Confused About Chun Li In Her New Track
Nicki Minaj just dropped her new track “Chun-Li,” during an interview with Zane Lowe on Beats 1. It’s not bad, although I am concerned that she thinks Chun-Li is the villain. Nicki hasn’t recorded much solo music recently, and a lot of her features on other people’s tracks have sounded like she’s been asleep. While…
By Gita Jackson Published April 12, 2018 -
New Street Fighter Board Game Looks Really Cool
There’s a new, official Street Fighter board gameon the way, and it’s a lot more ambitious than I was expecting given the subject matter. Using big and detailed miniatures, Street Fighter takes place on large, expansive maps, where players can either fight 1v1 or—and this is where it gets interesting—as teams, including a boss fight…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 4, 2018 -
CultureTotal RecallStreet Fighter II Sure Looks Inspired By This 1975 Charles Bronson Movie
Here’s something I’d never noticed before: two of the most memorable stages from Street Fighter II are likely a tribute to Hard Times, a 1975 Charles Bronson movie about…street fighting. There are multiple fights in the movie, but as Guerilla’s Dennis Zopfi pointed out in the tweet below, two in particular influenced the design of…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 18, 2018 -
Street Fighter Gets Unofficially Ported To The Real World
Abhishek Singh, creator of that very cool first-person Mario experience for the HoloLens, is back with a home-made version of Street Fighter that projects the action to anywhere you can point your phone screen at. He calls it the Real World Warrior Edition, and yes, it’s choppy. But like…the point here isn’t the speed or…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 14, 2018 -
Esports
Fighting Game Pros Gaming At Their Weddings Appears To Be A Thing
Ryo “Dogura” Nozaki is a well-known player from Japan, who placed 7th in the Capcom Pro Tour global rankings in 2017 and took first place at Canada Cup 2017. He was also getting married last weekend, and during the wedding party, the happy couple set up a PlayStation and the groom took on a few…
By Eric Van Allen Published March 5, 2018 -
Monster Hunter: World’s Ryu Costume Is The Right Kind Of Absurd
Monster Hunter: World’s crossover events bring over instantly recognizable characters to join in on the slicing and dicing. Fresh off the heels of a Horizon: Zero Dawn event, certain players can now unlock Street Fighter’s Ryu for some of the most absurd and monster hunting imaginable. Players with Street Fighter V save can now play…
By Heather Alexandra Published February 17, 2018 -
Esports
Street Fighter‘s Best Character Continues To Look Beautiful
Blanka will come to Street Fighter V on February 20 with all his classic obnoxious moves, plus a flummoxing Gumby-like costume. Even without an embarrassing outfit, Blanka has his share of detractors because he’s a reactive character with “troll” moves that work best as punishments for an opponent’s mistakes. Blanka’s haters will doubtless feel all…
By Maddy Myers Published February 12, 2018 -
Esports
Street Fighter Player Forced To Commentate His Own Match
At last night’s Next Level Battle Circuit, the mic was somehow unoccupied right before Arturo “Sabin” Sanchez’s match against a player who goes by SonicSol, as all the other commentators had seemingly vacated the stream at the same time. Rather than play in silence, Sanchez decided to call his own match. Sanchez is an experienced…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 8, 2018 -
Capcom’s Fighting Game Design Is Just Beautiful
For his contributions to series like Street Fighter, artist Akira “Akiman” Yasuda is responsible for some of the most iconic images in all of video games. In this video, we get a chance to see him at work. It’s the latest episode in the always-excellent Toco Toco TV, a series dedicated to intimate interviews with…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 1, 2018 -
EsportsA Haywire Street Fighter V Character Could Run Amok At Evo Japan
Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition players recently discovered a serious bug that makes one of the game’s most powerful characters almost unstoppable, which could have serious consequences with the inaugural Evo Japan on the horizon. The bug’s simplicity belies its severity. By combining his V-Skill armor, which gives him the ability to shrug off one…
By Ian Walker Published January 25, 2018 -
Why People Are Freaking Out About Street Fighter‘s Ryu And Sakura
In the Street Fighter series, Sakura has always wanted to prove herself to her hero Ryu. In Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, the bar appears to have been raised. Note: If you haven’t played through Sakura’s story mode, beware because there are spoilers below! By Street Fighter IV, Sakura had a crush on Ryu, but…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 17, 2018 -
EsportsFighting Game Legend Plays Street Fighter And Vampire Savior At His Wedding
The people who actually get married at a wedding have so much to do—write the vows, master the cadence of the walk to the altar, personally greet everyone in attendance—that it leaves a miniscule amount of time to really take in the whole affair. One iconic fighting game competitor, however, felt it was important to…
By Ian Walker Published January 10, 2018