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My, Chun-Li, You Look Different
This isn’t the Chun-Li I remember! But it doesn’t matter much because look how awesome that animation is. I can watch her loop around for that hit too many times than is normal. Or at least until I fall over from dizziness. That, or someone yells at me to go back to work and stop…
By Tina Amini Published April 30, 2012 -
CultureTotal Recall
Quality Time With The Classic Video Game Characters You’d Switch Teams For
Yesterday on #Speakup, commenter chadoban asked which video game characters we’d all go gay (or straight) for. Your answers were as varied as they were enjoyable, so Chris Person thought he’d grab some of the most popular ones and render them into gifs. Check out the gifs below. Enjoy them. Place them on your desktop,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 27, 2012 -
Ask For Baby Hadouken GIF, And Ye Shall Receive
The video we posted of a cute, giggling baby getting knocked out by his father’s hadouken was too adorable to not get the GIF treatment. You can thank our own Chris Person for the GIF creation. And now you can watch the baby fall over from a Street Fighter move on loop.
By Tina Amini Published April 20, 2012 -
Culture
Guns, Pretty Ladies & Street Fighters
Artist Arnold Tsang worked on APB before it died and was unceremoniously brought back. He’s also, as Capcom fans may soon recognise, part of the Udon crew, who are unrelenting in their ability to release coffee table books full of awesome Street Fighter art. Right now, he’s working at Blizzard. And right now, we’re going…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 19, 2012 -
In Defense of the Infinite Combo, Which Only Ruins Street Fighter Matches Sometimes
If I were to punch you in the stomach and you could punch me back, we’d call that a fair fight. (No offense, but hopefully I’d win.) If I could punch you again and again a dozen or more times in a row and you couldn’t stop me—you literally could not raise your hands to…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 18, 2012 -
The Cutest Street Fighter Tournament Ever
Forget all the competitive, professional tournaments. This is the tournament I want to watch. NeoGAF user TheFightingFish uploaded this picture of his two adorable children, dressed up as Chun-Li and Ryu and fighting as Chun-Li versus Ryu. Although he didn’t win the arcade stick photo contest the photo originally appeared in, they win the day…
By Tina Amini Published April 17, 2012 -
Kotaku East
Japanese Porn Is Overdosing on Video Games and Anime
If something exists, then, yes, there is a dirty movie of it. Video games and anime exist, so, yes, there are dirty movies of them. Japan just seems to have more of them. Sure, the West has its own video game porn parodies. Blue movie versions of World of Warcraft, Left 4 Dead, and Tomb…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 17, 2012 -
Classic Video Game Moment Gets an….Anime Adaptation
Daigo Umehara vs Justin Wong, the EVO finals, 2004. It’s almost universally accepted as the single greatest moment in competitive gaming history And it’s now been immortalised forever. In an anime. This clip is from Acchi Kocchi, apparently. If you’re short on time/memory and need to see the original, here it is EVO moment 37…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 13, 2012 -
Street Fighter x Tekken Vita Version Features New Characters, Cross-Console Play with PS3
We’ve got new trailers for the PS Vita edition of Street Fighter x Tekken. Capcom promises 55 characters in the Vita version: the 43 available in the console game as well as six more from each side. Blanka, Cody, Dudly, Elena, Guy, and Sakura round out the Street Fighter crew, and Alisa, Bryan, Christie, Jack,…
By Kate Cox Published April 10, 2012 -
Kotaku East
China Gets Its First Female Street Fighter Champ
Xiao Zhao became her country’s first female Street Fighter champion after coming out on top at a Super Street Fighter IV: AE v2012 tournament. Playing as Dhalsim, she defeated her competition at the Nanning Mario Arcade Center in Guangxi last month. Her prize? Besides self-satisfaction and that large cardboard cutout, Xiao Zhao was awarded an…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 10, 2012 -
Kotaku EastWhen You Devote Yourself to Chun-Li
Music has its Elvis impersonators, but video games? Video games have cosplayers, but there’s a difference in the nuance. “Cosplay” implies an element of play—as though you are going from outfit to outfit. Not this lady. This lady is Elin Kuzunoha, and while she’s cosplayed as characters from One Piece and Final Fantasy, there is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 6, 2012 -
Kicking Street Fighter Ass For…Child Care?
On April 14, a fighting game tournament called Fight For Youth will be going down in Norwalk/La Mirada, California. Up for grabs is not fame, or even internet fame, but the chance to lend a very practical, helping hand to local kids. Proceeds raised from the tournament – being put together by prominent fighting game…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 4, 2012 -
Forget Nerd Rap. Here’s Hardcore Fighting Game Rap
There’s a common complaint with a lot of nerd rappers, and it’s one I for the most part agree with: that weak production and sloppy rhymes often get a pass because of the subject matter. Not here. This is freestyle rapper Surgeon General showing that he can go through the Mortal Kombat roster on the…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 4, 2012 -
Street Fighter Producer Stepping Down Over Health Concerns
Following a recent health scare, popular Street Fighter series producer Yoshinori Ono and his favourite Blanka action figure have announced they’re taking a step back from their jobs. “I’ll be out of the limelight as fighting game series for a while”, Ono posted on Twitter. “I’ll think about the new future of fighting game after…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 29, 2012 -
The True Ending of Asura’s Wrath Drops Next Month, Followed by Street Fighter
Today sees the release of the first of five rounds of downloadable content for Capcom’s interactive anime epic Asura’s Wrath, the beginning of a five round cycle that ends with a pair of Street Fighter grudge matches. The Asura’s Wrath DLC spectacular kicks off today with the release of Episode 11.5: Forging Ahead, followed next…
By Mike Fahey Published March 27, 2012 -
Popular Street Fighter Producer Collapsed from Exhaustion, Rushed to the Hospital
Fans love Yoshinori Ono, producer of the Street Fighter series, for his upbeat attitude and crazy antics. He appears at countless events and always seems like he’s doing his best to promote Street Fighter—whether that be in person or on Twitter. Sadly, it sounds like Ono has pushed himself too far. The Street Fighter producer…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 24, 2012 -
Zangief Looks a Little Meaner With his Shirt on
Serbian artist Filip Acovic decides to redesign Soviet brawler Zangief, beating him up a little and covering up that glorious thatch of welcome mat all over his chest. Street Fighter II Redesign – Zangief [DeviantArt, via XombieDIRGE]
By Luke Plunkett Published March 23, 2012 -
Capcom, Street Fighter, KONY 2012, Angelina Jolie’s Leg, Together
What happens when the team at Taiwanese animation house NMA and Capcom get together for what looks like a little marketing? Street Fighter X Tekken becomes Angelina Jolie X KONY 2012. And the world is a better place for it.
By Luke Plunkett Published March 20, 2012
