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Street Fighter Champion Breaks Up With His Main Character
Pick your favorite Street Fighter competition moment – like this – and most likely it stars Daigo Umehara, as Ryu. That’s coming to an end, the world champ said, after getting a look at Super Street Fighter IV’s arcade edition. “It’s over for projectile characters,” Daigo said, with a laugh, in remarks to Famitsu (translated…
By Owen Good Published December 17, 2010 -
Come And Play, Everything’s A-KO
Street Fighter and Sesame Street? Mario and Sesame Street worked just fine, so sure, why the hell not. These Sesame Street x Street Fighter designs are available on redbubble, where you can get them as shirts, hoodies or, if you’re a little short on cash, $2.50 stickers. Shame they’re limited to one design per item!…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 13, 2010 -
Super Street Fighter IV’s Yun And Yang Also Delivering To Consoles?
Capcom’s official Japanese-language blog posted a few screens of new characters Yun and Yang in their Arrange Costumes, where they change from a mere skateboarder and rollerblader into a skateboarder chef and a rollerblader waiter. Additionally, EventHubs got a tip that new achievements for Super Street Fighter IV on the Xbox 360 show Yun and…
By Owen Good Published November 27, 2010 -
Street Fighter Player Copies Victory Pose, Defines Epic
Over the weekend at the SoCal Regionals fighting tournament, Street Fighter player Tokido duked it out for top spot in the losers’ bracket. And then won the hearts of everyone in the room. Tokido is one of the top Akuma players on the fighting game circuit. After defeating player ClarkyD, Tokido didn’t miss a beat…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 8, 2010 -
Marvel Vs. Capcom Vs. Atlanta
The Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 models were in fine form last week during Capcom’s Fight Club in Atlanta, Georgia, which I missed due to being deathly ill. See more of what I didn’t see at Capcom Unity Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.
By Mike Fahey Published November 3, 2010 -
Lovely Blanka, Meter Maid
You really don’t want to let the meter expire in a town where they employ World Warriors as meter maids. The constant fighting has to come to an end sometime, and then what will Street Fighter’s World Warriors do? Dorkly’s idea is solid enough, though most municipalities would rather lose a buck or two in…
By Mike Fahey Published November 3, 2010 -
Which Game Series Should Go 3D?
3D televisions are expected to proliferate. More 3D TVs means more and more 3D games. Japanese research firm goo Ranking (via What Japan Thinks) polled folks in Japan regarding which game series they wanted to play on a 3D TV. The survey sample was mostly female (68.2 percent) and ranged from teenagers to senior citizens…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 26, 2010 -
This Street Fighter IV Combo Pays 40 Cents Per Input
Executing a 125-input combo in Street Fighter IV seems like a challenge that should pay more than $50. Nonetheless, it’s out there, and if you can do it, a legal tender picture of Ulysses S. Grant is yours. This combo spans 125 button inputs, 126 hits and 661 damage. Reproduce it by hand – without…
By Owen Good Published October 22, 2010 -
You Cannot Make Foreign Friends With Monster Hunter Frontier
Monster Hunter Frontier, Capcom’s massively multiplayer online role-playing game, is currently only available in Asia on the Xbox 360 and the PC. But Japanese people cannot play with people in other countries. Here’s why. “We intentionally made ‘MHF’ only available to people in Japan,” says Yoshinori Ono, Capcom’s online gaming manager. “While it may seem…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 15, 2010 -
Wait A Sec, Is That Jace Hall Kicking Tay Zonday’s Ass?
Jace Hall, who earlier this year brought us “I Play WoW,” returns with this love song to Street Fighter, featuring booty-shaking ring girls and cosplayers dressed like the game’s major characters. This is pretty loud, so earbuds might be advisable.
By Owen Good Published October 2, 2010 -
Street Fighter vs The Simpsons
Dean Fraser’s Springfield Punx website – where the artist renders celebrities and famous characters as if they’d appeared in The Simpsons – has long been a favourite internet time-waster. Especially now there’s game characters on it. We’re surprised it’s taken Dean this long to start on the world of video games, but we’re not complaining,…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2010 -
Mario vs. Ken: Round 2
In round one of Machnima’s imagined crossover throwdown, Mario got the better of Ken. Now it’s time for round two. If this is anything like exhibition tennis, Mario tanks the second set, and they fight it out for keeps in round three. But throwing Luigi into that behind-the-back hadouken is a nice touch. Mario vs.…
By Owen Good Published September 12, 2010 -
Great At Gaming, Bad At Driving
Justin Wong is a world class fighting game player. The guy will kick your ass. He is also a world class terrible driver. Don’t believe me? Here is a clip from reality program WCG Ultimate Gamer in which Wong makes a mess of a race track. He says he doesn’t have real life driving experience…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 10, 2010 -
Can You Handle Watching Street Fighter High School: The Musical?
From the creators of the original Street Fighter High fan film comes the daring sequel, Street Fighter High School: The Musical. We dare you to watch both parts without feeling at least a little bit embarrassed for everyone involved. Jennifer Zhang and crew return to the hallowed halls of Street Fighter High for a musical…
By Mike Fahey Published September 8, 2010 -
There Is No Love For Street Fighters
They’re fit men and women, in the prime of their lives. There’s bound to be some romantic feelings develop between the World Warriors. But no. There is no time for love. Only time for fighting These are the work of Bastien Vivès, who shows that love is not only cruel, but that Chun Li sure…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 3, 2010 -
Let The Beast Show You How To Hold Your Stick
Daigo Umehara. AKA “The Beast”. AKA The best Street Fighter player on Earth. If there’s someone who might have advice on how to improve your game, it’s him. Earlier this year, Umehara appeared on NHK (think BBC for Japan) and provided tips on how gamers can sharpen their game. His reflexes are lighting quick and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 31, 2010 -
Beatboxer Strikes Back With Street Fighter
Hide the women and children, Japanese beatboxer Hikakin is once again at large. Following up his Super Mario beatbox from June, this time he delivers a not-quite-virtuoso performance of Ken beating Dhalism in Street Fighter. That modulated moaning when Ken finishes off Dhalism with the shoryuken – I’m not saying it’s spot on, but I…
By Owen Good Published August 21, 2010 -
Street Fighter, Tekken Creators Duel And Hunt Each Other, Ridiculously
The creators of Street Fighter and Tekken have been squabbling in Germany. They’ve been battling (playfully, with pranks) over Twitter all week. Who won? Take a look. It starts innocently on Tuesday of this past week. Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada shows up at his hotel. He Tweets a photo: Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono is…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 20, 2010 -
The Art of Blending Tekken With Street Fighter
One is a fighting game of joystick precision, the other of rhythmic button tapping: Finding a way to meld those two styles is perhaps Capcom’s greatest challenge with Street Fighter X Tekken. “Ultimately what we are heading for is a Street Fighter game, so everyone will have Street Fighter-esque moves,” said Capcom producer Yoshinori Ono.…
By Brian Crecente Published August 20, 2010