Fighting Games Weekly | January 7-13 | All Eyez on Mr. Wizard

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Week of January 7th to the 13th.

Fighting Games Weekly is the weekly discussion for all things fighting games. News, events, streams, videos, players, drama, everything fighting game related.

Last week's thread.​



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Announcement of EVO lineup [ Thread ] [ Tuesday the 8th ] [ 10PM EST | 7PM PST ]
  • Mr. Wizard will join Keits and skisonic on this week's Wakeup SRK Live podcast to announce the game lineup for EVO 2013. Source and SRK poll here.
Apex Series 2013 [ Thread ] [ Friday the 11th ] [ 10AM EST | 7AM PST ]
Republic of Fighters #1 [ Saturday the 12th ] [ 11AM CET | 6AM EST | 3AM PST ]



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Option-select Mixup Monday [ 10PM EST | 7PM PST ]
  • SFxTK, SSFIV AE and UMvC3 out of Southern Florida.
UltraChenTV: First Attack & Lv3 Focus [ 11PM EST | 8PM PST ]
  • Weekly FGC show dedicated to match analysis, teaching, commentary, news, debates, and more! Hosted by UltraDavid and James Chen.


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Kachitagari TV (JP) [ 9PM JST | 8AM EST | 5AM PST ]
  • Bon-chan, Kazunoko and Fuudo's new show, focusing primarily on SSFIV AE ranked matches but is branching off into other games as well.
AmalgameTV (JP) [ 10PM JST | 9AM EST | 6AM PST ]
  • Frieda and Fubarduck's weekly show.
WinnerStaysOn (UK) [ 7PM BST | 2PM EST | 11AM PST ]
  • SSFIV AE and UMvC3 out of the UK, alternating between them every week.
The Break Weekly [ 8PM EST | 5PM PST ]
  • New Jersey's largest weekly featuring SSFIV AE and UMvC3.
WakeUp SRK Live [ 9:30PM EST | 6:30 PST ]
  • Keits and skisonic host the weekly official podcast of Shoryuken.com
UltraChenTV: Level 3 Focus [ 11PM EST | 8PM PST ]
  • Weekly FGC show dedicated to match analysis, teaching, commentary, news, debates, and more! Hosted by UltraDavid and James Chen.
Box Sessions Live [ 11PM EST | 8PM PST ]
  • San Diego's largest weekly, featuring SG, SSFIV AE, and UMvC3.


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Game Spot Versus KoF Casuals (JP) [ 7PM JST | 6AM EST | 3AM PST ]
  • KoF 1998UM, KoF 2002UM and KoF XIII C action from Japan.
TOPANGA TV (JP) [ 9PM JST | 8AM EST | 5AM PST ]
  • Description needed.
Next Level Battle Circuit [ 7PM EST | 4PM PST ]
  • NYC's biggest weekly at The Next Level Arcade in Brooklyn featuring SSFIV AE, UMvC3 and TTT2. If the Teamsp00ky link is not working, it is likely on the backup stream on goldencen.
Wednesday Night Xanbats [ 9PM EST | 6PM PST ]
  • Weekly streaming from Maryland, featuring SG, SFxTK and UMvC3.
Wednesday Night Fights Season 4 [ 12AM EDT (following day) | 9PM PST ]
Starbase Arcade [ 12AM EST | 9PM PST ]
  • NorCal weekly featuring SSFIV AE and UMvC3. [ON HIATUS]


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Game Spot Versus SFIII:3S Casuals + East-West Battle (JP) [ 8:20PM JST | 7:20AM EST | 4:20AM PST ]
  • 3rd Strike action from Japan.
The Breakdown with DJ Huoshen and Unkn0wn [ 8PM EST | 5PM PST ]
  • Description needed.
Thursday Night Vampire Savior Ranbats [ 8PM EST | 5PM PST ]
  • Arcade Legacy VS streams out of Cincinnati, Ohio, with varying formats every week.
Valley Stream Monsters Thursday Night Casuals [ 8PM EST | 5PM PST ]
  • MK9. Description needed.
Stream Monster Online Tournament [ 8:30 EST | 5:30 PST ]
  • Weekly 16-player UMvC3 online tournament run by FGTV and sponsored by eightarc.
FNC The Arena [ 10PM EST | 7PM PST ]
  • UMvC3 weekly out of Long Island, New York, which sometimes features other games.
Salty Cupcakes [ 10PM EST | 7PM PST ]
The Runback Season 4 [ 12AM EDT (following day) | 9PM PST ]
Thursday Night Throwdown [ 12AM EST | 9PM PST ]
  • Description needed.


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Game Spot Versus Gundam: Extreme Vs. Full Boost Casuals (JP) [ 7PM JST | 6AM EST | 3AM PST ]
  • Streaming the newest version of Extreme Vs.
KaoTV! (JP) [ 11PM JST | 10AM EST | 7AM PST ]
Rokrew Arena [ 8PM EST | 5PM PST ]
  • Biweekly stream out of New Jersey featuring P4:A and Guilty Gear/Aquapazza alternating.
Fraud-Free Fridays [ 9PM EST | 6PM PST ]
  • Weekly tournament run at the FGTV house. Don't forget about the second FGTV stream as well which compliments the main one.
No Mercy Fridays [ 10PM EST | 7PM PST ]
  • Norcal weekly featuring VF5:FS, SCV and TTT2 continues at it's new location, Starbase Arcade.
The Midnight Challenge [ 11PM EST | 8PM PST ]
  • Weekly P4:A tournaments run by Gamecenter.
Electric Wind God Fridays [ 11:30PM EST | 8:30PM PST ]
  • TTT2 weeklies hosted by Aris out of Super Arcade in Walnut, California.


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Game Spot Versus SSFIIX Casuals & 3on3 Tournament (JP) [ 8:20PM JST | 7:20AM EST | 4:20AM PST ]
  • Super Turbo action from Japan.
Saturday Night Snapback [ 10PM EST | 7PM PST ]
  • NorCal weekly featuring SFxTK, SSFIV AE and UMvC3 continues at it's new location, Starbase Arcade.


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Game Spot Versus CvS2 Casuals & 3on3 Tournament (JP) [ 1PM JST | 12AM EST | 9PM PDT (previous day) ]
  • CvS2 action from Japan.
Real Honest Sundays [ 4PM EST | 1PM PST ]
  • NorCal weekly featuring CvS2 and KoF XIII C continues at it's new location, Starbase Arcade.
GGPO VanBats [ 4PM EST | 1PM PST ]
  • Weekly GGPO Vampire Savior ranbats streamed by GAFer Rotanibur.



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On GAF we have various members that stream fighting games from time to time too:
Additionally, if you want to really get involved, you may want to check out the various OTs for specific games:
GAF isn't the only FG community in town though. Here are a whole bunch of other FG communities across the internet that may be of interest:
  • 8WayRun - Soul Calibur franchise community
  • DOACentral - Dead or Alive franchise community
  • Dream Cancel - King of Fighters franchise community and resource
  • Dustloop - Forums/community for Arc System Works-developed games
  • Eventhubs - Frequently updated news blog, resource and forums for all things fighting games
  • FGCPros hub on Twitch.tv - A collective group of fighting game streamers on Twitch.tv
  • FreeStepDodge - Dead or Alive franchise community
  • Homing Cancel - Arcana Heart community
  • iPlaywinner - Large fighting game news site and resource, and the home to Teamsp00ky and iPlaywinner
  • Jet Upper - UK-centric news source and community
  • Mayonaka Midnight - Persona 4 Arena community and resource
  • Melty Bread - Melty Blood community
  • Mizuumi - A resource for various "poverty" games
  • Shoryuken - Mainly 2D-game centric hub, and probably one of, if not the largest FG community on the internet
  • TekkenZaibatsu - Tekken franchise community
  • Test Your Might - Mortal Kombat and Injustice community and resource
  • Smash Boards - The largest Smash Bros. Community™
  • VFDC - Virtua Fighter franchise community site

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If you have any suggestions for the OP, please do not hesitate to post in this thread or PM me to let me know.
 
EVO Prediction:

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition version.2012
King of Fighters XIII
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Persona 4 Arena
 
God's Beard said:
EVO Prediction:

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition version.2012
King of Fighters XIII
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Persona 4 Arena
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Yeah, that's the most reasonable guess.

Surprise can happen though, but I'm 100% sure UMVC3, SSFIV and TTT2 are in.
 
My final prediction:

SSFIV:AEv2012
UMvC3
TTT2
P4:A
Injustice
PSABR

I think it's pretty hard to predict. That last, 6th spot might be KoFXIII or non-existent.
 
God's Beard said:
EVO Prediction:

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition version.2012
King of Fighters XIII
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Persona 4 Arena
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I think that is fair and P4A more than deserves the spot.

However I expect smash or psasbr to be added to the list just to round it all out.

I'll add whatever the smash bros game is that everybody loves (not the hated one) for the sake of prediction.
 
FGTV is on too. Drew Grimey is playing ShadyK. http://www.twitch.tv/fgtvlive

I think it's hard to predict any Evo games other than AE, Marvel, and TTT2. Smash is possible. PSABR is possible. So is KOF13, MK9, Injustice, P4A, and SFxT. I'm gonna guess we don't see SC5, DOA, BlazBlue, or Guilty Gear there, but even those have a chance.
 
I think KoFXIII is going to be the game this year that gets put on strictly off the strength of it last year and the assumption of bringing out a bunch of dormant players, but the turnout ends up being radically reduced and one of the lowest. Even if they throw in t-shirts this time too.
 
No Bloody Palace
Scrub friendly game play, lower ceiling for skilled play
Brain dead enemies and bosses
30FPS
No hard lock on option
2 dedicated dodge buttons
Less moves per weapons but more buttons dedicated to them
Demon Dodge is broken
Style ranking system is broken
Mission ranking system is broken
Sense of gravity is non-existent
Writing is mediocre to poor
Graphics are meh
Artstyle is garish
Devil Trigger design is lazy
Generic as fuck cutscene weapon/enemy intros
Osiris has busted ass hit boxes
Arbiter damage too high
Platforming is a snooze
Enemy step has less execution and timing requirement
Parry is stupid
Unskippable events
Sparda is a pussy
Only 1 human sized boss in the game (in Vergil we trust)
No Turbo mode
Angel Dodge/Teleport is dildos
Social commentary on banking system and soft drinks is cringe worthy
Vergil DLC being a Gamestop exclusive pre-order bonus is fucking outrageous
Dodges have too much invincibility not enough recovery frames
Dante/Vergil are not even part human
Game is more linear than the most linear DMC game
PR for this game is laughable
Unnecessary in your face sexual references for edginess
UE3 is outdated as fuck
Colored coated enemies makes me want to hurt a thousand babies and channel their tears into powering my time machine and go back in time so that I can punch the person in the face who thought it was a good idea to reboot DMC
FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU!!!!! YOU UGLY SACK OF SHIT!!!!

Just pick a good action game. /Sanford Kelly rant
 
The hell do we even know about Injustice? Picking that game seems akin to taking a premature baby home.
GotchaForce said:
Am I the only one who's mind is blown by the SRK EVO poll? http://shoryuken.com/2013/01/03/mr-...nuary-8th-to-reveal-the-evo-2013-game-lineup/

Specifically what's number 1 and by how high a margin. I know that game has a community but, wow.
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Smash is huge. It is really really huge. MK, Tekken, SF and KOF wish they could do half the numbers Smash does without pricecuts on a single disk.
 
Dahbomb said:
No Bloody Palace
Scrub friendly game play, lower ceiling for skilled play
Brain dead enemies and bosses
30FPS
No hard lock on option
2 dedicated dodge buttons
Less moves per weapons but more buttons dedicated to them
Demon Dodge is broken
Style ranking system is broken
Mission ranking system is broken
Sense of gravity is non-existent
Writing is mediocre to poor
Graphics are meh
Artstyle is garish
Devil Trigger design is lazy
Generic as fuck cutscene weapon/enemy intros
Osiris has busted ass hit boxes
Arbiter damage too high
Platforming is a snooze
Enemy step has less execution and timing requirement
Parry is stupid
Unskippable events
Sparda is a pussy
Only 1 human sized boss in the game (in Vergil we trust)
No Turbo mode
Angel Dodge/Teleport is dildos
Social commentary on banking system and soft drinks is cringe worthy
Vergil DLC being a Gamestop exclusive pre-order bonus is fucking outrageous
Dodges have too much invincibility not enough recovery frames
Dante/Vergil are not even part human
Game is more linear than the most linear DMC game
PR for this game is laughable
Unnecessary in your face sexual references for edginess
UE3 is outdated as fuck
Colored coated enemies makes me want to hurt a thousand babies and channel their tears into powering my time machine and go back in time so that I can punch the person in the face who thought it was a good idea to reboot DMC
FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU!!!!! YOU UGLY SACK OF SHIT!!!!
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So it's a Devil May Cry game?
 
A Pretty Panda said:
So it's a Devil May Cry game?
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Which DMC you played ran at 60FPS and didn't have hard lock on?

This post is almost as much of a fail as the DmC's combat designer Rahni Tucker.

"I see DMC videos and I HAVE NO IDEA WHATS GOING ON!!! So we are going to dumb it down so I can understand it now"

I will still eventually get the game because Vergil is boss as fuck.
 
enzo_gt said:
I prematurely know how much money WB has to throw around, also, that community needs to be served, the same way 3D and anime players are.
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It is all relative though. The Ultraman community deserves to be served too, but can't have every game.

I wrote injustice off early as something that people would stop caring about a week after release. As such I know little about it. Is it shaping up well? Are mk players excited?

Wb might as well throw money at mk, because there will certainly be another of those before too long.
 
I'm in for Smash to be at EVO. 50% because it deserves, and the other 50% to see the tears of the "FGC" on message boards. :D

God's Beard said:
EVO Prediction:

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition version.2012
King of Fighters XIII
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Persona 4 Arena
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I'm okay with this. Really. This is like the perfect list of EVO 2013 games, actually.
 
darkblade77 said:
Isn't that exactly what happened last year though?
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With what? SFxT? That didn't end well, but I'm not so sure that the same could happen to Injustice. That game was a ticking time bomb.
enzo_gt said:
I prematurely know how much money WB has to throw around, also, that community needs to be served, the same way 3D and anime players are.
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It's not a matter of serving, money or quality. It just feels so far away in my eyes. I checked Wiki and it is apparently coming out in April. I find it kinda hard to believe, I guess.
 
I think PC version is $50 so I am hoping to get 10-20 bucks off that on a Steam sale or through some coupons. I will play it at a friends place before then but I eventually want a copy for myself for tech exploration and SSS ranking DMD.

I might wait longer depending upon how DLC would pan out. I know I am getting the Vergil DLC but they might be putting out a Bloody Palace DLC so I have to wait for that too.

EVO game prediction:

SSF4AE
Marvel 3
Persona 4
KOF13
TTT2


toddhunter said:
You'll be there day 1 and loving it :P
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Maybe we'll see. Definitely not day 1 for the console version though.
 
Dahbomb said:
I think PC version is $50 so I am hoping to get 10-20 bucks off that on a Steam sale or through some coupons. I will play it at a friends place before then but I eventually want a copy for myself for tech exploration and stuff.
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You'll be there day 1 and loving it :P

enzo_gt said:
I think KoFXIII is going to be the game this year that gets put on strictly off the strength of it last year and the assumption of bringing out a bunch of dormant players, but the turnout ends up being radically reduced and one of the lowest. Even if they as throw in t-shirts this time too.
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With you there. Still, probably deserves the chance as much as anything else.
 
Dahbomb said:
Which DMC you played ran at 60FPS and didn't have hard lock on?

This post is almost as much of a fail as the DmC's combat designer Rahni Tucker.

"I see DMC videos and I HAVE NO IDEA WHATS GOING ON!!! So we are going to dumb it down so I can understand it now"

I will still eventually get the game because Vergil is boss as fuck.
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Wait how do you know "the writing is mediocre to poor" if you haven't played it yet?
 
SolarPowered said:
The hell do we even know about Injustice? Picking that game seems akin to taking a premature baby home.

Smash is huge. It is really really huge. MK, Tekken, SF and KOF wish they could do half the numbers Smash does without pricecuts on a single disk.
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We know that NRS will throw money at it.
 
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