Sonic Hurricane has made anothing amazing combo video, this time for Dhalsim. If you want to know exactly what he did in making these combos and some of the ideas behind them, jump over to Sonic Hurricane's page in the source link.
Source: Sonic Hurricane
Here are some more videos from NCR that I've uploaded over the past couple days. You can access all the NCR videos via our YouTube channel, but here are a couple best bouts from the recent uploads.
This is a great set of matches between Alex Valle and John Choi and over all one of the best Grand Finals of the tournament in my opinion.
So yeah, CVS2 matches take fooooorever but like many of the CVS2 top 8 matches at NCR, this one is worth it. This is the Grand Finals between Ricky Ortiz and Combofiend with Ricky playing A-Vega/Blanka/Sakura and Combofiend playing K-Rolento/Rocky/Cammy.
Yeah yeah yeah, I know you want your Street Fighter 4 matches so here is one between Hsien Chang's Akuma and Dagger G who plays Guile. This is one of those matches where you could feel the tension through out the entire room while they were playing.
So that wraps it up for today, but I still have about 8 more hours worth of footage to go through edit and upload so keep checking back for more. I typically update our twitter with any new matches so be sure to follow us!
For those of you familiar with Tekken Crash, a similar series has popped in Korea called Tuhon 2009, this time about SF4.
The format of this first season is a single elimination, 16 man tournament, with apparently each episode focusing on 1 round of the tournament. The season is planned to end with the top 4 from Korea facing off in a 4 on 4 exhibition against Mago, Kyabetsu, Momochi, and Kindevu.
The official website for the show can be found here:
As of now, the first 3 episodes are out, which you can find here:
Episode 1:
Episode 2:
Episode 3:
According to Laugh, the Akuma player 'Infiltration' is undoubtably the strongest Akuma player in Korea, and even the strongest player in all of Korea. I know this is someone I'll be watching more of.
If you've been holding off on buying the PC version of Street Fighter 4 waiting for a better deal, your wait may finally be over. Here are the deals:
From Capcom's Website:
Download Street Fighter IV For The PC for 50% Off
This week's Deal Of The Week is our best one yet. For the next week, Friday October 30th through Thursday November 5th, download Street Fighter IV for the PC for $19.99. This is a great opportunity to pick up this top-selling game for half off the regular price.
Check out the manual to see if your PC meets the minimum system requirements. That way you'll know before you buy. I just hate getting something home - all excited to play it, listen to it, try it out - only to find it doesn't work, it's the wrong size . . . you get what I mean.
Oh, and by the way, you can use your Xbox 360 controller with your PC. Just make sure you have the driver for the controller. If you don't you can download it on the Microsoft web site.
As mentioned in the article that goes along with this video, Street Fighter 4 so far lacks any really insane combo videos. Everyone has seen combo videos using repeated jabs mixed with some Focus Atack Dash Cancelling, but I have yet to see anything as crazy as the exhibition below.
You can check out Maj's post on Sonic Hurricane.com for a full breakdown on the combos and what was involved in making this video. Also, lucky for us looks like this will be a regular feature on his site so keep checking back for more!
Pherai from Denjin Arcade stopped by Gooteck's Bar Fights and interviewed a handful of the players who were competing in the exhibition only event. He talks to East Coast players L.I. Joe and Arturo Sanchez about the differences between West Coast and East Coast players, getting their input on the different play styles in each region. He also gets feedback from the always outspoken Filipino Champ about the upcoming matches, with a little input from MAGUS1234 as well.
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This past week FilipinoChamp stopped by HAUNTS HQ for some matches and I was able to get in some much needed practice vs Dhalsim. For those of you who don't know, with his top 8 placement at West Coast Warzone and coming off his recent win against UTJ & Bryant the Tyrant at Bar Fights 2, FilipinoChamp is currently ranked as one of the top 3 Dhalsims in the country. He is also a self proclaimed "Sagat killer" having beat most of the top Sagats in the country at some point.
The Dhalsim vs Sagat match is certainly an unorthodox match up which can give Sagat serious problems if he is not familiar with how to handle it. Even though 'Sim takes a lot of damage, being able to get in to do that damage and keep him locked down can prove to be a difficult task if the Dhalsim player is on point.
I recorded many of the matches here and decided to post them up and break down what was going through my mind, what I learned during these sets and also what I assume Ryan was trying to accomplish during the match as well. Although I won maybe 2-3 matches out of 10, you'll see most of the rounds come down to the wire with a minor misstep on my end that costs me the round/match. You'll see there is a lot of experimentation going on as well with these being casual matches -- many of the better strategies start to solidify later on in the set. Hopefully some of you will benefit from the beating I took and learn a couple things about this odd match up as well.
Here are the videos with match up notes below:
Although I usually have few opportunities to apply close range pressure vs Dhalsim, once I'm in there I am at an advantage. 'Sim has some solid pokes/normal moves, a teleport and a back dash to give himself some breathing room, but over all once I'm in, even one Tiger Uppercut or EX Tiger Shot combo will typically put me in the lead. There are many ways to counter Dhalsim's options when he gets in close or tries to evade: well timed Kara Tiger Uppercuts will stop back dashes, standing medium punch will stop close range teleports (need to punish these more myself), and one throw into the corner will put the round in your favor.
As I mentioned, getting in takes some work. Dashing in after he blocks a Tiger Shot then FAing through any follow up limbs will work, and Kara Tiger Shots can help Sagat gain ground as well. You can Tiger Knee over Yoga Fire but the timing is a bit different than Tiger Kneeing over other projectiles in the game since Yoga Fire moves slower than say a fireball.
Once you have him in the corner, Tiger Shot pressure is usually your best option. If you are point blank and start an EX Tiger Shot combo, if he blocks it you can follow up with a crouching jab with no risk of a counter attack to continue your pressure. Watch out for slides in that is one way 'Sim can slowly push Sagat back out. Tiger Knees in the corner do not work as well against 'Sim compared to other characters due to his small hit box and the fact that he can slide under them, but a well timed meaty Tiger Knee can be a good way to start a pressure string.
Generally speaking, at mid range you will see that Dhalsim has a ton of options to stop Sagat from advancing, giving him the advantage from this range. He can stop Tiger Shots with a fierce, use Yoga Fire to set up teleport cross ups and Jump Fierce to punish Tiger Shots as well. Fighting from this range is not recommended for Sagat, and once you are in the corner with Dhalsim advancing to mid range you will see how bad it can get. From this position there isn't a whole lot you can do out side of some random upper cuts or waiting for a mistake. If he already has an Ultra, in many cases the round is over once you are in the corner fighting from mid range, as you'll see in the videos I posted.
Jumping in is typically a bad idea as well, even though it's hard to resist the urge to land a jump in combo from mid-range. Sim has a ton of anti-air options, and maybe 1/5 times you attempt to jump in will you even connect with your attack. It may be a good idea to test the 'Sim players anti airing ability once the round starts, but once you see they can hit you on reaction its best to just back out to full screen and restart the projectile war.
With two stocks of EX meter you can safely Kara Uppercut from mid range to gain some ground and even land a counter hit and follow up with an Ultra, but this is in no way a strategy you can use through out the entire match.
Also, one area where Sagat has an advantage from mid screen is when 'Sim jumps in from mid range and throws out a move such as a fierce, you can FA through it and start an offense and even follow up with a F+RH from the right distance. Uppercut can also be a good option but beware of 'Sim baiting uppercuts with a teleport.
From full screen I feel Sagat has a slight advantage due to the speed of his Tiger Shots, the ability to Kara Tiger Shot and EX Tiger Shot which will do a nice chunk of damage and also send 'Sim closer to the corner. You will most likely spend most of the match at this range and inflict as much damage as possible through Tiger Shots until you have the opportunity to move in.
Beware that even from full screen 'Sim can catch Sagat throwing a Tiger Shot and start a combo. You can feint Tiger Shots with a standing jab or crouching Fierce to counter this strategy.
A well timed crouching jab will stop many of his attacks, and you can of course cancel that into a Tiger Shot to apply more pressure. Be careful when throwing our normal moves though, in that a couple mistimed moves will cost you a nice chunk of life.
I feel at the end of the day this is a 5-5 match up with maybe a slight advantage for Sagat due to his damage output. As you see, a good 'Sim can really give Sagat a lot of problems due to his ability to keep Sagat at full screen and also completely shut down most of his options once he has him in the corner.
...or am I completely out of my mind and just have no idea how to fight 'Sim? Is this all solid advice or the blind leading the blind? Sound off in the comments and let me know!
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Parts 4 and 5 of the same set.
I came across these vids today. They are made by NeoRussell. He has made some really nice strategy/tutorial vids on various topics for various games. One example of this is his two-vid series on Anti-Projectile strategies. It gives basic strategies for every character in the game. These videos are geared more towards beginning players but some intermediate players may find a surprise in there.
If you want to see more of his vids visit NeoRussell's website at: http://www.neorussell.com
Also you can see vids at his YouTube channel located at: http://www.youtube.com/user/Ne0Russell
Our friends over at Frame-Advantage.com posted up some videos from Seasons Beatings, not of the actual tourney but some money matches between top players and Daigo. As expected the gameplay is top notch, but Chris Hu's commentary is what really sends it over the top. I'm just posting a couple matches out of many from FADC's channel, so be sure to check out the rest!
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Daigo Money Match results from Justin Wong, via NeoGaf.
Daigo Money Matches in Room 103
Daigo vs Vegita X(Gief) - 3-0
Daigo vs Floe (Sagat) 5-0
Daigo vs DS (Balrog) 5-0
Daigo vs vvvscrub (5-2)
Daigo vs Sanford(Akuma) 5-1
Daigo vs Andre (Bison) 3-2
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The official CAPCOM Super Street Fighter 4 NAKKY blog was updated today, and while nothing really all that new was announced, it appears we will be seeing some real updates next week. Jigsaw from SRK translated the entry and at the end it reads:
And right now, as I'm writing this, the team is working diligently on the rest of the portraits!! For those guys and girls you don't know about yet, too... He he he. They will be announced successively, so stay tuned!!
OK everyone, maybe you'll get to see something next week too?!
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So hopefully some new characters will be confirmed, or something just as interesting. My bet is on the gameplay system, but either way we will learn a lot more about the game next week with the new blog update and CAPCOM Fight Club taking place on the 22nd in NYC.
All that aside, the majority of this entry is about the new character select screen art and how they use in game models to help with the process of finding a pose for each character. Personally, I'm more of a fan of the artwork we saw last week -- Juri looks a bit demented but perhaps that's what the artists were aiming for?
Full translation after the jump!
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I wanted to give you guys a quick heads up on some recent changes I've made to the Sagat guide here at iPlayWinner and also use this as a chance to talk about how our new guides work.
For the Sagat guide, I added notes to the Normal & Special Move sections and also the match up notes section. Most of this is based on the time I spent in Japan observing higher level Sagats and also techniques of my own that I've been implementing into my own game as of late. I also added some tutorial videos on how to set up safe Tiger Knees and how to Kara Tiger Shot. I'll be adding more videos in the following week covering other topics like Kara Tiger Knees and Uppercuts so keep an eye out for those.
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Beyond that, I added some more match videos to the match up chart, and if you're not aware of how this works, this is a way you can watch match videos between specific characters. So if you want to see some C. Viper vs Sagat matches, click C. Viper's profile pic on Sagat's guide and it will take you to that page, displaying as many C. Viper vs Sagat videos that we have on the site. Keep in mind that the great thing about this system is you can be notified anytime we add a new video to a specific match up by subscribing to that page via RSS. Most web browsers will allow you to do this right within the browser itself so don't forget to do that on any match ups you have problems with.
Keep in mind there are other Street Fighter 4 guides here that have been getting a lot of TLC as well, such as the Balrog, Zangief, M. Bison and Blanka guides so check those out too.
With that being said, we still have a lot of work to do here and could use some help from our community. Not only do we need more information for some of the console characters, we could also use help finding match up videos for characters as well. So, if you have any videos and/or strategy you'd like to send in to help us fill in the blanks, please use the form on the left hand side of the page to do that. Those who submit info would be credited accordingly of course.
Anyway, a lot more is right around the corner so stay tuned!
This was originally sent over to me by Oichi from Versus City, but Kensk ended up uploading it to Youtube. This is a character specific infinite that only works vs. Dhalsim.
Now, Dhalsim vs Gouken isn't exactly a match up you see everyday, but after watching this video of Alex Valle versus UTJ it makes me think we will see a lot more of it in the future. Using Goukens parry attack is a great way to punish Dhalsim's limbs and send him flying into a corner where he is at a serious disadvantage. Just goes to show how viable console characters can be in certain match ups. Check it out --
Thanks to IronFist for the heads up on this one.
Crazy week right guys? Super this.. Super that... Don't worry, the wait will be over soon enough.
Until then, check out these MegaMan Street Fighter 4 spites that were put together by ReyArt over at the Shoryuken.com forums. Below is a wallpaper of the whole cast, but you can check the forum post to get avatar sized MegaMan Street Fighter 4 characters.
Thanks to Tsenzen for the heads up on this one.
Wow, this is so crazy and a huge buff for Balrog! 1 frame link into Ultra! Some say it may not be practical for tournament play but I am sure I will see someone pull this off more often than you can imagine.
Alright, so I am a little disappointed I'm JUST now finding these since they were posted back in late July, but I was really happy to find these on YouTube while browsing around last night. This is something I always wanted to produce but never had the time to get around to it. These are music videos put together by "Cicada1337" that illustrate the strategies that Lil Shoto raps about in his songs such as Chun Li EX LEGS and Blanka BLOCK LOW, BLOCK HIGH. The production value on these are pretty high, all things considered so check them out.
Now the only question is when is Lil Shoto coming out of retirement to lay down more tracks? Lil Shoto is currently not available for comment, but hopefully he will see these and decide to spit more hot fire!
Thanks to the kids over at the NeoGAF forums, I found these videos uploaded to LordAborigineSF4's YouTube channel where Daigo Umehara takes on the top players in Nagoya. I'm just posting a few of these videos, there are a ton more over there, so check them out when you have some time.
So most of you have probably heard about the Shiozawa Cup by now (5 vs 5 Street Fighter 4 tournament that took place the day before Super Battle Opera) , and possibly seen some of the videos that have been floating around, but these are a couple matches that caught my eye.
[ Check out LordAborigineSF4's YouTube Channel for more Shiozawa Cup Videos ]
The first one is a video of Kanbara who is a ~90k BP Akuma player who I actually had a chance to session with a bit at BIG BOX arcade while I was in Japan. He was one of the first Akumas I played while I was out there and he gave me a real good idea of what to expect going forward when playing Akumas in Japan -- lots of headaches! This particular match is pretty tense towards the end.
Next is a match between Itabashi Zangief and Uryo from the same tournament, and more or less demonstrates how one mistake vs a pro Zangief is lights out for even a world class C. Viper.
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According to Anoop Gantayat from AndriaSang.com who translated the latest post from Natsuki Shiozawa on the official Street Fighter 4 blog, it looks like we may hear more details on the next installment of Street Fighter 4 as early as next week.
One thing though, Shiozawa says she "forbids you from getting too excited.", which could be interpreted a number of different ways, but with Tokyo Game Show right around the corner we can only hope we will get some solid news and/or media regarding the new installment soon.
It's not often I see many Ken videos, and it's even less frequent that I see videos of Ken that are worth watching, but Yipes has one of the most entertaining Kens I've seen yet. This is a video I found on Frame-Advantage.com from an East Coast tournament called BattleField Arcadia 3 that went down a week or two back. Keep an eye out at about :50 seconds in -- glitchy!
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Another video of Yipes from the same tournament, this time versus Sanfords Gouken. Check it out..
