I remember Astro Skate, the local roller-rink: the scent of sweat and canvas, the texture of worn plastic wheels, the sound of syrupy, bubblegum pop blaring from the speakers. But most of all I remember the arcade games, especially Street Fighter II: The World Warrior …Read more »
When Capcom announced Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 today, along with four characters and the promise of more to come, we all thought we'd be waiting in anticipation, right? Come on, this is the Internet! The full roster for the upcoming retail expansion—due November 15 …Read more »
Yes, believe it or not, Namco Bandai have another Dragon Ball -related fighting game on the way. Playful sarcasm aside, Japanese blog Tale Tale Source cites the upcoming issue of Weekly Shonen Jump as the source of the announcement, and the game is listed as …Read more »
I meant to post this up yesterday, but I got so excited by the accompanying video that I stayed outside all day punching cars, eating discarded bits of turkey leg and roughing up hooligans. Now that I got that off my chest, I can say …Read more »
It's been quite a few years since Marvel vs. Capcom 2 , and even last year's wonderful Tatsunoko vs. Capcom didn't decrease anticipation for the next proper entry in the versus series. With Capcom's most recent announcement, we now know exactly how much longer we'll …Read more »
The sound of fans cheering on Ryu should be a familiar noise now that the fourth iteration of Capcom's venerable Street Fighter series has had plenty of time to become a fixture of the community. The cheers at this year's Comic-Con, however, egged on our …Read more »
It may be early, but it's safe to say the day officially belongs to Capcom. The beloved publisher unleashed a slew of announcements today, both concerning titles set to emerge this year, and looking forward to 2011. Chief among those is the announcement of Marvel …Read more »
There's a brand new trailer out for Capcom's Super version of their popular brawler, and it features animation by GONZO, a studio known for its productivity despite inconsistent quality. I personally thought the Studio 4ºC-animated endings for Street Fighter IV were incredibly lackluster, and this …Read more »
Most ads for games nowadays are, let's face it, a little uninspired. There are exceptions of course, but more often than not we're met with 30 seconds of computer-animated footage that hardly represents the final product or gameplay in any way. That's not to say …Read more »
In Mike Dent's feature on Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars , he touched on the storied history of Capcom's long line of mashup fighters, pitting drastically different (well, most of the time) universes against one another since tag-team fighting was still a fresh concept. Now …Read more »
The roster announcements continue to trickle in for Super Street Fighter IV , which will freshen the hit fighter in the form of a full retail release next year. It appears the rumors continue to be pretty spot-on, as the latest characters brought to light …Read more »
To be fair to both sides, he gets beat up pretty badly himself, but this video mostly exists to showcase the tough-as-nails moves of Capcom's last announced Tatsunoko vs. Capcom character, Joe the Condor, of Gatchaman fame. He makes this look easy, especially when his …Read more »
With the dismal performance of Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li , I'm betting there are those of you out there who ran straight to the local rental shop or Netflix and demanded a copy of the 1994 animated Street Fighter film as if your …Read more »
In one of the very first issues of Otaku USA, we featured an interview with Rey Jimenez, one of the producers behind this highly-defined return to the legendary fighting streets, and it certainly seemed timely at the moment. Turns out it was much more in-advance …Read more »
I'm going to go right out and say it: by far the most significant feature of Soul Calibur 4 is its online play. This has been a long time in coming, as fighting game developers have dragged their feet on this feature for years, unwilling …Read more »
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