General fighting games thread

The dream SNK and CAPCOM collaboration title that can fit in your hands is coming to the Nintendo Switch!

SNK VS CAPCOM: MATCH OF THE MILLENIUM launched on the NEOGEO POCKET COLOR back in 1999, and now it will be available to download on the Nintendo eShop Feb, 17th PST! #SVC pic.twitter.com/QzIWTghzy6

— SNK GLOBAL (@SNKPofficial) February 5, 2021

The revival of these old NGPC games is not something I expected in recent times, but welcome all the same

I forgot about that trend of drawing massive hands.

I've heard that SNK hated Capcom because Capcom's CvS games were hits and SNK's SvC games bombed, and the agreement between the companies was that they only profited off their own games. SNK was bought by a Chinese mobile game company in 2015 so I don't know if that still applies.

free guilty gear strive beta now open for everyone on ps4/5

bundle of all steam ports of older gg titles including the oddball action/rts hybrid sequel available for less than $20 total:
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/18200/Guilty_Gear_Franchise/

Didn't realize the PS1 original had been ported to modern systems, cool

Downloaded the Strive beta on PS4, but it looks like the servers are still down

they've been down all day afaik but some people have managed to get the offline modes to work by using a secondary account and refusing to register with the servers

this worked for me to get training mode going btw pic.twitter.com/KkifAKsV9Y

— cams (@camsteh) February 19, 2021

didn't work for me though

i don't know how i did it exactly, but after online connections weren't working i just mashed buttons and eventually got to the menu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qg8nWyHAB0

Capcom finally made Ryu good in SFV. Probably too good to stay that way, but it'll be fun while it lasts. They also nerfed Guile to the ground. They must really want Daigo Umehara to go back to being a Ryu main.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL0pJDa-ljM

guilty gear xrd on sale on european psn store for less than €2

💥 Fighting fans!

Guilty Gear & Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2 are both currently massively discounted on the PSN store (literally, we're talking £1 a game here!)

Guilty Gear (90% off) 👉 https://t.co/Ao9Q0dkRYq

Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2 (97% off) 👉 https://t.co/JhMdrylzRI pic.twitter.com/HDvRChqpqG

— PQube Games (@PQubeGames) March 17, 2021

Thank you - been vaguely wanting to try GG and that is the right price.

I am a middle aged man with sluggish reactions whose last fighting game love was SNES SFII in the mid-90s & I'd sort of resigned myself to playing Civ, Xcom, a bit of low-intensity Kojima and failing at the Souls series. So I am frankly surprised that I have developed a sudden intense passion for SFV - training, training, then going online, getting the shit kicked out of me repeatedly (& haha watching replays and thinking 'What can I learn from this loss?', like I am some warrior philosopher) but getting immensely high from any win I can scrape off an incompetent, naive leaper.

love to hear it!

sony own evo now?

https://www.sie.com/en/blog/welcoming-evo-into-the-playstation-family/

https://www.evo.gg/press-release

Real shame Death Cargo didn't live up to hype and gameplay is always deleted because it looked great in motion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl9diPC0zpQ
https://multiplayer.net-cdn.it/thumbs/images/2014/06/05/asb7mv7hyqbcgnpgrnsc_jpg_1400x0_q85.jpg

This beat-em-up is replacing it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c698MR8uE7E

What happened with Death Cargo? Kickstarter vaporware?

I think it's just really poorly managed business and an unplayably buggy game that very few people got to play. Maybe they switched to a beat-em-up because it seemed simpler?

Guilty Gear open beta again: https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0036-CUSA24910_00-GGSTOBTUS0000100

VF5 for PS4 is out on tuesday, free for PS+ subscribers

saw EVO moment 37 for the first time, wow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESR3cvErqCg

have to wonder if there any children who know who Powdered Toast Man is

from the developers of Slap City:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q430dWj9sG4

as if this is aimed at children

ah! impressed that they got a real gig off that. so this might be better than all the other crappy Smash clones.

yeah this is definitely aimed at people who were born in the 90s, the character choices are mostly from the same era as melee

New trailer, doesn't reveal much
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITxAvjG0Zfs

Voice actors haven't been contacted, and games can't reuse their voices without permission.

Some box art with silhouetted characters was leaked by Target. It reveals more characters:
Aang
Korra
Ren
Stimpy
CatDog

I wonder if Nick has the rights to Rocco’s Modern Life. I’m guessing no, seeing how people never mention wishlist characters from that show in comments sections.

CatDog and yellow jumpsuit April O'Neil trailers released. Definitely being aimed at 90s kids.

Funny that she got announced as a playable character in two games this week, which I suppose is probably intentional

basic gameplay guide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXiOWSKPDG8

The Clutch button from Slap City is replaced by a Strafe button that keeps you faced the same way. I like how the attacks have a rock-paper-scissors system where each pair has a different effect on the loser.

I wonder what will end up being the dominant platform for this game, if it succeeds. Switch, out of Smash loyalty? The previous or current generation of Xbox or PS5? PC due to current FGC trends?

Also if we'll just get used to the lack of voice acting

The devs said the Switch version will only have rollback netcode during 1-on-1 battles, and some of the other versions will have it during the other modes. So the Switch version might not be the most popular.

The Power Rangers game, Battle for the Grid, got voice acting after its initial release so there's still a remote possibility for it in this game.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1739300/Smack_Studio_Early_Access/

Smack Studio - This one is interesting. Came out yesterday, main sell is that it's a Smash clone that can somehow auto-generate 3D fighters out of 2D sprite art.

so it's MUGEN for Smash Bros. then

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/fighting-juggernauts-bundle
SoulCal 7, Injustice 2, Power Rangers, KI, MK XL, Slap City, One Finger Death Punch 2

own almost all of those on other platforms, will buy anyway

There's rumors of a Warner Bros. smashlike. Cartoon characters and DC and other properties.

finally i can pit marvin martian against darkseid

https://newlegacy.fr

very extensive Super SF2 Turbo fan patch that goes beyond what HD Remix tried. The character change notes come with hitbox images and specific match-up differences. It can be played online with Fightcade which I should probably stop putting off and install already.

Mandatory presentation on corporate synergy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFUQl2i24qQ

You must clap now.

Think of the DLC opportunities

Sauron
Top Cat
Blade
Johnny Bravo
Jason X
Yogi Bear
Alex DeLarge
Rosie the Robot
Ramsay Bolton
Wyldstyle
Snowflame
Cowardly Lion
Tony Soprano
Michigan J. Frog
Sister Jeanne
Dumbledore
etc.

Wow they really put in Super Saiyan Shaggy
I do like that they're focusing on 2v2. Only character that seemed out of place was the Game of Thrones character

Finally cracked open Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath, having also picked up the final Kombat Pass later on. The online Tower structure for single player is still a mixture of cool and unnecessarily grindy, but I got sucked back into the skin game. The super violent Saturday Morning cartoon-level story was fun, and I LOVE the sheer ridiculousness of having Robocop, Terminator and now JOHN RAMBO as playable characters. (Faster load times on enhanced PS5 version also a nice bonus.)

There was a DLC pack to reskin AND re-voice Johnny Cage, Sonya and Raiden with the '95 movie actors (like they did with Shang Tsung), and yes that includes Lambert. To my shock, the actors actually recorded ALL the match dialogue, intros and various taunts and such. That's a lot! Easily worth the sale price of $3 for that level of amusement.

Really wish the Street Fighter franchise had this level of money, polish, love and actual attention to the single player side. The SF6 teaser didn't do much for me, and makes me think we're far off from an actual game - maybe spring '23? And hopefully less rushed than SFV's launch was.

My hope is that Capcom's bad single player modes were because of Ono, and without him, SF6 will be an improvement.

I can't totally blame Ono - clearly Capcom was unwilling to put serious money and effort behind their SF franchise as well as MvC4. I mean, look at the stuff they're putting out with Monster Hunter, Devil May Cry, Resident Evil, etc - it's just sad how little they care about the fighting division.

has more to do with jp fighting games historically being thought of as arcade games first with the console versions being ports, i suspect. pretty much every anime fighter has half-assed single player content too, same with SNK games, it's not just capcom