Fighting Games

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Today, SNK uploaded Whip's King of Fighters XIV reveal trailer, confirming her as the first DLC fighter for the game.

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Looks like plenty of news were delivered during my 5 days of absence on the internet. So let's recap:

Firestorm is the latest addition to the Injustice 2 roster

DOA5: Last Round Arc System Works Costumes Trailer

Ryuji Yamazaki is KOF XIV's Next DLC Character

Street Fighter V Balance Patch Coming in Late April

Tekken 7 Post-Launch Content Outlined, Includes 2 New Guest Characters (with Stages) & More!

Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 Hits North America May 26th

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Today CFN profikes are Wayne Nakamura (the boss of the CIA agents featured in Q's ending) and Ken'ichi Kakutani (the karate guy from Makoto's 3rd Strike ending). The translation was provided by Miðgarðsorm from the SRK forums:

Wayner Nakamura

http://game.capcom.com/cfn/sfv/column/131580

http://forums.shoryuken.com/discussion/c...t_11220902

Private Nakagawa: The boss of David Spender and Gillian Leigh.
He's an important figure in the American Central Intelligence Agency.
He devotes much of his energies to train and guide the younger members.
He's currently investigating the mystery of the Man with the iron mask.

Basic Info


Name: Wayne Nakamura
Height: 170 cm
Weight: 68 kg
Blood type: A
Birthday: February, 22
Home Country: USA
Favorite things: Cigars, His Subordinates
Dislikes: Fried Food

Private Nakawaga: He's a veteran, having been in charge of difficult cases and bizarre phenomena for 30 years.
As an experienced analyst for the HQ,
he doesn't miss even the smallest detail.
He still continues to investigate a man in a trenchcoat,
whom he once spotted in an American port.
He watches over the "odd couple" of David and Gillian,
kindly and strictly.

Zpace Jockey's notes: A man in a trench coat spotted in an American port? Did Capcom just canonize Q being that guy in Ken's background? I really hope so!

Ken'ichi Kakutani¹

http://game.capcom.com/cfn/sfv/column/131579

http://forums.shoryuken.com/discussion/c...t_11222364

Private Nakagawa: A man who appeared in Makoto's SFIII ending.
He was beaten with a single blow and a
"Chestoooo!!",
but he's actually a competent and strong man.

Basic Info

Name: Ken'ichi Kakutani
Height: 174 cm
Weight: 97 kg
Blood type: B
Birthday: January, 2
Home Country: Japan
Favorite things: Dōjō yaburi², Tests of strength
Dislikes: Alcohol (He can't hold it)

Private Nakawaga: A karate master and teacher.
Travels within Japan in search of stronger opponents.
His special technique is a Jōdan Mawashigeri³ called Ittetsu⁴.
He was an old friend of Masaru (Makoto's father), apparently.


¹ "Ken'ichi" is only the most common reading of his name's kanjis. If they're feeling nasty, the very same kanjis could be read Kenkazu, or Kenhito... Although usually (usually) with a rarer name they also give its correct reading. The same could be said about "Kakutani", who could also be read "Kadotani", "Kadoya", "Sumiya"... But here we have the .jpg name to prove the former reading, at least.
² Lit., "Dōjō break". The practice of challenging all the members of a single dōjō and beat them one after another.
³ High Roundhouse Kick.
⁴ "One Iron".

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The trailer for a new KOF CGI movie called "The King of Fighter: Destiny" was released yesterday.



Could this be that Chinese-made animated series they were talking about last year?

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Today CFN profile is Somsak (the Muay Thai jobber from Makoto's 3rd Strike ending). The translation was provided by Miðgarðsorm from the SRK forums:

Somsak¹

http://game.capcom.com/cfn/sfv/column/131581

http://forums.shoryuken.com/discussion/c...t_11224488

Private Nakagawa: A man who appeared in Makoto's SFIII ending.
He was beaten with a single blow and a
"Doshaaaaaah!!",
but he's actually a determinate man.

Basic Info

Name: Somsak¹
Height: 169 cm
Weight: 61 kg
Blood type: 0
Birthday: November, 20
Home Country: Thailand
Favorite things: His Father, Muay Thai
Dislikes: Lack of Sleep²

Private Nakawaga: He trained in Golden Tiger Gym.
He's a southpaw boxer, whose special move is a violent elbow strike
that he calls "Invisible Elbow".
His father was also a muay thai boxer,
and happened to challenge the champion Nuakan (the former "King of Muay Thai" before a young Sagat beated him up) once.
Somsak grew up respecting his father, and became a splendid fighter
then decided to travel the world to test his strength.
During his second trip to Japan, he heard the Rindōkan dōjō
had a new instructor, and challenged her... Much to his chagrin.



¹ The name likely references Thai pro boxer (not muay thai) Somsak Sithchatchawal, who's also a southpaw.
² Yup, so did Gillian...

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Vanessa is KOF XIV's Next DLC Character!

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Allright guys, is there any non-playable SF character you think should deserve a profile in the CFN website? I just have two requests.

1. Dr. Senoh from the SF2 animated movie: I mean, the monitor cyborgs gor a profile, so why not Senoh? Dude was even featured in Dictardor's Alpha 2 ending.


2. The original Geki (the one who got a profile was his succesor):  I am really surprised that they did profiles for every character in SF1 yet the original Geki didn't get one....

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Iron Mike gets a bite out of SFII's Boxer

https://twitter.com/MikeTyson/status/846724880225624065

He knows!

Rock Howard is KOF XIV's Next DLC Character.

It feels so weird and somewhat wrong seeing him in a KOF game, but that trailer was amazing. It's Rock freaking Howard!

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So 3 days ago Capcom uploaded a profile on the CFN website. This profile is about the most famous hoax character in the history of hoax characters: Shen Long. The translation was provided by Nicholas "MajinTenshinhan" Taylor from EventHubs:

Shen Long

http://game.capcom.com/cfn/sfv/column/131583

https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2017/mar/...e-moveset/

Introduction

This time, we've got Master Sheng Long for you.

What's his relation to Ryu... ?!

Mastering the martial arts, he morphed into a living legend.

Apparently, anyone who sees him dies within 24 hours.

Basic info

Name: Sheng Long
Height: 185cm
Weight: 70kg
Blood type: Unknown
Birthday: 1st of April
Country of origin: Unknown
Likes: Today
Dislikes: Modding tools

Profile

He throws Hadokens with one hand, can unleashed Shoryukens in mid-air, a true martial artist.

He's a mysterious presence who appears if you keep getting draw games!

His special moves, besides Hadoken, Shoryuken and Tatsumaki Senpukyaku, are...

Jigoku Tomoenage - A throw that instantly defeats his opponent

Renkoin - He will keep being resurrected any amount of times

Daihan - Makes his opponent angry

And other such moves!

Among these, he also has the Critical Art Rei-In-Bou, where he instantly changes personality. Such power for a 3-dan!

If you block his moves, you won't be able to counterattack. You will be counterattacked instead.

Also, DC Entertainment and NetherRealm Studios dropped the latest Injustice 2 trailer yesterday. This time showing some gameplay footage of the badies.

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So Arika recently uploaded this on their Youtube account...




There are three hypothesis for this on the internet:

1. Actual trailer for an actual game.
   
2. Test footage used to gauge reaction (to see if the community would be excited for another Arika videogame).
   
3. April Fool's joke (if this one is true, then is a considerable amount of work for just a joke).
   

UPDATE: More information has surfaced about the trailer.

http://iplaywinner.com/news/2017/3/31/ap...-joke.html
https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2017/mar/.../#c1152396

Looks like the second theory may be true, after all.

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So a new 'Street Fighter Academy' quiz game was revealed today by Ono.
https://game.capcom.com/cfn/sfv/aprilfool/2017
It's supposedly only available for today...so everyone should play it, and learn some stuff!

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So Arika recently uploaded this on their Youtube account...

Spoiler

There are three hypothesis for this on the internet:

1. Actual trailer for an actual game.
   
2. Test footage used to gauge reaction (to see if the community would be excited for another Arika videogame).
   
3. April Fool's joke (if this one is true, then is a considerable amount of work for just a joke).
   

UPDATE: More information has surfaced about the trailer.

http://iplaywinner.com/news/2017/3/31/ap...-joke.html
https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2017/mar/.../#c1152396

Looks like the second theory may be true, after all.

More info has surfaced. The second theory was indeed (and the first one, to a extent), correct. There are even some screenshots being posted over twitter:



UPDATE: VesperArcade made a video about the subject.

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Teaser footage and theme for new Thailand stage; high definition concept art images of new SF5 'School' costume

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Oh man a new "street" Fighter EX.

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Oh man a new "street" Fighter EX.

I know, right? About time Arika decided to do something with the EX cast on their own volition rather than wait for Capcom to make a deal with them.

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Netherrealm Studios recently revealed the gameplay trailer for Catwoman (Injustice 2).



Note: while is true that she was first revealed on the "here comes the girls" trailer, this trailer specifically focuses on her.