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DunDunDunpachi
Patient MembeR
Nymphae
Banned
Awesome OT, and I wanted to say thanksNymphae for the heads up about the season pass in the other thread. Darli Dagger, Yashamaru, and Shield Girl Wu are the characters I want most to take for a spin. Their playstyles look really fun.
No problem! I hope everyone that was interested snagged that Season Pass in time!
You're all about the new characters eh? Yashamaru is very badass. I'm not really digging how the other 2 play so far, but I do like their designs. Thinking I'm going to stick with Ukyo as my main character, and maybe try to get good with Yoshitora as well, I love the little mini-game he has trying to land all 6 specials to allow access to his insane 7th sword move. I love Ukyo's design and stance, and for some reason I love that he has tuberculosis and coughs a lot lol. His win animation with the Japanese girls following him is great too.
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Nymphae
Banned
Thank you!
DunDunDunpachi
Patient MembeR
I haven't played SamSho in quite a while, so they're all on equal footing for me. Yoshitora sounds kinda like Zappa from GG (who landed specials to charge up a meter, and then would finally unleash a big ghost-dude).
Nymphae
Banned
That's part of the appeal of this series for me, the execution requirements are so low and most of the cast uses QCF/Bs or DPs, a few half circles but nothing too crazy, no charge characters.
Thank you! You mean the character reveal videos? Well I wanted the character thumbnails to open into a larger version of the image, I'm not sure I can have that as well as have the image link to a video? I was considering putting these in the Video section, but I was looking around for them today (this is tough when my work blocks nearly all videogame related content lol), and I believe they only made those videos for 8 of the 16 base characters.
Ol'Scratch
Member
So much loving this game. Can't wait for the limited NeoGeo classic to come in to complete the experience for me. This has always been one of my favorite series and I am glad that they took such care with this release.
Nymphae
Banned
Is anyone else unable to open larger versions of the images in the Stages section and last half of the Character section of the OP? On mobile it seems to work when I touch the thumbnails, from both mobile and desktop view. But on my PC, I am unable to click and get larger versions. I'm not sure what I did wrong I created everything the same way.
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Nymphae
Banned
It was making me rage for a few days too lol. I've gotten pretty good at it now, this strategy applies to pretty much the whole roster. Basically I'm standing point blank and constantly either neutral jumping or jumping at her, hitting HS in the air, and just defend the icicle projectile things for meter. You can get a lot of hits in this way as long as you don't get too unlucky with her attack patterns. The constant jumping really helps avoid that insane grab move she has that I can never seem to react to in time. The only things that really cheese me now are her super special move and her WF move, she can basically teleport cross up into it and if you're not waiting for it, it can be tricky to react to. She always does it near the end of her health bar so it's not too hard to keep an eye out for it.
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zenspider
Member
Great OT!
I wanna bite on this game so bad.
The whole methodical playstyle is my jam, and the play I've ssen so far look fantastic. I was hoping I could rent it or borrow it from the library to see how the online plays with my router on PS4 - it's 50/50 if PS4 or PC will be better - and them I'm likely in for a Switch copy too.
I wanna bite on this game so bad.
The whole methodical playstyle is my jam, and the play I've ssen so far look fantastic. I was hoping I could rent it or borrow it from the library to see how the online plays with my router on PS4 - it's 50/50 if PS4 or PC will be better - and them I'm likely in for a Switch copy too.
Ol'Scratch
Member
NeoGeo bosses are famous for inducing rage
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SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
The final boss is either easy or bs. She is mostly luck based. Since she can use a literal one hit kill at anytime during the second half of the fight.
I beat her pretty fast with Shiki. But had trouble with Kyo.
I beat her pretty fast with Shiki. But had trouble with Kyo.
DunDunDunpachi
Patient MembeR
Just place your hyperlinks on their own row underneath and space them appropriately.I really should have reserved the second post for more stuffI'm trying to update the character images with a little trailer flag under each one you can click to go to the youtube page for that, but I was not aware you can only have 50 images in a post. I'll figure something out.
Kind Of Like This (but spaced for your pics, of course)
Nymphae
Banned
Thank you! But I really wanted to add the image banners
So I just combined all of the stage images into one big image, they weren't that large when you clicked them individually anyway.I also added some video links, an "Embrace Death" trailer, SonicSol's beginner's guide, and Top 8 from the first big tournament for the game at CEO 2019.
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
It looks great don't worry about it.Damnit it looks like a mess on mobile, but I designed it to look like this:
Edit: There! I got the stage images back in, and I removed the banners and made the thumbnails just link to the character videos, I will add a portrait gallery at a later date.
Nymphae
Banned
Thank you! Well on my phone, it was showing the first row of 4 character images, and then 4 trailer banners, then 4 characters, etc. Just not what I intended and would be confusing for a mobile user to know which trailer button to click. I really liked how that looked with the banners but it probably makes more sense to just have those link to the trailers, and underneath all that I will add some other thumbnails you can click for bigger character portraits.
Nymphae
Banned
SNK and Athlon Games adding $30,000 to Samurai Shodown's EVO pot bonus plus prizes after becoming the company's most-entered title in event history
That jacket looks sick, and the custom mini cab would be sweet. Nice little pot bonus for the first Evo Tourney as well. I'm pretty excited to watch that next month, been watching Valle learn the game on the WNF Twitch.
That jacket looks sick, and the custom mini cab would be sweet. Nice little pot bonus for the first Evo Tourney as well. I'm pretty excited to watch that next month, been watching Valle learn the game on the WNF Twitch.
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DunDunDunpachi
Patient MembeR
It'd be wild if this franchise came back in a big way. EVO has been instrumental in shining a spotlight on these non-Smash, non-SF, non-NeverRealms fighting titles. I mean, EVO gave a headline spot to UNIEL which blows my mind.SNK and Athlon Games adding $30,000 to Samurai Shodown's EVO pot bonus plus prizes after becoming the company's most-entered title in event history
That jacket looks sick, and the custom mini cab would be sweet. Nice little pot bonus for the first Evo Tourney as well. I'm pretty excited to watch that next month, been watching Valle learn the game on the WNF Twitch.
Nymphae
Banned
I really hope it does and stays strong, I never got into it in the past, but man I'm loving the playstyle so much. I've seen several people around the internet predict an early death for various reasons - the DLC was not to their liking, the tiers are garbage, it's not flashy enough, etc. I dunno, we'll see. I love it so far and there seems to be interest in the title, but apparently DBFZ interest is way way down this year, hard to say what will happen to a fighter in a year or two's time. SNK seems to be backing it hard, and I think it really deserves to be up there with the big boys.
kunonabi
Member
The biggest problem is the online. A solid patch can fix most of the balance issues and they just need to announce a second dlc season is coming.
Nymphae
Banned
I haven't even touched it yet, I've been trying to no-continue the story with everyone for the artwork. But yeah I hear it's a little rough right now, hopefully they can do something - they were good about fixing the input lag issue quickly.
I would assume they are going to do a second season pass. The one character in the first pass is the Fire dude, and James Chen was talking about how it's weird they chose him because he's never in a game without the Ice guy, which to me indicates he'll likely be in the second pass.
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
Yeah it's a pain getting it to look right on all formats and themes.
I have the same problem, and I do it on mobile.
But yours look fine.
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kunonabi
Member
Yeah, not having both is super odd which is why I also suspect his brother is on the way. He's the main reason I play SamSho so he better be in.
Nymphae
Banned
Samurai Shodown's Version 1.02 update fixes bug that would treat completed matches as rage quits among other changes
Glad I haven't ventured online yet, that's a bummer of a glitch.
Glad I haven't ventured online yet, that's a bummer of a glitch.
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Thing on a Spring
Member
I love the game but I'm still baffled as to how they fucked up the casual lobby setup. It's not winner stays on. After every match, in order to spectate you must ready into a viewing slot from a neutral slot before two people ready into their player spots or else you're stuck looking at the lobby screen for the rest of the fight. After every fight. If you beat someone they can just mash their way into a player spot again after the fight before anyone else can get in there. It's a ridiculous system which I hope they fix, sharpish. Also, I think after the appearance at Evo they will see a pretty big uptick in interest. I predict hype matches all round.
Nymphae
Banned
kunonabi
Member
Yeah, It's a complete mess. you can't even set up 2 out of 3 matches, etc.
Thing on a Spring
Member
That's good news, I'm happy they're aware of and working to fix the problem. I was starting to worry they would ignore it.
Pantz
Member
Xbox One version getting review bombed since nobody who pre-ordered got their free season pass. Hopefully they can sort this out. Didn't get mine either even though it's already released on the store.
Also kind of sucks the deluxe edition seems to have exclusive content (Retro 3D Genjuro and Haohmaru). I could be wrong but it doesn't look like those are included with the season pass. Not that two skins are worth the extra $20 but if you did want them and already bought the standard version without knowing there would be a deluxe version coming out after launch, you're screwed and have to rebuy the full deluxe version to get them. Not a big deal but these kinds of things do annoy me.
Also kind of sucks the deluxe edition seems to have exclusive content (Retro 3D Genjuro and Haohmaru). I could be wrong but it doesn't look like those are included with the season pass. Not that two skins are worth the extra $20 but if you did want them and already bought the standard version without knowing there would be a deluxe version coming out after launch, you're screwed and have to rebuy the full deluxe version to get them. Not a big deal but these kinds of things do annoy me.
Nymphae
Banned
I think I saw those retro skins on the PSN store, I forget how much they are. That sucks about the season passes for Xbox owners though, hopefully they can make good on that.
Pantz
Member
The retro skins are on the Xbox store as well but listed as "not sold separately", at least for now.
Nymphae
Banned
I don't know why anyone would want to use those ugly things anyway lol, the default graphics look so good....
DunDunDunpachi
Patient MembeR
For those who've been playing it: does it preserve the simpler, punish-heavy gameplay of the older games? I always liked how one clumsy attack could be countered and you'd lose half your health.
Nymphae
Banned
That's what everyone is saying yeah. I didn't play the old ones much, I messed around with SSV Special for PS4, and this feels similar to that.
No big combos, very unsafe heavy attacks that do like a third of your lifebar, super special moves and the lightning blade do like 80% (but the lightning blade doesn't feel like a cheap mechanic like Fatal Blow does in MK to me - in SS if you do the Rage Explosion, you are sacrificing meter for the rest of the match, and it's not a guaranteed hit.)
DunDunDunpachi
Patient MembeR
MMmm sounds great. I have plenty of complex/convoluted weeb fighters on my shelf like Arcana Hearts or GG or UNIEL if I'm in the mood for that, so it's really nice to see a fighter reward strong fundamentals in this way.
Nymphae
Banned
Yeah absolutely, there is definitely a place for a game like this. I really wish I had gotten into the series earlier, it really forces you to focus on the fundamentals and taking your time. I'll definitely be picking up that Samsho collection coming out later this year.
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Ol'Scratch
Member
Be weak like me, you know you want to
Nymphae
Banned
It's cool as hell, but man that mini cab seems extremely mini. The controllers would be cool to have though.
Ol'Scratch
Member
Oddly enough teh sceen is supposedly enough is really good but the hdmi out is the best way to go. The game list is the super star and the emulation is flawless.
DunDunDunpachi
Patient MembeR
It's kind of cool to mess around on that little screen, even for the novelty. I'm tempted to pick one up since my kids got a ton of mileage out of the SNES Mini (and likely the upcoming Genesis Mini too).
Nymphae
Banned
Oh wow didn't see that it had HDMI out, that's great. Desire to purchase increasing.....
Yeah I would actually like to try it and see if the arcade stick and buttons are even useable at all lol. But would be really cool to just have off to the side of my TV with HDMI connected.
DunDunDunpachi
Patient MembeR
Yep, it's in (scroll down).
Evo | The Ultimate Fighting Game Tournament
The biggest fighting game tournament in the world returns. Get all the details on Evo’s three action-packed days plus the crowning of new World Champions.
evo.shoryuken.com
Nymphae
Banned
Yes it was announced as an Evo title quite a while ago, very excited to watch that.