Today’s throwback game is the one that started it all. And by “started,” I mean “continued.” It’s also one of my favorite games EVAH! Yes, tune into Twitch at 4pm PT for a rousing stream of  Devil May Cry 3 (HD), the game that put guitars that shoot bats and also electricity at you on the map!

YES I know I’ve streamed this game multiple times before. Hope you guys don’t mind.

Oh yeah! Remember that the  Devil May Cry HD Collection is currently on sale on Xbox LIVE’s Deals with Gold for just $9.90. We might have a giveaway or two on the stream today, too….

The first tournaments for the Street Fighter Online Series, the online portion of the Capcom Pro Tour hosted by Virgin Gaming, just went live yesterday for both PS3 and Xbox 360.  The speed at which the spots filled up in the United States and Europe has been blistering to say the least. There seems to be some confusion on how the online tournaments will work, so please read below for a full explanation.

Online tournaments will take place regularly in North America, Latin America and Europe.  Once the qualification portion of the tournament begins, it’s a race to fill up the bracket.  Players will need to win three matches in a row, to then be able to qualify for the double elimination bracket.  These qualifying matches can be played at any point until April 15th, however once the 16 spots are accounted for, the qualifying matches end.  If you happen to be returned to the landing page upon signing up, it’s because the cap has already been met, and the double elimination bracket has been filled.

For those who have made it in, the double elimination bracket will take place on April 15 ^th , and all players in the bracket will receive ranking points toward the Capcom Cup this December.    

Currently spots have been completely filled for the United States Xbox360 and PlayStation 3 tournaments, and Europe’s Xbox 360 tournament.  There are still spots available for PlayStation 3 in Europe, as well as both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in Latin America. 

For the future online tournaments, we plan on increasing the cap based on demand per region. So to those who did not make it in this time, look forward to next month and another chance to win those ever so sweet Capcom Pro Tour points. 

Yesterday we posted a batch of screen grabs taken from the most recent Nintendo Direct, which was great and all, but some of them weren’t the highest quality. Today Nintendo has released a massive assortment of official images to gaze upon in lovely high-res, so take a peek below and check out various other websites for the full batch!

PLENTY more where that came from.

It’s pretty interesting being on the other side of things for this Smash Bros. I was at the 2006 Brawl reveal, which not only announced the game but also Solid Snake’s milestone appearance. For the next two years, I covered every carefully framed screenshot of Brawl, then reviewed it, then played with friends for some time.

Now, I’m on the other side, and get to see Mega Man handled so well, by the same folks who did such an amazing job with Snake and Sonic. Can’t wait to play this!

How effective this is at slaying giant monsters, I don’t know… but it properly morphs between Axe mode and Sword mode! How cool is that?

This fan sculpture was created by some guy whose name totally escapes me… if only he had written it down somewhere.

Seriously though, amazing work,  Daniel Zabber ! If you’re reading this and have a gallery or page I couldn’t link to, please send me a note.

Four great Capcom titles for under $20 until April 14th via Deals with Gold

I’d love to type something witty here, but the info above is pretty much all you need to know and why needlessly waste time?! But if you’re a stickler for context, Microsoft is throwing a massive Deals with Gold Sale-ebration on Xbox Live . If you’ve been holding out on any of the following titles, get wise and take advantage before the clock strikes Monday, April 14th.

63% off Devil May Cry HD Collection – $9.89
67% off Dragons Dogma: Dark Arisen – $14.79
67% off Remember Me – $13.19 
67% off Resident Evil 5 – $6.59

Bet you can’t guess which one of these games made it into our ” Best Capcom Weapons ” feature!

The latest Nintendo Direct focused on the upcoming Super Smash Bros on 3DS (due Summer 2014) and Wii U (due Winter), which included a few extra tidbits and footage about Mega Man content in the game.

There’s a lot to digest in there, but the highlights are Yellow Devil, Elec Man as an assist Trophy and uh, that flat-out amazing Final Smash seen directly above, where MM summons his Mega Brothers 0_0

So uh yeah – Super Smash Bros sequel coming soon, and Mega Man’s role looks incredible.

Probably the only legal ramifications this Top 40 jam can look forward to…

If you haven’t heard Pharrell’s “Happy” then you could definitely teach me a thing or two about advanced avoidance techniques. The song was featured in Despicable Me 2 and performed on the Oscars, neither of which I watched, and is played on pop radio stations across the country, which I don’t listen to. Yet this almost obnoxiously infectious tune seems to pop up everywhere else I go, so we probably shouldn’t be too surprised that it would eventually leak into Capcom territory.

And wouldn’t you know it?! The simple act of laying that song over a couple of those Ace Attorney orchestral/jazzy album rearrangements produces a strikingly similar, listenable result that’ll likely put pep in your step. So just put on a goofy hat and submit, because it ain’t like you’ll be escaping this song anytime soon! In fact, for even more Happyness, peep this cosplay parody featuring several characters from Capcom’s fightin’ past.

Have you voted in our Mega May poll ? If you haven’t, make your handheld Mega Man preference known! Whatever receives the highest number of votes will release first on 5/1, followed by the remaining Game Boy and Game Boy Color Mega Man titles.

We’re one week into the process and right now the top three look like this (in no particular order ):

Mega Man V

Mega Man Xtreme

Mega Man Xtreme 2

If any of those are NOT your choice, then vote ! If one of them IS your choice, then pester some friends to vote as well 😛

The poll ends on Monday 4/14, and the winner won’t be known until Thursday 5/1, when it launches on the North American 3DS Virtual Console.

UPDATE: click here if you missed the  live part of the live stream… also, get with program! =P

Hey, I know you’re super busy designing a an awesome weapon that could be featured in  Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate … but if you wanna hunt some MH3U  monsters today at 3pm PT , we’re totally up for it.

As a matter of fact, we’ll be live streaming the hunts over at  twitch.tv/capcomunity for all to see! And if you have the Wii U version of  Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate , you can find us at  Help D Lobby 10.  See you there!

PS: I know I promised a  MHFU mutiplayer stream, but the necessary hardware is not here right now… Hoping to get it ready for next Monday though.

Last weekend two awesome events happened that showed off some extremely high level SSFIV AE ver 2012 play. Both definitely had surprising results, which have added some new faces to the Capcom Pro Tour point rankings. Head over to the Capcom Pro Tour site to see who these players are and be sure to check out the newly added full player standings to see how the rest of the competition is stacking up.

UPDATE: Contest entry period is OVER! Look for the winner reveals soon! And thanks everyone for participating! =)

UPDATE: We’ve updated the contest rules to accept entries from Central America.

Hunters, get your artisan tools ready, for we have a special request for you: design a weapon for Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate !

All right, the last time something like this happened was for Monster Hunter Tri back in 2009  and we still enjoy the results to this date, so you can see the impact of this kind of contest here… but let’s clarify a few things before you start working on your entry:

What is this contest?
We are asking you to design and name a weapon that could be featured in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate !

You entry must be based on one of the 14 weapon classes available in game: Sword & Shield, Dual Blades, Great Sword, Long Sword, Hammer, Hunting Horn, Lance, Gunlance, Switch Axe, Light Bowgun, Heavy Bowgun, Bow, Insect Glaive and Charge Blade ; so make sure you label your entry accordingly. We’re only taking one entry per person, so think carefully about your choice.

To participate, just send your weapon name and design (illustration) as an email to contest@capcom.com with the subject line MH4U WEAPON DESIGN . Feel free to send in a little description to help contextualize your design, but please keep it under 100 words. Note: weapon description is NOT a requirement.

We will be selecting TWO winners: one from the Americas (North, Central and South) and one from Europe (including New Zealand and Australia) so please write down your country on the body of the email. You have until 9:00am of May 5th (Pacific Time) to submit you design.

Quick recap: in your entry make sure you send in ONE weapon design, ONE weapon name (for your design), YOUR name and the country you currently live .

WAIT A MINUTE ! This is a pretty big contest, so we have a strict set of TERMS & CONDITIONS . So take the time to read all the RULES or you risk being disqualified… and you don’t want that.

Best of luck to everyone!

The time has come for Round 4 of our ongoing Strider Leaderboard Showdown! For this round, we will be doing another Beacon Run, this time on PlayStation 3.

How to Enter:

Step 1:  Add our PSN ID “capcom_unity ”  as a Friend on PSN.

Step 2:  Comment on this post below OR send me a private message on Unity giving your own PSN ID. This is how we know who to badge on Unity.

Step 3:  Complete the Beacon Run Challenge  “Street Rat”  (Beacon Run #7). Do this before  Thursday, April 10th at noon PT to qualify.  Your completion time will show up on our Friend-filtered leaderboard. 

The player with the fastest completion time will receive a rare and awesome Strider scarf, pictured above. All other entrants will receive the Strider Leaderboard Showdown badge! 

If you have yet to unlock Beacon Run #7, it can be found (as a POW icon) in the Processing area. I recommend checking  this incredibly handy map  made by Steam user  Sainiku .

Best of luck to all entrants!