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R. Mika Flies Into The Ring

Aug 27, 2015 // haunts

Hey everyone! 

We have a very special character joining the Street Fighter V roster today! It’s none other than the 7-Colored Bomber herself, Rainbow Mika! 

Having made her first and only appearance (until now) in Street Fighter Alpha 3, R. Mika has long been a fan-favorite and we’re super stoked to bring her back after a long absence from the series. As a flamboyant young wrestler, Mika dreamed of one day becoming a star in the ring, much like her idol Zangief. Training under the strict tutelage of her coach, she traveled the world engaging in random matches with street fighters in order to spread her name and popularity. 

R. Mika’s wrestling prowess will be on full display in Street Fighter V, as she dazzles opponents with a large variety of high-flying moves. This time around, her wrestling tag-team partner Nadeshiko also assists in the fight!

By calling Nadeshiko at the right time using R. Mika’s V-Trigger ability, you’ll be able to setup sneaky attacks and punishing command grab mix-ups that are sure to knock the stuffing out of your opponent. Players who enjoy close-combat guessing games and striking fear into the hearts of opponents will find R. Mika an absolute delight to play.

V-Skill: Mic Performance

  • R. Mika pulls out her trusty microphone and gives a heart-pumping monologue to the crowd. The longer the buttons are held down, the more powerful her normal and special throws become! During her monologue state, she is able to absorb one hit from the opponent and can also cancel the speech at any time by letting go of the buttons, causing her to fling the mic at the opponent.

V-Trigger: Nadeshiko (3 Variations)

  • Now this is wrestling! Depending on the direction held during the V-Trigger activation, R. Mika’s faithful tag-team partner will deliver a surprising, high flying attack at the opponent from different angles: neutral (body splash from above), hold back (dropkick from the front), hold forward (dropkick from behind). The different variations keep opponents guessing and afraid to hit buttons, perfectly setting up R. Mika’s damaging command throws.

Fans lucky enough to be attending PAX Prime this weekend in Seattle will have a chance to try out R. Mika at the Capcom booth, so be sure to swing by to see how she plays!  

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Mega Man Legacy Collection PAX Challenge Contest – a chance to win a helmet set

Aug 27, 2015 // Minish Capcom

If you’re heading out to PAX this weekend, step up to Booth 3103 (level 4) on Saturday and Sunday for a chance to win one of our mini helmet sets AND a code for the game!

To enter, just approach our booth on Saturday and/or Sunday morning and we’ll take your name down over by the MMLC stations. You’ll then need to return to the booth by 2:50pm so we can start the Challenge contest right at 3pm.

10 present players will play through a given challenge, with the best time earning a helmet set and a code for the game. Second and third places will also get codes.

Saturday : 10 players will play through “MM2 Remix 1” challenge. 

Sunday : Same deal, only the challenge will be “Craig’s Challenge,” which includes portions of several different games.

While we can only take 10 people per day, we’ll jot down some additional names in case some participants don’t show up. If you either don’t get called or “lose” on Saturday, you can try to enter again on Sunday.

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MMLC Robot Master List: Plant Man

Aug 26, 2015 // GregaMan

Number: DWN-045

Weapon:  Plant Barrier

Weakness:  Blizzard Attack

Once a mascot for a botanical garden. He doesn’t have many ways of attacking, so he should be easy to beat.

Plant Man is a robot masquerading as a plant, masquerading as a man. Or vice versa. And as a plant-themed Robot Master, Plant Man pays due homage to Wood Man of Mega Man 2. You’ll notice a number of reminiscent elements in Plant Man’s stage, from its tree-laden backdrop to the perhaps out-of-place ape adversaries.

And indeed, like Wood Man before him, Plant Man wields a shield weapon which he can generate around his body and then launch at Mega Man as a projectile. Simply jump over the launched Plant Barrier and retaliate with gunfire to turn Plant Man into mulch. You can use the Blizzard Attack to speed up the process.

Victory will allow Mega Man to equip the Plant Barrier himself for added protection and bragging rights.

But go find out for yourself! The Mega Man Legacy Collection is out now for PS4, Xbox One, and PC! Grab it! 

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Street Fighter V Worldwide Beta Test Update

Aug 26, 2015 // ComboFiend

What’s up everyone!

As a lot of you may have known, we’ve recently been holding regional server stress tests and have experienced minimal issues. Due to the promising results received, we are now moving forward with our worldwide beta test.

The worldwide beta test will begin on August 28 th at 4pm PST (August 29 th 12:00am BST/ 8:00am JST), and will continue for five days and end on September 2 nd at 7am PST (3:00pm BST/11:00pm JST). Outside of the servers being shut down for periodic maintenance, we expect everything to run continuously throughout the entire five day beta period.

Although we want you all to experience the awesomeness that is Street Fighter V during this time, please note that this is a beta and users may run into connectivity issues. This data is extremely helpful to us, as it will ensure that the final product will have the most optimal net code. In case there are issues, be sure to follow @SFVServer on Twitter for the latest updates on the status of the server.

Lastly, to help ensure that those that log into the beta have the best possible experience, we recommend the following:

  • Wired internet connections provide more stable speeds than Wi-Fi, so use a wired connection if you can.
  • Avoid downloading files in the background while playing, as it takes up bandwidth and slows your connection.

Make sure to bring your A game. The world is waiting!

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Street Fighter V Preview Night at BAIT

Aug 26, 2015 // ComboFiend

Hey Street Fighter fans, BAIT, GAEMS, Mad Catz and Capcom are all teaming up to bring you a night of fun, fashion and Street Fighter V . 

The fun begins at 8pm on August 29th and goes til 12am at the BAIT clothing store in Seattle. Attendees can expect to enter tournaments, where winners will receive fashionable prizes, provided by BAIT!

As this will be the perfect time to see the latest build of Street Fighter V and check the latest Street Fighter inspired fashions that BAIT has to offer, be sure to make it out if you can.

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Classic Capcom games for cheap on PlayStation Store retro sale

Aug 26, 2015 // GregaMan

PAX is just around the corner, and if that’s got you in the mood for some good old-fashioned gaming, be sure to head over to the North American PlayStation Store for their ” PAX Retro Sale ,” in progress now. Plenty of Capcom deals, which you can check after the jump.

Mega Man 9 & 10 Combo Pack (PS3) – $14.99 | Sale: $6.00 |  PS+: $4.50
Super Street Fighter 2: Turbo HD Remix (PS3) – $9.99 |Sale: $4.00 | PS+: $3.00
Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara (PS3) – $14.99 | Sale: $6.00 | $4.50
Dustforce (Vita) – $9.99 | Sale: $5.00 | PS+: $4.00
Capcom Arcade Collection (All in One) (PS3) – $29.99 | Sale: $12.00 | PS+: $9.00
The Misadventures of Tron Bonne – $5.99 | Sale: $4.59 | PS+: $3.59

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MMLC Robot Master List: Knight Man

Aug 25, 2015 // GregaMan

Number: DWN-044

Weapon:  Knight Crusher

Weakness:  Yamato Spear

Designed with a medieval knight motif. His strong shield can block most attacks. Only the weapon that plays on his weakness can pierce it!

Happy launch day!

Knight Man, true to his name, is a chivalrous knight-bot who fights with a spiked flail. He also has a mohawk. 

There’s something so expressive to me about Knight Man’s valiant jumping sprite. You can’t help but feel like he’s fighting by some noble code. Were it not for a slight twist of fate, we might have been allies, Knight Man.  

Use Yamato Man’s spear to run Knight Man through and steal his flail.

David Oxford   (The Mega Man Network)
Knight Man’s design — and his weapon — are very striking. What’s more, it brings to mind the question of why it took six games for one of these guys to finally be given a more traditional shield (yours doesn’t count, Proto Man — besides, I shot right through it in Mega Man 3).

Funny thing about the NES’s limitations, though, is that the Knight Crush wasn’t able to be rendered in full detail — not easily, at least. Instead of swinging around on a chain, the spiked ball at the end just seems to move through the air almost independently. What makes it funny is that by this point in the series, I doubt anyone even batted an eye at a spiked mace flying around by itself!

One of the two Robot Masters to be created by a North American Mega Man fan, you can find out more about how that all went down in TMMN’s interview with Knight Man’s creator.

 

Adam “Heat Man” Anania, formerly of The Mega Man Network
Back with Quick Man, I talked about the “cool” Robot Masters of Mega Man. To be honest, with how the designs got increasingly detailed after Mega Man 4, it gets harder to distinguish who that “cool” guy is in the later games. But for Mega Man 6, I think it could Knight Man. But cool in more of a stoic sense.

Here’s a Robot Master modeled after, well, a traditional, valiant knight. Carrying both a weapon and a shield, he seems more prepared for battle than the rest of his companions. And that shield makes him a bit tricky to face head on, unless you have his weakness weapon of course. Then he gets pretty easy.

Want to know something embarrassing? For years and years, I had no idea Knight Crusher was multi-directional! I didn’t know until I saw it on YouTube!

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Mega Man Legacy Collection now available digitally on Xbox One, PS4 and PC

Aug 25, 2015 // Minish Capcom

Get your 8-bit fix with not one, not two, but SIX classic Mega Man games out now on Xbox One, PS4 and PC! Grab the digital version of the Legacy Collection today and come by our launch day stream today at 4pm Pacific.

I also put together (with stream friend Harrison’s help) a quick look at MM 1~6 to catch people up with the series OR perhaps highlight what y’all like about the games in the first place.

To recap, the game includes gorgeous versions of Mega Man 1~6, plus a Challenge Mode with online leaderboards. It also features detailed museums, music players and enemy databases for all six games.

And as you may know, a Nintendo 3DS version (along with physical versions of all aforementioned platforms) will release in early 2016.

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MMLC Robot Master List: Flame Man

Aug 24, 2015 // GregaMan

Number: DWN-043

Weapon:  Flame Blast

Weakness:  Wind Storm

An old-fashioned robot that generates heat energy. If you try to dodge the flame pillars by watching for them, it will already be too late. Try to memorize the timing.

Like Fire Man and Heat Man before him, Flame Man harnesses the power of flame for evil, thanks to the meddlesome reprograming of Dr….um, “Mr. X.” Flame Man also bears the distinction of being the only Robot Master with a mustache. Such style!

Flame Man will use his arm-mounted flamethrower to shoot straight flame projectiles, and can also raise deadly columns of flame from the floor that are so evenly spaced apart, they could only be the work of an obsessed psychotic. Put out those flames and put Flame Man out of his misery with the Wind Storm.

Victory will award you with the Flame Blast, allowing you to create flame columns of your own. Blizzard Man is doomed.

David Oxford   (The Mega Man Network)
Flame Man’s design is fascinating to me, not for any of the various Middle Eastern flourishes put into his design, but rather for one element which I only learned about many years after first facing him on the NES. Apparently, one of his quirks is that he enjoys taking care of his mustache (the GBA version of Mega Man & Bass says “beard”), which seems to imply that the odd black detail beneath his eyes isn’t just the empty space behind some sort of pointy Guts Man-ish robotic jaw as I’d once thought, but is actually facial hair! Or something equivalent, anyway. Weird. 

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Mega Man Legacy Collection launch day stream, Aug 25 at 4pm PT

Aug 24, 2015 // Minish Capcom

We’re mere hours away from the digital launch of Mega Man Legacy Collection, which will bring six 8-bit classics to PS4, Xbox One and PC for the first time. To celebrate the occasion we’re gonna stream the game at 4pm Pacific, and have Digital Eclipse’s own Frank Cifaldi along as a guest!

Pop by our Twitch channel to watch the game, chat with Frank and possibly even win a game code…

If you’re heading to PAX this weekend, we’ll also have a fun contest for proficient players on Saturday and Sunday. More on that soon, but in the meantime, get ready for MMLC’s release!

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SFV Online Stress Test Dates for the Americas

Aug 24, 2015 // ComboFiend

Hey everyone!

After successful SFV online stress tests in both Europe and Asia, we are happy to announce that the North and South America stress tests will be taking place at the following times:

  • 8/25 (TUE) 4pm~midnight PT
  • 8/26 (WED) 4pm~midnight PT

Once we have successfully completed the North and South America tests, we will announce the dates and times of the official five-day global beta test. 

Please note that although we anticipate these tests to run smoother than before, there may still be issues experienced by some users. All data received during each of the stress tests will help us improve the online experience moving forward, and we appreciate your understanding and support. Please make sure to follow @SFVServer on Twitter, as we will be posting updates regarding the online server status there if any issues arise.

Additionally, we recommend following the two pointers below to achieve the best online experience:

  • Wired internet connections provide more stable speeds than Wi-Fi, so use a wired connection if you can.
  • Avoid downloading files in the background while playing, as it takes up bandwidth and slows your connection.

See you all online!

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