MAHVEL BAYBEE!
I can’t wait to mess around in this game. So many new characters and stuff to try!
That Ameratsu assist I talked about earlier has already been nerfed in the latest build too. Booooo…
I’m also curious about a Haggar lariat assist. He will lose life when he does it (which is neat), but it might be invincible too and it looks like a perfect combo starter.
EDIT: Aren’t we due for another character reveal today as well? w00t
Yeah. It’s still one of the better assists. In one of the early Q&A’s, people were asking why his Cold Shot was the jumping diagonal shot, instead of the standing horizontal one and Seth replied that the horizontal one was way too powerful as an assist. It’s still pretty good though. Lots of blockstun, easy to combo off of, really good for both rushdowners and keepawayers (I think it’ll work really good with Deadpool in particular).
The Chun Li lightning legs assist just beastly for rushdown.
As far as Oni and Evil Ryu, they both look very cool. Glad they altered the animations for many of their moves. Still though, I would have been much more satisfied if they released characters that weren’t clones.
I’m thinkin Viper’s burn kick assist is good too… hits overhead, big hitbox from the looks of it, and it has a really big effect on it so you can use it to hide what you are doing. plus Viper on her own looks like she has crazy rushdown.
Yeah absolutely. If you’ve got someone with a really fast ground dash (I’m thinking Wolverine and X-23, most likely Jill too), that assist is gonna be very effective. And her 8-way air dash looks crazy fast.
Unlike MvC2, there doesn’t seem to be many “get off me” anti-air assists. In the podcast, I think they mentioned Morrigans, Captain America’s and Ryu’s I think as good AAA’s (i think it was the podcast IIRC). They also mentioned Ryu is garbage in the CES build. Akuma looks like a much better shoto.
This game is going to be training mode heaven. People will work on their tactics at home during the week and then head to Tubby’s and we’ll be seeing dozens of tactics/strategies during the first few weeks. Just like MvC2 in early days. Gonna be a very interesting February/March.
omfg those evil ryu / oni gouki videos are siiiiiick.
c’mon capcom! let us console users DLC ae already 
ya evil ryu looks sick, I’ll be getting ae dlc day one
I agree
I do not agree.
Dunno how people think they look dull, especially given the sexy animations of practically everything. ERyu is another strong glass cannon that actually looks interesting to play (Ryu like zoning, no air fireball, unable to sweep after tatsu meaning no vortex). Oni brings something completely new to the table from any other character (air teleport), so playing against him will be unlike playing against any existing character.
I’m curious just how much people will care when it finally comes out in June or whatever, though. Will console SSF4 be dead because of MvC3 and the long delay after AE was released?
Yes ;).
The media that helped SSF4 so much is already dieing down. Mike Ross, Gooteks and other big names constantly rag on regular SSF now; It gets virtually no coverage anymore (Prior to AE, there was a constant stream of tutorials, guides, etc), and there isn’t really any reason to cover it anymore. That loss of media attention alone will dampen the hype on console SF a significant degree, I think.
I honestly don’t see myself really going back to Super after MvC3 is released. I’ll admit that I like the designs of Evil Ryu and Oni better than I thought I would, but not enough to make me really want to pick up and play either of them. I’ll probably try to learn Yun when the game is released for console, but I can almost guarantee that all my time is going to be invested in Marvel. The absolutely glowing reviews that the game is receiving (by major figures in the community) is making me really excited to get my hands on it. Only thing I have to worry about is not failing my last year of University because of too much Marvel.
The media is slowing down, for sure, but it’s basically just because only a few people can play AE and it’s tough to convince people to invest time in the regular SSF4 matchups right now. I think if AE was released on console at the same time as arcades, the game would still be pretty popular right now.
I’m kind of looking forward to Marvel in a weird way. I don’t even know if I’ll play it that much, but I hope SSF4 and Marvel can coexist.
Oh btw, any luck with Sentry Box and Yomi at all?
SSF4 is still popular and will be for some time. It and MvC3 will probably be the NA scene’s main fighting games for some years to come.
Negatory. I talked with Chris yesterday (Friend from back when I worked there, who still works there) and he said they’re probably not getting it in anytime remotely in the near future (He wasn’t even sure they could get it in at all, let alone in a couple weeks), and that we basically have to order it directly from Sirlin; which is super sad-face.
And MK will take over the NA fighting game scene… just you wait and see! Then you’ll all rue the day! Rue it!
the new MK won’t even be able to take UMK3’s place as a C-tier side tournament game
Ugh, this makes me really sad. Here: :sad: See?
So, what’s our backup plan then? Are you planning to order from Sirlin or maybe some other online retailer? If we both decide to get it, let’s order from the same place so we only have to pay shipping once between us, then we can share the costs.
Football fans: what a sloppy NFC game, jeez
One of the worst football games I’ve ever watched. At least the 4th quarter was mildly entertaining. My pick of “meteor hitting the stadium” was wrong, too. :sad:
I hate to break it to you boys, but not everybody has interest in mashy VS games, i really don’t see SSF4 losing THAT much interest in people anytime soon, and AE will definitely keep the people interested if not bring some of the MVC3 players back with its release.
I mean, everybody can enjoy their games but stating one game is going to kill another, when they have completely different styles of gameplay… is a bit absurd.
I don’t think that MvC3 will polarize the scene that much. It’ll definitely be the new hotness for a while though.
Word, it’ll be popular for sure but SSF4 shall be superior ! hnnngggghhhhhhh