Pre-AE Sakura Video Critique/Exhibit

So I finally recorded some games with purelordx who brought the sakura combo video:
Sakura Combo Expedition!!

Kazurk7 is an online buddy of mine since we met in G1. I beat him then but player match is always pretty even. Except this time he was using a fight stick not a pad and I didn’t know until after. I wonder how bad I would have lost if he was back on the pad. Anyway here is some Sakura mirror fun with final fantasy boss music and one cammy vs sakura fight.

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is the hanzashoo the flip kicking thing where she slams down with the splits? i cant watch the video cause im at work. but if it is, FA -> back dash all day on it. it even goes through the EX version

Yeah its the flip kick.

The tricky thing about the hazanshoo is Chun likes to set you up to block low, and the hits with a VERY quick and effective overhead. Sometimes I can FA it, but instead I just trained myself to watch for that move and just block it. If you try to predict a hazanshoo and you FA, Chun may kick you with the lightning legs, which breaks right through focus attacks.

MK Hazanshu is neutral on block, all other versions are -1, so they’re safe against pretty much all characters except Akuma and Zangief.
The best way to punish hazanshu is focus absorb dash in, cl.hp x lk tatsu, c.hp x hp sho.

obey, you still play? =o

I played for a week or two then let my friend borrow the game along with my two sticks lol. Gonna start playing again once super comes out, cant wait :smiley: Are you going to play super?

I’m planning on signing up for EVO, too.

It’d be really good to see you guys at evo! (on video for me of course lol)

Here is a weird vid from my Ranked series. Putting it here too for the weirdness of it not so much the skill.

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That video messes with my head. I can’t watch it!?!

Ah sorry man. Thanks for trying though. Its because of people like you that I left out commentary. I knew it would be hard for alot of people to follow but a great watch for others who like to see weird stuff.

Lol, that’s ok dude! Love weird stuff but I just couldn’t translate what I saw to the things my mind want to see. Was funny to experience that!

i’ll mess around with the game, but i won’t be nearly as serious as i was when sf4 first came out.
i don’t really have the time anymore

my sakura is probably one of the worst now hahah so you guys need to keep it up.

nice to hear from you again though

Yeah I felt the same way watching it. It’s like I was trying to just watch it as an art form, but at the same time I wanted to understand somewhat how the fight played out. I did look really cool when Mr. Flowers would go into his semi-infinite and move Ryu from one side of the screen to the other.

Sakura trial mode by vesper arcade played by jpizzle44.
video is a clean cut version that includes hand tutorials.
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DeNice (Sakura) vs. GeoM Capzone (Guile)

Any SSFIV Sakura vids up? I’m getting way excited haha.

edit: i guess i should pay attention

I can upload a bunch of my SSFIV sak replays to youtube if your really wanna see some matches. She’s even more fun this time around :slight_smile:

Yeah i’d love to see some more matches. Hell i’ll add ya on PSN if you have room for another friend. I need to get into the sak community haha.

Here ya go ed, 4 matchs from yesterday endless/ranked modes. Open to any tips anyone might have for me! :slight_smile:

[media=youtube]Pb1FOdIxR2s[/media] - Sakura vs Makoto
[media=youtube]fNdW0ncAdDA[/media] - Sakura vs Balrog
[media=youtube]4nL6IVj1wD4[/media] - Sakura vs Abel
[media=youtube]sXQ9Q0UKvTo[/media] - Sakura vs Dudley

Makoto is a free win for Sakura in my eyes. Sakura can relentlessly RTSD and Makoto has almost nothing to get out of it. I knew when they announced her that she wouldn’t fit in this game unless they give her some tools to fit this game.

Eh, I wouldn’t jump to conclusions so fast. We have yet to discover all her tools, and people still don’t know how to maneuver her efficiently. Most people just try to play her like in 3.3 counterpart but she’s changed a lot.
The same thing happened to Sakura/Cammy/Gen players when vanilla was released and now we see the potential(well, not for Gen players LOL.).

Btw, yes i realllyyy want to tweedle with Makoto :smiley: Don’t diss my alts char please :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: