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Yeah, I might check it out, getting a bit tired of SFV. Playing Rose in this game is like playing chess while everyone else is playing rock-paper-scissors.

I'm not too fond of their gameplay systems but I've always wanted to pick it up because it looks so nice. And also has Poison Ivy as a character, who's is the second best DC female after Zatanna. I suppose you can get some kind of complete edition for cheap nowadays, I'll have to look into that.

Is Lisa finally in that game? Otherwise I feel insulted by that throwaway gyaru design.

I tried the first Injustice yesterday (it's free on Xbox) and good lord, that game is an eyesore. The colour palette is 50 shades of grey and brown, the animations are as you'd expect from Netherrealm, character designs look like bootleg versions of the Snyderverse stuff, the faces are horrific (Raven looks like Jackie Earle Haley) and to be honest I don't even think it plays particularly well with the super low walkspeeds and the half-screen dashes. Hard to believe this was such a big deal when it came out. I know a lot of games from that generation aged rather poorly but compare this to MvC3 and it's night and day. I liked looking at Wonder Woman's butt but that's about the only positive thing I could take from it.

If it included rated-M language it'd be pretty spot on.

Target combo should work. But Balrog can punish so many buttons from Rose that it's just exhausting. You have to think five moves ahead for every button you throw out whereas he can just react to fireballs and punish normals with the same input all the time. I dunno, I'm not a competitive player, I boot this game up for fun when coming home from work. That matchup is way too lopsided to result in a good time. Also, I might be more triggered than usual because I ran into two Bisons and four Rogs in a row.

I think I'm going to stop rematching Bison and Rog players. There's absolutely nothing to learn here, I know they're plus or safe on everything, I know I'm negative or unsafe on everything so it's basically just a game of trying to make a read with a neutral jump and if that scenario never pans out there's literally nothing Rose can do. Bison's V-Skill duo might also be the most obnoxious in the game against fireball characters. Countering fireballs with a V-Gauge building two-button move. By that logic Dhalsim should build V-Gauge by hitting Gief with a normal.

Speaking of Smashers: Kind of intrigued how they handled his inputs here, they showed a ton of moves during his trailer. He looks like he'll be for SSB what Dante was for MvC3.

If Advance Wars is anything to go by we might get Samus Returns on another system in 2037.

I dunno man, if I'm streaming until 3am and I know I have to register for a tournament in a couple of hours I use the handy invention that is an alarm clock, make my registration, and go back to bed. Or I just don't stream at all the night beforehand and get up fresh and early. I mean what is the go-to response to missing an appointment here? Complaining about twitter that every other person on the planet doesn't adapt to their schedule? I think the only fix for that is marrying into royalty.

She only has a fireball in ten or so matchups. Also be ready to curse at some of the usual SFV dumb stuff a lot when playing her until you figure out how to circumvent it.

I played both Juri and Rose in SFIV and found both equally annoying as opponents. But Rose's defense in SFIV was excellent compared to how abysmal it is in SFV. That backdash plus FA could get her out of a lot of troublesome situations she just has to block out and hope for the best in this game.

My win quote with Rose is now on par with that of my previously best character (Falke). I think two of the biggest factors for that were completely ignoring Soul Bind as a reactionary AA and going for cr.HP instead and using V-Trigger for proper setups instead of just randomly teleporting after throwing a fireball in the neutral game. Soul Bind might be the best most situational AA in the game as there are spots where it's just unreliable or too slow but if you land it Rose is arguable a top 5 character for a couple of seconds -- but it's best to use it only from further away and mostly on anticipation. With teleport I stole some stuff I saw on youtube. Quite a few setups she has are straight up disgusting and if she activates V-Trigger after getting a CC sweep you're pretty much screwed if you don't have V-Shift. I dislike winning games that way but every other character is playing the blender so, yeah, give 'em hell Rose. One thing I still need to work on is using target combo into Soul Bind more. I usually tend to end my BnBs with EX fireball to make space and set up something or just with Soul Spiral out of habit, but target combo is often the better choice in that scenario. Anyway, long story short, she's a solid character and a tad better than I initially thought, though certain matchups are a real pain in the ass. Rose players are rightfully complaining about Bison, Balrog and Falke but I swear to god Juri is a nightmare that nobody talks about.

Regarding the roster size discussion from the last page, I think the reason SFV "got away" with it is because of the promise of free DLC characters on the horizon. I know FM is a touchy subject but matter of fact is that I got all of my DLC character without spending a penny and am only missing Ed and Blanka (tough one, I can barely sleep at night). If I bought Strive today I'd go into it with the knowledge that whoever character comes next will cost me on top of the price I already paid, so in a situation like this it's easier to criticise the starting roster, particularly if your personal favourite is missing. I wonder how SFVI is going to launch. Considering hw much shit they got for the FM system and how accepted paid DLC has become in the same timespan (that juxtaposition is still a mystery to me) I wouldn't be surprised to see the same approach that arc is taking here.

I think so too. The roadmap also showed both at "summer 2021". Suppose the next video update is coming soon as well, doubt they're going to wait until August to show them off.

I'm going to blacklist everyone who skips her intro during the first 30 days after her release.

Gotta say for all the talk about SFV's netcode I have zero issues with it. Central Europe and searching for 5 bars only gives me a solid connection 95% of the time. Out of all the fighting games I played this generation only MvCI ran better online. Tekken is so-so, as is DOA. SCVI is a travesty online. SamSho was horrible. Haven't tried MK or arcSystem's games because I don't particularly enjoy them. But I suppose the US with larger distances to cover is another matter.

Got a new pad, yay. Had to go with another Dualshock because the alternatives looked even worse. Turns out those later models (with the light shining through the touchpad) seem a bit more sturdy, fingers crossed. So, yeah, I can finally go back to complaining about how half the cast makes three moves out of Rose's moveset pointless.

Wait, mirror matches are called "dittos" in Smash Bros.? Never heard that before and I really don't think it's a better term. I mean we could go all technical about it because Ditto only mimics the toolset and stats, but keeps his HP, so if you play a "ditto" Zangief match, one of the players has less HP than the other. And also only can use SPD five times per round. Yeah, not feeling it. Mirror match makes more sense.

Add to that that literally the entirey of Capcom's lineup up to 2023/2024 has been leaked last year with zero mentions of Rival Schools and Darkstalkers. We know we will get SFVI next year and Power Stone the year after, but that's all the fighting game related stuff they're going to release in the foreseeable future. Really no reason to hope for more when the official documents don't mention anything else.

Ok, this was a complete waste of time. The only col thing here was that MH Stories 2 is getting a demo (everyone should play that, the first one was an excellent Pokémon-style RPG).

They actually mentioned Capcom Fighters in the beginning, let's see what that means.

Starting now: I'll watch a bit, maybe learn a cool thing or two about Rose in the process.

I wonder if there will be something about SF or maybe that leaked Powerstone remake in today's Capcom showcase. They have been re-uploading some Oro stuff on their social channels recently...