Capcom lately has become the company to look at when it comes to pleasing the fans, knowing that the Street Fighter fan base has been clamoring for information on the newly announced Super Street Fighter 4, they devised an event in my hometown of New York City to show off the three announced characters DeeJay, T.Hawk, and completely new-comer Juri. Unfortunately these characters were not playable for the public, but the demo was played by top players Justin Wong and Marn, as well as one randomly selected member of the crowd every hour on the hour.
While this was the main attraction, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom was playable with new characters Zero(Megaman X4 version), Frank West of Dead Rising fame, Hakushon Daimaou and Joe the Condor. The game seems to play the same way it did when we first saw it. The new characters seem very good, as you might guess everyone had their hands on Zero and the players there seemed to be finding all sorts of amazing combos with him already.
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 was playable, nothing new about that game but watching top players and even those who were just simply good at the game is definitely stunning to watch. There was also various setups for Street Fighter 4 with arcade sticks, PS3 controllers, or Xbox 360 controllers, allowing you to pick your poison as to which way you’d like to play. Top players were present letting you test your skills against the very best in the United States.
On to the real reason you’re reading though, what’s great about the new guys? T.Hawk is the same as always with a few combos to his credit now, his command grabs(regular, super, and ultra) do loads of damage, his Ultra in fact does more than 50% damage on characters with low health such as C.Viper, Dhalsim, and Akuma. Not too many changes if you’re a T.Hawk fan.
Dee Jay is quite an incredible character, he’s still the combo machine from Super Turbo. The EX version of his carnival kicks place you in the crumple stun that a Focus Attack leaves you in allowing you to combo into your Ultra right afterward. His EX Machine Gun Punch places you into a juggle state which you can combo into his ultra, only in the corner however, his EX fireballs become two fireballs rather than 1 fireball that hits twice. The up-kicks are difficult to gauge from the video, I would speculate it has more priority or invincibility.
Juri seems to be a very combo heavy, very fast, very tricky character to deal with. Even her easier combos look very flashy, her range doesn’t seem to be much to praise, but when she get’s close she seems to be able to do damage off of every one of her normals, combos into her Ultra combo and Super combos seems easy, she has a counter move that activates when she’s hit by physical attacks, it makes her teleport behind her opponents, the EX version is unknown for now. She seems to be a force to be reckoned with in the hands of a capable offensive player as I haven’t seen much invincibility on any move but her counter.
All in all, the gaming plus the free food and drinks(even though I accidentally drank a diet Mountain Dew) made it a very great event even though it was super crowded. There was a bunch of swag including posters, shirts, and all sorts of other good stuff. I’d say next time Capcom throws an event like this a bigger venue is in order, but who am I to complain when it was free? A nice sneak peak at the new future and just all around fun, if you’re in the New York City area the next time Capcom decides to throw NYC Fight Club 3, I would totally advise going.
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