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RipTen Dojo: The “Main”

Nick Goebel writes: One of the most common trends I seem to find in players new to fighting games is their inability to commit to a main character, or simply referred to as a “main” in the fighting game community. Having a main is incredibly important as a newer player, as it gives you a basis from which you can learn the entire game.

Sticking with one character allows you to focus on learning them to the fullest, as opposed to having your attention divided amongst multiple fighters. By trying to play the game without first committing to sticking with a single character, it can be so hard to pick up the most important aspects of that game. Before we get into the meat of trying to find a character that’s right for you, know that you never have to stick with a main 100% of the time. Many players pick up other characters for fun once they get a strong understanding of the game.

Cataract5123d ago

This one felt a little weaker than other entries into the series, but still came across as relatively insightful. Still looking forward to the next one, though.

ostgar5123d ago

This may, one day, make me a decent fighter.

browland15122d ago

I haven't gotten really into a fighting game since Mortal Kombat II in the arcades back in the 1990s, so I am totally one of those people who has commitment issues with fighting games. Once I get more into the genre, which I reallywant to do, I'll invest the time to find my "mains".

BlackjackCF5122d ago

Yeah. My only problem is that if there's a story mode in a fighting game, I just play through that. Story mode usually takes you through a couple characters and that's how I come to learn a game. Not the best way, but... it's what I do.

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The 7 Best Street Fighter Games: Exploring the Franchise

The Street Fighter series has a long history, but which are the seven best games the franchise has yet offered to gamers?

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How Street Fighter IV Saved 2D Fighting Games (Ft. Maximilian Dood)

After Street Fighter II released in in 1991, it caused a fighting game explosion, both in arcades and in home consoles. But, as the decade ended, and arcades were failing, so too were 2D Fighting games. This is how Street Fighter IV completely revitalized the genre.

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Snookies121055d ago

I'd say Blazblue helped too. Didn't care for Street Fighter 4, but Blazblue was amazing during that time. Sad that the series kind of went downhill after the first 2 or 3 games though.

DarXyde1055d ago

BlazBlue was phenomenal. Platinum'd Calamity Trigger because I loved it so much. I remember buying Continuum Shift back in the day at launch for like $40. They did have DLC characters (Valkenhayne, Makoto, and Platinum at the time) and it came out to just a tad more than it would at full price. Didn't mind at all.

Great fighting game.

Snookies121055d ago

Continuum Shift was definitely my favorite. Spent way too many hours on that game, haha... Had the counters for days with Hakumen.

DarXyde1055d ago

I really like Makoto, Valkenhayne, and Hazama. Super fun characters

Terry_B1054d ago

Valkenhayn ..just sayin'

Terry_B1055d ago

BlazBlue was the much better, more technical game..and a real 2D Fighting Game after all. But yes, since it was a big name..the characters were still popular and the game itself was good, SFIV indeed helped a lot. However, I am pretty sure the much better-selling Mortal Kombat 9 would have been done without SFIV as well..and that one truly helped to make the fighting game genre in general more popular again.

Ryuha1234h1055d ago

You’re sound dumb. Blazblue was not better than sf4. You’re just saying that because you’re a street fighter hater.

Redgrave1055d ago

>calls someone dumb
>does it by saying "you're sound dumb"

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Terry_B1054d ago

A SF Hater eh? Fight me in SF 2,3 4 or 5 and you will regret that stupid comment ;)

gold_drake1055d ago (Edited 1055d ago )

eyyy max xD

one of the very few streamers i can actually watch without it being cringe and awful ha.

GhostScholar1054d ago

The content of IV was severely lacking when it launched. It got better over time.

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Street Fighter Producer Says Fans Need To "Convince" Nintendo, If They Want More Entries On Switch

In the same interview at EGX 2019 recently, Capcom and Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono responded to a fan question asking if there were any plans to bring the fourth or fifth entries in the series to the Nintendo Switch.

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gamer78042386d ago

they botched SFV so bad, just start over, make a new version with proper single player mode and fully fleshed out with support for all of the consoles this time.

King92386d ago (Edited 2386d ago )

Gamer7804@ they already did kinda it call sf5ae it help sf5 sell like another 2 million copies.

Teflon022386d ago

SFV is actually great now. Bunch of modes, bunch of characters, alot of stages, not sure what else there is to even complain about. Costume MTX? Not a issue imo, I don't get what I don't want anyways

gamer78042386d ago

botched launch, and they launched only on one console and currently after a long time still on one console.

Enigma_20992386d ago

Did you see how Ultra and the Collection sold? We don't need to convince Nintendo of anything. Just put it on the console.PHYSICALLY.

King92386d ago

Enigma_2099@ they probably have to make a new sf game just for the switch they probably will need Nintendo to help fund it just like sony help fund sf5.

PhoenixUp2386d ago

You’re not seeing Street Fighter V come to other platforms besides PC because Sony helped co-fund the game so it’s staying only on PS4 & PC

NapalmSanctuary2386d ago (Edited 2386d ago )

Don't know why anybody would want SF5 on Switch. Especially if they owned a Switch.

rainslacker2386d ago

That doesn't makes sense. Is Nintendo saying that Capcom can't publish the game on the system because it's users don't want the game? if so, that's really stupid of them, because why should they care?

Nintendo isn't saying such things of course.

Capcom shouldn't pass the buck. If they don't want to make more SF games on the Switch, then just say so, and say why.

If they want Nintendo to fund the project, then they are the ones that need to convince Nintendo to give them money.

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