SoWL

The first match is Boku wa Kitanai Makoto (now called Teikyo Man?) vs Taumashi, the second one features the former.

What's your position supposed to be in this combo? I suppose that Tager should be facing the corner (my j.2C doesn't land otherwise), but then I can't hit with the second 5B as the opponent flies over me.

Well, look at it this way: between the two loketests, there have been some changes made besides the balance updates and new character additions. We now have a revamped clashing system, those achievement thingies, a whole new mechanic... It's just that they've been prioritized so ASW can actually test them, see how it goes and make further adjustments based on the gathered data. Would you rather concentrate your time and effort on the features that require testing or on BGM and individual VS intros that might as well never see the light of loketests until the arcade release?

That's probably about as high on their list of priorities as new voiceover lines or new BGM, which is not that high at all. Which, of course, doesn't mean that it's not going to be done sooner or later.

In Faust mirror match, what happens to his face when he is hit with the Kanchou super? Does it show his face, like with Potemkin?

That's a funny way of spelling "Laharl".

That's not really a combo video, just a primer with 4 H0 BnBs and some netplay matches. And there's some wacky stuff going on with Jourdal's latest video post.

Like this? http://dengekionline.com/elem/000/000/745/745168/ Why the long face, doctor?

Basically, do you have to wait till the smoke from the smoke bomb is gone to throw the next item? Because it seems like one of those items you don't want to throw too often, especially if it blocks you out of the item toss.

It probably simply obscures vision: Teddie has a similar item in P4U, and it's only used to hide his mix-ups. Speaking of Faust's items, how soon after throwing the new items can you throw the next one? After they become active or after they disappear? Since two of his main pokes are different now (f.S and 2HS), how is his neutral game? I assume that j.HS and FDC are still the same? Overall, Faust sounds very exciting so far, can't wait to see him in action!

1) Pray for a bat. 2) Spend meter on CDT/CA. Platinum's defensive options are pretty bad, which is probably why she got Happy Magica in the first place. Just like any defensive tool, you can't be predictable with it, but you also have to keep in mind various situations where it can never help you (like using it against projectiles only to get hit by another one during the cooldown).

Drive Qualia is a nice calm track with some hints of rock in the latter half, but overall, I can't call it memorable or outstanding. This opinion might change when I actually hear it in the game after clearing the story mode, replaying all the memorable scenes over in my head.

Actually, you can't block it while standing if you have the top weakpoint on you; likewise, you can't block it while crouching if you have the bottom weakpoint on you. Which means that you can still block it while jumping.

720D is basically just a stepping stone to 1080D: you don't do it unless you have the meter to perform the last follow-up and the opponent's health is low enough to get killed by it. Sure, there are some cases where all you need to win is that last bit of damage after 720A, but those are pretty damn rare. I can't really imagine doing anything but the regular air combo there, and even that seems a bit difficult to land.

The only other Ragna I know is a man, but yeah, I get your point, not to mention that I haven't heard Trinity's title before.

Speaking of Platinum, where does her name even come from? Sure, I can understand Trinity's involvement, as well as kinda guess the story behind Sena and Luna, but why Platinum?

To elaborate, she can cancel her Drive circle and go for the punish right away. Even if she doesn't cancel it, she can simply clash with Growler and stay up-close to you (which is not bad for Azu-nyan, but you should have a good plan for such case).

Honestly, CP added more than enough rushdown/snowball characters, so it makes sense for them to make their latest addition to the roster more about the setups and space control.

Just to clear some things up, there is still no confirmation of Tager being Bullet's former senior? She doesn't seem to get that much attention in this game, so they might've kept this plotline for later.

This feels like a pretty difficult match-up, since Jin is the king of pressure and Bullet can't get out of it easily. You can try to outrun him, but that requires Heat levels, and your Flint Shooter is easily countered by his superior projectiles. So I suppose the only decent strategy here is to stay on him and not give him any breathing space. His defensive options are limited to his DPs, so all you have to do is bait them and punish for massive damage. Just don't let him turn the tables around.

A bit late with this, but I'm loving Black Aggression a lot. It might be one of the most GG-like themes out of the whole cast, pirate intro aside. Though I'd say that they could've picked a better name for Kagura's theme, this one sounds a bit too much like Black Onslaught. Maybe even more dragon references would've been appropriate?

But all Fall shows start in early October, why would they have to rush anything to get it out before BBCP? And the announcement was made back in June/July, so it's not like they didn't have enough time to finish the first couple of episodes.

...That Rachel pic is pretty bad. And bland, which is even worse.

Noticed it after a sparring session with my brother: P2 can't earn any trophies at all. He used Overdrive, yet didn't get the OD trophy; he ended a round with OD Orochi, but didn't get a trophy for that, either. Keep that in mind if you decide to earn trophies for two characters in a single match.

If people associate Makoto's hamster ball with rape, I don't want to live on this planet any more.