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Perfect pad setup Face buttons: leave as is LT: Assist 1 RT: Assist 2 LB: Assist 1+2 (for easy Wesker OTG Phantom Dance combos lol) RB: L+H (for wavedashing and easier versions of certain supers like Taskmaster's diagonal Legion Arrow)

Nemesis will take care of these three. Super armor + stupidly easy to use moves that have almost gdlk utility = anti-midget.

I'm sorry but after watching those trailers, I am not hype at all for either Frank West or Rocket Raccoon. Their playstyles look really dumb and are obvious rehashes of classic Jill and Cable, respectively. Obvious joke characters are obvious.

Oh my god it's beautiful

Thank you Capcom for not nerfing my main (Wesker) too much. Will definitely continue using him in Ultimate.

At least they're not IKs, which are almost totally useless except for Eddie's.

Maybe some extra stuff at the end to set up for BB3.

Thanks for clarifying. Still, with that Guardpoint it may have its uses. Not like the majority of other Astrals that got dumbed down to uselessness after CS1 because of the new throw system (I'm looking at you, Jin).

Hazama does not need a backup body. He has life-link, remember? As long as Noel is alive, his physical body (Kazuma) will not die. His spirit form is another matter entirely. He needs an observer for his spirit form. In this case, it used to be Noel, but after Noel's life-link was forcibly broken by Ragna, by then he had allready awakened Saya and had her observe him.

Yes. It is the trolliest Astral ever created. Unlike Carl's, whose Astral is trolly for the player because it's bad, Relius' trolls the opponent with how amazing it is. Also from what I can tell Relius may be invincible until Ignis does her punch. So if you're lucky enough to block, he has a long recovery time unless you get the glitch, whereupon he can't be hit or anything and after 30 seconds the game resets.

Especially the Hakumen one. That choking sound.

It can definitely be comboed off of Gold Burst, but the majority of the combos in the video were blue beats. Regardless, it still seems rather useful.

It looked like it in one of the screenshots at the end, they were crouching and blocking. Hence... IMO I think I might have messed up on that. It would be pretty overpowered if it ended up as an overhead on a crouching character. Hitbox seems to suggest high but it's huge so might be mid.

More info on Astral from General Thread. -The Astral is NOT a grab. It is a physical attack that can be blocked, but if the opponent Rapid Cancels to try avoiding it or does anything not related to blocking it WILL connect. -Hitbox of Ignis' fist reaches hits about 1/4 screen distance in front of her, and is apparently quite large. -Autotracks opponent. -Ignis has Guard Point during the entire animation. -As it is a physical attack, it can be countered by Hakumen's Drives, Yukikaze, and Astral. EDIT: Astral can actually be blocked low. Erroneous info deleted. Also, clearing up a binding method. Against another Relius, the other Relius sits bored in a chair, while the other Ignis stands there disabled, and is experimented on in the other Relius' place. EDIT 2: Astral confirmed to be more than 1 frame.

Some notes about the Astral at the end. Like the story spoilers I can't understand a lick of moonspeak, so here's some general conjectures. Take this with a grain of salt. -The Astral is NOT a grab. It is a 0-frame attack that can be blocked, but if the opponent Rapid Cancels to try avoiding it or does anything not related to blocking it WILL connect. -Hitbox of Ignis' fist reaches hits about 1/4 screen distance in front of her, and is apparently quite large. -Must be blocked high. -Autotracks opponent. -Ignis has Guard Point during the entire animation. -As it is a physical attack, it can be countered by Hakumen's Drives, Yukikaze, and Astral. This might be one of the few useful Astrals in the game. Sounds like it could make for a good reversal on wakeup.

Oh yeah forgot about that. But he doesn't go into Terumi Install. He starts out Unlimited.

It sucks that they're not using the arrange versions for the old tracks. I'm going to hate hearing the bad MIDI quality of the Neo Geo soundboard. Only good soundtracks that utilized the board to its full potential were Mark of the Wolves, Samurai Shodown, and Last Blade IMO. Still, this is one badass compilation. A whole bunch of the best shit the Neogeo Music Performance Group ever made.

So, Relius' Arcade Story is up now. From what I can gather, here's what goes down. Stage 4: Makoto Relius notices Makoto spying on him, and they chat before Relius dismisses her. Makoto tries pressing him for answers or something and he sics Ignis on her. After testing Ignis, moves on, possibly calling Makoto useless. Stage 8: Tager Tager finds Relius in his study, and they have the little story mode chat with Kokonoe. Due to Tsubaki's Izayoi being active nearby, Kokonoe loses communique with Tager, who attacks Relius as a result. Relius wins, call him trash, etc. Stage 9: Carl Same shit from Story Mode, except the fight actually takes place between them instead of Litchi intervening. After the fight, Phantom teleports Carl away and calls Relius to go to the top floor, where Hazama lies defeated at Ragna's hands. Final Stage: Unlimited Hazama Relius finds Hazama beaten on the ground and chats with him. They volley some sarcasm around before Hazama decides to fight Relius for no clear reason. This is the only Arcade mode path where Hazama doesn't do "RESTRICTION 666 BLAH BLAH BLAH" into Terumi Install. Ending

Just seeing Viola makes me wish Samurai Shodown 5 Special would be released on XBLA so I can use Amakusa.

Well he is a tall motherfucker (tallest barring Tager, who's a fat bastard, but still taller than Ragna). Guy looks like he could play for the Lakers.

Raphael overall looks least. Looks like they finally came to their senses and brought back his old SC2 moves that Amy stole from him.

I'm so hype for this game I feel like popping in SCIV and playing it, but then I remember how horrible online is and I don't want to play it. So conflicted. Oh wait, I have SC2 on OG Xbox. I can pop that in instead.

TM posted this awesome piano cover of X-MATIC in the OST thread. It's amazing. http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm15964173

While his games' quality is questionable, his appearance here is anything but. I AM HYPE.