The Fighting Games of 2012

There were a ton of fighters released and re-released during 2012. Here is what the year had to offer;

Arcade

• BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma (November)
• Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R (September)
• Persona 4 Arena (March)
• The Rumble Fish 2 (September)
• Tekken Tag Tournament 2: Unlimited (March)

PC

• Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection (February)
• Street Fighter X Tekken (May)

Playstation 3

• Darkstalkers 3 (April)
• Dead or Alive 5 (September)
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai HD Collection (November)
• Fighting Vipers (November)
• Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus (December)
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure HD Ver. (August)
• Makeruna Makendo 2 (December)
• Marvel vs. Capcom Origins (September)
• Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations (March)
• Persona 4 Arena (August)
• Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale (November)
• Skullgirls (April)
• Sonic the Fighters (November)
• Soulcalibur V (January)
• Street Fighter X Tekken (March)
• Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (September)
• UFC Undisputed 3 (February)
• Virtua Fighter 2 (November)
• Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown (June)
• WWE '13 (October)

XBox 360

• Dead or Alive 5 (September)
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai HD Collection (November)
• Fighting Vipers (November)
• Fire Pro Wrestling (September)
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure HD Ver. (August)
• Marvel vs. Capcom Origins (September)
• Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations (March)
• Persona 4 Arena (August)
• Skullgirls (April)
• Sonic the Fighters (November)
• Soulcalibur V (January)
• Street Fighter X Tekken (March)
• Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (September)
• UFC Undisputed 3 (February)
• Virtua Fighter 2 (November)
• Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown (June)
• WWE '13 (October)

Wii / Wii U

• The King of Fighters '96 (July)
• The King of Fighters '97 (March)
• The Last Blade 2 (October)
• Real Bout Fatal Fury Special (August)
• Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers (September)
• Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa's Revenge (March)
• Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers (April)
• Tekken Tag Tournament 2: WiiU Edition (November)
• World Heroes Perfect (July)
• WWE '13 (October)

PSP

• Darkstalkers 3 (April)

Vita

• Darkstalkers 3 (April)
• Mortal Kombat (May)
• Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale (November)
• Reality Fighters (March)
• Street Fighter X Tekken (October)

DS / 3DS

• Tekken 3D: Prime Edition (February)

iOS

• Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (April)
• Street Fighter X Tekken (September)

Android

• The King of Fighters Android (March)
• Street Fighter IV HD (January)

Skullgirls Nominated for an Annie Award

Skullgirls has been nominated for the Annie Award in the Best Animated Video Game category. They are competing against Journey, Borderlands 2, and Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse. As much as I love Borderlands 2 (which can also be blamed for the lack of updates in recent months), I would be thrilled to see SG win this prestigious award.

In other SG news, it was revealed Friday evening that the SG team is working pretty much non-stop on a Japanese localization of the game. Also, SG has been nominated for IGN's Best Overall Fighting Game of 2012. They are up against Dead or Alive 5, Persona 4 Arena, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, & Street Fighter X Tekken for the award. And finally, SG lost against Max Payne 3 in the Best Animation category at the Inside Gaming Awards that took place last evening.

Mad Catz Brawlsticks on Sale Through December 17th

If you are looking for decent entry-level stick, the Brawlsticks for the PS3 & XBox 360 are a good way to go. Mad Catz currently has them on sale for $19.99 during their "12 Days of Christmas" sale. For that price it may even be worth it to buy two.

Capcom Hires Haunts & Combofiend

Capcom announced the hiring of Neidel “Haunts” Crisan and Peter “Combofiend” Rosas for yet to be revealed positions. The announcement took place at the Street Fighter 25th Anniversary tournament this weekend. It's been rumored since August that Combofiend has joined Capcom ever since he left compLexity.

Street Fighter X Tekken Ver. 2013 Trailer

A trailer for the 2013 update for SFxT was shown during the Street Fighter 25th Anniversary tournament that took place this weekend. The patch will go live on January 29, 2013. Further details on the patch can be found on the Capcom Unity blog.

Evo 2013 Date & Location Announcement Trailer

The Evolution 2013 tournament will be taking place on July 12th through the 14th at the Paris Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. No main event games have been announced, yet.

Killer Instinct Trademark Denied

Thanks to the NeoGAF poster Rösti, it has been revealed that Microsoft's KI trademark renewal has been rejected because the name is currently own by Fox. The reason Fox has KI trademarked is because of a short lived TV show they had back in 2005/06. Microsoft has six months to respond to the rejection. You can read the full document here.

Dead or Alive 5: Pai's Swimsuit

Tekken Tag 2: Miharu, Sebastian, Slim Bob, & Dr. Bosconovitch

The footage is from Namco Bandai Live where Katsuhiro Harada was a featured guest and he provided some clips of the new fighters in action.

JoJo's All Star Battle Coming to North America

Siliconera has discovered that Namco Bandai has trademarked "All Star Battle" for use in the states. Siliconera also mentions that Namco had trademarked the "Pirate Warriors" label a couple months before they officially made an announcement for that game.

Dead or Alive 5: Gen Fu Vs Pai

Dead or Alive 5: Mila Vs Zack

Tekken Tag 2: WiiU Version

Power ups and Nintendo franchise skins.

Dead or Alive 5: Mila's Swimsuit

Dead or Alive 5: Pai & Gen Fu Officially Confirmed

Famitsu has released screen shots confirming the addition of these two characters to the DoA5 line-up.

Salty Cupcakes

In response to Wednesday Night Fights dropping Skullgirls, Mike Z has decided to start his own SKullgirls-esq fight night. The event combines Skullgirls, cupcakes, boba, and not-being-held-at-my-apartment into one big desserty night.

Here are the details for the event;

When: Thursdays 7pm-??, beginning September 13th.
Where: Frootsii, a 24-hr casual boba/snack/dessert hangout located at 14318 Ventura Blvd in Sherman Oaks. There's a big comfy couch, many types of delicious drinks and food to order, and parking underground. Also tables, chairs, a floor, lights, and lots and lots of breathable air.

I will be bringing two PS3 setups (and possibly a 360), all patched. Bring sticks, and if you have a lagless monitor it would be much appreciated. If bloodlust dictates, I will run a tournament starting at 9:30 or so.

If this one-off proves successful, he will turn it into a weekly event.

Skullgirls Patch Revision

Mike Z has released details about a revision of the patch that was submitted to Konami a couple weeks ago.

The changes are as follows:

• Filia – dashcancel on airballs hit or whiff.
• Fortune – can supercancel the overhead of her Rekkas.
• Parasoul – can call RC soldier to cancel out of her Lv3.
• Double – hold Back during startup of Car to come out from the other side of the screen. Also Furoboros back to 1/6 meter gain (up from 0), and s.MK-2nd frame data restored (1f slower than it is now, rather than 5f slower).
• Peacock – can supercancel teleport recovery anytime, even before she’s vulnerable, not from fake teleports; can cancel Georges into each other as soon as the bomb is created, like Parasoul’s tear toss; Peacock’s recovery after putting out Lenny is 5f faster.
• Cerebella – longer supercancel time on j.D+MP; can cancel Ultimate Showstopper into DP+MP right before the last hit, sacrificing damage but allowing combos, scales followup damage to 33%.
• Valentine – allow movement and actions after air scalpel super.
• Painwheel – can fly-cancel scythe grabs on hit. Scythe hitboxes adjusted, air versions and ground LK version will grab from closer.

A new video has also been released displaying the updated patch.

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Tekken Tag 2: Launch Trailer

The World Tekken Federation is now Live

The online social community service is now up and running for those who have a copy of Tekken Tag 2. The service is like a social-media network which users can "track their own fighting stats, create and manage a team with other players, participate in online competitions, and discuss fighting strategies amongst each other."

According to Namco, The WTF abides by two fundamentals;

• Scout: The World Tekken Federation gives the vast TEKKEN community a centralized hub for all things TEKKEN. Participate in the forums to discuss character strategies, move sets and gain insightful knowledge from the community. Connect with TEKKEN players of all skill levels to join or create teams and track their personal or team stats against other teams as they make their way through the leaderboards. Team leaders will be able to recruit rising competitors in the community to create an all-star roster of players.
• Train: The World Tekken Federation gives players access to a wealth of fighter stats to help improve their chances of defeating their foes in the King of Iron Fist arena. Players will be able to view and analyze their player card to gain insightful metrics pertaining to their entire battle history. Find out which character tag-team combinations work best, and which characters need more time with TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT 2’s robust training mode known as the Fight Lab. Players will also be able to extract valuable information about their opponents for the next time they meet in the ring.

Dead or Alive 5: Mila