FTS: Super Smash Tournament... Anyone?

Games for Love hosts Super Smash tournament with cash prize pool Compete for up to $1,000 in cash prizes   Lynnwood, Wash. - Nov. 5, 2020 - Non-profit organization Games for Love is hosting a free-to-enter online Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Tournament on Friday, November 6th with up to $1,000 in cash prizes for winners. This is the first event in the Champions for Charity tournament series benefiting Games For Love, who works with hospitals, clinics, and child-well-being facilities in 2 countries to bring all things distraction therapy.   The event, in partnership with Softgiving, HyperX, GamerSupps, Community Gaming, and powered by Facebook Gaming, will begin at 6 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) and involve hundreds of players competing online. The tournament is available and free for everyone. A suggested donation of $10 is recommended upon registration. Additionally, giveaways of products from sponsors will be raffled off with donations during the allotted giveaway time frame counting as entries into the raffle.   “We’re grateful for the support of our partners and everyone involved in the event to benefit our mission at Games for Love,” said Nathan Blair, CEO of Games for Love. “We’re going to continue expanding our global efforts of making change with children everywhere. We want gaming to provide sustainable opportunities and enjoyment for everyone.”   Any gamers interested in registering for Champions for Charity can visit the Facebook page and click the register button. Donations are accepted at Softgiving’s website.

 

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King Of Fighters is back, brought to you by... ATLUS?!

SNK PLAYMORE X ATLUS action!

The King of Fighters XIV? Hmmm... there are plenty of fighters, and while this has served as one of the longer running competitors to the Street Fighter franchise... things went a bit cold (along with the interest in fighting games... beyond tournaments, as FPS games rose up the ranks). Don't get me wrong though... the 2D hand drawn animations in KOF were extremely beautiful, but at the same time it felt like the boss fights fell... flat in KOFXIII (for me).

I say all that to say... even if this game looks absolutely awesome, they have to make sure that the experience is on point. SNK Playmore is teaming up with the awesomeness that is ATLUS in this one... and how I hope they knock it out of the park. I do not want the type of dialog set up seen in KOFXIII... pretty please w/ a slice of extra cheese pepperoni pizza on top! Reading was not the problem in those pre-fight conversations... but it just wasn't good and it was drawn out (to me).

In addition to that... there was so much that could've happened in that game with the content, but I won't go into all that because i'd like to highlight the good things too in a review, versus just a rag-fest. I do want this to be awesome though and cut scenes would be appreciated over the back and forth dialog between characters... that I eventually began to skip past. According to ATLUS... the SNK PLAYMORE team will maintain the 3 vs 3 battle system... but there are notable updates to the fighting engine with streamlined controls to improve on things like the combos & max mode mechanics. I am curious what the story will be like, as well as the overall experience regarding the fights, but one thing I appreciate immediately is the 50 available fighters being available at launch... and we received no mentions of DLC.

The new party battle feature also seems like it could be pretty cool, and sounds as if it will be in the standard set up of people fighting it out with 3 vs 3, but... every character will be controlled by a different person. That would make for a pre-tty coooolllll tournament... because I've never seen one with that type of set up. Have you? Anyway, check out some of the images below and game on!

Oh... before I go, do you think that we will see a new Capcom vs SNK game? I think 2018 would be a great year for one (giving enough space for breathing room).

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