In a few days, I’ll be celebrating my one year anniversary of becoming Twitch Affiliate all because of Virtua Fighter. Yes, the Fighting Game History 101 stream from last year is the reason why I made affiliate. Speaking of whic...

We all know December is Virtua Fighter month, but this month is also the 15th Anniversary of the Yakuza franchise. Crazy, right? 15 years since Yakuza debuted as one of SEGA’s IPs from the mid-2000s.  On December 8, 2005, Y...

It’s December, and you already know what that means: It’s Virtua Fighter Month once again! But before we get into that… Happy 25th Anniversary to the SEGA Saturn release of Virtua Fighter 2, which was released on De...

It's that time once again, folks. Sonic Hacking Contest 2020 is almost here and I am very excited for it! You might be wondering: "Kazama, what is the Sonic Hacking Contest? What's so great about it?" Well, I'll tell you, good sir! The...

Oh my God. Can you believe it has been 10 years since Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown was released to the public? A full decade! I remember back in 2010 where there was a petition to get Virtua Fighter 5 R to consoles since it had two ...

In 2017, I created a second YouTube channel dedicated to doing Let’s Play channels just so that I can have fun and enjoy video games. For two years, I spent time trying to create an audience, but I’ve been struggling to do ...

Can you believe that today is the 20th Anniversary of Marvel vs. Capcom 2? On this day in 2000, Capcom released the fourth installment of the Marvel vs. Capcom series that not only brings back all the characters from both the Capcom an...

It’s the 9th year in the row since I’m talking about this year’s EVO Lineup. Wow, time flies fast… Mr. Wizard and Mike Ross recently did their annual game announcement stream for this year’s EVO and we g...

2019 may not have the most releases for fighting games, but they were a blockbuster indeed. We witnessed the best DLC for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate with Joker, Hero, Banjo, and Terry. Netherrealm made a comeback with Mortal Kombat 11....

In the previous blog, I talked about what I wanted to see in regards to Virtua Fighter 6, should SEGA AM2 decide to make one in the future. This time, we are going to talk about what I want to see for a potential Virtua Fighter HD Col...

It has been 9 years since the release of Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown.  Throughout the course of the decade, VF5FS went over a drastic change in gameplay compared to VF5 Vanilla and VF5R such as the new bound system, the dismi...

Yu Suzuki struck major gold with the debut of the SEGA Model 2 System in 1993 with Daytona USA and then followed by Virtua Fighter 2, Virtua Strikers, and Virtua Cop one year later. Following the major success of VF2 in the arcades an...

In 2013, SEGA created a website to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Virtua Fighter series. Every week or so, we would see interviews from various producers, developers, and fighting game players that give their insight on what ...

I haven’t written a blog in so long. The reason for that outside of wrapping up another Let’s Play with Bayonetta is because I’m also in the middle of moving to a new apartment. That, alongside with making levels for...

Samurai Shodown is one of those fighting games that needs no introduction to the fighting game scene, but at the same time doesn’t get much recognition that it deserves to the casual audience. It’s one of the games that I perso...

I wanted to talk about the Beat-Tribe Cup series again during Virtua Fighter Month, but I didn’t want to talk about the 25th Anniversary of VFR. I’ll save that until December. I do, however, want to talk about why I enjoy w...

Wow. I’ve been doing this for so long since I was posting at Eventhubs eight years. As you already know, Markman and Mr. Wizard announced the following nine games for EVO 2019 this year. There are some returning ones, along with...

2018… What a wild year it was for fighting games. This was the year where anime fighters shined thanks to the release of the Dragon Ball FighterZ. Arc System Works made their presence known with that game, bringing the competit...

Two years ago when I did VF Month, I made a blog based on the history of the Beat-Tribe Cup series, covering from the Athena Cup of the 1990s to the series that we know and love today. The last Beat-Tribe Cup tournament that was held ...

Training Mode has been essential to the fighting game genre. It was a way for players to sharpen their skills so that they can try their moves out in locals, online, or in major tournaments. It was a place where they can practice comb...

In 2011, AlexMD made an interesting post on VFDC compiling the franchise’s involvement in pop culture. It was resurfaced once again due to Akira’s appearance in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as an Assist Trophy. Virtua Fighte...

Can you believe that it has been 25 years since Virtua Fighter came out? SEGA made a huge risk when it came to 3D gaming back in the early 1990s. The Model 1 Hardware was out, and Virtua Racing was a success. Then came Virtua Fighter,...

When I revamped my main channel last year, I made a pledge to make more fighting game videos after I’d get settled. So I decided to create a series dedicated to showing my progress in fighting games, and also seeing the fun of l...

In fighting games, there are fundamentals that every player had to use, such as whiff punishment, spacing, and more. Many fighting game players have used fundamentals to their advantage as their key to victory in games such as Street ...

Another EVO is in the books! We’ve seen a lot of crazy moments happen at this tournament, such as new legends being made such as SonicFox becoming the first man to win DBFZ at EVO  and Problem X being the first Englishman t...

Evo 2018 is almost here, ladies and gentlemen! Brackets for each game has been uploaded, players are making their final preparations before entering the big tournament… I’m very excited about this tournament to take place...

Another E3 in the books! And my god, what an event that was! We’ve seen a lot of surprises at E3 this year from the return of Battletoads, to the fifth entry of Devil May Cry, and more. As for fighting games, let’s just sa...

On December 17, 2017, Team Ninja announced to the world that they ended support for the Dead or Alive 5 series. The fans thought that it was the end of a franchise, but that was not the case. A couple weeks ago, it was announced by T...

When it comes to doing Let’s Plays, there will that one moment where we would practice a game off-camera just to prepare for making new videos. There’s also going to be a point during the recording where Let’s Players cur...

Picture this: you’re watching a fighting game tournament stream. You see two well-known players using their characters at their full potential and showing off what they can do with them. After that, you go online or local and tr...