A very long wait for some awesome matches. LevelupSeries has uploaded the top-4 KOF XIII finals from SCR featureing BALA, ArcadeShock|Reynald, eLive.pro|Mr KOF and TeamChaos Yoshi. This was the day Clark became the talk of KOF XIII. Be sure to subscribe to the LevelupSeries channel for the rest of the SCR finals.

It seems SNKP is trying their hand at the handheld market again. This new device-no official name-is officially licensed by SNKP, comes with 20 Neo Geo classics out the box, has a 4.3in screen, two gig’s of storage and has an SD card for expanded memory. The device is pretty small 170x72x15mm. There’s a chance that this is just a rumor, but only time will tell. The device looks very similar to an iPhone.

A list of games the come with the device:

1.WORLD HEROES
2.ULTIMATE 11
3.TOP PLAYER’S GOLF
4.SENGOKU
5.NAM-1975
6.MUTATION NATION
7.LAST RESORT
8.KING OF MONSTERS
9.FOOTBALL FRENZY
10.CYBER LIP
11.FATAL FURY SPECIAL
12.ART OF FIGHTING
13.SUPER SIDEKICKS
14.LEAGUE BOWLING
15.METAL SLUG
16.MAGICAL LORD
17.BASEBALL STARS PROFESSIONAL
18.SAMURAI SHODOWN
19.KING OF FIGHTERS ’94
20.FATAL FURY

Source: Famicom Plaza

Capcom is finally releasing a collection for one of the major consoles, and its looking pretty good so far. Some of the titles were popular, so many of our fans most likely have them, but a $39.99 deal for right Capcom titles is something that can’t be passed up for those who are missing a few. Here’s a list of the games and their current prices (not in Microsoft Fun Bucks). It totals to $100 for those who are lazy. The collection is scheduled to come out on March 27, 2012

1942: Joint Strike $10
Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 $15
Final Fight Double Impact $10
Flock! $15
Rocketmen: Axis of Evil + Rocketmen: It Came From Uranus expansion $10 + $5
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix – $10
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix – $15
Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 – $10

It seems that Cave has a teaser site for a new Dodonpachi title titled Dodonpachi Saidoioujou. We can’t seem to find any information on the game just yet, but we’ll keep everyone posted. New Cave titles generally end up having images and videos leaked within a couple of weeks of announcement.

Be sure to check the site every so often for random updates.

Another good read by Sparkser, this time on character choice and order can help/hurt you in a match. Check out the introduction to get you started, and read the rest of the article over at LogicFighter.

A large, ubiquitous concern that is impairing newer KOF players comes in the form of fretting over team composition. Character selection and ordering is an essential aspect of KOF as in all team fighting games, but in reality team selection plays a lesser role in KOF XIII than in CvS2 and undoubtedly less so than MvC3. However, I’ve witnessed plenty of fighting game players that spend more time fixated on their team rather than playing the game and improving, so I shall go into further depth on this subject to clarify how a player decide upon a team.

Source: LogicFighter

No. 17, who was living in SoCal for about a year and showed up to Evo 2011 for the KOF XIII side tournament held the very first console tournament in Kyoto, Japan. A full list of results haven’t been posted yet, but we know that 26 people entered, and the venue was a decent size (check the video).

1. Tennkawa
2. TOMOYUKI
3. NaraPark
4. kiyotaka

Here’s the video of the venue. Video’s while take a while to get up, but he’ll have them on his YT channel for all to see, so be sure to subscribe.T

Source: No. 17′s Blog

It seems Capcom decided to continue with the same RE story line after saying they would start fresh shortly after RE5. This RE title will feature both Leon Kennedy and Chris Redfield as the main protagonists. The game seems to use the same gameplay as RE4 and RE5. There seems to be a mix of zombies and crazies in this, but I could be wrong, so you decide for yourselves.

Be sure to follow the RE twitter and check out the official website. Resident Evil 6 is scheduled to come out on November 20, 2012.

All of the vids are on the SRKLive youtube channel for those who didn’t get a chance to see the event live due to the LG SF4 event or because you’re like me and dislike using twitch to watch recordings. Here’s something to start you off with.

Here’s another helpful KOF tutorial by Laban. For those who don’t know; Alternate Guarding is a way to avoid being tick thrown in KOF. It allows you to stay in block stun for as long as you’re doing it, which prevents you from being thrown. Be sure to check out the tutorial for ways to use it, and fight against it.

Here’s an awesome CMV by Aldeveran, who pretty much brought back the old style KOF combo vids which encompass several games in the series, including one MOTW combo, plus plenty of bugs, and really good editing. The 2001 Angel combo around 3:30 is my personal fav in this one.

via ComboVid

Sparkster is at it again. While the title makes it seems as if its the same as the previous post, but this write up is a bit easier to grasp. Sparkster covers various topics for close range including, hops, hyper hops, running and light attacks. This is a good read no matter what level player you are.

Source; LogicFighter

Laban just released an close range fighting tutorial for KOF XIII. Check it out and try to learn something from it as its very informative. Also be sure to check out the rest of the vids on his channel to get some more KOF tips.