It's no secret that the latest Street Fighter can invoke a special mix of rage and anxiety when at its worst, but why -exactly- is this the case? We bring on DreamKing to try to hash out the dirty details as well as to talk about Monday's wonderfully successful Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 event.
Timestamps
01:40 - Setting the stage
05:14 - Risk vs. Reward, Offense vs. Defense, and the main issue for SF5
10:47 - The second strongest defensive mechanic in this game
14:37 - The "Blackjack approach" to SF5
17:32 - When relief is the reward
22:55 - DreamKing's Example (intent is ambiguous)
30:53 - The dangers of over correction (Street Fighter 3)
37:07 - Why the grind can feel like it's just not worth it
47:39 - The success of Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Live
Should Hit Boxes be banned in competitive fighting game tournaments?
Reaction to new Street Fighter 5 costumes at SDCC 2022
Doing Things Differently
Top 5 best Street Fighter games of all time plus two hated characters Catalyst thinks should return in Street Fighter 6
Five worst Street Fighter games ever?
Street Fighter 6’s approach to the global parry mechanic may actually improve over Street Fighter 3’s
6 important things you need to know about Street Fighter 6 and is SF6 appealing perfectly to new and returning players?
How Street Fighter 6’s Drive mechanic looks to impact gameplay
Hidden characters across Street Fighter history, Street Fighter5 review in 2022, and who is most likely to win SF6’s tournament?
Ranking Street Fighter’s boss characters and assigning D&D alignments to all SF5 characters
The 3.5 banned Street Fighter characters and ranking the entire SF5 roster from easiest to most difficult to play
Who are the best new characters in each Street Fighter; Crazy characters: Dark Phoenix in Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Street Fighter 6 needs a Drunken Fist character; odd-numbered Street Fighter games are cursed
Street Fighter characters that the Definitive Update has made more fun to play, and the horrors of Vanilla SF4 Sagat
Was Luke ’nerfed into top 1?’ And 5 big things fans should expect from Street Fighter 6
Discussing the 5 biggest losers and winners of Street Fighter 5’s definitive update
10 characters who won’t look good in SF6’s hyper-realistic visual style and Catalyst’s top 6 SF5 players of all time
Who are Capcom’s target audiences for Street Fighter 6 and how might pursuing them affect the game’s development? Plus Catalyst lists off his 10 most interesting characters going into Street Fighter 6
When will more Street Fighter 6 news come and a closer look at where Capcom failed and succeeded in recent character balance
10 characters fans don’t want in Street Fighter 6 and one killer feature it absolutely should have
Join Podbean Ads Marketplace and connect with engaged listeners.
Advertise Today
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Survival Horror Podcast
The Zelda Cast
The GlockN9ne Show
Kinda Funny Gamescast: Video Game Podcast
NPC: Next Portable Console