Greetings everyone. This account will be dedicated to tweeting out the anniversaries of fighting game stuff. Identical to @/OnThisDayGaming, this will focus on the dates of when fighting games were announced and when they released.
Evo Moment
#37
, also known as the Daigo Parry, occurred at the 3rd Strike semifinal match at EVO 2004 18 years ago today. It had Daigo Umehara's Ken making a comeback against Justin Wong's Chun-Li by parrying Houyokusen with only 1 HP left & countering it to win the set
Courtesy of Arekkz, the level 1, 2, and 3 Super Arts for Ryu, Chun-Li, Jamie, and Luke have been fully showcased for Street Fighter 6. They can be watched below.
On this day 2 years ago, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's Ver. 9.0.1 was released. The patch is noted for modifying one of Steve's victory animations for the game. This is the 1st time in the series' history of this type of instance occurring.
Evo Moment
#37
, also known as the Daigo Parry, occurred at the 3rd Strike semifinal match at EVO 2004 19 years ago today. It had Daigo Umehara's Ken making a comeback against Justin Wong's Chun-Li by parrying Houyokusen with only 1 HP left & countering it to win the match.
It has been announced that Street Fighter 6 is performing an official collaboration with Baki as part of the manga's 30th anniversary celebration. The first part of the collaboration consists of official avatars for Baki Hanma and Kaoru Hanayama.
Evo Moment
#37
, alternatively known as the Daigo Parry, occurred at the SF3 semifinal match at EVO 2004 17 years ago today. It has Daigo Umehara's Ken making a comeback against Justin Wong's Chun-Li by parrying Houyokusen with only 1 HP left & countering it, winning the match.
10 years ago today, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 was originally released on PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360 at NA. It was developed by Capcom/Eighting and published by Capcom.
On this day 12 years ago, the "Darkstalkers are Not Dead" panel was originally shown by Yoshinori Ono at the 2011 Capcomโs San Diego Comic-Con Street Fighter x Tekken panel.
The following are the character select artwork renders for the base playable roster's 2nd outfit in Street Fighter 6.
Here are Ryu, Luke, Jamie, and Chun-Li's 2nd outfit artwork renders.
On this day 10 years ago, the "Darkstalkers are Not Dead" panel was originally shown by Yoshinori Ono at the 2011 Capcomโs San Diego Comic-Con Street Fighter x Tekken panel, teasing a potential Darkstalkers game.
Jorge R. Gutierrez, the co-creator of El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, is a big fan of Street Fighter. Stated to be his all-time favorite video game, he makes several references to the series in his work, which includes background characters resembling some of the cast.
The following thread contains the concept and and the design teamโs comments on the inspiration, story, and elements for the 3rd set of outfits for Street Fighter 6.
Here is Ryuโs 3rd outfit concept art and inspiration from the design team.
ICYMI here was Yoshinori Ono bringing up Tekken x Street Fighter to Katsuhiro Harada and Michael Murray at EVO 2023 just before the Raven and Azucena announcement for Tekken 8.
12 years ago today, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 was originally released on PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360 at NA. It was developed by Capcom/Eighting and published by Capcom.
On this day a year ago, Steve was released as a DLC playable character for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The 77th fighter, Steve was released as part of the game's Challenger Pack 7 under the Fighters Pass Vol. 2.
23 years ago today, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike - Fight for the Future was originally released at arcades at JP. It was developed and published by Capcom.
13 years ago today, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars was originally released on the Nintendo Wii at NA. It was developed by Eighting and published by Capcom.
Courtesy of Arekkz, the level 1, 2, and 3 Super Arts for Ryu, Chun-Li, Jamie, and Luke have been fully showcased for Street Fighter 6. They can be watched below.
On this day 3 years ago, it was announced at E3 2019 that Banjo & Kazooie were joining Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as the 73rd playable character as part of the game's Fighter Pass 1 DLC. Banjo & Kazooie's reveal trailer can be watched below.
20 years ago today, Soulcalibur II was released on the Xbox, GameCube, and PlayStation 2 at NA. It was developed by Project Soul and published by Namco.
5 years ago today, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was originally announced during the 3.8.2018 Nintendo Direct, with the Inklings being teased as the first newcomers for the entry. The announcement trailer for the game can be watched below.