Do you think the Obari animations will ever be used in-game?

Masami Obari made several amazing animations for CotW. But seeing them used merely as Twitter teasers seems insane to me.

Those animations should've been used in the character's Arcade Mode at the bare minimum, with the ideal scenario being an animated episode of Wolves' Destiny where you jump from animation to battle to dialogue choices.

An animated single-player mode could actually draw the attention of some casual players.

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u/TheXboxArtist — 1 day ago

Vin posted a video from the set of Fast 11

Vin Diesel has taken to Instagram to announce he is officially on set for Fast Forever, confirming that filming is underway on the final mainline installment in the action franchise. The star/producer teased that the film is going to be an "amazing finale," while also expressing his gratitude for fans' patience in putting together the next movie has taken to Instagram to announce he is officially on set for Fast Forever, confirming that filming is underway on the final mainline installment in the action franchise. The star/producer teased that the film is going to be an "amazing finale," while also expressing his gratitude for fans' patience in putting together the next movie

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u/TheXboxArtist — 1 day ago

What do you think will be announced at Evo today?

  • Classic Mai is hinted at by Obari's Evo poster. Will she be shown in gameplay?
  • Any more classic costumes?
  • Season 3 roster (all 6 characters)?
  • Season 3 roster (4 out of 6 characters)?
  • New 2-lane stage?
  • New Out-of-Bounds stage?
  • Improvements to Arcade Mode?
  • Improvements to EOST mode?
  • The arm-wrestling minigame that was shown in 2024?
  • Something else? What?

I don't expect system or balance changes to be shown in any meaningful way, I expect that will be a tweet and YouTube video in 3 weeks or so.

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u/TheXboxArtist — 7 days ago
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Kenshiro movelist, hint at alternate music during Hidden Gear

During the Kenshiro panel at Evo, they said there's a way to transition to a different song during Hidden Gear (maybe they mean "Ai wo Torimodose" from Hokuto no Ken?).

They discussed that they also tried to make Chain Reaction play during Hidden Gear but are having difficulty because of some HG supers being too short or too long to fit the song. They will keep trying to find a way to make it work.

u/TheXboxArtist — 9 days ago
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Obari's EVO 2026 poster - CotW

Notice the classic Mai front and center. Maybe the classic Mai skin for CotW (which was promised during the CotW anniversary stream) will be shown at Evo next weekend?

u/TheXboxArtist — 17 days ago
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What do you think Kenshiro's moveset will be in Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves (later this month)?

The previous fighting game from ArcS (see video) gave him very faithful normals, but some of his special moves were made-up stuff. What do you think his normals, specials, Rev blows and 3 supers should be?

For supers, I want:

  1. Tenhakassatsu to be his first super. A hitscan, full screen fireball. Low damage, but instant punishment.
  2. Musou Tensei. Either makes his parries become teleports, or makes his dash a teleport.
  3. Hyakuretsuken. Fair to assume his shirt rips if it ends the match, based on the footage we've seen before.

For normals, his overhead should be the head splitter, like in the ArcS game. Rev blow in the air should be his classic flying kick versus Shin. Rev Blow on the ground should be the backhand. Grab should be the slap, like in the ArcS game.

But what about his specials?

A nunchaku barrage? A grab that inverts their controls for 2 seconds? An anti-air up kick? A command dash that can become a punch or a feint? A spot dodge? A closed-eye counter?

( A multi-punch move may be too similar to the Hyakuretsuken Hidden Gear.)

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u/TheXboxArtist — 23 days ago

SNkK should have Vtubers play Kenshiro and sing Ai wo Torimodose

Over the years, several Vtubers have sang Fist of the North Star's theme, Ai wo Torimodose, to the point that all the Hololive girls who did got together and made a music video for it. I think it would be great if they got several Vtubers to play Kenshiro, maybe have a tournament and sing the theme. They could even give Hotaru and some of the female characters VTuber skins.

Other Vtubers from outside hololive also have sang the theme, so even if they couldn't get hololive, they still could get multiple Vtubers.

I personally don't know anything about Vtubers, but I listen to HnK's theme regularly, so I found out about this and think it would be great marketing, especially since the new anime is airing on Amazon Prime.

(I'm hoping SNK put some effort on Kenshiro's EOST so even casuals get some interest in it)

Also, I messed up the title.

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u/TheXboxArtist — 26 days ago
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Mexican Streamers are having a big CotW tournament (Jam-style)

It seems to be similar to those Beginner and Intermediate Streamer tournaments that Street Fighter 6 has a couple times a year. If you dip your head in (on Twitch), there's a lot of people playing Smart style. From what Yipes said on his stream when he was playing CotW a few months ago, SNK wanted to do one in the US but no American content creators showed interest.

It's weird that SNK isn't promoting this heavily on their Twitter account.

I wish someone took the reigns of an american version.

EDIT: Just ended for today, dunno if it comes back another day.

EDIT 2:

The name was "Dedsafio CotW," and there were two days. It seems one day was pros, the other day was regular streamers. City of the cream ran the $2000 pro event, and the $3000 streamer event was on a Twitch channel named "Dedsafio."

https://www.twitch.tv/dedsafio/videos

u/TheXboxArtist — 26 days ago
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Fatal Fury, Art of Fighting, Samsho movies, anime, manga by David Goyer, Skybound

The Geese Howard movie sounds awesome.

"The video game titles from SNK are heading to various mediums as Erik Feig's new production banner Arena SNK takes shape."

The Hollywood Reporter

u/TheXboxArtist — 1 month ago