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This Lady Loves Dressing as Fighting Game Characters

She really does! This is Rui, and she's done a myriad of cosplay, including a handful of fighting game characters.

Her gaming father instilled a love of video games in her from a very young age. Besides Street Fighter Zero 3, favorites include Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy VI, and many, many others.

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pandehz4425d ago (Edited 4425d ago )

N4G= Not For Gamers (anymore)

Hmm maybe it just might be the only thing for gamers lol lol

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Street Fighter Icon Michael 'BrolyLegs' Begum Passes Away at 35

Michael 'BrolyLegs' Begum, beloved Street Fighter icon, has passed at 35, leaving behind a legacy of courage and inspiration.

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RiseNShine35d ago

A true legend, how to make the best with the worst hand life can give you.

mariopasta34d ago

Damn, this guy was amazing and very courageous. It was unbelieveable how good he was at Street Fighter. Playing the game basically with his mouth. RIP.

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Mortal Kombat hits 80 million sales, here's how it stacks up against competition

NetherRealm confirms its Mortal Kombat franchise has sold over 80 million copies in the last 30 years, and here's how it competes against other fighters.

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Kakashi Hatake343d ago

Don't care what anyone says, Smash isn't a traditional fighting game. May as well call Powerstone and Playstation All Stars fighting games. They're more of an arena fighter /party game.

NotoriousWhiz343d ago

You don't have to care what anyone says. It's not a traditional fighting game. But it is a fighting game.

gerbintosh342d ago

Not according to the creator, Sakurai. Link below

https://www.eventhubs.com/n...

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CrimsonWing69343d ago (Edited 343d ago )

I mean what makes them an arena fighter than say something like Tekken? Because there’s platforms?

NatsuXTheMaxspeed21342d ago

because theres a bunch of pokeballs and other random stupid stuff on stage that you can use at your advantage and flying ultra super power ball that you got to chase on the stage to get your ougi LMAO.

CrimsonWing69342d ago

@NatsuXTheMaxspeed21

I mean what it sounds like is they took a fighting game and “added” unique mechanics to it to me.

When I think arena game I think of things like Spawn: In the Demon’s Hand or Virtual-On.

Smash to me is a fighting game, they have fighting game tournaments for it. It just doesn’t jive with me to call it “not a fighting game” because you have poke-balls and platforms or because it has 4 players at once duking it out.

Power Stone I’d consider a fighting game as well. Hell, if you google what it is everyone calls these games “fighting games”. So yea, they’re fighting games…

Immagaiden342d ago

What’s next, you gonna say Mario Kart isn’t a racing game?

NatsuXTheMaxspeed21342d ago

oh its a racer but its not a realistic one like GT or Forza. only kids check for mario kart and smash .

Immagaiden342d ago

I didn’t say it was realistic. I said racing game. Does Burnout not being realistic make it not a racing game?

What does a demographic have to do with a genre? Do kids playing CoD make it any less an FPS? You see how ridiculous bringing up that subject is?

repsahj342d ago

"Only kids and kids at heart check for mario kart and smash".

-fixed!

FallenAngel1984342d ago (Edited 342d ago )

Nobody said it was a traditional fighter. Everyone acknowledges it as a platform fighter

PSASBR & Power Stone are fighting games, the former being a platform fighter and the latter an arena fighter

gleepot342d ago

You're correct, it isn't traditional. It's a fighting game though.

repsahj342d ago

Because if cute and lovable characters are fighting it's not a fighting game? XD As long there's a versus fighting, it is a fighting game.

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MrNinosan343d ago

Including Smash Bros in a list of fighting games, is like including GTA in Racing games.

NotoriousWhiz343d ago

I hate to break it to you but smash bros has fighting game tournaments so it qualifies.

MrNinosan343d ago

"and here's how it competes against other fighters"

No, Mortal Kombat doesn't compete with games like Smash Bros? It's a different genre for a different audience.

NatsuXTheMaxspeed21342d ago

Anybody can host a tournament in their garage it doesnt mean it qualifies.

NotoriousWhiz343d ago

I'm going to assume you're not part of the FGC. However, I am, and I can tell you that there is a ton of overlap between people who play smash competitively and those who play other fighting games competitively.

Now for casuals, there is a lot less overlap between the two for sure.

PapaBop343d ago

While technically true, Leffen comes to mind, FGC and Smash community have always had a rocky relationship.

Thundercat77342d ago

And yet, If Smash Bros was over 80 million, you wouldn't be complaining. On the contrary, you would be bragging about it.

Immagaiden342d ago

Bad comparison. You do a LOT of things in GTA outside of a car while fighting is what you’re mainly doing in SSB

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Ezio2048343d ago

Given the volume of games released, I would say Tekken has sold the best.

lodossrage343d ago (Edited 343d ago )

Yeah, that's a good point. Most of these games have parts to the franchise outside of traditional fighting games.

Like for example, with Mortal Kombat, do Special Forces, Mythologies: Sub: zero, and the Kollection count?

With Tekken does death by degrees or the tag tournament games count?

With Street Fighter, are we counting all the iterations of 2, 3, and 4? how about the ex series or alpha series?

There are a lot of variables at play here

Ezio2048342d ago

Even after including Tekken Tag, they have less titles compared to all MK and SF games.

CS7342d ago

Yeah, i realized that too. Very interesting.

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Trailer for the latest in SNK news

Get the latest info on KOF XV, KOF XIII, SAMURAI SHODOWN, and the FATAL FURY series!

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