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Conventions deserve to be challenged in every medium, that's how we truly explore the form. It's in that spirit we are checking out Touhou 12.3 Hisoutensoku, the expansion to Touhou 10.5 Scarlet Weather Rhapsody. As you might guess, it's a Touhou fighting game. It's not the first, and it's not the last. And if the others are anything like this, they're worth checking out. Let's question our fighting game assumptions together.

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This is an extension of our coverage of the beta, which you can find here or on the RSS as episode 42!

Strive has now been out for almost a month, and met with great sales success. But how does the game hold up for our two genre fan hosts? Unusually, the podcast is split: Miodrag is pretty onboard, and Six is quite skeptical.

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To pursue the way of fighting games is to pursue mastery. You aim to be stronger, faster, smarter, all in pursuit of the win. And thus, most fighting game education is around teaching you to win, making you more likely to win. But the reality that folks don't want to talk about is no matter how good you are, you're going to be doing a LOT of losing. So let's talk about how to lose: with dignity, with grace, and to grow stronger from your defeats.

Don't forget to check out Six and Miodrag on Twitter at @sixdettmar and @mdkii respectively! A big thank you to Kayin for joining us on this ep, you can find them on Twitter at @KayinNasaki.

NOTE: This podcast was recorded before the announcement of Guilty Gear Strive's delay.

The year's most anticipated fighting game briefly opened its doors and let us inside! Miodrag is a longtime Guilty Gear fan, whereas Six runs more hot and cold on the series. This beta of the newest entry offers a LOT to love, but some structural choices that don't quite come tog

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Another year has come and gone, and so has another Deckcember! Miodrag spent another month streaming tons of fighting games, and is here to report about a bunch of classic and forgotten fighters, as well as the current state of Fightcade 2's multiplayer services.

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An unlikely year ends with us checking out an unlikely game! The followup to the beloved Marvel vs Capcom 3, Infinite was the punchline of many jokes at the time of its release. And certainly, its presentation is a proper mess. But if you look beneath the surface, there's some cool gameplay to be found.

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Even further into uncharted waters we go, as 2020 continues to offer little in the way of new fighting games. But glad we are for the shortage, as it has given us the occasion to explore gems of old. Few remember the name Ninja Master's: Hao Ninpo Cho, but this little-known Neo Geo fighter has gameplay and ideas beyond its age.

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Mankind knew that they could not save society. So instead of reflecting on themselves, they blamed the zoanthropes. In this long fighting game drought we're living through, Miodrag and Six turn to the past for another classic. The Bloody Roar series doesn't have a lot of life these days, but if 2 is any indication, it deserves a lot more love and attention.

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In the middle of a strange year, Miodrag and Six take a look back at some... classics? That title might be a little generous to one of these titles. Capcom vs SNK 2 is a much beloved, never imitated team fighter classic, and Kensei: Sacred Fist is a video game that you can play! Make time for old fighting games, friends: they have a lot to teach you.

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Miodrag and Six are back to talk fighting games, and this time, V has come to(o). Street Fighter 4 was a WILDLY successful game that helped usher in a revival of the fighting game genre. After several years of expansion and patching, how does the legacy of its sequel stand in the line of a series that has defined the genre for decades?

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