X-News Week #78 (April 15th-21st, 2019)

America

  • 6th meet up organized in NYC featuring TechMonkey, MegamanX, Zoolander, The Chief, and EtotheNG. [Video]
  • Toronto Top Tiers tournament with a final between DogBerry and Pestro. [No Brackets | Video]
  • Monday Night Fightcade @ Arkadeum ran their #124 weekly event with H-Zero and x64 Honda in the finals. [Bracket | Video]

Japan

  • FTX at Game Spot Versus in Tokyo (Kanto) between Kawasim Dhalsim vs. Alabama Boxer. [Video]
  • North vs South weekly team tournament #125 from the HL-SEGA arcade in Osaka (Kansai). Teppei Guile and Kimomaru Dictator faced off against each other in a decisive match. Player name annotations on screen are both in Japanese and English. [Video | source: Shogatsu’s youtube channel – live stream every Monday night – Japan time)]
  • Game Spot Versus special weekend tournament in Tokyo (Kanto). Random character select format. Annotations in the video description. [Video | source: GSV twitch channel – live stream every Saturday night (Japan time)]
  • Game Spot Versus special weekend tournament in Tokyo (Kanto). 2vs2 format. Annotations in the video description. [Video | source: GSV twitch channel – live stream every Saturday night (Japan time)]
  • Game Newton Ooyama special team tournament in Tokyo (Kanto). East vs West format. Annotations in the video description. [Video | source: Ooyama nico channel]
  • Game Daytona Shiki weekly tournament in Tokyo (Kanto). With their usual “winner stays on” format. There are always 2 laps. This week’s final is between Kawasim Zangief and Une Guile. Annotations in the video description. [Video | source: Daytona twitch channel – live stream on Friday nights (Japan time)]
  • Special tournament at the Sun Seibu arcade in Hamamatsu (Chubu).Annotations in Japanese on screen. [Video]
  • Playland F1R tournament (Tohoku). From the remote arcade in the very far north of Japan. [April 4 edition (no annotations) | source: Playland twitch channel]
  • Weekly online session called Gian Recital. [Video]

Europe

  • Special team battle from LaDOSE with 22 players. East vs West format. [Bracket | Video]
  • Special Daigo Umehara kumite at Gamespirit before the MIXup tournament in Lyon. [Video Playlist]
  • Celtic Throwdown has been announced for August 31 in Ireland. [Tournament info]
  • Recorded FTX online session between FortEuropa Dictator and ORF Ryu, from 2015. [Video]

Others

  • Super Turbo Normal of the Week with Dictator’s jump medium punch. [Article | Previous publications]
  • Vile Island created a video with ambiguous crossup setups for Cammy [Video]
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