Welcome to Issue #2 of the Saikyo Dojo, a series of articles dedicated to exploring what is currently going on in the fighting game genre, and just talking about fighting games in general, their history, the best fights...the Saikyo Dojo is the #1 stop on GamingW for fighting games!!

This issue will explore the happenings of late February and March in the fighting game genre.

Saikyo Dojo Forums
A forum for all your fighting game needs...

Post in em:
http://www.gamingw.net/forums/index.php?board=179.0

Brawl...
So for anyone who has been living under a rock: Super Smash Bros. Brawl is released in America. Fuck yeah.

You can sign up for the tournament here.

This game owns, I can't wait til I can get my own Wii for this shit.

Street Fighter 4's graphics evolve into Notsuckymon
Street Fighter 4's graphics have evolved and they are like 5000% better.

http://twitchdesigns.com/sfiv/evolution.jpg

Left is new, right is old.

So much fucking better, it looks like its kind of painted on, really.

King of Fighters XII Screens
New King of Fighter's screens were released just recently.


HEY COMO COMO


BURN KNUCKLE


Ash is gay.


Shiney.


HOLY SHIT THAT LOOKS AWESOME






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STREET FIGHTER WHO??

Arcana Heart USA PS2 release
Arcana Heart is coming to the PS2 in the USA 4/08/08. AWESOME.

You can look for vids of it below!

Videos of the Month
Quite a few this time around!

Arcana Heart: Keits vs orca at Seasons Beatings 2
Yeah, this is a all girl character fighting game. I guess that's cool if you're into that...



BBHood vs Amir Marvel versus Capcom 2, 5 vids.
These vids have the best 2 announcers you will ever see in a fighting game match ever. Not only is the fighting intense, but the announcers make these 5 vids fucking rock.











Garou - Mark of the Wolves, Dong + Kevin vs Gato + Gato
This is a Howard Arena (big tournament in Japan) match, 2v2. It's a pretty kickass match too! Very close.



Street Fighter 3 - Third Strike, Justing Wong vs Daigo Umehara "Moment 37"
This is where my avatar comes from, and if you're reading this you've probably already seen it. If not: watch it. If so: watch it again.

It's awesome.



Super Smash Bros. Brawl - DEHF (Pit) vs. Psycho Midget (Snake)
Let's watch Snake beat up on little kids, alright!



Virtua Fighter 5 - Tag Team Finals - Fuudo(Lion) vs Virtua Genkai(Kage)
ANGRY JAPANESE VOICE ANNOUNCER.....EXCELLENTOU





That's all for that week, I was gonna do a Player of the Week here, but the person I wanted to do, I couldn't get into contact with, and I'm too lazy to do it with anyone else. Maybe next time....