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I've finally recovered from the long EVO weekend, and I have a lot of thoughts to share. First of all, if you ever get the opportunity to attend EVO in the future, you 1000% should, without question. I have a few minor complaints of course, but overall it was an absolute blast, and I hope I'm able to go again next year (and hopefully see some of you lovely folks there!). Everybody's super friendly and there's a ton of stuff to do. There's so much I want to talk about and I don't know how to format this post, so I'm just gonna write random thoughts in bullet points.

Hands-on Thoughts on Upcoming Fighting Games

1) Soul Calibur 6 - The game is awesome. Definitely my #1 most anticipated game right now. The game is gorgeous, and every character seems fun and unique. Movement feels crisp and satisfying, and a lot of the new moves look amazing. I didn't have enough time to figure out all of the new mechanics, but I had a crazy good time playing it regardless. The Astaroth and Mina trailers on Sunday were icing on the cake, I'm pumped about both of them returning. I can't wait to get the game in my hands and figure it out myself. I hope it's popular enough to be on the main stage of EVO next year.

2) SNK Heroines- This game's existence is completely baffling to me. I feel like the target audience for this game is so niche that it's going to flop big time, at least in the United States. There was no line to play it, so I tried it for shits and giggles and...yeah. It's almost more of a party game than an actual fighting game. From what I could tell, there was little depth to the core fighting mechanics. Unless you're some kind of weird sex pervert, I would pass on this one for sure.

3) Dead or Alive 6 - Speaking of weird sex perverts, Dead or Alive 6 was another game at EVO. I didn't get an opportunity to play it, unfortunately, but I watched some of the side tournament. From what I saw, it's mechanically quite similar to DoA5. It seems to be toning down the hypersexuality, which I guess could be seen as either a pro or a con, depending on who you ask. For me, it's a pro. I actually think DoA5's mechanics are actually kind of overlooked and it's a fun game to play, but there's such a stigma attached to DoA in general that I never put any work into it. I'm keeping my eye on this game for sure, and I hope it succeeds. AZ actually has a decent DoA scene, so if the game's good, I might actually put in some effort to get good at it.

4) My Hero Academia- Apparently this exists? I'm mostly unfamiliar with the anime myself, but I got roped into playing a few games of this. It's kind of fun! The guy I was playing against had played a lot of matches already, so he was teaching me the mechanics as we played. It's very similar to those Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm games, if you're into those. If you like the anime, I'm sure you'll like this too. I played as the guy with fire and ice powers, he was pretty cool. Apparently there was a Kill la Kill game somewhere too, but I didn't get a chance to try that out.

I didn't get a chance to play Smash Ultimate either, because even though I like Smash as much as the next guy, there was no way in hell I was waiting in that crazy-ass line to play a single game of Smash. The people that I talked to who did play it loved it.

My Pools and Other Convention Center Fun
-Don't have much to say about my SFV pools other than it started way late because the line to pick up badges was still enormous on Friday morning. My pool was at 8, and they didn't officially start DQing people for being late until 9, so it was a lot of standing around twiddling my thumbs and waiting. If you guys ever go to EVO, please try to pick up your badge on Thursday night (you get free Cup Noodles, too!). Anyway, I got bodied but it was still a lot of fun. Both the guys I played complimented my custom Nina-themed PS4 pad, so that was nice. :)
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