The UK’s Neo Empire just hosted the Super Vs Battle event in Westminster, London. Held on March 29th and 30th, the event featured competition on games including Street Fighter III: Third Strike, Capcom vs SNK 2, Street Fighter II Anniversary Edition, and Street Fighter Alpha 3. The winners came from around the continent and beyond, with winners from Greece and Japan as well as England.
Check out videos from last year’s action here, and stay tuned for more information on future events at the Neo Empire site.
Giant hotel suite + free drinks + food (okay, pretty much just pizza and maraschino cherries) + the only SFIV cabinents on the continent = instant party. There was plenty of shouting, some money matches broke out, and we kept everything in check with some anti-stink spray. The tournament was won by “Debonair” Dan Boutros (pictured above) playing a filthy cheap Blanka.
While suite access was limited to press and some special guests, there will be more of this to come soon. Check out the flickr set for the full story.
The most awesomely named tournament in the universe is back for 2008, sure to be full of hot arcade action as always. The Super Battle Opera (called boring old “Tougeki” in Japanese), is Arcadia magazine’s annual arcade fighting game tournament, with qualifying events held across Japan leading up to August’s three-day finals.
Although “SBO” is primarily a Japanese event, they have added qualifying spots for foreign players as well in recent years, based on the strong international competition found at events like the EVO Championship Series. Although the Japanese ran rampant at this year’s EVO finals, no foreign player has ever won SBO. Americans have finished as high as 3rd in years past, and last year the infamous Wolfe brothers (Alex and Graham) placed 5th in the Hyper Street Fighter II: Anniversary Edition tournament. Check out the video above of the Wolfe’s leveraging extreme patience and old fashioned cheap tactics to take out two of Japan’s most famous old-school players, Otochun and Komoda Blanka.
This year’s SBO game lineup includes Street Fighter III: Third Strike, as well as the original Super Street Fighter II Turbo. Click here for the full SBO 2008 game lineup.
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