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Evolution 2016 lineup revealed, includes Pokken, doesn't include Street Fighter IV

Pokken bumping out SF4 while Smash 4 and Melee co-exist makes me a little bitter, but I'm looking forward to everything else. Gonna try to make it out again this year.

SFV bumped out SF4

Melee and Smash 4 have very little crossover. Do you want another SFxT moment?
 
Do people really care that much that SFIV isn't gonna be at EVO?

V is out and it's gonna be good and by the time EVO comes around no one is going to miss IV.
 
SF4 is tired. nobody would want it. People would likely rather watch SF5 showmatches for 4 hours than even watching top USF4 play this year.

maybe you bring it back eventually but there is no reason to waste time on the schedule.
 
Bummed that Smash 4 isnt Sunday especially after that massive venue they got for that day.

Oh well. The lineup makes me happy at least but this kind of stings even more than last year.
 
Do people really care that much that SFIV isn't gonna be at EVO?

V is out and it's gonna be good and by the time EVO comes around no one is going to miss IV.

Yeah, I don't get it either and I loved SFIV. Way too much overlap.

Capcom Cup was a nice finale.
 
My predictions/requests from forever ago:
Melee Smash 4 SFV UMvC3 Tekken 7 Xrd KoF

I didn't expect KI and MKX for whatever reason. Other than just leaving those off, the only thing I got wrong was KoF. I still have no idea when XIV comes out, but at this point I assume after Evo. Even still, it looks a little rough and the XIII community is probably too small to bring back. : \

Would have never expected Pokken to have a chance. Glad it's there though!
 
Well....SFIV didn't make it after all. Hmm, that's a tad disappointing.

Still looking forward to everything else though, especially SFV!
 
so like, are there not gonna be casuals at the venue on sunday at all
or side tourneys or anything?

that arena looks like it's mostly seating instead of floor space to setup in
 
Mandalay Bay Events Center is far as fuck from the LVCC & Westgate. (Map)

And there's no good way to go between them without a taxi. LVCC & Westgate are on the north end of the monorail, but Mandalay Bay is 2 hotels south of where the monorail ends.

Hopefully Evo runs shuttles between the two.
 
Its so weird knowing that a game from 2001 is one of the frontrunning EVO games right now
Even counter strike seems to finally have been replaced by CSGO (i honestly don't really know if thats true, just seems to be the case due to CSGO's huge popularity)
 
Fucking Pokken. A god damn Naruto lite got to Evo.

The salt is just pouring from my body. This is what tranquil fury feels like.

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What does this mean?

SFV bumped SF4. There is a lot of overlap there than melee and Smash 4. He said there was barely any for smash.

Pokken is a new game that needs some exposure.

Bitter? Really? wow

SF5 bumping SF4 doesn't make any sense if Melee and Smash 4 are both going strong.
 
How the fuck are they even going to play Pokken. Competitive scene for that game died as soon as they announced it didn't have splitscreen.

Unless they use arcade cabinets that no one has any practice on. That's like having a demo tournament as a main game at EVO.

Dumb. But whatever. I doubt it gets played on Sunday and exposure will be secluded to some Nintendo stream. Will likely have some of the least entrants.

SF5 bumping SF4 doesn't make any sense if Melee and Smash 4 are both going strong.
Unless you compare anything other than the fact that Melee is older than Smash 4.
 
Its so weird knowing that a game from 2001 is one of the frontrunning EVO games right now
Even counter strike seems to finally have been replaced by CSGO (i honestly don't really know if thats true, just seems to be the case due to CSGO's huge popularity)

It's a unique situation, Sakurai is purposely distancing himself from hardcore-technical and fast-paced competitive design, and no one else has stepped up to truly fill the void...yet
 
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