MASTERCUP EVO 2015 Interview with Japan's ORZ Yuu & Nobi

Japan's most famous Tekken playing duo Yuu & Nobi recently got picked up by the Otaku React Zest group which is a company that is set out to spread the otaku 'Akiba culture' which may have a negative connotation depending on who you ask. Their recent efforts have them sponsoring top Tekken players to EVO which is what's making this a frightfully difficult tournament to come up top now with the increase in well regarded foreign players. MASTERCUP sat down with both Yuu & Nobi to ask what they feel and think traveling across the world and competing in such an event, as well as general past experiences and who they're watching out for. The complete Japanese interview is now published on the MASTERCUP website which you can see in the URL. I can't currently provide a full translation of the interview so feel free to use complete auto translate but I've done a little bit of the interview below.

MASTERCUP EVO 2015 Interview ≫ http://mastercupofficial.com/9773

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EVO 2015 - Schedule and Tekken 7 Pools Now Available

The pool scheduling as well as player brackets for Evo 2015 which is happening on July 17 - 19 are now out for viewing. Tekken 7 pools will be played out on both Friday & Saturday which unforunately leaves out the previous plan which was to have Friday as a practice day. Nonetheless, pools start at 8:00 am local time so be sure to get there early to participate. Now that the Tekken 7 brackets are also out, you can see the vast number of international Japanese competitors in it to win the tournament so the competition will of course be really fierce at this year's Evo. Don't forget however that there's also the TTT2 side tournament being organised at the BYOC area at Evo so there's more Tekken to play beside the official Tekken 7 tournament. Have a great time everyone.

Evo 2015 Schedule ≫ https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4bVNTOgaOvya0s4d0x2R3pPZllrSkR1MFdjSFlOZ05uV0FN/view

Evo 2015 Brackets ≫ http://evo2015.s3.amazonaws.com/brackets/index.html

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Tekken 7 - Twitch Tekken Crash Preliminary Qualifier Archive

The preliminary qualifier event for Twitch's TEKKEN CRASH was recently carried out live on Twitch and the archives + playlist for the footage are now available for viewing on SPOTV's YouTube channel. Twitch's Tekken Crash will be starting to broadcast this season of Tekken Crash every Sunday at 7:00 PM Korean time starting on the 19th of July and finishing up on the 6th of September so be sure to follow the twitch channels to get notified of when the next episode of Tekken Crash goes live. English commentary was done by Laugh.

Tekken Crash ENG ≫ http://www.twitch.tv/tekkencrash_en

Tekken Crash KR ≫ http://www.twitch.tv/tekkencrash_kr

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Tekken 7 Arcade Location Tests Coming to Round 1 & Dave & Busters this Month

Michael Murray just put up the news regarding the US Arcade Location tests for Tekken 7 on the official Tekken FaceBook page. Tekken 7 is coming to select Round 1 arcades and several Dave & Busters this month allowing people the chance to get time in with the game. The locations of these select places are as follows:

Dave and Buster’s New York
234 W. 42nd St., 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10036

Dave and Buster’s Dallas
9450 North Central Expressway
Dallas, TX 75231

Dave and Buster’s Milpitas
940 Great Mall Dr.
Milpitas, CA 95035

Round One Puente Hills Mall
1600 S.Azusa Ave, Suite 285
City of Industry, CA 91748

Round One South Center Mall
2351 South Center Mall
Tukwila, WA 98188

Round One Stratford Mall
152 Stratford Square
Bloomingdale, IL 60191

These are the current T7 Location Test available and more news and details on it will come in the future.

Tekken FaceBook ≫ https://www.facebook.com/tekken

Tekken 7 - Arcade Online Update H06 Complete Changelist

UPDATE: Michael Murray just informed us that this will be the version used at Evo 2015!

Tekken 7 is getting yet another Arcade online update titled 'H06' today in Japanese and Korean arcades and this again brings a new wave of character balancing to the game. The main changes listed in this version was that 16th DAN (Vanquisher I think?) and upwards ranking system was adjusted and that floor break combo damage was changed but the character balance changes are what's really most interesting. Jack-7 of course got a whole slew of adjustments and is probably fair this time around. I'm not 100% sure but this version of the game will probably be the version played at EVO 2015 this month. Provided something doesn't go horribly wrong. H06 complete notes in Japanese can be found here and I've translated it all below it.

Tekken-Official H06 ≫ http://www.tekken-official.jp/news/?p=1897

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