I’m excited to announce today that Ya Dad and I will be teaming up to run MG’s first “official” SSF2 tournament in Indianapolis on July 27th featuring v0.9b!

I’ll be personally traveling to Indianapolis, Indiana to join up with Ya Dad to help put together this awesome event. It’ll be taking place during Salty Sunday on July 27th. For those of you unfamiliar with Salty Sundays, it is a weekly event dedicated to the Smash games featuring friendlies, challenge matches, and tourneys. For this particular Sunday in July, SSF2 will be the main attraction! And the best part is, there WILL be prizes! =D

So mark your calendars for July 27th and please join us in person (or on our livestream) to catch all of the action! The details of the tournament are as follows:

Date: July 27th, 2014
Location: 609 E 29th St, Indianapolis, Indiana 46205

Details:
Double Elimination tournament
4 stock – 8 minutes
SSF2 Version 0.9b
Tourney runs from 3pm to 9pm EST
Entry Fee: $10 singles (at the door)

Prizes:
– Brand new boxed Nintendo White Controller
– 100% pot
– Custom GC Controller by Custom NES Guy: http://www.custommade.com/custom-themed-controllers/by/customnesguy/
– SSF2 Poster
– Mayflash GC-to-USB converter

You don’t want to miss this awesome event! Additional details to follow in the coming weeks.

(Also for those of you eager to hear more v0.9b news please hold tight, we’ve got some extra info we will be announcing soon!)

We hope you enjoyed our April Fools day prank! 😛

As many of you may have guessed, Mr. Incredible will unfortunately not be joining the fray. The good news however that the release date we posted was a fake as well. We plan to release well before August, however we are uncertain of the target release date at this point. We do still plan to release v0.9b before online mode is activated, so the release will happen in two phases. But rather than post concrete dates right now, we will post news during check points once every other week or so. Better than no news right? So thanks again for your patience, and keep an eye out for some real news!

It’s time for a character reveal! You thought Chibi Robo was the only surprise this upcoming demo? Think again….

More footage to come!

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April Fools!

Time for a v0.9b sneak peek! Check out this online match between SSF2 Devs: Void VS TSON. They reside in Alaska and Michigan respectively:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqoRQZc4vQs

Although there is more to do, as you can see things are running quite smoothly. More info to come! 🙂

We regret to inform you that we had to change our plans for the release of SSF2 v0.9b. Unfortunately we will be unable to release v0.9b this month like we expected. We know you are all excited to play online mode, but this type of thing is fairly new to us so we want to make sure we get it right. We’ve now reached a whopping 20,000 signups for the new MGN service, so in order to properly prepare for the demand we will be taking extra measures to make sure things are solid before releasing. If at all possible we would have released this month, but we don’t want to rush things and we simply need more time.

In order to get a release out as soon as possible, we have decided that we will initially release v0.9b with online mode disabled for a brief period of time. We will then start activating online accounts in “batches” some time after release to help get things running smoothly.

This means that you will be able to play the game and see online in the menu, but you will only be able to use the mode once your account has been activated by us. We are still working out how we would like to distribute account activation, so we will get back to you on that as soon as we make a final decision (Think of this like a beta!).

In the meantime, the SSF2 Dev Team will be giving you some sneak peaks at some of the new content not shown at Apex. We will be sure to announce a new target release timing by the end of the month. Sorry for the delay, and we really appreciate everyone’s patience so far, thanks!