EVO on TV

Set your TiVo for G4 at 6:30 pm tonight. X-play vs Capcom will showcase Capcom fighting games, including footage from EVO 2010. Bonus points if you spot me in the crowd!

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EVO 2010 Honorable Mention

J.R. Rodriguez (aka PIKACHUAKUMA)

Photo by Kineda

My personal MVP of EVO 2010 is J.R. Rodriguez. He is known for being a Raging Demon specialist, even since the Third Strike days. J.R. had an amazing run this year and put both Tokido (a top Japanese Akuma player) and Flash Metorid into losers. Unsurprisingly, it took two Top 8 players to eliminate him; J.R. lost only to Mike Ross and GamerBee.

8:25 in this video is the most heartbreaking moment of the tournament and completely changed the results of the Top 8.

The EVO Experience

For those who couldn't make it, this video by Richard Li captures some of the magic of being in the crowd at EVO 2010.

EVO 2010 from richhhard on Vimeo.

New Characters at EVO

By request, I'll showcase new-to-Super characters played at EVO 2010 in this post.


Ed Ma as Juri vs Marn as Dudley


Neo as Juri


GamerBee as Adon


RB as Guy


BKB as Hakan


Buktooth, formerly a Fuerte player, played Ibuki. I'll post video as soon as I find any.

Ono's Next Game

SF4 Producer Yoshinori Ono continues teasing his next game. At EVO, he made a joke about working on Dark Void 2. Later, he said he'd received a call from his boss, Keiji Inafune, that he would have to discontinue work on that to work on a fighting game instead. He urged fans to be patient until an announcement at Comic-Con in two weeks.

He offered a hint via a picture he posted to Twitter, seen here. Apparently, that's a picture of Ryu to the left; however, the inkblot to the right is still a mystery. Judging by how friendly Ono was with Tekken Producer Harada-san at EVO, could we see a Namco vs Capcom?

EVO 2010 Videos

Check out EVO's official Youtube Channel for videos. I'll be updating with my experiences over the next few days.

EVO 2010 Stream Schedule

Finals are Sunday July 11 as follows:

10am-12pm Melty Blood: Actress Again
12pm-2pm Marvel vs. Capcom 2
2pm-4pm Tatsunoko vs. Capcom
4pm-4:30pm SSFIV Women’s Invitational
4:30-6pm Super SFII HD Remix
6pm-8pm Tekken 6
8pm-9pm Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Exhibition
9pm-11pm SSFIV

All times are Pacific and are subject to change.

Full schedule at Shoryuken.com

EVO 2010 Perks - PLAYABLE MvC3!

Want to play Marvel vs Capcom 3? 'Course ya do! All you have to do is go to EVO 2010 at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas July 9-11. Capcom will have the game playable by the general public, for free!

In addition, MadCatz will be giving away custom golden TE FightSticks. Again, all you have to do to get one is go to EVO 2010*.

*and place in the Top 8 in the Super Street Fighter 4 tournament