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Double Tap is back with a new episode featuring many returning characters to our favorite fighting games! In the Fighter's Corner, we review the Mai Trailer in great detail and give our impressions on some easter eggs regarding old MK news. Then we complete our coverage on the Guilty Gear Strive Developer Backyard. Next, we cover the results of both WeplayUFL Tekken 7 and Soul Calibur 6 Tournaments, and Street Fighter V's Spring update gives us an in depth idea of Oro, Rose and a sneak peek at Akira! In the Randoms of the FGC, there is a new open bets, Golden Guardians pick up new players for Melee, it's another anniversary week for fighting games and Gundam Maxi Boost is on ESL. Finally we finish off with a Community Questions with your answers regarding your most disliked character archetype. Episode URL: https://mtb.gg/2qtDiscord: http://discord.me/mashthosebuttons Hosts: Andres Mirandes twitter.com/CrashtagVStwitch.tv/Crashtag_00 Jeremiah Ward twitter.com/Daimyomezzatwitch.tv/Daimyomezza Gabriel Medina twitter.com/StaticGorillatwitch.tv/StaticGorilla Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations. Mash Those Buttons Website twitter.com/mtbsite facebook.com/mashthosebuttons

On today's episode of Double Tap, Crashtag, Mezza and Static interview a special guest, Tong, Tournament Organizer of Tampa Never Sleeps. Tong goes into detail about the Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 community, being a TO in the offline and online community and in a new segment explains why you should play UMVC3. Afterwards, in the Fighter's Corner, King's trailer has arrived and we share our thoughts. Then, the Mortal Kombat movie has been delayed a week, Tekken 7's WeplayUFL players have been announced and SFV's Spring update is coming. Surprisingly, we received breaking news that Guilty Gear Strive's Developer Backyard was released, which explains the updates happening to Strive and the results of the Beta survey. Finally we ask a community question regarding character archetypes. Episode URL: https://mtb.gg/2qjDiscord: http://discord.me/mashthosebuttons Hosts: Andres Mirandes twitter.com/CrashtagVStwitch.tv/Crashtag_00 Jeremiah Ward twitter.com/Daimyomezzatwitch.tv/Daimyomezza Gabriel Medina twitter.com/StaticGorillatwitch.tv/StaticGorilla Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations. Mash Those Buttons Website twitter.com/mtbsite facebook.com/mashthosebuttons

Crashtag and resurrected and join Mezza and StaticGorilla for another episode of Double Tap. Starting out in the Fighter's Corner, Yashiro Nanakase trailer dropped for KOF and leads us to believe old characters may return. Then, a new Melty Blood is coming soon with Rollback and a Guilty Gear fan art leads some people to believe a new character was announced. Mezza shares his impressions of Lidia in Tekken 7 and Capcom announces another upcoming update. In the randoms of the FGC, Arcsystem Works released an entire catalog of OST's from their games and Project L rumors leak that they're looking for testers. Finally, we share our impressions of the WeplayUFL event, and Brawlhalla gets an update with 3 characters from KungFu Panda. Episode URL: https://mtb.gg/2qbDiscord: http://discord.me/mashthosebuttons Hosts: Andres Mirandes twitter.com/CrashtagVStwitch.tv/Crashtag_00 Jeremiah Ward twitter.com/Daimyomezzatwitch.tv/Daimyomezza Gabriel Medina twitter.com/StaticGorillatwitch.tv/StaticGorilla Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations. Mash Those Buttons Website twitter.com/mtbsite facebook.com/mashthosebuttons

Mezza and StaticGorilla are back for another episode of DoubleTap! We start with King of Fighters XV in the Fighter's Corner, with the trailer for Terry Bogard which includes early gameplay footage. We also see the a new trailer for Tekken7's newest character, Lidia Sobieska and give our impressions. Then in the Randoms of the FGC, Animist releases another flawless stop motion Street Fighter video and desk makes another music video featuring Dan. And finally, we discuss the recent news that EVO tournament series will be online but was also bought out by Sony and we share our ideas of what it will mean for the future of FGC events. Episode URL: https://mtb.gg/2q1Discord: http://discord.me/mashthosebuttons Hosts: Jeremiah Ward twitter.com/Daimyomezzatwitch.tv/Daimyomezza Gabriel Medina twitter.com/StaticGorillatwitch.tv/StaticGorilla Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations. Mash Those Buttons Website twitter.com/mtbsite facebook.com/mashthosebuttons

Mezza and StaticGorilla are back for an episode of Double Tap. In the Fighter's Corner, King of Fighter XV dropped a trailer for Yuri Sakazaki and Mezza shares his impressions of Annie in Skullgirls. We got the name of Tekken 7's new character, Lidia Sobieska and Juri's fan made costumes will soon be available. In the Randoms of the FGC, CEO is cancelled for now but is looking to the future for possible events and go in depth with ideas of what the future of events may look like, and Dreamhack goes online with some fun tournaments. Finally, we finish up with a Focus Attack from a listener where Mezza and Static share their ideas regarding possible FGC panels. Episode URL: http://mtb.gg/doubletapDiscord: http://discord.me/mashthosebuttons Hosts: Andres Mirandes twitter.com/CrashtagVStwitch.tv/Crashtag_00 Jeremiah Ward twitter.com/Daimyomezzatwitch.tv/Daimyomezza Gabriel Medina twitter.com/StaticGorillatwitch.tv/StaticGorilla Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations. Mash Those Buttons Website twitter.com/mtbsite facebook.com/mashthosebuttons

Crashtag and StaticGorilla are back for another busted episode of DoubleTap. In the Fighter's corner, we look at the breakdown for Smash's latest DLC, Pyra and Mythra and Andy Bogard shows up on in a new trailer for King Of Fighters 15. Then Samurai Shodown has a new patch, GranBlue teases a new character, Eustace, and Strive sadly gets delayed. Afterwards we review the latest showcase of SSJ4 Gogeta in Dragon Ball FighterZ, as well as a new trailer and dramatic finish. In the Randoms of the FGC Static puts Crashtag onto a coverband called the Consouls, who recently released a video covering various fighting games titles. Finally, we finish this episode with two mod highlights for FighterZ and Tekken 7! Episode URL: http://mtb.gg/2plDiscord: http://discord.me/mashthosebuttons Hosts: Andres Mirandes twitter.com/CrashtagVStwitch.tv/Crashtag_00 Jeremiah Ward twitter.com/Daimyomezzatwitch.tv/Daimyomezza Gabriel Medina twitter.com/StaticGorillatwitch.tv/StaticGorilla Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations. Mash Those Buttons Website twitter.com/mtbsite facebook.com/mashthosebuttons

Crashtag and StaticGorilla celebrate Chun-Li's Birthday on this episode of Double Tap! In the Fighter's Corner, Pyra/Mythra will have a character breakdown coming soon and SkullGirls will be getting 4 DLC characters including the previously announced Annie. Then, we go into detail about SFV's Capcom Cup results, the new patch winners and the Bug fixes that are expected. In the Randoms of the FGC, we discuss the Smash World Tour and expectations and Sako celebrates his 10th year with Hori. Finally, in the Focus Attack, we answer a question from listener Big Siph, who asks about the future of sponsors within the FGC. Episode URL: http://mtb.gg/2pcDiscord: http://discord.me/mashthosebuttons Hosts: Andres Mirandes twitter.com/CrashtagVStwitch.tv/Crashtag_00 Gabriel Medina twitter.com/StaticGorillatwitch.tv/StaticGorilla Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations. Mash Those Buttons Website twitter.com/mtbsite facebook.com/mashthosebuttons

Crashtag and StaticGorilla are back with a new Double Tap and have details from Round 2 of the Developers round table. Firstly, in the Fighter's Corner, we look at Cham Cham in Samsho and speculate who the Guilty Gear guest will be. Then we inspect what Tekken 7 is bringing from Poland, King of Fighter's two new characters, Kyo and Chizuru, Street Fighter gets a huge update and Ryu is in Fortnite? In the Randoms of the FGC, Crashtag finds a subreddit for Fighting games anniversaries and we review the discussions of the Roundtable as well as review the trailer to the new Mortal Kombat trailer. Finally, in the Focus Attack, Crashtag and Static share their impressions and experiences from the Guilty Gear Strive Beta as well as the I-no trailer! Episode URL: http://mtb.gg/2p5Discord: http://discord.me/mashthosebuttons Hosts: Andres Mirandes twitter.com/CrashtagVStwitch.tv/Crashtag_00 Gabriel Medina twitter.com/StaticGorillatwitch.tv/StaticGorilla Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations. Mash Those Buttons Website twitter.com/mtbsite facebook.com/mashthosebuttons

The crew is back with a full team for DoubleTap and are gearing up for the new content in the Strive Beta. In the Fighter's corner, we talk about the Arcsys plans for the Guilty Gear Strive Beta including extra character tutorials, content creator marketing and Steam pre-orders are live. We also react to the Joe Higashi trailer for King of Fighters 15. Then, SFV brings their latest news with their Winter Update which included details on Rose, a full match to show off Dan, a brand new mechanic and an upcoming patch. In the Randoms of the FGC, Round 2 of the developer Roundtable is coming, Tekken 7's Josie gets a Tifa mod and "Mileena Thee Stallion" makes an appearence playing Mortal Kombat 11. Episode URL: http://mtb.gg/2oxDiscord: http://discord.me/mashthosebuttons Hosts: Andres Mirandes twitter.com/CrashtagVStwitch.tv/Crashtag_00 Jeremiah Ward twitter.com/Daimyomezzatwitch.tv/Daimyomezza Gabriel Medina twitter.com/StaticGorillatwitch.tv/StaticGorilla Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations. Mash Those Buttons Website twitter.com/mtbsite facebook.com/mashthosebuttons

Welcome to another episode of Double Tap! Today, Crashtag and StaticGorilla are back with and Striving for more Guilty Gear news! In the Fighter's Corner we breakdown the new gameplay footage of Zato, Axl, Ky, Nagoryuki and Sol in full detail and we detail the Beta information which is coming soon. Then Iori Yagami makes his debut in KOF 15. Lastly, Street Fighter V's winter update is coming with announcements and we make our predictions and SF League Japan finishes in a hype fashion. In the Randoms of the FGC, Combo Breaker makes an announcement regarding the future, MVC2 gets zoomed out, a dream roster of MVC4 has been unveiled and we highlight FGC content creator Leon Massey. Episode URL: http://mtb.gg/2ooDiscord: http://discord.me/mashthosebuttons Hosts: Andres Mirandes twitter.com/CrashtagVStwitch.tv/Crashtag_00 Gabriel Medina twitter.com/StaticGorillatwitch.tv/StaticGorilla Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations. Mash Those Buttons Website twitter.com/mtbsite facebook.com/mashthosebuttons

StaticGorilla has resurrected to join Crashtag and Mezza in a new episode of Double Tap. First, in the Fighter's Corner, we start off with some results from Frosty Faustings, which was successfully held entirely online with exciting exhibitions that surprised Crashtag. Them's Fighting Herds also announced a new stage, SkullGirls released a trailer for Annie of the stars for consoles and a King of Fighter's trailer featuring Benimaru. Next, Capcom Cup announced the season finale which will feature matches from players around the world. In the Randoms of the FGC, Vice released a documentary about the FGC and we share our thoughts. Finally, Killer Instinct has a Twitch Rivals tournament and we share our ideas about it. Episode URL: http://mtb.gg/2ogDiscord: http://discord.me/mashthosebuttons Hosts: Andres Mirandes twitter.com/CrashtagVStwitch.tv/Crashtag_00 Jeremiah Ward twitter.com/Daimyomezzatwitch.tv/Daimyomezza Gabriel Medina twitter.com/StaticGorillatwitch.tv/StaticGorilla Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations. Mash Those Buttons Website twitter.com/mtbsite facebook.com/mashthosebuttons

If you're girl wears a lot of blue, and can summon weapons to attack the opponent, that's not your girl. It's Vergil, I mean Anre. We finally see what he brings to the table before releasing on January 26th. We can an closer look to the Guilty Gear Strive offline modes in the new video but don't fall asleep or you'll miss Meitenkun's return to KOFXV. We've let it sit now for a few weeks but what's the final thoughts on the FGC Code of Conduct in this week's Community Question. Episode URL: http://mtb.gg/2o9Discord: http://discord.me/mashthosebuttons Hosts: Andres Mirandes twitter.com/CrashtagVStwitch.tv/Crashtag_00 Jeremiah Ward twitter.com/Daimyomezzatwitch.tv/Daimyomezza Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations. Mash Those Buttons Website twitter.com/mtbsite facebook.com/mashthosebuttons

The Fighting Game Community has finally become a zero tolerance zone with the new code of conduct rules that are being implemented by community members. Is it safe to say Sephiroth is not as broken as expected? With no Static Gorilla around Mezza, and CrashTag take on the policies of Capcom Cup being cancelled due to covid-19. Some randoms in the fgc lead to sonicfox in full support of Skullgirls for Frosty Faustings. Lets not forget a some images of Mortal Kombat movie. A little bit of good and a little bit of bad follows. Episode URL: http://mtb.gg/doubletapDiscord: http://discord.me/mashthosebuttons Hosts: Andres Mirandes twitter.com/CrashtagVStwitch.tv/Crashtag_00 Jeremiah Ward twitter.com/Daimyomezzatwitch.tv/Daimyomezza Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations. Mash Those Buttons Website twitter.com/mtbsite facebook.com/mashthosebuttons

SNK gave us the double take with a delay on KOF15, only to release a trailer less than 24 hours later. Mezza and Crashtag breakdown KOF15 with it's new coat of paint and Samurai Shodown reveals it's boomerang wielding character for Season 3 Pass. Dragonball FighterZ gets a new patch on Weds, but we already have a breakdown of Super Baby 2. But is he going to be all that and a bag of Tuffles? Garuda also makes an appearance as another costume for Akuma in Street Fighter V, but the trailer is making waves for possible nerfs in 2021. If you missed the boat or didn't know which fighting game to jump on, we got you covered in a new segment breaking down "Why you should play" on this week's show. Episode URL: http://mtb.gg/doubletapDiscord: http://discord.me/mashthosebuttons Hosts: Andres Mirandes twitter.com/CrashtagVStwitch.tv/Crashtag_00 Jeremiah Ward twitter.com/Daimyomezzatwitch.tv/Daimyomezza Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations. Mash Those Buttons Website twitter.com/mtbsite facebook.com/mashthosebuttons

Press continue on 2020? Nah, we're in full effect with our first show of 2021! We're gearing up for upcoming news, but in the meantime Mezza and Crash take a look at Anji Mito's trailer debut for Guilty Gear Strive. Looking very true to his original gameplay, we're gonna have to wait until February to round out the 15-man roster for Strive. The best Street Fighter costumes don't even come from a mainstream game!? Street Fighter Duel concept artist has a modern take on the classic rosters that we just can't look away from. Tough Love Arena has been jumping on our feeds and we check out what could be a fighter drawn on a piece of paper during study hall. But is it a fighting game at it's core? Now that 2020 is in our rearview mirror, what can we expected from the FGC in the future for 2021? Will invitationals become more common? Even if offline events can return, will we move away from the progression we've had with online events? Episode URL: http://mtb.gg/2neDiscord: http://discord.me/mashthosebuttons Hosts: Andres Mirandes twitter.com/CrashtagVStwitch.tv/Crashtag_00 Jeremiah Ward twitter.com/Daimyomezzatwitch.tv/Daimyomezza Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations. Mash Those Buttons Website twitter.com/mtbsite facebook.com/mashthosebuttons

We've made it to the 200th episode! First we visit the Fighter's Corner with a brand new announement for a new fighting game, Dungeon Fighter Duel and we look forward to the character trailer for Anji Mito in Guilty Gear Strive and reflect on how Guilty Gear has truly changed over the years. Soul Calibur 6 gets many tier lists from top players and there is a calendar that lines up all the upcoming online events. Next, in the Randoms of the FGC, a famous Marvel Vs Capcom 2 infinite combo is performed by an instrument and with a beat and we look at the latest build of Hyper Dragon Ball Z which is similar to Dragon Ball FighterZ. Then we take a look at a hottake that has got Crashtag in a frenzy. Finally, in the Focus Attack, we take a look back at the last 200 episodes, reflect and think about where we will go from here. Episode URL: http://mtb.gg/2n3Discord: http://discord.me/mashthosebuttons Hosts: Andres Mirandes twitter.com/CrashtagVStwitch.tv/Crashtag_00 Jeremiah Ward twitter.com/Daimyomezzatwitch.tv/Daimyomezza Gabriel Medina twitter.com/StaticGorillatwitch.tv/StaticGorilla Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations. Mash Those Buttons Website twitter.com/mtbsite facebook.com/mashthosebuttons

Crashtag, Mezza and StaticGorilla are back for another episode of Double Tap with a special guest, Coach Czech. Coach Czech is an esports coach and we ask him questions about what it's like being a coach and hear from his perspective on what he would recommend for new and old players looking to get into the competitive scene. Then we jump into the Fighter's Corner with some Mortal Kombat tournament results as well as the Dragon Ball FighterZ National Championship Japan results and 2 new character reveals, Super Baby2 and SS4 Gogeta. Next, Capcom Cup has announced its location, Luffy gets voted in and SFV dev team shares an update. Finally, we finish with reading your answers to the community question. Episode URL: https://mashthosebuttons.com/?p=49120Discord: http://discord.me/mashthosebuttons Hosts: Andres Mirandes twitter.com/CrashtagVStwitch.tv/Crashtag_00 Jeremiah Ward twitter.com/Daimyomezzatwitch.tv/Daimyomezza Gabriel Medina twitter.com/StaticGorillatwitch.tv/StaticGorilla Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations. Mash Those Buttons Website twitter.com/mtbsite facebook.com/mashthosebuttons

Mezza and StaticGorilla have returned for another episode of DoubleTap. In the Fighter's Corner, we first start with a look at the next character reveal for Smash, Sephiroth. Then we get another reveal of Yuel in GranBlue Fantasy Versus, followed by another reveal of Scorpina in Power Rangers BTFG, which is then followed by another reveal of King Of Fighters 15. Next, we see the results of MK11 Weplay tournament, patch notes which may have made some characters better. More Dragon Ball FighterZ national championship results came in and SFV's Capcom Cup final spot has one more week left to be voted on. In the Randoms of the FGC, a new MK movie is koming soon and Microsoft acquires smash.gg. Finally, we ask you a community question. Episode URL: http://mtb.gg/2m5Discord: http://discord.me/mashthosebuttons Hosts: Jeremiah Ward twitter.com/Daimyomezzatwitch.tv/Daimyomezza Gabriel Medina twitter.com/StaticGorillatwitch.tv/StaticGorilla Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations. Mash Those Buttons Website twitter.com/mtbsite facebook.com/mashthosebuttons

Crashtag and StaticGorilla are back with a Tekken filled episode. Today, we have a special guest, The Collective's own Tekken 7 competitor Komanda. We start out with an extensive interview with Komanda about his background in the local Tekken scene and some of his tournament and exhibition results within the past months. Komanda then talks about the current changes in Tekken 7's latest patch for season 4. Afterwards, we go to the Fighter's Corner, with some Mortal Kombat an invitational for $60k and a celebrity will be watching. Then, we go over the the results of the DragonBall FighterZ National Championships for West and Spain which was down to the wire for one and a slugfest for the other. Episode URL: http://mtb.gg/2lrDiscord: http://discord.me/mashthosebuttons Hosts: Andres Mirandes twitter.com/CrashtagVStwitch.tv/Crashtag_00 Gabriel Medina twitter.com/StaticGorillatwitch.tv/StaticGorilla Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations. Mash Those Buttons Website twitter.com/mtbsite facebook.com/mashthosebuttons

Crashtag has finally returned from a hiatus and joins Static for another episode of Double Tap. This week we start off with some feedback related about a gadget to help with internet connection. Then in the Fighter's Corner, MK 11 gets an MK movie costume pack and a Pro Kompetition League announcement. Then we see the Hwang reveal trailer for Soul Calibur VI, and we see the results of the DBFZ national championships and place our bets on the winners of each region in the playoffs. Next, Street Fighter V and Capcom experience an unfortrunate leak which reveals the upcoming plans for the folliowing year. In the Randoms of the FGC a video shows how good Rambo can be and professional Tekken player Knee has some words about guest characters. Episode URL: http://mtb.gg/2ljDiscord: http://discord.me/mashthosebuttons Hosts: Andres Mirandes twitter.com/CrashtagVStwitch.tv/Crashtag_00 Jeremiah Ward twitter.com/Daimyomezzatwitch.tv/Daimyomezza Gabriel Medina twitter.com/StaticGorillatwitch.tv/StaticGorilla Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations. Mash Those Buttons Website twitter.com/mtbsite facebook.com/mashthosebuttons