Top Tekken Pros Talk Tekken 7 - Saint & JDCR

[@ElliottSaidWhaat]

Gerald, you have no idea how pivotal your role is in the FGC right now. You singlehandedly bridge the gap (language barrier) so that we can learn more about our counterparts. I've been so intrigued by these two, not just as players, but as people. NA has a tendency to "jokingly" make foreign players into villains of sorts, which is all in good fun, but it doesn't allow for things like this: simple interaction. I'm what you would call a "relational player". I'm intrigued by the people that make up the community and want to know more about them as a person. This video is awesome for people like me! The moment you drop some merch, I will be buying it! Keep making awesome videos!

[@rashidfaheem9838]

Exactly. I hope to do that role between Arslan Ash and the world some day. :)

[@CoreAGaming]

Thanks to Saint and JDCR for doing this interview. I feel lucky to meet so many talented fighting game players.

[@DarkGate90]

Core-A Gaming finally you upload a video! please upload some more :) im looking forward to it

[@onassismothoa1561]

Core-A Gaming great work! uh, could you make a video about zoning next or maybe the different modern fighting games: nrs (injustice 2) , sfv, tekken 7...

[@Al0305]

Core-A Gaming really good interview I would like some Americans interviewers can do this as well edit the Interviews with subtitle is perfect in a little tier of the translators translating the question and then translating the answer a 20 minutes interview take 50

[@spiritfired]

May I just ask how did you ask them these questions and them answering back so comfortably? Are you Korean to communicate with them? Did you use a translator? Do they understand english?

[@Al0305]

spiritfired Gerald speak Korean he also live in Korea

[@IronIsSolace]

Probably the best fgc youtube channel out right now, keep it up Gerald.

[@CoreAGaming]

Thanks, I'll keep working on it.

[@audiosmurf]

Definitely the best. The only other FGC commentator I can think of who is as thoughtful and measured would be Seth Killian, whom you should defs have on the show sometime, if you can.

[@IronIsSolace]

k

[@roachthedon328]

what a dumbass

[@morbid1.]

Avoiding the puddle is also amazing and very focused on gameplay.

[@spiritfired]

6:00 ""maintain quality while increasing accessibility"" Capcom take notes.

[@tricksalot2]

spiritfired not a big fan of accessibility it pollutes communities just look at league

[@DemMedHornene]

The problem a lot of games have, especially long-standing series trying to bring in more players, is exactly the lack of this. They try to cater too heavily to a broader audience and subsequently lose their most diehard players, because that "quality" disappears in favour of accessibility.

[@twistedgambit9084]

Pete HrapStick that's good lol

[@twistedgambit9084]

Saturn666 Tekken is eternal. and so is Street Fighter. They have survived for years.

[@lhautlow]

hiro takeda actually they are doing a great job at making the game the best as possible gameplaywhise Tekken 7 is really fun to play either you are 3 years old or JDCR + Harada said in many interviews that they focused on gameplay to make attractive on both side I think that's something that every game creator should try to do make the game fun for anybody I mean I am a melee player, even tho the game isnt meant to be played competitively, I am still enjoying both casual and competitive side and to finish with, Tekken 7 has a hella good content, don't speak about losing quality, this game is at least as good as tekken 3 back in the day AND its refreshing

[@SmilePecoSmile]

I appreciate your contributions to the FGC, so much.

[@CoreAGaming]

Thanks for watching!

[@hanjosep]

I remember in 4th grade in Korea, I was 1.5 hours late to my tutor lesson because I was watching people play Tekken outside of my school... Definitely not a hyperbole when they said FGC arcades were in every neighborhood.

[@SShaBazzz]

Dang, I really wish I could play in a fighting game arcade.

[@kingninja1781]

SShaBazzz same

[@shooterb0y23]

I kinda chuckled when JDCR said he hadn't heard of the term "korean backdash". He's korean, of course he hasn't heard of it because they just call it a backdash lol.

[@지민현-l7c]

shooterb0y23 omg that's so clever . Never thought about it.

[@acolyte5236]

​@@지민현-l7c honeslty i dont know why they call it korean backdash. i guess out of respect for the koreans. i dont follow the scene but i played tekken 1 and 2 looong time ago. we used to do that. the newer games and characters have too much 3D in their kit for my taste. anyway respect to these 2 legends. p.s. fuck female characters.

[@UndefeatableKing]

I see Tekken + Core A = Auto like.

[@CoreAGaming]

About time I did some non-Street Fighter stuff lol.

[@gurulaghima6518]

Core-A Gaming just wanna say as a Strict tekken only player I find your street fighter stuff really fascinating

[@Blacksmith__]

Core-A Gaming You'll probably introduce a great deal of 2D players to Tekken if you continue producing videos related to it

[@Gaminggod1997BAGR]

PowerOfTheKing same

[@warezpl0]

"They made it accessible, without touching the stuff meant for advanced players". Bandai Namco did a really good job with this and I hope other developers, especially capcom, are taking notes.

[@SShaBazzz]

Dude, I can honestly say, Tekken7 is the greatest fighting game ever made mechanics wise.

[@Leadblast]

Too bad that the T5DR-TTT2 era was really the peak of Tekken. T7 is the start of the decline as far as quality in Tekken games goes. Everything that was good had to come to the inevitable end.

[@Leadblast]

@@SShaBazzz lmao you are a joke, T7 is just an awful mixmash of 3D and 2D fighting game mechanics gameplay wise.

[@vivekmurali7642]

Dat wave dash input at the end tho. Shout outs to Saint and JDCR. First time I'm them talk about the game. Thanks for the video as always. I'll say it again.. You say you're a hobbyist but the level polish in your videos is something even a lay person like me can appreciate.. Wish you all the best.

[@CoreAGaming]

Thanks. Doing my best to maintain quality :)

[@vivekmurali7642]

Core-A Gaming you're doing waaay more than just maintaining lol

[@Reydriel]

Vivek Murali That looked more like (left-facing) Korean backdash input to me

[@vivekmurali7642]

I can also attest that I'm not being paid anything to say nice things to Gerald 😂😂😂😂

[@vivekmurali7642]

***** whatever it was it was damn fast XD

[@TheFirstTriplefife]

I'm fully satisfied that I found your channel. Impeccable analysis work you have done here with all your videos. So far I've only seen 3 or so, but I know I'm going to watch more. I will try to show other people this channel so that you can one day grow to be huge. Getting behind a channel that shows solid reasoning and strategies is very easy to do. Thanks again for making this content.

[@HydroJamesakaAqua]

The title is a tongue twister.

[@derpaboopderp1286]

your comment is also a tongue twister

[@spiritualopportunism4585]

more like alliteration.

[@SShaBazzz]

Hey screw you buddy. You fucked over so many Mario races for me.

[@firstname7071]

man. this is Easily one of my favorite channels. great content, very professional. keep it up. always sharing.

[@Otashigami]

I knew JDCR didn't care much about arcade sticks and levers. He's too fundamentally perfect in Tekken that any stick works so long as it works and feels good.

[@mundomando5051]

As far as i know he has an older Etokki Omni with a "Myoungshin" fanta lever, which is actually one of the original ones that the KR arcades were using and the Etokki omni is like the best KR style arcade stick you can get... (Also as far as i know the "Taeyoung" "fanta" lever is the original ~ genuine "fanta" lever. I've heard that people say the QA on the Taeyoung joysticks are still top notch meanwhile the cheaper Myoungshing and Crown "fanta" knock offs are seem to be lacking in that regard. You can see it in the video that when they go into the Arcade the cabinets have some Crown joysticks. I've read that some people were actually complaining about them until Crown stepped up their game and fixed up their stuff. To me one thing is still weird about them is that these newer Crown "fanta" knockoffs also using a spring with the rubber grommets unlike the oldschool "fanta" which only has the rubber grommet. Maybe the quality of the rubber grommet is worse or the material or whatever so they needed the spring to make up for it.)

[@jamz8729]

psshh, I have no interest in girl characters... *blushes and smiles at the ground*

[@Anitropius]

Great video. Keep up the good work, your analysis videos are great inspiration for delving deeper into fighting games.

[@CoreAGaming]

Glad you like them.

[@snarledx]

Damn nice video, solid questions and they are so humble SeemsGood

[@CoreAGaming]

Happy to know the questions were good. I tried to make the questions fit the channel.

[@2-tone989]

man this is seriously my favorite fighting game channel. I appreciate the work you put into making these videos. Keep it up bro.

[@SkepticGamer]

"I think Tekken was able to maintain quality while increasing accessibility". Same cannot be said for Street Fighter V.

[@sarthakverma1030]

Skeptic Gamer If that was not a silent jab at sf5, I don't know what ever could be.

[@crayonjambe7515]

Skeptic Gamer I don't get it

[@kabukitheater9046]

it means that capcom raised the skill floor while dragging the skill ceiling down for legacy players. tekken is more accessible now but retains the advanced shit for old veterans

[@Pledius]

the quality level in Core-A Gaming is just legendary. your channels seems like it's starting to snowball really fast. Hope to see you one day with over 1 mil subs+ Any chance you will be able to have interview with other highest level pros such as Knee, Infiltration, and etc... before EVO? it would be really great for hyping EVO 2017 and hear their insight

[@CoreAGaming]

Thanks for the support. To be honest, interviews are not as high a priority for this channel, but I'll throw them in every once in awhile.

[@Buenomars]

They're right about the huge move-set. When I started Tekken some time ago I was surprised to see hundreds of moves most characters have, especially Yoshimitsu, which I wanted to try out because he looked cool. Some had two, three or more stances. I think Lei Wulong had like five stances? Anyway, I settled on Lili - she had the fewest moves, like 60 moves or so, lol.

[@runbaa9285]

The Mishimas (Kazuya, Heihachi, Jin) have less than 70 moves, iirc. But their lesser moves and lack of stances (Jin only has one stance of different variations) makes for more creative playstyles. I like that about them. It is rather ironic that the characters with the fewest movesets are the harder ones to master, because their moves aren't as flashy.

[@TheBLACKSTARmovement]

4:15 -- What JDCR actually meant is "...because its a NAMCO 3D fighting game, where (successful) sidestep actually has startup frames". Not all 3d games are like this.

[@OADStokes]

Love how you present questions and analyze the fighting games through out the community. I also love that you don't focus on one game too much and instead go into them all.

[@MJLEGACY14]

This is one of if not the best FGC channel on KZbin. I'm always looking forward to learning something new everytime you upload a video.

[@Nightfirex]

Everytime I see a video I am more and more impressed by what you doing here. being a fan of fighting games and a fan of esports, it good to see a channel that not one dive in the the core of it but really help people like me to understand it better. I can say i played fighting games since Street Fighter 2 in the 90's and I still play today, and I am not pro player but I learn a lot from these videos and I am glad I found this channel and I been showing it to others so keep it up. you are doing amazing.

[@KappaJones]

The thing I like most about your channel is that I always end up learning some sort of lesson from your videos. Thanks for giving us some amazing content

[@sneezy7272]

I started playing Tekken after a few years of playing Street Fighter. I initially enjoyed Tekken when I first started playing it. But my problem was that my movement was very stiff. I didn't sidestep, or even hold back after back dashing. But it's been a bit over a year since I first started playing Tekken. IMO, playing Tekken while coming from a 2D background is rough

[@axelitotapia2381]

Corey Mitchell I started playing since tekken 5 dark Resurrection the first one with online mode, my very first problem was the sidestep, holy fuck some advanced players dodged​ everything

[@sneezy7272]

Christian Tapia I "started" with Tekken 3, but that was back when I was nine and didn't know what I was doing. So, I don't really count that. I really started learning Tekken in T6 when I was a lot older. But yea, higher level players will step a lot of stuff and punish you for it. That's a big reason why I work on my movement

[@axelitotapia2381]

Corey Mitchell good thing now you can just go to practice mode and look for moves with a blue arrow icon, those moves are meant to counter sidestepping, they're​ always existed but now we know for sure what to use, something as simple as that give the game more accessibility

[@sneezy7272]

Christian Tapia Oh yea, that helped me a lot with dealing with sidesteps. I was happy that I learned about homing moves since I play Asuka, And her f+4 is +3 on block and it's a knockdown that leads into a small juggle. It's a high tho, but still really good

[@opintensify]

5:50 "They made it accessible, without touching the stuff meant for advanced players" damn, this stood out to me for some reason.

[@dark666matter89]

Thank you so much for your contribution to the community! Your videos are always well made and very informative. A lot of the aspects you talk about are relevant to Game Design students as much as they are to the players. Keep it up!

[@liambrown3249]

God what a great video to come from a great channel. As soon as i saw the thumbnail i just thought never have i wanted a video like this without realising till it was shown in my face. Also great choice of music, love that song.

[@smcdonough1427]

This is a great video. It's cool that you got to sit and talk with them.

[@KeonKennedy]

Easily becoming my favorite channel on KZbin. Keep up the good work man

[@davetorres3906]

Amazing work as always, as a hardcore Tekken fan, i have a special love for this interview, JDCR is my fav Tekken player

[@Dark0niro]

The simple and smooth editing combined with the amazing music choices always transform your interviews into inspiring learning experiences. All your videos are worth the wait !

[@quahogconvo]

Thanks for this! I love the channel, but I've always had a special affinity to the interviews you've gotten.

[@verness-plpt]

They look so calm and nice! Thanks for the effort you put into your videos! As someone who played all Tekken games and just now with Tekken 7 got into it I appreciate this very much! Thanks!

[@Shooterpirat]

Awesome footage as always! Thanks for the interview :)

[@sual442]

This video was awesome. Was cool to hear Saint and JDCR's opinions. Keep up the good work man.

[@spiritfired]

Waifu. Asking the real questions. Your community is a fucking LEGEND.

[@lightningandodinify]

spiritfired they didn't reply with Kazumi or Lili :c

[@Ravenusao]

spiritfired IKR!!!!! XD

[@utoresa5193]

Caius Nair Lili is one of the worst Tekken characters that's why.She better not be in Tekken 8.

[@twistedgambit9084]

spiritfired Asuka

[@denjipoochita7351]

saint likes them latinas tho ;)

[@Minipolce]

These players make Tekken sound so much fun. When asked about accessibility, JDCR's immediate response is to talk about which style is easiest to start with. It just shows how much they love the game.

[@ya64]

The quality of the content in this channel top notch! Great work!

[@Xaimi]

Thanks for the video. I appreciate your unbiased videos and the mutual respect you reflect for/in the community.

[@QuantaKill]

More Tekken feed please =)

[@7anti]

they just get it, when i saw the command list i was DAMN! maybe i did a mistake trying to get into tekken, am still far away and i don't have a lot of time, but am having fun learning this complex game, deceivingly it looks easy, but it is not. Thanks for the quality videos.

[@CoreAGaming]

Yeah, it's helped me a lot to watch other people play and see which moves they use the most.

[@kennessc]

Love all of your videos, they are extremely interesting and I always learn a lot! Keep up the great work!

[@mrblackhouseprez]

loved the interview, great job

[@darkincarnation]

Great video as always, glad to see some love for Tekken!

[@dorianszabo9373]

This was a pleasure to watch, great work.

[@Slyguy5000]

I love the shot design in the video kept someone who really isn't into fighting games watching and loving. Comes off as very genuine which is good. :)

[@anthonycarella1779]

Amazing that you are now branching out into games like Tekken. I was really happy to see this being that Tekken is my main fighting game. Well done and good job.

[@mohammadfawzi5850]

Amazing video , im not really into tekken but this video was really informative , its nice knowing the other side of the spectrum in the FGC , Thanks Gerald

[@tragicworms3418]

Been waiting so long for a Tekken video!!! Thank you so much for this great interview(:

[@senseofjustice0218]

Great interview Gerald. Your videos are my favorite FGC related videos and as someone who is new to Tekken this was very helpful. Keep up the great work!

[@rickythompson8598]

Thanks for the solid video. Keep up the good work Core-A Gaming!

[@andregomesdeoliveira9653]

That is pretty great! Great interview, great questions, and only someone who haven't watched Tekken tournaments recently would doubt that these two are some of the best players in the world. I like the content of this channel, even if it is for people who are less casual at fighting games than I am. Keep up the great work folks.

[@basshibiki]

awesome as always. Keep up the good work Gerald!

[@darkkirby62]

Fantastic video as always dude. Keep up the good work and I'm looking forward to the next one!

[@vasuhardeo1418]

wow dude thanks for sharing this vid, i really like how these guys play, even with all the pressure of being in another countary , they come out and they fight man. JDCR and Saint are super cool guys, and i listent to there tekken teips when they share

[@erickazo5915]

Haven't favor enjoyed fighting games until I found this channel. Thanks for all the great content!

[@Tharag999]

Can't describe how much I appreciate your videos. I'll just leave a like.

[@MustachioedBear]

Great vid! I'm a total noob at Tekken but watching and listening pros like these guys make me want to get better.

[@CoreAGaming]

Yeah, I'm doing my best to learn Xiaoyu right now. Loving the challenge.

[@Elson01]

Awesome, I'm looking forward to more Tekken stuff!

[@Gadlight]

Would you tackle anime fighters someday? Like Blazblue or Guilty Gear? Love your videos man!

[@CoreAGaming]

Learning Guilty Gear now. I'd love to talk to an expert like Jiyuna before making a video.

[@nevada253]

Core-A Gaming YES

[@YohAquino2]

sorry, but I gotta ask this: what do you think about the new DBZ game? how will it affect the FGC? I'm definitely curious about what you think.

[@CoreAGaming]

The game looks amazing to me. I have good memories of playing Dragon Ball fighters on the SNES even though they weren't that great, lol. This new game looks like they're serious about making a true fighting game.

[@songoku9348]

Love this channel because of how real and simple it is. He makes things easier for people to understand.

[@lightningandodinify]

Son Goku well said Mr.Son XD

[@dannygantz9839]

you see, this is why I love to wait on core-a. Beautiful work as always friend truly a master of your craft

[@abdmaster]

Nice Interview from the pros. Enjoyed it as I'm a Tekken fan.

[@ne_mkl]

Really wonderful interview.

[@SupremeChickenx]

these two are such humble, intelligent people. i really hope i get to meet them one day, to osmose into myself some of that cray tekken skill.

[@bigbone_99]

Could you do a video on 2d vs 3d fighting games

[@CoreAGaming]

Possibly once I become more knowledgeable about 3d games. I'm seriously playing Tekken now, so it's definitely possible.

[@thersaiyan2604]

How is the game for you? did you play it when it was in arcades?

[@travasryan]

Great, insightful interview (and I'm not a Tekken player) - thanks for making! 👍👍

[@ordinarytree4678]

Goddamn... the tekken7 menu theme is still so amazing as a piece of music. Its awesome to fire up a game and be treated to a sound so relaxing and inspiring at once.

[@kumaSOevl]

Ty for this. I kept saying something was slightly off... Didn't know there was 8 frames of lag. Still the most fun tekken in a long time since 5 thouggh

[@plus20toawesome_93]

I really love hearing that a pro is having fun playing a game. so much negativity is online and seeing someone of their level enjoy the work they do makes me happy

[@RamzaBeoulves]

I don't even play fighting game but this content is top tier quality. I always come back here

[@mephistopheles4910]

Amazing as always. Saint and JDCR are formidable players right now in Tekken 7. I can't wait to see how the dynamic will change now that Tekken 7 is out on consoles.

[@CoreAGaming]

Thanks Kassiopia. They're not worried btw, lol.

[@Nyquiiist]

Would love to see more Tekken content from you!

[@THEVIGILANTEHD]

One day i hope you get your own TV channel to write about E.-Sports. Great job.

[@TissueFc]

great vid as always, really hope to see more tekken vid from you.

[@spazzdineveryway]

Man if they only had YT and Core A when I was 18 playing Tekken 3 heavy. This is a great channel

[@MultiLussebulleN]

This was a really awesome video, great job, very interesting

[@nohvis4435]

Thank you for doing what you do!

[@CoreAGaming]

Thank you for watching.

[@tripwirecreator25]

Transitioning from 2D to 3D was a bit of a challenge for me when I wanted to learn how to play Tekken. At first I tried imitating the other player's movement without understanding why but a year later I was able to properly incorporate them. Finding the correct character was the interesting process for me since I was able to use my experience in 2D fighting than sticking to the first character I played since Tekken 3.

[@belkitoFUERTE]

This is amazing. Kudos for the interview. You work too hard for the FGC my man!

[@downpark402]

Hey Gerald, great vid as always! What do you think about doing an analysis video on how 3D movement affects fighting game mechanics?

[@DreamhopMusic]

you just won another subscriber :)

[@BornFreeYT]

You have the best t-shirts in the FGC....oh and your videos are pretty good too :P

[@CoreAGaming]

BornFree Just shillin'

[@BornFreeYT]

😂👌

[@KaitoverMoon]

Saint seems more of a chill kind of guy but JDCR is a fucking robot in how he acts and plays. That kind of defense can't possibly be human.

[@joytoy322]

Really good video, thanks for making this.

[@Crxw2Tired]

Great content as always!

[@allanmenzies8668]

these two are great jdcr seems like a great guy. I love "there is no secret lever teck, there is no secret Korean back dashing, learn spacing, learn buttons, get better"

[@davidcastro2615]

Really nice interview :)

[@M4TTYN]

yes all of what said is true mainly on the command list go through the basic imput moves to enter training mode again and again and again and it will look like a list of moves and not a chore list in Tekken 7 for *insert character* you're trying to main to wish they added more OG's in from the series to those that had one appearance in a Tekken game

[@spideyfan5313]

This has really help me with Tekken a lot.

[@shinbakihanma2749]

Dope vid. I have a question. what is the background music playing in the vid??

[@CrooCoPoOoP]

wow i'm impress how responsive you are. Anf hox you keep showing interesting stuff about competitive fighting world. supports from France! :)

[@johnlocke2869]

the best content for the fgc I want you to know that people like me really appreciate the detail and the effort that you put into your videos

[@CoreAGaming]

Thanks, it's always good to hear this.

[@vmfvictor]

I don't even play fighting games but watch your videos lol great content man keep it up!

[@tonaaaaay]

Your videos are so well edited.

[@Kuya1991]

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