Daigo Umehara's Event Schedule 2015

- Canada Cup's Master Series [January 9-11]
- 5th Niconico Shotenkaigi [January 18]
- Yonpahi radio show [January 23]
- 6th Niconico Shotenkaigi [January 25]
- Taipei Game Show [Jan 31]
- Tokaigi 2015 [Feb 1]

Saturday, November 16, 2013

Umehara talks USF4 for the first time in 4gamer interview

Daigo Umehara talked about Ultra Street Fighter IV for the first time in 4Gamer.net interview that was posted today.

Notes
- This interview is a part of event report of Umehara's talk event at Amazon Japan HQ on November 6.
- Umehara confirms that he has a tight schedule so he didn't participate Capcom Cup qualifier.
- He isn't convinced about Ultra Combo W. He thinks having powerful Metsu Hadoken is better than having UCW, same should go with most characters.
- He feels that Red Focus will reduce the unfair advantage between characters that are easy/hard to focus. However, he thinks it'll be fun to Armor Break it.
- When asked about Delay Wake-up: "Since Okizeme is currently a big impact, I think it's a good thing. If all characters have the same powerful Okizeme then there's no problem, but [in reality] this game characters with strong/weak Okizeme are quite different it can become one-side game. It's good if this [issue] is eliminated.
- Will you still use Ryu in USF4?: "I like Ryu, but it doesn't mean I can't play other characters. If Ryu becomes much worse then I'll change. And if it's not Ryu, I will probably not go for [middle tier] character again..."
- When asked about Guilty Gear Xrd: Umehara said he had a lot of fun during XX time so if Xrd has that fun elements he wants to play. But in reality he wants to focus on USF4 due to high competition.
- He said ideally he can play GG  Xrd at day and USF4 at night, but it's hard to do that at game centers where people start coming in the evening.

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