Asia wins big at Canada Cup 2012 tournaments
By
Jonathan Toyad, Associate Editor
Team Japan wins SSFIV:AE international 5 versus 5 tournament, while DM Ho Kun "Xian" Xian comes in first for Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition singles match.
The winners for the Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition tournaments at the Canada Cup 2012 event have been decided.
Team Japan won the SSFIV: AE international 5-versus-5 tournament, with team Korea and team USA 2 following behind in second and third place respectively. The team consists of notable players such as MadCatz's Hajime "Tokido" Taniguchi and Razer's Keita "Fuudo" Ai (Evolution 2011's SSFIV:AE winner).
Singapore pro gamer Ho Kun "Xian" Xian, who represents Team DM and MadCatz, secured first place in the Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition and The King of Fighters XIII singles tournament. He used Gen in the former and the team of EX Iori, NESTS Style Kyo, and Mr. Karate for the latter.
Other notable highlights include team USA winning the Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 5-versus-5 tournament, with Complexity Cross Counter's Ryan "Filipino Champ" Ramirez defeating the entire Canada team by himself during the finals. Eduardo "PR Balrog" Perez-Frangie won the UMvC 3 singles match, with Evil Genius' Justin Wong and Tokido at second and third place respectively.
The Canada Cup event took place at Calgary, Alberta from October 26 to 28.Head to the link for a replay of the Canada Cup 2012 livestream.
By
Jonathan Toyad, Associate Editor
Born and raised from a jungle-laden village in Sarawak, Malaysia, Jonathan Toyad has been playing games since the early 90s. He favors fighting games, RPGs, and rhythm titles above every other genre, and occasionally spaces out like Pavlov's dog to video game music on his iPod.
11 comments
1 Like On a thing like this how about linking us the vods or someway to watch this considering if we are here obviously we probably never saw this or even know who some of these guys are.
Only issue I have with this article is you linked the twitch page but didn't mention (were unaware?) that the archives won't be available to the public for two weeks unless you were a paid subscriber to the CCG channel.
Now, Singaporeans can say that they are best in more than just table tennis. At least he is home grown, I think. Well done, Xian!!! Keep up the great work!
9 Like @BryanParksSuper Then why did you take your time replying? People like you are the worst.
It's good that the fighting game community is getting some coverage at last.
I missed watching this tournament. Plus, I don't recognize most of the names of the players.
Well, either way, congrats to all the winners.
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