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本帖最后由 marron 于 2013-3-27 00:35 编辑
Hi everyone. Today, I’m talking to Razer's very own Itabashi Zangief who is world famous for both the Virtua Fighter- and Street Fighter series. He won the World Cyber Games 2008 and many Japanese tournaments.
Hello Itabashi Zangief,
Thank you for taking time out for this interview, it's great to hear your thoughts.
Ryan Hart: So will this be your first trip to Europe? How do you feel about it?
Itabashi Zangief: “I've actually been to Europe once before, when I went to WGC in Germany 2008 for Virtua Fighter 5 so it'll be 5 years since I visited Europe.”
RH: How did you do at that event?
IZ: “I won ^^.”
RH: I expected nothing less. So how do you feel about your second trip to Europe and WGC?
IZ: “I am really looking forward to being in France for the first time for this big event. It's especially exciting as it’s going to be a team event and I love team events. Singles matchups are often decided by the characters themselves so this isn't as interesting but in a team event where you have the opportunity to strategize counter characters for the opponent and this is more enjoyable so because of that I feel team matches are more fun.”
RH: Does this mean we will see you traveling much more in future?
IZ: “I want to but it’s up to my job really (laughs). It would be really cool to travel more and play with many players around the world.”
RH: On which game will you be focusing most on at WGC 2013?
IZ: “Although I'll be entering three games at WGC, I'm definitely putting my 110% focus on Soul Calibur V!”
RH: Speaking of you maining Soul Calibur V, what is it that you like about the game?
IZ: “Well each character has completely different weapons but despite that the balance is really good. I mean you can have one character with a tiny sword or one with a long staff or one with a giant axe. That are three different weapons and three different styles, yet the balance of the game is really great and this makes playing fun and matches amazing to watch.”
RH: You are world famous for your Zangief but even more famous for your Virtua Fighter skills on almost every version. Is there a future for this game in your opinion?
IZ: “Virtua Fighter really is what I enjoy the most. It's the most interesting game for the mind because of the true rock-paper-scissors system. At the arcades, it’s definitely the most fun game for me to play and it’s thanks to Virtua Fighter that I got into fighting games, and got this good at them too. Whether it has a future or not is hard to say, I think for this game to be more popular people really have to grasp just how deep and interesting the mind games are. It begins from there.”
RH: I think the game is amazing and VF still remains my fighting franchise but what will it take to make a game like this more popular in Japan?
IZ: “Well yeah as I mentioned people need to understand what is fun about VF and that the mind games really are interesting. In Super Street Fighter IV in certain situations whether the attack is in front or behind has nothing to do with a rock paper scissors system or the players intelligence. It actually isn't anything at all, this type of game doesn't strengthen your intellect or ability or anything. A skilled or unskilled player can perform these mixups without fault. Ability of the player is irrelevant.”
RH: You mentioned during our last chat that you think Fuudo is possibly the strongest player the world. Why do you feel this way?
IZ: “I think there are many really strong players in the world but when I observe them they seem to focus on particular areas more than others. For example, take a guy who is superb at anti airing. Once he becomes aware that his anti airing skills are above ordinary or excellent he begins to take more notice of this and put more focus into this part of his game as he is confident in this area. However due to this the other areas of his game will suffer as they will go unattended and not progress. This can be for any type of player, whether they excel at offense, defense, situation adaptation, reactions, coordination, reading, whatever their speciality is this applies. However when I look at everyone in the world I think Fuudo is the most complete player in the world. He is complete in more areas than any other player on the planet in my opinion.”
RH: I see, that's a very interesting perspective, I'd never looked at players in this way. Ok but if I were to bring the discussion of who is best player in the world to Shoryuken forums for example many people may argue that Infiltration is currently the best player in the world. What do you think about that?
IZ: “Well, it's hard to say as I've never played him myself and I have not really seen him much either. Infiltration seems really good at analyzing his opponents’ gameplay and bringing a successful counter strategy to the table. I do believe him to be really strong but without more knowledge I can't really say much.”
RH: That’s fair enough. Will you be at the Evolution 2013 tournament?
IZ: “I do want to go to EVO but I'm not sure if I can as I have work. It all depends on that.”
RH: Ok, give me your top 8 for this years’ EVO.
IZ: “No way, there are about fifty players who could be in top 8. Fuudo and Infiltration have AE at EVO but there are many who could be in top 8.”
RH: Ok I usually ask who the top ten characters are but this time I am going to ask who - in your opinion - are the worst 10 characters in SSF4 AE 2012?
IZ: “Hmm, this is tricky but I think in no particular order
-Dan
-Hakan
-Fuerte
-Gouken
-Oni
-Gen
-Deejay
-Guy
-Yang
-Dudley”
RH: With many games not being available in arcades (like Street Fighter X Tekken or Ultimate Marvel VS Capcom 3 for example) how does the Japanese community train? Online sessions? Meet ups at venues or someone's house?
IZ: “Firstly online matches have a brilliant connection here in Japan so online training has been really popular here lately. Also communicating on Skype and Twitter about meet ups etc. has been super popular recently too. Also now, similar to in the West people have started meeting up at people’s houses for sessions but nowhere near the scale that they do it overseas quite yet.”
RH: Give me one bit of advice for players who would like to learn how to play VF.
IZ: “Understand the rock paper scissors element of Virtua Fighter. Try to understand the mind games and how they work. Also understanding the space on 3D games is really fun, like looking at how a move in a particular stance will push the opponent to the left wall etc. Basically just understanding how moves will affect the opponent, if you get used to these things the game becomes really fun.”
RH: Good luck to you at WGC with Soul Calibur V!
IZ: I've heard French players are very strong at Soul Calibur V so I'm really looking forward to testing my style against theirs at WGC.
RH: Lastly, any comments for the people who will be attending WGC?
IZ: “To everyone going to WGC - I want to play with many people, I want to communicate with everyone, I want to hang out with everyone, I'm very much looking forward to meeting all of you. 宜しくお願いします! (Google translate people! ;-)).”
RH: Thank you very much for your time today, it's been a pleasure to talk to you.
IZ: “The pleasure is all mine.”
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