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CAPCOM VS. SNK: MILLENIUM FIGHT 2000/CvS: MF2K PRO
The Sweet -n- Sexy Seductress 'Sassins Files: Chun-Li and Mai Shiranui v.1
By: Shin Starmie (
[email protected])
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characters. Them SNK characters are all (c) SNK. Dreamcast is (c) Sega,
like you didn't know. This document is (c) me, John "Shin Starmie" Evans.
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Intro to Kombat...the Third Strike
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I'm pretty good with a few Street Fighter peeps and King of Fighters
peeps. But my first times with both were with the sexiest women of Capcom
and SNK, Chun-Li and Mai. (Morrigan, Felicia, Rose, sorry...Vice, Mature,
Blue Mary, forgive me!) These ladies aren't especially powerful (but XvSF
to MvC2 Chun is BEYOND overpowered...especially on XvSF-MvC1 on PS One!),
but they can get the job done. Speed and combo capability are excellent
with these vicious vixens, and their hyper combos just plain hurt.
Chun gets to have her true signature from SF2 again. (Spinning Bird
Kick!) With her, not much has changed. Of course, her Tenshou-kyaku
(.dn - up + k) looks much better than it ever has. Strangely, she feels
wrong here. Her fast pace in this slow game just doesn't seem kosher.
But again, it gets the job done. Now, keep in mind that she isn't as...
um...acrobatic...as her lesser-dressed counterpart, but Chun's still a
force to be reckoned with. And she always will be.
Mai, on the other hand, doesn't feel right either. At first, she seems
to be even faster than Chun. Now, seeing as how the SNK peeps are all
based on their forms in KoF98 at the very least, anyone who (like me) only
has experience with KoF95 on the Gameboy will find it bloody hard to adapt
to her no longer having her Hisshou-ryuuen-jin (dp + k). Of course, it's
arguably apparent that she gains a brand spankin' new forte of aerial
warfare, as she has ways of dealing with all those pesky jumpers. Which is
a good thing...but I miss her uppercut-esque move!
Normal Moves for Chun-Li
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Lp: Standing is the same ol' speedy chop it's always been. Turns into an
elbow up close. Ducking, well, all her ducking punches were always
what I call nutt-crackers. (Get hit by her low Fierce in ANY game she
appears in aside from SF3:3S, you'll see!!!) Jumping is the same ol'
weenie-punch that wants to be a Fierce. Don't bother with it.
Hp: Ooooh, it's that old spin fist of hers! Nasty for an anti-air move,
even nastier in combos! Who remembers her old j.Hp, s.Hp two-hitter?
Up close, it's that same ol' palm thrust with little to no range.
Jumping is the real punch that's great for combo starting. Abuse it.
Lk: Side kick. Think of the first kick in her Senretsu-kyaku, and there
you go. Ducking is that quick kick that's great for poking and ticks.
It's also combo filler. Jumping is that plain ol' jump kick. Nothing
new here, as you can see. The jumping Short is her cross-up, BTW.
Hk: Hey! Once again she gets her old roundhouse! Up close, it's the nearly
impenetrable, nearly vertical kick. (Of course, I won't say WHY it's
NEARLY impenetrable...) Ducking's still her two-leg poking sweep. Her
awesome j.Hk is awesome again, as it once more does two hits! Ahh...
those were the days.
Db + Hk: Her low Forward. 'Nuff said.
Normal Moves for Mai
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Lp: A fan strike. Said to be slow, I don't think it's that bad, IMO. It's
a jab, for cryin' out loud! Ducking's a weird one: the very tail of
her dress is what she whacks you with. (and I thought Morrigan using
her HAIR for her standing jab was unusual...) Nice range, though!
Jumping is a dual-fan strike. Tryin' to be like Sakura, are we, now?
Hp: Fan chop. Weird. It's an overhead strike, too. Up close, this seems to
become an uppercut that resembles how her arm is positioned during the
Ryuuen-buu (qcb + p). Ducking is an elbow that spins. Jumping is an
aerial version of standing...an air fan chop. Hmm...chop-chop, baby!
Fw + Hp: Think her jab, only she's copying Cammy's d.Hp. Has its uses, but
in the heat of kombat, not something you'd think to use.
Lk: High kick. Jeez, what is this, Mortal Kombat? Why all the high kicks?!
I've never seen it up close...a little help? Ducking, she does what I
consider a Shoto-style short that's faster than theirs. Jumping makes
for even more Shotoness as she does a knee. (Well, she DID learn from
the Mighty Ken. Chun is his Queen, Mai is his chief mistress...)
Hk: A roundhouse. I've heard bad things about it, but then, I've also read
about a NASTY combo for it. Never seen the close version of this. Help
is appreciable here! Jumping is your standard jump kick and cross-up.
Ducking is a sweep, but I don't think you'd wanna use it often unless
you combo.
Chun's Specials of Smack Down
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kikou-ken: back, down-back, down, down-forward, forward + punch
A fireball. There's nothing really impressive here. Keep in mind that
it still comes out too slow in terms of startup to be comboed. Not to
mention that I think that the only projectile that's even slower in its
movement is Ryo's Kouou-ken! Another thing to keep in mind is that this is
only available to Normal Chun-Li. EX Chun ain't got it.
Hyakuretsu-kyaku: tap kick rapidly
Hopefully this isn't as difficult to get going as it has been. (So far,
it hasn't been for me...) Despite that, though, this seems a LOT slower
than it's supposed to be - I'm talking as slow as in SF EX. This can still
be a good tool for comboing, if you're fast, but its main purpose has been
and ever shall be to slowly take off massive chunks of chipping damage and
block meter. Note that unlike previous appearances, Chun is now vulnerable
to low strikes!!! Basically, anything of a sweeping nature can get her
now.
Spinning Bird Kick: charge back, forward + kick
Hmmm. I don't know what to say. It knocks down as before, and it's too
slow to combo into as before. But it seems as fast as it was in SFZ3, and
that's a good thing. Don't know if it can hit on the way down as in SSF2X.
Just don't try for the aerial version too often unless you were proficient
with her in SSF2X. EX Chun, however, regains the standard motion of SF2
for it.
Tenshou-kyaku: charge down, up + kick
Whoa, baby! Check out the energy surging from her sexy legs as she lays
down the law on evildoers! Makes it look much better than it ever has. It
combos as nicely as before, and I think that the roundhouse version hits
four time instead of three now. If so, it's likely to make up for the lack
of the forward version. It's also her typical anti-air move since SSF2X.
But since EX Chun ain't got this, that shouldn't matter if you're using
her.
yousou-kyaku: jump, down + heavy kick
Still the same as it's always been. Still screams to be stuffed by them
anti-air moves. Still capable of occasionally punching through the enemy's
defenses before they can do squat about it. Use it, and if need be, abuse
it.
kaku-kyaku-raku: down-forward + light kick
Once more, it's an overhead hit. It can also get you outta tight spots
IF you time it properly. Don't get careless with it, it still travels a
bit slowly, so it's still got anti-air bait written all over it.
EX Chun: Beat the game with Chun in Capcom Groove. DC CvS playas also need
to buy her from the Secret Shop. At the select screen, hold start
before you pick her. In CvS Pro, this ain't necessary as EX peeps
are there from the get-go.
Mai's Mayhem-making Specials
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kachou-sen: down, down-forward, forward + punch
It's a fan toss. Slower than a fireball, this puppy is better for the
old "Jab FB, Fierce FB" routine. Really, it is! Also, combo this in, as
fireball combos DO hurt. Careful, though: CvS Pro owners don't wanna try
this too often against higher-ranked peeps! Being slower, SOME peeps can
jump over it a LOT easier. Not to mention that it goes past ground shots.
hissatsu-shinobi-bachi: back, down-back, down, down-forward, forward + k
Mai's signature. It's NOT as abusable as it was in KoF95, and I doubt
the big screen KoF95s could abuse it much. The recovery is awful if it's
blocked, so make sure you connect! Combo it if you must. EX Mai doesn't
have this (WTF were you thinking, Capcom?! You can't show off if you
don't have any skills!).
musasabi no mai: charge down, up + punch or down, down-back, back+p in air
I hate the ground version. Don't you bother using it, EVER! Now, as for
the aerial version, yep, this is the one to use. The recovery stinks, so
it ain't abusable like it is in KoF95 on the GB. Keep this as an aerial
warfare tactic to stuff jumpers in the event that your jumping roundhouse
starts getting stuffed often. And abuse it against Blanka to the best of
your ability!
ryuuen-buu: down, down-back, back + punch
This move rocks. It's really only intended for close combat, but if
you're good with Nakoruru's Kamui Mutsube or Rose's Soul Reflect, then you
can use this to prevent fireballs. It won't work against those low ones,
however. Combo this in for two toasty hits of fatal fury.
kagerou no mai: charge down, up + kick
I think that this comes from the Real Bout line of the Fatal Fury
games. Since I've never played RB, RBS, or RB2, and I have yet to find
RBS for Psx, Saturn, and GB, I have no idea what this is useful for. I've
seen it, and she basically becomes a flame column. Sounds crappy. This is
what the Ninja Bees is replaced with for EX Mai.
Common move: Sankaku Tobi!!!
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Both Mai and Chun-Li are capable of wall jumping. I believe that
Nakoruru is, too, but I refuse to use her in this game. She stinks. Bad.
Anyway, this can be used either offensively or defensively. It helps the
Air game a lot for the lovely ladies, and it makes for irritated prey.
Which is good, since if they get frustrated, they may mess up, allowing
your chance to punish them in the name of the moon! Oops...heeheehee! If
used correctly, it also makes anti-air specials and normals harder to get
you. Anti-air supers may even fail to get their full hits and damage.
Chun's Cool Hyper Combos
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kikou-shou: (down, down-forward, forward) x2 + punch
Question: if SNK can make her maxed-out version the big, bad bubble of
destruction from XvSF in SvC: MOTM for Neo Pocket Color, WHY didn't Capcom
do the same for her here? Still, it's her slickest anti-air attack. Abuse
it against jumpers. This isn't in EX Chun's lineup, though.
Senretsu-kyaku: charge back, forward, back, forward + kick
Her other signature of SSF2X (which they raped her and took away in
SF3:3S, curse you Capcom!!!). Rumor has it that the old glitch where
you could walk or jump toward the enemy as much as you like before hittin'
the button to trigger the attack is back. Confirmation, anyone? It goes in
combos well, and it's still got great priorty over most normals.
Hazan-tenshou-kyaku: charge down-back, down-forward, down-back, up-fw + k
Another move only in Normal Chun's arsenal, this too is nice to combo.
It's a decent anti-air, but not as good as the Kikou-shou. Basically, it's
still the same as in SFZ, only with the energy around her sexy legs.
Spinning Hornet Kick: same motion as Hazan-tenshou-kyaku
Aside from the Senretsu-kyaku, this is EX Chun's only other super. It's
simply a ripoff of Ryu's Shinkuu Tatsumaki Senpuu-kyaku. However, if it's
got the insane damage like it, you'd be wise to use it in combos, and if
you do combo it, Lv3's your best bet. Otherwise, use it as you would use
Ryu's.
Mai's Burning Mandala Hyper Combos
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(ignore the sailormars reference)
Chou-hissatsu-shinobi-bachi: quarter circle back - half circle forward + k
Mai's signature super. Pure evil in combos, a ton of hurt alone. It's
very abusable, but not like in KoF95 on the GB. In that game, it was the
most abused super next to Terry's Power Geyser. Here, it still enjoys its
might, but don't get careless. At higher levels, Mai regains her fire. I
TOLD you she is one of the Mighty Ken's many, many mistresses!
Beni-suzaku: jump, down, down-back, back, down, down-back, back + punch
WHOA!!! This flaming air dive ROCKS! This is Mai's other answer to them
jumpy opponents. Like the Musasabi no Mai, the recovery stinks; please be
sure to connect with this if you're going to use it!!!
Mizutori no Mai: (down, down-forward, forward) x2 + punch
Yuck. This is little more than a slightly improved version of Nash's
Sonic Break. That stinks, don't bother with this.
Combos of Chaos
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(nothing to offer yet, gomen ne!)
Aerial and Vehicular Warfare
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You know the drill. If not, go read my Yuri/Sakura and Evil Ryu/Gouki
FAQs.
1.) As always, know your ranges! Now, Mai and Chun have some great reach
with most of their normals. Especially since those luscious, long legs
of theirs afford great reach on their kicks.
2.) If all else fails, throw. Why, these chicks are fast enough that the
old SF2 walk-under-and-throw tactic works nicely here!
3.) For Chun: Short Tenshou-kyaku for anti-air, Roundhouse and Hazan for
combos.
4.) For Mai: Use the Ninja Bees to punish any errors from a distance.
5.) This goes for any projectile-user, but if you knock down your prey,
toss a Jab projectile. More often than not, it'll get'em when they
get up.
6.) Combo whenever you make yourself an opening. Don't wait for it!!!
7.) Again, keep a cool head. Make use of those normal moves and just poke.
8.) C - a - p, c - o - m, is the groove of champions! (Digivolve into
champions...armor digivolve!)
9.) A good air game is helpful, as is a good ground game. Mix and match'em
as needed.
10.) They work great as a team, and they balance out a pair of Ratio 1s
pretty well, too! (Yuri, Mai, and EX Sakura is the team I finally
beat the game with)
11.) Whether you beat Geese or not, Chun and Mai are quite able to annoy
the bum. Just don't get caught by his counter-throws.
12.) Charge characters can charge while rolling. >)
13.) Chun's Kikou-shou can beat a LOT. Just watch out for Mai's Lv3 Super
Ninja Bees. I've seen it in an AI demo...it slammed her right out of
it!!! No Kikou-shou for you...
14.) Remember: In CvS Pro, them higher ranked peeps do more damage to Mai
and Chun than before. This makes it tougher to kill'em. But then, it
makes it easier to kill Ratio 1 peeps, as they're at the bottom of
the damage food chain.
That is about all I can really think of. I have to get into these cutey
honies a lot more.
What to Look For Next Episode
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- Clarity on whatever needs it.
- COMBOS!!!
The Peanut Gallery...
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GameFAQs: As if you didn't know...
Shin Articuno (
[email protected]): The Mai to my Ken...
There, honey. You wanted a Mai/Chun-Li guide, you got it. Happy?
Shin Lugia (
[email protected]): The Chun-Li to my Ken...
Ditto for you, too. Now you have a nice little file to make use of.
And do I have to dig up a good Chun-Li guide for Third Strike for you?
That was kinda funny how I beat the snot outta your Chun with RYU of all
people! (hey, I'm an avid Ken player...)
Capcom and the late, great SNK: As if you didn't know...
(Oh yeah...hey! Stop making the Shin-shouryuu-ken a Lv3 super! And
that goes double for the Shippuu-jinrai-kyaku!)
Final Fantasy
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That's it for now, Toonami faithful. Keep in mind that this time, and
from now on, the BEST way to view my FAQs is still Courier New, 10-pt.
font, at 75 characters a line. Yo, Nippon ichi!! Moratta wa! Shippuu...
Jinrai-kyaku!
A little improvement's always welcomed here. There are still things I
don't know. Things to be added, blah blah.
Chun-Li's still a powerful character in an expert's hands. Her offense
and defense capabilities are immense, and can yield many victories on the
field of battle. Of course, given her disadvantage in CvS Pro, that is a
mere challenge...a call to do even better! It would've been nice if Capcom
had been generous like SNK and given her the Shichisei-senkuu-kyaku from
MvC1 as her Lv3, but oh well. Maybe they felt that she doesn't need it.
Mai is Mai, and she's soooo oh mai. (heeheeheehee!) This girl may've
lost a bit of her abusing capabilitites, but she's still got a few tricks
up her sleeve. As with Chun, Mai is death in the hands of an expert. But
since her Ninja Bees and Super Ninja Bees aren't as fast as they're
supposed to be, well, you just have to deal with it. Think of it as a copy
of Psylocke's Psi-thrust that's not quite there yet. Still, Mai's a solid
fighter. Either way, I say stay clear of the EX version of Mai, and MAYBE
use EX Chun on occasion.
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"Who was your instructor? Next time, listen to him." - Ryu, XvSF
"Trapped by my spell of beauty?" - Mai, King of Fighters 95 (Gameboy ver.)
"What were you thinking? You can't show off if you don't have any skills!"
- Chun-Li, CvS: MF2K/CvS: MF2K Pro
game over
