Last weekend I went to the Tokyo Offline Party 4 event at Haruimi Passenger Terminal. I didn’t have a team, so joined two others who needed someone to fill out the 3 vs 3 Street Fighter V team event. I was matched with Eleichi and Ryo, two nice young gentlemen. I had played with Ryo once or twice at the Akihabara e-square events, so that was nice.

I had a lot of fun at the event. Our team (満足) lost in our first match, but we had a good time, so no problem.

I really enjoyed watching some of the Zangief play. Kichi pa-mu in particular was lots of fun to watch. I’ve been going through the stream a bit, and thought it would be neat to see what Itabashi Zangief had to say while he was on commentary.

https://www.twitch.tv/momochoco/v/113487600?t=05h38m01s Itabashi Zangief hops on the mike to talk about Zangief. Tokido shares commentary with him. I’d like to give a loose translation of what they are saying. Someone asked Itazan to hop on the mike because “Kichi pa-mu”, a Zangief player, is currently on. Kichi pa-mu was super fun to watch – his Zangief play was a bit crazy, and was super exciting. Where this clip starts, he just beat Oosu’s Karin and Fuudo’s Mika from Fuudo’s team (World of Tanks.)

I didn’t get permission from anyone, and this is just a loose translation. I’m no fubarduck and don’t translate in any professional capacity, so any mistakes are my own.

Tokido: I’m commenting now, but our other commentator, Kazunoko, has changed.
Itazan: I was summoned.
Tokido: Yeah, there’s a Zangief match now. Just how strong do you think Zangief is now?
Itazan: (Laughing.) You think so?
Tokido: Just how strong do you think he is now?
Itazan: I’ve been using Zangief for a long time now. So. I think we might have an argument about this.
Tokido: I think he’s super strong now.
Itazan: I’ve heard a lot of people think that. But yeah. A big thing is that Ryu, Ken, and Chun-Li got weaker. It’s important that he can beat them now.
Tokido: It wasn’t all that bad before but, on the other hand, now I think Guile is a real problem.
Itazan: Yeah, there are some new problems.
[The match with Chun-Li starts here.]
Tokido: I think he can do ok against Chun-Li.
Itazan: If he gets close. Ah, he got close. Yeah, that’s it.
[Zangief won the round. There isn’t any substantive commentary. Kichi pa-mu wins, and Tokido is called out to his match. Another person comes to do commentary.]
Person: Zangief’s really strong.
Itazan: [Itazan smiles] Well, you know, he’s ok. Kichi pa-mu was strong so he won. You should praise him.

Itazan had a few other things to say, but mostly just joking around. It’s really fun listening to all these players (Tokido, Itabashi Zangief, Kazunoko, just seems like whoever is around that Momochi and Choco can press into service for a bit) comment. I’ve got to watch the final four with commentary – it was lots of fun in person but I want to hear what Momochi and Choco have to say.

Anyway, lots of fun. If you are a street fighter fan in Tokyo, definitely check out the Tokyo Offline Party when they run the next one.