Fans of the classic Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo have reason to celebrate, as Capcom announced the Puzzle Fighter mobile game at PAX West.
At the PAX West show in Seattle this week, Capcom announced a new installment in its classic Puzzle Fighter series. The the free-to-play mobile title is coming to Android, iPhone, and iPad later this year. This latest version lets you swap tiles and collect Capcom characters to use in melee battles against the computer or other players.
The original Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo was released in 1996 and was an incredibly popular coin-op game that borrowed characters and music from the popular Street Fighter series and Darkstalkers games. Originally a PlayStation exclusive in the U. S., an HD remake version, titled Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, was released in 2007 on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live.
The new mobile version was built from the ground up by Capcom Vancouver, and it looks like there are many more characters from the Capcom universe to unlock. The game was available to play on the show floor at the Camcom booth, and some eager gamers gave it a try.
You start the game by picking one main character, which has his or her own strengths and abilities. You also choose two additional characters that will supplement the skills of your main character. You can pick from “chibi” (literally, small, or miniature) versions of Capcom stalwarts such as Ryu, Ken, or Chun-Li (Street Fighter) , Morrigan (Darkstalkers) , Jill (Resident Evil) , X (Mega Man) , Dante (Devil May Cry) , and Frank West or Chuck Greene (Dead Rising) .
The game has plenty of hidden strategy, which made it a favorite among puzzle game aficionados. You can stealthily build up gems and then launch epic combos that can knock out your opponent. The new mobile version should make it easier than ever to find human opponents to challenge.
The developers are promising real-time player-versus-player gameplay on mobile devices, with all the action of head-to-head Puzzle Fighter on the go.
Apart from the two short teaser trailers, there aren’ t many details about when the game will be available, though there is a promise of a “soft launch” in some countries soon, and a global release later in the year.

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Two tech reporters analyze the week’s big tech news, including Uber’s surprising new C. E. O. and how Amazon might change Whole Foods.
Each Friday, Farhad Manjoo and Mike Isaac, technology reporters at The New York Times, review the week’s news, offering analysis and maybe a joke or two about the most important developments in the tech industry. Mike is out this week so Nick Wingfield, a Times technology reporter based in Seattle, filled in.
Farhad: Hello, Nick! I’ m so happy you’ re joining me to chat about tech news in Mike’s absence. He spent the weekend covering the many boardroom twists that led to Uber picking its new C. E. O. And now he’s off recovering in a Twinkie-addled haze, I think. So, thanks for stepping in.
Nick: You’ re welcome. Is there a rule that there has to be at least one bald guy in each week’s newsletter?
Farhad: Yes. I’ m glad you were up for it or I would have had to shave my head.
Farhad: O. K., so this was a busy week in tech. First, there was Uber. As you know, the troubled ride-hailing company has been without a C. E. O. for two months, and its board of directors — which includes former C. E. O. and co-founder Travis Kalanick — has been consumed with tension over a new pick.
As Mike explained in his in-depth account of a crazy weekend showdown, the board was picking between three people: Meg Whitman, the longtime eBay C. E. O. who now runs Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Jeff Immelt, the former C. E. O. of General Electric; and a third person whose identity no one on the outside could pin down. Kalanick and his faction backed Immelt, while Benchmark, the venture capital firm warring with Kalanick, backed Whitman.
By Sunday morning it looked like Whitman had the whole thing locked up. Then the worm turned. According to Mike, Whitman kept pushing board members to make changes that would curb Kalanick’s power — and it appears her tactics backfired.
Nick: It’s déjà vu all over again. Whitman has a history of being in situations like this. In 2005, Walt Disney was looking for a successor for Michael Eisner, its chief executive at the time. The company seemed to be on the verge of naming Whitman to the job, but she decided to stay as the head of eBay, in part because Disney was taking too long to select a new leader, The Wall Street Journal reported at the time. It wasn’ t entirely surprising to see the Uber gig fall through.
Farhad: Now she’ ll have more time to take another stab at political office .
Anyway, with Immelt out of the way and Whitman overplaying her hand, the mystery third person got the nod. He is Dara Khosrowshahi, who has run the online travel company Expedia since 2005. And now, out of nowhere, he’s Uber’s new C. E. O. — and so far, he’s been getting wide praise from many analysts. (Khosrowshahi is also on the board of The New York Times Company.)
To me, Uber’s board sounds as dysfunctional as a brunch between the Lannisters and the Starks on Game of Thrones, but isn’ t it kind of interesting that the process yielded a pick who seems pretty reasonable?
Nick: I’ m going to be a contrarian. Aside from the leaks of candidate names, which are good for us storytellers, I don’ t think the hunt for a new C. E. O. was all that messy. You kind of hope there is vigorous debate on the board when they’ re picking a new leader. Of all the dysfunctional, wacky stuff that has gone on at Uber, I wouldn’ t even put the C. E. O. search in the Top 5. That’s grading on a curve though.
Farhad: One more thing on Uber. On Wednesday, a judge ruled that the lawsuit that Benchmark had filed against Kalanick should now be moved to arbitration. This makes it easier for Kalanick to shield any unsettling facts from public view. It might also allow both sides to back down more easily — and give Uber a chance to become something of a more normal, less-dramatic company soon. Or not.
Nick: I wonder if Uber could become militantly boring now. The crazy at that company must be exhausting for everyone — board members, management, investors, employees. I listened to the leaked audio of Khosrowshahi’s remarks to Uber employees this week when his appointment was official. The way he hat-tipped all the warring factions around the company made me think he would make a serious effort at peace. On the other hand, recorded audio leaked of the new C. E. O.’s remarks. Maybe I won’ t put away the popcorn quite yet.
Farhad O. K., let’s move to your neck of the woods: Amazon. You had an interesting story about how Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s C. E. O., reached out to Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s C. E. O., to push for the two companies to integrate their voice assistants, Amazon’s Alexa and Microsoft’s Cortana.
I was surprised by the move; it’s a rare moment of cooperation among tech behemoths. One thing I wondered is if it presaged some larger cooperation between the two, on matters even beyond voice assistants. What do you think?
Nick: I don’ t see major partnerships for the two companies down the line. They’ re serious, respectful rivals in cloud computing. I think part of what drove this relationship is that both are facing real roadblocks to getting people using their assistants outside homes and offices. Microsoft and Amazon are both weak in mobile devices. If they can somehow persuade Apple and Google to join their party, it might be easier to get people using Alexa and Cortana through smartphones
Farhad: Then we have Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods, which just closed. To mark the kickoff, Amazon cut prices on a variety of Whole Foods staples. I went to my local Whole Foods around lunchtime yesterday and found it unusually packed. But have you been able to glean anything else about Amazon’s long-term plans for Whole Foods, beyond this marketing push?
Nick: The initial price cuts were a way to get curiosity seekers in the door on day one, which seems to have worked. Amazon has already talked about various plans to integrate Amazon services with Whole Foods, like making Amazon Prime the loyalty program for the stores.
Checkout lines are the single most annoying experience everyone I know has at supermarkets. Amazon has insisted they won’ t use the cashier-free checkout technology they’ re testing at their Amazon Go convenience store in Seattle to put people out of work. But if they can get the system working smoothly, I could see Amazon sticking to their promise by giving cashiers new roles inside Whole Foods stores — for example, spending more time answering customer questions.
And if they can prove this works through Whole Foods, what’s to stop Amazon from selling the entire system to other retailers, the way they do with cloud computing services?
Farhad: Oh wow, I hadn’ t thought about that. See, that’s what’s great about having you here instead of Mike, Nick. You say smart stuff!
Well, thanks for joining me. Talk soon!
Nick: See ya!

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