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New Martial Arts: Capoeira Vid Features Tarantula vs Earthquake Styles, We Think

November 11, 2008

martialarts_capoeira New Martial Arts: Capoeira Vid Features Tarantula vs Earthquake Styles, We Think
Graffiti Entertainment released a new video for Martial Arts: Capoeira, their new fighting title for the Wii, PC, PS2, PSP and the DS. It’s billed as a match between Tarantula and Earthquake, which could very well just be the names of the characters but I really hope it’s their style of capoeira. Since their move sets look identical, it’s kind of tough to tell who wins. Hopefully the game will feature different capoeria systems (if they even exist), otherwise this is going to turn into the Eddy Gordo from Tekken show. As the motion capture for the game was performed by one capoeira school in Italy (of all places) the spice that is other types of ginga seems like a longshot. What’s the ginga you ask? Why that’s the rhythmic dance that is the foundation of all capoeira attacks. Goddamit, did you learn nothing from watching Band of the Hand?
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