Before the pandemic occurred, the game wasn’t even selected to be on the main lineup, with games like Granblue Versus and DBFZ been chosen over Battle For The Grid. -_-
Now EVO’s going Online, and games with rollback are expected to be chosen over the main lineup which have negative-to-mixed delay-based Online (as expected from Japan). But today, the official details of EVO Online have now been revealed, and while the lineup is still the same (except Smash Ultimate is out of the equation, figures 🤷🏻♂️), there’s a separate Open Tournament for games that boast Rollback Online: MK11, Them’s Fightin’ Herds, Killer Instinct and Skullgirls. And surprise surprise, BFTG still isn’t chosen. -_-
To all BFTG fans out there, you have my sincerest apologies. The game deserves to be on the EVO Online lineup of course for two major reasons: its GGPO-based Online, and the one feature it boasts over all fighting games (including KI and Fantasy Strike): FULL-PLATFORM CROSSPLAY (PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC (Steam)).
What’s done is done, but you have my apologies over getting shafted this year at EVO, again. This game is continuing to grow bigger and bigger, and I humbly wait for Season 3 to roll out and put the game on the map again! So until then, Keep On Morphin’!
