We know Goichi "GO1" Kishida, who faces the final stretch of the Red Bull Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour SAGA with conviction, nerves and doubts.
Goichi "GO1" Kishida is undoubtedly one of the most successful and influential players in the history of fighting video games. His record of victories, with trophies uninterruptedly in his windows during the last years, leaves his mark on names such as Street Fighter, Under Night In-Birth or Dragon Ball FighterZ. That is why some believe that their determination is unrepeatable.
Champion of EVO 2019 in Dragon Ball FighterZ after beating his great rival in the final, SonicFox – where he was a finalist in 2018 by this same adversary -, the 31-year-old Japanese arrived in the capital of Madrid with the aim of winning victorious in one of the most important events of the season, the Red Bull Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour SAGA held in Callao Cinemas. From FreeGameTips we could chat with him minutes before the final stretch of the championship began.
“No victory makes you invulnerable”
His assessment of the current season is, how could it be otherwise, extraordinary. The pressure for such a victory has precipitated a small pause of a couple of months; a necessary break to catch air and face a last quarter 2019 where there is no truce. We have already seen it in the tournament organized in the heart of Madrid.
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"The level has risen a lot compared to my last tournament in Malaysia," he begins. Winner this season in the Combo Breaker of Illinois and the Community Effort held in Orlando, both in the United States, the famous Japanese has been planted in Europe, noting the great improvement that the community of the old continent has experienced; with names like the Spanish Shanks (Top-8 in EVO 2019) or the Monegasque Wawa, two of the candidates with the greatest projection in the competitive scene of Dragon Ball FighterZ.
“I have the feeling that I can lose at any moment”
But the best player in the world is not trusted. It was enough to shop around the Callao Cinemas in Madrid, with dozens of posters of Goku, Freezer and company, to hear the plastic strokes of the arcade stick. Everyone wants to win, but only one can do it. The fair game is something that characterizes the community of Dragon Ball FighterZ, of the healthiest, according to our protagonist, compared to other works of the fighting games scene with much greater trajectory. Something has this title that makes it different from the rest. “I have the feeling that I can lose at any time,” he acknowledges, after seeing the level of the final frame. "The fact that younger players appear every time is symptomatic that a great job is being done," reflects the veteran player.
Goichi "GO1" Kishida in Cinemas Callao, Madrid | Meristation
But how is a tournament of this category prepared mentally? “Personally I am a very nervous person. I like to be nervous until I am in front of the screen and, at that moment, get rid of all the nerves and focus on the game, ”he acknowledges, because he is still a flesh and blood player.
He has been seen many times in this type of leadership, when in a matter of ten minutes you can be at the top of the podium. This time it has not been less, but it is clear what he has to do to manage those moments where you hear more the beating of the heart than the cries of half a thousand people. “I try to think about the technique my opponent will use, how he would act and what strategy he will carry out. What do you usually do ”, because GO1 constantly studies its rivals. Before and during the meetings.
The Dragon Ball FighterZ metagame is being debated by the predominance of characters like Goku GT, but it is not something of concern, he estimates, for how well balanced everything is at the end of the day, being a tag team with three characters in each team. “It is true that small characters are the most used, such as Kid Buu and Goku GT; You always tend to choose these characters over others. ” He hopes, however, that future incorporations via DLC will change the tables a bit.
Go1 does not plan to stop playing Dragon Ball FighterZ in the short or medium term. He feels comfortable, is happy and, for more inri, his competitive level allows him to be at the top. But not everything depends on him. The Arc System Works game will live its third year from January, something that it considers “exciting and exciting”, but it will be time that tells the place that ends up occupying this two-dimensional skill of the dragon balls.
Entrance to Callao Cinemas, Madrid
“You have to keep in mind that next year there will be new fighting games, you have to see how many players will be playing Dragon Ball FighterZ then. It will be a test to see how far the game is able to go. ”
Before Go1 took off his sweatshirt and rolled up to get on stage, we asked the Japanese champion for his opinion about the declaration of intentions of Riot Games, parents of League of Legends, with that promising Project L, with which the American company He wants to enter the fighting games scene with a great production and a development team that guarantees the viability of that project.
Your assessment of the Red Bull Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour SAGA
"The organization is impressive," said a GO1 really delighted with his visit to Spain. “We have everything we need. The truth is that as far as the tournament is concerned, I can highlight that it is one of the most exciting tournaments I've ever been to Dragon Ball FighterZ, also for the kind treatment of the players. They have always provided us with food, controls… a very careful treatment for all the players that have participated in this tournament ”.
However, Red Bull and Bandai Namco close a Red Bull Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour SAGA where both the hundreds of attendees and the thousands of spectators who have taken place in the tournament conclude that the professional circuit of the title has a great tour ahead. The third year is just around the corner.
