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This year, Capcom Unity and Iam8Bit teamed up once again to host their super popular Fight Club event! We’ve been to their previous Fight Club parties in the past, and were excited to be able to cover the event again this year. Hosted at the newly renovated Belasco Theater in Downtown Los Angeles, they made sure the venue had double the capacity of those in the past so even more fans could enjoy the event!

Celebrating the long anticipated release of Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 and Street Fighter X Tekken, Capcom allowed their loyal fans to preview both of these games at this event, with additional arcade units made up for fans to enjoy Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition, Street Fighter 3: Strike Online Edition, Super Street Fighter 4: 3D Edition, and Super Street Fighter 4: VOLT.

The night also had other goodies in store for guests, with amazing sets by DJ R-Rated, a live performance by 8-bit hip hop performers A_Rival, an Ultimate SF vs Capcom 3 tournament with top players from all over the US, and free food and sodas to boot! Did we mention the free swag at the end of the night?

Tons of photos and more gaming goodness after the jump!

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SEPT 8, 2011 — Last night, the world waited in bated breath for… the FUTURE.

In the totally awesome movie trilogy Back to the Future, Michael J. Fox’s character Marty McFly travels to the year 2015, and wears the Nike MAG shoe, which was often called “The Greatest Shoe Never Made.” Well no longer! NIKE says about the MAG shoes: It came alive, lit up and formed to Marty’s foot. The 2011 NIKE MAG shoe was designed to be a precise replica of the original from Back to the Future II. The aesthetic is an exact match, down to the contours of the upper, the glowing LED panel and the electroluminescent NIKE in the strap. The 2011 NIKE MAG illuminates with the pinch of the “ear” of the high top, glowing for five hours per charge.

Not only are these an almost inconceivable tangible creation of every 80s’ kids’ wet dreams, but these shoes were also made with a greater purpose in mind:

1500 pairs of the 2011 NIKE MAG will be auctioned on eBay with all net proceeds going directly to The Michael J. Fox Foundation. Each day for the duration of the ten-day auction, one hundred and fifty pairs of the 2011 NIKE MAG shoes will be made available via eBay’s Fashion Vault. The auction starts September 8, 8:30PM PST, and will end September 18. Thanks to a previous 50 million dollar match given to the Michael J. Fox Foundation, all donations will be matched, effectively doubling the contributions from the auction.

With a worthy cause, an amazingly kickass shoe, and the supporting background of over 25 years of Back to the Future fandom, you can bet that Bubble Punch was on the scene to report on the opening party so that EVERYONE could experience this incredible event.

The slogan of the event was “IT’S ABOUT TIME,” referring to the overlying theme that the effort of the Nike AG was focused supporting research to provide a future without Parkinson’s disease.

The release party was held at the Monteblan theater in Hollywood, with a huge crowd of fans lined up down and around for blocks.Unfortunately, we heard that most people in line did not make it in

Front of the theater, with Back to the Future playing on the screens.

Of COURSE the time traveling DeLorean was there! Bubble Punch's Chubby Bunny was able to attend the event, thanks to our buddy Jessica (right) who is an awesome friend.

Upon entering, a huge wall full of Nike MAGs was displayed in a darkly lit plexiglass case that stretched to the cieling, with only the lights of the MAGs shining through. (Don't worry, they light them up properly later, and we have photos!)

WAY TOO MANY photos after the jump, including presentations by Joel McHale, Christopher Lloyd, Tinker Hatfield, and more!

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