Yeah. I think it helps that her character is also over the top and silly. If she was supposed to be super serious it would be harder to look past.
R. Mika's popularity in Street Fighter is baffling
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Crossing my fingers. He was in Marvel 3 tho so it hasn't been a while since no one saw him. Hope this doen't lessen his chances somehow.
I played as Mika a bit, but back then I couldn't really do what was needed to play her efficiently (cough * 360s * cough). Was also a Dreamcast pad player back then, and a crappy one at that, lol.
I've wanted to see her return since. I mean she pulled her own ring into the match for god's sake, how can anyone not appreciate how well she ripped the stereotype / trope?
That said, I'm preparing myself if Karin gets into the game, as always is the case "hurr durr who plays this shitty charctturr bunch of waifu-lovin losers and virgins and shit"
...never mind the fact she was my main throughout Alpha 3.
Whatevs' though. I enjoy the female cast members of games more than the males, so it's par for the course, lol.
Same, 100 percent.
I really don't want to support this exclusive pre-order culture bullshit... but that Cammy alt is very tempting.
Scientist Supreme!
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He's hot man. Look at him. lol
Nova: Geez! Steroid much?
Because he finally looks aged. Funny Chun Li looks different and Cammy somehow looks younger, Bison looks Uber Dictator.
I'm not denying it! Def a good look.
No Mika fan here, but I'll reserve judgement until I get a feel for her moves in training mode. Nadeshiko assists looks unique.
I love fan-service, but my most-used female in SF ever is probably Rose, who's designed rather conservatively (outside her fortune-teller dress) compared to others.
I love fan-service, but my most-used female in SF ever is probably Rose, who's designed rather conservatively (outside her fortune-teller dress) compared to others.
Goddamn it. These don't stay exclusive forever do they?
Same to all of that. Karin and Sakura were usually my mains. I liked Karin way more than Fei Long because she had so many air attacks as well as her forward thrusts(don't know the fighting game lingo terms)
They'll be unlockable eventually after the game comes out
The character doesn't appeal to me personally, just don't find the character interesting aesthetically. The charcter's popularity doesn't escape me though, I can see the sex appeal factor at the very least. I got nothing against scantily clad characters, but find R. Mika boring and think her costume is surprisingly ugly.
starchild excalibur
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But as your quoted article says, some people take more issue with "serious female characters" that nevertheless dress in unserious ways. They're "deep, complicated" characters that still dress like strippers for unestablished reasons. I would say Ivy falls into that category.
R. Mika - from what little I know of her - seems to be more like a campy WWE character that embraces what her persona is.
The Lone Dragon
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#GotEm
She got the most important person in her corner too.
NHarmonic.
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Dead.
SolidSnakex
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They're likely going to be timed exclusive like other retailer DLC. I'd expect those to be the cosmetic DLC that you can earn with fight money.
Jinfash
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:lawd
I was planning on buying a PS4 for this game but now I want to preorder.
Thanks.
Rekkas (IIRC based off of Fei Long's Rekka-ken move).
What was so sick about her too was that she basically had a branching path off her Rekkas, so she could go from Rekka to double kick, Rekka to slide, Rekka to counter (to bait reactions)... man she is fun as hell all around.
True, true... just going to have to be patient, heh. I don't think I even have a choice in the matter since I plan to get it for PC, lol.
Yeah, her blanka and hugo. In that ono corner.
The Lone Dragon
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Am I imagining things, or did her level 3 grab super actually hurt HER sometimes when you landed it?
I distinctly remember landing it on people, and one out of every 10 times or so, during the headbutt part, she's get hurt and THE SUPER WOULD END.
And, I'd be salty.
(BTW, yes, I definitely played her in A3. Still don't get her run super, lol.)
I honestly forgot if something causes this, but I do kinda' remember it lol.
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Best June moment.
Mister Wolf
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It's a passion project.
Truly a quote thats close to my heart.
The Lone Dragon
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Glad I'm not going crazy!
It's a mashable super, I believe...so maybe if you "mash wrong" you kill it...
Retromelon
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Alright we got our wrestler boobs up front fanservice. Whens elena
LowParry
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Dear god no. lol
NHarmonic.
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Dat Ryu, umfff
No, entierly different appeal. No where near as popular , even in her own game. She just has a small dedicted fanbase. It just so happens one of those people is ono, the guy who makes these things.
If mika is anyone, it squirrel girl.
SolidSnakex
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I'm right there with you. I've never bought a game at Best Buy before, but that's who i'm going with this time because of that Cammy alt. I was just shocked to see the reaction to that Ryu alt. Both Twitter and Tumblr (and now this forum) are going nuts over him.
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R_thanatos
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Well that's like, just your opinion not a fact
Ahhhhh, that might be it.
I did find a vid showing most of her A3 movies in the meantime, heh:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37fUar7ELvI
EDIT: At 1:18... how can anyone see that and NOT want this character back?
She's so fuckin' dope.
Agreed, R.Mika looks like a female wrestler drawn by a teenager's dick
Julia has little personality, yes.
The persona Jaycee, however has as much personality as R. Mika does. Julia is almost a completely different character from Jaycee, personality-wise.
She's an adorable Japanese wrestler, thought it was pretty simple.
One of the complaints that people have had about SFV is that there are way too many familiar faces, particularly from SF1/2. So Mika's not only a breath of fresh air from that perspective, she's turned out to have one of the most unique movesets of any character in the history of SF. There's no doubt that her appearance has caused a lot of hype (and also negativity), but don't be so quick to dismiss the character and why people are hyped about her because of that.
The Lone Dragon
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Always loved the double fist pump she does after her level 2 grab super.
I love how hype she gets about...everything, lol.
Now you've done it, somebody's gonna mod a Squirrel Girl outfit for R. Mika!
Ploid 3.0
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because
Yep yep yep yep!!
Around the time of Street Fighter Alpha I was deep into WCW and WWF. The fact that she was a wrestler in the WCW/WWF style and not a Mother Russia serious sport wrestler made me like her more than Gief. She was wacky with her butt attack, and her wrestling moves. I actually liked the character.
Now Karin...
That probably already exists and since we are talking about marvel and anime.
I must remind everyone galacta exists.
DryEyeRelief
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As if those people care about her moves outside of the animations. Vega was being redone, but that didn't matter.
I hope these types of comments arent subtle Kotaku "George Kitamani's art looks like i was drawn by a 14 year old" type comments.