Famitsu "leaks" Laura for Street Fighter V

Oh my god, she's beautiful. Can't really tell what her fighting style is (grappler?), but I'm dying to find out now.

Also that stage looks like it was taken straight from Modern Warfare 2.
 
Ono is not amused by the leak

Definitely ruins the Brazil event reveal.
Ono san :c

Might as well just release the beta already to make up for it Keepo

Hmm, favelas, yep that's Brazil. I hope the fighters don't get shot tho

They would if this was Brawl.

Oh my god, she's beautiful. Can't really tell what her fighting style is (grappler?), but I'm dying to find out now.

Also that stage looks like it was taken straight from Modern Warfare 2.

Your avatar :C

I'll miss Anna. Shimoneta was shite, but she was great.
 
What kind of stuff is served in brazilian restaurants? Just out of curiosity.

Rice, beans, delicious meats and some sort of powdered thing that seems like a garnish. I'm never really sure what the proper way to plate my food because it's a buffet

but gat damn the food tastes so good.
 
I'm a female SF player, and I love Laura's design.

Sure, she'll be a turn-off for some, but you might be surprised by what women like in terms of game characters. For example, I think DOA is a lot more popular among female players than some guys imagine.

Plus, with Street Fighter, you've got a roster of strong, kick-ass ladies, wirh a wide diversity of outfit styles. So if people just write the game off because one character is busty and showing some cleavage, that's their fault, not the game's. There are plenty of other games out there more deserving of that scorn.

Like I said, I'm sold on the design overall, except for how they decided to portray her chest sans bra. And in general, I agree with you. I like Street Fighters cast of female fighters. They've been generally great.
Ibuki, Juri, Chun Li, Karen, Elena, Rose...

I didn't even chime in on the R.Mika thread because, I believe her outfit is reflective of wrestling Diva fashion and is generally a "fun" design mixed with her personality.

But this I'm sorry, the lack of a sports bra on Laura just really doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
 
We have a brazillian restaurant chain called Tucanos here. I'm sure it's nothing close to the real thing, but it's super delicious and now as I write this have decided that's what's for dinner tonight.
 
Rice, beans, delicious meats and some sort of powdered thing that seems like a garnish. I'm never really sure what the proper way to plate my food because it's a buffet

but gat damn the food tastes so good.

Barbecued meat, moqueca, different types of foods in fried dough, fish stews..

Interesting, seems a lot more like a typical brazilian meal than I imagined. For some reason, I always had the idea that "x place food" was something that people who are actually from x place only eat in special occasions, or at least rarely.
 
The announcement of SFV was the last time a leak happened that upset Ono. That's when they added additional content to the announcement to make up for it. The short footage of Ryu and Chun fighting wasn't originally going to happen at PSX. So maybe they'll add something more to the Laura announcement. Perhaps an announcement of a mode? They haven't really discussed any thing in terms of modes so far.
 
70-80% of the population are mulattoes(White/Black Mixed), not pure-black(or Afro-Dominican, who represent the 10% of the population, along with European-Dominican, who are the other 10% too). This shit needs to stop already. No Black Dominicans denies their "blackness"

Did you just seriously quote a 1960 census? Oh my god that's kind of funny.
 
What kind of stuff is served in brazilian restaurants? Just out of curiosity.

If it's a churrascaria, then like every type of meat ever. It's pretty much heaven. I strongly encourage everyone to look around for Brazilian steakhouses because damn they're the best.
 
Interesting, seems a lot more like a typical brazilian meal than I imagined. For some reason, I always had the idea that "x place food" was something that people who are actually from x place only eat in special occasions, or at least rarely.

Are you Brazilian? I kind of understand what you mean. I'm Filipinio and I always find it a little odd when I go into a Filipino grocery store and see people eat regular food from their kitchen...but sometimes you just get a craving for someone else's version.

The 'restaurant' is actually just inside a grocery store.
 
If it's a churrascaria, then like every type of meat ever. It's pretty much heaven. I strongly encourage everyone to look around for Brazilian steakhouses because damn they're the best.

I remember LobosJr talking fondly about Fogo de Chão, made me want to try it.

Are you Brazilian? I kind of understand what you mean. I'm Filipinio and I always find it a little odd when I go into a Filipino grocery store and see people eat regular food from their kitchen...but sometimes you just get a craving for someone else's version.

The 'restaurant' is actually just inside a grocery store.

Yep. I thought it would be the kind of stuff even I never tasted, but it seems like a probably much better tasting and more varied version of the stuff we cook at home daily. I think that's pretty cool, actually.
 
I have brazilian once a week on average.

They have everything.

Steak, chicken and pork sausages, chicken skewers, straight up fried chicken, sliced beef in stew, meatloaf, creamy chicken stew, grilled fish, fried rice, alfredo pasta, fried plantains, mashed potatoes, couscous, and some other stuff I don't even know
 
The announcement of SFV was the last time a leak happened that upset Ono. That's when they added additional content to the announcement to make up for it. The short footage of Ryu and Chun fighting wasn't originally going to happen at PSX. So maybe they'll add something more to the Laura announcement. Perhaps an announcement of a mode? They haven't really discussed any thing in terms of modes so far.

Maybe they'll take an already planned DLC character and add them to the roster, i.e. Blanka for the Brazil event?

Sometimes leaks are exciting, but I feel bad for people like Ono that make these reveals fun (and, yes, a little light-hearted trolling doesn't hurt) only to have them mucked up by leaks.
 
I'm not offended. Stop extrapolating information that isn't there.

And it's not that she's Latina. It's that she's Latina in a Street Fighter game. She's got big boobs and she wrestles people to the ground; considering how plenty of Japanese fighting game developers portray Latinas as walking sex symbols, and how Street Fighter in particular is full of cultural stereotypes, it is certainly not a stretch to expect Laura to lick her lips and say shit like "Go easy on me" as she headlocks her opponents, crushing their tracheas with her double-Ds.

I actually like her design. But I'm also not foolish enough to believe Laura won't be a giant walking stereotype.

I really just think you're looking too hard into this. How a character looks only tells one part of their story. For all we know Laura could be an engineer or skilled surgeon, or a humanitarian, etc. Probably a very smart woman, too. A lot of stuff you just described, can also apply directly to Juri. In fact I'd say they're more applicable there and Juri's Korean. So no I don't see this as an intentional stereotyping on Capcom's part.

And I mean, people like sexy. Laura is sexy. Even if being a sex symbol is a stereotype, there's a positive and negative way to portray that. I think Laura would be a positive portrayal of such, and more an unintentional (in that she doesn't even have to try) one, not a desperate attempt.

I mean, it's possible to look at Balrog as a negative stereotype, I'm sure some do. But to me, he's a carictature of Mike Tyson, not African Americans. And he rolls with a bunch of villainous bad guys, he's not meant to be a saint. Which is partly why I'm always kind of put off when people say he can't come back b/c he's a "stereotype" or is offensive, without discerning to what degree that is, or if the portrayal is malicious or not etc. I simply prefer Dudley's boxing style and that's why I'd take him over Balrog, myself.

Lastly,..where is the fuss over Zangief? Everyone's talking about Laura showing too much skin, when there's an almost-naked 7-foot Russian walking around with a stuffed crotch. I'm sure some people will take that as nice eye candy, so it doesn't hurt if Laura provides a little eye-candy too, especially if it's mostly logical and nothing extreme. We aren't in Mika territory here lol.
 
40 pages later people will still say Laura does Capoeira.

I have brazilian once a week on average.

They have everything.

Steak, chicken and pork sausages, chicken skewers, straight up fried chicken, sliced beef in stew, meatloaf, creamy chicken stew, grilled fish, fried rice, alfredo pasta, fried plantains, mashed potatoes, couscous, and some other stuff I don't even know

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First thing I thought of.

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But this I'm sorry, the lack of a sports bra on Laura just really doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me.

In one of the screenshots, she's throwing a fireball. Mika will be able to pick up and slam Zangief, who is probably like 4x her weight. Rashid can produce tornadoes.

I know what you're saying, but "how are her boobs staying in and not being a nuisance without a bra" is like 1,000th down the list of things that don't make real-world sense in Street Fighter. :D
 
Did you just seriously quote a 1960 census? Oh my god that's kind of funny.

Give me numbers then!
and what about it? Do you actually think the black population grew 9 millions in 60 years? xd

They're still more mulattos than Afro-dominicans/White-Dominicans. We gotta stop watching biased documentaries on how Dominicans don't call themselves blacks.
Dominicans call "moreno" to those who are mulatoes.
Prieto to those who are blacks.
Blanco/Blanquito/Rubio to those who are white.
 
I know we haven't seen Zen, so it could be him, but I think Laura will be considered the protagonist of the SFV series, just like how Alex was the protagonist of the SF3 series and Abel was considered the protagonist of the SF4 series.
 
I didn't even chime in on the R.Mika thread because, I believe her outfit is reflective of wrestling Diva fashion and is generally a "fun" design mixed with her personality.

But this I'm sorry, the lack of a sports bra on Laura just really doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me.

Haha, I honestly don't understand how you can accept R.Mika without any issue, but then Laura's lack of a bra is triggering you. I mean, you don't think this is a bit much?

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I mean, yes, to each their own, opinions and such. I'm just honestly fascinated, lol.
 
I really just think you're looking too hard into this. How a character looks only tells one part of their story. For all we know Laura could be an engineer or skilled surgeon, or a humanitarian, etc. Probably a very smart woman, too. A lot of stuff you just described, can also apply directly to Juri. In fact I'd say they're more applicable there and Juri's Korean. So no I don't see this as an intentional stereotyping on Capcom's part.

And I mean, people like sexy. Laura is sexy. Even if being a sex symbol is a stereotype, there's a positive and negative way to portray that. I think Laura would be a positive portrayal of such, and more an unintentional (in that she doesn't even have to try) one, not a desperate attempt.

I mean, it's possible to look at Balrog as a negative stereotype, I'm sure some do. But to me, he's a carictature of Mike Tyson, not African Americans. And he rolls with a bunch of villainous bad guys, he's not meant to be a saint. Which is partly why I'm always kind of put off when people say he can't come back b/c he's a "stereotype" or is offensive, without discerning to what degree that is, or if the portrayal is malicious or not etc. I simply prefer Dudley's boxing style and that's why I'd take him over Balrog, myself.

Lastly,..where is the fuss over Zangief? Everyone's talking about Laura showing too much skin, when there's an almost-naked 7-foot Russian walking around with a stuffed crotch. I'm sure some people will take that as nice eye candy, so it doesn't hurt if Laura provides a little eye-candy too, especially if it's mostly logical and nothing extreme. We aren't in Mika territory here lol.

Balrog stopped being a Mike Tyson spoof after Street Fighter II. They just made him plain negro after that.
 
I get your point, but-

Viper?
Uhm...Viper's....not Latina. I think she's either Italian, Thai, Filipino, or some combination of that.

Deciding to model her after Jolie at the last minute really threw off that one.

Balrog stopped being a Mike Tyson spoof after Street Fighter II. They just made him plain negro after that.
I didn't even bother w/ IV's story tbh, and I don't consider the animes or that godawful live-action film canon. Just gonna assume he lost that claim somewhere along IV.
 
In one of the screenshots, she's throwing a fireball. Mika will be able to pick up and slam Zangief, who is probably like 4x her weight. Rashid can produce tornadoes.

I know what you're saying, but "how are her boobs staying in and not being a nuisance without a bra" is like 1,000th down the list of things that don't make real-world sense in Street Fighter. :D

I already covered the realism aspect in one of my earlier comments ...

It's Street Fighter, it's not supposed to be realistic... But that doesn't mean Capcom can't be smart about how it chooses to portray it's female characters.
 
Your avatar :)

I'm having fun watching it, but yes, she is my muse, my flame.
I like crazy.

I was legit sad for her not getting her guy, which surprised me. Felt so bad for her, she really is a nice girl. Sure, some crazy creepy shit, but who am I to judge?

Anna and Tsukimigusa are the best.
 
Show me another latina woman in SF. Trying to take away one cultural representation in the game seems really fucked up to me. Especially one that is ridiculously underrepresented as it is

Viper?
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Also, the Laura fan art has started flowing.
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I don't know if it's been mentioned, but is she supposed to be a sexy lady version of New Japan Pro Wrestling star Shinsuke Nakamura, what with that haircut and I'm guessing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu? I'm okay with this.
 
Why do people keep saying Viper is Latina? Was that ever confirmed or are we just assuming so? I always got a tanned Italian vibe from her, and I know at first she was mean to be Southeast Asian until they started looking at Angelina Jolie as a reference.
 
I don't know if it's been mentioned, but is she supposed to be a sexy lady version of New Japan Pro Wrestling star Shinsuke Nakamura, what with that haircut and I'm guessing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu? I'm okay with this.

I don't think it has! I can definitely see the connection there. I'm really excited to see how she turns out. I was moderately excited about Street Fighter V, but my excitement is most definitely growing.
 
I was legit sad for her not getting her guy, which surprised me. Felt so bad for her, she really is a nice girl. Sure, some crazy creepy shit, but who am I to judge?

Anna and Tsukimigusa are the best.

Aww man :( That sucks. She wasn't bad, she just wanted to love. Now I gotta finish it when I get home.

It ends aight. Nothing bad :)
 
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