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Street Fighter V - Ibuki reveal
- Thread starter Good Job Bob
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I don't understand the complaints since you know she'll get plenty more anyway, just choose the conservative one that works for you. Or eventual unnecessary kitsch.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
She looks adorbs
MasterCheeze
Member
Aah, my bad. I was thinking July was the month they weren't going to release any new characters. Make sense though, and maybe he'll get revealed at EVO which would be pretty sweet.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
OK, I was pretty much done with Street fighter V but I'll definitely play ibuki. Gotta spend all this fight money in something I guess.
Same here, but looks like I am going to miss her sliding neckbreaker and double footstomps. I always loved those.
I know they wanted to give everyone new costumes.
But it's kinda lame that her costume is just her schoolgirl outfit with ninja equipment
I'm also surprised that it's not Balrog. Guess he's gonna have to miss out on Evo
I don't think that most people commenting on the outfit are saying that they don't want to her play her because of it.
They're just saying that they think it's a bad default costume
But it's kinda lame that her costume is just her schoolgirl outfit with ninja equipment
I'm also surprised that it's not Balrog. Guess he's gonna have to miss out on Evo
I don't think that most people commenting on the outfit are saying that they don't want to her play her because of it.
They're just saying that they think it's a bad default costume
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
After R. Mika and Laura having a costume that looks like it belongs in the last 2 minutes of a worldstar vine compilation on YouTube, ibuki is pretty low down on the ladder of creepy shit.
Unlike Sakura, if you didn't know anything about Japanese schooling you wouldnt even know it was a uniform under the ninja garb.
Unlike Sakura, if you didn't know anything about Japanese schooling you wouldnt even know it was a uniform under the ninja garb.
Looks nice. They just fused her school outfit and her ninja outfit together though, the design itself doesn't look bad, but the effort put in is LAZY
When Sakura shows up in this game, she will be wearing her red tracksuit and bike shorts combo from her older years
When Sakura shows up in this game, she will be wearing her red tracksuit and bike shorts combo from her older years
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
I'd rather Sakura didn't show up to be honest. She at least needs to get in line behind Sagat and Akuma.
The Lone Dragon
Member
Unlocking characters by playing the game IS free. Just like it was in the 90's when I had to unlock a bajillion characters in Tekken 2 by...playing the game.
If those were "free", these characters are "free", too.
Naruto!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The better example is getting ingame points to buy characters like in the Dreamcast MvC2.
Tekken prior to 5 was just beat game with X character to unlock Y mid boss.
Hand seals for Rasengan?? What a scrub!
She looks interesting, but they should've gone full on Zaki:
And I'm fine with the schoolgirl outfit, aside from the skirt physics.
She looks interesting, but they should've gone full on Zaki:
I'm hoping this means Sakura isn't a schoolgirl anymore.
And I'm fine with the schoolgirl outfit, aside from the skirt physics.
SHE WILL SHOW UP. DON'T SAY SUCH BLASPHEMY
Its not, they literally just took her school girl design and pasted it on with some ninja elements from her original design.
Could they not have been more creative with her?
It is a totally cool design, do you complain on Ryu's outfit as well? Or the default Chun?
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
damn
That is an SRK forum post, all right...
Guy is already getting his excuses for losing to her ready. Before she is even out. Makes sense.
I think Ryu and Chun Li's alternate outfits would have been better served as the new defaults(i'm talking about beard Ryu with his shirt off and long hair chun).
I like what Tekken 7 is doing, giving the characters a fresh face and redesign
lucebuce12
Member
Option select:
I won because the opponent has no idea how to play Ibuki.
I lost because you can't play against Ibuki with 8-frames of lag.
GinoFelino
Member
Really glad they turned a badass female ninja into a schoolgirl waifu, short skirt and everything.
Yet another classy female character design from the SF V team.
Yet another classy female character design from the SF V team.
Why did they let the interns design all the characters 
Finaika
Member
Make her wear Mai's costume.
Really glad they turned a badass female ninja into a schoolgirl waifu. Yet another classy female character design from the SF V team.
Why did they let the interns design all the characters
To be fair, that was already an alt for her in SF4, and she wore that in SF3 as well. Its not a design the SF5 team made up.
Well yeah, she looks broken tier, gonna have to spam Guile's infinite Sonic Boom combo to put her down.
*one week later*
Ibuki is garbage why isn't anyone winning tournaments with her!?
It would not fit the character though...
I know people will be complaining when Sakura shows up in this
Saying its a betrayal of her school girl theme, but honestly she doesn't need to be a schoolgirl anymore. Xiaoyu grew out of being a school girl, Sakura obviously would
GinoFelino
Member
To be fair, I did not know that.
She wore it in SF3? When/where? Was it unlockable? I've played that for hundreds of hours.
Obviously, SFV is not doing that, so it would be rather weird to try enforce new standards on them once the DLC characters are coming.
In a month where I've seen Gargos and his Minions in KI, plus countless amount of KoF characters showing up in gameplay, seeing Ibuki here feels kinda... *shrug* Hi? I had wondered where our next SFV announcement was, they really don't build these up at all, do they?
That music feels SO MUCH like a track off a Naruto OST that it's ridiculous. This isn't bad on it's own, though. Why does her smile always remind me of a Hyperactive Chipmunk?
The Schoolgirl outfit with the crazy black spats feels... unlike a main gameplay outfit. It's like they added accessories and a color shift to a normal formal school girl outfit. That's pretty underwhelming personally, I'd rather see her try to make "proper ninja" out of clothes with a little more gusto and ingenuity than just slapping armor on. Karin's take on having something Schoolgirl like, but with something more, is much, much better.
Anywho, on to the moves! The whole Bomb thing for additional floats looks pretty nice mechanically, and is actually much better than anything I'd figure they'd give her. The lateness of it's hit in those combos looks kinda forgiving (more like it's an OTG, than a well time bomb placement), which feels a bit janky, honestly. The Body hit state doesn't look like a bomb that exploded under your butt just re-launched you. Why are they scrunching upwards from an impact received from beneath them? If anything, it looks like a blow that would cause a spin-out state, or with hips / pelvis more upwards, legs and head downwards.
It doesn't have that sweet flow that other games offer where it all feels right. This is probably OK in the end, but so many other examples in fighters have been hitting that perfect timing / reaction for me lately, that it's odd for SF to feel the most hacked together.
I think SFV characters feel more impactful to me once you play them, and less so in the trailers. Maybe it's because I never trust that things will work out in SF as they feel in a preview? There's a discord between what looks cool, and what's actually going to happen in a match.
Well, I guess all the random Ninja's appearing in Karin's Background now have... kinda sorta a reason to be there?
That music feels SO MUCH like a track off a Naruto OST that it's ridiculous. This isn't bad on it's own, though. Why does her smile always remind me of a Hyperactive Chipmunk?
The Schoolgirl outfit with the crazy black spats feels... unlike a main gameplay outfit. It's like they added accessories and a color shift to a normal formal school girl outfit. That's pretty underwhelming personally, I'd rather see her try to make "proper ninja" out of clothes with a little more gusto and ingenuity than just slapping armor on. Karin's take on having something Schoolgirl like, but with something more, is much, much better.
Anywho, on to the moves! The whole Bomb thing for additional floats looks pretty nice mechanically, and is actually much better than anything I'd figure they'd give her. The lateness of it's hit in those combos looks kinda forgiving (more like it's an OTG, than a well time bomb placement), which feels a bit janky, honestly. The Body hit state doesn't look like a bomb that exploded under your butt just re-launched you. Why are they scrunching upwards from an impact received from beneath them? If anything, it looks like a blow that would cause a spin-out state, or with hips / pelvis more upwards, legs and head downwards.
It doesn't have that sweet flow that other games offer where it all feels right. This is probably OK in the end, but so many other examples in fighters have been hitting that perfect timing / reaction for me lately, that it's odd for SF to feel the most hacked together.
I think SFV characters feel more impactful to me once you play them, and less so in the trailers. Maybe it's because I never trust that things will work out in SF as they feel in a preview? There's a discord between what looks cool, and what's actually going to happen in a match.
Well, I guess all the random Ninja's appearing in Karin's Background now have... kinda sorta a reason to be there?
storafötter
Member
Now I feel like going back to playing the game again. Alex was fun to learn, so maybe I will actually continue to play Street Fighter V now.
NaDannMaGoGo
Member
So uh, is it just me or are some of the sound effects for her abilities kinda grating? Wasn't sure if I accidentally loaded the trailer at some really low quality and the audio was messed up because of that, but alas, that wasn't the case.
Tekken 7 only did redesigns for Fated Retribution, the majority of the returning cast had recycled Tag 2 costumes prior.
I for one like her new look and moves from what the trailer shows at least. The only thing I'm not 100% sold on is her shoes, not the fact that she is wearing them per se, but the actual shoe design and color. They don't seem to match either the ninja underclothes or school uniform. Maybe they'll grow on me though.
Interesting that they are tying her to the daytime version of Kanzuki estate and that it looks exactly like in story mode. I would have thought that that version was mostly a placeholder seeing as it contains no NPC's or anything to interact with (as far as I could tell so far). I like how it looks and don't mind it being devoid of people, but surely a few objects that move when people get hit isn't too much to ask for (unless Guile's completely static stage set a new low bar for interactables already)?
On a final sidenote, getting the Balrog reveal in Vegas, like some of you have pointed out as being likely now, is not only fitting but also quite exciting if you consider the possibility of him coming with a remake of the iconic SFII Vegas stage. Fingers crossed!
Interesting that they are tying her to the daytime version of Kanzuki estate and that it looks exactly like in story mode. I would have thought that that version was mostly a placeholder seeing as it contains no NPC's or anything to interact with (as far as I could tell so far). I like how it looks and don't mind it being devoid of people, but surely a few objects that move when people get hit isn't too much to ask for (unless Guile's completely static stage set a new low bar for interactables already)?
On a final sidenote, getting the Balrog reveal in Vegas, like some of you have pointed out as being likely now, is not only fitting but also quite exciting if you consider the possibility of him coming with a remake of the iconic SFII Vegas stage. Fingers crossed!
Except in Tekken 2 it was possible unlock everything without an insane amount of grinding.
Was gonna say this
It also showed up in those Udon comics (Makoto also wore it there too)
No, it was only in cut scenes. New Generation had it at the end of her arcade mode ending, and i believe Third strike had it at one point as well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgJ_pe3O1gg
When i say they should have been more creative with Ibuki for this 5 design, i mean they should have used her casual wear as a base
Schoolgirl outfits are so lazy to me. You can design one in like 5 seconds with a slight color or variation of other similar outfits
It'd be like Batman wearing cowl but also a Business Suit. It doesn't really work for the situation at hand.
EDIT: WOW HER NECK IN SF4 WTF
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
And some of redesigns are laughably bad. Devil Jin and hwoarang (sp?) are worse than anything show in Street fighter.
Lars is awful too, but honestly his default has always been awful.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
this makes me want to get this game 😬
Not everything has to change, I feel. They've done a good job thus far with spicing up some character designs without overdoing it.
I'm not a character designer but I respect Capcom for holding onto one of the more valuable design principles: KISS (keep it simple, stupid).
The Spoony Hou
Member
SplitYourInfinities
Member
Yeah, that's Ibuki. Looking good.
To be fair, Xiaoyu has a beautiful redesign, which makes up for literally everyone else.
shaowebb
Member
Not bad. Cyrax and Triborg did the bomb tricks better though. ;D