entremet
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Mika has more personality in her pinky than most of the newcomers of 4.
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Karin announced for SFV
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And let him be the last blonde character they throw into this. Half of the roster is already blonde. Makes the game seem like it lacks diversity tbh.
Ken
Cammy
Birdie
Vega
Karin
R.Mika
Nash
Mika would've looked better w/ black hair and they've had brunette Vega before, so it's a weird directorial choice. Ono must be going through a phase.
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Didn't know Karin was french
Maintenant que Karin a été dévoilé, l'espoir de voir Sakura dans l'alignement se fait de plus en plus mince
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Stone Ocean
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I'll give you everyone else but are you guys honestly counting Birdie as blonde? lol
ãInaba Residentã
Banned
He has blonde hair.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
oh shit, that's one mystery (in my mind) solved
huh?
I wouldn't be surprised to see Claw's hair changed back to Brown. I mean I don't think it's that serious
''now that Karin got revealed the chances of seeing Sakura in the line-up is smaller and smaller..''
Heh. I didn,t know Karin was french either, neat. I guess i'ill be playing some of her with Rashid.
She needs to be done right in this engine, but at least for now with Karin we have a classy dresser and not another character with butt cheeks hanging out. Her alts should be good.
She's Japanese tho....
Stone Ocean
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Well yeah but the blonde fighter complaints stem from percieved diversity issues and Birdie is the last character you'd complain about in that sense.『Inaba Resident』;179189945 said:
C.Viper
Juri
El fuerte
Hakan
Oni
No. And I mean personality, I know folks hate how Fuerte actually plays, but I like the guy and his food. But yeah no. She has the game director on her side, and thats the long and short of it.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
Welp, shouldn't have believed the quote then :V
I assume the french translate was from a french version of the game?
I agree that change would've been cool but the backlash for it would've also been way too real for NeoGAF to handle. Even though people change their hair all the time so Capcom could've justified it that way, such as how Bayonetta cropped her hair. Either way I still like her blonde. Hopefully her alt costume is with her hair down and in office attire and glasses. Instant sell for me if that becomes the case.
Versus Fighting put up the trailer, they're french iirc. Trailer's just from the french version
The first yt page to upload the trailer was a french page, yes
Saks like the breakout character from the Zero/Alpha series and probably been in more crossovers than anyone in SF sans Ryu... she'll be DLC fairly quickly...
She's like a single digit percent of a signle digit percent. So no.
hydragonwarrior
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It's kind of hard to differentiate some of her specials from her normal attacks. I think the effects you see from hitting someone is masking her moves from looking a lot cooler...
Etrian Oddity
Member
are you kidding
Juri is the only one even remotely close to touching Mika. Hakan is a worse "freak" offender than the entire 3rd Strike cast but never gets called out on it; Oni is just another magic shoto; and Fuerte is dead last in the pantheon of Capcom wrestlers.
Mister Wolf
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Ive always found it strange how japanese anime would rather have their characters look caucasian than look of asian descent.
Hakan is great. I don't understand the distate for 'freak' fighters when like all the cast does really goofy shit you'll see in the cartoons, as if SF is a grounded franchise with serious representation of fighting styles or something.
Man, it's so hard to concentrate on anything besides "Fuerte" and "like" being in the same sentence.
What's Oni's personality? Eviler shoto guy who just mutters and moans? He and the other evil clones are probably the dullest characters ever, by default.
I'll actually give you that Hakan has personality, but they f'd that up by making him a monster instead of a human being. Juri has some spunk to her, for sure (even if I think she looks kind of dumb). Fuerte is just ... ugh.
Mika is a tough girl who embraces being a tough girl, she's an entertainer, she's funny, she's goofy, she's hot, she's badass. She throws you against invisible ropes and her friend will drop kick you from nowhere.
Agreed. She's hotness now, but brunette + glasses + hair down + office attire might make me borderline territorial, lol.
Eurocentrism isn't just an American issue, sadly. The world has been taught (for a long time now) that certain skin/hair color/type are ideal (and in some instances superior).
I think the designs of the newcomers in SF4 were a mixed bag, but the reason people are OK with Hakan but call the 3S cast a bunch of freaks is context. When only a small chunk of the cast is weirdos, people are cool with it and it adds flavor to the game. When half the cast are weirdo, people like it less. Blanka was one monster dude in a cast of otherwise very human-looking fighters so it was cool.
Bob Coffee
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That kawaiikochans comic taught me that OL sakura totally needs to be a thing. Do it ono.
DryEyeRelief
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Well that and Hakan is still within the themes of the original street fighter, ranting about the glory of turkish wrestling, while showcasing a strange representation of it. The 3rd strike cast are weirdos for sake of being weird.
Also true! Necro didn't scream Russian, etc.
He just trying to show you how to cook fam.
for me she's visually displeasing, and her visual sour me on every other aspect of her character.
You asked about oni, he's litterally a demon. That sounds comically simple, yep. I don't nee all that out of my characterss sometimes. Dude can Do demons in the air and has a move where he basically murders you . I love... LOVE the " the evil i taking over my body archetype" . Its part ofthe reason I like kazuya from tekken.
Basically if your fighting game lets me play as a satan, I'll at least give it a look. Tekken 7 has 3 satans on the roster right now.
I do not agree with your opinions. They are bad.
jhmtehgamr20xx
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You've never seen a black person with natural blond hair before, eh?
So between Hakan and Necro, we're agreeing that Hakan's the bigger stereotype correct?
Hell to the motherflippin' yes! We love you for that, Capcom.
I hope so. I need my rivalry/OTP.
I'm so pumped that Karin looks grown up now too, here's hoping we can get a grown up Sakura as well.
Ken didn't speak English Hugo didn't belt out German. Pointless nitpicks.
Mister Wolf
Member
I thought Birdie turning into a big fat slob who scratches his ass and throws banana skins and cans was a weird choice too.
DryEyeRelief
Member
No they're not. And it's not simply about quotes. It's about keeping the idea that Street Fighter is a clash of cultures from all around the world. I mean, if you can't see the difference between why a character like Hugo ended up being brought back for SFxT three years ago and why Twelve is still in 3rd Strike, I can't help you.
I'm not saying literally scream- I'm saying that Necro being Russian isn't reflected in his design really.
jhmtehgamr20xx
Banned
Please y'all let's not put Necro on the same level as Twelve. Necro is better.
A lot better.
Best better.
A lot better.
Best better.
Stone Ocean
Member
Necro is an actual character and not a pre-alpha training dummy reject.
DryEyeRelief
Member
I'm sure Necro will be the the number one wanted character for Street Fighter 6 if history repeats itself so don't worry.
But you were talking about personality. You like the evil taking over archetype, but what separates his personality from the other characters that fall into that exact same schtick/cliche/trope? None of them have personality. It's basically whether you want a purple flash screen for your raging demon or a blue flash screen for your demon.
This I get because he was always a punk.
Twelve isn't an actually realized character. More like something the animators wanted to do. Now they're bringing back piller men that wander around ancient ruins looking for magic powers.
Stone Ocean
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No no no, that will be Effie's time to shine
DryEyeRelief
Member
Yeah exactly. Which is why those freaks weren't in SF4, I'm glad we're on the same page.
Uh, but 2/3 of those freaks are going to be now.
Shadoken
Member
Oh god.... I can actually see Effie catching on and making it to the top. Capcom just needs to add the option and then that vocal "fan"base will do the rest.
Are you implying two or three? or two-thirds?
Mister Wolf
Member
So he always did gross gestures?
Two thirds