Zeku revealed for Street Fighter V!

This is obviously just headcanon until the blog post goes up and we learn more, but this is how I'm envisioning Zeku.

1970s (explains the theme song and Lupin aesthetic) - a Bushinryu fighter in his twenties
present day - has developed "a new fighting style" in his sixties with curiously sword-like motions
2040s - now approximately 100 years old, he's continually refined his fighting style; Hiryu learned to handle his Cypher from Zeku's sword-like motions

Considering that the director wanted to include a reimagined character from Pirate Ship Higemaru in the base game, I wouldn't put it past Capcom to bridge the Street Fighter and Strider universes. Hiryu and Guy are Capcom's most prominent ninja characters, and Zeku would link them.
 
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I'm not sure what his VT does but it looks like an auto-combo.

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I don't think it's an autocombo because it's different in the trailer both times.

Old Zeku activates VT > teleport dashes > does a long combo.

Young Zeku activates VT > does a normal > teleport dashes > does a long combo.

I think he basically has Juri's VT and Bison's dash. And from the look at the second gif he's CANCELING into his dash.


He's ripping off Strider's Level 3 and Guy's Ultra 2 (the whole white void with black-streaked attacks).
 
Zeku looks fun to play, plus his costume change thing is sick (& the other costume kinda reminds me of Strider Hiryu).

Also, I really hope the trailer music is his theme.
 
This is obviously just headcanon until the blog post goes up and we learn more, but this is how I'm envisioning Zeku.

1970s (explains the theme song and Lupin aesthetic) - a Bushinryu fighter in his twenties
present day - has developed "a new fighting style" in his sixties with curiously sword-like motions
2040s - now approximately 100 years old, he's continually refined his fighting style; Hiryu learned to handle his Cypher from Zeku's sword-like motions

Considering that the director wanted to include a reimagined character from Pirate Ship Higemaru in the base game, I wouldn't put it past Capcom to bridge the Street Fighter and Strider universes. Hiryu and Guy are Capcom's most prominent ninja characters, and Zeku would link them.
Would be interesting lol.

I do prefer the master/student angle. Zeku training Strider at a very old age, similar to Oro and Ryu.
 
This is obviously just headcanon until the blog post goes up and we learn more, but this is how I'm envisioning Zeku.

1970s (explains the theme song and Lupin aesthetic) - a Bushinryu fighter in his twenties
present day - has developed "a new fighting style" in his sixties with curiously sword-like motions
2040s - now well over 100 years old, he's continually refined his fighting style; Hiryu learned to handle his Cypher from Zeku's sword-like motions

Considering that the director wanted to include a reimagined character from Pirate Ship Higemaru in the base game, I wouldn't put it past Capcom to bridge the Street Fighter and Strider universes. Hiryu and Guy are Capcom's most prominent ninja characters, and Zeku would link them.

They should jam in as many franchises into the Street Fighter universe as possible. Off the top of my head the following series would be part of SF.

Final Fight
Muscle Bomber (contains Haggar)
Captain Commando (future Metro City)
Strider
Rival Schools (Kanzuki Beach stage has RS characters)

KingBroly seems to think that each costume has to be bought separately, instead of being a pair purchase.

KingBroly's gimmick is to act intentionally obtuse.
 
Can you play as the extra dolls and peter in extra battle or just against them? I thought it was like car and barrel smashing?
Against them. And i wasnt 100% serious.

Ive seen Shadaloo grunts in Extra Battle, so the dolls and Peter are a good possibility.
 
They should jam in as many franchises into the Street Fighter universe as possible. Off the top of my head the following series would be part of SF.

Final Fight
Muscle Bomber (contains Haggar)
Captain Commando (future Metro City)
Strider
Rival Schools (Kanzuki Beach stage has RS characters)



KingBroly's gimmick is to act intentionally obtuse.

Why not? It's not like Capcom is making new games in those franchises anytime soon given their conservative streak of late lol.

Make SF their MCU of sorts lol.
 
First reveal trailer that made me think "this character doesn't seem very interesting." Curious to know why people dig his style so much. Until his v-trigger comes into play he seems pretty basic and unless he has an insane vskill he's mostly going to be in that bland normal mode.

Here's hoping Capcom just didn't know how to show this guy off.
 
First reveal trailer that made me think "this character doesn't seem very interesting." Curious to know why people dig his style so much. Until his v-trigger comes into play he seems pretty basic and unless he has an insane vskill he's mostly going to be in that bland normal mode.

Here's hoping Capcom just didn't know how to show this guy off.

His V-Trigger doesn't change him. It might actually be a v-skill.
 

There's so much cross-pollination between Capcom and SNK fighters that it's not really worth calling anything a rip-off unless someone says "wow, this is so unique!" Look at Ryo from Wild Ambition and then look at SFV's "bold" redesign for Ken. On the flip side, Zarina is quite obviously an Elena rip off. FADC and some of the V trigger concept came from KoF in the 90s, etc. There's a lot of subtle -- and even more in your face -- "inspiration" drawn from each other.
 
There's so much cross-pollination between Capcom and SNK fighters that it's not really worth calling anything a rip-off unless someone says "wow, this is so unique!" Look at Ryo from Wild Ambition and then look at SFV's "bold" redesign for Ken. On the flip side, Zarina is quite obviously an Elena rip off. FADC and some of the V trigger concept came from KoF in the 90s, etc. There's a lot of subtle -- and even more in your face -- "inspiration" drawn from each other.

Didn't some Capcom team members go to SNK back in the 90s too?
 
Holy shit so this is Strider?!

I dig that.
The Striders are a group of ninjas with many different members: Strider Hiryu, Strider Hien, Strider Kuga, and so on. It's possible that Zeku is the original Strider, but he's not the Strider (Hiryu) from Marvel vs. Capcom.
 
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