Then they had to ruin it in Virtua Fighter 5 by making her racially ambiguous and nowhere near as toned.
Ugh, Vanessa, you used to be so sexy. What happened?
I don’t get why SEGA couldn’t break ground by having a strong black woman in a fighting game. Such bullshit.
Stole mine. God I miss that game.
Hmm, should dig out my copies of Tobal no. 1 and T2.
Same here, brother.
Continues playing SSF4
People can argue over whether this is a “true fighting game”, but they can’t argue about how bad@$$ Vera Ross from Urban Reign was: Urban Reign Tribute - By Lestodante
She liked giving people Last Rides like the Undertaker and tag team [media=youtube]4YZfrq3kSOk#t=0m34s[/media], and stuff.
Everyone needs to go find this game and own it.
Right there aren’t too many of them. I also notice that I haven’t seen any old women, but plenty of old men. Anyone know of any old female characters in fgs?
I had a demo of Urban Reign and I wasn’t too fond of it. By reviews looks like many others weren’t either.
Sheeva is an awesome design, but they made her suck in the game.
Also I’m still mad at sega for what they did to Vanessa in VF5, she still looks good, but the muscle was the way to go imo. And they made Sarah look anorexic in 5. We need muscle customs in FS console.
Most official reviews criticized the game for not having any free roaming maps to wander around in, or an in depth story. The focus was too much on just fighting.
Lol, a fighting game focused on fighting. 6/10
well it was actually a beat-em up
I know that in Virtua Fighter 5 Ver. D, you can give Vanessa her abs back and re-darken her skin. Here’s hoping that stays intact.
Go watch some pro women’s boxing, MMA or kickboxing, 90% of female fighters are very skinny. They have muscle definition, yes, but they are still very skinny.
I agree if we’re going for realism there needs to be some definition to the female’s muscles, but they shouldn’t have upper torsos the same size as (and as jacked as) both of Chun’s thighs combined.
And what are we talking about realism for here, this is SF, the game that lets me throw fireballs from my hands and magically jump 10 feet in the air while super uppercutting people in the jaw, and teleporting.
…You do realize that there is a difference between having some muscles and being chubby right?Chun Li is NOT chubby she has huge thighs though and if the Athena you’re talking about is from KOF I can’t recall her ever being chubby.And sektr’s right there’s a difference between having muscle definition and looking like you’re on roids.
i think they were referring to kof xii and kofxiii athena. yeah she did get kinda chunky but i love it!
No one mentioned R. Mika?
She’s jacked and stacked. Best of both worlds.
high fives R Mika’s awesome and if you’re talking “buff babes” I’d add Cammy* despite being petite she’s pretty built* I’m not sure if Tina Armstrong would qualifyshe’s bigger than the other DOA girls or the girls from Rumble Roses…there’s Sonya Blade from Mortal Kombat and the Changs from Tekken and Vanessa from KOF.
R. Mika owns and is one of my favorite characters
Yay another Mika fan!