no to everything on this page.
I remember reading in a British magazine Ono has hinted that Abel and Juri will appear in future Street Fighters. If anything Alex and Abel will appear in the same game whether it’s Alpha 4 or Street Fighter 5.
Despite whatever similarities Abel and Alex may have they would still play fairly differently, even within the same game.
must haves: Akuma (boss), Chun-Li (1st girl), Ken (player2), Ryu (icon)…
SFA- Charlie, Eagle, Sakura… (Karin/Rose)
SF2- Bison, Cammy, Sagat… (Balrog/Zangief)
FF- Haggar, Hugo, Poison… (Maki/Rolento)
SF4- Abel, C.Viper, Juri… (Oni/Seth)
SF3- Alex, Elena, Urien… (Makoto/Oro)
SF5- Boss, Bouncer, Challenger, Random, Rival (Alternative/NewGirl)
Plausible IP Inserts: Batsu & Kyosuke (RS); Asura (from his wrath)
I think a Rival Schools addition would be a fun touch
but like you said 'plausible IP’
I fear they’d run into the same issues as Karin apparently has; real shame too cuz Karin is fun in Alpha 3
imho, Karin would have been a better addition to vanilla SF4 than Abel (or Elf, Ruf,… Hak) before Gouken was playable. but back on topic…
Each of the characters I chose was an attempt to 1st be impartial and practical then follow the trends Capcom has shown.
Of the top 3 choices… and the runners up
SFA- two are very popular, two were not in SF4, one is practically a new tribute character filling two roles… theses girls are more unique than the popular Sakura.
SF2- Simply the most popular… and played of the remaining ST 16.
FF- Break out characters from cross over games and were not in SF4… or gently used 2nd appearance.
SF4- America’s best lead, Capcom’s Vip, Japan’s underrated replacement… better than the other new cast.
SF3- Popular and used outside of SF, while not in SF4… wanted and used or fills a role.
Some alternatives I wanted… that would never make it in
SFA- Juli&Juni; I played them over Cammy in A3… they could have been a single player tag team (think XvSF meets Gen)
SF2- T.Hawk; wished his A3 or SSF4 condor spire were just a little better (more reach?)
FF- Carlos Miyamoto of FF2, however, he uses a sword.
SF4- Gouken; short of someone looking for him since SF4 (and after SF3 events) there is little reason for Gouken to be in SF5.
SF3- Sean/Twelve; needs to meet up against Sakura as Ken’s would be apprentice; Ono likes him iirc./ better suited for a VS game.
- Bring back parries, but give them more cooldown so that poking can still be viable.
- Expand on target combos (give the fighters more and make them more diverse). Those did so much for SF3’s characters (Dudley wouldn’t be as fun to play without his target combos).
- Ultras should only be done once a match and only if your about to lose the match, not a round (I perfer having no Ultras at all, but that’s hoping for too much).
- Characters should be able to use all of their supers, not selecting one (this isn’t a big deal, i just like it that way better).
- Interactive stages (but nothing cinematic or distracting). I want to see stuff like crates breaking (like Guile’s SF2 stage) and being hit through brick walls (not over the top explosions or stuff like that).
- 2P outfits. Capcom is using 3D graphics now, time for alternate costumes and other 3D stuff.
- Customizable BGM (like TTT2).
- Add an “easy mode.” One button specials for casuals (of course no easy mode for online play, ranked or player).
- Add a tutorial that explains the fundamentals of fighting (which is proper movement, offense, and defense). Too many tutorials teach people how to play a particular game and not how to fight properly.
- Elaborate and cinematic character cutscenes, prologues, and endings. Story modes are overrated (besides, I don’t like playing certain characters).
You’re all basically advocating another Super Street Fighter IV clone.
Have a few characters from 1, 2, 3, 4 and new players for 5???
Hello, this is the same formula they used for SSFIV!!!
SF V just needs a couple of fighters like Ryu, Ken, Chun Li, Akuma, Abel and Juri and the rest need to be new. I’d say the first instalment of V needs to have only about 16-20 characters.
Have a new female boss, and you’ve got yourself a good Street Fighter.
This was one of the primary reasons Street Fighter 3 flopped when it first came out. Like it or not, the next Street Fighter is going to draw most of it’s cast from previous games. Capcom learned their lesson on that one the hard way.
Why do people keep asking for brand new rosters? We have tons of characters with already established playstyles. I’m 98% sure if they made a new roster, then, just like SF3, they’d have a bunch of characters that are nothing but slightly evolved versions of older characters. And if they’re going to do that, save some time and just update the designs of the current characters, and expand their movelist.
In the end as long as Chun Li and Juri is in SF5 or Alpha 4 (Juri may be stretching it for Alpha due to ‘canon timeline’, wait SF has canon?)
I’ll be a fappy boy, I mean happy boy.
i give up.
It’s not like she (Juri) wasn’t around during then. I forget how many years passed from alpha 3 to sf4 (5? 6?) but she’d be in her late teens to early 20s I’d imagine.
i want ryu to be a character like x in the zero games, just not evil.
just a master
and someone else trains and stuff
Well originally X was going to be evil and he was going to beat zero but then realize how bad he had become and let zero kill him :oops:
true, do not be shy of your awesome megaman knowledge
it is most help full, i have not played zero in years, hell the last megaman games i bought
were zx and zx advent
What issues are you referring to with Karin?
copyright issues with the original artist or some shizz
I’m a story-driven gamer (er… don’t ask me why I like SF), so from my perspective, SF5 cannot have a wholly new cast until two major storylines are complete: the Ryu power saga, and the Shadaloo saga. I believe the following are true as of SF3:
- Ryu masters his power
- Chun Li takes down Shadaloo
Without messing up established canon, I’d like SF5 to show how these things happen. Once these two storylines are completed, it will be a fitting sendoff to retirement for the characters that built Street Fighter (Ken, Cammy, Guile etc. will play key supporting roles of course).
Then it will be more palatable to the public when SF6 introduces an entirely new cast (Ryu’s apprentice, Chun’s orphan, Cammy’s Delta Red recruit, etc.)
Makes sense, Karin is basically Nakahira’s OC he made just so Sakura could have an antagonist in his manga.
Shame that would be the case though, I’d love to see her again.
Well… Sean was told to go fight Ryu… after not qualifying or something. If Ono really wants to bring back the shunned shoto, having him searching for Ryu could work. The ‘battle director’ would need to keep him mid tier and up though, or the masses could just hate him again. Sean 
not Ono.
So… Ryu could be SF5’s Gouken?
Just a thought but… What if Akuma, Ryu, Ken, and M.Bison were (hidden) sub bosses for a vanilla SF5?
I can’t find the source (and i’ll look again) but… I thought he was all for Capcom using his character again.