taken from the newest issue of tougeki damashi (spirits). covers all games in this year’s SBO.
don’t ask me reasoning for the tiers or anything, because:
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my japanese is pretty terrible, and i probably won’t do a very good job of translating what the magazine says, and:
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i’m lazy and don’t want to put in any additional effort
note: it’s probably best to assume that the characters within tiers are listed in no particular order
note 2: you should also keep in mind that a few of these games are really new, as evidenced by the new characters not appearing in the tekken list, and the bottom tier of kof xi being labelled as something along the lines of “still hard to tell/still learning”
Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection
A Class:
Kazuya
Law
Heihachi
Jack-5
B Class:
Asuka
Christie
Marduk
Nina
Julia
Yoshimitsu
Feng
Xiaoyu
Devil Jin
Paul
C Class:
Ganryu
Bryan
Steve
King
Raven
Anna
Wang
Lee
Lei
D Class:
Jin
Kuma/Panda
Baek
Hwoarang
Bruce
Roger
new characters aren’t included in the list
Hokuto No Ken
Top:
Toki
Thouther
Kenshiro
Mid:
Rei
Jagi
Yuda
Shin
Low:
Heart
Mamiya
Raoh
KOF XI
S Class:
Kula
Gatou
A Class:
Ozwald
Eiji
Jenet
B Class:
Ash
Kim
Kyo
Shen
Clark
Ralf
C Class:
Duck King
Benimaru
K’
D Class:
everybody else
(note: the book doesn’t exactly say “S Class” and the like here. the characters are grouped in a triangle, with an indication that the strongest characters are on top and the weakest are at the bottom. the groups are named things that i can only make educated guesses at)
Guilty Gear XX Slash
S Class:
Ky
A Class:
Sol
Faust
Testament
Potemkin
Anji
B Class:
A.B.A
Millia
Chipp
Baiken
Johnny
Jam
Axel
Slayer
Ino
C Class:
May
Eddie
Venom
Bridget
D Class:
Order Sol
Dizzy
Zappa
Robo Ky
SS Tenka
S Class:
Mina
Shizumaru
Amakusa
Iroha
A Class
Kazuki
Sougetsu
Cham Cham
umm…spear guy
Zan-something-ro
Haohmaru
Ukyo
Galford
Mizuki
B Class
Hanzo
Yumeji
Rasetsumaru
Enja
Genan
Rera
Sieger
C Class:
Suija
Nicotine
Sankuro
Basara
Andrew
ocha-something
Gaira
D-Class:
Rimururu
?souroku? (guy with the big tub)
Jubei
Yunfei
Tam Tam
Kyoushiro
Charlotte
E Class:
Genjuro
Yoshitora
Wang Fu
Kusaregedou
Earthquake
Nakoruru
NeoGeo Battle Colisseum
S Class:
Mr. Big
A Class:
Hotaru
Marco
Iori
Robert
Kim
B Class:
Mai
Lee
Haohmaru
Shiki
Kaede
Mizuchi
NEO-DIO
C-Class
Ai
Kyo
Terry
Moriya
Akari
Washizuka
Hanzou
Fuuma
Kisara
Cyber Woo
Shishioh
D-Class
K’
Shermie
Geese
Rock
Mr. Karate
Nakoruru
Genjuro
Asura
Mudman
Mars People
E-Class
Yuuki
Athena
Chonshu
Chonrei
Tung
Virtua Fighter 4: Final Tuned
Top-High:
Kage
Jacky
Top-low:
Pai
Aoi
Mid-High:
Lau
Sara
Mid-Low:
Akira
Wolf
Lion
Low-High:
Vanessa
Brad
Shun
Low-Low:
Jeffry
Gou
Leifei
Melty Blood: Act Cadenza
S Class:
Crazy Arcueid
Tohno Shiki
A Class:
Shion
Satsuki
Red Hair Akiha
B Class:
Arcueid
Warakia
Nero Chaos
Akiha
Kohaku & Hisui
Nanaya Shiki
C Class:
both new characters
Mecha Hisui
Ren
Ciel
Vampire Shion
Miyako
Kohaku
Hisui
D Class:
Neko Arc
Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike
(note: this is an actual match-up chart, which i’m just going to list the characters by number of favorable matches. don’t ask me specifics! maybe somebody else is willing to scan the magazine or something)
- Yun
- Chun
- Ken
- Makoto
- Dudley
- Yang
- Gouki
8-tie) Urien
8-tie) Ryu
10-tie) Oro
10-tie) Ibuki - Elena
- Necro
- Alex
- Remy
- Q
17-tie) Hugo
17-tie) Twelve - Sean