Yeah I like the sound of that.
Even if one of the leaks supports this, the lack of Akuma is noticeable.
I think Alex and Urien would make more sense in the initial roster, it would attract the 3S crowd that wasnāt into SF4, while also delivering highly requested characters that are also story relevant.
And Karin and Mika are like the easiest DLC money ever.
We might even get 3 characters reveal or 2 plus a teaser.
This is what I imagine the roster would look like. Please excuse my nonexistent photoshop skills 
Nah, 3 characters at one event is too much. 2 Character reveal would be just fine. A teaser of the third wouldnāt hurt though, get people hyped up for whatever next major gaming event Capcom/Ono is going to go to
You guys really set yourselves up for a heartbreak.
Of course if it happens like you say, it would be great. But also prepare yourselves for only one reveal and no teaser of any other chars.
One reveal at the biggest FGC stage in the world with no teasers would be super lame, especially for Capcom
I would totally love this roster.
I would have like 4 or 5 characters.
Thatās my wet dream roster. Iād have 5 characters Iād want to use, without even taking into the account the 4 new characters which iām hoping will be amazing.
I really like that roster too but I feel itās missing a true grappler Gief.
We donāt know who the new challengers are and what archetype they will fill, because this definitely affects chances for returning characters.
3 alpha (Karin, Mika or Rose)
3 sf1
3 sf2
3 sf3 (Urien alex oro)
3 new
1 SF4 (juri)
And then the boss would be a new character that is unlockable after winning the game or something. I think this would be fairest.
If the initial roster is going to be an integral part of the games story, then I could definitely see Urien and Alex making their return before R Mika and Karin.
Almost 100% sure weāll at least get Urien from the start.
All speculation at this point though.
When will the SFIV finals start?
If not gief, then one of the new characters will probably be a grappler. Either way, the archetype has always been there except for maybe SF3 NG where there was alex, and hugo only came one iteration later. From the two tweeted pics from ono though the legs kinda looked like zangief, and who knows, maybe the claw marks hitting ryu are āābear clawsāā or something like that which might fit zangief. Im speculatin straight outta my ass though.
~6:30PM PDT estimated.
There are 9 characters left to reveal currently. Letās look at the capcom event schedule which is likely where we will see most of the reveals occur.
Upcoming Premiere Pro Tour events
EVO (USA) - Now
Mad Catz Tokyo Game Show (Japan) - Sep 17th
KO Fight Game Festival (Kuwait) - Sep 24th
Brazil Game Show (Brazil) - Oct 8th
SoCal Regionals (USA) - Oct 9th
Milan Games Week (Italy) - Oct 23rd
Canada Cup (Canada) - Oct 30th
Dream Hack Winter (Sweden) - Nov 26th
Japan Premier (Japan) - TBD
Capcom Pro Tour Asia Finals (Singapore) - TBD
Capcom Cup Finals (USA) - TBD
That is 11 premiere events coming up. 3 of which currently have no known dates. Letās look at how closely grouped some of them are though, as well as the size/importance of each.
Now EVO is obviously going to get at least 1 reveal, possibly 2 or at least 1 and a teaser.
TGS is decently far off at 2 months, also TGS is arguably the biggest event on there overall for ALL people.Though EVO being the biggest specifically to the FGC. We can almost guarantee a reveal at TGS.
KO is far too close to TGS for another reveal.
SCR is a bit more important to the FGC than BGS, however given the representation of Brazil in SF5 I think that itās likely that there will be a reveal at BGS rather than SCR. Either way I expect another around then.
Canada Cup seems like the most likely next reveal. Itās 3 weeks off from the previous reveal and another big event. Milan is decent too but at only 2 weeks itās a bit too close to the previous potential reveal.
Dream Hack is huge, Iām quite certain another reveal might occur there.
I expect that at least 1 of the last 3 will have a reveal. Capcom Cup would be an interesting place for the final reveal.
There is potential for at least 1 MAYBE 2 double reveals given how close some of the events are. Remember that they usually want to provide people with a chance for hands on with a character when itās revealed. It takes a fair bit of time to create a vertical slice for people to be able to play so some of these ones where itās only like 3 weeks that I said MIGHT have a reveal have a bigger shot of NOT having one.
The spots we can basically guarantee will have a reveal are probably EVO,TGS, and Dreamhack.
Iād also put SCR or BGS as the next most likely. SCR is a big deal for the US FGC and also the timing is a decent mid way point between TGS and Dreamhack.
Iād say that having a double reveal at EVO isnāt THAT crazy. Iād bet certainly on a reveal + teaser for sure though.
Do you guys want me to redo that roster mockup with proper circular character portraits? Or would that bad photoshop be okay for now?
Anyone remember how much time was left after the last character was revealed for vanilla console SF4 before it came out?
My bet is that the reveals will be at EVO, BGS, Canada Cup, Dreamhack, CPT Asia, Capcom Cup, and maybe theyāll have something for PlayStation Experience 2015 which is supposedly will be held in December
That bad photoshop will be okay x)
I was totally also thinking Dhalsim could have his flying mode as a v-skill although I was thinking of limiting in the following way:
If dhalsim flies a certain direction in any direction he will automatically unfly and ādropā, this also means he can only reach a certain maximum height assuming he goes straight up
If he presses any sort of attack button or does any sort of move - whether specials, drill kick etc - he will automatically drop
his flying speed isnt particularly fast
Dhalsim will only get v guage if:
He travels the maximum distance
he hits someone with an attack while in fly mode
the guage he gets will depend on the attack strength used, so you wont have fly/unfly lp/lk shenanigans.
V-trigger
Dhalsim sets himself on fire. If the opponent touches him the opponent receives grey damage. Dhalsim cant be touched at this point, but he CAN be hit, if Dhalsim gets hit he also takes grey damage. Basically if he are in neutral or block and dhalsim touches you, you will receive grey damage. You will get chip grey damage for blocked fire.
Edit:
On un unrelated note, if they do reintroduce Juri in the game, they redesign her and get rid of that ugly fking haircut/general design and make her look more martial art-y.