SFV Character Request/Anticipation Thread

[Daemos]

Wtf is so cool about Oro that people like? Holy shit… his design is so shitty and ugly.

Oro is like the coolest old man in the history of fighting games.

[Raccon]

@Raccon

Why…

R.Mika is pretty, “original” and all, but like… really? Just get Alex and that’s it he will fill that void without problem.

Mika’s inclusion into the roster doesn’t necessarily forbid Alex to join the game at all.

What upsets me sometimes is some kind of people cursing at her randomly, without knowing Capcom’s intentions on creating her personality and whatever. Then, there’re almost long 20 years around that she’s being out of the SF games. Like Karin, Urien, Maki and Alex, she needs to show up this time.

[Raccon]

Next character is El Fuerte, SF community goes nuclear.

Come on… Fuerte’s voice is fuc*** boring, but he’s very funny to play with. Watch some Pepeday matches as El Fuerte and you’ll be surprised with his cool skills. Actually I don’t understand why does people hate this char so much, since he’s a original addition amid a plenty of shotos and clones (Ryu, Ken, Dan, Sakura, Oni, E.Ryu…go on…) roster.

[Pro_Marshmallo]

Vega’s Matador isn’t like TAP, it’s more like a variation on Cody’s Zonk

Vega’s V-Skill is - press buttons -> upper body invincible dodge. Hold buttons -> Dodge + counter attack. Sort of like Ken’s run is run - tap buttons, hold buttons -> Step kick.

His V-Skill is going to suffer from the same problems as Cody’s zonk and Cody’s dodge in Omega mode though most likely. It wont be very good vs any attack that has a decent amount of active frames, the timing to actually DODGE an attack will probably be nearly as strict as a parry but without as much frame advantage and unable to dodge slow fireballs unless you do the follow up (maybe). Also you wont gain V-trigger for a dodge like you would with a parry/absorb like Bison/Nash/Ryu have. Most importantly it’ll lose the most commonly used attack in footsies: crMK, as well as likely many of the currently strong looking normals like Chun’s slide and Birdie’s jab which looks to hit very low to the ground.

That said, we don’t know exactly what the frame data or mechanics are so I might just be being pessimistic.

I agree that its more like Zonk but both move are about as similar as Matador Turn.

As for how good it is or not, from the reveal trailer we know that it can be used to end combos to gain V-Gauge like Necalli but off of his launching st.hk(?) so he has that advantage. Matador Turn losing to crouching normals isn’t that big of a deal anyway since the vast amjority of V-Skills have been anti-fireball tools, plus the upper body invincibility will make it, at the very worst, a solid anti-air that he needs since he looks to be missing his Scarlet Terror this time around.

[thatmegamega]

@Daemos that’s a great find!

Note they call Oro an “obscure character” - that does not bode well for him making the opening roster, especially when he says “from a business standpoint doing Oro is not the smartest move”

Birdie is an obscure character as well yet it didn’t prevent him from appearing in SF5

That is very true , however I don’t think that he would be saying those things about Oro if he knew for sure he was going to be in SF5, it didn’t feel like trolling

[Reticently]

Dumb speculation, I know, but:

https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/s720x720/11813417_10153613049912147_8086260333285709918_n.jpg?oh=3668aa5e8fdb5b3c90303bade2910228&oe=56391B54

If you look at the opponents Claw is facing in those previous appearance pics, two out of three are already announced for V. Is that a hint about the third?

Edit- Nah, just looked at the equivalent graphics for other characters, hadn’t really bothered to look that closely before. Or anyway if it does mean anything then look for Adon, Hakan, and Guy.

[yung_balrog]

-Is Shadowloo going to be a major plot point in this game? Can’t wait to see Juri if that’s the case.
-Does the green part from Combo’s presentation mean “from SF2” or “returning from SF4”?
-No Dudley now? ( ;_
-I like the visual redesign. If we get more SF2/SF4 cast, THIS is what they need to feel fresh. As far as gameplay goes, what they did with him is really interesting. He’s still “Claw”, but they gave him S-groove as a V-Skill and a mini-Super/EX+ as his V-Trigger. I wonder if he’s going to play very much like his previous versions or be revolutionized like Birdie, Charlie, and Bison were.
-How are we doing the names? Is he Balrog or Vega? If they are being this flippant with Charlie/Nash and Vega/Balrog/M.Bison, I kind of expect Boxer either at launch or within the first wave of DLC.

Speaking of DLC, the Shadowloo theme I’m seeing could be setting the tone for our first wave of DLC characters. We could get:
-Sagat
-Boxer
-New Doll
-New/Reimagined Shadowloo ally?

-Yes, the vast majority of revealed characters are directly connected to the Shadowloo story.
-Completely up in the air.
-Since his taunt is now Vega’s V-Trigger and that all anyone talked about as being his V-Skill, I’d guess at the most he’d be late DLC.
-I’d say his V-Skill is more Balrog’s Omega TAP but he looks overall more like Vega + Gen in play style with the claw swapping.
-English version is still Vega=Claw. Peter “Combofiend” Rosas confirmed that in his blog post.

Regarding Boxer/Balrog, I think he’s going to be main cast as he really isn’t that popular character wise so I don’t see him selling all that well as DLC. That said, since Vega’s V-Skill is basically turn punch and Birdie has Buffalo Headbutt as the AA version of Bull Horn if Balrog does make it into the game he’ll definitely see a major update to his move list and play style. God I’d love an older Boxer, salt and pepper air and a moustache like Donald Glover, maybe even shorter triple widow’s peaks to indicate a receding hairline, the potential is limitless.

cuh boxer should be like his svc chaos version. lean and mean and fiscally responsible.

good call on dlc though. the main cast should be all the mascots and characters no one likes (vega, birdie, BALROG). dlc should be all the memes and fanservice characters.

edit: shit character list:
-oro
-sean
-12
-necro
-remy
-geki
-guy
-haggar

[gunswordfist]

The thread I came here for. Let’s 4 returning and 3 new left. Boy, this is getting tough.

I want:
Alex
Sean or Ibuki or Sakura, mostly Sakura due to her and Yun being my only mains that haven’t been announced
Akuma
Yun

I expect:
Akuma - Capcom would be dumb not to include him.
Guile - On the notion that they’d be stupid not to add him due to Charlie returning. I’d like to see that story settled myself
Urien - To explain FrankenCharlie and why he has the same jewel in his forehead. Plus, to be a III representative
Alex - Capcom can’t possibly f this up again, can they?

I think I expect Akuma and Alex to be in the game the most.

Also for the new characters, I’m hoping for 2 more bosses. I’m sorry, I’m a sucker for multiple bosses. Hopefully Capcom of today can show that they can make good new characters because a lot of Street Fighter IV’s newcomers were of questionable quality.

[DevilJin_01]

Oro was cool as shit. Picked his butt, fell asleep to recover his stun and he had ex versions of all his super moves. His ex yagyou dama is basically a spirit bomb that covers almost the whole screen.

A new next gen game could make the old man look really swag and give him some new fans.

[Rounin]

bring him back but with two arms…

[gunswordfist]

I wouldn’t mind Oro making the cut either.

Also, I forgot to mention Guy. I’d love to see a SFV style Guy.

[JokeeBoi]

bring him back but with two arms…

Oro confirmed banned.

[gunswordfist]

i’d love vega too but i feel like they will say juri fills the shadaloo henchperson slot. i’m really curious as to how the illuminati/shadaloo thing is going to go down. this game definitely has the potential to have a good story behind it if they put the time and effort in.

I’d love to see Illuminati vs Shadaloo vs a new group but that’s asking for too much.

[otori]

Has anyone kept track of the time between reveals so far? Maybe there’s a pattern there?

What’s the next event we can expect?

[Eternal]

Vega’s Matador isn’t like TAP, it’s more like a variation on Cody’s Zonk

Vega’s V-Skill is - press buttons -> upper body invincible dodge. Hold buttons -> Dodge + counter attack. Sort of like Ken’s run is run - tap buttons, hold buttons -> Step kick.

His V-Skill is going to suffer from the same problems as Cody’s zonk and Cody’s dodge in Omega mode though most likely. It wont be very good vs any attack that has a decent amount of active frames, the timing to actually DODGE an attack will probably be nearly as strict as a parry but without as much frame advantage and unable to dodge slow fireballs unless you do the follow up (maybe). Also you wont gain V-trigger for a dodge like you would with a parry/absorb like Bison/Nash/Ryu have. Most importantly it’ll lose the most commonly used attack in footsies: crMK, as well as likely many of the currently strong looking normals like Chun’s slide and Birdie’s jab which looks to hit very low to the ground.

That said, we don’t know exactly what the frame data or mechanics are so I might just be being pessimistic.

I agree that its more like Zonk but both move are about as similar as Matador Turn.

As for how good it is or not, from the reveal trailer we know that it can be used to end combos to gain V-Gauge like Necalli but off of his launching st.hk(?) so he has that advantage. Matador Turn losing to crouching normals isn’t that big of a deal anyway since the vast amjority of V-Skills have been anti-fireball tools, plus the upper body invincibility will make it, at the very worst, a solid anti-air that he needs since he looks to be missing his Scarlet Terror this time around.

It depends on how fast it is and where the hitbox if it’s a decent anti air.

[Lemres]

Wtf is so cool about Oro that people like? Holy shit… his design is so shitty and ugly.

Oro is like the coolest old man in the history of fighting games.

In the context of SF, Gen is far more cooler and interesting than Oro. An old Chinese martial-arts assassin that is the only man in the world that can defeat Akuma and withstand his Raging Demon. I’d like Oro more if he actually used both hands to fight so we can see his true power, but even then, the whole idea of him hiding his true power just sounds stupid.

[Kagamizen]

I think i came up with a good V-trigger for Poison * still holding onto some hope she makes it in.

V-trigger = Mad gear, summons Mad gear underlings to assist her in battle

Up+HP+HK - summons Eliza who dives down from the top of the screen with her knives. counts as an overhead attack
Back +HP+HK- summons Axl who Blocks/ Absorbs an incoming attack from the opponent allowing poison a free counter attack
Forward+HP+HK- summons J who immediately rushes in behind the opponent and attacks them from behind.

V-Skill= same as i previously mentioned. Poison uses her handcuffs to prevent her opponent from attacking for brief period of time.

Also Random observation , Could Carlos Miyamoto possibly be one of the character’s revealed along with the brazil stage? He apparently was from brazil.

[Daemos]

Wtf is so cool about Oro that people like? Holy shit… his design is so shitty and ugly.

Oro is like the coolest old man in the history of fighting games.

In the context of SF, Gen is far more cooler and interesting than Oro. An old Chinese martial-arts assassin that is the only man in the world that can defeat Akuma and withstand his Raging Demon. I’d like Oro more if he actually used both hands to fight so we can see his true power, but even then, the whole idea of him hiding his true power just sounds stupid.

Gen is more badass but Oro is the cooler old man. We should have them both!

[PVL_93_RU]

Has anyone kept track of the time between reveals so far? Maybe there’s a pattern there?

What’s the next event we can expect?

At this point the earliest possible announcement will be at Tokyo Games Show, starts on September 15th if I recall correctly

[Pro_Marshmallo]

In the context of SF, Gen is far more cooler and interesting than Oro. An old Chinese martial-arts assassin that is the only man in the world that can defeat Akuma and withstand his Raging Demon. I’d like Oro more if he actually used both hands to fight so we can see his true power, but even then, the whole idea of him hiding his true power just sounds stupid.

Gen is only more interesting that Oro in my eyes because Oro has such little story to him. Gen is tied up with both Chun-Li and Akuma plus he has his own honourable death thing going on as well. Regardless, Gen needs to finally fuck off and die because he’s been chemo-less for 10-15 years now since Alpha that I’m beginning to suspect his “leukemia” was probably him self-diagnosing a sunburn.