SFV Character Request/Anticipation Thread

Ken fire v trigger with flaming tatsus and hados Kreygasm

While I 100% agree Ken is most likely in for sure. I don’t think it’s IMPOSSIBLE that they’d not include him. They may not have ever had a STREET FIGHTER game without Ken, but there certainly has been fighting games with Ryu and not Ken so they aren’t like tied together at a 100% rate.

(For those curious as to which games Ryu was in but not Ken)

Marvel Vs Capcom 1
Tatsunoko vs Capcom (and TVC:UAS)
Capcom Fighting Evolution (AKA Capcom Fighting Jam)
Marvel Vs Capcom 3 (and UMVC3)

I THINK those are the only ones with Ryu but not Ken. It’s pretty damn likely Ken will be in SF5, he is one of the most popular characters in the franchise and their rivalry is very iconic to the series. I do hope that they further expand on the characters differences if Ken does make it. That said it looks like other than Ryu’s denjin mode he doesn’t have any new moves that we’ve seen so the differences between the two might be pretty similar to SF4 rather than like SF3 or CvS2.

Chubby, hitbox-wise. A big strong grappler girl could be that.

I was actually hoping to see something like that, or a female character having a different body type in general. Mokotos really the only one who just sticks out to me as really “tough”

I love my girl Makoto. Every attack she does has so much weight and impact behind it. So satisfying. But I’d wish they’d do something to give her a more feminine look. When a female character is constantly mistaken for a boy, you might want to doll her up a lil. Shina in newer versions of Bloody Roar IMO is the best example of a tomboy female character. Tough, and looks like she can throw down, but still has a feminine look and appeal to her.

Yeah, Makoto is definitely a character I’ve been drawn to since 3S, and even now, when someone who is really good with her wreaks havoc with her in USF4, it’s pretty hype. Haitani’s comeback at the tourney last year (can’t remember which) was really really damn good.

However, I wouldn’t say Makoto’s chubby. Strong and tough yes, but not chubby. I think she just wears a gi that’s a few sizes too big on her. Her dizzy animation in 3S makes it look like she’s swimming in that thing as it just hangs off her.

@SAOTOMETU Who said Makoto was chubby? That girl is ripped in SFIV. Also the dude who suggest more chubby female body types. Uh no. These are world class fighters. They can’t be out of shape like that. That’s why Rufus is so damn absurd ( at least to me ). Now some larger girls like Psychojosh was talking about, that’d be cool.

P.S. The Gi she wears could be her dad’s. Her way of keeping him with her in battle.

I think the person who said she was chubby said she had “chubby hitboxes”, as opposed to the character herself looking chubby? Though, I do admit when I first saw her in 3rd Strike, I thought she was a guy.

I was refering to @Uglylittlebirdy He was the one that suggested that. And as for Makoto that’s exactly what I’m talking about. They need to girl her up a lil. Maybe a tighter fitting Gi to show off her body, Maybe a more feminine hair style (I’d think she’d look good with side bangs and a messy pony tail.) You know what I’ma draw my ideal design for Makoto and post it.

Just so we are clear. Its insulting to call Ryu’s SF5 ultra(wasn’t the past 7 years of ultra’s enough? Fuck this game) Denjin hadoken. Denjin is unblockable. You have to parry it. Without a parry in the game, a true denjin cannot exist. Ono once again has shitted in the FGC’s mouth. Every living moment revenge meter exists in the latest build of SF5, combofiend and haunts are Effiel towering your girlfriend, PS4/PC owners. We need a time machine to go back and stop ono’s promotion and keep him as the sound producer he was in 3rd Strike.

I never said she was chubby s: I just said id like more girl characters with different body types and I used her as an example (the “we need chubby chicks” thing was a joke lol)

But yeah, she coulddd be girled up a bit. I personally think she’s cool as hell rn. I personally think a tough, punch-heavy county girl would be a nice addition

My bad then, when it was mentioned about chubby girls, then someone mentioned Makoto, I thought they were saying she’s the only “chubby” girl in the series. To be honest, she is probably one of the more thicker female characters (not counting Chun and her thighs). But I agree, when I first saw Makoto I thought she was a guy as well, but I think that’s all the more reason I liked her – the whole tough tomboy thing as opposed the over feminine ones in SF up to that point. She’s such a popular character, I could see her returning again.

Some dude drawing art for Ken on a tablet is hardly anywhere close to a confirm and I hope to god they wont waste a slot on him with the rumoured 16 character slots. SF4 already has too many shotos, I’d like a game where they only had one and allowing for a wider variety of character play styles and a stronger focus on balancing and developing those different styles.

Could you nut-hug SF3 any harder? Serious question.

Ultra 2, Gouken. Check it out…

Not having Ken is basically Goku without Vegeta in a DBZ game.

Ryu/Ken/Chun will always be confirmed.

That Ken drawing clip is from the documentary “I am Street Fighter”. They show it while interviewing a Udon artist. I keep seeing a few people assuming it’s artwork for SFV.

How the hell can you even quantify this? This sounds more like you pulled it out of your ass than used any statistical data. Having a specific character in a game and the amount of units said character moves is nearly an impossibility to measure. The only way I can remotely think of is asking every POS why they’re buying the game and for the plurality of them to say “Because of Ken” which I DOUBT would ever happen.

SF3’s first and second iterations didn’t have him so its not entirely unthinkable to not have him. I hope they relegate Ken to an alternate colour so the cast’s variety isn’t as shallow as vanilla SF4s was. The disc release had 5-6 shoto’s (depending on if you count Rose, I don’t) making a 5th of its cast shoto characters. Granted the game wanted to be 3d SF2 and most of them were WW originals but SF5 doesn’t need that attachment to the original cast.

Unfortunately they saw fit to make Makoto really small and also took the vagina tax out of her health when she was brought to SF4.

If we get a big strong girl she needs to have high health as well.