SFV Character Request/Anticipation Thread

[Itome]

Ryu, Ken and Birdie = SF1

Chun, Cammy, Bison = SF2

Charlie = SFA

The roster is starting to fall into place.

but they were all in Alpha also…

But debuted in different series, that’s what matters

R. Mika and **Karin **are also from Alpha along Charlie

Then we get Alex, Urien and…Oro? = SF3 series

Then Juri, Abel, maybe Viper? = SF4 series

Then new characters = about 20-22 chars at launch

There is a 95% change those specific characters won’t be in this game.

I disagree. Alex, R.Mika, and Karin look to be on a leak list that looks right so far.

[kidhero99]

Ryu, Ken and Birdie = SF1

Chun, Cammy, Bison = SF2

Charlie = SFA

The roster is starting to fall into place.

but they were all in Alpha also…

But debuted in different series, that’s what matters

R. Mika and **Karin **are also from Alpha along Charlie

Then we get Alex, Urien and…Oro? = SF3 series

Then Juri, Abel, maybe Viper? = SF4 series

Then new characters = about 20-22 chars at launch

There is a 95% change those specific characters won’t be in this game.

I disagree. Alex, R.Mika, and Karin look to be on a** leak list** that looks right so far.

Eh, a bit of luck and some obvious choice characters for this game, hardly means that list is 100% confirmation. If you want get hyped on speculation without irrefutable confirmation from the devs so you can be disappointed later, go right ahead.

[Eternal]

Gief at 5%? He’s one of the more popular original world warriors with Chun-Li and Guile, he has much more staying and star power than any other grappler and he’s been on at least 2/3 “leaked” lists I’ve seen.

I would give him a nice and healthy 70% jump in probability.

Totally agree. It’s worth noting however though that Zangief is actually ranked 9th out of 16 for the complete SF2 cast. If we take out the Super chars (including Akuma) he is still ranked 7th out of 12. Not really THAT great. In the ehubs poll he was ranked 4th out of the WW chars but the Ehubs poll automatically excluded Ryu/Chun who’d already been confirmed to be in SF5 obviously.

Also Guy has a better shot than Dudley too for sure given his ties to Bison. His style is fairly unique to anyone else revealed so far (and really pretty unique itself). He is decently popular as well. And if we go by sheer popularity Cody should be at least above 0%. He ranks one of the most popular characters in SF. Capcom poll put him at 15th overall and 19th in the Ehubs poll. The only thing that puts the FF chars into question is that banner in the background of London.

I’m also completely disagreeing with his 5% for Sakura. She is a mainstay character in SF. She is one of Capcom’s flagship characters that they put on most of their merchandise. She is one of the most popular characters in SF (Ranking 6th in all of the Capcom polls) she has appeared in most of their cross over games as well. CVS, Pocket Fighter, MVC, Puzzle Fighter, ect. I’m not saying she’s got a great shot, they might want to give her a rest, but she’s got a much better shot than 5% just by sheer popularity by the public and Capcom.

I didn’t know about the polling data, I was going off what I see in merchandise and posters. Thank you for informing me.

Well if you go by merch and such I’d still put Sagat/Guile/Ryu/Chun/Ken/Bison in front of Gief for Original WWs. Add Cammy/Akuma for ST cast.

[Cestus]

Dudley is the baddest black dude in games

The second

http://i.imgur.com/tdPPMyB.gif

[Eternal]

New guy could be New Zealand:

Weird scars/mark on his face might be Maori reference.
http://dbijapkm3o6fj.cloudfront.net/resources/6094,3,1,6,4,0/-3958-/20000101/auckland-maori-tours-full-day-time-unlimited-tours.jpeg

Dreadlocks can account to a tribal background.

You can see a tribal drum behind him in the last picture:
https://a.disquscdn.com/uploads/mediaembed/images/2251/6970/original.jpg

That’s not a tribal drum
That’s his shoulder getting kind of blurry, look at the other pictures.

[Magegg]

That’s not a tribal drum
That’s his shoulder getting kind of blurry, look at the other pictures.

I’ve seen the video again in HD, it looks like some hair accessory:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl1y2sRs3OM

[Eternal]

Dudley is the baddest black dude in games

The second

https://38.media.tumblr.com/388ab18b0a5d419a77639ef57c86f6e3/tumblr_mfkrcnv7lM1r8s9oho2_250.gif

http://superwalrusland.com/gallery/var/albums/Bayonetta-2/Bayonetta%202%20Rodin%20Interrupts.jpg?m=1415337275

http://i.imgur.com/tdPPMyB.gif

The third

Spoiler

https://cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/images/migration/news_4/Punch_Out_Wii_Doc_Louis5.JPG

http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/screen_kubrick/2/23546/1190093-c1.jpg

http://punchout.gamebub.com/images/doc_louis_nes.gif

[Eternal]

You’re right from that slowed down video it’s a hair tie of some sort. 4 pictures made it look like a shoulder pad more than anything.

[Daemos]

I hope Zangief looks like he does in SF2V anime series.

https://youtu.be/NbYp743kbMc?t=2m26s

That long hair mohawk is just perfect on him. Give him long hair and a longer beard to match.

[Magegg]

Definitely looks like a tribal guy, I’m pretty sure he’s a maori from New Zealand.

Zen??

Rashid??

Laura??

That list is most likely bullshit.

[Eternal]

Ken having a run for V Skill makes me think Guy just had his chances of being a base game cast member reduced significantly.

[Gross_Indecency]

You’re right from that slowed down video it’s a hair tie of some sort. 4 pictures made it look like a shoulder pad more than anything.

To me, this looks more like a Norwegian black metal guy really.

[Citrus_monkey]

For those that dont know, the maori hakka is a war dance where the males will open their mouths as wide as possible and stick their tongues out, all while putting their meanest face on. It means that they will ‘‘eat their enemies alive’’. The gesture that the guy is doing seems to be akin to that. furthermore, he’s got some tribal face marks and some big dread like hairstyle. I think, and I certainly hope, that he’s a maori fighter.

ALSO, look at that video posted above and look at the color scheme from the background at the top right. It’s brief, but very reminiscent of the new zealand stage shown.

[Heat_Sleep]

For those that dont know, the maori hakka is a war dance where the males will open their mouths as wide as possible and stick their tongues out, all while putting their meanest face on. It means that they will ‘‘eat their enemies alive’’. The gesture that the guy is doing seems to be akin to that. furthermore, he’s got some tribal face marks and some big dread like hairstyle. I think, and I certainly hope, that he’s a maori fighter.

ALSO, look at that video posted above and look at the color scheme from the background at the top right. It’s brief, but very reminiscent of the new zealand stage shown.

A video to emphasize this post.

https://youtu.be/BI851yJUQQw

[qOcOp]

That new guy looks like a BEAST!

[Magegg]

For those that dont know, the maori hakka is a war dance where the males will open their mouths as wide as possible and stick their tongues out, all while putting their meanest face on. It means that they will ‘‘eat their enemies alive’’. The gesture that the guy is doing seems to be akin to that. furthermore, he’s got some tribal face marks and some big dread like hairstyle. I think, and I certainly hope, that he’s a maori fighter.

Sounds like something Ono would do

[AcidicEnema]

Guy just got a fireball and shoryuken. I aint complaining.

[Pro_Marshmallo]

Dudley is the baddest black dude in games

I thought Dudley was of Indian decent like Freddy Mercury.

[Lemres]

So we got Ken, Blanka & Dudley coming or as I like to call them the essential unessentials. Now where is Hibiki son?

Yeah… you should just stick to playing A2 and SF4.

[Gemakai]

Even mike could return could make him like street type boxing thug we have LACK OF BOXERS in sf universe. and they could rename him like mike john, mike santos, mike dun, micheal, mikey or whatsoever like that. then morph his face a bit and make his body thinner build to differentiate him and avoid confusion from balrog/boxer like they been doing that to birdie and also like they did to RYU to differentiate him from GUY.

Mike’s been back. He goes by Balrog now.