Forget it.
I doubt we get our original 12, at least initially. I think we’ll be seeing Ryu, Chun, Ken, plus one other (thinking Bison for some reason?), Urien and Oro along with 6 more SF3 characters, and 4 new characters.
So 4 original cast, 8 SF3 characters, and 4 new comers. =16 total at launch
Edit: I didn’t even think of Charlie or potential new boss character, duh. Wonder if we’ll be getting an all new boss or is someone we already know about going to fill that role (Charlie, Urien, Gill)? Not too sure we’ll get any other Alpha characters at launch, but who knows.
So maybe 20 characters at launch?
I’d like 4 from each. Original, Alpha, Sf3, new comers. Perhaps 2 extra chars from anywhere else for a total of 18? We already know Charlie is coming back so he counts as Alpha.
Rzalph, & Shinkuu – you both pretty much guessed what I thought, hence the list I came up with. I won’t be surprised if they came up with a new boss, or maybe it’ll be Urien.
I agree, I don’t really think it’s a need to have all original 12 back. Time to let other SF chars shine for 4-5 yrs. There are just some characters I think it’s time to retire.
While Urien should be involved somehow, I don’t think he should be the boss. They should keep the tradition of having a new boss for each installment.
I wouldn’t want to retire the original 12. I just think they need to be reimagined and reinvented a bit, make them feel new. Conceptually they are THE fighting game archetypes. But I do agree that they should not be given precedence this time around, give some face time to other fighters.
I think we could end up with something like this in the end if this takes place after SF4:
Ryu
Guile (Or Rose)
Chun-Li
Ken
Sakura
Abel
Guy
Karin Kanzuki
Dudley
Necro
Gen (Or Oro)
Q
Rainbow Mika
Zangief
Hugo
Alex
Sagat
Vega (Balrog)
Juri
Shadow (Charlie Nash)
New Character
New Character
New Character
New Character
Boss/Hidden Characters
Gouken
M.Bison (Vega)
Akuma (Gouki)
Urien
I am praying they keep Decapre in, seeing as she barely got any time to be explored, being a late addition to the SF4 universe. We got dozens of shotos, gimme some dolls.
You’re right, and there probably will be. I think Urien will be in regardless, but maybe not the big baddie. Just curious who it could be this time. Probably someone completely new that Urien had a hand in creating that may have gone out of control.
The new boss could be Gill’s predecessor and we see him/her fall before SF3.
KOLIN FOR SFV BOSS!!!
Gill’s predecessor didn’t really fall though, Gill just was deemed ready to be president of the Illuminati, then Urien held an election and won, so Gill just declared himself Emperor instead.
If this game has a Shadowloo vs Illuminati theme, the potenial for bosses is virtually endless. Especially considering Capcom has stated they want to make up for the last games weak story.
I’m hoping the boss will be playable. I don’t want unstoppable Gill type boss that gets banned in tournaments and online and such.
Well Kolin should be a playable character I feel, she deserves a shot.
I think having Gill’s predecessor as a boss (if it’s after SF4) could work with a little retcon here and there. It would allow us to see the brothers rise to power and properly reintroduce the Illuminati to a new generation of gamers.
Can anybody here translate what Ken Bogard is saying in his latest SFV video? He may be dropping more hints and rumors or not, idk…
Has there been any word on Super Street Fighter 5? Kind of Joking, but not really.
Are they going to do several game upgrades ala Super, AE, Ultra, etc.? Or are we going more the route of KI and just get DLC characters with yearly balance patches, with the ability to patch any obviously game breaking glitches whenever.
I’d prefer something like the latter. What do you guys think?
I’ll watch the full video tomorrow, but at the very start he says it’s just a gameplay analyze without any inside info.
You want a boss named after the last part of the digestive system?
Ok, Ive made a sort of wish list of what I think they might go with.
[list]
[] I’ve included characters already confirmed (duh),
[] I’ve tried to include characters similar to the 8 archetypes in SF2 WW
[] I’ve tried to include characters likely to be included for storyline purposes
[] I havent included characters that are similar (eg. Dudley and Eagle as much as I love htem both) in the same season unless they are overwhelmingly popular eg. Ryu/ken
[] Season 1, I tired 2 popular character and 1 returning character/“out there” character
[] Season 2, 1 popular 1 returning/outhere
[] Season 3 as before
[] Each character has their per the capcom poll next to them
[/list]
I think its a good balance, let me know what y’all think 
Season 1
SF1 Ryu (1) Ken (2) Eagle (56)
SFA Karin (7) Cody (15) Charlie (24)
SF2 Chunli (4) M.Bison (14) Dhalsim (37)
SF3 Q (10) Alex (23) Urien (28)
SF4 Juri (8) Poison (17) Abel (50)
SF5 New 1 New 2 New 3 New 4
Season 2
SF1 Sagat (9) Retsu (64)
SFA Akuma (3) R.Mika (12)
SF2 Cammy (5) Guile (11)
SF3 Ibuki (13) Oro (45)
SF4 Gouken (32)C.Viper (35)
SF5 - New 5
Season 3
SF1 Birdie (61) Gen (52)
SFA Sakura (6) Rolento (38)
SF2 Vega (19) Blanka (20)
SF3 Makoto (22)Yun (31)
SF4 Hakan (46) Rufus (63)
SF5 New 6 New 7
Agreed. She’s turned out to be one of the more interesting new additions to the game - both her regular and her Omega versions at that.
I kinda agree as well. If this is gonna be an ultimate showdown between Shadaloo and Illuminati, then Decapre could return. She only gets 2 yrs to shine before SF5 comes out, so her coming back somehow would be okay I guess.
Aw, I’m super bummed about the negative comments about this game. I’m so stoked that Capcom is even making another game for us. With all of the past hate pinning Capcom as being lazy, I have to say that this game looks gorgeous and I can’t wait to try it out. It seems that all of the criticism is aimed at game mechanics but it’s unfair to disregard all of the heart put into the game, not to mention all of the finer details aren’t set in stone just yet. I’m very stoked!
and if not her, perhaps a new completely new charge character that has a similar play style. or just make charge characters more exciting to play. they all fell so limited (bar decapre).
i’m hopeful that now there’s no more fadc, it will even out the playing field in terms of the game mechanics for both charge and motion characters. this might mean they can take away some of that solidity that the charge characters needed to have (because of dp, fadc) and make them more expressive. nerf the defensive normals and buff the offensive options. characters like guile and bison should be more fun to play than they are in sf4 imo.