I really like the efforts of A1 and NG UI and art direction in portraits they are more stylized the there latter counterparts, A1 did better than NG because of Chun li, Bison, Sagat and Akuma. Those vanilla version had the mysterious vibe among them. A1 was the early crossover of SF series I dunno if it did well or not but I know it did better than NG even NG has superior in Designs.
They could bring in veterans but not as a center of attention like Capcom did with Ryu in NG that should be for Bison, Chun li and etc. I believe Shadaloo can exist without the spotlight. The Neo Shadaloo can be the new heroes of future SF against Secret Society.
The links establish on SFV could help veterans to stay in future SF like Dhalsim and Oro, While the likes of Sagat and Fei long need new connection and relationship to stay further while the like of Blanka and Zangief can be linked easily with Necro and Effie.
Akuma was the usual behind the scene character and now Gouken, Rose, Fang and Bison perfectly fit and work in that criteria as of now. Possible to to be killed and sacrificed are Gouken, Sagat, Rose and Dhalsim for progressing another character (not my preference of story direction).
And my heart is too old to survive this crap again lol
To use Tekken example SF wise i think Ed could work better as āLarsā, managing to keep the new cool guy role repping a new gen but staying on the sidelines
Actually Capcom already have a possible āJinā, but seem never have considered this possibility for SF
As long they donāt go for some crap like beard Ryu or gray-hair Ryu, i will be ok to see Ryu finally becoming a Master himself putting some discipline/training on Batsuā¦ classic anime arc where heās hothead and far from perfect student, but Ryu see potential and fucktons of spirit in him. ClichĆØ but clichĆØ work for SF
I donāt see Alex ever returning to be the attempted āprotagonistā of the saga. After his pathetic participation in SFV and new āblondeā fighters like Abel and Ed taking the spotlight on recent games, Alex will never have a chance to shine.
Tbh Alex still have unfinished business vs Gill, with SF3 Illuminatiās arc doesānt end, it just started
And Alex work well because is more a temporary deviation hero, rather than some āletās move beyond Ryuā bullshit (wich was pretty much the spirit of him getting canon bitchslapped by Ryu in SF3)
As long they donāt have a legit successor for Ryu (and neither Ed or Alex are), side arc heroes are ok, as long they donāt take the KoF road where great iconic heroes (Terry, Kyo) are kinda left behind and each chapter offer a new metrosexual-of-the-month wannabe cool guy whoās supposed to be the new face
ā¦who usually have to defeat some new random-Boss-of-the-month nobody give fucks about
SF can be moved a bit from his conservative castle, but stay loyal to itās own tradition is itās strenght
Other FGs wish they got the icons SF have, brand building and legacy wise itās a treasure
What I really want to see is the series get scaled back to the SF1/SFA vibe, where the protagonist isnāt a champion and could believably lose to another martial artist without anime magic bullshit. Whether this means a pre-SF1 game with Gouken/Akuma trying to prove themselves (basically with Akuma = Anakin Skywalker) or a post-Illuminati arc, it would be a much-appreciated return to the seriesā roots. And not with the entire roster as younger/older veterans with their masters/apprentices, but actual new characters to show how other styles come and go.
I personally liked Nash better than Guile and I still do, even after they destroyed his caring character that he had in A3 and turned him into a revenge-seeking machine.
I really want Ryu away for a while but still selectable in game because of other characters veteran and new characters seeks him like Alex and Oro does. Thats the best direction to him and not something into seeking someone to be his apprentice that makes him old and there is too much apprentice trend already IMHO
If Ryu would needs to guide someone personally I would recommend Mel beginning early twenties. because that seems a strong personal direction for Ryu to break from being a lone nomad. if ever it would not just another of this cliches āthis guy got potentialāā¦ Itās like Picolo changing mindset to suddenly train Gohan.
ALex could just defeat the current Secret Society under Gill, Thats interesting to happen and to make Urien secretly having his own organization based from Secret Society members and former Shadaloo people.
I really do want Nash back the with the usual former self in someway too. He had better and natural design Alpha than Guile from visuals and movesā¦ Now in SFv he might not as better visual than his Alpha illustration but his moves are more better than the previous.
The idea of a time skip that advanced the plot dramatically somewhat scares me honestly, Iām afraid Capcom may screw it up massively and enforce changes on the series that would make it unrecognizable or not have what I liked about it.
At the same time, 30-something hardcore military Cammy kicking ass all around, now in charge of a squad of redeemed Dolls with Decapre as her right hand, yes please.
Thereās surely a lot of potential in the idea to end up being absolutely glorious or a total disaster, and it doesnāt help that Iām the kind of person whoās pretty anxious about the idea of change in general.
So, I hear Abigail really is in. Abigail. Why do we deserve Abigail? I swear, capcom better have pre damn good spot for him in the story cuz the shit they did with Laura in ASF was trifling imo. I mean, we should have been able to play against a doll with her. Tsk!!
Rose, Cammy, Balrog and Abel can still appear in future SF because of Neo Shadaloo as something that they guide and monitored or spyid in case Bison returned or those guys would do trouble or be in trouble.
Iām all for scaled back. I look at what Joss Whedon said about Avengers and their sequels, it was something along the lines of āWe donāt want to go bigger, but deeperā You start off movie 1 as an alien invasion, you use the next flicks to delve into the heroes and villains and their world rather than trying to escalate the threats. Iād like to see things shift back to martial arts plots. You can have things going on at the side or together. I want to get back to plots that donāt involve end of the world chaos ā those work, but those shouldnāt be the only thing SF is about. I like KoF having different sagas, and wouldnāt mind SF having a similar approach to future stories.
Time skips tend to scare me as well. I donāt mind characters advancing a bit by bit, but donāt need to toss out everything in favour of a new generation of characters when thereās still so much room for growth for most of the cast.
After the Gill story is over, Iād like something maybe with an underground Triad tournament mystery.
Ryu will always be the poster boy of the series, heāll be part of the roster once SF10 comes around eventually. However heās not the protagonist and hasnāt been in ages. The storyline never revolves around him, and thatās good since Capcom can always create new protagonists and storylines, keeping things fresh and interesting, yet always having a familiar face around.
I had an half-idea that, maybe, once the Illuminati plot is resolved and SFIIIās loose ends are properly done for (and if Capcom really starts releasing multiple Cinematic Stories for SFV they might be able to do so in this game) then it wouldnāt be a bad idea to pull a Mortal Kombat 9 and reboot the seriesā timeline. Thatās how you get to return to the roots of SFII/Alpha by retelling the older stories in a new way, this time with the advantage of having real story modes that can be understood without hunting down Japanese magazines from the '90s to get all the details.
I find it a bit less scary prospective compared to a time skip (because with a reboot, even if the new continuity sucks, the older one doesnāt risk being ruined), but still a potential source of problems. I can easily see someone here probably disliking this idea because they fear Capcom will ruin the old storylines, and I would understand them, really.
I wouldnāt mind a retelling of past stories, but since itās taken so long for us to even get to this point, I kind of want to keep up momentum and keep on going for the numbered titles.
I love Bison and Shadaloo, but Iām curious in seeing other avenues past him and Gill and then doing a grand return of Bison at some point, but I think a reboot, would just take us back to familiar territory. Iād rather an awesome couple of flashbacks or in a way like Ties that Bind, have an OAV that tells the canon history of SF.
Fuck Bison and Shadaloo. Fuck Rose. I want to see new storylines in the Street Fighter series, thatās getting so boring. Street Fighter should EVOLVE!!
Itās really time for them to stop making these pre-SF3 stories. I want the next SF to take place after 3rd Strike.
Now that weāve seen the Secret Society played a part in engineering Shadalooās fall, thatās a good enough bridge to the SF3 story. We donāt need SFVI to be yet another in-between story.
Thereās not really space anymore for pre-SFIII stories at this point. The Illuminati have shown their hand and Shadaloo is decisively defeatedā¦ Again. It could make itās umpteenth return but it would be really forced. Alex has made his first chronological appearance laying the foundations for his role in III, even if his actual role in V is just a big cameo story-wise, and with the end of ASF the stage is naturally set for SFIII to happen. Which is why Edās organization-we-know-nothing-about surprised me, they opened another subplot now that things naturally flow into III?
The only question now is, with the rumors of more cinematic stories to come, whether SFV will just stop before SFIII or if it will start to go directly into SFIII territory and maybe beyond, expanding on it.