There are no guarantees in life - period. Only death is certain. So why bother even bringing this up.
But thatâs besides the point, which is Akuma has most likely been retconned in SF3 and he is well on his way to transforming into Oni during SF3. We even see him unlocking new abilities that he likely could have never mustered had he not given in further to the SNH.
Capcom also literally went as far as changing his physical appearance into something more bestial for SF5 (Iâm talking about his facial bone structure not hair). Why would they suddenly have a change of a heart several months before SF3 begins.
Youâre grasping at straws. Accept his fate.
This sentiment is an affront to the glory of Lord Bison as it includes no exception for him. Correct it IMMEDIATELY.
But what it is ***Death ***may never die! HAIL!!!
Speaking of the devil
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More and more are recognizing the M in M.Bison as Master! (also sold!)
Looks like Haggar with a cool personality, which I like.
There is still a chance that Capcom will compromised with SF3 Akuma (Iâm not also a fan of) .
Oni isnât still canon confirmed as of now? but him being canon still have a chance of SF3 Akuma as a path
I dislike the loose cannon of being violent, wild and sentimental Akuma in SFV.
I like an Akuma that is ruthless, merciless and dangerous but not wild and loose cannon.
The best Akuma so far portrayed not in-game
Spoiler
And the other best Akuma along with ST (not revival) that was portrayed in-game is CVS2
Akuma as a *grey man *is an interesting take to further his stories and interaction to other SF regulars (like Dan, Sean, Mika, Elena and etc ) that can just see him as a regular hobo wondering not as a karate superstar, monster or one of the most dangerous existing man in the universe.
While keeping the impactful and intimidating status quo towards the few like of Ryu, Ken, Guy along with experienced master like Oro, Sim, Gouken and etc.
The awareness about Akuma existence not just by having to fought against him but either by sensing his ki or having seen him in an encounter in a past battles with others.
I still like the idea of ST and CVS2 Akuma that is dangerous but not a loose cannon.
Either villains and anti-heroes or anti-villain, Guys like this are interesting designs for Akuma
Like Hawk in Lupin III: The Blood Spray of Ishikawa Goemon
and Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men
Dramatic battle? Thatâs⌠a bit too far-fetched IMO. I trust X-Kira. Heâs even on my Facebook, but no. Thereâs no frigginâ way!
Agree
Dramatic Battle is too radical to implement since it wasnât from the ground up design.
My 2cent =)
Spoiler
-Fang is powerful (enough to get Bison respect) but not THAT powerful
Sure AF heâs dangerous, specially if enemy doesânt know his poison thing
Indeed ASF did a poor portrait of him as fighter⌠but being a new char ASF is almost everything he is
I can see him win a fight (due poison) with Vega or Rog, but his #2 is a combination of factor⌠the fact he bring in the whole scientific side with him, him wanting to be the #2 (self proclaimed), and other two not being much focused on that title(also i donât think theyr ranking is as clear as back to SF2 days)⌠sure af they donât seem to respect him, i bet same clash (ASF) with Sagat will have Vega/Rog way less cocky
I think Sagat and also Juri beat him, even kinda easily
Imho Shadaside goes like
M.Bison > Sagat > Juri > Fang(poison) > Vega > Rog > powerdolls> Fang(fighter) > shitdolls
Even if âFang(fighter)â doesânt make much sense, since poison is literally part of him =)
Still, donât get me wrong iâm a Fang defender, see when i tell crying Chun crowd she got a good last duel/win getting him as nemesis and doing good while at it.
-While terribly scripted, but i think is implied Necalli is waaay more powerful than Fang, likely even in his base form
From there you go with what is his potential, wich is one of the highest of SF history⌠dude is 2-3 meal away from being a Boss-level treat
He just lack good writing having him as mini-arc villain
-Is true about the Urien-Sagat gap but i will not exagerate it. Sagat is a ridicolous powerful char himself (when we do the tiers game i say A-Tier), once the Boss of SF1 and likely the most powerful char of that game.
Ryu basically lost to him when SNH gave him the W
On other hand i donât buy the Urien being equal to Gill (and i prefer Urien), for usual reasons. I think itâs more about Gill selling it like that
Urienâs power is more clear as he goes straight for the destroykill (though i hope he sandbagged/understimated AF in the Chun fight LOL) while the other bro take Ls on purpose saying bravo left and right lol.
Is definitely true tough that Bison got a wider margin over his subordinates, specially in SFV.
Is also true that this is also because Urien/VNash/Kolin are likely a much much powerful group than Fang/Vega/Rog
Also in before grass stage come and disappoint.
SFV doesânt allow dark enough stages to play it well imho, Akumaâs stage already ended up weak af due that
I think itâs plausible. If they did MvCI in the same engine, the scripts should be pretty easy to design. Extra Battle has been in the works for some time, and judging by their priorities itâs probably going to be free like the cinematic story. Hopefully that means theyâre looking into more diverse content.
I believe that it is plausible and agree that script can be use if they are in a same engine? Are they in a same engine? but I donât think that Capcom would go into something like that for a bunch of stuff for just an updates because in that case theyâll rather a bring it into a whole new retail package.
Extra Battle mode is not that technical compare to Dramatic Mode, because it could easily used scripts with functions and triggers that is already done in Cinematic mode.
Also, the 2v2 battles in SFxT should show that itâs reasonably possible. If they can include co-op and 4-player Dramatic Battle online lobbies, then the potential of SFV just got blown sky high.
Necalli is meant to be OP af, but the fact that he was held off by Sim, and beat by Balrog in his story mode ruined this image. Necalli being owned by Bison, Ryu, and Akuma are acceptable and realistic outcomes.
I also disagree on the the Illuminati posse being stronger than the Shadakings sans Urien.
The only product from the Illuminati that is actually OP (besides the brothers) is Twelve. Kolin has just enough power to get the job done, but nothing more. Sure Kolin can make icicles, how fun. Vega would skewer her either way. Zombie Nash is a time bomb, I donât think he is as strong as he used to be.
Shadaloo at its peak was the single most powerful and terrifying shadow government in the world. The Illuminati arenât that type of Shadow government. They arenât militarized, and they were never into producing weapons of mass destruction until Urien came along with a vision that is direct conflict to everything the Illuminati stood for.
In fact, we could even go as far as surmising that the Illuminati were a religious, resourceful, influential but a relatively harmless cult until Gill and Urien came along. They did after all kill the old guard of the Illuminati when they rose to power, and began using the societyâs resources as means to their ends (Gill with his jesus complex and Urien to kill Gill and pursue his Nero complex).
Bottomline - Shadaloo is âsurvival of the strongâ manifest. The Illuminati arenât really into that except arguably when it comes to the pool of candidates they choose their President from (Gill/Urien). Hence, Shadaloo members on average are stronger fighters than members of the Illuminati by a wide margin.
Atlas just looks like Haggar with scars.
SFV Nash should be beyond his previous levels based on his enhancements. The fact that his power can draw a reaction from Ryuâs SnH tells us heâs wielding a power more significant than before. He just didnât have a chance to utilize said power.