I’m guessing people are expecting more of Bengus now a days. Who can blame them? He can make Ryu look as charismatic as Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and make the Final Fight crew look like they’re gonna kick Metro City’s ass with nothing more than a little muscle, and a pebble the size of Mike Haggar’s fingernail.
I feel the reason for the drop in art quality from Bengus might be because there’s going to be a looooooot of comic panel art in the games story, so simplifying the art makes it easier to make everything look consistent.
The Devil Gene is Satsui No Hadou. Kazumi helped Akuma harness the power of SnH/Devil Gene and that is why he owes her a debt.
Bonus round: Ansatsuken students come in 2’s. Gouken/Gouki, Ken/Ryu. Jinpachi was the student alongside Goutetsu and branched the style into his own form, marrying it with more traditional karate forms.
Yeah, I think this is the theory most are subscribing to. It definitely makes a lot of sense. That’s what I instantly thought of when I saw the trailer.
I am a newbie here, I was reading the other thread but it was deleted, so I have some questions to ask you!
-Who won the World Tournament during SFII, SFIII & SFIV? Chun-Li, Chun-Li (again) and Ryu? Guile and Alex won SFII and SFIII?
-How old are the SF characters? I mean, where can I see how old they are? I don´t find them…
-When SFV takes place? Some say post-SF4 and some say post-SFIII, is this confirmed?
Sorry if these questions have been answered before but I could not read them!
SF2: The tournament set up unravelled towards the end as the characters closed in on on Bison’s Thailand HQ. The final battle was likely Ryu v Bison at first as Bison attempted to make Ryu succumb to Psycho Power, thereby awakening Evil Ryu for the first time. This transformation was shortlived and Ryu was able to resist Bison as the fight was likely interrupted by others who also wanted a piece of Bison cake. Others like Chun-Li, Guile, Cammy, Ken, and Sakura intervened in their own capacity. Sagat was likely a witness to this entire event but did not fight Bison himself. After a dramatic battle, a cornered Bison pulled a Hitler and made it seem that he imploded. His base followed suit and also exploded. Bison and Shadaloo were presumed destroyed. There was no official winner of the tournament because the tournament never completed. (Source: SFA3 endings, Viper Aftermath OVA, SF4 TTTB, SF4 Prologues, and some educated guesswork).
SF3: Most likely Alex, Urien would be my second guess. The SF3:2i tournament wasn’t interrupted and was very likely finished to the end. However, most of the SF3 endings are independent of the idea of a tournament set up, which means they do not require the defeat of Gill for them to be true. This means that all SF3 endings likely happened in some capacity and it does not matter who won the tournament. (Source: SF3: 3s endings)
SF4: Like SF2/SFA3, the tournament set up likely started to fall apart as things moved towards SIN’s base and final event. Most endings in SF4 took place regardless of who actually made it to Seth. If you want a more straightforward answer, then it was Bison who won the tournament because it was he who actually defeated the real Seth. (SF4 epilogues. This 2 part video is very well made and can give you some solid perspective on the otherwise disjointed and occasionally hard to understand SF4 story)
Second Question:
The actual ages of the characters have long been abandoned. We can gauge some ages by appearance and demeanor. Other times we can come up with some relatively accurate estimates for many characters based on numbers (usually passages of time) that are still canon. Pick a character and we can see what we can come up with.
Third Question:
We don’t know exactly when it takes place. But we know that it takes place in the 3-4 years between SF4 and SF3:2i. Could be closer to SF4 or SF3 in the timeline. And yes this was confirmed by a Capcom representative.
Yes, these questions were answered before but no need to apologize. I’m sorry too that we lost the thread, but alas all good things must come to an end - So we can do them all over again.
I get the feeling that when SFxT got truly outrageous with Gems and micro transactions Namco had already committed some resources to their would be TvSF counterpart. So after distancing themselves from the capcom hate, this Tekken7 story idea and crossover character is the surviving concept.
Well I think they had to distance themselves for a time, but also they had to time the release of TxSF without interfering with the launches of SF5 and T7. The Akuma guest appearance will ease people back into the cross over and likely lead straight into TxSF in 2017/18.
Let’s also be honest, Akuma has nothing better to do.
His quest to turn Ryu to the darkside which started in Alpha 2 came to a close in SF4. All he has is his training now (as seen in SSF4 ending and SF3). His would be fight with Ryu is probably destined to take place not less than 15 years after SF3:3s. That’s when Oro predicts Ryu’s training will be complete and he would have to use both arms against Ryu. You also can’t force Akuma into the Shadaloo and Illuminati arc because really he has nothing to do with these guys (He didn’t kill Bison, move on).
This cross over appearance is actually perfect for Akuma to fill the gap between SF4 and SF3. In the SF universe he was just training, but in a parallel universe he was repaying a debt.
The timing of Akuma’s guest appearance, the release of SF5, T7, and subsequently TxSF is really convenient. I commend Ono/Harada for it, especially for the wise decision of holding back on TxSF.
Thank you so much for the speedy reply! You have helped me a lot! But I still have some questions:
-What’s the chronological timeline of Street Fighter games?
-Can you tell me when each game takes place and also year gaps between each game, please? I only know that SF1 took place in 1987…
-Have M.Bison and Akuma ever met in the Street Fighter series? I thought that Akuma killed M. Bison in SF2…
SF1 —Months to a year later—> Alpha1/Alpha2 —3-4 years later—> **SFA3+SF2 **—Months to a year later—> SF4/SSF4 —Months to years later (TBD)—> SF5 —Months to years later (TBD)—> SF3:2i —1 year later—> SF3:3s
Bear in mind that each chronological event in itself also takes place over months to a year or more. For example all the events of Street Fighter 4 take place starting with Viper’s investigation a few months after SFA3/SF2 and end almost a year later with the death of Seth etc… But you can say that the entire story of SF games takes place in about 1 decade (starting probably in 1989/1990 with SF1 and ending with SF3:3s in 99/2000 but these specific dates don’t really matter anymore - what matters is how much time took place between each game).
Regarding SF5’s place in the timeline. We knew from a long time before that SF3:2i took place 5 years after SF2. This is an old date and the timeline was likely squished. SF3 could now possibly take place 3 or 4 years after SF2 (or 2-3 years after SF4). We will know soon enough what and how much is being retconned.
Before SF4’s release we could say that Bison and Akuma met and fought, but since SF4 that event has been retconned out of the canon and is no longer considered true not even by both parties involved. So as of SF4, they probably never met or even know of one another’s existence. Akuma’s first appearance where he SGSed Bison is however still referenced in crossovers and whatnot for its novelty and nostalgic value.
