The Inevitable Street Fighter V Story Thread: ARCADE EDITION!

Hey guys are these of any use to you?

I own the Vital Box and Street Fighter V: A Visionary Book and so I scanned a few pages.

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You beat me to the punch I was literally gonna post these from Neogaf

I never realized how short cammy was until i saw that scan.

Yeah Juri is definitely still against shadaloo. Though…another odd thing is she doesn’t have any ties to chun, cammy or even Guile…hmmmm.

I knew Vega hated FANG and Balrog…wonder what he’s up to this time.

Where is necalli lying? I don’t see lines going to/from him.

Well they were my own scans. lol I was going to post them here first but registration approval took a little while so I posted them on GAF first.

Here’s a few more then

Dat reference is current as FUCK!

*Karin’s section contains her gardener Kozuki, her housekeeper Ishizaki, and her butler Shibasaki.
*Karin is Birdie’s “employer” and he is her “associate”.
*Birdie was once a part of Shadaloo and former subordinate of Fang
*Shadaloo contain’s Bison, Fang, Vega, Balrog, Dolls, and Ed.
*Balrog hates both Vega and Fang
*Fang greatly respects Bison
*Dolls are Bison’s subordinates
*Cammy wants to save the Dolls
*Delta Red members are listed next to Cammy (Keith Wolfman, Lita Luwanda, Matthew McCoy, George Ginzu)
*The yellow box below Chun is labeled Air Force.
*The names listed are Guile, Sawada (SF:TM?), David, and Tailor (Guile is Tailor’s boss).
*They were former colleagues of Nash.
*Guile is related to the Masters Family (Ken).
*M.Bison killed Nash.
*M Bison killed Chun father? (it’s asking the question)
*Juri is under M.Bison and she hates him
*Helen is under Nash with a question asking “revive?”
*Below the yellow box are the names C.Viper and S. Raven with the group of Rashid, Cammy, Chun, and Nash being labeled as Anti Shadaloo.
*Below Rashid is Azam, he views him like a grandfather.
*Azam worries about Rashid.
*Azam is an old friend of Zangief, he’s also acquainted with Laura’s Grandfather Kinjiro Matsuda.
*CWA members are Zalazof and Colt (Biff and Gunloc from Slammasters).
*IJWPW (International Japanese Women’s Pro Wrestling) members are Yamato Nadeshiko, and Yoko Harmegeddon.
*Mika looks up to Gief.
*Gief is acquainted with Laura.
*THawk and Hugo are listed in the box with Mika Gief and Laura.
*This box is labeled “Throwing Friends” (Wrestling Buddies).
*Matsuda’s have their own box.
*Laura is Sean’s unbelievably scary sister.
*Sean is Laura’s adorable brother.
*Family members are Kinjiro, Yuichiro, Brenda, and Fabio (Sean’s and Laura’s other brother)
*Masters Family contain’s Ken, Eliza, and Mel
*Ken trained with Ryu under Gouken
*Gouken trained with Gouki and under Goutetsu (轟鉄 canon kanji spelling “Roaring Iron”)
*Gouki kills Goutetsu
*Necalli has a question asking “Searching for strong warriors?” (I’m not sure if this is right)
*Names listed to the left of Necalli are; Fei Long (cinematography), Dee Jay (recording), and Blanka (filial piety “loyal to his mom”)
*Dhalsim’s section is listed “Curry Lovers”
*Oro is acquainted with Sim
*Sally is Sim’s wife, and Datta is his son
*The police officers name is Mahesh
*Kodaru is listed next to Dhalsim’s name. I’m not sure who that is (his elephant maybe?)
*Karin is searching for Oro to fight
*Karin is friends with Sakura, Ibuki, and Elena
*Dan thinks Sakura is his student
*Dan hates Sagat because he killed his father
*E.Honda and Hakan are listed below Dan in a yellow box marked “Looking for new disciples & A Gourmet Journey”
*Sakura looks up to Ryu
*Sagat is Ryu’s rival and former member of the Four Kings
*Adon is Sagat’s former student and he hates him
*Ryu respects Dhalsim

I think that sums it up for the relation chart

Awesome stuff! Go translators!

That 2nd image…is that supposed to be other possible characters they were thinking of?

Those are awful. Is that guy seriously a fucking yeti?!

So…she hates him? Wasn’t that obvious? I mean…yeah. She’s riding solo this time eh? Same with nash (although he got those friends but he doesn’t seem to care all that much.)

This art is interesting because as we know it depicts SFV in the prototype stages of devlopement.
Translations basically say this depiction of Ryu would have overcome being Evil Ryu and SnH, while Bison is wearing a power suit to strengthen his weakening body and amplify his Psycho Power.

That Yeti is actually concept art of Necalli, so he definitely wasn’t intended to be fully human

I think it’s odd that with all those wrestlers and “throwing friends” listed, El Fuerte isn’t mentioned at all.

What the fuck kind of Makoto snub is that shit?!

She’s growing up so fast…

Makoto’s too much of a tomboy for that group, plus Elena is friendly with everyone who’s a schoolgirl.

Are all of those images concepts that became the four characters we have? I can tell the Chinese guy was FANG, and I assume the woman was early Laura. What were the rest supposed to be though?

Summary of new info with speculation:
-T.Hawk and Hugo are related to the wrestling circuit containing Zangief, Laura, and Mika. T.Hawk could be brought in to accentuate the Shadowloo story, and Hugo could begin his rivalry with Alex.
-Karin knows Elena (interesting detail. Believable, but not that useful as of now)
-Dee Jay, Fei Long, and Blanka have their own things going on. This is probably a “could happen down the line” sidenote
-Dan, Honda, and Hakan are friends now? I mean, Dan does work at Honda’s sumo training camp in the UDON series, but this is on a whole new level. I don’t see this going unused by Season 4.

Overall, this makes me wonder if they’re planning anything with the characters mentioned above. We know Oro is VERY likely to make Season 2 for story reasons, but one or more of these guys could make it in just for the sake of adding them. In fact, more telling is who ISN’T included in this chart:
-Abel (not in anti-Shadowloo?)
-Rose (You know, her relation to Bison would have been worth seeing)
-Makoto (not known to Karin, Ibuki, Sakura, OR the grappling crew)
-Gill/Urien/Illuminati (probably going to be invisible/shadowy for the first cinematic)

That and the fact he’s supposed to be R. Mika’s no.1 fan, I find it strange he wouldn’t be listed. If I were Mika’s no.1 fan I’d wanna be her grappling buddy.

These were all concept characters at one point, but I don’t think some of them actually made it to being part of the new 4 we have.
Fang was originally gonna be just another run of the mill Kenpo clone that would fit in with the likes of Yun and Yang so they must have added some things from other concepts going forward.

The old guy in the top left is some sort of scientist that is described as giving “psychological damage”, but developers didn’t think this would be viable in a fighting game. They might have scrapped this character and joined some of his concepts of dealing a new type of damage with the original concepts of the Chinese fighter named Fang.
I’m also thinking the guy with the blade arms was absorbed into what became Fang, as this concept is mentioned as being an assassin.

The blonde guy in the white suit is labeled “The President” so I don’t know what became of him (Rashid maybe?).

The boy with a soccer ball in the top right was the original concept of the new Brazilian character, but they thought the design of a soccer playing fighter was something too close to Robert Miura from Rival Schools.

http://i.imgur.com/xWJ4bTG.jpg

@DGSimo Could you possibly get a better pic of this section.
Besides the fact of Goutetsu being there I think I see something about Geki and Joe at the very bottom. In particular I think I see Joe’s name (ジョー) below the guy in red pants.

This scene, this fight, needs to be canon!

Spoiler

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1443/24634818584_8ec5a73c12_o.jpg

Re: Relationship chart

Usually Capcom will put character’s names in a chart for a game if at some point they will play a part in the story. Obviously, they wouldn’t put Secret Society members because they are members of a SECRET society.

Liking one another is not a prerequisite for working together. Juri hating Bison (something we’ve already known) shouldn’t realistically stop her from working with him, especially if there is something she likes more than she hates him. It also doesn’t mean she is riding solo, it just means Capcom will not disclose her role in the story this early.

So glad Necalli is not a Yeti…

That old scientist guy looks a lot like Senoh from SF2AM and Bison’s SFA2 ending.

Could The President be Gill’s predecessor? Doubt it, but their organization did have Presidents.

Balrog hates both Vega and Fang and has to work under them so liking someone definitely isn’t a prerequisite for working with them.

The President is actually described as being a “President of a certain country” so he would have been a fighting political figure like Haggar it seems.