Just put a box on a stick with a rope tied to it…then put a sign pointing towards it that says “Death Match”…then, when Akuma goes under the box…pull the rope so it takes out the stick.
Bam! Akuma’s captured. So easy.
What a sucker. The fight to the death has lost its meaning.
Well…it was never to the death since akuma never actually killed anyone in combat…well very little. It was usually just people getting in his way. Who wouldn’t put up a fight anyway.
So guys, who do you think developed the best over the years in the street fighter universe among the entire cast?
We can pinpoint Sagat, that’s an easy pick an a rather obvious one. But who else?
Ryu stayed the same, Akuma too, Chun still wants to avenge her dead and shit, though in 3S she gets the motherly role
Honestly? Other than Sagat? Ken or Bison. Ken went from being a 1-dimensional palette swap to generic rival to a far more interesting character than Ryu as a guy balancing being a top-tier world warrior with being a family man and integrating both into one whole. That is way more ripe for interesting story-telling.
Similarly, Bison went from slightly weird martial arts generic boss-guy…to body-hopping psychic Cthulhu-monster that still maintains a bizarre warriors code and flexibility with his minions that hints at a strange sense of honor mixed with sociopathic disinterest in/disconnection from the underlying goals and motivations of those he commands.
Birdie has canonically been a wrestler, bouncer, street thug, member of Shadowloo, and Kanzuki family training dummy. Dude’s come a long way.
Birdie hasn’t really come a long way for any better. Sure he’s not a criminal anymore, but he’s still a loser. I hope that once Guile gets reintroduced with Nash there’s some development with him.
Naw… That guy left a long while ago. I reckon though that since he can’t take over this thread he’s taking over at Capcom Unity as far as I could tell. Heh.
I would say Alex has come a long way from where he started. He seems like just a typical brawler from NY who just happened to get caught up with Shadaloo’s plans, to being the successor to Gill’s final plans. I really want to see what they have in store for his story once SFVI comes out (assuming they ever make one and don’t retcon that aspect of the game.)
I like Chun-Li’s development. At first she was just a cop looking to avenge her father, but now her focus is on instilling discipline, strength, and character into the new generation. Bringing down Shadaloo is still important, but that’s because she’s been fighting against the organization for many years. Her Super SF4 ending showed that everything she stood for was far more important to her than revenge by that point in the story.
New stage concepts are now up.
This set was either completely scrapped or integrated into a current stage.
Some interesting things mentioned
London Station
Kanzuki Estate
Shadaloo Base (Lair of the 4 Kings)
Hong Kong Harbor
Brazilian Gym
Brazilian Market
American Air Base
Venice Italy
Ruins
It’s interesting that they would mention the story for a concept of a stage which is supposedly completely unrelated to it…
Train more reminds me of Birdie’s SFZ3 stage
Interesting concepts. I really hope the last two make it in later (ruins as “Aztec Ruins” for Necalli and Urien)
I just presumed Sakura and Karin’s stage because of the clock and arched ceiling. Plus I’m pretty sure their stage is a train station and Birdie’s stage is a rail yard.
None the less, its interesting that the concept of the ruins resemble more of an Egyptian background (camels in the drawing) more than Aztec. The only Egypt stage in SF belongs to Urien and Gill, so I think they maybe hiding the fact that the concept for the stage could be for Urien.
He also had an Aztec ruins based stage in SF3TS so that could fit with him as well.
I hope they do more with the time/weather, daytime Kanzuki Estate looks beautiful, City in Chaos under rain would be awesome etc…
Since Birdie’s article is up again, I just want to reiterate that I wish they didn’t use the main SF5 art for that section of his article. The art style is so drastically different, and I’m sure they have art by Kiki of him in his main outfit(because they seriously seem to have Kiki art for EVERYTHING, even groups of background characters).
That MUST fucking happen
TBH as much i kinda dislike the style used for the official artwork, i’m not a Kiki fan either, for my personal tastes it pass from average to cringeworthy (but he have often a good chara design vision)
My 2cents: tell Bengus to take his time and get his shit together and produce official artworks on the level of his old self
Or pass the artwork part to Yoshihara, he’s great and wok very fast (first pic was few hours after Alex new design announcement)
http://i.imgur.com/tAGwuTl.jpg
Dude is awesomeness
I think it’s perfect for what they’re using it for. Character bios.
Straightforward presentation. Neutral full-body poses. Clean lines. Bright colors. No extraneous details or background elements.
I just realized that the belt buckle on Ken’s premium alt costume has a star on it just like in Joe’s new artwork.
Ah, for char bio nodody care for, i’m ok with it
Even if also for bios something like this
Stylistically shit all over anything Kiki ever did (as ugly is to say, most of times i don’t like insult artists works)
I’m talking about official artworks/promotional art, the face of the brand
I just wish SF return to it’s own peak of greatness
I REALLY have to explain why middle-age gay canadian beaver Ryu is’nt what Ryu is supposed to be?
Please