What I thought was really interesting is that I never really thought about how powerful the street fighters are. Until this game came out, I always thought they were one of the weaker fighting game cast. This game and thread proved me wrong.
I always wondered this since they were pit up against the Xmen in their first crossover appearance. When I was a kid I automatically thought the Xmen were superior to the Street Fighters in every way, so it seemed unfair they were fighting them unless they were powered up like they appear in game. But theyâre more or less equals in terms of strength and abilities if you take into account how each SF can casually jump multiple feet over a human and deliver and survive blows which would kill a normal person if taking physics into account.
The world SF map is outdated and has several mistakes (e.g. Bison isnât from Thailand). It was also updated in the latest revision of the World Warrior Encyclopedia after USF4. Iâm guessing we will get another revision once the SF5 era nears its end.
Iâm always harsh when it comes to Udon because of how much I care about the canon, but there are a few times that they get shit right. Like Ryuâs chest scar. Gill and Kolinâs burgeoning love. Or like how that interaction between Ken/Guile and Balrog is spot on. Having Balrog end up being a CEO of a company fronting for the Society is also a very realistic future for the character that Iâd like to see come to fruition. It also ensures that Balrog remains relevant Post-3S.
I donât know about Vega taking over the technological assets of Shadaloo though. He doesnât seem like the type. Vega does want eternal beauty so maybe thatâs that.
Not a fan of Gill basically stealing the whole BLECE subplot from SIN and intended to use Ryu/Akuma as a power source. The Illuminati never came across as the type of villains with their own WMDs. And if Gill is, then he is going against the wishes of the elders of their society.
I know that Udon are privy to Capcomâs direction for the story and will likely try to adhere to it somewhat, so that Fake Bison better not be a harbinger for Ed in the canon story.
THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE!!! (that occupied several bodies)
1- i donât dislike Udon itself, but i find kinda shitty that peoples believe Udon shit is legit and kinda canon, because it can end up influence Capcom
2- i ever thinked that Vega may end up with Illuminati. Rog can be buy with money, Vega will likely accept if they promise him eternal beauty/youth thanks to theyr super advanced genetic experiments.
This may also lead to an evolution of the character if he get the dna power-up (itâs easy imagine him vampire like powerful).
Also considering that Gill is designed to be also aesthetically the âperfectâ man will be fun see how Vega react to him⊠respect, envy or probably both lol
3- As said before i think we have seen only the good side of Gill untill now. With SF3 arc we seen just half of Gillâs story (and due time-line SFV will NOT continue it lol).
The one that want âsave the worldâ and create the utopia
The one that lose fights on purpose as way of worthy selection
The one that have a passive/curative power (Resurrection) as signature ability
But heâs conceptually a two face, two extremes character
In SF3 arc everything is going good for him, even the Alex âlossâ seem fake as fuck, he even got something positive from that (found something âinteressingâ for his utopia in Alex)
But as soon Ryu somebody (so nobody get sand-in-vagina lol) will put REALLY in danger his Dream/Prophecy/Utopia he will show his religious fanatic crazy evil side.
The most logic path for a character like him is that if he canât âsaveâ the world in the way of the Prophecy, then the world deserve to be destroyed.
If humanity donât embrace his âsalvationâ donât deserve life
Itâs not a case that most of original artwork/concepts of him have his angelic hairs hint as shape devil horns⊠after all Lucifer/Satan was once the most beautiful of the angels according to the bible
And btw the prophecy itself didânt include some sort of Apocalyps to make Utopia happen after?
In some way heâs weaker than Bison (Bison himself is power addicted, as Akuma) i think, as he will just go batshit crazy (well, MORE batshit crazy) and keep doing his interpretation of Illuminati religion (after all in his opinion heâs the closest to deity, so his version must be the right one, fuck elders).
Bison and Akuma are more individualist and strong willed (still not strong willed as Ryu/Gouken that refuse that kind of power), Gill will ever serve his religion⊠even if a day may declare himself the God of it, it will still do it as a fanatic that follow it
Once he consider himself the closest to truth, Elders opinion become irrelevant
After all super old, weak peoples in funny togas are not exactly compatible with Gillâs New World of the strong