A good young guy with gigantic sideburns.
Even today, he tosses his opponents around
with his Justice Fist, a violent straight punch!
Name: Allen Snider
Height: 179 cm
Weight: 81 kg
Blood Type: 0
Birth Date: March, 21
Home Country: USA
Favorite things: Frogs
Dislikes: Electrical Appliances
The former strongest karateka in the USA.
He suffered a defeat in the first match of the All-American Martial Arts Tournament, though.
His opponent was Ken Masters.
Ken said to him âAfter all, youâre only a big fish in a small pond!šâ,
and misinterpreting his words, Allen decided to become âThe strongest fish in the World²â.
Heâs a constantly curious and likable person.
Since his loss to Ken, he pays attention even to his movesâs naming.
And even today we have our senior colleagueâs comment!
âOh, sideburns!
I remember I thought of making him
a very aggressive projectile character.
Subsequently, I thought it would be nice
having a foreign karateka.â
š Literally, âA frog in a wellâ, taken from Japanese proverb âA frog in a well does not know the great seaâ. That explains his dislike of frogs, translated as âbeing called a big fishâ in English adaptations until now.
² âThe strongest frog in the Worldâ, obviously.
I always loved the fact that Allenâs Justice Fist sent fireballs flying. No need to even block. The bad part was the obnoxious pose that left him open afterwards.
Even though Allenâs voice made me want to pierce my eardrums with a needle as a kid, I really think heâs a cool character. His Hadouken is called âSoul Forceâ after all.
Something I think Capcom should improve itâs the speed. And I mean the storytelling speed.
We all know anime and Japanese in general are known for have their scenes and storytelling move at the speed of molasses, every cutscene happens in a very slowed-down way and that can be very tedious. In fact, I watched the full story mode cutscenes on YouTube at 2x the speed and that felt like the right speed for the cutscenes to play. Thus, I could be more enticed into the story, and I enjoyed it nonetheless.
Maybe they do this tedious speed to inflate their âminutes count of funâ but the pacing is so tedious I canât imagine myself playing it on real time. Anyone else has had this feeling?
Eh, I think the pacing is decent for the most part. Itâs definitely anime tropey in that regard and others, but not nearly the worst Iâve seen. But I canât help but suspect that the slow scenes got in the way of some additional scenes that might have been helpful. Then again, itâs hard to say; thereâs so much stuff already, what if fewer, longer scenes work better?