Not weird at all. The bosses name is Bushin or War God
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Wow that kinda surprise me that they worship a video game boss as a god literally.
Interesting coincidentally P2 will encounter Guy in modern day times lol.
So now I wonder is the forgotten worlds version of âwar godâ a recreation representation of the one they worship or it is the actual one that manifest as the boss in that game. lol
Cool, essentially Bushin Ryu is war ninjutsu
Kinda fitting considering that despite the lack of weapon (ingame) it seem a pretty open face to face style
I mean it seem to avoid lot of indirect classic sneaky/evasive ninja stuff, in favor of taijutsu
Guy on particular isânt much different from Ryu and his ansatsuken, if we donât count hado they both rely on straight punchkickyourface martial art, just with different styles
The difference stand out a lot next to Ibukiâs style
Is also worth notice Zeku creating the Striders is starting what is essentially a ninja militar group
Guy-Zeku take on and destroy enemy directly
Ibuki more tricks spy/infiltration style
Claw feel all about sneak assassination lol
Make sense BR are the âwarriorsâ of capcom ninjas
The devs coined the name Bushin ryu from the boss of Forgotten Worlds whoâs name is Bushin. Akiman stated himself.
Its on the back of Zekuâs coat to pay homage to that fact.
Well, it was made around 500 or more years ago during times of constant war.
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Bundles! Bundles! BUNDLES EVERYWHERE!
Shadaloo been churning out a Mecha Army I see <3
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Iâm loving the scans from the book, but I looked at 'Rog and ouuuuuuch the monkey costume altâŚsomeone needs to be smacked for making that.
Speaking of Alts, I liked the cowbow cloak one for Guile, would love to see that one make it in. Also the bomber jacket one wouldâve been a nice look also.
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Smacking them would be too kind. Iâd say a dozen punches from Anthony âRumbleâ Johnson should suffice.
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Both Ryu and Abigail looking awesome, will buy
Code Ryu is going to have a thong battle with Urien LOL
X-Kira keep being right, iâm glad he got some believers in this glorious forum
#praisethekira
Noticed that too, specially the fact Rog sketches were released and that one was cut lol
Japanese still are naive about approach west
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Yep someone needs to be fired for that racist shit. Dudley balrog looks pretty cool tho. Shame he is unlikely to be im this game though I hope Im wrong.
Also Spike Spiegel Rashid is pretty cool. There were better concept designs out there Imo like âAzam-Hâ design
Balrog and Birdie are literally just stereotypical black thugs when you think about it.
This is Japan, not the most ethnically diverse country so their only probable exposure of other ethnicities come from the media which instills stereotypes. These are the same people who put a Muslim adhan (call to prayer) in a Buddhist temple stage in SFV.
World of difference between making a stereotypical aesthetic and careening headlong into comically racist.
I get that Japanâs not ethnically diverse and can be unfamiliar with some of this stuff, but with Capcom being more global, having more western connections and dealings than in the 90s, I felt like someone on staff would have caught that and been like âuh, yeah donât do this.â I mean, theyâve got some research to get down western popculture norms and stuff and they did reach out to get feedback on Rashid, so I just figured theyâd have some people in the west or with western experience to cover the broadstrokes and cover their asses.
ItâsâŚjust so on the nose and hitting the perfect bullseye of racist for a guy who has no real animal connections to be depicted in a monkey costume with dual bananas. I donât wanna make this a thing, but Iâm justâŚso surprised that they did that. Thereâs nothing about him, that screams âput him in a monkey suitâ itâd make more sense to have him in some buffalo costume or to give this to Blanka whoâs whole aesthetic is wildman in the jungle and âI had a super called tropical hazard in SFA3â.
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Capcom reached out to Arabs in Saudi Arabia* not white people and I suspect it was because in the extremely tiny Arab fandom, Pullum Purma is very DESPISED.
*UAE, thanks Daemos.
UAE not Saudi Arabia.
To their credit, they never released them. This is just a behind the scenes peak into the minds of the artists and them having fun with different ideas.
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They did, they removed it from these
Again, have it in the book is naive more than anything else
Simple reality is they donât give as many fucks as you do, so they random dropped it there without care much probably
And no, @ruthless_nash theyâre not going to fire one of theyr greatest concept designers over a noteveningame forgotten sketch lol
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Hah, good points, Iâm just a bit flabbergasted to be honest. It really caught me off guard.
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I just hope that Capcom will be more careful next time when they design costumes. That idea shouldnât even have made it past the designerâs mind.
Concept design is just like that, flow of ideas, shapes and colors
Audience being invasive doesânt help
Next time they should just filter better what audience get exposed to
I disagree. I think they did a great job so far balancing between the increasingly over sensitive and PC Western world and their quintessentially Capcom racist, stereotypical, albeit well meaning sensibilities.