Although Udon may have heard this countless times, I want to be another to say it.
I really love the work done on the CFJ endings, it was perfect.
I think, if UDON did the same thing and put the same effort in the regular monthly issues, it would be the best selling comics and definately the highest quality ones!
I hope to see stuff like that in the monthly comics!
Take care and keep up the great work!!! :tup:
ps. does anyone have any good high res pics of the endings online??
Do the endings make sense?
The endings in the EX games were horrible. Especially nm 3
Itās been a long time since Iāve seen good SF endings.
The VS series endings havenāt been that great.
SF 3 ending are well drawn though
Yeah thats why I like the UDON CFJ endings so muchā¦ they are so well drawn, as is the SF3.
Although sometimes I think a few speech bubbles would helpā¦ or something.
Does anyone know where to find any good resolution pics of the UDON endings??
Does UDON plan to print them in an issue of their on-going projects? It would be a great collection of images I think.
While i would also love to see a Udon CFJ One-Shot comic collecting all the endings, perhaps with some commentary at the end to go along with it, i have to disagree with your other points. The SF Comic is awesome and has been awesome for pretty much every issue. There were some points where the art suffered slightly, but it was still way way better than most of the stuff out there. A lot of people also complain about story. Iām obviously a bit biased towards SF here, but i think the SF comic also has way better story than a lot of stuff out there.
On the other hand, there are a lot of other top top top quality comics out there that are doing way worse than the mediocre mainstream stuff. A lot of really good comics are getting canceled simply because they donāt get the sales numbers.
Iām sorry, but sales is simply not an issue of quality. Like Erik has stated numerous times, the problem is with the market. Every comic book store you go to sells out of their first batch of SF/Darkstalkers comics every single time. They always have to reorder, but sometimes they donāt even bother to do that. If there was a way to increase retailer order numbers, the comic would be doing much better. The pure and simple fact is that getting the artists to cancel all their other projects to concentrate only on the SF comic isnāt going to help. Even if they cancel sleeping and eating, and if their family is held hostage until Time_Stop approves of every single panel on every single page isnāt going to do it either.
I mean, sure, if the quality drops noticeably in every issue, it will hurt their reputation. But that has not been the case. There was only one or two issues where the art was not as good as their usual work, and i think there were also one or two backup stores that werenāt as widely accepted as the popular ones. But thatās simply not the cause of the sales problem, and asking for more arbitrary āqualityā isnāt the solution.
Fairdoos fairdoosā¦ I understand your points. But now Iām wondering, how is it that quality doesnāt always sell well? I would have thought quality helps with sales?? O_o
I never implied that they should quit anything aside to soley concentrate on their work on the SF comics.
Yes, the comics have been awesome and yes, the level did go down a little for a few issues. But the way the CFJ endings seemedā¦ was too good, lol. Seriously, I thought it was top notch, thatās why I think they should make a little compilation of the endingsā¦ Iād buy 5 copies if that helps!
But I think the comics are getting better! Issue 13 was great!
I think she was specifically made for that gameā¦ I THINK, that is.
I also think I read that she was just there to represent the whole game (CFJ) because sheās not in any of the other gamesā¦
There have always been books out that are better written than X-Men, better drawn than X-Men, but will never sell close to the numbers of X-Men. Runaways was critically acclaimed, but that didnāt stop it from getting canceled.
Quality certainly helps, and itās never a bad thing, but itās not the only thing.
People have to know about it in order for it to sell well. They could get CRMK to do every issue of Street Fighter and Darkstalkers and it probably wouldnāt increase the sales much.
J.Vasqueze got more recognition for doing Invader Zim than he ever did for Johnny or Squee.
The public canāt like what it doesnāt know about, which is where advertising, word of mouth, and retailers pulling their headās out of their asses comes in.
The CFJ endings were something Udon could use to branch out from comics and have itās work seen by a wider audience, so of course, they put a lot of effort into it. It could possibly lead to other Capcom game jobs, which, call me crazy, probably pays better than comics.
Ingrid was created originally for a game called Capcom Fighting All-Stars. It was 3D and featured Ryu, Charlie, Batsu, Akira, Haggar, Poison and 3 new characters: Ingrid, D.D., and Rook.
Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on your outlook), the game played horribly in the Beta stage and was scrapped for the Copy & Paste job we know as Capcom Fighting Jam/Evolution. Ingrid was the only character they kept from CFAS and made her CFE exclusive.
Will she show up elsewhere? Who knows.
Sheāll probably get filed away with Son Son, Ruby Heart & Anmigoā¦
Oh, I knew Ingrid was created for Capcom Fighting All*Stars. I just thought that she may have had some background created by Udon to explain her appearance in the game and ending.
Also, Chun-Li and Strider-Hiryu would have been in CFAS too.
From what Iām guessing, she has some sort of connection to the Sun, maybe a Sun goddessā¦ Her powers apparently lie in her ābunsā (no, not those bunsā¦) as she seems different when she takes them off in her CFE endingā¦
Other than that, itās all conjecture.
Like I said, she is in the same category as Son Son, Ruby Heart & Amingo: Appears once ever, and then instantly forgotten.
I donāt think weāve seen the last of Ingrid. Rubyheart, Sonson and Amingo are forgotten because Japan doesnāt give a crap about MVC2, hence MVC2ās absense from all three Arcadia tournaments. Ingird has recieved tons of fan art in Arcadia issues even when she first appeared as a CFAS character, she has a gashaphon of her back when CFAS was being discussed, before Capcom stopped the write in votes on their SF 15th Anniversary Poll she was number 17 and sheās not even a Street Fighter character. And now that CFE has come out she is still recieving plenty of fan art in Arcadia. She maybe two new for Namco x Capcom but I hardly doubt Capcom wonāt ever use her again.
Ruby Heart was created JUST for MvC2. The whole storyline revolves around her (what little there is) what with that red orb she has and how its the center of Abyss.
SonSon is actually from an old game Capcom made. They have it on one of those multi-game arcade machines in the VCU arcade (I forget what theyāre called, but its like Mame in an arcade machine). The game is calledā¦ wait for itā¦ SonSon. As you can tell she/he/it is based on the Legend of Son Goku (the same thing that Goku from DBZ is based on).
Amingo was a random character design for a Capcom game that was scrapped, pretty much they found the designs and randomly threw him into MvC2.
Ingrid gets fanart cause sheās a hottie in a skirt and stockings. As far as her storyline goes (that I know) sheās loaning her body to a Sun Goddess, and the Goddess uses her hair ornaments as a channel to enter her body. If you look at her winquotes and mid-boss introductions, she talks like an āold ladyā (In english they made her say āwhippersnappersā, but if you get someone to translate the japanese, she uses an older dialect and her honoraries are what an old woman would use).
Ingridās bio from Capcomās CFJ website. Translation done by the great Vasili10.
INGRID
From a sweet appearance she calls out mysterious āabilitiesā to make fun of opponents. The purposes of her birth, fight, and so on are wrapped in mystery.
you know, from her win quotes we can guess she is a āmeta-humanā/Cyborg of some sort (āso this is what its like to have gigglesā anyone?) I just hope she not another cloneā¦
Can anyone tell me what Dan says when he tauntās?
Sano HELP!! TAS where are you?
Well anyway, I always wanted to know. It sounds like heās saying I want my Daddy! or Chef boyardee
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