According to rumors, cast is going to start small (16) and then is going to expand and get updated a la KI3… effectively the way they teased Charlie remind a lot how KI tease new future characters
16 is small itself, and trusting the same rumor if 4 are new… this mean 12 returning, so fuckton of current USF4 characters are going to get cut
Also the rumor did’nt count Charlie as new, so maybe we are going to get existing characters that are not part of the current incarnation of SF (example after been keep out from the entire SF4 cycle, Alex from SF3 is likely)
Imho the start cast is going to surprize peoples… they will probably chose to keep out on purpose some of the most popular current chars because they are the ones most likely to give good sales as DLC
Example i think we will see Dictator, but at the same time i doubt he will be in at begin…
With this formula i’m not even 100% sure we will get Ken from start
Well, I’m sure every returning character is going to receive a big twist in this one and develop a new gameplay with many things you couldn’t do before.
My only request: Necro, please, give Dhalsim a break U.U
Although truly I haven’t played much if at all old street fighter games such as Alpha 3 etc becuase that isn’t what I grew up around, I love the fact that Charlie will be back in this one as to me, he’s just damn cool, cooler than Guile mind. Though I don’t play Guile so I’ve started to try and learn him in USFIV due to wanting to get the hang of his playstyle for when SFV comes out ;).
I think they should introduce some new characters too, I agree put some back in, I think the original 8 should always be in there, then others thrown on top. The only characters i’m not fond of are the ones that you could regard as ‘cheap’ such as dhalsim or blanka, though i’d only say that because i’m terrible in them matchups, not that they are actually cheap.
I’m thinking if Charlie is in it, (potentially in allience with the Illuminate?) then maybe someone like Urien should be aswell?
I’d like viper to go I’m not a fan of getting beat by random ass cross-up burning kicks, (though that may just be my lack of blocking skill).
Dudley would be welcome return <3
and maybe a female character with a different type of fighting style like R.Mika, maki or ingrid.
In fact, I think Alex could not be on this. Why? Because with Charlie’s return they already “brought an old hero back”. Maybe they just put Charlie in order to make up for Alex’s absence on this game D:
There is no way they will release the game with any where near the 44 characters we currently have in SF4; that would just be bad game design (balancing/matchups) and financial planning ($DLC$).
I’m sure like many people have been guessing we’ll start out with 16-20 or so characters, and continue to add to the roster with DLC over the years.
Remember SF4 started with only 16…well that escalated quickly. :o
I agree…we need new characters. Love the World Warriors but how many times can you rehash the same moves. Id like some forgotten SF3 characters, SF1 characters, and a healthy dose of new characters.
To be fair is not like if they have try that hard to give them new shit
Since SF4 vanilla debut thousands years and updates ago, the only actual effort to give new moves and appeal to WW guys has been that cheap free not-even-balanced mode called Omega
I think once we get to SFV end game, i think the roster will look really similar to IV, easily. Here’s a new question for you sexy peopple, " who is getting cut?" O_O Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh’
I fear for Yang, think about it, there’s been like 3 games Yun was in, that Yang wasn’t. They usually just make Yun, then give him half of Yang’s moves or special moves, and call it a day. (Capcom Fighting Evolution, Capcom VS SnK 2, forgot the other one)
Neh. Yun has only been apart from Yang in crossover games (and A3MAX because he was based on CvS2 and was only a bonus character). Having Yun without Yang in a main Street Fighter game would be like having Ryu without Ken.
I hope we don’t get another full retard roster. That’s seriously one of the worst things about SF4. Just keep it a good 20 characters. Going above that should be for team games.
Depends on how the system engine works. Cut out the characters that won’t fit in the sf5 engine.
While i like the character selection choice, some characters just don’t fit in the sf4 engine at all. You can tell from the character designs in sf4 that capcom wants the game to be rushdown oriented and discourage defensive play.
Just look at how the character works. You have yun, viper and ibuki being top tier and them being no less than top 10 in every iteration of SF4. They work because they have crazy strong offense and good defense to go with it.
Compare that to most if the charge characters like vega, honda, guile. Vega still hasnt got back his invincible flip kick after 4 interations because capcom doesn’t want him to be defensive. Instead, they made him a more offensive character. Yet he was never designed to be offensive. The same goes with honda and guile.
Turtling, timer scamming and runaway is discouraged in SF4. Ex: Rolentos wall jump move has been a staple of his runaway game since a2 yet it is near useless in sf4.
I don’t think we need all of the ultra sf4 cast to return, just those that fit.
I’m throw my guesses out.
in)Ken-been in SF since 1st one, doubt he wont make the cut
in)Ryu
in)Chun Li
in)Charlie-Dee Jay and Guile are cut
out)Hakan, Fuerte, Viper, Decapre-cut from being unpopular.
out)Yun & Yang-cut cuz the roster is small and you can include one while excluding the other. That’s twins for ya.
in)M.Bison-cuz hes in everything. :-/
out)E.Ryu, Oni, Akuma-shoto clones therefore despised due to sheer boredom
out)Gen and Gouken gone due to old age. Wouldn’t be alive in the timeline?
after that its too much guesswork. so i’ll guess 5 are in. Ken, Ryu, Chun, Charlie, Bison
add the 4 new never before seen characters that makes 9. so seven slots remain.
If I had to guess I think maybe the remaining 7 slots will be made up mostly by the Alpha characters. But probably not from SF4.
What would really be shocking the remaining 7 will not be SF characters but Capcom characters.
I wouldn’t be surprised if characters like Jill Valentine, Strider, or Jin from Marvel vs Capcom appear.
If Strider is in-Guy and Ibuki will get cut.
I think Jill Valentine would make a good fit…but without the whole zombie moveset. that would be too stupid.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Eagle or Birdie be in. Especially Eagle.
but if its an initial 16 as starting roster i’ll guess the dlc post release characters wont go over 8 more. But it’ll prob be more SF2 characters.
She’s the 8th most popular character according to polls of the SF4 cast but…don’t assume anything. But her popularity does improve her chances somewhat. Doubt she’ll make the first 16 cut. Maybe as an update.