That is what I would prefer, but everyone knows Ken and Ryu are guaranteed. I’m really hoping it is just those 2 at most. Remember 16 spots only.
urien was fun and unique in 3s because of shorter charge times, charge partitioning, fash dashes, the value of parrying for high-damage characters, a versatile juggle system, and multi-stock supers… none of which were in sf4. unless all or most of those are brought back then urien would be a pointless addition unless you really want to admire that sculpted ass again (which we all do). accidentally being the best character capcom ever made notwithstanding, i doubt sf5 gameplay will be conducive to his inclusion whether he is a favourite or not. they should choose ones that make sense in the game instead of butchering a great character.
i agree with the person who said that sf4 cashed in enough on nostalgia. they could probably ditch blanka, honda and a few others and be alright. it doesnt have to be sf3:ng levels of different.
No more than half the cast should be returning characters. I’m all for new chars, they just need to be good designs. Alpha series hit the spot perfectly.
Thereally seemed to be some good juggling in the trailer, urien dammit!
I’d like some of the sf3 freaks to replace the sf2 ones
Considering the rumor that surfaced on Neogaf of 16 characters in the initial release (which I don’t really believe), it seems like a good enough place to start with a wishlist of characters.
- Ryu
- Ken
- Chun Li
- Guile
- Dictator
- Zangief
- Alex
- Urien
- Q
- Dudley
- Makoto
- Cody
- Juri (or Abel)
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- New Characters
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Not really as much female representation as I think Capcom will ultimately go for, I somewhat feel that Cammy is pretty close to an auto-include, but it is a wishlist.
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I would welcome drastic changes/inclusions to the cast though. Please try something different Capcom.
Based on the rumors the roster will probably look close to this:
Ryu
Ken
Chun Li
Guile
Blanka
Zangief
Urien
Cammy
Juri
Balrog
Vega
M. Bison
Rachid
Laura
V. Trigger Zen
Kain (new boss, “brother” of Abel and Seth)
But this is what I think the roster should be:
Ryu
Chun Li
Guile or Charlie
Cody
Haggar
Alex
Necro
Dudley
Ibuki (without vortex) or Geki
Fei Long
Dee Jay
Juri or Elena (with proper hurtboxes)
new character: Shaolin monk
new character: female Krav maga master
new character: Dambe fighter from Nigeria
Sagat (boss)
Isn’t this like the 4th wishlist thread? ._.
The 4th one has been closed already.
This here is basically the full roster speculation/wishlist thread.
I try using the 16 char rumor
Who i think will be in
1. Ryu
2. Chun Li
3. Ken
4. Cammy
5. Akuma
6. Sakura
7. Juri
8. Alex
9. Dudley
10. Ibuki
11. Hugo
12. Yun
13. NEW
14. NEW
15. NEW
16. NEW
I doubt that they kick out sakura and i don’t even hope they delay her to a later update. Same for Akuma, i know in first SF3 he was’nt in, but as now i don’t know if they have the balls to keep him out. Good thing maybe he can be a secret char so maybe can be the #17 and don’t eat one of the 16 slots
Who i will like
1. Ryu
2. Chun Li
3. Ken
4. Cammy
5. Guile/Charlie
6. Zangief
7. Dhalsim
8. Claw
9. Dictator
10. Alex
11. Dudley
12. Yun
13. Urien
14. Juri
15. NEW
16. NEW
Who have the best chances
Ken: sure in, even if i can see them don’t add him from the start and be used as way to incentive buy the first update
Sakura: because you know that they will not let her disappear
Akuma: maybe not first update but at some point you know he will be in
Alex: basically sure imho. For how i see it they ever keep him out of SF4 just to have that epic return effect on SFV.
Cammy: at this point i see her and Chun li as Ryu/Ken female counterpart as cast image, i think at some point she will be in
Dudley: it’s a fight game you need a fucking boxer. And Dudley can easy take that spot and be a SF3 presence at the same time
Who i will like but i fear risk to be out
Zangief: sad to say but i have that bad feeling that they will just replace him with Hugo or some new huge grappler
Dictator: I can see them just close as a whole the shadaloo chapter and go for new boss/villains
Cody: i just think that if the number become that small, many many characters will take the precedence
- Ryu
- Chun-Li
- Ken
- Blanka
- Vega (Claw)
- Sagat
- Cammy
- Necro
- Alex
- Q
- Eagle
- Juri
- NEW
- NEW
- NEW
- NEW
We already know that Ryu and Chun are already in, so if you’re right about that 16 initial characters, i guess they WILL add:
SF/SF2: Ken, Cammy, Sagat, Akuma
SF3: Alex, Dudley, Yun and Yang
Alpha: Sakura
SF4: Juri, Viper, Abel
SF5: New normal character, new boss character.
BUT i wish they just add more than 16 at the beginning. 20 is good and the chosen by me are:
SF: Ryu, Retsu, Eagle, Sagat, Ken (older and with a different style than his partner)
SF2: Chun, Zangief, Guile, Boxer and E-Honda
SF3: Alex, Dudley, Yun and Yang (one with mantis style and the other with crane style)
ALPHA: Cody, Sakura (older and with more mature clothes) and Karin
SF4: Abel and Hakan
SF5: New boss OR new “normal” char.
It’s kind of hard to pick considering how drastically we have seen Ryu and Chun Li altered. There is something in me that wants to see how they evolve pretty much all of the characters from the series. But if I had to condense it into the rumored 16 it would go.
- Alex
- Sakura
- Sagat
- C. Viper
- Ryu
- Juri
- Abel
- Cammy
- Ken
- Akuma
- Honda
- Rose
- New
- New
- New
- New
Honorable mentions to Kairi and Garuda, but we will never see them again unfortunately.
I’ve wanted Necro since SSF4.
But more than me just wanting to say “I want these other characters too”, I’d rather have a game with just 16 or so characters that was balanced, had depth, and rewards skillful play. Sure USF4 has 50ish characters, and that makes the game fun and replayable, but even at high level, the end result gets decided by a flip of the coin be it in a raw wake-up ultra, or dash in command throw. It’s a game that measures audacity opposed to talent.
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The thing i love of this news are 2
-Charlie is a good replacement for Guile, and i usually prefer classics over new version
-IlluminatiCharlie may become the real nemesis of Dictator, who is one of my most wanted trio (Ryu-Dictator-Gief), maybe SFV story will be about the clash between Illuminati and Shadowloo… wich sound awesome
With the confirmation of guard breaks I think Charlie/Evil Charlie would be a good pick over Guile. Charlie is more offense oriented than Guile and more of a fan favorite than Remy.
Who know maybe some Omega Guile stuff will end up to him… i can see Charlie power up into Light-element mode and use dat omega triple boom, like Chun get that double fireball 
Guard Breaks makes me REALLY hope for:
Cody/Guy (one or other, pref Cody since Guy is more well represented previously but I’d be happy with Guy. I dunno if it needs both)
Karin/Sakura (one or other again, they play very dif but I think we only need 1 school girl type char if they don’t evolve Sakura/Karin’s outfit.)
Blanka
Vega
These characters all offer some very interesting ground based combat / footsies / frame traps that really shine in games with guard breaks.
I hope that they don’t add Rufus though. I kind of like the goofy guy but he’d be incredibly annoying in a guard break game if he had IA Dive Kick, EX Messiah Kick, and safe on block galactic tornado. However if they DIDN’T give those things to him then he just would be rufus. Even the IADive Kick alone would be crazy good and also extremely important to Rufus’ identity.
I also hope if they add one of the twins it is Yang. I think Yun has had enough time to shine being always higher tier, and also having appeared in CVS2/Alpha3 Max without Yang. Plus Yang is the more ground based of the twins and also I think Yang or Karin would be the ideal “Rekka” character for the series.
I know this isn’t the “wish list” thread but I’m also discussing the game mechanics too so it’s sort of general stuff.
I’m curious how exactly guard crush works though. Did anyone see a guard meter? I was actually at Capcom Cup so I was watching on the big screen and I didn’t notice a guard meter but I could have missed it.