I think it will be more interesting because it’d be more a tournement to find the best player in the USA for once instead of just whatever best japanese player comes over.
Nuki still has a solid chance to win though, as does tokido… fucking chun li
They’ll still beast. Cept yeah…gives us a bit more of a chance to do our own ass kicking and we dont need 8 Japanese Yuns at Evo any ways. If Thanatos and KSK come that will cover all the mid tier Japanese fandom for one Evo.
There’s an end to CvS2? Just kidding. There definitely needs to be a strong international flavor at Evo, but it’s okay if the top 8 ends up being a good mix of US/non-US players.
Based on your question, I voted no because there aren’t many American players that I like. But in another way I think the Japanese players that are coming aren’t going to garner the kind of interest that could be possible of other Japanese players came. I mean, out of the Americans it’s most likely Amir or Justin that will do the best, and of the Japanese it’s Nuki and Tokido… so inevitably it’s going to be a boatload of Chun near the end of the tournament.
I can see Nuki taking the whole tournament (in fact, I did see this two years ago), but I would like to see KSK make it into the finals, with the absence of Yun.