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Akuma confirmed for SFV

StayDead

Member
I'd rather them add some more interesting characters rather than turn it into Shoto Fighter V like IV ended up as, but I understand Akuma/Gouki is a fan favourite so I can live with this.

If he's cool, he's cool.
 
I'd rather them add some more interesting characters rather than turn it into Shoto Fighter V like IV ended up as, but I understand Akuma/Gouki is a fan favourite so I can live with this.

If he's cool, he's cool.

At this point they are probably just adding the characters that will sell and continue to sell costumes for. Im sure we will get 1 or 2 obscure characters but they should be playing it safe from a business standpoint.
 

Sanctuary

Member
No ones happier than Daigo fanboys so they can say he has the best Ryu again.

Also When's Sakura.

What? Daigo barely played Akuma at all. Tokido, Eta and then later Infiltration played him.
Unless this is just some random reference to all of the crying after the Akuma nerfs, where he was behind Ryu in the "shoto clone" war or something.

A bit disappointed, should have been sagat.

A friend of mine is too lazy to bother learning how to play the game. His excuse is because there's no Sagat. Having Sagat won't suddenly teach you the fundamentals, and he relied way too much on Sagat's ultra (used to be wakeup non stop) to actually do anything in SF4. With that gone, I can't see him doing much in SF5 with him, once he's added in the summer or fall of 2017.
 

myco666

Member
What? Daigo barely played Akuma at all. Tokido, Eta and then later Infiltration played him.
Unless this is just some random reference to all of the crying after the Akuma nerfs, where he was behind Ryu in the "shoto clone" war or something.

Probably means that Daigo is second best Ryu and Tokido is the best Ryu. Now since Akuma is coming Tokido will drop Ryu for Akuma and now Daigo is the best Ryu. Or atleast this is how I understood that post.
 

Renekton

Member
Killing Moon suits Gouki from a 'stern fighter' vibe which I feel fits Gouki's constant strive for becoming stronger while putting his Satsui no Haodu obsession aside.
Did you just put Jungle music and stern in the same sentence haha.
 

Tizoc

Member
To be fair few people played SFIII 2nd impact and EX Plus :p

Fewer people know that Derp Ken originally debuted in Street Fighter Zero 1 too!
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HardRojo

Member
Very disappointed by this news.

Relax, there's still PSX/Capcom Cup for a big reveal and Akuma is likely the first of more characters to be revealed for next year.
Also, I don't get the shoto complains, we have Alex, Guile, Urien, Gief, Dhalsim, Mika, Cammy, Ibuki, Juri, Laura, Rashid, FANG, Bison, Necalli and even Karin.
 

Skilletor

Member
Relax, there's still PSX/Capcom Cup for a big reveal and Akuma is likely the first of more characters to be revealed for next year.
Also, I don't get the shoto complains, we have Alex, Guile, Urien, Gief, Dhalsim, Mika, Cammy, Ibuki, Juri, Laura, Rashid, FANG, Bison, Necalli and even Karin.

Not even taking into consideration that ryu and ken play more different than they ever have, and Akuma is likely to continue that trend.
 
Excited for Akuma and the new stage, also more shotos please, SFV lacks shoto characters. Command grab characters are lame and there are many in SFV.
 
Also, I don't get the shoto complains, we have Alex, Guile, Urien, Gief, Dhalsim, Mika, Cammy, Ibuki, Juri, Laura, Rashid, FANG, Bison, Necalli and even Karin.

What's there not to get? If having other characters offset having too many shotos, then Akuma would have been in the game for the first year.
 
Definitely interested to see how they balance Akuma.

Considering that SFV already has crazy damage, I can't even imagine Akuma. I already know he will have low health but I wonder how low? 850?
 
Relax, there's still PSX/Capcom Cup for a big reveal and Akuma is likely the first of more characters to be revealed for next year.
Also, I don't get the shoto complains, we have Alex, Guile, Urien, Gief, Dhalsim, Mika, Cammy, Ibuki, Juri, Laura, Rashid, FANG, Bison, Necalli and even Karin.

I don't need to relax. I just don't like Akuma. I have nothing against shotos. I have beef with him.
 
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