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[Lightning_Roller]

So I was playing power stone a few minutes ago, I was Jack and having a blast. But I realized that Jack was a pretty cool design in the game. It's not everyday that you encounter a person entirely covered head to toe in bandages except for an eye showing and wearing a popped collar jacket. But it wasn't just his design that I liked, but how his movement, of how he crawled on all fours like a spider, to his fighting style that is madcap and crazy. These are the qualities I love about Jack. What a cool crazy dude, also his power form is op as fuck.

Anyways, I wanna know what character designs you like in fighting games? And why?

 

[UnemployedVillain]

Pretty much any of the designs from Capcom's CPS2 era fighters. Even the ones that were from licensed games created variation's on the character's designs that are some of my favorites. But, speaking purely of fighting game characters

Sol Badguy (plus his name is just badass)

 

[Lightning_Roller]

Pretty much any of the designs from Capcom's CPS2 era fighters. Even the ones that were from licensed games created variation's on the character's designs that are some of my favorites. But, speaking purely of fighting game characters

Sol Badguy (plus his name is just badass)

I have to admit, I do love Sol Badguy. And his name is kinda ironic considering he is basically the hero.

 

[Maligna]

Vanessa (King of Fighters)
Rare example of a middle aged woman in fighting games. Plus, red hair.

 

[Zackat]

 

[Quonny]

Elphelt Valentine. Totes adorbz. Even has an awesome figure that I just had to preorder.

 

[Platy]

Voldo have some bandages and a similar moveset

Grant Danasty from the Castlevania fighting game is praticaly a mix of both

and ...Anakaris is a full Mummy

If you want unique fighting game character, go with Poison

Lack of representation do wonders to uniquesness in fighting game characters xD

For awesome character designs I go with Akira

Because a totaly enclosed biker GIRL is a rare thing to be seen,

Makoto because baggy and pratical clothing is even more rare and

Duck Hunt, because of how genious is to translate that game as a THREE character combo. Yes. 3, because there is the unseen player with a gun

 

[Nikodemos]

Honey Rose.

 

[Dio]

Then again, Nero was from Tsukihime. They just did a really good job adapting him into a fighting game series.

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

I love C. Viper and Street Fighter IV Juri.

 

[Astral]

Relius Clover. Easily the best designed character in Blazblue.

 

[Via Purifico]

Skullomania

 

[TacosNSalsa]

These two are probably my favorite of all time

 

[Septimus Prime]

Sprite so good that Capcom used it for 22 years.

 

[AALLx]

Kokonoe

A mad (mad as in angry) scientist on a segway who uses only mechanical gadgets to fight despite being in a world of magical artifacts and having the genes of the strongest creature in the world and the strongest magic-user. Her gameplay revolves around sticking magnets on the field to make her projectiles fly around the screen.

Even has an awesome figure that I just had to preorder.

Amazing craftsmanship on that Elphelt figurine

 

[PrinnyBomb]

I thought Megaman's Smash 4 model was a really nice rendition of a classic 8bit character

 

[Via Purifico]

True Ogre

 

[ForkNetwork]

KI has some incredible designs, i personally love Cinder, the added armor and skull makes him look more intimidating and its a joy to see him in motion.

 

[tapedeck]

Off top of my head

Skullomania SFEX, Akira - Rival Schools
Kilik, Cervantes, Zasalamel - Soul Caliber
Akuma, Cammy, Dudley, Q, Yun/Yang - SF
King - Tekken
Hanzo - Samurai Showdown
Shadow Jago, Hisako - Killer Instinct
Sol, Dizzy, Jam - GG
Sub-Zero - MK

 

[pixxxelz]

Hakumen is probably my favorite one, he just looks so badass.

 

[HotHamBoy]

Vanessa (King of Fighters)
Rare example of a middle aged woman in fighting games. Plus, red hair.

You stole my first thought!!

I love Vanessa, such a shame she is ignored by SNK. I bet her KOF 13 sprite would have been badass.

Genjuro from Samurai Shodown. He somehow makes long and flowing pink hair look pretty badass (although it's kinda red in this pic).

You tell'em, buddy!

 

[Tecl0n]

Skullgirls' Squigly and Eliza.

 

[AALLx]

Hakumen is probably my favorite one, he just looks so badass.

All iterations of the Susanoo unit is really badass.

 

[Satch]

http://bloodyroar.wikia.com/wiki/Cronos_the_Penguin/Phoenix

he turned into a fucking macaroni penguin, it was fantastic

the chameleon guy was crazy too http://bloodyroar.wikia.com/wiki/Busuzima_the_Chameleon

 

[emag]

Vanessa (King of Fighters)
Rare example of a middle aged woman in fighting games. Plus, red hair.

Vanessa is far from middle-aged. Are we using anime conventions where 25 year olds are old men?

 

[Speely]

OP, thank you for bringing up Jack. Amazing design. I liked the design in Power Stone overall, but I think he is the best character design for sure.

I will put forth Xianghua from Soul Calibur. I know she is somewhat traditional, but her design is so elegant and graceful... a lot of that comes down to her animation, but that plays directly into the overall design to me. She just feels right.

 

[Menitta]

Vanessa (King of Fighters)
Rare example of a middle aged woman in fighting games. Plus, red hair.

Yeah, Vanessa is up there. Further solidifying how awesome boxers are.

I want another CVS just to have Vanessa and Dudley team up. His car was stolen and in it was Vanessa's kid.

 

[Kyne]

K is wicked cool. Also has the best KoF theme.

 

[Grisby]

Always been a fan of Mila from Dead or Alive 5. Her street and waitress outfits are pretty cool.

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

Peacock, Parasoul, and Ms. Fortune I'm in love with from Skullgirls as well.

I also like Vanessa and Vice from King of Fighters.

 

[Maligna]

Vanessa is far from middle-aged. Are we using anime conventions where 25 year olds are old men?

Thought she was in her 30s? Guess that's not middle aged either, but almost!

 

[Via Purifico]

Thought she was in her 30s? Guess that's not middle aged either, but almost!

Yeah, she's 30 still considered old enough when you look at fighting games in general lol.

 

[thisisamul]

Ragna the Bloodedge

 

[JeremyEtcetera]

King (King of Fighters)

Fixed that for you.

 

[SENPAIatLARGE]

Patrokolus and Ivy from Soul Caliber 5

Eliza from Skullgirls

Hisako from Killer Instinct

 

[Via Purifico]

Fixed that for you.

 

[orthodoxy1095]

Millia Rage is one of my favorites.

 

[KO Traveling Hobo]

Hakumen is probably my favorite one, he just looks so badass.

All iterations of the Susanoo unit is really badass.

Something about that design makes me think of Artorias from Dark Souls.

 

[AALLx]

Something about that design makes me think of Artorias from Dark Souls.

It's the wolf motif that they both share

 

[Via Purifico]

Justice for Baiken #BaikenasDLC

 

[Justinh]

Makoto because baggy and pratical clothing is even more rare and

When I saw the thread title, I was tempted to come in and post Makoto, just because Makoto's effing badass.

 

[Laurel_McFang]

Duck King. Snk games have generally centered on super serious characters with bad ass revenge arcs i,e. Samuria Showdown = super serious bad ass Samuria KoF super serious fighters etc. Duck Kings not just a nod to rave culture, but also a rare example of a great designer having some fun. Still the best Fatal Fury character IMHO

Bulleta Dark Stalkers has never taken character design seriously it has always been a series with a wink and twist, but Bulleta is probably the best example of the series treads on humor. Not only has the sweet little girl from the fairy tale become a complete beast, but she reworked the charge mechanics of the Guile character into something more elegant and comb-able

Arakune fighting games are all about reads, so when Blaz Blue introduced a violent pool of goo it surprised people. Arakune'/ mobility, invisibility, and consistently counter-intuitive move sets take some getting used to, but provide a range of actions that can be harder to read than most and that is well reflected in his charzcter design.

 

[G0DLIKE]

Chun-Li. So graceful and stylish.

 

[ponpo]

Good choice.

Robo-Ky & Poochy.

Actually literally anyone from Power Instinct is fine.

 

[Menitta]

Millia Rage is one of my favorites.

Both designs are great, but I prefer Millia's Xrd design. I'm so bummed you couldn't select Millia's old colors even though it was in the game.

 

[JP_]

How am I the first to post Zappa?

 

[Coriolanus]

Last Blade 2. Nearly the whole god damn cast.
Moriya is an improved, (marginally) less edgelordy Genjuro. Washizuka is Hajime Saito perfected. Kagami is one of best conversions of a boss into a playable character ive ever seen. Then you've still got mukuro, shigen, setsuna, Lee, zantetsu and Hibiki. Every single god damn one memorable.

Kinda ironic that Kaede is the least memorable character in the cast.


Also got a massive soft spot for Samsho's Jubei and Haohmaru. And Hanzo. And Galford. And Charlotte. And Gen-an.

Gods SNK design was ridiculously good for a while.

 

[SolVanderlyn]

Pretty much any of the designs from Capcom's CPS2 era fighters. Even the ones that were from licensed games created variation's on the character's designs that are some of my favorites. But, speaking purely of fighting game characters

Sol Badguy (plus his name is just badass)

I partially got my username from this guy. He works well partially because of his juxtaposition with his rival, Ky, both in terms of personality, color scheme, and general design:

 

[Archtreyz]

Where's the Yoshimitsu love?

 

[pablito]

Came in for Vanessa and Akira (Rival Schools, but Virtua Fighter is cool too). Both some of my favorite designs ever. So good.

A design I have no hope Capcom will use, but I'll keep wishing anyway. Concept Rufus

Hibiki Takane from Last Blade

Venom from Guilty Gear. Homosexual iirc, dark skinned, named after a first wave black metal band. You just don't see characters like this often.