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Ed officially revealed for Street Fighter V
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The Lone Dragon
Member
"Inseparable"
I hope Balrog and Ed never break up.
It's funny, Balrog was always a horrible, shallow, borderline offensive character IMO,
but this Ed storyline has instantly made him 100x more likable and interesting.
I hope Balrog and Ed never break up.
It's funny, Balrog was always a horrible, shallow, borderline offensive character IMO,
but this Ed storyline has instantly made him 100x more likable and interesting.
Primethius
Banned
Okay, I've come around to Ed. I didn't much like Kolin, but Eds awesome.
DaytimeWhiskey
Banned
Yeah, it's part of the reason I like Ed himself. The fact that Balrog of all characters would get some kind of development through becoming a kind of foster father is really neat. I like that they were willing to follow through with it.
The one theme I legit cannot stand to listen to. Fitting that it goes to a character I can barely stand.
It does, you're not alone. JoJo dictator Ed looks awesome, even with his little hat.
"Inseparable"
I hope Balrog and Ed never break up.
It's funny, Balrog was always a horrible, shallow, borderline offensive character IMO,
but this Ed storyline has instantly made him 100x more likable and interesting.
What is this? Mega Man X4?
I feel like Balrog's the Yondu to Ed's Star-Lord (as I implied by the Yondu quote from a few days ago). He's basically Ed's true father figure"Inseparable"
I hope Balrog and Ed never break up.
It's funny, Balrog was always a horrible, shallow, borderline offensive character IMO,
but this Ed storyline has instantly made him 100x more likable and interesting.
, & the Star-Lord analogy fits even more if you saw GotG Vol. 2
Cue the avatar quotes
PfantzyPantz
Member
His theme is hype, didn't expect to like Ed but they did pretty good with everything here.
The theme is trash. Hiphop and Street Fighter go together, but don't give us some corny ass "Lose Yourself" knockoff for a theme and expect us to appreciate it when we got Kendrick and Migos to listen to.
FadedRevolution
Member
You know Capcom can't afford them. So they gotta work with what they got.
Well they got a Lupe track for Kolin's reveal.
NoctisVsStar
Member
I mean what do you expect? Metro boomin doing a track? Cmon fam don't play yourself.
Tizoc
Member
Nah the gotg 2 thing came to mind too heh
They should avoid rappers and vocalists for stage and character themes all together. 3rd Strike played it smart. They had Infinite rhyming during the menus and intro, and you could appreciate it, because his rhymes wasn't lost in the mix. That Infinite was actually dope didn't hurt either.
But for the stages it was just jungle and acid jazz inspired beats. Some stages had vocal samples, but nobody was spitting a 16 during matches. Fighting game themes need tight and discrete loops. You add lots of lyrics in the mix and it sounds cluttered and distracting (this song and the airplane stage theme being examples).
Callibretto
Member
I hope Ed didn't become a villain in the end and more of anti hero. I like his backstory so far.
FadedRevolution
Member
Nah its the theme I don't know who the rapper is tho. Its not Lupe.
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RedAssedApe
Banned
all balrog cares about is the fight money and...ed lol
Remapped88
Member
Some really nice colors(especially 2, 3 and 6) and the trailer music was his actual theme? Pretty dope.
Capcom actually got me invested in this relationship too. I mean it has interesting lore and stakes in it.
"Inseparable"
I hope Balrog and Ed never break up.
It's funny, Balrog was always a horrible, shallow, borderline offensive character IMO,
but this Ed storyline has instantly made him 100x more likable and interesting.
Right? Such an unusual, way out of left field character dynamic. Very much appreciated though.
Askherserenity
Member
Best SFV character design imo.
phantasmic_glaive
Member
Yea, I'm glad they finally added some depth to Balrogs lore.
yaoi.net presents
It's just the hat that's awful
Abducted as a kid and experimented on.
They really should have just used either one of the Hillside Plaza themes as Laura's instead.
hmm... ok new side bet - ed is actually charlie's son somehow
Nope. Ed was an experiment created by S.I.N. Another bison clone body created like Able to wield psycho power.
Balrogs been teaching him the value of money. In his study mode, they accept a job from Urien. I can see them traveling the world, fixing fights and hustling villains.
I'm sure they can be convinced to work for the good guys one time...if Karin forks over the cash
spazchicken
Member
"Swiggity Swooty..."
katsubento
Member
Wait...what? To reuse assets you'd have to actually...reuse assets. Where did Ed's come from? Sure as heck wasn't story mode.
Eh I just read that somewhere and I think maybe even from Capcom themselves but they don't really keep up themselves either.
BackwardCap
Member
Weird that most of those story screen are of young Ed but you obviously will be using buff Ed during the battles. Guess it'll only be one fight this time again, probably against Bison's Ghost.
Hours Left
Member
He'll probably be sparring against Balrog too.
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sixteen-bit
Member
Both Hillside Plaza and the for some reason Story mode-only Laura vs. Ken music are so much better than her actual theme.
lucebuce12
Member
Damn, that theme isn't too bad.
Not a fan of rap myself but this theme works pretty well for the character.
Not a fan of rap myself but this theme works pretty well for the character.