cj_iwakura
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Karin always meant Sakura was a given.
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Street Fighter V RUMOR: Sagat and Sakura are in, Oro, Viper, Necro and Q are not
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Just cause she is hard to use doesn't mean shes uninteresting. She took advantage of the superjump cancel, feints and aerial movements pretty well in sf4. She plays like a marvel character in a sf game. I absolutely love this character.
Tbh, I rather not see Viper in a sf 5 game cause they are going to dumb her down and move away on things on what make her Viper. Just like the SF5 version of Ibuk/Juri. They are nothing like their previous iteration.
Vital Tundra
Member
Im fine with Sakura, but Jesus do they just not want more interesting characters in this game???
Odd, cause Viper was the only good newcomer in SFIV to me. She's the only one I'd ever want to see again in future SF games.
Sakura being one of the most popular characters in the series means she was a given. Her and Sagat are the biggest omissions, of course they'd get in eventually
shoryukens
Member
I'm okay with this trade.
Sakura and Sagat are 2 of the most interesting and best characters in SF history tbh.
No Oro would be surprising?
Not really. Just because he appears in a little story segment?
Sagat is the only character other than Q I care about as part of the list.
Honestly this year proved to me that I was wrong about my own expectations and am actually generally more excited about new characters. Some few nostalgic exceptions, but, yeah. I hope they keep a balance of new and returning as the seasons go on, at least until 4 or 5 or something.
Not really. Just because he appears in a little story segment?
Sagat is the only character other than Q I care about as part of the list.
Honestly this year proved to me that I was wrong about my own expectations and am actually generally more excited about new characters. Some few nostalgic exceptions, but, yeah. I hope they keep a balance of new and returning as the seasons go on, at least until 4 or 5 or something.
Foxy the Fox
Member
Adult Sakura pls
ClutchAnderson
Member
yassssss! My SF main is back!
hopefully
sixteen-bit
Member
She still has a school outfit in ibuki's story mode, iirc.
Prolly not gonna happen.
Ibuki is younger, by quite a lot too.
Popularity and whatever the designers feel would be a good fit for the game or fill a role not currently present.
sixteen-bit
Member
If anything, SFV should tell you Capcom's resources are finite. I would love to see every single SF character return in addition to the 9 or 10 newcomers to SFV, but they gotta priotize characters by archetype and what they bring to the game and balance that with popularity i guess
Fighting game characters take a lot of time, money, and effort to create. A different roster also helps distinguish games from previous ones in the series. As well as wanting to introduce new characters. They may also not want to overload people by creating characters and then asking people to pay for them. Some people are already upset at the idea of dlc characters, if we had 12 characters a season I think people would freak. Perhaps roster bloating as well? They don't want to create a bunch of characters that fulfill the same role, as well as creating ideas for the characters to be brought into the game.
Doctrine Dark
Member
I love Sakura, so I'm happy to see her return.
I already know the fun (Tatsu Loops) Sakura stuff SF4 won't return, but I'm willing to give her a try in this new system.
I already know the fun (Tatsu Loops) Sakura stuff SF4 won't return, but I'm willing to give her a try in this new system.
GitarooMan
Member
I really would have liked to see Viper updated for SFV. Too bad
Stallion Dan
Member
I don't understand bringing back characters and then changing them to be wildly different.
I played Juri loads in IV, I don't wanna play her at all in V.
stn
Member
I'm a bit scared given that the Eventhubs leaker said neither Sagat nor Sakura will play like they did in IV. I take that to mean Sagat will not be a zoner, which is ironic given that this game needs a new zoner more than anything. I predict a Sagat based around knee-and-elbow special attacks, and a V-trigger that lights up his scar and let's him throw tiger shots.
sixteen-bit
Member
It really needs more SFIII characters. I mean, Q looks good even as a mod!
that mod looks so professional, I love it.
Robot Pants
Member
Fucking SNOOZE
yea let's have the boring SF2 characters return ONCE AGAIN but no one interesting like oro or Q
yea let's have the boring SF2 characters return ONCE AGAIN but no one interesting like oro or Q
At a minimum, we've got an Abigail reveal coming up tomorrow: https://twitter.com/StreetFighter
Probably Friday at 1EST at the Capcom panel, since this wouldn't be a good fit for ESPN.
Probably Friday at 1EST at the Capcom panel, since this wouldn't be a good fit for ESPN.
sixteen-bit
Member
Cool, I'm looking forward to it!
LordKasual
Banned
Will they make throws not require clairvoyance to break
Will they give more characters the ability to mash the shit out of heavy buttons and lights or just leave it to the same 3-4
Will they make Juri not complete trash
Can you just give everyone Cammy's st.b MP button
Can we please remove Crush Counter now
Will they give more characters the ability to mash the shit out of heavy buttons and lights or just leave it to the same 3-4
Will they make Juri not complete trash
Can you just give everyone Cammy's st.b MP button
Can we please remove Crush Counter now
They aren't gonna remove a defining part of the game. I didn't really like Focus Attack in SFIV, but you didn't see me demanding Capcom to remove it from SFIV. If anything, buffing reversals back to their Season 1 glory would make more sense as Crush Counters were originally made to counter DPs. I'm down for rebalancing CCs a bit more, but expecting them to outright remove them is expecting a bit much.
LordKasual
Banned
Well Season 2 did away with DP invincibility, which is a pretty big change in itself. I used to defend it, but Crush Counter is just a sloppy mechanic. Especially the way it works with regards to the priority system.
It's basically like Fatal Counter in Blazblue, except that it just out-right beats moves instead of trading with them...which is really dumb, because you've got characters like Bison with +3 heavies, or characters like Cammy with heavies that come out in 6 fucking frames
If you block a DP in this game you're going to eat a ridiculous amount of damage anyway, Crush Counters rarely mean much for DPs in this game. It just means that you get rewarded for throwing out heavy buttons.
So maybe what i mean is, "remove the priority system".