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Judging by his name here I'd guess @ZioSerpeis one as well, I mean come on lol. Anyway, I have lots of relatives and friends in Rome but I'm not familiar with the capital any more than you, sorry.

Normally a Thai student has the name of the school and their ID number on the right side of the blouse. Namupun has written ส.ฟ.๖ S.F.6 as her school (LOL) and her ID number is ๑๙๕๕๗๒ 195572. That's Sagat's birthday (1955/7/2).

And I still am, unfortunately. Just a thing: in modern Icelandic, sól is pronounced EXACTLY "soul".

I'm still campaigning for Iceland. The aurora can fit in as well, and there could be a geyser (never seen before in SF) and/or a great fall in the background, and many links to Ingrid's general theme: Icelanders love to read¹, and the Icelandic flag colours (red, blue and white) basically blend into her purple, which is also the colour of the flowers of Lupinus nootkatensis, an invasive species introduced in 1945 to help reforest the depleted Icelandic soil; it spread everywhere since then, painting the Icelandic landscapes purple. Imagine if we could see a future Iceland, where the process has completed and the land is totally reforested, with purple lupines flowers scattered where there isn't a tree... We could add the Hallgrímskirkja as @CESTUS IIIsuggested, but maybe the stage would seem a bit overcrowded. I also thought about the telephone booth in the middle of nowhere to be Ingrid's time machine, but that's because I'm a huge Doctor Who fan so I'd like the connection... Obviously not what Capcom is going to do. Lastly, Iceland has glíma as national sport. They could give Ingrid glíma as martial art, just a couple of throws would suffice to be good. It would be a novelty as no game has ever used the style, and the basic glíma initial grip involves the competitors grabbing each other's belt and starting circling around while trying to apply the techniques (a rule basically created to prevent a stalling). This sort of waltz would mix perfectly with Ingrid's initial design and ballet-influenced fighting style. Yes, Manon already stole that idea (and there's Elena as well, since capoeira is a fighting dance...), but Ingrid came first and her moves were different anyway. ¹ Ok that's a stretch since her "book" is actually a MISSION LOG, at least judging by her SFZ3MAX ending. She was reading it to know her next destination. No, that was a mistranslation. Ingrid used 小僧 kozō "apprentice monk", which also means "YOUNGSTER". Basically, since she's at least 80, she called Ryu "KID". The English translation went too literal here... But that's the point of my next post where I'll finally translate her SFZ3 Japanese dialogues to compare them to the official translation. Years ago I said I was going to do that and never did, basically asking everyone to trust me on the subject... Also because I didn't believe Ingrid would EVER come back. Now it's time to prove it.

You forgot WHO ELSE had a gray beanie... I guess Alex could've earned his one from Tom.

Also... Namupun is alive and goes to secondary school now! I feared she died along the other villagers in Sagat's SFV ending. Who knows if it was canon...

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA😱😱 I still can't believe it. Ok, I should REALLY do THAT post about Ingrid. Can't do it just now, but I'll have time next week.

Google can't even properly identify the subject, lol. Elena "Haha that was fun!" Akuma "...You strange girl" Elena " Hehe, you're strange too, Akuma... Everyone says you're a very scary person But you did spar with me!" Akuma "I answer to your determination to risk your life and fight to the death. That is all." Elena "Huh!? But I won't kill anyone. We're friends, right?" Akuma "In your fight I sense¹ life It's the opposite side of murderous intent, but if you're not determined, you can't carry its burden; that's the same for both of them." Elena "Same…? Murderous intent and life... To fight and to live? Seems like you're saying something important! Yes, it's definitely important, isn't it? I need to meet a lot of different people and find out." ¹ The original Japanese 手応え tegotae means literally "the hand answer". It can mean the "reaction" or the "effect" of an action, but also the feeling on your hands when you hit something. Akuma literally feels life when he hits (or is hit by) Elena. I had the hunch Capcom wanted to make Elena crucial, but explicitly setting her as Akuma's polar opposite (and also the reason they get along) is BIG.

During her SA3, after stopping her opponent with a chest trap, Elena lifts them up with a RAINBOW FLICK. RAINBOW MIKA CONFIRMED!

Of course she is, Ronaldo cant' do Tsubasa Ōzora's Drive Shot using his opponent as the ball. Elena can.

True, but honestly I don't trust the devs to make such a connection. SF has already a Thai fighter referencing a jaguar, and while we know why they did so, it's still a thing that apparently doesn't make sense and certainly they didn't take the real facts into account back then. With this mash-up of Kenya and Madagascar, I'm half expecting to find penguins in the North Pole in the SF world... Also I wish localizers would TALK to the devs more about these details. We always lose much, even with the improved translations of these last years.

Hearth. A grandma Elena who tells you stories around the fire.

"light kick follow up" after Lynx Song is Leopard Snap, the handstand double kick we saw in the gameplay trailer immediately after her bodyscissor forward throw. "medium kick" is Harvest Circle, a launcher (immediately after the Leopard Snap in Elena's gameplay trailer). "heavy kick" is the old Mallet Smash, overhead.

Some time ago I dreamt about NAMUPUN. Who survived the attack on Sagat's village¹ and asked Sagat to train her for revenge. Sagat was well aware where that path would lead her, so he told her everything about his past, including his story with Dan. Namupun then decided to reconcile her master with his troubled past... by traveling to Dan's dōjō and starting winning tournaments under the Saikyō style banner. Dan would be then torn between the joy of having a disciple actually winning in his name and the awkwardness of seeing Namupun NEVER use Dan's techniques, but clearly just muay thai instead... 😅 ¹ Remember Sagat's ending in SFV? I fear we may see something about that in his backstory when he comes out... And I hope at least Namupun is still alive. Obviously the attack was planned by F.A.N.G, because he's petty like that.

Nah, it's definitely Bison. This is where I stopped even trying to take your idea seriously. Come on, at least insert something PLAUSIBLE... 🤣