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Nah, they CLEARLY love each other, come on.
 

Gameplay-wise I really want to try out Manon.
 
Story-wise it's all about JP. I really want to see if he somehow connects the one-letter characters lore (Q and G) with Bison and Shadaloo, and finally makes sense out of it.

Nah, they CLEARLY love each other, come on.
 

Nah, they CLEARLY love each other, come on.
 

Just ask Sagat. Or Gief's sponsors, for that matter. 😂
I think Marisa is VERY rich from her job as master jeweller, so she just rented the Coliseum to suit her dreams, complete with lions and 300's cosplayers. Notice their shields: they have the Spartans' lambda Λ, but modified to resemble Marisa's necklace pendant (which in turn resembles a Roman gladius). That's GENIUS DESIGN.

Just ask Sagat. Or Gief's sponsors, for that matter. 😂
I think Marisa is VERY rich from her job as master jeweller, so she just rented the Coliseum to suit her dreams, complete with lions and 300's cosplayers. Notice their shields: they have the Spartans' lambda Λ, but modified to resemble Marisa's necklace pendant (which in turn resembles a Roman gladius). That's GENIUS DESIGN.

Friendly reminder that Menat is a freaking walking Ancient Egyptian cosplayer with actual magic powers. Just to provide CONTEXT. 😛
Anyway, that wouldn't be much of a hassle even in actual Rome, since outside the Coliseum there is a prolific business (although legally and morally questionable) of Ancient Roman cosplayers who sell photos with them.

 

Friendly reminder that Menat is a freaking walking Ancient Egyptian cosplayer with actual magic powers. Just to provide CONTEXT. 😛
Anyway, that wouldn't be much of a hassle even in actual Rome, since outside the Coliseum there is a prolific business (although legally and morally questionable) of Ancient Roman cosplayers who sell photos with them.

 

I thought about him back to SFV, i still think Urien's bit longer sideburns in V may come from him 😁
 
 

I'm honestly surprised @CESTUS III, of all people, DIDN'T notice THIS GUY.

 

 
(just joking, it's more likely they wanted to reference 300's Dilios. Even though Cestus's Demetrios would be a fitting comparison, because he's Greek as well, knows pankration and acts as Nero's personal bodyguard)


 
After all, it's not the first time Capcom referenced 300. Even HONDA in SFV paraphrased "This is Spartaaaa" during his CA... 😂

I'm honestly surprised @CESTUS III, of all people, DIDN'T notice THIS GUY.

 

 
(just joking, it's more likely they wanted to reference 300's Dilios. Even though Cestus's Demetrios would be a fitting comparison, because he's Greek as well, knows pankration and acts as Nero's personal bodyguard)


 
After all, it's not the first time Capcom referenced 300. Even HONDA in SFV paraphrased "This is Spartaaaa" during his CA... 😂

It shouldn't bug you because Marisa herself says she considers the rightful heir of the warriors of Ancient Greece, so...
 
On the other hand, the Romans took so much after the Greeks that they were somewhat "grecised" even if they factually conquered Greece. Greek slaves were customarily employed as tutors for the wealthy Roman kids because they were considered the most cultured. The Romans harboured so deep an envy for the perceived Greek cultural superiority that they ("they" = "Vergil") created a whole epic work just to make themselves pass as the direct descendants of the Trojans whom the Greeks once defeated, because that's what the Aeneids really is.
So, even if I notice Spartans hoplites in the Coliseum, I just laugh. We already had a mostly-Venice mashup sold as Genoa, so it isn't the first time.
Just wait until Capcom reveals the names of her normals (obviously only in the Japanese version, because they never bothered to do the same with the International editions) and they name them exactly like that. I mean, Falke's normals were PLANT NAMES IN GERMAN because they... I don't know, I suppose they just sounded cool.
 

That's interesting. What did you say, and where? Because I don't think they took out the war clubs, just the warpaint...

It shouldn't bug you because Marisa herself says she considers the rightful heir of the warriors of Ancient Greece, so...
 
On the other hand, the Romans took so much after the Greeks that they were somewhat "grecised" even if they factually conquered Greece. Greek slaves were customarily employed as tutors for the wealthy Roman kids because they were considered the most cultured. The Romans harboured so deep an envy for the perceived Greek cultural superiority that they ("they" = "Vergil") created a whole epic work just to make themselves pass as the direct descendants of the Trojans whom the Greeks once defeated, because that's what the Aeneids really is.
So, even if I notice Spartans hoplites in the Coliseum, I just laugh. We already had a mostly-Venice mashup sold as Genoa, so it isn't the first time.
Just wait until Capcom reveals the names of her normals (obviously only in the Japanese version, because they never bothered to do the same with the International editions) and they name them exactly like that. I mean, Falke's normals were PLANT NAMES IN GERMAN because they... I don't know, I suppose they just sounded cool.
 

That's interesting. What did you say, and where? Because I don't think they took out the war clubs, just the warpaint...

I don't really see the problem. There has been a bunch of characters that looked very young, the latest being Menat, and nobody batted an eye at them getting hit with the nastiest stuff. As for the "realistic" environment I'm not seeing it either: we just saw Manon swinging people in ballet poses, Dee Jay beating people at the rhythm of giant musical notes and so on, so SFVI to me seems to be as cartoony as every other Street Fighter before it in spite of the higher detailed graphics. Even those brutal hits are nothing new, they had trying to pull off that effect since Ryu's Shin Shoryuken in IV.
 
If Capcom really wants her playable they can easily make it happen. It's only a matter of whether they actually want to do that or they're fine with Li Fen being a background character for this game.
 
Pop cultures loves to mix Ancient Greek and Roman stuff even when it doesn't make sense.
For example: something that always drives me nut is when you have a game set in Ancient Greece, and the game throws a gladiatorial game at you. Yes, I'm thinking of you Assassin's Creed Odyssey.
 
The Greeks never had gladiatorial games: they were the guys who had theater, they had bearded philosophers walking up and down porticoes asking each others stuff like "what's the best system of government?" or "what is the true nature of reality?" or "women suck!", they had the Olympics and pederasty, but they never had gladiatorial games. The Romans were the guys who invented gladiatorial games, just like they had crucifixion as preferred execution method, a love for massive war crimes like the burning of Carthage, the sack of Corinth and the Gallic Wars, civil wars and codified rule of law.

It will do it, but with a Heihachi face.

No Good Organisation, no doubt.
 
 
I KNEW IT. That's like Giant Gram 2000's Create a Wrestler Mode. You start with basic moves and can learn the moves of your opponent by taking them a number of times, discarding the moves you don't want or if their execution overlaps with the motion of a move you want. IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE. 🤩
 
 
And then Zangief brings in his bear who farts on them both.
 
 
I LOVE the notes. Dee Jay finally feels like a character that FITS SF, if only because of the urban theme.

No Good Organisation, no doubt.
 
 
I KNEW IT. That's like Giant Gram 2000's Create a Wrestler Mode. You start with basic moves and can learn the moves of your opponent by taking them a number of times, discarding the moves you don't want or if their execution overlaps with the motion of a move you want. IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE. 🤩
 
 
And then Zangief brings in his bear who farts on them both.
 
 
I LOVE the notes. Dee Jay finally feels like a character that FITS SF, if only because of the urban theme.

It will do it, but with a Heihachi face.

Well, Luke doesn't have the pipe...