Scotia

Luke to Rose: This "Soul Power" is sorta weird...But I guess there's all kinds of power floating around."
Rose to Luke: "A new card...I am interested in what role you will play in the world's future..."
 
Luke to Dan: "So, if I beat Saikyo-Style, does that make me the strongest there is? No way...What an anti-climax!"
Dan to Luke: "You wanna know true strength? I'm right here, dude! Feast your eyes!"
 
Luke to Gill: "You probably get this question all the time, but I did beat you, so...What's your real body color?"
Gill to Luke: "I know what you seek and how you struggle. I can grant what you desire."
 
Luke to Honda: "Sumo wrestling, huh? I like the headbutting stuff."
Honda to Luke: "If it's power you seek, you've found it! It's called sumo wrestling!"
 
Luke to G: "President...? 'Kay...Whatever, I won! Woohoo!"
G to Luke: "The path you have chosen as a citizen of Earth will serve to aid the President of the World."
 
Luke to Kage: "You think you're strong speaking about death like it's nothing...? Hah. 'Kay..."
Kage to Luke: "Now you know true power: MINE! Bwahaha!"
 
Luke to Falke: "Going by the look on your face, I get the feeling you don't like me."
Falke to Luke: "It's not that I don't like you; it's just that I don't care."
 
Luke to Sakura: "Lesson learned: never underestimate a fighter in a school uniform!"
Sakura to Luke: "You learn a thing or two when you follow someone really strong!"
 
Luke to Ed: "You're a cheeky brat...but I can relate..."
Ed to Luke: "See what happens when you treat me like some punk kid?!"
 
Luke to Menat: "If you wanna see the future, just keep moving forward."
Menat to Luke: "I glimpsed into your future, and drama is very much front and center."
 
Luke to Akuma: "Damn! You're strong with a capital HOLY CRAP!"
Akuma to Luke: "Coward! To know strength is to face death!"
 
Luke to Juri: "I'm over the whole "fight to the death" thing. Had enough of that in my last job."
Juri to Luke: "Another military dropout? Hah! You're too soft!"
 
Luke to Ibuki: "Frickin' ninja kids messing 'round with bombs..."
Ibuki to Luke: "Hmph! They're fireworks, not bombs! And...I'm not some kid, you know!"
 
Luke to Alex: "I've thought about what lies beyond strength too, y'know."
Alex to Luke: "Unfortunately for you, it takes more than that to defeat me."
 
Luke to Rashid: "You wanna verse me in an FPS match? Sorry, but I've got you beat there, too."
Rashid to Luke: "You might be better at FPS games than me, but I outmatched your guns here!"
 
Luke to Laura: "Your lightning rocks and shocks! You could suppress a riot!"
Laura to Luke: "Wow, you were flying around all like BAM BAM!"
 
Luke to Zangief: "I mean, if this was an arm-wrestling match, you'd beat me for sure!"
Zangief to Luke: "You need less games and more strength training! Haha!"
 
The Gief to Luke: You are puny half-pint! If you want strength you gotta build muscles first!"
 
Luke to R. Mika: "Gonna be honest...I thought pro-wrestlers were all show, but you really rocked the rumble out there!"
R. Mika to Luke: "Does your MMA stand for "Military Martial Arts" or something? Not bad, whatever it is!"
 
Luke to Chun-Li: "Damn, that's some fancy footwork you got there! I learned a lot!"
Chun-Li to Luke: "You leave yourself far too open...A sign of your youth, I suppose."
 
Luke to Karin: "Y'know, I really did think you'd just be some spoiled dumbass, but I was wrong!"
Karin to Luke: "I know you expected some incompetent spoiled brat. Unfortunately for you, however, you face a Kanzuki!"
 
Luke to Nash: "Looks like you've got a lot going on, so how about we just say you let me win?"
Nash to Luke: "If you're a military man, I suggest you back off before the darkness gets you."
 
Luke to Ryu: "Whenever I hear the phrase "the path to strength", you spring to mind."
Ryu to Luke: "This marks the start of your journey to fighting on your own terms."
 
Luke to Ken: "Never thought I'd face an All-American champ...Man, I'm glad I chose this path!"
Ken to Luke: "You've got guts, but you're no match for me."
 
Luke to M. Bison: "Hoo yeah! I took out the final boss!"
M. Bison to Luke: "All your bouncing around couldn't even serve as a circus sideshow!"
 
Luke to Birdie: "Your hair rocks, dude! It defies gravity and everythign!"
Birdie to Luke: "Lookin' to get stronger? You ain't got the stomach for it, mate."
 
Luke to Cammy: "You may be small and quick, but my aim don't miss!"
Cammy to Luke: "A military man like yourself should know when you're outranked."
 
Luke to Vega: "Kinda cringe to go on about beauty during a fight, dude..."
Vega to Luke: "Yet another fool who could never understand true beauty..."
 
Luke to Necalli: "Devour what? Me? Man, I don't get you."
Necalli to Luke: "A young soldier's soul tastes so bitter-itter-itter..."
 
Luke to F.A.N.G: "A poison debuff? Are you like a mid-level boss or something?"
F.A.N.G to Luke: "Just because you want to fight your own battles, doesn't mean you're capable of it."
 
Luke to Balrog: "You throw a mean punch, but my footwork's got you beat!"
Balrog to Luke: "Quit jumpin' and die already!"
 
Luke to Guile: "Thank you, sir! I'll follow my own path!"
Guile to Luke: "I suggest you re-enlist and get your act together in boot camp."
 
Luke to Kolin: "Victory doesn't taste so sweet when my lips are turning blue..."
Kolin to Luke: "I despise hotheaded men, showy men, and military men. Basically, you're all of my dealbreakers."
 
Luke to Urien: "Everyone loses sometimes, so you should probably drop the whole raging ego thing."
Urien to Luke: "Mindless sheep! How dare you speak of strength?!"
 
Luke to Abigail: "Bigger they are, the harder they fall! And boy do I love the noise they make when they do!"
Abigal to Luke: "What good's a flashy car if it ain't got power under the hood?!"
 
Luke to Zeku: "Young, old, young, old...Ninjas, man...They can do anything!"
Zeku to Luke: "Lesson's bitter tears, from child eyes to memory. So blooms the adult."
 
Luke to Cody: "Fighting me's the best kinda community service!"
Cody to Luke: "Schedule an appointment if you want a rematch."
 
Luke to Blanka: "I did survival training in the jungle, and, man, the humidity was my worst enemy.
Blanka to Luke: "I'm king of the jungle. My strength earned me the title."
 
Luke to Sagat: "You the emperor of ripped muscles or something?"
Sagat to Luke: "I've walked my path much longer than you have yours."
 
Luke to Poison: "Put that whip away for half a damn second! Jeez!"
Poison to Luke: "Such a cutie. How about we test your manliness back at my place?"
 
Luke to Seth: "Whoa, whoa, whoa. Are you seriously some kinda cyborg?"
Seth to Luke: "New data found. Adding to database..."
 
Luke to Lucia: "Fighting a cop kinda gets me nervous. Like I'm a bad news kid again."
Lucia to Luke: "I know a rebel when I see one! Admit it: you were a bad kid! You still one?!"
 
Luke to Oro: "And now an old dude...? What a weird-ass journey, man..."
Oro to Luke: "Another chick has hatched. Shall I live to see him come of age?"
 
Luke to Akira: "Man, you've got guts! Good fight!"
Akira to Luke: "Nobody beats me in a test of nerve!"
 
Luke to Luke: "When people said the real battle is with yourself, I didn't think they were speaking literally!"
 

They hovered on this for a while. Could line up with something happening during CC? 

They hovered on this for a while. Could line up with something happening during CC? 

Hello everyone.  I don't don't mean to interrupt the conversation about Luke but here's Effie's SF3 series bios.
 
エフィー【人物・♀】■ スト III
ネクロ の エンディング で ､ 施 設 に 閉じこめ られ て い た ネクロ を 救出 し た 少女 。けっこう か わ いい 出で立ち を し て いる が 、目 は うつろ で クマ が でき て おり 、 雰囲気 が コワイ 。最後 は ネクロ と 一緒 に ハッピー 逃避行 の 旅 に 出る 。
■ スト III 2nd
ネクロ の 勝利 ポーズ や 負け ポーズ に 登場 する よう に なっ た 。また 、ヒューゴー が エンディン グ で ネクロ を 相棒 に し た 場合 、リング に 向かう ネクロ を 見守る 彼女 の 姿 が 見 られる 。
 
■ スト III 3rd 
ネクロ と の 駆け落ち は 継続 中 。ネクロ の エンディング で は 、追っ手 から のがれる 途中 、鉄道 車 の 上 から あやうく 谷 底 に 転落 しかけ 、ネクロ の 超 ロング ハンド によって 救出 さ れる 。追っ手 の 言葉 から 、彼女 も ネクロ と 同じ 改造 人間 で 、そ の 存在 自体 が 機密 で ある こと が 明らか に なっ た 。
 
Effie【Character・♀】■ Street Fighter 3
Appearing in Necro's ending, she's the little girl who rescues Necro, who was imprisoned in the facility. She has a quite cute appearance, however her hollow eyes and dark circles creates a frightening atmosphere. In the end, she embarks on a happy escape journey together with Necro. 
 
■ Street Fighter 3: 2nd Impact
She now appears in Necro's victory and defeat poses. Also, if Hugo makes Necro his partner in the ending, she can be seen watching over Necro as he heads towards the ring. 
 
■ Street Fighter 3: Third Strike
Her elopement with Necro is still ongoing. In Necro's ending while in the middle of escaping from their pursuers, she nearly falls from the top of the railcar into a ravine, but is rescued by Necro's super long hand. From the words of their pursuers, it became clear that like Necro, she is also a modified human and that her existence was a secret.
 
Btw, i hope Luke does something good for the series, however i still wanna know who the hell "his father" is ? 
 

It's been 20+ years since Sean, Necro, Remy, Sodom, Twelve and Q were playable. You'll be fine waiting 10 for a character that was in the last two games.
 
I know you're a big Bison fan but please try to put your fanboy-isms aside for one game and be open to the series finally fucking doing something new for once instead of beating the same old dead Shadaloo horse again.

Before I saw Scotia's post from Nakayama I was thinking that Joe finally hit the wall hard, had a sobering moment and settled down and kept away from fighting until ironically having one last fight to save people. Oop!
 
Bison's one of my all time fav characters, it's just that he's been mined a TON without giving us a bit of a break. As Darc said, he's been utilized and unfortunately bodied a whole bunch. I look at it as if we only saw Batman fighting Joker or Two-Face all the time, we'd be robbed of the compelling adventures of Mr. Freeze, the tragic and disgusting Clayface tales, the thrillers when dealing with Riddler, or the intensity of Bane, Rhas Al Ghul and others. It' d be like Spidey always fighting Kingpin and Green Goblin, but never having faced off with Doc Ock, or Venom, or Mysterio and Kraven.
 
SF's canon games and non canon games like EX and the crossovers have always featured Bison. We've barely scratched the surface with the Illuminati and who knows what fun and terror G could bring if allowed to flourish.  I think Bison's interesting and has tons of potential, but if we just keep doing similar things again and again, people will get bored. I think SF is a game that could have decades worth of sequels especially now that we've broken the SF3 fears and the SF3 barrier to the timeline. Breaking past those things can give us amazing, new factions, forces and stories that can keep SF growing forever. KoF did it right and has an amazing history in game of different foes and forces. Imagine if we kept circling Rugal and only hinting at orochi without pulling thr trigger for 20 years or never did NESTS. I'm not saying kill of Bison forever, but give us some time to let the heart grow fonder, let's have his return be something incredibly cool and NEW without it being 5 minutes since the last plot and having it feel like another rehash.  Let's build the legend, dip a bit into his past without spoiling the mystique and utilize those new elements to possible give us a new, desperate, and truly dangerous and unpredictable Bison. Let the time away allow him to truly evolve along with the series.

I found it
 
https://twitter.com/takaNakayama/status/1423275190784430080

I found it
 
https://twitter.com/takaNakayama/status/1423275190784430080

I found it
 
https://twitter.com/takaNakayama/status/1423275190784430080

It's been 20+ years since Sean, Necro, Remy, Sodom, Twelve and Q were playable. You'll be fine waiting 10 for a character that was in the last two games.
 
I know you're a big Bison fan but please try to put your fanboy-isms aside for one game and be open to the series finally fucking doing something new for once instead of beating the same old dead Shadaloo horse again.

I feel the same way but unfortunately, I feel it's too late. Having your villain get bodied in multiple games does them no favors. It weakens them. That's already happened. Bison should be in Project L because that's all he's taken. Once they turned him into Captain Ginyu, it was all down here from there. I remember how imposing Bison felt prior to SFIV.  Now there's no stakes. He loses and just hops to another body. No incentive for growth. He can no longer can be seen a truly imposing because they have a get out of jail free card for any L he takes. Which means they just have him take a bunch of Ls because it really doesn't matter and he ends up not being the bad ass dude we grew up with. The guy that had to lower himself to fight Ryu and Ken at the same in SF2TAM and still beat them senseless 99% of their confrontation. "But Darc, that isn't canon" Alpha/Zero Bison is so heavily inspired by his SF2TAM incarnation the effect is ultimately the same.

I don't want Bison to be the Sigma of Street Fighter. The series doesn't need him whenever it needs a villain. Have him fuck off for a few games

It's been 20+ years since Sean, Necro, Remy, Sodom, Twelve and Q were playable. You'll be fine waiting 10 for a character that was in the last two games.
 
I know you're a big Bison fan but please try to put your fanboy-isms aside for one game and be open to the series finally fucking doing something new for once instead of beating the same old dead Shadaloo horse again.

It's been 20+ years since Sean, Necro, Remy, Sodom, Twelve and Q were playable. You'll be fine waiting 10 for a character that was in the last two games.
 
I know you're a big Bison fan but please try to put your fanboy-isms aside for one game and be open to the series finally fucking doing something new for once instead of beating the same old dead Shadaloo horse again.

I figured HiFight's tweet would fit here.
 
 

Ryu not being the protagonist and M. Bison not being the main villain/final boss automatically makes SFVI better than SFV.

No idea who ends up winning the SFII tournament. Even the producers said that the character the player uses can be declared the canon winner (which is a very shotty way to dodge the subject). 
But assuming that the C. Viper Aftermath events are canon, then the the whole squad of Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Cammy, and Guile all showdowned against M. Bison, with Chun-Li's kikosho almost being the crumpling blow before M. Bison self-destructed outta there.
 
 
 
yeah, Luke is almost 100% for sure gonna be the protag for SF6. I'm curious what main arc they will follow, and which characters will be directly or indirectly related to him. We've seen parts of his story that Guile (and even General Byron) have some interactions with him, so would it also be safe to assume that Guile's closest comrades Chun-Li and Cammy would have some interactions with Luke?

He didn't accelerate it though, Necalli did. I agree with the rest though (except I hope Bison sits out 6 entirely outside of foreshadowing his return because we absolutely need a break from him for at least one game). 

The Luke showcase was pretty good! I thought it was much better paced than the Oro and Akira one and felt like they did a good job in showing off Luke. I thought it was really interesting that they showed off a bit of his character story, they've never done that for any other character which to me just reinforces that Luke is the next protagonist. They were dropping subtle hints to it as well throughout the showcase like Luke fighting Ryu, Alex and Rashid during his gameplay breakdown (I see you Capcom 👀). Nakayama straight up confirmed it later on Twitter though (along with Abel and Rashid being the protagonists of SF4 and 5 which is nice to have concrete confirmation for);
 

 
https://twitter.com/takaNakayama/status/1463374000667586561?s=20
 
As for Luke himself, I doubt I'll main him or anything but I'll definitely check him out. His story is interesting so far and I'm excited to see what happened to his Dad (I heard someone suggest a rogue Q attack which would be really interesting) , I just hope there's lots of SF6 teases in there lol. For me though I like his story costume the best, I think it fits him the most and I like how it looks. It should have been his default IMO. The MMA costume isn't that great, especially as a default, and I don't really like the jersey outfit because it reminds me too much of Thuganomics John Cena lmao. Overall though, not bad.
 
It was also really exciting to get the next SF project confirmed by them (which is totally not SF6 🤫)! I feel like old Capcom (aka Ono) would have never confirmed the game this far in advance so I'm glad they've improved their communication so much. Super excited for the future of SF!

The Luke showcase was pretty good! I thought it was much better paced than the Oro and Akira one and felt like they did a good job in showing off Luke. I thought it was really interesting that they showed off a bit of his character story, they've never done that for any other character which to me just reinforces that Luke is the next protagonist. They were dropping subtle hints to it as well throughout the showcase like Luke fighting Ryu, Alex and Rashid during his gameplay breakdown (I see you Capcom 👀). Nakayama straight up confirmed it later on Twitter though (along with Abel and Rashid being the protagonists of SF4 and 5 which is nice to have concrete confirmation for);
 

 
https://twitter.com/takaNakayama/status/1463374000667586561?s=20
 
As for Luke himself, I doubt I'll main him or anything but I'll definitely check him out. His story is interesting so far and I'm excited to see what happened to his Dad (I heard someone suggest a rogue Q attack which would be really interesting) , I just hope there's lots of SF6 teases in there lol. For me though I like his story costume the best, I think it fits him the most and I like how it looks. It should have been his default IMO. The MMA costume isn't that great, especially as a default, and I don't really like the jersey outfit because it reminds me too much of Thuganomics John Cena lmao. Overall though, not bad.
 
It was also really exciting to get the next SF project confirmed by them (which is totally not SF6 🤫)! I feel like old Capcom (aka Ono) would have never confirmed the game this far in advance so I'm glad they've improved their communication so much. Super excited for the future of SF!

The Luke showcase was pretty good! I thought it was much better paced than the Oro and Akira one and felt like they did a good job in showing off Luke. I thought it was really interesting that they showed off a bit of his character story, they've never done that for any other character which to me just reinforces that Luke is the next protagonist. They were dropping subtle hints to it as well throughout the showcase like Luke fighting Ryu, Alex and Rashid during his gameplay breakdown (I see you Capcom 👀). Nakayama straight up confirmed it later on Twitter though (along with Abel and Rashid being the protagonists of SF4 and 5 which is nice to have concrete confirmation for);
 

 
https://twitter.com/takaNakayama/status/1463374000667586561?s=20
 
As for Luke himself, I doubt I'll main him or anything but I'll definitely check him out. His story is interesting so far and I'm excited to see what happened to his Dad (I heard someone suggest a rogue Q attack which would be really interesting) , I just hope there's lots of SF6 teases in there lol. For me though I like his story costume the best, I think it fits him the most and I like how it looks. It should have been his default IMO. The MMA costume isn't that great, especially as a default, and I don't really like the jersey outfit because it reminds me too much of Thuganomics John Cena lmao. Overall though, not bad.
 
It was also really exciting to get the next SF project confirmed by them (which is totally not SF6 🤫)! I feel like old Capcom (aka Ono) would have never confirmed the game this far in advance so I'm glad they've improved their communication so much. Super excited for the future of SF!

Thinking Bison can defeat Luke.
 
Luke is a white boy in Timbs. The man has braved some dangers you would not believe.

I definitely like his military & casual outfits for him better than his default. I'm really curious to see where his story goes. Like you said, it was nice way to reveal his trailer. He looks like he's got some interesting moves! I'm glad they ripped the bandaid off and didn't play coy about him being related to Guile or a "kid decades in the future" bs. He's got some surprises that I'm curious about. They said he has a connection to SF characters plural, so I'm thinking other than Guile, maybe Ryu & Alex (since they had him square off against them in the stream). Also, with them again confirming that he's got a role to play in the future, I'm really curious what exactly he's connected with, but also confirms they already have some idea of the story direction for 6.
 
His dad, who he thought was a quiet, reserved man apparently gave his life to help evacuate people from some sort of disaster (there looks like a black swarming, swirling shadow) and it was several years prior to SFV. He's a little kid but appears to be a young man when he joins up, also, Guile's in his SFV look by then.
 
"I won't lost to anybody!"- at first I thought he was gonna be a cocky , mma rookie wanting to be a bigshot, but now he looks like he wants to be stronger to protect people like his dad.
 
We see that between the Sonic Eagles patch, working with Byron, and having Guile put a hand on his shoulder to ease him down, he's gonna be heavily in that corner of the SF world, but also seems to be a hothead pushing himself as far as he can go for reasons.

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