Lord_Vega

That's interesting thanks
Personally i would much prefer him being regular human with origins, rather than one more "product", so i hope you're right lol
 
I think was the contrary, iirc Decapre is older than Cammy as Decapre was the kidnapped one while Cammy was a clone of her with the addition on Bison's DNA... wich i guess is why Cammy have blue eyes?
 
That was also the story making me think Ed was a clone, as we know he have some Bison's DNA... so i ever thought ones with Bison's DNA were born with it, not that was "added" later
 
Other thing was him having faster aging in common with Cammy and Abel, wich was one lore feature of shadaloo's clones... but maybe the addition of Bison's DNA may cause it?
New SF6 description is kinda tricky at that because could be used for both scenario (the experiments can have been one through life or while creating him)
 
Thought that too, but guess if they want use ASF HQ ruins as location they can just pretend not whole structure went destroyed and call it a day, i will no be much surprised lol
 
Yeah, shit was crazy
 
May be wrong but i think canon wise in SF6 is possible we still did'nt seen yet the "NS uniform Ed" that was standard design, and that he will get there after the SF6 Ed we seen in new trailer
 
Like the true "SFV Ed" was the younger one in white hoodie that abandoned Rog, is only when he became playable that they made him older/bigger and yet that version was straight wrong as it directly conflict with official ending art
 
Like the one defeating/abandoning Rog was still younger/skinny ASF Ed on reality, even if we play that moment as muscle Ed
 
In theory was still young white hoodie Ed when he found Falke

 
So i think he may have found her right after defeating/abandoning Rog, like on his way while leaving the base... that or they knew each other before his split from Rog and that caused his decision/change of mind
 
After all ASF Ed seems fine to work/live with Rog, we see clearly at some point he even tell Rog they could go together to work for somebody else (wich leaded to them meeting Urien)

In Ed’s V debut blog, it’s noted he was “kidnapped at a young age” - https://news.capcomusa.com/lets/browse/the-young-commander-ed-joins-street-fighter-v

From previous discussion, we concluded he was kidnapped at a very young age. The jpn sources hint that. Ed himself mentions, on the 2018 april fools Side Reader story that he couldn't even recall the face of his parents. Also it was never mentioned of him being created from scratch in a lab, like Abel (and Seth) was. He was always mentioned as being the young who was experienced on.
The localized text mentions he was made in a lab, but I think in the jpn actually mentions he was raised, or grew up in a lab.
 
You're right about the Dolls, with the exception of Decapre, who is Cammy's clone.
 
Totally looks like it, but that wouldn't make much sense. The whole place got engulfed in lava as soon Ryu, Chun-Li, Li Fen and Guile left the Inner Sanctum. The same happened with the Secret Laboratory in SFIV where that machine (BLECE?) fell to a lava lake, taking the fighters inside with it.
 
If that's the case, then SF6 Ed story might lead to him finding Falke. Remember SFV wasn't a linear story....
 
He did? I think that he will take over Neo Shadaloo now, even though he doesn't want to.
 
I think @YagamiFire is from Germany. He might help.
 

From previous discussion, we concluded he was kidnapped at a very young age. The jpn sources hint that. Ed himself mentions, on the 2018 april fools Side Reader story that he couldn't even recall the face of his parents. Also it was never mentioned of him being created from scratch in a lab, like Abel (and Seth) was. He was always mentioned as being the young who was experienced on.
The localized text mentions he was made in a lab, but I think in the jpn actually mentions he was raised, or grew up in a lab.
 
You're right about the Dolls, with the exception of Decapre, who is Cammy's clone.
 
Totally looks like it, but that wouldn't make much sense. The whole place got engulfed in lava as soon Ryu, Chun-Li, Li Fen and Guile left the Inner Sanctum. The same happened with the Secret Laboratory in SFIV where that machine (BLECE?) fell to a lava lake, taking the fighters inside with it.
 
If that's the case, then SF6 Ed story might lead to him finding Falke. Remember SFV wasn't a linear story....
 
He did? I think that he will take over Neo Shadaloo now, even though he doesn't want to.
 
I think @YagamiFire is from Germany. He might help.
 

ED!!!!!

Oh no... Kira's back lol. I was not expecting that. But more importantly Ed!!!!

amazing that they include the psx and saturn exclusive scene
 
 
 
 
 

I think that @bakfromonhad it scanned in a (Psycho) Drive. Don't remember if it's the original jpn scan or the english one.
 
I only got the first volume in english (and a few chapters published on Gamest). The second one isn't easy to find, and when I do it's pretty expensive....
 
I can do a rundown video of the first volume if you'd like.
 

 
He looks awesome! Can't wait for his WT interactions!
 

I think that @bakfromonhad it scanned in a (Psycho) Drive. Don't remember if it's the original jpn scan or the english one.
 
I only got the first volume in english (and a few chapters published on Gamest). The second one isn't easy to find, and when I do it's pretty expensive....
 
I can do a rundown video of the first volume if you'd like.
 

 
He looks awesome! Can't wait for his WT interactions!
 

Ed concepts:

Never, lol. Interestingly, it's Honda's report about his and Blanka's encounter with ORO.
 
"The locals called him Oro ("gold"). They said that once, if you entered the forest, he often came to snatch your food and your wine, but his last sighting around the village we were staying in was some 15 years before, and he had not been seen since. During our fifth day in the jungle, my companion Jimmy was more lively than his usual, and at one point looked like he had found something and suddenly took a fighting stance staring at the river. That instant, the water's surface exploded and out of it emerged an enormous fish, about 3 metres long, and under it a shining golden-coloured man who held up the fish with a single arm; he fled as if the water didn't offer any physical resistance. The next day, when we talked about what we had seen the day before in another village much deeper in the forest, we understood we had met the fabled Amazonian hermit named Oro. I thought I'd like to fight him once. Jimmy, however, didn't remember anything except the fish, which, according to him, was a delicious pirarucu¹."
 
¹ Pirarucu, or Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) is the giant fish appearing in Blanka's stage since SF2.

Anyone been paying attention to these?
 
 

Capcom and the attention to details.
 
 
Remember when on his character profile Capcom stated that Carlos is no longer using his "Wheel throw" (orig. 車輪投げ Sharin nage, "wheel throw", aka the classic Tomoe Nage from Jūdō) because doing it gave him backaches? Well, he's still doing it, just more on his right side... So the scabbard with the katana inside on his back doesn't hurt him anymore. 😆

Some interesting notes about A.K.I.' s moves, with few lost in translations details. Sources:
English
Japanese

Serpent Lash is 蛇頭鞭 Jatōben "Snake head lash". But Snakehead (Simplified Chinese 蛇头 shétóu) is also the name of a Chinese criminal organisation involved with human smuggling. Nice sn(e)aky reference to the criminal underworld where F.A.N.G came from and in which still is wallowing.
Toxic Blossom is 毒破裂 Dokuharetsu "poison explosion".
Nightshade Pulse is 紫煙砲 Shienhō "purple smoke cannon". 紫煙 Shien can also mean "tobacco smoke" or, in Chinese only, "mountain haze" or "auspicious cloud". It certainly is NOT the latter, though...
Nightshade Chaser is 紫煙追 Shientsui "purple smoke chase".
Orchid Spring is 紫泡泉 Shihōsen "purple foam spring".
Cruel Fate is 凶襲突 Kyōshūtotsu "evil assault stab".
Snake Step is 蛇軽功 Jakeikō "snake qīnggōng". Qīnggōng (Simplified Chinese 轻功, Traditional 輕功, both different from the Japanese standard but it's the same character) "lightness skill" is the method to train for jumping off vertical surfaces taught in Chinese MA and theater. Basically the double jump and wall running training, and the relative skill.
Sinister Slide is 悪鬼蛇行 Akkidakō "evil demon crawling", where "crawling" (蛇行 dakō) is literally "snake walking".
Venomous Fang is 猛毒牙 Mōdokuga "deadly poison fang".
Heel Strike is 蛇連咬 Jarenkō "snake repeated bites".
Entrapment is 雁字搦 Ganjigarame "bound hand and foot", where 雁 gan is the wild goose, 字 ji "character" and 搦 garame is "entwine" (腕搦み udegarami "arm entwining" is the generic name of the bent armlock submission in Jūdō and Jūjutsu which in catch wrestling is known as double wristlock and in MMA and BJJ is known as "Kimura"... because Masahiko Kimura beat Hélio Gracie with an udegarami in 1951). The etymological explanation is that if you bound a person with a rope in the form of a skein of geese, which resembles an alphabet letter (usually they form a V-shape in the sky), that person cannot move anymore.
L1 Super Deadly Implication is 死屍累々 Shishiruirui "heaps of corpses everywhere", an expression also used figuratively when something goes very wrong and there are serious consequences for numerous people involved. Here... no, it's used literally lol.
L2 Super Tainted Talons is 紫煙裂爪 Shienressō, "purple smoke tearing talons"
L3 Claws of Ya Zi is 睚眦 Gaishi, Chinese Yázì. Yázì is the second of the nine sons of the dragon. Except the first one (囚牛 Qiúniú, a full dragon), they're all hybrids of a dragon with another animal and are often used as decorations on various objects, according to their respective inclinations. Yázì has a dhole's head and is the more violent of all the nine sons of the dragon, as he likes to kill and slaughter. Being directly linked to fighting, Yázì is often featured on the crossguards of Chinese swords. Also, because the single characters of his name mean respectively 睚 "glare" and 眦 "corner of the eye", gaishi is also used to mean "death glare", because if he's angry with you you're screwed the moment he glares at you.

Some other things I noticed about AKI
 

 
We already know that this is the girl  known as “Phantom” from the side story featured for FANG in SF5. This is referenced in the kanji characters in this artwork (阿鬼-Ghost this is pronounced A-ki)
 
Her motif being based on a snake was also explained in the side story. The serpent dagger was  the gift that FANG offered her. 

 
AKI’s chained spiked tendrils are something that was intended for FANG according to his concept art. 
 

At first thought it was just summer holydays break, but kinda long time we don't see him at this point 
 
Hope he's ok and just silly mad at no Bison, and no serious real life thing 
 
If anybody have way to contact him just stell him we wish he's ok and we are here for whatever

Alpha era is best era. People can disagree because it's a free country and people are free to be wrong.

Hey! There's nothing wrong with loving the LAST game where Dudley, Makoto and Elena were playable... 🥲🥲🥲

Ok guys, I've found out one of the VERY likely inspirations for JP.
In the 2009 movie Thick as Thieves, there's a Russian mafia boss played by Croatian actor Rade Šerbedžija. He has roughly the same attire and general aspect JP has, complete with beard, fedora and cane. Also, he's named Nicky PETROVICH... But the protagonist (Antonio Banderas) finds out it's a false name. I saw the movie by chance on TV today and was like




Oh, and there's ALSO Morgan Freeman in the movie (he plays a thief linked to Petrovich). So the link for Albert Jackson came from here as well... The movie was dubbed and released in Japan in 2010.