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I would be ok with Sodom join at some point, but i don't count him and Hugo on same "category" even if they have grappler thing in common To me distinctive trait of Hugo is that fit giant chararacter archetype, see one dwarf all big characters like he did in SF4 felt truly was different addition to the cast and was hype 😁 him or new character (but please no Abigail lol) i would like to see that in SF6 Btw i think we should expect at least one big grappler in S2, considering we got none in S1

Voted Mega Man 11 betting on recency bias + being decent game 😁 Got 1000 drive tickets, not sure if was top3 reward thing or if everybody who voted got it

Also this is true Shit, Akuma is one of the very very least characters i want to see added to SF6 (maybe Akuma-Sakura-Decapre is my podium) and still have to admit i'm at least curious to see what they do with him. Probably the thirst of a fucking 4chars Season make me curious about whatever news as long we get one, but still It's cool because if characters announced are shit still you have something to look forward to, if are good you're twice as hyped

Well, i would personally prefer a S2 that goes back to good old 4M2F SFV format, as there's way bigger number of missing male fighters i wish to see return than female ones But tbh a 3M3F season(like in the fake leak) in SF6 would not shock me if we consider how female heavy has been their work on new characters Start cast SF4 had 4 new characters, 3 males (+1 "male" boss) and 1 female Start cast SFV had too 4 new characters, 3 males and 1 female Start cast SF6 had 7 new characters, 3 males and 4 females. And when they had chance to go 4-4 in S1 they instead went 3M 5F adding AKI Now, new chars are just a portion of upcoming characters (a tiny one in S1 case), but still show new devs seems willing to break old ratio patterns Again, hope S2 will be 4M2F (wich would be 6 chars wich is itself good news), but would not be surprised much by a 3-3 I think what truly gave fuel to the leak (i was open to believe it) is that the news came claiming was same guy who did first SF6 leak, i've learned the fact it was a different account only when the original guy said it was'nt him

I was'nt a fan of it beside Elena and being 6 chars, but had realistic elements tbh To begin with most of names appeared on graffiti wall Fake leak: Sakura - Bison -Vega - Mika - Elena - NewDude Graffiti wall: Basically just added Elena instead Ibuki (wich was only name "in doubt" on the wall) and new male wich would make sense considering new chars ratio currently is 3 males vs 5 females Would not have been "elegant" selection in my eyes, with some chars that could/should have waited at least 1 more season or more (to give space to other that would help cast variety), but S1 dropping Akuma already shows capcom give no fucks about finesse and just want sell... and just like Akuma sells (sadly lol) i've to admit a combo Sakura+Bison would have sold lot too, even if personally would not want them as soon as S2 (they would miss S3 too if was for me lol) Wich force me to admit that since i'm first to bitch about S1 being only 4 chars, i have to hope IF S2 ever end being sweet 6 chars model like in the leak it MUST sell lot if i want S3 to be 6 chars too I just wish selection will be done with some class, not just money in mind (and to be fair S1 best char to me has been Ed becoming much more boxing based and Rashid, wich were kinda controversial picks by Capcom, so must concede them that) Coincidence just written in the other thread my ideal S2, bit modified with "MUST sell" mindset, just copy-paste Sagat - Fei Long - Makoto - Hugo - Menat - Cody This would be cool list imho, covering 3 chars in the top10 popularity list still not in (Makoto#2, Cody#5 and Sagat #7) plus Menat that back to the poll days was'nt even a thing but is popular, yet at same time are basically ALL chars i would really love see in SF6 Hugo was my "unpopular" pick (we need a giant in SF6) lol, but others would carry him well imho Would slighty prefer Adon over Sagat as Muay Thai rep probably, but Sagat is more popular and we already had hint for him in SF6 Had to sacrify (just delay on reality) Elena and Dudley that i like more than some there, but i would surely add them in my ideal S3 lol Problem is my list does'nt leave room for 1 (or 2?) new characters, and we don't know Capcom plans about that SFV has been very unpredictable under that pov, beside the fact they will likely save what are considered big names to carry seasons with new chars or unpopular picks We already saw this in SF6 S1, as much i dislike see Akuma in S1 have to admit marketing wise he does the heavy lifting on a season that took some risk with other 3 chars

That was for sure my first "+" in the pro and cons list (maybe second after Elena in lol) One tricky part i'm thinking is that Capcom seems not much on the idea to do a 6-char season, so as much i hate it if we get a 6-char S2 we have to pray marketable enough to sell A LOT if we want S3 to be 6-char too I say i hate it as best/most variety improvement seasons i can imagine surely would sacrify some marketing potential to pick also unpopular characters that average audience dislike (or not love) but would enrich the cast Trying to imagine a S2 that i would like but also imagine would do good money Sagat Fei Long Makoto Hugo Menat Cody This would be cool list imho, covering 3 chars in the top10 popularity list still not in (Makoto#2, Cody#5 and Sagat #7) plus Menat that back to the poll days was'nt even a thing but is popular, yet at same time are basically ALL chars i would really love see in SF6 Hugo was my unpopular pick (we need a giant in SF6) lol, but others would carry him well imho Had to sacrify (just delay on reality) Elena and Dudley that i like more than some there, but i would surely add them in my ideal S3 lol Problem is does'nt leave room for 1 (or 2?) new characters

Fun thing is so far Rufus is one of the very few non-playable characters that got a "NPC fan" tribute (timestamped) Iirc others are Sagat, Vega, Rog, Sean and Dan

@Darc_Requiem Bit different post Does'nt make much sense for me to "attack" this guy opinion, his list is correct being HIS list (as indeed he say in the tile) But surprise me how much i thought people would agree on things SF6 editor needs to go next level, yet i could'nt give any fucks about most of this guy 13 points to "improve" it Literally of these he said i would ask for just 2. More customization with the Color Dyes 3. More Hairstyles/Body Paint + Having a Fighters hairstyle/Facial Hair 4. Better Move List Customization (but not for the reasons he said) 10. Able to buy a character's (Luke,Jamie) clothing/costume to wear clothing on our Avatars Other nine points feel so useless to me, while way more important stuff is'nt even mentioned Make me think beyond SF6 editor being much weaker than it could be due capcom's lazy ass and greed, it being chained so hard with WTM and worse the Hub add lot of audience "needs" that capcom can in future throw at people without even touch what would truly increase editor's quality

Not even sure how to feel about it One side leak list had LOT i disagree with On the other we're not guaranteed we will get better deal 😆

I think is safe bet consider that Cody at some point will jump in, i'm not sure will necessary be in S2 (even if i would welcome it) We seen in the past devs wanting a char does'nt necessary have that much weight... iirc Ono really wanted hard Mika in SF4 and she never managed to jump there But again, for bunch of reasons i feel SF6 Cody have better chances, my guess would be indeed S2/S3

Lot OT, but thread is in hybernation till Akuma's next trailer anyway lol @Darc_Requiemthanks to last jacket i'm finally satisfied with my V.Rosso Moveset kinda cool too already, but pray Akuma will add EDIT: adding here too for the lulz

People thinking i was joking, we already lost Manon

Thanks for fixing my mistake 👍 With "Now that udon shit is canon" i was thinking at the Ken/JP SF6 chapters, wich iirc are canon but at same time i find it handled badly as some aspects made me think who illustrated it does'nt have much knowledge of SF chars Good to know if the "masters" thing prevent it from become part of SF6 canon and throw it in "just more udon bullshit" side of things, allow me to just ignore it and move on lol Due SF6-like designs (and SF6 Akuma DLC timing) thought this one was going to be a follow up of udon being allowed to expand SF6 lore like with the Ken/JP chapters near to game launch Glad it's not the case, hope that door will stay close lol

https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2024/mar/21/akuma-comic-story-ryu-sf6/ Now that udon shit is canon i'm bit nervous about it, i think Luke vs Ken fight dynamic was handled bit like crap imho

https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2024/mar/21/akuma-comic-story-ryu-sf6/

Thanks! 🙏 Out of curiosity went there myself, i'm there on WTM -WARNING FROM HERE POST GET PROGRESSIVELY FUCKED UP 😆- Beside some new nationalities that indeed match Season 2 leak, is interesting imho also the number of them as some get more than one To some extent some repetitions seems to match cast we have but at same time we see is'nt a precise system because while example works for China (x2 Chun Li and AKI) or Russia (x2 Zangief and JP), we see it can't work for USA (x2, but we have 4 americans already) or Korea (x2 but only Juri so far) or Japan (x4 but we would be already at 5 with S2) I like their (people of the pic) idea that repetition is to cover total number of different nationalities of future updates, would cover expanding cast considering some will be from already showed countries But we get there later...* Btw Rashid's Saudi Arabia is missing Also Jamie's Hong Kong is missing too, but that may be to lick chinese boots, and seems they already did it for Fei Long If we apply it to Season 2 leak, it's mostly covered Elena -> Kenya Vega -> Spain Sakura -> Japan R.Mika -> Japan Bison -> Thailand is a possibility due SF2 New Male -> Iran as you say may do it, but also Turkey can share similar skin color and ME vibes One curious thing is regardless wich between Turkey/Iran new guy may get (IF he get one of these), other would not be covered by any char "currently"(counting S2 in) Maybe they forgot to remove one? *...i counted total of 26 flags for 18 different nations, so from #19 is pure speculation Just for boredom speculation and taking as good their theory let's try see how many extra nationalities we may get (adding very likely chars->nation maybe?) Possible Season 2 leak Wild speculation on chars/nations imho likely or at least possible to make it Japan - Ryu, Honda, Akuma, R.Mika, Sakura, guess somebody between Karin, Makoto and Ibuki have big chances too USA - Guile, Ken, Luke, Kimberly, think Cody is VERY likely, Rog too if he ever make it, Alex would be super bizzarre if missing, C.Viper too Russia - Zangief, JP, possibly Necro China - Chun Li, AKI Germany - Ed, possible Hugo too UK - Cammy and i pray for Dudley. Eagle (who help Ken in SF6) and Birdie are from there too S.Korea - Juri India - Dhalsim Mexico - Lily. T.Hawk and El Fuerte from there too. To some extent Mexico is Necalli's place too Jamaica - Dee Jay Italy - Marisa can cover also Rose if she returns France - Manon possible Remy or Abel too Brazil - Blanka can cover also Sean or Laura (i pray for the latter) Kenya - Elena Thailand - Bison? would make sense due SF2 hopefully Sagat or Adon in future too Spain - Vega Iran - S2 New guy? Turkey - S2 New guy? or Hakan (who in SFV became G follower if they want use that, other followers would be S2 leak Elena and Dan who's already hinted to be in MC) Egypt - Menat imho very likely Canada - possible rep if Abigail jump in. In theory he would have already a place in MC though as his workshop is a SF6 WTM place Greece - ?? not sure if we will ever get that confirmation for Urien/Gill Ukraine - ?? ever guessed was hinted for Kolin, but doubt they would confirm ... - ... - Arctic circle* - somebody in the thread discovered current SF6 Shadaloo stage is there, and guess we will fly there in WTM at some point Nayshall? - if Bosch ever become playable Not showed in WTM flags 🇭🇰 Hong Kong - Jamie, and possibly Fei Long 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia - Rashid *Arctic circle does'nt have an official flag as area Maybe meaningless but fun thing one item militaristic winter set seem to match one made up flag i seen online, sharing similar six point star snowflake symbol...

That's a possibility given his new SF6 design, sure i would welcome him more than Falke But would be kinda curious they did'nt noticed him looking like Cypher (be it current SF6 one or white version of SFV), considering for Sakura they mentioned a similarity with an existing char (SFEX Hokuto)... but is also true you probably need to be VERY into SF lore to remember/recognize him Another thing that make me suspicious on that route is that they don't mention crazy big hair (or knives), and i think they would have mentioned it because is instant recognizable stuff Like, in previous leak and also in this one they seem to often point at hair (example we know Sakura got long ones and Vega brown) yet they say nothing on new char Surely i may be wrong but the super generic description we got made me think the char may be more on regular guy rather than freak side of chara design... like he may not be super fat or super muscular or having some very distinctive/bizzarre trait that stand out a lot, because i feel would have been mentioned Vibes i get from their description is that char have dark skin (but maybe not very dark if they consider ME possibility) and maybe have clothes that put doubt on them about where put him on the map, if african or arab world For what's worth (nothing lol) and totally random reading description i imagined somebody kinda like Avdol wich surely helped make me think "this guy may be african/arab Gill fire servant!" lol 😄 that's interesting, do you know if is possible find whole list of flags?

So, since we don’t have much to talk about and taking as good the leak, what are your story expectations for Season 2 characters? My 2cents (well maybe 20 cents) based on stuff we know: ELENA – Don’t expect much, doubt have much story impact beyond tell us where she traveled (as we know at very least she lived at least in France and Japan). Would be funny know bit story of her “befriend” Akuma, because i suspect she approached him as if he was a wild lion rather than an human, wich is why she had success lol Still hope after all these travels she return to her roots because i really want savannah funny stage full of animals, would offer nice change from others we have Could be fun also see her somehow interact with Marisa’s lion, guess at very least we would get it on win quotes Imho best story development we can hope from her could be an update about G, since SFV had her, Hakan and Dan as G followers, no idea how much impact will have or if was random though VEGA – Vega imho is an awesome character that could/should develop his own story arc as fucking psycho without being Bison’s minion, but S2 structure make me fear will just return to be his spy/assassin (no Sagat and FANG downgraded to NPC make me guess he may be #2 this time, deserve it too) At best imho we can get some of that focus on Vega itself (and of course some Cammy stalking) at begin but his story at some point will bend toward Bison’s return boring shit. His bond and personal revelations are going to be cool, ever wanted more from him We may get his childhood, travel to japan etc We may get him losing to silly Geki (Geki 1) wich is canon, hope as revenge we get also to know that he got a rematch and killed him, because fuck that Vega>>>Geki Would be also lore compatible as Geki 1 “has been killed by another assassin during his activities in Asia” I also think Vega’s claw moveset inclusion will add Geki’s successor (Geki 2) to the game, likely to get revenge on Vega (fuck you too Geki 2) Guess we will also get NPC Clawdio mask wich is cool af Very random note, glad they returned to brown hair Have high hopes for his stage, hope he get crazy luxury spanish mansion full of art M.BISON – Kinda surprised to read he looks old rugged and fucked up, thought time-skip gave him time to plan carefully a smooth return, but design description make me guess his plan got fucked up by something. Wonder if Ed developed enough will/mental strenght to prevent getting possessed (or maybe some of that strange azure ki that look may have something to do with it), forcing him to take one of the usual classic clone bodies he ever use. Of course given we’re in SF6 he will be super charged of Psycho Power, most powerful he’s ever been blah blah, wich would explain why the host shell body is already so fucked up and aged fast… wonder if this time he will have to run fast against body’s decay Personally as said did’nt want him return so early, but on bright side we may get reason for team Soul Power to step in, i would really like see grown Menat and Maggio (latter being my last hope of get italian male rep in SF6 lol) I already have theory Menat might have helped Ed develop that azure ki (SP?) to resist PP Btw from what we see in some SF6 scenes seem Ed is’nt going to resist forever Guess we will also see Arcade Ending JP drunk of Psycho Power that changed personality and would probably claim the PP throne, only to be fucked up by Bison because we know Capcom gimmicks and their hate for new characters lmao R.MIKA – Tbh i’ve no expectations for Mika story wise, we just know she became big star in wrestling world losing her “junior” SFV status, we learn that from SF6 Zangief. Wonder if they will keep her tag team gimmick with Nadeshiko, i guess no but we will see her as NPC. Maybe if Mika get her own wrestling stable and gym place, if that’s the case maybe we will see some of these SFV female wrestlers profiles as NPC Guess we will get american-approved (just like Elena we know already) main design that people will say is so much better, then Nostalgia Alt with ass and boobs full glory in new engine lol… guess SFV one not Alpha one SAKURA – Only thing i care about her is that hinted possible relationship with Ryu, mostly because i need her to give birth to Ryu’s son for next generation (hopefully she did already so there will not be huge gap with Mel lol) Her said to have SFEX Hokuto look almost make feel interesting, but her base would still be hado/shoryu/tastu so whatever AFRICAN /M-E NEW MALE – we don’t know shit, but i would find very fitting if he’s Kolin’s counterpart as Gill fire hand Would fit the criteria for something opposite/specular to Kolin being white female from cold place, and could open the door to SF3

Indeed Same father, so FF is little brother 😁 Cool guy AoF is youngest brother, but somehow seems older than FF. Tough kid we respect, even if not as likeable as FF who's our fav brother SS is the fun brother in law with best alcoholic stories, good drunk fellow KoF is the edgy nephew you want to slap because his father FF never did. Can't lift grocery bags but still he can get laid, we respect that DS is son we love most, but world does'nt understand him and can't find a job to save his life. Probably fatherly love blind our judgement VF is the boring engineer son with glasses and stick up in the ass. Basically adult Gohan. He ever speak about how complex his job is but we couldn't care less TK is cool oldest nephew, basically what his dad (VF) was'nt. Charisma jumped a generation and we're proud of him because he's coolest guy in town and growing strong. Only one truly able to stand and bang with us, true heir shit SB/SC is middle nephew with ponytail who ducked actual fight sports and does mcdojo kung fu because swing sticks and nuchakus make him feel ninja. For mysterious reasons despite that in his youth was even better than TK even if less popular, but that phase lasted very little and became a pink haired male cosplayer DoA is young female nephew who went to good private school but still end up with OnlyFans channel BR is a young distant cousin. Good boy but can't handle coke. It's a while we don't see him FEXL is the new name of our secret twin. Had to chose hidden humble path because have the most holy mission: keep V.Rosso trapped in a mediocre universe nobody care about so he can't get pregnant all SF waifus SMASH is somebody's adopted toddler. Too young to speak with adults beyond MAMA PAPA POOPOO, he's somehow adorable but we suspect have below average IQ and will never pass chimp level. Somehow have lot famous friends To some extent this is family, but on reality only allowed in the home are FF and TK, KoF too if he shut up

FF is like SF's little brother TK is like SF's nephew They're allowed in the house

Yeah i think Gato is likely to sneak into start cast, wich i like as was my Garou fav But i would be fine with S1 too, will no buy till Joe and no way he's start cast given we got shitty disciple We got basically confirmation for Joe and Andy by artwork, and kinda like i would have loved see some more SF2ers sneak into SF3, i would love just the same see some FF vets get into Garou My wishlist I know call Rick Strowdt a vet is bit blasphemy, but still was cool boxing guy lol

Have no hope for Joe in start cast but pray is'nt further than Season1 🕯️🙏🕯️ Also Gato

Where are his detractors now

Plot twist, Guile was crouching whole time so nobody ever noticed he was there