CESTUS III

Idk just quick googled looking for leak and this was one of the first results

Random AF Akira own half cast of Evangelion, whole streak from color #10 to #15

😞 Season 3 already been leaked? Found it i guess Orochi Team (Orochi versions of Chris, Shermie, and Yashiro) Samurai Shodown Team (Haohmaru, Nakoruru, Darli) Omega Rugal Edgy orochi cunts and not-needed guest is why we can't have nice things 😞 RIP Kim But guess i'm going to save some tears for SF6 cast, guess i will need it

Loving we got Gato, Geese and Jenet and i'm ok with others too But now Team 3 better have Kim 😄 Btw Japan really love their DLC blonds spam, SFV paved the way lol

Random OT Was doing my color inspirations thing, end up Akira not only have lot of inspirations (more than the ones i'm about to post), but i did'nt noticed at first it had HUGE wink at Evangelion, the whole streak from #10 to #15 are Unit01 followed by pilots lol

For what's worth going by the sprite we can also see he's blond/reddish blond, as bit of his hair is visible behind sneaking out of lower part of the mask/helmet https://www.justnopoint.com/zweifuss/q/q.htm Chip KO and Shocked is probably where it's easiest see it, but is in many of his animations But tbh idk how much we can trust them to stick with SF3 sprites as they already changed stuff from SF3, see SFV Urien now being tanned/white haired as normal physical traits and not only as "battle transformation" (where his normal self was pale and blond)

Cool piece! But thing that crack me up is that i had almost identical idea, wanted do some pieces based on kinda popular sport/movie scenes and one i wanted was exactly that Karelin pic with Zangief lifting Q 😄 Other i was thinking were Rocky vs Drago staredown (Alex vs Zangief), Bruce Lee vs Chuck Norris clash (Fei Long vs Ken or Allen Snider), Ali towering over Sonny liston (here i had trouble pick who is who lol) At the end i did only this, based on Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida vs Mauricio "Shogun" Rua + Mas Oyama being cool lol

I still think most logic step is Q being G who got defeated/captured and turned into a remote-controlled fighter (by Dr.Woo?). Secret society would be the most easy candidate, even if Gill already defeated him and let him go, but still. Maybe he did'nt considered G a threat at that point... after all he's so sure about his destiny that did'nt even bothered lift the ass from his throne to take on Bison directly lol Of course there's also the thing they have a "G Project" thing going on and the fact Gill seems the only one who seem to have recognized the true nature of G's power (meaning it's likely something known by SS world, maybe even that G was one of them) Thing is i doubt even if true we will know all this soon, imho soonest would be a SF6 focused on G and good guys defeating him -> somebody kidnap what's left of him As usual i feel story progression wise SFV has been an huge wasted opportunity, there was easily room (but likely not money) for a second story chapter, G should have been introduced there, same for NeoShadaloo birth etc A problem of SF future development is that them being so fucking unable to complete arcs limit the room for new stuff At the moment -G arc still have to begin -If they plan something "big" with Q, still have to begin -NeoShadaloo story still have to begin, both birth and Bison ghost thing -They will probably do a retelling of SF3 events -We will never get not cucked by Akuma Boss till the day Ryu finally defeat him/end his bullshit That's lot of stuff, not easy move in new directions

They found pretty cool art style for KoF vibes, fit perfectly Eisuke Ogura's XV concept illustrations I like how they did basically everybody except Ryo Sakazaki

If make you feel better i talk shit about NRS products without play their stuff, feel no remorse 🤣

Idk, i think lot depend on personal taste and dynamics of the game... i really love it in Soul Calibur, i like it bit less in Virtua Fighter, i dislike it in Dead or Alive(but there you have also back option iirc) lol One sure thing is i would never want it in Street Fighter 😄

never touched a MK game since mega drive/genesis days, but block button works well in Soul Calibur

this cracked me up

@Miðgarðsormi restarted the little thing on costume/color references that i was doing back to SRK days I remember you told me Takanohana was big inspiration for Honda (and the reason of his story alt, i'm even using a pic you gave me back then) and digging in that direction i may have -accidentally lol- found possible hint for Honda SFV standard design This guy is Takagenji Satoshi and was part of Takanohana's stable (and active around SFV period), you think his mawashi was inspiration for Honda's one? Another possible one(even if lose the link with Takanohana) may be Okinoumi?

Kinda OT as it's other media (so not canon) but end up talking about SF real life inspirations in a martial arts forum and just noticed that in both anime/manga Sagat get shot or risk to get shot as that's what happened to Reiba in Karate Baka Ichidai (wich was the inspiration for Sagat design) Reiba Sagat in Ryu Final and SF2V anime Probably we already covered that in one of the 999999 pages of old forum, but still love this kind of shit lol

Well, for sure would be more easy to happen than the 3+1 all male team lol I ever liked the idea of body type/size variety in fighting games and Chang/Choi would be unique in current cast But yeah more expected would be get young/"cool" characters and waifus, so Kim/Jhun/May can be a possibility if they want to make up a Korea Team for KoF15 As excuse for Takuma would also like an heavy Japan themed Team... maybe Takuma/Goro/Kasumi? My wishlist as we speak would be something like (random order) Kim, Geese Howard, Takuma, Gato, Heavy D, Gai Tendo, Goro , Big Bear/Raiden, Jhun

Random af OT 2-3 months ago i was experimenting a bit with sprites/frames and did these using SF3 Coul get refined a bit (specially Urien) but by that point i understood what i needed so i left these like that lol I think i got also a Chun Li half done somewhere but did'nt found it lol

Wish we get Korea Team with Kim, Chang+Choi and Jhun Also want Geese and Takuma (not Mr.Karate version), guess the former will surely make it as DLC, but the latter have low chances

Tbh i would not be surprised if is'nt in because they keept him for DLC, he's not the only big name missing

Even more if you watch her here To keep milking Strider for references, enemies flying battleship was called BALROG https://strider.fandom.com/wiki/Flying_Battleship_Balrog Of course name first appeared in Tolkien's LotR, but i think was first time it was used by Capcom

KInda long/boring, so i put it on spoiler Cliffs: ugly parts of SFV are often used as "example" of SFstyle ugliness as a whole, while in reality most of SFV ugliest parts tend to ignore/betray SF art style lol

Props for mention SFV animations, forgot do it in my feedback SFV animations have overall been awesome, they added SO FUCKING MUCH personality to SFV cast There would be so much to say, so many little touch of class Most easy example that come to mind is just to watch Ryu and Ken fight style in SFV... Ryu strikes have strong japanese Karate (various styles) vibes, while Ken have waaay more western style that remind more 80s "american kickboxing". Ryu feel solid af and hold his ground, everything he does start and stop, seems to often use strong positions with feet well planted on the ground, everytime he strike give "ouch" vibes, dude just seem made of stone Ken he's ever light on his feet, never stop bouncing and moving, seem constantly try keep forward momentum, his punches looks fluid and dynamic, his kicks have him spinning(and recoil) in a way that feel the start of something instead the end of it, seems ever ready for next move Even just to think how similar they was back to SF4 is awesome lol Of course it's a while we started to see these different traits in them, is not something "invented" by SFV animations... but SFV brought it to the next level

That's what i was implying, with less hurry and less characters to cover he seems to have took definitely more time on later tables But tbh i don't even think it's all there, one side for sure hurry played a role, but i also believe at first he tried to do a stylization work as deviation from his usual self... that got loud negative feedback and made him drop it for later SFV works

Tbh lot of later DLC art got more detail than vanilla cast Just some examples

Tbh one of few things that make me kinda optimistic we MAY get a SF6 of the quality SF deserve, is that if they have half brain still working, they know they simply can't fuck up Overall SF have tons of haters, and after SFV shit is even easier for them If SF6 want to have smooth hype start after the perceived shitshow that SFV was, SF6 needs to be simply flawless