The Slick Tony

I’m ready to catch hate for this but I don’t really like how much they show during SGS. Yes it still looks very cool, and if this was any other character it’d be my favorite super. However, I vastly prefer the mystique of the all black background with hitsparks. Leaves more to the imagination. SFV is my favorite presentation (Kage or Akuma).
 
Other than that I’d say Akuma is by far the best looking character. Stage is also amazing. 

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SNK was worried about getting sued by Ricco Rodriquez. A Brazilian Heavyweight MMA fighter. There wasn't a shared likeness like M.Bison/Balrog, so I don't understand whey they thought they'd be sued.
 
Ricco Rodriguez

the scaling is wild in this game. This combo probably would've done hella damage in the first garou.

I noticed that the parable that Udon had translated was a bit wonky and out of order.
 
We all know that Capcom decides to transiterate it as "Die One Thousand Deaths" but Udon tried to be more faithful to what was being written. 
 
一瞬千撃抜山蓋世鬼哭啾啾故 豪鬼成
One thousand instant strikes, with enough power to rend mountains and overshadow the world, the souls of the dead cry out, that which has become a great demon. 
 
 
 

The Akuma blog post is up
 
https://blog.playstation.com/2024/04/29/akuma-rages-into-street-fighter-6-on-may-22/
 
For anyone that watched Street Fighter Assasin's Fist. Akuma's level two is essentially what Goutetsu hits him during their fight. A devastating palm strike that sends a surge of ki through his opponents torso. Basically an SnH verison of Gouken's Senkugoshoha (Palm Strike).

I gave it a try, works surprising well ingame, had easier time find the right moveset than when i'm working on more "SF style" characters 😁
 
Added shit to the vanilla helmet to make it bit closer to MMX wich had proportions bit more SF like
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Copied and pasted from another forum. A dataminer named Shang discovered something in regards to the location of the "Ruined Lab" stage, and it's not what you think. 
 

I was disappointed the Shadaloo Lab stage didn't factor into WT mode at all.
 
Hard to get excited about these new stages if we aren't even going to visit them.

It was more limited than I thought it would be but, I dig what Ed's presence adds to the story. I certainly didn't have, "Balrog has the most character development in Street Fighter", on my bingo card.

It was more limited than I thought it would be but, I dig what Ed's presence adds to the story. I certainly didn't have, "Balrog has the most character development in Street Fighter", on my bingo card.

One giant teeth above and one below, SF4 style 😆

@EvilCanadianputting in work as usual. Appreciate you fam.
 
 

Parrying uses less drive meter than using a drive impact back. I think this was a key part of why UMA ended up winning Capcom Cup because you are really gimped when you even start to run low on drive meter. We are talking about 0.5 meter but that can make a difference on the highest level.

Dolphin has markings on it similar to Ed concept art characters.
 
Also...baby?!
 
Most importantly, Balrog in the shot with the gang! Unironically great to see Balrog being a good 'dad' to Ed. Maybe Balrog can continue moving in an interesting direction.

No, as far i know without dedicated moves is purely aesthetic 😆
I just liked the fact it somehow remind the spinachs eating act and you can even go in what seem a powered-up state (you can still go drunk, but you just obtain only that air trembling aura effect with bith of red)

That thing says privated now, bleh. Had to edit and fix a bunch of stuff.
 
Now its better.
 
 
 
After making two small strategy vids on a character I know...I'm highkey sad we don't really get more of these from actual good players. I get being the change you wanna see in the world but shit, it really bothers me how poor the conversation on strategy is in the FGC.
 
There was a guy who found that if you safe jump JP with lights, you recover in time to get some punishes on EX Amnesia and that was lost to the twitter aether. Absolutely blows.
 

The game got nominated for three categories in the game awards
 
 

Made another video.  Wasn't expecting to be making tech or strategy videos at this juncture in my FGC life but here we are. @Darc_Requiemcan't thank you enough.
 
I'm honestly perplexed that I've spent a bit more time on making a strategy video than a lot of "pros". Still feels weird that with all of the information you need to get better at FGs, the conversations don't happen. Either way, stick to the end and it gets really funny:
 
 

Pencak Silat thing* was half joke lol (half because i would still take PS over made up generic style)
Btw don't believe he's dead dead, this is SF
 
So i think we will see him again, maybe even as main cast new char (mostly because -i may be wrong but- as body he seem only NPC who's not been built as "a NPC" using SF6 editor tool as base)
Iirc we also have a line from Yua (his sister) who refuse to believe he's dead... of course is normal thing to say for a young girl who just lost her brother, but you know how that shit goes in anime lol
 
*give us SFV malaysian female Pencak Silat concept pls
I know, said myself canon wise he's from Nayshall lol
And to add even more mess to make up the "Nayshall" culture as clothes capcom also used visual links to Bhutan... and on general Nayshall people as a whole dress lot like Bhutan, just scrolling these images you'll find lot familiar (due WTM Nayshall) stuff
https://www.google.it/search?sca_esv=574223418&q=bhutan+traditional+clothing&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiJlezN-f2BAxWb_7sIHWXJA8gQ0pQJegQICBAB&biw=1536&bih=703&dpr=1.25
Bosch attire on particular have some details straight from there definitely, pretty sure back to SF6 launch posted the pics
 
But still found interesting that both name and surname have potential link to Indonesia (wich does'nt mean in any way Indonesia have any canon relevance, just that devs may have wanted some vibes from there)... even if to be completely honest while one source said it's most common in Indonesia, another said Pakistan
 
One interesting thing is Waraya apparently have some possible meanings in japanese too, and one or more seems particular fitting to Bosch story arc;
(copy-pasted)
 
藁谷- Waraya -
藁 means "straw."
Withering - The process of a tree becoming dry and brittle.
Draft - A preliminary version of a written document.
谷 means "valley, ravine."
Valley - A depression between two mountains.
Path - A road or path.
Reach a Limit - To reach a point of no return.
Nurture - To raise and care for.
 
These three i've put in red feel like describe a lot Bosch's WTM run
 
Guess they liked the idea of pick surname that have a fitting meaning for them japanese but can work also as "different part of Asia" for that confused concept that is Nayshall
 
 
That's tricky
 
Despite having his own personal stance since first time we meet him, we see Bosch showcasing his unique fightstyle only after he got infused with Psycho Power
 
And that fight style does'nt resemble the one used by any other nayshallese fighter we seen, interesting thing is only other char to share it, Fou-Lu* does'nt seem to be nayshallese (he's actually another BoF NPC "guest")
 
So far make it kinda hint that Bosch  may have learned these techniques at same Neo Shadaloo place where he got infused with Psycho Power
 
This based on ingame events, but going bit by logic we can assume his PP style is a fusion of his previous martial art knowledge with the new powers... so some of the elbows/shoulder/kick strikes we see may indeed come from what he already knew and be stuff he used to do before the MC MMA training under Luke
 
Another thing to suggest Bosch could have been already decent (not great as we see in WTM) in some Nayshall traditional martial art is that his red robe as chara design seems to identify him as martial art monk
 
Btw would like get a non-PP version of him, even if we will ever get him 99% will keep PP lol
 
*Fou-Lu is another SF6 NPC who got named after BoF character, wich share also same look

Fun thing after defeating him in SF6 Fou-Lu will tell us we will meet again and we will see his "complete form" or something like that... this made some (myself included) speculate about potential future WTM development, but may just be a reference to BoF character lore, who concept wise is literally half of what should be as he's been summoned in a wrong way and he's an incomplete entity who wish to merge with his other half (game protagonist) to reach his complete form and wreck shit
 
Wonder if they plan to keep play on that and make us fight him again in future lol
 
Nice detail, even the place (at night time) where we can fight WTM Fou-Lu remind also the one where BoF Fou-Lu awaken in very first scene of this vid
 

Cool Ryu piece, wish he looked like that ingame, with just rough bit unkept wolfish face hair rather than full thick beard
 
Another BW art here seem hint they had that in mind at some point

 
 

He's filling out job applications and using his aliases as references. 😂

I'm starting to think he may also be the nigerian Prince asking everybody for money via email lol

I started to re read this again in English. I had just gotten through the fight with Hugo when a panel caught my attention that hadn't before. 
 

 
In the original Japanese script it was this "闘いの中に 答えはある・・・か"
 

 
"Tatakai no naka ni kotaeha aru."
 
This was transliterated into;
"The answer lies in the heart of battle"
 
Ryu's most popular catch phrase! Yet another notable aspect of SF that had been borrowed from the Nakahira manga.