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S'good.

Kage is very much not dead though. Ryu simply released him. He is only dead to the same extent that Bison is dead. i.e. dead until he can find a new body.

Pretty sure that's just his own Black Belt, since he's not wearing it around his waist atm.

Nah man, that girl is definitely Li Fen. But just cause she's in the game doesn't mean she's a playble character.

European female MMA character - similar moves to Abel = Either Mimi, or Marisa. Black female ninja = Kimberly man who fights in an orange suit = Jamie East Asian assassin = AKI Elderly fighter = JP To be fair, Kanzuki is FAR more cautious and organized than Ken is. It's entirely possible that trying to steal the Kanzuki fortune would simply fail. I mean...they made him a separate spiritual entity in the most recent game. Ryu even makes a point of simply sending him away rather than destroying him. All he needs to do is find a body(which, there's an entire organization in the setting dedicated to creating bodies...sometimes of Ryu), and not only is he back, but he's finally real.

He's coming back with that milk any day now!

Good. I don't like Mayor Cody. I'd say "Come back as street punk Cody!" but Ken is already stealing that slot...

Still dressed like a hobo though.

That guy looks nothing like Rasputin. Rasputin was a church peasant guy. JP is privileged as fuck.

Yes, but, as Rose's apprentice, anything set up by Rose can be followed through by Menat. And Menat was one of the unqualified successes of SF5. That certainly would have made more sense with what they set up... It feels like they're fucking over Ken the same way they fucked over Cody in Alpha. Only worse, cause Ken had a whole family. So I've got, what, 20 years of loser Ken to look forward to?

Rose over Menat seems like a weird choice at this point.

Very strange, considering the focus on Metro City. She's French so...maybe Remy's frozen sister? 😛

Edited all the images into one: Weirdly, they're growing on me over time... So where are our Japanese speakers that can translate the names on the newcomers? 😛

Wait a minute...is the big red helmet person...a muscle lady?! I don't think that means anything. Mel was born in Ken's SF4 ending, and in SF5, he's, like, 5 or something, and those two games are definitely not 5 years apart. Capcom doesn't care about SF's sliding timeline. Some characters will age, while others don't.

Does that require Shadaloo membership? It's just evil Soul Power.

Edit: Doublepost

Oh yeah. 1v1 fighting games are gonna die unless they have open worlds now. TF outta here with that. Comparatively. Those are by far the most realistic looking character models SF has ever had. It looks like DMC5, but with more vibrant coloring. As someone that wanted a modern looking Alpha game, this is pretty much the opposite direction. Russian Vampire is part of "?", not Shadaloo. Based on his name, I'm guessing G's organization.

Well, I'm glad all the World Warriors are there from the start. But those designs...sheesh. Everyone looks like they shop at the same store. I think A.K.I. is F.A.N.G.'s apprentice. The Mexican girl MIGHT be Noembelu. Mexican, single feather, 2 hatchets...

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It looks very nice...but I still hate it. Didn't want realistic looking SF... The open world stuff is really unnecessary.

G in A-tier with his amazing lore of "What's this guy's deal, anyway?"

"Seth's Theme" isn't nearly as good as "Crumbling Lab". But I digress. I might just have a handy playlist.

Speaking of which: *beep*

They invent characters that are less crappy than some of the actual SF newcomers?