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I think it's more that he hasn't taken his final boss form yet. In everything we've seen of him so far, he's still maintaining his businessman facade. He's not sitting on a throne in his Nayshal wizard robe yet like he does in his own story mode. He's either hiding his power(because, again, he doesn't care if he wins these fights, so there's no reason to show it), or he hasn't unlocked it yet. I believe it was supposed to be a Russian accent. To go along with the Russian alias he was using.

That, or he just doesn't care about winning.

I just...I don't know what story you've been watching for the last 3 games if you think it's in any way different. Unless you think it's always been garbage. Then, yeah, fair, it the same as it's always been.

Yeah, admittedly, when they were like "Shang Tsung is going into the multiverse to gather allies, and so are we", that should have been a "To Be Continued" moment. And the Armageddon chapter should have come later. The way Aftermath did with 11. After all the DLC characters were out. All those dumb amalgamation characters in the last chapter were so fun though.

*shrug* It's not a new development. And it makes the final chapter of the game a suitably ridiculous and over-the-top crazy Armageddon retelling.

Killer Instict is the next least grounded. 😛

Seen the MK1 Story Mode now. Dunno what everyone was complaining about. It's a MK-ass MK story.

None of them. Since,

I noticed that, in the part of WTM where she describes how she met FANG, she makes no mention of her brother.

When I first ran into him, I though he was one of those World Warrior fakers at the Stadium, because he was at the stadium, going by Fang Fei and posing as an herbalist. But as the story progresses it's made clear that no, it really is FANG.

There is a fun interaction with FANG when you ask about the Psycho-power you have. He's all "Pfft, how can you have it? only SUPERIOR specimens can control it. But if you DO have it, make sure to take good care of it, so you can nourish my master on his eventual return." Naw. These are clearly SiRN Seth-type androids. Not Secret Society Twelve-types.

There's also a new side mission that has you tracking down an escaped Copy Fighter. The scientist is like "I've succeeded in programming it to have conciousness." And I'm like, "Just like me!" Anyway, the reward is AKI's +40 Bond gift. All he sells for gear is a jianshi hat and robe. And his take-out items are just dyes and plane tickets.

Okay, did AKI's story mode, maxed mastery and bond. Things of note:

Is she out now?

Biker Ken is pretty cool. At least it's not a cowboy. Lily looks good. Though the sombrero is a bit much. The Cammy one looks great, but it is just her main outfit a longer jacket and hood. SF5 Luke is what it is...lame, but expected. He said, as if that was a bad thing. Needs glasses though to be a true Max alt.

I want my boxing normals!

1. He said he's homeless, not that he's poor. Homeless just means you don't have a place to live. And I can believe that Ryu still doesn't, because he simply never bothered to get one. He could have been a millionaire, while still be living on the street due to his lifestyle. 2. Ryu may have had money, but had no idea how to manage or make use of it until Ken took over his finances and gave him a card. Which is a seemingly recent development. He's talking about a scene from the SF2AM, which takes place way earlier in the timeline. So he A. May not have had money yet, and B. May not have had access to what money he had.

Fuuuck no! Do not waste fighter slots on guest characters.

I mostly want to see crossover content from over fighting games. Not fighters, but costumes and special moves for your CAC. Which the TMNTs should have had.

Probably everything related to Retsu. Really hoping that Geki, Lee and Joe get similar questlines in the the future. Using Vega, Jamie and Cody's movesets as a base once they join the game.

The idea that an alt costume would cost more than an entirely new character is ludicrous.

Yeah, but do you want to spend $15 for those shorts?

A Baki crossover doesn't seem like it would be very interesting, costume-wise. Cause it looks like everyone just wears little shorts.

I wish it had taken even more, to be honest. A SF game that uses ArcSys's graphical methods to emulate the SF2 anime movie's art style is a dream of mine. I don't care much for SF6's realistic art style. Don't get me wrong, they did an amazing job with it, it's just...not what I was hoping for. I was hoping for an Alpha 4. With modern 2.5D cel-shading.

As a Shino stan, I feel your pain.