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The Street Fighter VI Story Thread: Shadaloo Died so Luke Could Live!


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Dhalsim Vs Luke

 

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“The world is wide indeed. Walk it always with intent.”

 

Marissa Vs Dhalsim

 

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“Wow, you actually breathe flames. Bet ha that’d get the colosseum fired up!”

 

Cammy Vs Luke

 

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“Your movements are so erratic… Have you considered starting over from scratch?”

 

DeeJay vs Jamie

 

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“The more ya drink, the faster your tempo? Now that sounds like good times!”

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JP knows about Bison and his exploits with the Thunderfoot

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"サンダーフット・・・・・・?

そういえば、ベガが執着していた土地か。"

 

Thunderfoot....? Come to think of it this was the land Bison was obsessed with.

 

In canon Bison's first exploit over the Thunderfoot is before anything. 

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JP has me interested. I'm still recovering from how they (mis)treated Necalli and skipped over G's arc in V, but JP does seemingly bring a new flavor to the established SF boss crew. You better stay away from him, not because he's gonna destroy/enslave/absorb you. You're just wasting his time, period.
I'd lose it if his win-quote to Ryu was something with sinister subtext like "Thank you for your cooperation." (in bringing down Bison and setting up the scene for me)

Now I'm imagining how he and Remy (or even V Nash had he been alive) would get along.

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17 minutes ago, Tatsuroko said:

JP has me interested. I'm still recovering from how they (mis)treated Necalli and skipped over G's arc in V, but JP does seemingly bring a new flavor to the established SF boss crew. You better stay away from him, not because he's gonna destroy/enslave/absorb you. You're just wasting his time, period.

I want to be optimistic Capcom this time will finally get free from their own mental chains where new stuff have to be subservient to old time villains

 

It's since Gill (1997) we don't get a new Boss/Villain designed with true ambition

 

Necalli could have been great, background wise being SF's pillar man had the street creds to be the most evil, ancient and menacing threat SF good guys ever had to face... we know how miserably it ended due Capcom lacking the balls to go all-in lmao 🥲

 

I want to believe in JP

 

But fact fucking Ken is going to beat his ass, WHILE COOL AF FOR KEN, it's already a sign we are unlikely to remember him too close to food chain top, unless they write it VERY well

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29 minutes ago, CESTUS III said:

Necalli could have been great, background wise being SF's pillar man had the street creds to be the most evil, ancient and menacing threat SF good guys ever had to face... we know how miserably it ended due Capcom lacking the balls to go all-in lmao 🥲


But how much of this was fans projecting onto Capcom what they want from Necalli because of his aesthetic? At no point did Capcom say that Necalli was meant to be the boss of SF5 or that he was meant to be some top dog villain. The only thing I remember of the like before release is Capcom wanted to recapture the energy Akuma character design had during ST in a new character, likely because Akuma was not in the base game (they did in a way).

Now let's bring it back to the present... Did Capcom say JP is the final boss or a boss of any kind? No. Did they even say that he is the antagonist? No. But I already see fan arts of JP joining the SF boss crew. Absolutely ridiculous. What happens if next month JP is revealed to just be another villain like Necalli instead of a big boss? Is it the fan's fault or Capcom?

I think people need to reel in their expectations. Capcom is not responsible for not living up to our imagination.

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26 minutes ago, Daemos said:

But how much of this was fans projecting onto Capcom what they want from Necalli because of his aesthetic? At no point did Capcom say that Necalli was meant to be the boss of SF5 or that he was meant to be some top dog villain.

Thing is, Nakayama himself admitted he was not a perfect villain. Clearly they had more plans, but the character didn't focus-test well and they were forced to scale back the ambitions (or they were just lazy to make a proper boss battle, rather than simply have Bison with an activated V-Trigger).

It's their job to keep track of their fanbase's imagination, especially now when the management appears to be trying to be as transparent with their plans as possible.
 

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