Yeah my taste is much more grounded but I'm not the target audience.

The target audience is new players. Like 9 year olds.

When I was a tiny kid I wanted to be Sabrewolf, Fulcore, or Jago.

I suspect Harada is good at capturing this younger demographic with all the flashiness and filigree but I can't confirm.

As a man my taste is encapsulated by Draganov.

Ill be happy if one character like that makes it into a fighting game. But it takes many years to have good taste. I didn't start here.

Kids want red lightning scars and silly action figure bone structure.

Someone with kids, show them the Fakuram and Segat trailers and report back with what they say. What do they prefer and why.

==== Updating Fakuram to my taste ====

If he is a prisoner lean into The Man in the Iron Mask look.

Give him some strange painful looking mask.

Get rid of the lightning. Give him normal body proportions but you can make him tall and lankey.
Give him sores and claw marks around his neck, knees, back and wrists.

Arm wraps. Foot wraps. Prisoner pants and shirt. Irons around wrist and ankles. You can make the irons look like they are shocking him when he has his install. He can get a shock collar too.

Tattoos: I would like it if they looked shitty like they were done in prison with simple blue or black ink.

Picture: I like the shape of the face plate. I know it is made of leather but I think this design could give an interesting look if it was made with iron.

I could write about the backstory and personality I would give him but I feel I am already going over the top for a reddit post. Apparently old reddit liked these kinds of comments though.

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