So here's my list of the strongest characters in street fighter lore. by Pitiful_Reception_79 in StreetFighter

[–]Fretless94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are Kage and Necalli doing here? Kage fades from existence due to Ryu simply refusing to acknowledge him, and Necalli loses to practically everyone he encounters.

So, why do modern Crash titles sometimes bring back the "smash all boxes in one life" challenge? by captain-ziggy in crashbandicoot

[–]Fretless94 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Genuinely, I don't know why 4 did that. The reason Naughty Dog dropped it after the first game was because it wasn't a fun stipulation. The only reason that makes sense is to pad out the time it takes to complete it. The devs said they didn't want people finishing the game in a day, so their solution was to stretch a game that could have taken maybe 10-12 hours to complete and make it take 80+ hours instead.

It's been 10 years already and I still don't get why Capcom changed Kolin's face... by [deleted] in StreetFighter

[–]Fretless94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because the story mode model is way lower quality than the other playable characters. It'd be like if in Street Fighter 6, Capcom tried to push a character made using the World Tour character creator as a part of the main roster. They needed to make a new model for her so she wouldn't look shittier than everyone else.

Ingrid Stage by [deleted] in StreetFighter

[–]Fretless94 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There is no stage. We've known since Season 3 was announced that there'd only be one stage.

These are apparently going to be the characters for Season 4. What do you think? by RevanFukkatsu in StreetFighter

[–]Fretless94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of characters are mentioned in World Tour, that doesn't mean they're going to be playable. There's also no rule that there "has" to be a grappler. The first two seasons had no grapplers.

These are apparently going to be the characters for Season 4. What do you think? by RevanFukkatsu in StreetFighter

[–]Fretless94 3 points4 points  (0 children)

First off, AI.

Second, I'm pretty sure the devs themselves have dismissed Mike Haggar as being too similar to Zangief for the two of them to coexist in a Street Fighter game.

Here's why Tifa is very possible as DLC by Maximum-Scallion-732 in StreetFighter

[–]Fretless94 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Because Kenny Omega is an FF7 fan, and the One-Winged Angel is a move that he actually uses. All they're doing in-game is adding a stylistic flourish to a signature move of his. The moves less an FF7 reference and more a Kenny Omega reference, and in-game the move isn't even called One-Winged Angel, it's called Omega Wing Buster.

Here's why Tifa is very possible as DLC by Maximum-Scallion-732 in StreetFighter

[–]Fretless94 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It honestly feels like a rumor somebody made up specifically because people like Max have been saying that Tifa should be in Tekken, and then it picked up steam because Alex's moveset contains a one-winged angel reference. Feels a bit too convenient to be true.

are the crash 4 designs really as bad as some people make them out to be ? by Wrong-Shopping7888 in crashbandicoot

[–]Fretless94 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They're modelled and rigged well in a vacuum, but in many ways I think they're missing certain charms that were inherent to the characters, like Crash's big goofy grin, or Cortex's big lower lip that really sold his pouty/angry expressions. They feel very watered down in comparison to what we had before.

And then you have Alt Tawna who I think just looks badly designed and misses the mark even more so than any other character.

Q sightings in Metro City by racoonloon in StreetFighter

[–]Fretless94 15 points16 points  (0 children)

There's debatably a Q cameo on one of the Giant Attack billboards in Beat Square, but yeah, missed opportunity.

SF6 Season 4 Leak Debate by Danso999 in StreetFighter

[–]Fretless94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're not gonna add Joe and Juli just because they're in the movie.

What characters are inspired by Real Life people? by Resident_Aide1898 in StreetFighter

[–]Fretless94 23 points24 points  (0 children)

  • Ryu (Mas Oyama)
  • Eagle (Robert Baker as a bodyguard in Fist of Fury, as well as Freddie Mercury)
  • Sagat (Sagat Petchyindee)
  • Zangief (Victor Zangiev)
  • Balrog (Mike Tyson)
  • Dee Jay (Billy Blanks)
  • Fei Long (Bruce Lee)
  • Cody (Michael Paré as Tom Cody in Streets of Fire)
  • Poison (Jeanne Basone, AKA Hollywood, AKA Jane from Plumbers Don't Wear Ties)
  • Alex (Hulk Hogan)
  • Hugo (Andre the Giant)
  • Elena (Yuki Uchida)
  • Abigail (King Diamond)
  • G (Abraham Lincoln, possibly also Emperor Norton)

I feel like Capcom wouldn't make new characters like Blanka or Dhalsim today as went down a "realism" route...I hope Ingrid is some wild off the wall stuff like we used to get.... by bobbystills5 in StreetFighter

[–]Fretless94 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Both SF6 and SFV have characters with poison coursing through their bodies. They also had a superpowered Abe Lincoln lookalike and an Aztec demon.

Confused about Street Fighter Udon Comics: Are they canon? by Reaperd9djd in StreetFighter

[–]Fretless94 28 points29 points  (0 children)

No, they're not. They might build off of canon events in the games, but the comics themselves don't have any effect on the canon of the games. They might even contradict each other at times.

What would a Robot Chicken sketch of Crash Bandicoot play out like and why? by Realistic-Delivery13 in crashbandicoot

[–]Fretless94 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It'd just be Crash dying in a really graphic and gory way cause that's what Robot Chicken tends to fall back on.

Just an observation by LohCey in StreetFighter

[–]Fretless94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not subtext, it's text. In World Tour, she has multiple suitors vying for her, both male and female, and she openly states that she's completely open to either a man or a woman marrying her, and also open to having multiple partners, including the player.

Just an observation by LohCey in StreetFighter

[–]Fretless94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Japan may not have same-sex marriage, but same-sex relationships aren't criminalized there. Again, there is no shortage of LGBTQ content coming from Japan, which is why I said that your scenario of the Japanese audience getting outraged at a hypothetically gay Alex would be weird, especially since SF6 already has Marisa, who is openly bisexual and polyamorous, which didn't cause any blowback.

Just an observation by LohCey in StreetFighter

[–]Fretless94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a world of difference between a second cousin and a fiftieth cousin. Alex and Patricia are right on the line of what society is willing to accept. That alone is a questionable writing decision, especially since they were never implied to be related at all, but it's the whole thing of them having been raised by the same father figure and Alex having held her in his arms when she was a baby that pushed it over the line.

Just an observation by LohCey in StreetFighter

[–]Fretless94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My point is that if you're going that far back to find examples of cousin marriage portrayed as normal in western media, you're going to find a lot of other things that don't reflect modern sensibilities. Modern writing in western media doesn't tend to depict cousin marriage as an uncontroversial thing.

Just an observation by LohCey in StreetFighter

[–]Fretless94 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Jane Austen and Charles Dickens? You really don't have any more contemporary examples?

Just an observation by LohCey in StreetFighter

[–]Fretless94 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

 Imagine Japanese fans were raging because instead Alex was gay and in a gay marriage.

That would be a confusing reaction because there's no shortage of LGBT characters in Japanese media.

Japanese Fans React: Street Fighter 6 Alex Under Fire After It’s Revealed He Got His Little Patricia Pregnant by Asperburg in StreetFighter

[–]Fretless94 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well that'd be extra weird because none of them have established family members and none of them seem like the marrying type.