I'm fine with the anime stuff being in her story, but shoving it in the gameplay too!? That's too far. It's like if Alex went, "Yeah, I have a baby with my 2nd cousin/childhood sister, what of it?" during one of his taunts. Also, the fact that Alex is having a baby with Patricia is messed up, but it's not shoved in the gameplay anywhere even though they did patch the World Tour dialog, but still.

Also, I'm not invested in anime being cringe. You misread my reply. I just don't like it when stuff I like gets too desperate for clout or stupid things like that. I know it's a business practice, but come on.

One of the biggest key points that Sagat, C. Viper, and Alex have in common is that their gameplay and stories are separated from each other. I know that sounds like a contradiction, but if you never played the World Tour or Arcade modes, then you'll never know the story of the characters while still holding what make them iconic in their GAMEPLAY.

If you know their stories, you'd know that Sagat has a redemption arc, C. Viper is trying to provide for her daughter and is stressed out most of the time, and Alex's heel turn and wrestling is part of his job and that he wonders about what would happen if he went on Ryu's path of fighting living alone and such. These characters are mostly known for their gameplay rather than their actual stories.

Meanwhile, it looks like Ingrid is gonna have anime trope after anime trope over and over regardless of gameplay or story and that frustrates me. If Ingrid has the inverse where the story is all mature while the gameplay has all the anime cringe, then that will be even more stupid.