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08/28/09
"WAAAAAH. THESE ARE ALL OLD CHARACTERS. WHERE ARE THOSE NEWER CHARACTERS FROM EX AND III THAT NOBODY BUT ME LIKED? WAH! HAVE SOME ORIGINALITY CAPCOM!"
Fan reaction to King of Fighters XII:
"WAAAAAAAAH! WHERE'S MAI? WHY CAN'T I BUSTER WOLF? CAPCOM BRINGS GUYS BACK ALL THE TIME, WHY CAN'T i HAVE GEESE BACK? CATER TO YOUR FANS BETTER, SNK!"
08/28/09
Both games were a big disappointment to me. I hate that KOFXII got rid of the Tactical Shift System, and I hate that SFIV would have been more accurately titled "Street Fighter II 3D Remix".
08/28/09
The complete neglect of anything related to III (which consisted of many technically better characters than half of the SFII cast in my opinion.) was a bit insulting and an obvious realization that getting 'nostalgia bucks' and taking the easy path were more important then catering to those who embraced Capcom's creativity and eccentric characters in III, but that's just what I gather from their complaints.
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08/28/09
What I don't understand is that the most reference you see to SFIII is having Yun and Yang show up in Chun Li's intro, as if to say "Yeah, we're even acknowledging that the two youngest members of the SFIII cast are still old enough to have been in this game, but screw you SFIII fans anyway!"
Any SF3 love? Oh, hell no, says Capcom. 5 different variations of Ryu? Oh, hell yes, says Capcom.
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Let's face the facts - if Capcom wanted to put SF3 characters in, they easily could have. It's not like Dan, Blanka, E.Honda and many of the others have storylines that focus on Shadowloo, or anything else.
I mean, look at El Fuerte and Rufus's stories. You think Capcom really gives a crap about story?
08/28/09
I've been saying this over and over again: CAPCOM NEVER SAID WHAT ROSE AND GEN'S FATES WERE UNTIL SFIV CAME AROUND. The "storyline endings" of Rose and Gen were just assumed by fans, they were never confirmed by Capcom. Thus, they had free reign to put them in SFIV which is, despite your "evidence" to the contrary, a canon game. In addition, Sakura was also stated to be older in SFIV by the game's producer in an Arcadia interview.
08/28/09
Putting Gen and Rose into SF4? A retcon. You know what could have been a great retcon? Putting SF3 characters in SF4.
Hell, why is Bison even in SF4? I'm pretty sure I remember seeing Akuma kill him right before you fought in Super Street Fighter II X. What, is the shit that happened in an in-game cut scene no longer canon?
And yeah, I know that Sakura is stated as 'Being Older'. Yeah, that's great - they changed a number. You know what would have been a better indication of her aging? Updating her character design. Hell, it's a 3D game - they could have easily made her original costume unlockable (or - knowing Capcom - charged money for it), it's just ridiculous to call a High School Uniform her fighting clothing or whatever excuse they came up with.
06/18/09
Next: Tekken 6 without the Kazamas, SoulCalibur V without Mitsurugi and Taki, GOWIII with an actual potato instead of Kratos...
Then release the characters as DLC after a few weeks, and bam! you've found the perfect way to charge an extra 10% for the "real", complete game. So much more effective than Vader/Yoda DLC.
06/17/09
and i don't care what you say Ueziel NO MAI IS A NO BUY FOR ME D:<
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06/17/09
Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift
over
final fantasy tactics war of the lions
Just because A2 had vieras in it.
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We shall see kid.
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Hey SNK, wanna know why people love Capcom so much more than you? They bring popular characters back to life.
06/17/09
I lack willpower.
06/17/09
Really love your peaches wanna shake your tree...
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06/17/09
No Mai, No Buy.
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I play with Iori, Kyo, and Terry. I also use Mai and King. Therefore even though I will miss Mai until the DLC (I am sure there is going to be some) arrives, I still plan on having FUN with the game.
06/17/09
dudley
'nuff said
06/17/09
05/28/09
they're hand retouched toonshaded 3d models.
05/28/09
On the other hand, the sprites aren't as HD as I first thought when I look at them. It has what? 2 or 3 times as many pixels? With the technique they used they could've afforded to up it a little.
It's probably gonna be great, though, and a real treat playing.
Just too bad with Athena...she's destroying a lot for me with that face.
Also, France sure have a lot of sickly obese women at the same place
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*sad trumpet*
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05/28/09
as somebody already stated.. the character designs in blazblue make me think they should have just added sol badguy and called it guilty gear 3. i think the best designs ive seen in a game by aksys was in battle fantasia.. that game was awesome.
05/28/09
Having seen both games in action at the arcade, I can say BlazBlue looks about a million times better.
You'd think handdrawn backgrounds have the potential to be much more detailed and colorful than 3D ones, but BlazBlue's blow KOFXII's completely out of the water.
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I've been waiting for this to happen for years!