Street Fighter V Champion Edition

[Retro GhostGS]

I think it's Cammy that's bugging me really. Mika is still fairly consistent with her Alpha design. But Cammy certainly has changed for seemingly no reason other than to add boob physics.

[Camel]

Will be funny if the next reveal is Urien and he's in a onesie.

[Plopboy]

Yeah, and let's have Vega button up his shirt, the daft bastard.

He probably should as he might catch a cold and a snotty nose just wouldn't look good on his beautiful face.

I think Cammy doesn't have any pants due to the cut backs in the British Armed Forces, so pretty accurate there, maybe, but she too might catch a chill.

I like the game play style of Mika but her outfit does look preposterous, on the how does it actually stay on front without even mentioning the anything else (also she will catch a cold in that outfit), but I do like the game play style, seemingly having the the high low mix up that elf has in IV. Anyway Kuma looked fair better in that outfit than Mika ever has

Will be funny if the next reveal is Urien and he's in a onesie.

For some reason this popped into my head when I read that

[joeplus]

Not to be a snaffle-puss but I'm a bit worried about all of these bad fonts and porcelain faces. I don't think rendering silly boob physics was a computing restriction of the 360 either.

You take that back! I really like the fonts.

I'm disappointed with the overall character design so far, and not just the slightly embarrassing T&A stuff. They just look a bit weird. Hate Necalli, with his silly Indiana Jones villain name and hair and screamy face. Seems like an attempt to cater for edgy teenagers when they don't include Akuma (note: I was that edgy teenager and I bloody loved Akuma).

That said, I quite like R. Mika at a concept level: firstly because she-grabblers are so rare, and secondly because while it might be ridiculous fanservice, her bum at least has a legit offensive use. That tag-team four-buttock aerial headslam is SF at its stupidest and funniest.

[robdood]

Will be funny if the next reveal is Urien and he's in a onesie.

There had better be cock and balls physics! I wanna see those speedos *jiggle*!

I like the art style generally, very solid looking and the self shadowing makes things pop out of the screen, especially in motion. Reminds me of Rare's prerendered sprite days for some reason. The animation is superb.

I just find the revealing costumes a bit embarrassing, really. Mika's tag buddy looks way more reasonable. Chun looks ace.

And Leighcb, saying it lacks colour seems crazy to me.

[LeighCb]

I'm sure all sorts of things will change before it comes out. I don't think that it isn't a colourful game, just noticing a shift in tone. I'll reserve any onion until it comes out.

Looking forward to seeing a fresh wig on Sagat.

Going to ignore my onion typo

[Nespresso]

Benny's reaction.

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I think I might finally be too old for videogames, because I just find that character design embarrassing and a little depressing.

[Dave White]

i guess were all older and wiser, but call it bad design, she hasnt changed that much since her debut in alpha 3. heres the official art.

For me iiird strike had the best design all round there was something about the characters that just looked amazing to me, and i still think the animation in that is the best, when I threw a fireball and saw the wind channel through Ryu's Gi it blew my mind.

I like the idea of a pretty overzied burlesque looking wrestler tbh, far better than a size zero model.

Plus its street fighter for fucks sake, the crazier the better.

[robdood]

Man that Alpha artwork

She isn't quite as sexual though, is she? A bit more covered up. Though heart nipples make me lol.

[robdood]

Even Bayonetta is a bit embarrassing. Well, not her character so much, but the extreme close up crotch / arse flybys are.

I dunno, it's subjective, isn't it? And it's certainly not going to put me off getting SFV. But I just cringe a bit. Imagine that the female characters in your favorite movies / TV shows constantly had their bare arses on show? It's just a bit weird, to me.

[robdood]

That's because I can't name any scantily clad female game characters that aren't embarrassing.

Sorry

Oh actually, the Witcher has some good enemies that are naked and not embarrassing. Like the Witches in the bog. They're pretty revolting instead! I liked that a lot.

[Dave White]

Actually if you look into female lucha libre they look like they have nailed the essence of it in her design, agreed its turned up a notch but its not far off what its about looks wise

theres certainly one there who looks like the inspiration

[Fitzcarraldo]

I think I might finally be too old for videogames, because I just find that character design embarrassing and a little depressing.

Same here. My girlfriend was sitting next to me for that reveal trailer and I watched it through gritted teeth and a clenched arsehole.

[Retro GhostGS]

I think in this instance it's more the needless change in design that's bugging me (especially for Cammy, I mean isn't she meant to be like a porcelain doll for intents and purposes?). If Karin is announced with massive breast enhancements and losing the shorts under her skirt for instance I think that's getting a bit too far for no reason. It's just not something the Street Fighter needs to do, it should stay away from DOA territory.

[Camel]

Plus its street fighter for fucks sake, the crazier the better.

Crazy doesn't have to mean inflate-o-breasts and bare butt cheeks though. Although I wonder if Urien in his skimpy pants will seem as embarrassing.

I hope we see Oro at some point. Maybe they'll leave out that frame of animation where you can see his cock this time around.

Maybe there will be tasteful costume DLC.

Streak Fighter V: Parade Edition.

[Dave White]

Absolutely camel, but I guess the over exaggeration is part and parcel of character design much the same as comics, stylization has become the norm.

I think these Bengus drawings for super Turbo X are the pinnacle on so many fronts, the proportion exaggerated but fits so well. And as people have mentioned, its quite clear how over inflated and sexed up it has become, when looking back at these.

[robdood]

Yeah that super turbo art is divine

[Floex]

I think in this instance it's more the needless change in design that's bugging me (especially for Cammy, I mean isn't she meant to be like a porcelain doll for intents and purposes?). If Karin is announced with massive breast enhancements and losing the shorts under her skirt for instance I think that's getting a bit too far for no reason. It's just not something the Street Fighter needs to do, it should stay away from DOA territory.

I'm still trying to figure out you mean. Cammy and R.Mika have always looked like this, what changes are you talking about? The close up shots?

Personally I would like to see a redesign but what you're saying isn't anything new.

[robdood]

Cammy's boobs have been inflated a fair bit, but other than that I don't see what's different either.

[Mr. Gerbik]

Oh man that Super Turbo art is all kinds of beautiful

[Fitzcarraldo]

I like the look of her Irish Whip move for the corner follow up. I want a People's Elbow Critical Art.

[Not Thread Owner]

what

[Camel]

Bummed in the gob.

[Mr. Gerbik]

Vega likes big butts and he cannot lie

[Wiper]

I'm curious: which scantily clad female video game characters aren't embarrassing and/or depressing? Genuine question. Bayonetta doesn't count.

Between TPP's Quiet and Mika, there have been a lot of men people facepalming at female characters in games lately.

It's hard to think of many, because it's quite rare that they exist for reasons that aren't 'embarrassing or depressing', i.e. pure fanservice. Um, April Ryan from The Longest Journey, perhaps? She starts the game in sleepwear - shorts and a vest - because she's in bed, but manages not to be wearing Super Sexy Sleepwear or indulge in Gratuitous Posing and/or Camera Angles, and when she goes out she gets dressed. That's a pretty reasonable use of scant clothing. As mentioned before, the various magical creatures in the Witcher 3 use skimpy clothing in a reasonable way, too - the succubi in particular are good examples of sexuality being used where it makes sense and adds to the character.

Incidentally, I don't actually have a problem with Mika's outfit - it makes sense in the context of her character (far more than Cammy's) - it's the outfit in combination with the body type, the jiggle physics and the camera angles that make her and Cammy embarrassingly gratuitous designs.

(That said, if they do release Urien and give him lots of sexy camera angles and poses and proper dangle physics then I'll be completely happy with the package* as a whole. It just bothers me when the women are hyper-sexualised in a way that the men aren't)

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[NEG]

BUTT-OCOLYPSE

Hyped!

[JLM]

I've always thought her character design was awful, but I'm liking the build in terms of her tools and options quite a lot. The assists look fun and the Irish Whip wall bounce combos look tremendous as well. Also the bah gawd stone cold stunner broken in half etc. etc. In Alpha 3 she looked rubbish and was also rubbish to play, at least they've fixed one of those things this time. Also there will be alts, thankfully.

[Kayin Amoh]

Right. Since I can't use Cammy now, at least according to how she was in the stress test, Mika's my new main.

Unless Karin or Alex appears, anyway.

I like the look of her Irish Whip move for the corner follow up. I want a People's Elbow Critical Art.

[Floex]

Wonder if Mika is going to be in the beta?