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Street Fighter is one of the last fighting game franchises with no guest characters. Should Capcom start including some?
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I wouldn't mind it but I'm gonna go with nope since they already have a lot of cool characters they can pull from. If anything FF are basically like guest characters in a way lol.
Yeah, Bengus seems to have been on some bizarrely short deadlines for SFV. His other art is really great, but then you play this game and see Laura:
On one hand I wouldn't mind as long as it's like Terry Bogard, and not Rick Grimes.
On the other they could add characters from Rival Schools or Power stone.
On the last hand, using characters from Power stone or Rival Schools may encourage Capcom to further neglect those franchises.
On the other they could add characters from Rival Schools or Power stone.
On the last hand, using characters from Power stone or Rival Schools may encourage Capcom to further neglect those franchises.
No, not every fighter needs guest characters. I wouldn't mind more Capcom series getting absorbed into SF though
TBH, the appeal of guest characters in fighters is baffling to me. Folks tend to complain and not even buy into sequels of their favourite series if their mains aren't there.... guest characters in fighters are like the ultimate 1-shot characters (excepting cases like DOA, KOF and Smash of course). It doesn't help that including them probably makes re-releasing games a hassle too, bc of licensing bullshit.
Sure it's fun at first (and more importantly, it probably makes a lot of money) but it's always come off as a short-sighted gimmick that doesn't really seem helpful to a series in the long-term.
TBH, the appeal of guest characters in fighters is baffling to me. Folks tend to complain and not even buy into sequels of their favourite series if their mains aren't there.... guest characters in fighters are like the ultimate 1-shot characters (excepting cases like DOA, KOF and Smash of course). It doesn't help that including them probably makes re-releasing games a hassle too, bc of licensing bullshit.
Sure it's fun at first (and more importantly, it probably makes a lot of money) but it's always come off as a short-sighted gimmick that doesn't really seem helpful to a series in the long-term.
It pays off in EXPOSURE BUCKS
Bringing attention to a game from an audience that is outside of the usual group.
People might not like Anime but they might like JON SNOW in blazblue cross tag battle!
Considering the lore of SF isn't exactly the most tightly knit thing, having guest characters wouldn't even be that much of an issue. What Tekken 7 did with Akuma was pretty amazing.
I just think that Capcom doesn't need to follow what everyone else is doing, just because it generates hype or makes more money. It feels lacking in integrity in my opinion.
Between street fighter characters, final fight characters and potential rival schools characters they have a huge roster as is.
A guest character from a franchise they don't own would make it difficult to keep rereleasing the game like Capcom likes to do.
I don't think anyone here is saying they should go buck wild with guest characters. As I think how characters are implemented plays a part in the "integrity" you speak of. Since there's a big difference from 1 or 2 guests from maybe some rival fighters versus a ton of guests from whomever will give a check out.
I feel like bringing Slam Masters into the mix is the most obvious thing that they just won't do for some reason
Yeah, I just personally prefer full-on crossovers over having a few guest characters in a fighting game. It still feels "tacked-on" to me. I highly prefer them continuing to expand the world that they've already built. Like in the case of SF, if they pull from other Capcom series and canonize them, that's dope! But if Kazuya or Terry shows up, it somehow feels...lame.
I feel this way about every fighting game though, including the ones that do it like MK, Injustice, and Tekken, so I know that I'm in the minority.
No thanks. Street Fighter characters are so good we don't need guests. I'd rather they stick to the lore.
I suppose that makes sense
Though as a Soul Calibur fan, I have to question if it's really that effective/helpful
Because while Link in Soul Calibur 2 did get a lot of attention, it feels like it only brought attention to SC2 specifically
I thought it was because of some weird rights issues with the characters/artist
The only Slam Masters characters I've seen outside of that game are in that one SF: Alpha stage (with Lynn from Aliens vs Predator. Coincidentally, she's another character that Capcom doesn't really own)
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Capcom would get the last laugh out of all these Japanese FG companies as the only one with rollback next gen.
The ONLY one...
Well, Soulcalibur did have the issue of immediately abandoning Nintendo systems afterwards, so it's not they could carry any momentum from that.
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It would actually be pretty funny (& depressing) if that happened.
That's a fair point.
Now I kinda want to see a SC6 on Switch with BotW Link, just to see if it really bump up numbers for the series
I prefer SF's method of taking other Capcom products and absorbing them into their world
Final Fight, Rival Schools, Slam Masters, Strider, Ruby Heart, Pirate Ship Higemaru
all of 'em, just keep doin' what they're doin' (Ruby and Momotaro should really become playable though)
Final Fight, Rival Schools, Slam Masters, Strider, Ruby Heart, Pirate Ship Higemaru
all of 'em, just keep doin' what they're doin' (Ruby and Momotaro should really become playable though)
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No, keep it pure. Even more so when we still have characters we haven't seen in 20 years not having returned yet.
in other fighters i feel like guest character devalue characters of intended game series because instead of putting returning cast that slot is used up as a guest character.
I feel like any desire Capcom has for guest characters in SF is served by full blown crossover games. And there's tons of them.
what minor character can they bring back and retcon into the first Captain Commando
Eagle?
Joe?
The blonde dude from the opening of SF2?
It would have to be a battle circuit, metal warriors, or cyberbots character since that game takes place in the far distant future of 20XX lol
we need to make it canon that Devilotte is descended from the Kanzuki Zaibatsu
it's too easy to pass up, even if they fucked up and gave Menat the devilotte costume like a bunch of IDIOTS
it's too easy to pass up, even if they fucked up and gave Menat the devilotte costume like a bunch of IDIOTS
They can't.
We establish that graphics and character roster sells fighting games right? Therefore having guest characters outside of the usual roster would expand the audience beyond the usual base.
C. Viper was kinda alluded to being this with her mvc3 ult.
