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Capcom: "Hey everyone. It's Street Fighter V."
"Now we have a guy with a head shaped like a V. This is in addition to a guy with a V on his face."
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To be fair, they're probably saving the big guns for SFVI.
Man, I still can't believe the character that was portrayed as a major antagonist in the lead up to launch was relegated to be a complete jobber that becomes irrelevant almost immediately. And they dropped the intelligent persona too. What a total misfire.Capcom: "Hey everyone. It's Street Fighter V."
"Now we have a guy with a head shaped like a V. This is in addition to a guy with a V on his face."
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To be fair, Necalli was never intended to be a big boss -- notes in the various art books liken him to more of an Akuma-style character who suddenly appears as a trial/test of strength. Necalli is based on "the mysteries of the West," and Akuma is based on "the mysteries of the East." Necalli's dive kick is a reference to Akuma, and one of Akuma's concepts is based directly on Necalli.
Finally, another pick from the best Street Fighter roster.
His fighting stance looks like he's dancing to some groovy music.
Necalli needed an "Akuma in SFII Turbo" moment.
I don't think he ever got one like this? I dropped off SFV a while ago.
Capcom stole his idle stance from footage of me at the club when my jam comes on.
Hahaha word. In an alternate universe we would've crashed the dancefloor, I got the same moves almost.
So imagine that Akuma moment but when he appears he immediately gets beaten by Ryu then melts away into weird goo
That's what happens to Necalli.
SFV's four base newcomers are actually all based on the classic SFII archetypes.
- Rashid is a standard hero like Ryu and Ken who has a grudge against Shadaloo like Chun-Li and Guile
- Laura is a grappler like Zangief who wants to promote her fighting style like E. Honda
- F.A.N.G. is an unconventional weirdo like Dhalsim and Blanka and one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Shadaloo like Balrog, Vega, Sagat, and M. Bison
- Necalli is a mysterious test of strength for Ryu like Akuma
I remember that now. The beaten by Ryu part I can understand, the goo part not so much.
V-Shits legit looks fucking cool. Same high pitched noise/visual identity as a Parry from SF3, with much different utility. Defensive mechanics can be dope.
Was sad you weren't live so we could watch it with you, thought it was a great showcase and extremely excited for V-Shift.
I thought this too, but I went back through Urien's story after yesterday's announcement and there are actually a bunch of different Elevens.
I thought this too, but I went back through Urien's story after yesterday's announcement and there are actually a bunch of different Elevens.
Huh I totally missed that. Interesting. I guess they just scrap them then when they make the first Twelve.