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Pokémon Sword and Shield Inspiring Short-Form Anime Adaptation
A short-form anime take on Pokémon Sword and Shield has been announced. Called Hakumei no Tsubasa (Twilight Wings), it is set in the Galar region of Sword and Shield.
The animation is being done by Studio Colorido, which is best known for feature films like Penguin Highway and Typhoon Noruda.
According to 4Gamer, each episode is five minutes long. The first of seven episodes will debut on...
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Krag
Dec 13, 2019 at 20:54
Evidently we didn’t see those huge villages in the game. That’s one of my big complaints about S&S - you go to these gym battles with crowds of thousands and then the town consists of...two houses? And a few people milling around? Not very immersive.
beyondfate132
Dec 13, 2019 at 22:38
Why is that a complaint about S&S in particular? Unless it’s your first time playing Pokemon, t hat’s literally every game. None of them match the sprawling cities shown in the show. I get that it’s their first full main line console games but I don’t think anyone expected Skyrim level cities when it comes to Pokemon.
Krag
Dec 13, 2019 at 22:43
I agree with that and it tempers my feelings about it a bit...but really, to me, it was the thousands and thousands in the crowd (and also zero cheering sound effects that I could hear). I get what you’re saying and remember it from previous games, but the disconnect seemed even bigger this time around in that area for me.
Cartoonivore
yesterday at 01:25
Short-form!? Oh, my fucking god, they cut over half the run time too!
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Woman Arrested For Allegedly Making Death Threats To Anime Retailer
Animate is a large retailer of anime, manga, and video games with well over a hundred stores in Japan. A woman has been arrested for allegedly sending threatening emails, including one in which “kill” (殺す...
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Ugh.
Dec 11, 2019 at 21:14
Y’know what’s cool about these stories? Japan actually does something about the threats.
Someone pops off, makes a threat, they get arrested. It’s downright refreshing!
Otterwise
Dec 11, 2019 at 22:07
I had the same thought, but now I’m wondering if they’ve only recently started taking them more seriously because of the Kyoto Animation arson/murders.
Ugh.
Dec 11, 2019 at 22:10
Hell, I’ll take it.
sg1969
Dec 11, 2019 at 19:58
“kill” (殺す or korosu ) was apparently written 3,852 times.
meh, she didn’t write it 3,852 times, she must have copy/paste.
Real psychos hand write that shit!
Marcu3s
Dec 11, 2019 at 20:42
Unless it was 16k symbol long email, with all those "kill" being separate in the sentence structure.
istrasci
Dec 11, 2019 at 23:33
What?? Where are you getting 16k?
Full Metal Panic Manga Creator Apologizes After Tweets About Greta Thunberg
Over the weekend, manga creator Shouji Gatou took to Twitter, writing what he thought about environmental activist Greta Thunberg. Today, he has apologized, calling his earlier remarks “awful.”
“I hate...
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Taliesin_Merlin
Dec 10, 2019 at 20:29
“I hate this kid,” he wrote in a now-deleted tweet about Thunberg, reports . “If I pulled the strings that controlled the world, I would like to snatch everything away from her, knock her into the dregs of hope, and sneer.”
“I want to make her eat a steaming hot, delicious steak and watch her shed bitter tears,” the famed manga creator added.
Shouji Gatou joins the ranks of angry idealogues whose best response to Thunberg is a personal attack rather than an argument. Gatou cannot - or chooses not - to engage the issue of climate change. Instead, he professes hatred, and the desire to see someone else suffer.
That’s terrible no matter what age she is.
Eun Jong Pvp
Dec 10, 2019 at 20:35
Disagreed. I am by no means in climate denial, but the whole "stop eating meat"-agenda needs to die. Only violence will come from it in the end.
Doug
Dec 10, 2019 at 20:44
This is common now all over for people on either side of any argument . They attack the person not the argument .
errolstaffordd
Dec 10, 2019 at 20:16
Also, imagine feeling so threatened by a young woman who is trying to do good for you and the entire planet that you spew that kind of idiocy.
PiccoloPete
Dec 10, 2019 at 20:26
Seems his sympathies towards precocious and assertive high school-aged girls stops when they aren’t romantic candidates in one of his stories. How very strange.
omotedream
Dec 10, 2019 at 20:43
It’s inappropriate and distasteful remark from him, sure, but is this topic really that black and white? I mean, is it that wrong to not agree with her or what/ the way she said ? or simply just having different opinion? Not agree with her d oesn’t mean those people didn’t love the planet , right? and let’s not kid ourselves, behind all this is what it really is — politics. Not that I defend him though, I agree that his tweet is incredibly awful and should be condemned .
Anime Studio Mysteriously Vanished, With Artists Unpaid And Unhappy
Tear Studio churned out shows like this year’s Why the Hell Are You Here, Teacher!? and last year’s Lord of Vermilion: The Crimson King. And Fragtime, a movie the studio animated, is currently in...
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Jilkon
Dec 10, 2019 at 19:56
The guy mentions class action lawsuit, but is this really the kind of thing you’d sue for? I know Americans love to sue at any possible chance so maybe that’s just how the translation was colored. B ut this sounds to me more like a literal crime (fraud perhaps?) , that you’d take to the police and which then goes to court that way ?
errolstaffordd
Dec 10, 2019 at 20:18
You sue for unpaid wages AND the studio could be investigated for fraud.
Gilthwixt
Dec 10, 2019 at 22:16
I don’t how it works in other countries but if you want to recoup damages you file a civil s uit. Even if the company is convicted of something in a criminal trial the court doesn’t just automatically award compensation to the victims as far as I know. C riminal and c ivil cases are handled differently.
TadBravo
Dec 10, 2019 at 19:28
That’s what we call a Trump move.
Mount_Prion
Dec 10, 2019 at 19:41
This is a bit agile for him. He doesn’t generally disappear so much as not pay contractors and then assume they won’t want to pay for lawyers in endless lawsuits.
Mount_Prion
Dec 10, 2019 at 19:42
And of course he goes Chapter 11.
Hunter X Hunter, The King Of Hiatus Manga, Continues To Be AWOL
Yoshihiro Togashi is best known for two things: creating Hunter x Hunter and taking breaks from Hunter x Hunter. The last issue this year of Weekly Shonen Jump has been published, and the popular manga was not in it.
Nor is it in the first issue of 2020, which was published on December 2.
The current hiatus began in late November of 2018. This is just one in a series of seemingly endless...
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Christine Q.
Dec 09, 2019 at 18:46
I always hate it when a person creates something popular, then drags their feet on an ending. I get people have other things in their lives, but c’mon. When you wait this long to finish something, the story and the fans suffer for it.
Krag
Dec 09, 2019 at 19:16
“Suffer” is a strong word. Maybe he has other priorities in his life that don’t involve satisfying people’s desires.
Thivs
Dec 09, 2019 at 20:10
You make it sound like he do charity but t hat’s literally his job. Hopefully his break gives him new ideas and inspiration and come back better.
RN2147
Dec 09, 2019 at 22:58
This article seems framed in a weir d way considering it doesn’t at all mention the major mental and physical health stuff Togashi has gone through in the past.
Nor does it mention the grueling schedule lots of manga professionals put themselves through.
I see comments calling him lazy or saying he’s dragging his feet and I guess it’s easy to get that impression when none of the possible r r easons for the hiatus are given.
NastyPitching
Dec 09, 2019 at 23:21
The manga creation process really is madness. I know comics also have the additional layer of color but they basically get a month to produce issues that are of similar length to manga chapters but the japanese only get a week to do it.
I can’t really fault him for using his status that’s been earned with Yu Yu Hakusho and Hunter x Hunter (so far) to actually take breaks, vacations and what not. It also can’t hurt that he’s married to the creator of Sailor Moon which brings an added layer of security.
salvadorzombie
Dec 10, 2019 at 10:13
In all honesty, this is a non-article.
We might as well get "Miura is still playing Idolmaster" and "Hirano still likes guns" articles, if this qualifies as journalism. At least try to write a story. The entire article is literally just "Togashi is still on hiatus." Wow, thanks.
See Nausicaä Come To Life As A Live-Action Kabuki Play
Here’s the first peek at the Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind live-action kabuki play.
You can watch the footage below.
The performance stars Onoe Kikunosuke as Nausicaä and Nakamura Shichinosuke as Princess Kushana, and it gives a kabuki twist to the costumes and set pieces.
As previously reported , Hayao Miyazaki turned down a Hollywood live-action adaptation but gave the kabuki...
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ImmaLion
Dec 10, 2019 at 14:05
Oooh, those set pieces and all the wiring work.
Unfortunately, I heard news that the main actor got hurt on stage... guess they were pushing it too hard.
12SidedDie
Dec 09, 2019 at 21:35
Any time kabuki./noh theater is mentioned, I am obligated to post this, probably the best sketch from all of MST3k’s run. Classic Mike.
Slot Machine Logo Sure Looks Familiar
This is the logo for an upcoming slot machine called Wheel of Fortune. I’m sure I’ve seen it before.
OH RIGHT.
It’s not an exact copy, but there certainly are many close similarities.
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Christian B. Christiansen
Dec 06, 2019
.. Cwheel of Fortune?
AZNflaco
Dec 06, 2019
Hahaha I chuckled at that. It felt like I had a Frog in my throat.
Bring Back Duckman!
Dec 06, 2019
Hello Cwhil Cwheaton.
RonnieBarzel
Dec 06, 2019
Sadly, this is as close as we’re likely ever to get to a new Chrono game.
Outrider
Dec 06, 2019
Honestly, I think I’m okay with the Chrono Trigger series being dead. I don’t see them being able to recreate the magic of the original Chrono Trigger (and while Chrono Cross is certainly an interesting game, it is a very different beast than the original) so rather than get a mediocre sequel I’m okay with leaving it as it is.
That being said, I wish they would make Chrono Trigger available on more platforms (I’m a sucker and would probably buy it again for Switch) but I guess having it available on Steam is the closest we can get to having it available for years and (console) generations to come.
Barriecuda
Dec 06, 2019
+1 for CT on steam. I just bought a DS copy but I know I’d manage to play it more often if it was on S witch.
Square Enix Announces Ninja Theme Park, Reveals New Innovative Digital Attractions
Square Enix has announced its first large-scale theme park. It’s called Ninja Tower Tokyo and will open next year in Tokyo Tower.
The landmark might seem like an unlikely spot for such an attraction, but in 2015 a One Piece theme park opened in Tokyo Tower.
This past April, Square Enix established a “Live Interactive Works” division to make digital projects for parks, shopping malls, and...
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DontCareABit
Dec 05, 2019
It had better be at least this fun or I’m worried it’ll just be a big waste of time
Sir E
Dec 05, 2019
Wonder how their going to handle the micro transactions.....
lossantoswalker
Dec 06, 2019
Fitting avatar.
Gainax President Arrested After Taking Nude Photos Of Teenage Girl
The president of Gainax, best known for the Evangelion series, has been arrested. Tomohiro Maki, age 50, was taken into police custody after taking illicit photos of a teen.
Update: 12/5/2019, 7:50 a.m....
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Rachel Fogg
Dec 05, 2019
Maki’s own apartment was dubbed “Production Women’s Dormitory”
NoGas
Dec 05, 2019
But much like Epstein’s ‘Lolita Express’, how could anyone have seen this kind of behavior coming? I mean, what were the signs? If only there was something people could have done before it went this far!
Rachel Fogg
Dec 05, 2019
Oh make no mistake, EVERYONE knew what was going on, they shrugged it off because they had no reason to be afraid of blowback and the money kept flowing . None of this shit isn’t new, none of this surprises me. People are only speaking up now because the climate is changing, victims are speaking up, gathering evidence and going online/papers .
Japan is rife with corruption, old men who refuse to retire well past their relevance seat their asses in power until they’re fucking carried out on a stretcher. The whole fucking entertainment industry in Japan is a goddamn cesspool. From idols to animation, its a mess.
Its the same everywhere, people in power with loads of money and influence can do whatever they want. If you happen to supply what they want, they’ll tolerate you until it gets TOO heavy and public then everyone just backs away slowly.
TVs_Frank
Dec 05, 2019
Maki reportedly claimed was training her to enter the entertainment industry.
Well, with all the skeevy producers and directors (including him) in the entertainment industry that lie swings back around to darkly true again I guess?
CAMN
Dec 05, 2019
The exec has denied all the allegations, except for taking the photos. “I was asked so I took the photos,” Maki is quoted as saying. “The truth is different.”
I’m not a lawyer myself, but I’d bet that when it comes to defense strategies, this is just a tad below useless.
“I was told to take nude pictures of teenagers, so I got my camera and got to work”, doesn’t sound like the truth makes it any different to be honest .
btveron
Dec 06, 2019
“I was asked by this teenage girl to take nude photos of her. I politely informed her that doing so is very much illegal, but she insisted. She then asked me to rob a gas station and buy her alcohol, which again I dutifully informed her is illegal, but she said 'pretty please' so I had to. My hands were tied, your Honor"
It's Like Death Stranding, But For Real
In Japan, or anywhere with remote mountainous regions, there are porters who carry supplies and food to areas beyond vehicles’ reach. The Japanese word for this is bokka (歩荷) or literally “step cargo.”
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Martin Drkos
Dec 04, 2019
The High Tatra mountains in Slovakia:
TadBravo
Dec 04, 2019
WTF is he wearing?
Martin Drkos
Dec 04, 2019
Some sort of matching t- shirt and s horts?
Emerald_Mara85
Dec 04, 2019
These porters are too courageous to carry that load onto mountains! I would be so scared because of the possibility of falling...
So impressive!
First Look At Final Fantasy Brave Exvius...The Musical
As previously reported , free-to-play game Final Fantasy Brave Exvius is being turned into a musical. Here’s a glimpse of what it might look like, which seems to be fancy threads.
Final Fantasy Brave...
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Krag
Dec 02, 2019
I heard there’s one song they only do one random night out of the month, but it’s the best song and totally OP . But you can buy more chances to possibly see it!
VictorStillwater
Dec 02, 2019
But Dangerous Ariana... was a beautiful singer from a distant world. :(
Beloved Anime Character Finally Gets His Own Store In Tokyo
Doraemon, a blue robotic cat from the future, now has his own store in Tokyo’s Odaiba—the first of its kind for the character, apparently. The shop, called Doraemon Future Department Store, features an...
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SmaugTheUnpretentious
Nov 29, 2019
I’m surprised these kinds of uber-focused enterprises are viable. They’re really drilling down into a niche market, which is often a recipe for retail failure, but I’d be interested to hear about what their overhead is like and what t heir sales figures are
r31ya
Nov 30, 2019
Doraemon is Japan is not “Niche”.
Doreaemon is a long running series with original manga at 40 plus volume not counting additional manga from various group of artist.
The anime is a whole different beast with 2700+ episode running from 1979 and still running today. The feature film series sold more than Godzilla series and is The highest grossing feature film series in Japan.
Appeal to certain demographic, sure. Niche? No.
gino molinari
Nov 29, 2019
I was sorta always peripherally aware of Doraemon and I’ve still never watched any of it, but I came to appreciate how integral he is to so many people’s childhoods after a few years of living in Asia. It’s not an understatement to say he turns up everywhere, people of all ages can’t seem to get enough of him in a way that there isn’t really an equivalent of in the west. Like, you go out and he’ll be on a bunch of kids’ shirts, adults’ phone cases, snack packaging, bumper stickers, roadside billboards , all kinds of random household goods...
I guess the extreme oversaturation eventually got to me because now I love the sight of him. Something about his design is just super wholesome and objectively pleasant.
Watch Star Wars Kabuki Right Here
When the one-off performance of Star Wars kabuki was announced , it made sense. Star Wars is deeply influenced by Japan, so it seemed as though this would work. That it did, but better than I could’ve ...
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TadBravo
Nov 28, 2019
Do they give a better explanation to wtf S noke was in this one ?
Martin Drkos
Nov 28, 2019
Some sort of shogun by the looks of him.
TadBravo
Nov 28, 2019
Or a Hugh Hefner cosplayer.
medski
Nov 28, 2019
That is a huge improvement over the Luke Vs Kylo Ren fight from the movie. They actually clash swords.
Agathia
Nov 28, 2019
Luke was an apparition, how was he supposed to clash swords...?
medski
Nov 29, 2019
Considering how vague The Last Jedi portray the rules of Force projections t hey could have easily made it that Luke can actually manipulate matter even as an apparition. But they didn’t, and I find the whole scene in the movie to be quite underwhelming . At any rate , t he kabuki version just feels more exciting to watch.
Pro And Amateur FPS Players See Differently, According To Comparison
Have you ever wondered why some people are better at first-person shooters than others? One important difference might be how people see while playing.
Nikkei recently posted a clip tracking a professional...
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Tom Bomb
Nov 27, 2019
I’m not sure that’s very conclusive... in the clip where the pro player is focusing on a single point, he’s clearly shooting at several enemies between the train cars. Of course, if you were shooting for this long in one place, your eyes would focus in one spot , even if you are a noob.
No, what’s obvious, is that the pro knows the map and whenever he goes through an opening, his eyes and his weapon are generally already laser focused on the spots where enemies are likely to be, giving him an edge over enemies who may be facing him but are not prepared: by the time they seem him, they start aiming at him, and are prepared to shoot at him, they are long dead.
OldManLight
Nov 27, 2019
it’d be more in teresting to see in a game where players are forced to use the entire screen to track opponents like fortnite too.
JelleyKake
Nov 27, 2019
You are missing the most important thing the Pro player does. Using the HUD. The Pro Player glaces at the Map int eh top left corner 4-5x more often than the casual player. That is the real difference here and its actually massive.
KishPrime
Nov 27, 2019
I’m not sure they “see differently” as much as this represents the relative complexity of their understanding of the game and how c lose they are to optimal play. More interesting would be a comparison between different pro players to see if there are multiple optimums.
Cayde-6's Unloaded Dice
Nov 27, 2019
There’s actually no conflict between the two. The pro’s understanding of the complexity of the game and its mechanics allows him to prioritize and change where he looks at on the screen. Remember that only about 10-20% of your field of view is actually in focus at any one point in time. That means that most of the screen isn’t in focus. Looking at an embedded gif on a webpage is going to result in more of the gif being in focus (since the image itself takes up a smaller fraction of your field of view) than if you were looking at the same thing on the TV in question.
By using his knowledge of the game’s mechanics to figure out where on the screen to be looking at any point in time, the pro literally IS seeing the game differently.
The Best Cosplay Of Tokyo Comic-Con 2019
This year’s Tokyo Comic-Con wrapped up over the weekend. There were big stars, merch, comics, and yes, cosplay. Let’s have a look at the best get-ups of the show.
Since this is Tokyo Comic-Con, the...
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uyarndog
Nov 26, 2019
Man, nothing quite makes you appreciate MineralBlu’s work more than seeing cosplay coverage from not-MineralBlu.
Kasstastr0phy
Nov 27, 2019
Right... I came here hoping to see the Pictures and all I see is links to twitter... and I cry as Twitter is blocked at work... and I realize I dont care that much to reopen this article when I get home.
uyarndog
Nov 27, 2019
A Greek tragedy in 3 acts.
Mononitrate
Nov 27, 2019
Laughed out loud at Marty McFly as it’s the first time I’ve seen someone take that approach.
Man Spends $1.4 Million On Game Character, Which His Friend Then Accidentally Sold For Only $552
Whoops! According to South China Morning Post, a man in China spent an eye-watering $1.4 million on his character in MMORPG Justice Online. His buddy accidentally sold said character for a mere $552. The...
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TadBravo
Nov 25, 2019
Fuck everyone involved in this story. Fucking morons.
RickRoger
Nov 25, 2019
Yeah, fuck the friv alou s rich . Me anwhile I can’t afford to buy a house and half of the people in the world can’t afford shoes
Athlete name and pun
Nov 25, 2019
Communism sure makes people rich! Let's switch to that.
Mud's Not Yer Buddy, Pal
Nov 25, 2019
Fools. Money. Etc...
rabbit
Nov 25, 2019
“In olden days, it was said that there’s a sucker born every minute and two to take him. Considering today’s population count, we estimate there’s a sucker born every 7.6 seconds, and 345 to take them.”
-badly paraphrased Steve Martin
Cartoonivore
Nov 26, 2019
Together again!
Japan's First Nintendo Store Opened Last Friday, But Lines Are Still Hours Long
Nintendo Tokyo opened on Friday. Lots of people came to the first day, and you’d think that by today, the crowds would have subsided. Nope!
Twenty minutes after opening today, the wait reached 4 hours....
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Kyuzo
Nov 25, 2019
There are like two things in life worth waiting in line for, and “the privilege of shopping in a store” ain’t one of them.
TX-9335
Nov 25, 2019
so what are the two things!?
MegaBlastoise
Nov 25, 2019
Sex and boning.
FunkButter
Nov 25, 2019
My friend asked if I wanted to go this past weekend. My first response, “ARE YOU NUTS”. My second response, “HELL NO!” I’ll give it some time and go on a rainy weekday.
Poll: People In Japan Reveal Which Famous Game Franchises They Haven't Played
Have you played every big-time game franchise? Are there any well-known game series you haven’t checked out? In Japan, a recent poll asked people about which famous series they haven’t played.
There were...
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Kspraydad
Nov 22, 2019
If its a Nintendo exclusive series then...never played it. That said, haven’t tried any Monster Hunter either.
Outrider
Nov 22, 2019
That is wild.
Hyperbolic Idiot Chamber
Nov 22, 2019
Same, the looks people give me when I say I have never played a MARIO Zelda or Metroid game are hilarious.
zanmania
Nov 22, 2019
Something like Splatoon isn’t surprising - there’s only been 2 games over the past four years and, while fun, they were also pretty one-note. But I’m definitely surprised by the top 4 on that list.
Outrider
Nov 22, 2019
And let’s be fair, the first Splatoon may as well have not existed since it was only on the Wii U.
I mean, I love my Wii U, but I recognize basically nobody had one.
zanmania
Nov 23, 2019
Oh god, you’re right. I always thought of it as a Switch game, I think because I forgot that the Wii U was a thing.
Inside Tokyo's Newest Pokémon Center
This week, a new Pokémon Center is opening in Tokyo. Yesterday, Kotaku showed a short preview of the shop. Today, let’s have a closer look.
The Pokémon Center opens this week in Shibuya. With is dark,...
Years Later, Some Can't Tell Who's On Street Fighter II Turbo's Japanese Cartridge
You are looking at the cartridge art for Street Fighter II Turbo’s Japanese release. It’s not only different from the US version but more mysterious. Can you tell who is on the cover? Ryu? Chun-Li? Which...
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Sven.T.Sexgore
Nov 20, 2019
Almost certainly Chun- Li - the white ribbon seals it. Yes, there are white headband versions of Ryu but, even with those, they rarely ‘flow’ like that and the red version is much more iconic and common.
Garlador
Nov 20, 2019
White headband Ryu was mostly a thing in the Alpha series too, not SFII.
ArtSir
Nov 20, 2019
yea its painfully obvious its chun li plus the hair dangling in front of the face is chun li, ryu hair doesn’t hang past the headband
Tom Bomb
Nov 20, 2019
That looks like Guy for me.
#fueltothefire
Orihalcon
Nov 20, 2019
That would be fine if it wasn’t for the fact Guy is a Final Fight Character and wasn’t administered to the SF roster until Alpha, which wasn’t for another 2 years after this game was released.
crews200
Nov 20, 2019
Dan, clearly Dan.