10-07-2017, 07:10 AM
....So now that the Arcade Edition hype has jump-started hype fo SF5, who do you guys think will be in S3...? Might as well get your predictions in now so you can actually say you called it when they drop.
I've got some ideas (and some drinks in me):
The "Fill the Holes in Arcade Mode" Theory:
Hmmm. Themed arcade mode? "4 Battles for Street Fighter 1?" Let's see, Ryu, Ken, Birdie... who's #4 going to be?
Maybe that guy.... or it could be Retsu, who knows.
If it's Eagle I would totally lose my shit, but who are we kidding. We know who it is. TIGER!!
The "all story mode characters are in the game" theory:
Kolin, and Ed featured prominently in story mode, and both reached full playable character status by season 2.
You know who else featured prominently?
These fools!
And there's arguments to be made for all 3. Viper is in multiple story modes (Bison, Juri) and got a costume redesign.
Oro is in multiple storylines (Dhalsim, Menat, Karin is looking for him) and is one of the first characters to appear in a Season 2 storyline.
And Sakura is only in Karin's story mode... but LORDY LOOK AT ALL THE SCHOOLGIRL COSTUME DLC CAPCOM HAS PUT OUT. It's almost like they're trying to tell me something....
The "reused assets" theory:
When Kolin and Ed dropped in succession, we were all positive that Capcom's plan for Season 2 was to reuse story mode assets for the whole season. Immediately, everyone said the rest of the season was gonna be Satsuki, Byron Taylor, and Azam.
Instead we got this asshole:
Well played Capcom. Well played.
BUT, it's not insane to think that they could use pre-existing assets to build more characters. They've done it with Kolin. You've got all the dolls to pick from. And boy, Decapre's moveset sure seemed fleshed out during story mode. Like REAL fleshed out. I'm just sayin....
The "Leakers already know who's in Season 3" Theory:
Sooo everybody knows that Capcom sort of has a problem with people leaking information (which is why we all knew Menat was coming, and that Zekku is next).
One of the leaks I saw that was really blowing up for a minute was this one , (posted on R/Kappa before they went anti-modder and I stopped going there) which posited that S3 was gonna be Sagat, Sakura, Oro, Viper, Q and Necro, and that Alex Valle had leaked the list accidently in May on Twitter.
That was countered by Flowtron, a commenter on Ehubs who correctly claimed that Abagail and Menat were coming to SF5 in season 2. According to Flowtron's comments , Sakura and Sagat are definitely in, Viper, Oro, Necro, and Q are definitely out.
So there's that. For the record, the idea of Sagat Sakura, Oro, Viper, Q, and Necro.... There's story more basis for the first 4. Necro making the game before Blanka though? And a game where Dhalsim and Necro are BOTH in it....? Doubtful. And while everyone loves Q, he plays similarly to Balrog, I doubt he'd make it into a game with a bunch of 3rd strike characters already there, and where Boxer is already in (unless they totally redid his moveset).
Final Predictions...?
SO. If I had to pick some guesses for who makes it in this season....? I would probably say....
Sagat (definitely in)
Sakura (definitely in, there's so much Schoolgirls DLC)
C. Viper (strong chance, I know Flowtron says no, but it makes sense to me)
Blanka (Is it really arcade mode when you're not losing to cheating CPU Blanka?)
E. Honda (I mean if Blanka makes it you might as well bring back all the World Warriors)
Oro (In too many story modes)
And my WILD PREDICTION- Gill shows up as a nonplayable boss, either for the 3rd Strike arcade mode or as some kind of Extra Battle. They've already modeled him as Urien DLC, might as well throw him in there.
That's not my wishlist, but I know none of those characters (Abel, T.Hawk, Skullomania, The redesign of Dee Jay from USF4 Omega Mode) have any chance.
Well that's my pick six to get it started, what do ya'll think and why?
I've got some ideas (and some drinks in me):
The "Fill the Holes in Arcade Mode" Theory:
Hmmm. Themed arcade mode? "4 Battles for Street Fighter 1?" Let's see, Ryu, Ken, Birdie... who's #4 going to be?
Maybe that guy.... or it could be Retsu, who knows.
If it's Eagle I would totally lose my shit, but who are we kidding. We know who it is. TIGER!!
The "all story mode characters are in the game" theory:
Kolin, and Ed featured prominently in story mode, and both reached full playable character status by season 2.
You know who else featured prominently?
These fools!
And there's arguments to be made for all 3. Viper is in multiple story modes (Bison, Juri) and got a costume redesign.
Oro is in multiple storylines (Dhalsim, Menat, Karin is looking for him) and is one of the first characters to appear in a Season 2 storyline.
And Sakura is only in Karin's story mode... but LORDY LOOK AT ALL THE SCHOOLGIRL COSTUME DLC CAPCOM HAS PUT OUT. It's almost like they're trying to tell me something....
The "reused assets" theory:
When Kolin and Ed dropped in succession, we were all positive that Capcom's plan for Season 2 was to reuse story mode assets for the whole season. Immediately, everyone said the rest of the season was gonna be Satsuki, Byron Taylor, and Azam.
Instead we got this asshole:
Well played Capcom. Well played.
BUT, it's not insane to think that they could use pre-existing assets to build more characters. They've done it with Kolin. You've got all the dolls to pick from. And boy, Decapre's moveset sure seemed fleshed out during story mode. Like REAL fleshed out. I'm just sayin....
The "Leakers already know who's in Season 3" Theory:
Sooo everybody knows that Capcom sort of has a problem with people leaking information (which is why we all knew Menat was coming, and that Zekku is next).
One of the leaks I saw that was really blowing up for a minute was this one , (posted on R/Kappa before they went anti-modder and I stopped going there) which posited that S3 was gonna be Sagat, Sakura, Oro, Viper, Q and Necro, and that Alex Valle had leaked the list accidently in May on Twitter.
That was countered by Flowtron, a commenter on Ehubs who correctly claimed that Abagail and Menat were coming to SF5 in season 2. According to Flowtron's comments , Sakura and Sagat are definitely in, Viper, Oro, Necro, and Q are definitely out.
So there's that. For the record, the idea of Sagat Sakura, Oro, Viper, Q, and Necro.... There's story more basis for the first 4. Necro making the game before Blanka though? And a game where Dhalsim and Necro are BOTH in it....? Doubtful. And while everyone loves Q, he plays similarly to Balrog, I doubt he'd make it into a game with a bunch of 3rd strike characters already there, and where Boxer is already in (unless they totally redid his moveset).
Final Predictions...?
SO. If I had to pick some guesses for who makes it in this season....? I would probably say....
Sagat (definitely in)
Sakura (definitely in, there's so much Schoolgirls DLC)
C. Viper (strong chance, I know Flowtron says no, but it makes sense to me)
Blanka (Is it really arcade mode when you're not losing to cheating CPU Blanka?)
E. Honda (I mean if Blanka makes it you might as well bring back all the World Warriors)
Oro (In too many story modes)
And my WILD PREDICTION- Gill shows up as a nonplayable boss, either for the 3rd Strike arcade mode or as some kind of Extra Battle. They've already modeled him as Urien DLC, might as well throw him in there.
That's not my wishlist, but I know none of those characters (Abel, T.Hawk, Skullomania, The redesign of Dee Jay from USF4 Omega Mode) have any chance.
Well that's my pick six to get it started, what do ya'll think and why?