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There's plenty of things wrong with this entry, the most obvious being the fact that Dan and Blanka have been a thing since Alpha. Regardless, it's just baseless complaining.


* BadassDecay: Blanka. In his first appearance, he was very ferocious. Nowadays, he scratches his ass, growls like a monkey and whines about his mama. Oh, and he's the JokeCharacter's sidekick. A HypercompetentSidekick, but still. If you look at it carefully, Blanka is (kind of) to Dan as Brain is to WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget, with Sakura filling the Penny role.
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** Hakan, like Hugo, was considered a very poor character in general in the early days of ''SFIV'', in between his bad matchups and the fact he has to be ''oiled up'' to even be effective, and the oil goes away over time. Luckily, he was buffed with each version including starting him off oiled up but has never really gotten off ground. But in the same vein as Hugo, expect many to be behind the Hakan player. Most notably during Evo 2013 where Infiltration, who was one game away from elimination against PR Balrog's... Balrog. After two games where he lost using his Akuma of all characters, Infiltration changed to Hakan and ran a comeback against PR Balrog due to Hakan's favorable matchup against Balrog. Despite that set and a slew of buffs, Hakan was largely seen as one of the worst characters in ''Ultra'' as he just didn't have the options like fellow grapplers like Zangief and T. Hawk had that kept them relevant in the meta.

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** Hakan, like Hugo, was considered a very poor character in general in the early days of ''SFIV'', in between his bad matchups and the fact he has to be ''oiled up'' to even be effective, and the oil goes away over time. Luckily, he was buffed with each version including starting him off oiled up but has never really gotten off ground. But in the same vein as Hugo, expect many to be behind the Hakan player. Most notably during Evo 2013 where Infiltration, who was one game away from elimination against PR Balrog's... Balrog. After two games where he lost using his Akuma of all characters, Infiltration changed to Hakan and ran a comeback against PR Balrog due to Hakan's favorable matchup against Balrog. Despite that set and a slew of buffs, Hakan was largely seen as one of the worst characters in ''Ultra'' as he just didn't have the options like fellow grapplers like Zangief and T. Hawk had that kept them relevant in the meta. In general, Hakan combines two fighting game archetypes that tend to see polarizing results: he's a grappler, which means his entire kit is meant to be about getting in and winning the game upon doing so, and he's a character who's meant to be weak normally and improve over the course of the round, which creates a lot of push-and-pull between how strong he is initially, how easy it is to access that state, and how much it upgrades him. This makes him difficult to balance because when he's too strong, he feels like your opponent wins by playing a totally different game than you and then winning one or two interactions, and when he's too weak, he feels like a character who can barely accomplish anything and needs special effort just to be on par with everyone else.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: C. Viper. Originally intended to be the flagship newcomer of ''SFIV'' and one of its protagonists alongside Abel, she would ultimately be overshadowed by [[BreakoutVillain Juri]] following the release of ''SSFIV'', and has yet to make a playable appearance outside of this game and ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''. Despite this, she remains one of ''IV'''s most popular newcomers and well-liked by much of the fanbase for her [[DoubleAgent intriguing characterization]] and [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman skillset]], DifficultButAwesome playstyle, and uniqueness amongst the series’ roster as its [[ActionMom first playable mother]], with many of them hoping to see her [[TheBusCameBack return]] someday.

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* EnsembleDarkhorse: C. Viper. Originally intended to be the flagship newcomer of ''SFIV'' and one of its protagonists alongside Abel, she would ultimately be overshadowed by [[BreakoutVillain Juri]] following the release of ''SSFIV'', and has yet to make a playable appearance outside of this game and ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''. Despite this, she remains one of ''IV'''s most popular better-received newcomers and well-liked by much of the fanbase for her [[DoubleAgent intriguing characterization]] and [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman skillset]], fighting style]], DifficultButAwesome playstyle, and uniqueness amongst the series’ roster as its [[ActionMom first playable mother]], with many of them hoping and retains a devoted fanbase who hope to see her [[TheBusCameBack return]] someday.eventually return]].
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: C. Viper. Originally intended to be the flagship newcomer of ''SFIV'' and one of its protagonists alongside Abel, she would ultimately be overshadowed by [[BreakoutVillain Juri]] following the release of ''SSFIV'', and has yet to make a playable appearance outside of this game and ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''. Despite this, she remains one of ''IV'''s most popular newcomers and well-liked by much of the fanbase for her [[DoubleAgent intriguing characterization]] and [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman skillset]], DifficultButAwesome playstyle, and uniqueness amongst the series’ roster as its [[ActionMom first playable mother]], with many of them hoping to see her [[TheBusCameBack return]] someday.
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* ObviousBeta: The [=PlayStation=] 4 version of ''Ultra''. Somehow, despite being ported from consoles that were ''9 and 10 years old'', respectively, at the time of its release, based on code that itself was over six years old, and already having an existing [=x86=] codebase to work from (the PC version), whoever was in charge of the [=PS4=] version managed to load the game with all sorts of problems. This included graphical errors (Guile throwing invisible Sonic Booms), audio errors (background noise replacing fighter voice clips and sound effects), and glitches that didn't show up on any of the other platforms (Evil Ryu missing an FADC into Ultra because he passes through the opponent upon activating the Ultra). This was the version of the game that was supposed to redeem the persistent input lag that plagued the [=PlayStation=] 3 version of ''[=SF4=]'', but its incomplete state caused tournament organizers to rethink using this version over the mainstay 360 version. While patches corrected many of these problems, it was still pretty incompetent to try and launch the game in such a state and expect no one to notice.

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Moved C. Viper and M. Bison's Memetic Molester examples to the YMMV pages of The Ties That Bind and the franchise as a whole, respectively.


** C. Viper's fight with Cammy in ''Ties That Bind'' is full of this.
** [[spoiler:Balrog slowly heads this way thanks to his ''IV'' ending, where he takes a [[AmbiguousGender child]] out of the collapsing S.I.N. base.]]
** Bison, due to his actions in regards to [[BrainwashedAndCrazy The]] [[{{Ephebophile}} Dolls]], one of whom is his OppositeSexClone, and his female EnemyWithout [[IncorruptiblePurePureness Rose]], who he's had a tendency of either knocking out, whisking away, or [[GrandTheftMe possessing]], as well as his new Ultra in ''Super SSFIV'', the [[FanNickname Psycho Abortion]], has shades of this. In particular:
-->'''Bison''' (''to Dhalsim'' -— ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha 3''): "You have an excellent body."
** With Juri this is probably the closest case to being canon. Her win quotes make it pretty clear that a win for her is ''much more'' than merely beating your face in. Just check out all of her Rival Battles; she's openly hitting on the likes of Chun-Li, Cammy, and Bison.

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** C. Viper's fight with Cammy in ''Ties That Bind'' is full Balrog, on account of this.
** [[spoiler:Balrog slowly heads this way thanks to
his ''IV'' ending, where Arcade ending in which he takes [[spoiler:takes a [[AmbiguousGender child]] out of the collapsing with him when escaping from S.I.N. 's collapsing base.]]
** Bison, due to his actions in regards to [[BrainwashedAndCrazy The]] [[{{Ephebophile}} Dolls]], one of whom is his OppositeSexClone, and his female EnemyWithout [[IncorruptiblePurePureness Rose]], who he's had a tendency of either knocking out, whisking away, or [[GrandTheftMe possessing]], as well as his new Ultra in ''Super SSFIV'', the [[FanNickname Psycho Abortion]], has shades of this. In particular:
-->'''Bison''' (''to Dhalsim'' -— ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha 3''): "You have an excellent body."
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Juri this from ''SSFIV'' is probably the series' closest case to being canon.a canonical case. Her win quotes make it pretty clear that a win for her is ''much more'' than merely beating your face in. Just check out all of her Rival Battles; she's openly hitting on the likes of Chun-Li, Cammy, and Bison.
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* BaseBreakingCharacter: Decapre. Within seconds of her reveal as the mysterious fifth character she became one of the most controversial characters in the game. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sClJoamPC0 As shown in this steam reaction]], she garnered a huge amount of hate due to her being not only a perceived MovesetClone of Cammy, but also being one of Bison's dolls who looks just like her albeit wearing a mask, especially since Bison in the trailer defeated the more requested Rainbow Mika and Retsu. Over time, however, Decapre herself garnered a growing fanbase among the game's players, many of whom found her moveset quite enjoyable to play and some who find the character herself to be one of the more tragic characters, being a [[CloningBlues literal clone of Cammy]] with fleeting memories of her traumatic past.

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* BaseBreakingCharacter: Decapre. Within seconds of her reveal as the mysterious fifth character she became one of the most controversial characters in the game. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sClJoamPC0 As shown in this steam reaction]], she garnered a huge amount of hate due to her being not only a perceived MovesetClone of Cammy, but also being one of Bison's dolls who looks just like her albeit wearing a mask, especially since Bison in the trailer defeated the more requested Rainbow Mika and Retsu. Over time, however, Decapre herself garnered a growing fanbase among the game's players, many of whom found her moveset quite enjoyable to play and some who find the character herself to be one of the more tragic characters, being a [[CloningBlues literal clone of Cammy]] Cammy with fleeting memories of her traumatic past.
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* BadassDecay: Blanka. In his first appearance, he was very ferocious. Nowadays, he scratches his ass, growls like a monkey and whines about his mama. He also become a TierInducedScrappy thanks to his ability to tick throw with any attack. Oh, and he's the JokeCharacter's sidekick. A HypercompetentSidekick, but still. If you look at it carefully, Blanka is (kind of) to Dan as Brain is to WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget, with Sakura filling the Penny role.

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* BadassDecay: Blanka. In his first appearance, he was very ferocious. Nowadays, he scratches his ass, growls like a monkey and whines about his mama. He also become a TierInducedScrappy thanks to his ability to tick throw with any attack. Oh, and he's the JokeCharacter's sidekick. A HypercompetentSidekick, but still. If you look at it carefully, Blanka is (kind of) to Dan as Brain is to WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget, with Sakura filling the Penny role.
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* LowTierLetdown: Each version had a character or that were underpowered:

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* LowTierLetdown: Each version had a character or two that were considered underpowered:

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