- Either late 2014 or early 2015 Capcom will release a patch update that adds either 4 or 5 more new characters to the roster in order to calm down the Decapre backlash.
- The potential characters could be as listed;
- From the SFIII roster: Alex, Sean, Remy, Q, Necro and/or Oro
- From the SFA roster: Charlie, R.Mika, Sodom, Birdie, Eagle, Karin and/or Maki
- Or better yet a crossover character from another fighting game franchise from SNK Playmore or Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Seeing as we're now on to V proper, we can consider this one a very unlikely possibility.
- He is self-trained like Dan or Sakura and can mimic most moves however he knows he does not want to disrespect his idol and as such goes by a similar name (possibly his birth name) Raiyu he also has an Ambiguously Gay friend named Ken who likes to cosplay as Ken.
- Yeah this doesn't make too much sense because planes don't exactly give radiation, but since we'll never get an explanation of why Blanka's skin is green for a long time, we'll just have to make up the answers ourselves.
- This also explains why Blanka's eyes look like their gonna fall out on the SFII continue screen due to him melting from the radiation.
- Well, Capcom has their own explanations, but seeing as they're not all that scientific (his skin turned green from absorbing too much chlorophyll from the surrounding foliage and the electricity... well, it probably has to do with electric eels), we take them with a grain of salt. Although amusingly enough, Capcom USA actually did use that origin story on their promotion of the SNES version of SFII.
- The short blond hair, the Sonic Fist and Rolling Sobat special moves, and most importantly...the kick-ass Air Force BOMBER JACKET he sports in the SF1 intro and his entrance in SNSM. His bio in SNSM stating that he's Guile's brother would also make him Blade from Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game (unless Guile had more than one brother, which would make Gunloc AND Blade his brothers).
- Jossed by The World Warrior Encyclopedia, which has separate bios for Joe and Gunloc. Of course, they do that with Mike and Balrog (see the Mike entry, at the bottom), too, so Lying Creator be here.
Ken will be the final boss, and if conditions are right, then you can fight Ryu.No brainwashed or even possibly evil Ryu or Ken. Just them in their purest form, at the peak of their power.
- There's NO WAY a female could have the body M. Bison/Vega has. The guy is ripped to all hell. And besides, art from Street Fighter 2 shows him sans shirt, and he looks totally male.
- Clearly, M. Bison trained at the spring of Drowned Megalomaniac.
- Perhaps he always wanted to be a woman, but just can't. The whole Nightmare Fuel is to imagine him dressed as a woman. Eww.
- Or maybe he's the opposite?
- Well, look at Bison being affected by Demitri's Midnight Bliss and the pop star dressed as him.
- Or maybe it's the reverse. Rose embodies everything that was positive about him before he purged it from himself in order to master Psycho Power. Cammy being an opposite-sex clone lends further credence to this - it implies a fascination with being female that he nonetheless forgoes in order to continue to gain power. The "good" part of him was his female side (and his desire to be physically female), which he eradicated for whatever twisted reasons he has. It makes him/her much more three-dimensional.
- Better yet, in some brands of psychology, the psychological form that allows a person to relate to the opposite gender is called the Anima. It appears as the ideal female or male of the person in question. Keep in mind Rose looks disturbingly like the woman who taught Bison his abilities. Sympathy of one person to another, whether romantic or otherwise, is a non-selfish act, and in order to gain his Psycho Power, Bison had to remove all positive (altruistic, friendly, sacrificial) parts of his soul. That means he also had to remove his Anima, who is gifted with the remainder of the soul he threw away, thus becoming her own person.
- Clearly, M. Bison trained at the spring of Drowned Megalomaniac.
- Note also that Bison's Japanese name, Vega, is the name of the star that the Japanese refer to as Orihime, a very decidedly feminine name referring to a very definitely female princess from the legend that it gets its name from.
- Maybe, maybe not. If that was REALLY the case, then Seth (who was also engineered for this specific purpose) would have to be female too, right? And so would be Abel, too. Or maybe that's just Bison's way of throwing us a curve ball...
- Ran's brother runs a dojo? For that matter, Ran had a brother? The only known member of her family mentioned in any Rival Schools media is her mother. In fact, where the hell did you get all this info?
- The Saikyo-Ryu DOES exist in Rival Schools canon; and Chairperson, from Taiyo High, learned martial arts by a Saikyo-Ryu correspondence course. So there IS the possibility that this is not coincidental. Capcom surely considered that people might try to make the connection between Ran and Dan when they named her character.
- That means that she's the gal who appears in Dan's ending in Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter? If so, then... Akuma may be their father!!!
- Word of God says Gouken and Akuma were brothers. You'd think Gouken would've recognized his nephew, or Akuma his own son, during the many times he and Ryu cross paths. Besides, Akuma's character archetype doesn't exactly lend itself to interaction with women (unless they challenged him to a fight).
- Taking a page from the blatantly non-canon Generations OVA, there's a chance he may have knocked someone up before he was completely corrupted. It's a possibility; no timeframe is given between Goutetsu's death and Gouken's taking on Ryu. As for Akuma fighting his own son, he didn't see him until his early 20's, and he may have not recognized him because he was deep into the Satsui no Hadou. Better yet, he doesn't care. As for Gouken... hey, it's quite possible he wanted to spare Ryu the trauma of telling him his father had gone insane and begun a super-powered murder-rampage over the entire world.
- He's done none of that. Akuma is a restrained (though still particularly brutal) Blood Knight, not a crazed mass murderer.
- Okay, so he didn't do things like blow up a bunch of crowded airports. He's still the sort of guy who kills anyone who, even for a moment, makes him unsure he's going to win.
- No, he isn't. He only fights and kills people who challenge him, and who are powerful but waste/abuse/squander their talents. If a person is too weak (Ken), have potential to become stronger (Ryu), or ill (Gen), he spares them. He's more or less consumed with the Code Of The Warrior, and believes that killing in the midst of battle is entirely justified. He's no mass murderer or vindictive killer though.
- Put shortly, Akuma challenges anyone who makes him think he might lose, he doesn't necessarily kill them. A number of his endings/win quotes show him as something like equal parts Blood Knight and Death Seeker.
- Taking a page from the blatantly non-canon Generations OVA, there's a chance he may have knocked someone up before he was completely corrupted. It's a possibility; no timeframe is given between Goutetsu's death and Gouken's taking on Ryu. As for Akuma fighting his own son, he didn't see him until his early 20's, and he may have not recognized him because he was deep into the Satsui no Hadou. Better yet, he doesn't care. As for Gouken... hey, it's quite possible he wanted to spare Ryu the trauma of telling him his father had gone insane and begun a super-powered murder-rampage over the entire world.
- Sure, if he was on 'roids, partially robotic, and learned to self-detonate at will.
- Q is a homage/parody of two characters:
- Perro, the robotic detective from Metropolis. His outfit is EXACTLY the same, and there's similarity in the face (although the other character he's based on is much more similar there).
- Kikaider. Q has the same blank expression and yellowed iris-less eyes as Kikaider. If it weren't for his color scheme, Q would be Kikaider in a trenchcoat.
- I thought Q was based on Robot Detective?
- For all we know, he could be an actually successful Mr X or Nemesis Model that has gained free will and borken free of Umbrella Corporation's Control.
The world of Street Fighter is one where even an atheletic schoolgirl or a morbidly obese middle aged hillbilly can, if they are willing to practice long and hard enough, become warriors with martial prowess that better fit in a Wuxia or Shounen Anime Fighting Series than in a mundane world. Since both stories are made and owned by Capcom, this a would comfortably explain the Power Seep Power Creep in Resident Evil that would allow an unenhanced human like Chris Redfield to go from a terrified boy in 1998 to a behemoth of muscle who can Megaton Punch a boulder into lava in 2015. Superhuman feats notwithstanding, Chris and Leon have demonstrated that like Kasugano Sakura, years of endless combat and practice have also turned them into warriors whose raw skill alone are equal to the likes of Ryu, Guile and Sagat, as spectacularly demonstrated by the duo tearing through a horde of ''dozens'' of Zombies in Resident Evil Vendetta. Since neither men are explicitly superhuman, the world of Resident Evil sharing (and therefore having the same rules of spiritual growth for Warriors as) the World of Street Fighter is the safest explanation for their superhuman progress in the way of combat.
- The winquotes for a Abel vs. Seth match suggest otherwise. When Abel wins:Abel: This man.. this face... My god, are we one and the same?
- And when Seth wins:Seth: You are a defect not worthy of a number! Your human-like face is nauseating!
- Seems to suggest that Abel's from the same Shadaloo program that created Seth.
- It's still possible. Charlie was captured by Bison/Vega, his memory was wiped, and he had all manner of unethical experimentation done on him; thus he became Abel. He does seem to recognize Guile when he and Guile are standing outside the ruined Shadowloo base in Chun-Li's ending.
- Oh, and Guile says "It's you, alright" while fighting Abel.
- According to the Udon comics, Charlie saved Abel from the Shadaloo lab where he was created.
- Something to keep in mind is that, during their fight, Abel repeatedly implies that he's protecting a third party who Guile's fighting style reminds him of.
- Debunked by a character relationship chart posted by SFIV's project manager (so this is Word of God) to explain the game's story. The translation of the chart indicates that Charlie did save Abel from the Shadaloo base as shown in the Udon comic, which likely explains why Abel is familiar with the Sonic Boom.
- And Guile's win quote to Abel in Super SFIV further lends credibility to the "Charlie saved Abel" theory:
Guile: The man who saved you used this move? You must be talking about my friend!- And they appear together in SFV's Story Mode.
- Wasn't Evil Ryu a Face Heel Turned Ryu already?
- The way he appears in SSFIV:AE and USFIV is basically a What If?. The fact is that, according to canon, Gouken had found Ryu under the influence of the Satsui no Hado and purged him of it completely by using his Mu no Chikara (the same he had used to survive Akuma's death blow years before). So the only way you'd have Ryu under the effect of a FHT post-SFIV is if he were Brainwashed and Crazy.
- Major
- Manfred
- Marshal
- Master
- Mayor
- Melvin - This is the name proposed in mtcff ULTRA, a Round Robin Massive Multiplayer Crossover.
- Mister
- Mikhail
- It's a variation of Michael, which Mike is short for.
- Monsieur
- Madara
- Movedname
- Majora
- You're all wrong. It's "Mighty", as clearly stated in his intro.
- Mysterious Meaningless M
- You're ALL wrong. The red attire? The fireballs? The head-stomping? people, the M clearly stands for Mario
- At this point, whatever it stood for before, it now will stand for Marz. Hear me out; fear, hatred, despair, all the negativity-that's the essence of Psycho Power. Marz at the time of her fall is feeling all these. More than that, she's damaged from the fall itself, the fight with F.A.N.G, and the overload from earlier. Would she be able to hold off Bison's soul jumping into her? He already wanted a female body, anyway.
- You're all wrong. It's "Mighty", as clearly stated in his intro.
- Plausible. They're always trying to recruit pretty much every fighter they see. That he's a wrestler is a bonus; they're not looking at fighting styles.
- It's possible that his body is based on Dhalsim, but given that the guy is basically the Street Fighter version of Cell, he possibly has the DNA (or data) of (based on the moves I have seen) at least 5 world warriors. He has the Shoryuken (Ryu and/or Ken), a Spinning Piledriver (Zangief), Wall Jumps and a Lighting Kick variation (Chun Li), the Sonic Boom (Guile, or maybe Charlie if they have him captive), and Dhalsim's Stretching arms and teleporting, plus a couple of original moves based on his Tanden Engine, similar to Cell's abilities based on his tail (read: a original trick based on something he has on his body since the beginning).
- If that's true, shouldn't it apply to Necro and Twelve too? I mean, they both also fit the same comparative description above.
- Considering that he was a mid-boss character on SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos... that wouldn't be strange.
- SFIV is a prequel to SFIII, and a younger Yun and Yang appear in one of Chun-Li's videos in SFIV. Also, game mechanics usually change between iterations: Many things from Alpha weren't included in SF III for instance. Lastly, I think they wanted a 'throwback' to the more familiar SF 2 characters.
- Well, don't forget that Yun appeared in a console version of Alpha 3. Also, we have to wait until the confirmation of the other 5 characters of SSFIV to see if Capcom "hates" SFIII. Maybe there will be one or two surprises. Plus, don't forget that Alex appears in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, the most recent game in the Vs. series.
- Maybe it'll end Jossed. There's a leaked screen◊ showing Dudley.
- That's photoshopped (confirmed). On the other hand, the December 2009 issue of Famitsu has a legit screen of Guy focus-absorbing a kunai, a weapon Ibuki usually uses.
- In fact, Dudley, Ibuki and Makoto have been confirmed for Super SFIV, so we can consider this whiny WMG debunked.
- Well, don't forget that Yun appeared in a console version of Alpha 3. Also, we have to wait until the confirmation of the other 5 characters of SSFIV to see if Capcom "hates" SFIII. Maybe there will be one or two surprises. Plus, don't forget that Alex appears in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, the most recent game in the Vs. series.
- And now in Super SFIV Arcade Edition, Yun & Yang have joined the ranks. And they're both absolute top-tier. Consider this WMG truly, utterly debunked.
- And Ultra brought Elena and Hugo over from Street Fighter x Tekken. Your initial argument is invalid, beaten to death with a shovel and thrown in a ditch to rot.
- Okay did Moviebob write this one? Anyways Cammy's face and hair (and her Ms. Fanservice role namely about her body) are the reasons why anyone might deny the "Butch" part. But to be fair the Street Fighter series is not entirely devoid of Les Yay as Juli and Juni's ending in Street Fighter Alpha 3 is a slight example of that.
- I'm fairly certain that: A - She's not Butch, & B - Her being homosexual (or at least bisexual) is canon. After all, she is a clone of Bison. She was designed to be a replacement body for him in case of an emergency. So, chances are good that he'd arrange for his replacement body to react (in the attracted sense) to pretty much the same people as his original body.
- Not to get too deep into nature vs. nurture argueing, but wouldn't Bison's own proclivities override whatever Cammy herself felt about sex? If Cammy were straight, that would become moot when the man with a penchant for abducting teenage girls and inflicting wanton cruelty suddenly inhabits her body. Her body would respond to his stimuli then, even if for some paraphilia it takes mind over matter for Cammy's body to respond in the expected and desired way for Bison to get his jollies off. But of course, this all involves the transfer of memories and 'soul', making this whole concept fantasy in the first place.
- But Bison and Cammy were lovers at one point... Eeewwww...
- No, they weren't. That was a mistranslation by Capcom USA. The original version of SSF2 simply says Cammy used to work for Bison before the accident that led to her memory loss.
This is not just because of this Troper's favor of Sakura. No one seems to notice this girl managed to teach herself how to use moves that Ryu, Ken, and even Akuma seem to have taken years to learn! She had no assistance in this matter! She's a sixteen year old school girl!!! Well it's true her personality seems to aim towards being silly and lighthearted her goals and story are not all that silly (she really wants to improve herself). In fact being silly and light hearted may be to her advantage (no Evil Power Dark Side). If Sakura got some real training and such she would most likely be better then both Ryu and Ken. This troper never sees anyone point this fact out!
- You got a point actually. Factor in also the fact that she's got Dan Hibiki as her teacher (i.e. he teaches her directly, she doesn't observe him from afar), and considering the difference in skill between them... Yeah, given time she may just contest Chun-Li's title of "strongest woman in the world". And an aside: in the UDON Super Street Fighter series, Sakura actually succumbs to the Satsui no Hado and hands Guile his ass when he comes looking for Ryu (who had been beaten and kidnapped by Urien earlier).
- Not too far off actually. Sagat had already lost his eye by the time of the first tournament, so he had already killed Go at that point. Considering that said tournament happened about 2-3 years before the events of the Alpha subseries, Dan could still either be training under Gouken before being kicked out, or he could be... er... "polishing" Saikyo-ryu to "perfection", and the tournament could be a great chance to do so.
- Well, Poison's been confirmed as a playable character for the upcoming Ultra SF4, and one of her specials is her rather...enthusiastic use of a riding crop to whip the opponent into submission. See it here.
- The sexiness is played up, yes. The sexuality... Not really.
- Except this makes little sense, since they both started as Mad Gears gang members in Final Fight.
- Don't Cammy and Sari (Dhalsim's wife) make a cameo in the Judgment decision in 3rd Strike. There's also the case of Cody, Guy, Hugo/Andore (yes, they're the same person; Word of God has confirmed this), and Cammy appearing in Final Fight: Streetwise (which would appear to occur much later in the overall timeline that any of the other entries in this Shared Universe barring Captain Commando; Sodom and Poison were also planned to be in the game, with concept art of the two existing), but that seems to be Canon Discontinuity on both ends of the market.
- On the Judgment girls, no. Those are different characters.
- Well now, this one honestly sounds rather unlikely for a plethora of reasons.
- Hakan's wife seems to have darker skin and rather large breasts. Plus, Ingrid's non-canon in S Fverse.
- Maybe this is her becoming canon. And she got a tan. The larger breasts may just be a sexing up for the S Fverse or she might have actually gotten larger breasts in-universe, from cosmetic surgery, an incredibly late growth spurt or even just a piece of Street Fighter related Applied Phlebotinum.
- Well now, this one honestly sounds rather unlikely for a plethora of reasons.
- Er... unless Balrog bleached his skin, not a chance. You can clearly see a patch of light skin under the mask. Besides, a promotional picture for New Generation showed Alex punching out Balrog, so your theory is, well, wrong. It's implied that 1) Q. might not even be human (check out his sprite when electrocuted) and 2) he's connected to the CIA agents who were investigating the Q phenomena in the first place (I believe that he's the man leading the team back at HQ).
- It may be "implied" but that doesn't mean that it's stated outright. And the patch of pale skin could be a patch of skin covered in make-up for added identity protection. And the promotional pictures are not exactly infallible canon.
- Hulking? Sure, Balrog's pretty damn buff, but Q's physique's not even close.
Then there's Remy, a French emo who when not listening to Blink-182, is ripping off moves from Guile and Charlie, particually Charlie's one-handed Sonic Boom, and he's better at it (i.e. he has more than two special moves). His father disappeared long ago leaving him and his cryogenically frozen (for some reason) sister, something, he never forgave him for.
So here's the breakdown one "Frenchman" with amnesia remebers the Sonic Boom, a move only two people at the time (Charlie, Guile) can do. He also knows that the Commander had died sometime before SFIV. Then there's another Frenchman who several years later, uses moves similar to moves those to guys above used and his father disapeared.
My theory is that (like the title says) the merc commander is Remy's father who learned how to use Charlie and Guile's moves from...Charlie himself. After Alpha 3, they never found Charlie's body. Maybe the mercs rescued him as well, maybe he stumbled upon them. In any case, that would explain Abel's knowledge of the Sonic Boom, Remy's subsequent use of moves similar to Charlie's fighting style (the father taught his son what Charlie taught him) and Remy's father's disappearance (because he was killed in action).
- According to All About SF3: New Generation, Sean's "Dan" comments were added in the US/European version (in the Japanese version, he uses generic phrases in their place). It stands to reason that the same would apply to SF3: Second Impact. As far as canon is concerned, the two may not even be aware of each other's existence.
Now, it's important to remember that as a member of Delta Red, Cammy's past has been effectively covered up, therefore, few people should know of her time as Killer Bee. You may chalk it up to Juri being a part of S.I.N, and her trying to play mindgames with the British operative, but there was something highly personal in the way she confronted Cammy.
It would be an interesting, if somewhat tragic twist if it's revealed that Cammy was present when the Han family was kidnapped by Shadaloo. Juri, being the Tae Kwon Do champion at the time probably tried to fight back her captors when they attempted to execute her parents. As we all know, martial artists in the Street Fighter universe can be pretty capable against even trained soldiers and so she managed to fend the Mooks off with her skills. This was unfortunately what Bison wanted and the reason he had Cammy come along for the assassination, as he wished to test Cammy's fighting ability, the template of the other Dolls, against a formidable opponent in a life or death struggle. Juri's missing eye? Cannon Spike to the socket.
Impressed with the young Korean's prowess, Bison decided to have Cammy let her live, though did not bestow such kidness on Juri's parents, ordering Cammy to shoot them, right in front of the beaten but still conscious teenager.
The incident broke Juri's mind, turning her into the sadistic brawler that she is in SSFIV.
Things escalated from there, whereas Cammy would eventually be redeemed by Rose, Juri's violent and bloodthirsty reputation would catch the attention of S.I.N.
Thus she could serve as a dark parallel to both Chun-Li and Cammy in terms of backstory and life choices.
- Damn, that's pretty brutal. For some reason, Seth's words (in his ending) about how the people who killed Juri's parents (aka Shadaloo) were now dead as well as the Juri vs. Bison rival battle (specifically, Bison saying "You've grown strong.") made me think that Bison was entirely responsible, but this is a much better (and tragic) theory.
- Actually, scratch that. Word of God confirms that Bison killed Juri's parents and bereaved her of her left eye.
- Could be that Cammy was still involved in some way or another. Or, of course, Juri could be equating her with Bison, for obvious reasons.
- This reminded me of UDON's take on the murder of Chun-Li's dad, in which Cammy did indeed take part as a member of Shadaloo. When Chun-Li first met post-Heel–Face Turn Cammy, her first reaction was that of Unstoppable Rage, and she only stopped herself because Cammy showed true regret for what she'd done, despite not remembering the details. Chun-Li forgave her and transferred the responsibility to Bison, who ordered her father killed in the first place. But that's because Chun-Li is a level-headed, mature woman; knowing how unhinged Juri can be, it wouldn't be too far a stretch if Bison had Cammy (or any of his other Dolls) kill her parents and gouge out her eye.
- Besides, Word of God may have confirmed that Bison killed them and tore out her eye, but it didn't say how he did it. Maybe he killed them by setting his clone on them.
Even better, they'll have Kyle Hebert pull double duty as both Ryu and Skullo, with Skullo having The Great Saiyaman's voice.
- As a fan of the EX series, I would very much like this to happen. The series has so many awesome characters that could easily be fit into the canon SF games. Hokuto, Kairi, Blair, Allen, Skullo, Doctrine Dark, Cracker Jack, DARUN...
- Let's just lay it all out there. Each of them:
- is female.
- is East Asian.
- is a Kick Chick.
- is a Fragile Speedster.
- wears her hair in twin buns.
- wears spiked bracelets.
- has a flying spinning kick special move.
- has an energy projectile special move.
- is a primary: a) heroine (Chun-Li) b) villainess (Juri)
- works for an organization devoted to: a) crime (Juri) b) fighting crime (Chun-Li).
- lost her father, who fought crime, to Shadaloo.
- likes: a) sweet food (Chun-Li) b) spicy food (Juri)
- dislikes M. Bison.
- And her outfit layout is the exact negative of Chun's (minus the obligatory bra and panties). All of Chun's shown body parts are hidden in Juri's case and vice-versa.
- Except that canon has since shown that R. Mika & Chun can be in the same room at the same time. Not forgetting that Chun's main draw is quite different from R. Mika's assets...
Now you might be wondering what about Maki from Final Fight 2? How come she got excluded from the Limbo that Capcom has placed everyone else from the later 2 Final Fight games? Simple - at first she was going to share the others' fate but she got a lucky break when Capcom decided to make her into an Unexpected Character addition to Capcom Vs. SNK 2. And since Capcom has already bothered to ever use her again they figured why not throw the fans a bone by actually acknowledging her existence in the Street Fighter series. Granted her role in the story is pretty much trying to find Guy and defeat him in battle but at least she gets to be the (so far) sole Final Fight character that wasn't in the original game to appear in the Street Fighter series.
- Although Maki herself hasn't appeared since those two games, despite her goal to defeat Guy. This theory could very well be true. Does anyone have an official statement from Capcom themselves?
- OK, so what's your theory on Lucia?
In Fei-Long's ending in SFIV, someone throws a knife at Seth's back. Most people assumed this was Ibuki, but in her story of SSFIV, she has little to no involvement with S.I.N., since she just wants to find a boyfriend. It makes much more sense to me that it would have been Guy (he has ninja blades), who is actively opposing S.I.N., or Rolento who may view Shadowloo as a threat to the utopia he is trying to create. Then again it could have been someone else, I just don't think it's Ibuki.
- Besides, Ibuki uses kunai, not knives. That's pretty different in concept.
- Confirmed by Word of God, not just basically.
- To expand on the "ordinary people with no super-human powers" idea (which has been on my mind for a little while now; maybe I'll turn it into a Fan Fic), among the changes from the standard Street Fighter fare: the setting is one gigantic City of Adventure; M. Bison is a corrupt businessman who dresses in a badass suit but is otherwise as bad as his canon counterpart (no, erase ''that'' movie's rendition of him from your minds), and Gill is presented as a normal-colored but still badass rival businessman; Ryu wears white sneakers and blue jeans and walks around the city looking for fights but overall is still a good guy; Guile, Chun Li and Cammy all work for the local police department; Akuma works in construction; Sean and Dan are wannabe gang members; Juri is saner than her canon counterpart (but still a Kick Chick)...yeah, that's what I can come up with for now.
- Response from former Street Fighter fan Justice Reaper: If comic books can have their own multiverses, why not Street Fighter? And to the above poster, I think I may have preempted you and added to that multiverse with a fanfic I recently started writing (albeit with a few key differences).
- Well, the crossovers with Marvel have their own designation in the Marvel Multiverse (Earth-96169), so it would be conceivable. Marvel vs. Capcom 3 had a kinda-sorta Excuse Plot in which all Capcom characters are part of a Shared Universe which fuses with Marvel's (which either would create 96169 or would already be 96169, considering that 616 stayed unaltered and Jean Grey was still technically dead at the time there). There's this, but talking about Street Fighter alone, the SNK and Namco crossovers (as well as Project × Zone) could have their own AUs, since the characters seemed to have heard of each other in some of these crossovers.
- While I hope you're right I think you answered why it won't happen. Where exactly does Street Fighter have room for a professional wrestler who's special moves are the spinning lariat and spinning pile driver? What might be a nice throw back, even if it was just a background, would be if they remember they have Saturday Night Slam Masters!
- It wouldn't be plausible simply because Haggar's moveset is too similar to Zangief. Ryu and Ken are allowed to stay together in the series because of Divergent Character Evolution, but basically the only difference between Haggar and Zangief, lead pipe action aside, is that Haggar doesn't have a spinning piledriver.
- Or maybe Go was a capable martial artist, or else he wouldn't have even scratched Sagat. Besides, Dan actually did train a bit under Gouken, but he kicked him out when he found out that he wanted to avenge his dad. So he took what he learned, created Saikyo-ryu and the rest is history.
Hence the European accent paired with the Stars and Stripes tattoos.
- Belgian son of an American father/mother maybe?
Akuma is the pinnacle of human potential and more thanks to the Satsui no Hado. His beads, however, act as a Power Limiter to keep it in check. Now, If you look at Oni's artwork, you can see glowing orange balls around him. What if those balls were Akuma's prayer beads and they broke off somehow? It would release his sealed power, and he would go mad with power and become a true demon.
- I'm sure the general consensus is that Oni is (in some way or another) Akuma, but many people seem to be forgetting that Akuma's prayer beads originally belonged to his master Goutetsu; officially, after Akuma killed his master, he lifted Goutetsu's prayer beads off of his corpse and took them as his own. There was apparently nothing special about the beads when Capcom introduced this plot point (in supplemental materials, natch), but Capcom has used the magic of Retcons before, so we can't rule this out completely yet.
- One of Oni's alternate costumes has bits of him falling away as he takes damage. Underneath his skin is swirling purplish ki. So maybe?
- Seems unlikely. Rufus hasn't proven to be all that greedy.
- Dudley and Boxer always have a wind effect surrounding their special moves. This is because Boxing, and by extension most Western Martial Arts, are using Ki to manipulate the air around them. This is why some of Boxer's moves can go through projectiles, the combination of Ki and air around his body shields him from the Ki in the projectile.
- Guile's Sonic Boom is explicitly stated to be him manipulating the air with Ki. It and the Flash Kick were invented by his friend Charlie who figured out that all Western Martial Arts unconsciously manipulate air with Ki and began directly applying it through the aforementioned moves.
- That's basically the whole point of Supernatural Martial Arts. Street Fighter is no exception. Every fighter draws their Ki from a source where they can harness their power, like Gouken says to Dhalsim in SSFIV:You call your power religious devotion. I call it "ki". It is the same power.
- Why Shin Akuma? By that logic, any of the Shin versions of the extra bosses would be fair game, which doesn't seem likely.
- You're talking about Oni, I assume. He was one of the four anyway. Still, Ultra added the five newbies from Street Fighterx Tekken, which makes it Super + 9.
- So Charlie's taken up wearing stilts, is traveling around the world causing various disasters (presumably even killing innocent bystanders), now cribs off of Balrog (in general), and possibly converted himself into a robot/cyborg, huh?
- Who knows? Maybe it's the canon equivalent to Shadow.
(1) It will be set after the Street Fighter 3 series (which chronologically comes after the IV series), and will either take the form of a tournament hosted by Shadaloo, S.I.N. or the Illuminati, or some other person or organization altogether, or it will be a general free-for-all with the participants acting for their own agenda and possibly with the game's Big Bad pulling the strings.
(2) The Big Bad will be (a) Bison/Vega/Dictator, who's coming out of the shadows after having not been seen during the SF3 timeline, (b) Gill, who's still seeking out more of the strongest warriors for his "utopia," or (c) a different person altogether.
(3) Cammy and Chun Li will finally get to know the truth about C. Viper's true role with S.I.N.; meanwhile, Charlie will be revealed to be Not Quite Dead after all this time, and he and Guile will meet up again.
(4) Since Sagat has officially abdicated his role as one of Shadaloo's Four Devas post-SF2, Juri will have taken over his spot (especially if you consider that S.I.N. was the weapons division of Shadaloo, and her takeover of it following her betrayal of Seth and subsequent fight with Dictator in her SSFIV ending will turn out to have ended with her losing and him making her his newest henchwoman).
(5) There will naturally be NUMEROUS rival fights in the new game, including but not limited to: Ryu/Ken, Cammy/Juri, Chun Li/Juri, Chun Li/Cammy, Guile/Charlie, Dee Jay/Sagat, Ryu/Sagat, Gouken/Akuma, Guile/Rolento, Gen/Lee, and Dictator/Gill.
(6) We will finally get to learn what the SF1-exclusive characters have been doing since their previous appearance.
- Both characters have medium-short blond hair, both are American, both are portrayed as cocky, both wear jeans and both have a generic '80s action hero look.
- Joe is a kick boxer, and his only special move is a Rolling Sobat. Cody uses a fighting style only known as "street fighting", but including moves from kickboxing and other martial arts, and has the Rolling Sobat in his moveset (as far as his latest SSFIV incarnation goes, he uses it in two different instances: his Crack Kick and as part of one of his Ultras).
- Both characters have a trademark cinematic scene where they punch through◊ a brick wall◊. They're virtually identical.
- Joe was originally planned to be in Street Fighter Alpha 3 as the "escaped prisoner fighter", but was later replaced by Cody.
- It is unclear whether Joe or Cody◊ appears in the intro to Street Fighter II, punching "Mike". Said intro might or might not be an unused intro for Final Fight, which was originally titled Street Fighter '89.
- Joe's stage is a train yard, and Cody has a rival battle with Birdie in a train yard, in Street Fighter Alpha 3.
- There is zero information on Joe, and he disappeared into thin air after Street Fighter, like he never existed. Cody has been known to be a fighting addict, something that his friend Mike Haggar doesn't approve. At the time of the first Street Fighter tournament, he had a close, friendly relationship with (then Mayor) Haggar, and was dating his daughter Jessica.
- To respond to this, it's pretty improbable that the two are the same character because (1) the first Final Fight takes place in the same year and (presumably) around the same time as the first Street Fighter tournament, (2) if Cody is Joe, you'd think someone who was in the first SF tournament would recognize him in later installments, (3) it's very unlikely that people who know Cody could be kept in the dark about him being involved in a major tournament like that, even if it was held underground; Guy certainly would have found out and mentioned it at some point; and (4) there's no official statement saying that they are in fact the same person.
- On a tangential note, there is a character in Final Fight: Streetwise called the Ghost who you can challenge in the underground circuit. He looks and fights like Joe (blond-hair, red pants, uses kickboxing), so it's been assumed by more than a few fans that Joe is Ghost, and he fought against/lost to Cody at some point in the past, which is how Cody received Joe's Rolling Sobat for Alpha 3.
- Not only Mike (the second opponent from the USA in the first game) looks like his Street Fighter II counterpart (up to their defeat portraits), but his moveset is also quite similar to Balrog's. Supporting the theory that these two are actually one and the same is the fact that Balrog is called Mike Bison in Japan.
- This also stems from the fact that both characters are thinly veiled expies of (Real Life boxer) Mike Tyson. However, Capcom supposedly was very afraid of receiving lawsuits from the boxer, and in one instance denied any connection between the two characters, and/or between them and Tyson (other versions report that Capcom only denied the latter). As is usual with Capcom, to date there is no definitive and clear answer on the subject.
- The two characters' background stories are suspiciously similar. Both are former professional boxers, competing at high levels (Mike was said to have been a Champion, while there's no info on whether or not Balrog ever did obtain the belt). Both were kicked out of professional boxing for hurting or killing an opponent.
- Mike entered the first tournament to obtain the prize money, in order to help his sick little sister. Balrog is sickly obsessed with money.
- M.Bison/Vega/Dictator recruited Sagat to Shadaloo (although briefly) after watching him fight in the first tournament. At the same time, just like Joe, Mike disappeared (except, maybe, for the Street Fighter II intro◊ discussed above).
- Alternatively, the intro scene◊ for Street Fighter 2 where Joe/Cody defeats the character that some think to be Mike might be showing us the second tournament's preliminary rounds. After Mike was unexpectedly eliminated, Shadaloo might have made up a fake identity for him on the spot (the Balrog/M.Bison/Boxer persona), and reintroduced him in the Tournament as a different contestant, because M.Bison/Vega/Dictator needed this key minion of his to be in the final rounds.
- Nope, Word of God says the two are separate characters.
Guile: military man whose English VA is Travis Willingham, motivated to bring down the evil shadow organization and to avenge his dead badass glasses-wearing best friend. Who has yet to appear in an English dubbed game, but when he does…
- Jossed. Charlie is not going to be in the new update announced at Evo 2013, as the secret 5th character has "never been in a Street Fighter game before".
- Not necessarily. This WMG doesn't specifically refer to USFIV, but any future game in which Charlie appears. It's not Jossed until Capcom confirms he will never appear in another game again, or he does and he's voiced by somebody else.
- CHARLIE NASH. IS CONFIRMED. FOR STREET FIGHTER 5. Now let's wait to find out what his English voice is gonna be like…
- English Nash sounds very close to something in between Sonny's Bardock and his Hughes, but it's not him. It's
Jack CalabrisiMike McFarland. Thus the Actor Allusion, while not as strong, is still alive. (see; Jean Havoc)
- But had the car been taken in SSFIV?
- Jossed.
- Pretty much confirmed by Word of God.
- Jossed.
- Jossed.
- Confirmed as of 2013 Capcom Cup.
- Jossed. The fifth character, Decapre, is affiliated with Shadaloo, not Gill's organization.
- Jossed. It's Decapre. Sorry, Carlos.
- With the revelation that the fifth character will be Decapre, a few of the above stipulations are fulfilled. She's a Shadaloo operative, she's been working behind the scenes (as far as wel can tell), but it remains to be seen whether or not she'll have taken up Sagat's position (unlikely).
- Sagat's replacement eventually came in SFV. It turned out to be F.A.N.G.
- Jossed; Rolento fights Cody as his rival.
- Jossed. The fifth character, Decapre, hails from Russia. However, Ultra also added Hugo to the game.
- Besides, Juni and Juli were German before Shadaloo got a hold of them (much in the same way Decapre was Russian).
- Essentially confirmed.
- To Ryu: "Your strength is indeed as your reputation says. My army could use a man like you!"
- Actual quote: "Good practice, but fighters cannot start a country."
- To E. Honda: "You're that sumo wrestler who sparred with my comradenote once, aren't you?"
- Actual quote: "What's with your face? Is that camouflage to deceive enemies?!"
- To Blanka: "Hmm...maybe you could assist in providing electric power to my utopia..."
- Actual quote: "Your abilities would be useful as a portable generator for my mighty army!"note
- To Guile: "You disappoint me, after all the stories I heard about you, Guile."
- Actual quote: "Surrender and put your military skills to use for my forces!"
- To Ken: "You will be perfect as a financial backer for my army!"
- Actual quote: "Weakling! You wouldn't last long in my army with that attitude!"
- To Chun-Li: "Me, a criminal? For trying to build an empire? Negative! Absolutely negative!"
- Actual quote: "Throw away your nation's allegiance and join the ranks of my army!"
- To Zangief: "I like your patriotism. Join my cause and serve me similarly!"
- Actual quote: "Your body and your patriotism would serve you well in my army."
- To Dhalsim: "You display great discipline. Perhaps you could be my utopia's spiritual adviser?"
- Actual quote: "The battlefield is no place for high minded ideals. Cease your sermons!"
- To Fei Long: "Your big-screen fighting is more impressive than your real-life fighting!"
- Actual quote: "Your hand to hand technique would serve you well on the front lines! Join me!"
- To T. Hawk: "You fight to restore your homeland...I fight to establish my perfect nation!"
- Actual quote: "There is no peace that can be earned without battle. Submit to my army!"
- To Dee Jay: "Your style requires perfect movement. Not much different from me, I'll allow."
- Actual quote: "The song of the battlefield is of one marching cadence and cries of defeat!"
- To Cammy: "You call yourself a soldier? You're not worthy even to clean my boots!"
- Actual quote: "Your training has earned you a spot as a commanding officer in my army!"
- To Balrog/Boxer: "With your lack of ambition, you'd be nothing more than a low-level grunt in my army!"
- Actual quote: "Rebellious soldiers cause more harm than the enemy!"
- To Vega/Claw: "A self-absorbed fool like you could never defeat a man hardened by combat!"
- Actual quote: "Beauty is a useless concept in war! The mask goes, but you can keep the claw."
- To Sagat: "The strongest soldier can tame even the fiercest tiger! Remember that!"
- Actual quote: "Even emperors will be crushed beneath the boot of my glorious nation!"
- To M. Bison/Dictator: "In my utopia, none shall have their freedom of choice taken away!"
- Actual quote: "Join my army and begin your training anew as a lowly recruit!"
- To Akuma: "Such power...such focus...you could probably be a combat instructor for my soldiers!"
- Actual quote: "You fight for death, but a true soldier fights only for the glory of victory!"
- To Gouken: "You're the instructor for those mennote ? I can see where they got their power from."
- Actual quote: "Impressive! You would make an excellent drill sergeant for my burgeoning army!"note
- To Sakura: "To think that a mere schoolgirl could have this kind of power on hand..."
- Actual quote: "In times of war, even students likes you must be prepared to fight!"
- To Guy: "You've become weak since our battles in Metro City!"
- Actual quote: "You cannot stop our advance!"
- To Cody: "To think that you were called Metro City's hero...what an embarrassment!"
- Actual quote: "I'm giving you a chance to start over! Join me and we shall found a new nation!"
- To Adon: "I have no use for soldiers who will become loose cannons!"note
- Actual quote: "A country needs an army and instructors! Not self-proclaimed gods!"
- To Rose: "I have no use for fancy parlor tricks in my army!"
- Actual quote: "Insolent girl! How dare you deceive a soldier with your suspect delusions!"
- To Gen: "Shouldn't you be dead by now, old man?"
- Actual quote: "An assassin is no match for a soldier! You'd never last on the battlefield!"
- To Dan: "Soldiers who think too highly of themselves don't last long in the army, punk!"
- Actual quote: "Strength does not make a soldier! Learn some proper techniques!"
- To Dudley: "Your strength would be great for my army! Not so sure about the mustache, though..."
- Actual quote: "No need for etiquette in a dojo! The same can be said for rules!"
- To Ibuki: "Join my army, girl! With your skill, you'll make Sergeant quickly!"note
- Actual quote: "Consider yourself conscripted, soldier! Your mission begins now!"note
- To Makoto: "Your skill would qualify you for my army, but you're still just a kid."
- Actual quote: "Set your sights higher, kid! Why settle for a dojo when you can have a nation?"
- To Abel: "A soldier who fixates on the past is not worth serving in my utopia!"
- Actual quote: "A soldier has no need of a past! Join me and we'll build a perfect future!"note
- To C. Viper: "My intelligence network could find nothing on you. Who are you?"
- Actual quote: "Your willingness to employ any means necessary is impressive!"
- To El Fuerte: "The army barracks' slop tastes better than what you're serving!"
- Actual quote: "Medic! I've been poisoned!"
- To Rufus: "SILENCE! Excessive talking will be punished by swift execution!"
- Actual quote: "A few weeks of hard training and rations would shape you right up!"
- To Hakan: "One flame is all I need for your oily corpse!"
- Actual quote: "Keep your oily hands off my munitions!"
- To Juri: "My utopia has no need for a disturbed individual like you!"
- Actual quote: "Such disobedience would have you booted from any army in an instant!"
- To Seth: "Copy all the fighting styles you want—you'll still be defeated by me!"
- Actual quote: "Enemy defeated! Regroup and prepare for the invasion!"
- To Elena: "The power to heal? Perhaps you could be my army's doctor..."
- Actual quote: "You are a nuisance! Go dance somewhere else!"
- To Hugo: "Your raw muscle served Mad Gear well. Let it now serve my cause, old comrade!"
- Actual quote: "What a thrill to fight alongside you again! Join me and we shall wreak havoc!"
- To Poison: "Your sadism rots while you're a wrestling manager. Join me and put it to better use!"
- Actual quote: "You don't have what it takes to rejoin my ranks. Train harder and try again!"
- To Decapre: "You follow orders well...but now, you will follow ME!"
- Actual quote: "I could use infiltration specialists like you in my special unit!"
- Jossed. The fifth character will be Decapre.
- Lucia would eventually be brought on board on Season 4 of SFV.
A. Have her be a normal woman but be a Lipstick Lesbian or Bisexual
B. Have her be referred to as a normal woman but not comment on this issue at all and hope people will just ignore it.
Either way Capcom is going to change a thing or two regarding Poison in the near future.
- I don't follow. Are you suggesting a retread/rewrite of what was already covered in Alpha, because the whole Satsui no Hadou plot point has been resolved for a while. It briefly resurfaced somewhat in IV after Alpha 3 was supposed to do away with it (what with Ryu's declarations in the A3 epilogue), but Evil Ryu is a "what if?" character in all appearances, and Ryu canonically has rejected the Satsui no Hadou for good by III. Besides, it was Sagat who was partially responsible for rousing Ryu out of his brainwashed state in Alpha 3, and though Bison believed that the Satsui no Hadou was similar to or came from the same source as his Psycho Power, his brainwashing, as far as I know, didn't actually bring out Evil Ryu. Sagat likely knows about the Satsui no Hadou, but the fact that he calls out Adon in Super for presumably hounding Akuma ("The power you're after is twisted") says volumes. Remember, he was vengeful towards Ryu because Ryu won their match (which was, until that Metsu Shoryuken, already decided in Sagat's favor) by a cheap shot (when Sagat was helping Ryu back to his feet and commending him for a good fight, no less). Additionally, Evil Ryu's story in Alpha 3, while non-canon, has Sagat—somewhat ironically—tell Evil Ryu that he doesn't consider him to be the same person as the Ryu who gave him the scar, so he refuses to give Evil Ryu the fight he desires when Evil Ryu does his victory gloating.
- Sagat's winquote to Evil Ryu in SSFIV:AE may help put things in perspective:
- Definitely within the realm of possibility (just listen to his approval at facing Evil Ryu in IV), but it goes without saying that Ken, Sakura, and Dan's "Evil" forms are non-canon (and Sunburnt Sakura doesn't actually have anything to do with the Satsui no Hadou). It's also worth nothing that, in light of his "meeting" with Gouken in IV, Akuma may have been made to swear an oath to stop hounding Ryu if he lost their duel.
- He actually DOES that in the comics...
- By the way, some of them actually do that (mainly the ones who don't know about Shadaloo's Doll program, anyway). And Cammy herself is a big Berserk Button for Decapre, for rather obvious reasons (look up the SFIV Chars page).
This has been in my mind for quite a while, so I might as well put this out now. I've noticed that a lot of elements of Stroheim's character design was put into Guile, to the point that Guile gained his 'tall flat-top', his Cool Shades, and patriotism. The only differences lie in their abilities (Stroheim is a cyborg while Guile can use ki energy), loyalties (Stroheim is a German Nazi while Guile is an American.), and personalities (Stroheim is a hammy Noble Bigot while Guile is a stoic, brooding hero.)
I'd imagine that sometime before meeting Joseph Joestar in "Battle Tendency" and fighting the Pillar Men, Stroheim had a child with a blonde, blue-eyed German woman (because Nazis were obsessed with the Aryan race), but he left because he was drafted into the army when World War II started. That child, either a son or daughter, eventually immigrated to America upon Stroheim's death and married someone there, and Guile was born. Because his grandfather was a Nazi, Guile was teased and bullied many times, most likely due to Sins of Our Fathers, even though Stroheim himself believed more in his country's strength and less on the Nazi philosophy on racial purity.
If that was the case, then that might explain how Guile got his shoulder tattoos; he purposely made his tattoos look like American flags so he can prove that he is not his grandfather and that what Stroheim did in life doesn't apply to what HE does in life. It might also explain why Guile was so close to his best friend Charlie Nash; he was the one who defended Guile from fellow pilots from the Air Force who picked on him because of Stroheim, earning Guile's steadfast loyalty.
All I can say for Guile is, "Poor guy."
Sagat does join back in with Shadaloo in which Bison takes him back as his old right hand-man with open arms. When Sagat gets called out by folks like Chun-Li & Guile over how he could be willing to rejoin Shadaloo. But then Sagat says that the reason why is because the US Military did a Aerial Bombing & Drone strike on the Shadaloo Base and many of their outposts. However many of these outposts were near or on villages in Thailand in which while these strikes had a lot of casualties within the outposts but a lot of innocent Thailand villagers were casualties as well.
Though there is also a chance that if Ryu tries to call Sagat out on this then Sagat will bring up about the Dark Hadou. (We were initially lead to believe that M. Bison turned Ryu into Evil Ryu thanks to Psycho Power which was why Sagat left Shadaloo. However years later Capcom revealed that actually Ryu already had the Dark Hadou within him which was the real reason how Ryu did the Dragon Punch that scarred Sagat's chest.) But while I suppose it is possible that Adon would get involved in this but I am not sure.
Oh yes and there is a plot twist that the Military strikes against the Shadaloo Base and the Outposts was actually orchestrated by one of the Seths disguised as a Human in his plot to take down M. Bison once and for all.
Poison is still trying to make an maintain a wrestling troupe however she and Hugo went their separate ways as he went back to Germany so he can be a Potato Farmer with the Andore family. So Poison is now trying to form an all-women wrestling troupe with her old gal-pal and business partner Roxy in which they try to get certain ladies like Rainbow Mika & Laura Matsuda to enlist in their troupe. Though Poison encounters Jessica as Jessica wants to know if Poison is trying to look for Cody as well. But Poison taunts Jessica on how she would rather play with her instead in which Lucia moves in to defend Jessica from Poison.
Meanwhile in this Arc Guy is also trying to find Cody in which Maki & Carlos (from Final Fight 2) are trying to find Guy. Though while Maki's initial purpose in their journey was to find Guy to aid him but over the course of their journey they find out about the woman Rose whom Guy seems awfully very close with. Now Maki seems to be more & more convinced that Guy is cheating on her sister Rena who is Guy's wife but Carlos tries to convince Maki not to jump to conclusions as there might be a reasonable explanation here. However Maki seems to be determined to findGuy and try to make sure he has some answers here.
There will be multiple reveals here such as how Yoko Harmageddon is not only Mika's trainer but is actually her biological mother and that "Yoko Harmageddon" is her stage name and she is not Japanese at all and is actually Ukrainian. The other reveal is that her idol Zangief is her long lost biological father. In which many years ago when Zangief was a younger man he had a little fling with a beautiful woman he met in Ukraine which ended up producing Mika. So in other words Rainbow Mika is actually not Japanese but a Ukrainian girl but she was only there as a baby. "Yoko" and Zangief were never married and Zangief became known with the Russian Government and Russia & Ukraine don't exactly have the most pleasant history. So out of concern about what if the Russian Government found out that Zangief fathered a child with a Ukrainian woman, "Yoko" took her daughter to Japan and got a new alias to work at the wrestling community there. And before anyone brings up how Mika is blonde while Zangief & "Yoko" are not, "Yoko" could've had blonde parents and it has been said that at time children more take after their grandparents than parents in looks. (Or conversely Yoko could be dying her hair as part of her cover as she went from a Brunette in Alpha 3 to Black with a White Stripe in her Five Profile Card.)
In which when Mika hears of this she feels a bit conflicted. On one hand she is amazed that her idol Zangief is actually her father. But on the other hand all her life she thought she was Japanese but is surprised that she is actually European and is rather shocked about that. (Though other characters would comment on how that is not really surprising at all). In which Zangief also feels a bit conflicted as he feels a little guilty that he never knew he had a daughter until now but is determined to make things right and be a good father to his darling little girl Mika.
So why isn't he called Balrog?note A bit of distraction to hide his true power until it's too late.
- Ken, Chun-Li, Akuma—they've been in each and every Street Fighter game since their debuts. They're instant locks.
- Confirmed for all of them.
- E. Honda, Blanka, Guile, Zangief, Dhalsim, Cammy—some of the most well-known characters in the franchise, and they've been in every Street Fighter game since their debut (with the exception of III).
- Confirmed for all of them.
- Balrog, Vega, Sagat—much like the other SFII characters, they're series mainstays that appear in nearly every game in the series.
- M. Bison—despite being Killed Off for Real as of SFV, he's still one of gaming's most iconic villains. He could possibly appear in his Phantom Bison form that manifested after his physical death.
- G—one of V's biggest mysteries, he should finally get some much-needed answers in the next game.
- Karin, Birdie—Karin was effectively the Big Good of SFV's story, so she could assemble the World Warriors for whatever threat appears next. And Birdie could return in Karin's service.
- Rose, Menat—Rose looks primed to play a major role in SF6's plot if her character story is any indication. And Menat could tag along given she's Rose's apprentice.
- Sakura—one of the most popular characters in the entire series (if not the most popular character, given that she won an official character poll by Capcom).
- Dan—the Trope Codifier for Joke Characters in fighting games, and he's been a mainstay ever since his debut in Alpha (only missing out on III).
- Alex, Ibuki, Oro, Urien, Gill—given we're heading past III's story, these five characters who appeared in SFV could finally begin the next phase of their stories here. And Gill in particular hinted at a connection to G.
- Dudley, Makoto, Elena, Hugo, Yun, Yang—same reason as Alex, Ibuki, Oro, Urien and Gill, with the added fact that they skipped out on SFV. In Yun and Yang's case, they could also fight the very person they inspired: Jamie.
- Necro, Sean, Remy, Q, Twelve—same reasons as the other SFIII characters, and the fact that they haven't been playable since SFIII. As for Q, there's also his implied connection to G.
- C. Viper, Juri—two of the most popular SFIV characters (as well as the fact that C. Viper wasn't playable in SFV)
- Confirmed for Juri.
- Seth—to round out the five final boss characters of the series thus far, much as he did in SFV. Given what's been hinted at in his story ending, he may return with a completely new personality, rather than the megalomaniac we saw him as in SFIV and SFV.
- Rashid, Laura—both characters were really popular in SFV, so they should return (and Laura could spar with Sean should he be playable).
- Confirmed for Rashid.
- F.A.N.G., Phantom—while many people may not want him to return, F.A.N.G. still has a story-driven reason to appear again: supplementary material revealed that he began to try and revive Shadaloo, taking on Phantom as an apprentice. Both could appear to kickstart that plotline.
- Confirmed for Phantom (now going by A.K.I.).
- Ed, Falke, Baba, the other Neo Shadaloo member—Neo Shadaloo is being built up as a key player in the next phase of the series, so Ed and Falke should return. Baba (the gorilla) and the other person that was with them (initial of G.) haven't been playable in SFV as well.
- Confirmed for Ed.
- Cody, Lucia, Poison—Final Fight characters have been common place in the franchise since Alpha—these three could carry over from SFV because of that.
- Guy, Rolento, Maki—same reason as the above three characters, and the fact that they skipped SFV (and in Maki's case, SFIV). Guy also trained Kimberly in the art of Bushinryu, so he could be revealed later, much like Rose released in SFV after her pupil, Meant.
- Akira—much like the Final Fight characters, the series could begin a tradition of always having Rival Schools characters in each game—this includes bringing back Akira.
- Li-Fen—she looks to be as strong as Chun-Li, and is currently training with her as of III (and possibly 6, if she's the girl fighting Chun-Li in the official trailer). She could easily be to Chun-Li what Sakura and Sean are to Ryu and Ken.
- The Dolls—now that they're free from Shadaloo's control, their futures could be shown as playable characters. Not to mention each Doll has something unique to bring, such as Enero's megaphone.
- Newcomers from Final Fight and Rival Schools—each game starting with the Alpha series added at least one character from the Final Fight series to its ranks. Rival Schools could also begin this tradition.
- Newcomers from other Capcom franchises—given how we have Rival Schools officially integrated into the Street Fighter story, other franchises from Capcom could follow suit, such as Darkstalkers and Red Earth, as well as Strider (thanks to the all but confirmed notion that Zeku founded the titular organization).
- Blanka: After he helped sell the Blanka-chan dolls in SFV, Blanka could find another way to boost his popularity. Perhaps he could have his own superhero/sentai series next (inspired by one of his Arcade Mode endings in V).
- Jossed: 6 has him becoming a tour guide for the Amazon in order to make a living for himself and his mother.
- Vega: With Shadaloo defeated for good, Vega is in need of new employment. Future appearances could very well involve him working for a new group—or even form one himself.
- Balrog: Similar to Vega, Balrog is in need of employment after the dismantlement of Shadaloo. Future appearances could have him working with other organiations so he could continue to get paid.
- Sakura: With a good idea of what her potential future could be like, Sakura could focus on becoming a gym teacher (as she teased in SFIV). Of course, there's still the option of becoming Ryu's apprentice when the time comes.
- Rose: Given what happened in her story in V, the next part of Rose's story will almost certainly try to prevent the end of the world she saw in her vision.
- Zeku, Guy, Ibuki: As teased in his character story in V, Zeku is keen on creating a new style of ninjutsu (all but confirmed to be the Striders). His future could revolve around the formation of the aforementioned group. Since Guy's his pupil and he was interested in recruiting Ibuki, those two ninjas can join the group as well, setting up their futures as well.
- G: Given how little we know about him in his debut game, G's story could continue by focusing on his motivations, how he's involved with the prophesized vision Rose had, and who he really is.
- F.A.N.G, Phantom: As shown in a side story to V, F.A.N.G has begun attempts to revive Shadaloo (and Bison). This would be the obvious route to go for him should he return. And given how he has an apprentice of his own, Phantom's story could begin by detailing her origins in more detail.
- Neo Shadaloo: Ever since the end of V, Ed has been forming his own group to save those who were tortured by Shadaloo. At the end of his character story, he was shown to recruit three members aside from himself—although only Falke was playable out of them. 6 onwards could officially bring in the other teased members, advance Ed and Falke's stories, and even bring in even more new memebers of Neo Shadaloo.
- Seth: As shown at the end of his character story in V, he's heavily implied to have his personality completey reset. Him returning with a completely different personality than the megalomaniac he was in past games could be an interesting way to continue his story.
- Gill: Like he said in V, Gill heavily hinted at seeing G's powers before. Because of that, his next chapter could focus on his connection with G. And since he finally made himself known to the public, he could also focus on advancing the Illuminati's plans for the world.
- Cody, Lucia: In 6, the Mad Gear has been hinted at a potential resurgence. With Cody having fought them before, and Lucia having fought a splinter group of theirs, both of their arcs could continue with fighting the group once more.
- Fei Long: While Fei Long wasn't playable (or even shown) in V, it's still made clear that he's still acting. Perhaps we can see what films he was making during the Shadaloo and Illuminati conflicts.
- T. Hawk: Ever since the end of V, T. Hawk's sister has been freed from the control of Bison and Shadaloo. T. Hawk almost certainly could see how his sister's doing since then.
- Dee Jay: Thanks to supplementary material, Dee Jay was revealed to have traveled around the world to search for inspiration for his new album during the events of V. His next appearance could focus on this journey.
- Makoto: Given her past appearances, Makoto's story could focus on her continuing to promote Rindo-kan karate. Another tournament and/or world-threatening event could provide her with the ways to do so.
- Q: The biggest mystery of SFIII, Q's story could be about learning what they actually are, as well as their potential connections to G.
- Remy: With what we know about him so far, the next step in Remy's journey could involve him meeting his father at long last, and learning about his reasons for abandoning him and his sister. It could even have Remy forgive his father afterwards.