Monday, January 14, 2008

Crimsom Viper


Here is a pic of the latest and newest member of the King of Fighters...wait, I mean Street Fighter family. That's right, this character looks like it belongs on a KOF game! Don't get me wrong, I really like KOF games, the thing is that there is Street Fighter and then there is KOF, and there there is Mortal Kombat etc.... As of right now this character doesn't seem to fit! There are certain things that make a great Street Fighter character that are not present in this design.
These are the following things that should be evident in a Street Fighter character:

-The character should be representative of a Nation or Country, or at least have some hints of where they came from. The original 12 characters were iconic and their country of origin could be determined or guessed at by a glance at their design.

-A martial Art or fighting style should be a part of their concept and easy to recognize, i.e. the Karate Master from Japan, the Muai Thai fighter from Thailand, the Kung Fu expert from China, the Apache fighter from Mexico.......wait forget about that last one....anyways you get the point.

So far, this character does not exhibit any of these recognizable traits. All I know is that her name is Crimsom Viper and she is "a female detective, who is speedy and have hidden weapons all over her body". I hope that they come up with better charcters in the future but I will wait and pass final judgement when I can see the final version of the character moving in the game.

4 comments:

zaz said...

dude, your breakdown/analysis is totally right on! the look and style should represent their country.

yo you see that soul calibur/star wars shit!!!! SICK! can't wait.

Bruno Velazquez said...

Yes, Playing as Darth Vader should be intersting. I hope they get his personality and moves right. I never imagined that they would have Star wras charcters in this game however. Who lnows what other charcters might show up in the future..................

omar kendall said...

I'm with you on this one - the first time I saw this new SF4 character my thoughts were, "Nope, they don't get it anymore." This character does not seem to reflect any of the iconic elements of the original World Warriors.

There was a whole 1up special on SF4 and the head guy over there seemed really cognisant of capturing the key nostalgic elements of SF2 - this to me shows that he might not be as on top of that concept as I had hoped.

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