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R. Mika's popularity in Street Fighter is baffling
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How come no one is bringing up this sexy ass beast. You ask me, I think some people had heart attacks when they saw this specimen today. He's showing more skin that she is.
"You know, Ken, we really are the Street Fighters"
How come no one is bringing up this sexy ass beast. You ask me, I think some people had heart attacks when they saw this specimen today. He's showing more skin that she is.
Stop it! Bare-chested men with full beards are strictly for the female gaze, and are objectifying men!
All jokes aside, I like this alt costume.
Enormous breasts, huge ass, but itty bitty waist. Doesn't look like anything resembling an actual woman, but if she were proportioned logically she would lose what drew most of her fans to her in the first place.
Here come the "guys present unrealistic standards too!" posts.
More between his thighs than anything.
How come no one is bringing up this sexy ass beast. You ask me, I think some people had heart attacks when they saw this specimen today. He's showing more skin than she is.
i need this game
SmackAttack
Member
Is it really though? There's a character who pours oil all over himself to slide around on people and one who crushes skulls like sparrow's egg between his thighs. Seems like Street Fighter to me.
And let me mention that while I know little about SF and never heard of this character before, it seems to me like plenty of people are genuinely happy to see her back and are talking about her moveset. There's nothing wrong with her design, especially of we're talking about Japanese fighting games, since there are worse offenders than Mika. I don't see how she's a problem now if she wasn't then.
And we can we stop acting like there haven't been male characters designed for the female gaze?
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
I fucking HATE that the Ryu costume is a Gamestop exclusive, WHY?!?!
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
You probably should stop assuming everyone wants the same things or get the same feelings from things.
Do you think female cosplayers also only do it for male gaze reasons?
Enormous breasts, huge ass, but itty bitty waist. Doesn't look like anything resembling an actual woman, but if she were proportioned logically she would lose what drew most of her fans to her in the first place.
Here come the "guys present unrealistic standards too!" posts.
Lights and Waves
Member
Weren't the dolls all women kidnapped from different countries?
Hayama Akito
Member
She is a fun character and i want more low-tier chars in SFV. No more SFII please, in fact i want the return of more characters from Third Strike, the lack of Alex in SFIV was criminal. Bring Q please!.
Cammy's a clone, though.
aspiegamer
Member
From the article, and summed up far better than I could do myself--
Full disclosure: I think her ass-to-face-to-ass finisher is atrocious, but otherwise there's little outside the bounds of goofy Street Fighter character shenanigans going on. Tell anyone that she's " female Zangief" and they'd understand instantly what the gimmick is. #SJWsuit
Basically, besides just being a "character" on the roster, she's a character, with an actual persona doing an acting job. That's a thousand times more personality than most characters in fighting games have. If this much effort went into every female character in gaming we'd barely have complaints about anything sexual. We want characters to act like human beings and have actual personalities. That trumps a silly outfit and some exaggerated curves that everyone else on the roster shares. Specifically responding to the OP; If generic harem characters were presented with this much refinement they'd, well, no longer be generic.
Full disclosure: I think her ass-to-face-to-ass finisher is atrocious, but otherwise there's little outside the bounds of goofy Street Fighter character shenanigans going on. Tell anyone that she's " female Zangief" and they'd understand instantly what the gimmick is. #SJWsuit
Jesus, why are there so many people concerned with whether or not I posted again? It's been like 10 minutes.
Hoya Destroyer
Member
Straight guys like seeing hot girls in real life or video games. Her popularity isnt suprizing at all.
Im glad Capcom are aware of this. Mika looks great.
Im glad Capcom are aware of this. Mika looks great.
The month people are kidnapped, but Cammy is M. Bison.
notworksafe
Member
Enormous breasts, huge ass, but itty bitty waist. Doesn't look like anything resembling an actual woman, but if she were proportioned logically she would lose what drew most of her fans to her in the first place.
Here come the "guys present unrealistic standards too!" posts.
Please tell me more about "most of her fans". Sounds like some hivemind nonsense to me. Heck, it almost sounds like you are pulling this out of your ass.
Lights and Waves
Member
Ok but was she not part of that harem of women? She was their commander wasn't she? Why are you trying to start an argument over this? You're OT
How come no one is bringing up this sexy ass beast. You ask me, I think some people had heart attacks when they saw this specimen today. He's showing more skin than she is.
Man crush. Ryu is buff af.
Bro, E.Honda has command throw AND a command air assault where he attacks you with his ass. And that's probably bigger than both of theirs combined.
How is that attack out of place in this game again?
Enormous breasts, huge ass, but itty bitty waist. Doesn't look like anything resembling an actual woman, but if she were proportioned logically she would lose what drew most of her fans to her in the first place.
Here come the "guys present unrealistic standards too!" posts.
That is not a tiny waist by any means. She has large proportions overall and that waist is by no means unreasonable. Even from that funky back angle you can see it matches the slope of her hips fine.
I feel like women with big butts are getting the short end of the stick here. x_x
We are now discriminating against men with big butts!
Sapiens
Member
Don't they?
Enormous breasts, huge ass, but itty bitty waist. Doesn't look like anything resembling an actual woman, but if she were proportioned logically she would lose what drew most of her fans to her in the first place.
Here come the "guys present unrealistic standards too!" posts.
Have you ever been to a gym? PLENTY of women there who have bigger legs that make their waists look tiny if they are developing muscle for size.
No, I'm not baffled by the fact that she's a feminist and saying it (there are like, 1000 different kinds of feminists), I'm more confused by her argument.
It basically boils down to saying that she's meant to emulate exploitative wrestling girls so it's OK, but that doesn't make it any less exploitative. And there's nothing wrong exactly with being exploitative, but I'm weirded out by the fact that Mika is the only character that gets a pass on this.
How come no one is bringing up this sexy ass beast. You ask me, I think some people had heart attacks when they saw this specimen today. He's showing more skin than she is.
...You know, as a straight male, I could preorder at BestBuy or PSN to get those "fanservice" alt costumes for Cammy or Chun Li, this Ryu however is way too awesome looking for me to pass up on. Whether he is objectifying men or not. XD
How come no one is bringing up this sexy ass beast. You ask me, I think some people had heart attacks when they saw this specimen today. He's showing more skin than she is.
Needs chest hair
How come no one is bringing up this sexy ass beast. You ask me, I think some people had heart attacks when they saw this specimen today. He's showing more skin than she is.
I want this body before I turn 26.
Troubled Bat
Member
Ryu better have nipples.
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
She has a great moveset and is like the only female grappler in the series, she's awesome.
Wolfgunblood Garopa
Member
It's the ironic generation. Nobody played R.Mika. Now she's cool because she was a shitty character that nobody liked.
lol. Street Fighter is built on ridiculousness. dude is a clown
also she explains pretty well why she's in favor of R. Mika. Sorry that doesn't go along with your bias that anyone that likes her is just some manchild needing new fapping material.
No fun train pulling in the station here!
R. Mika is a cool character, man. You seem kinda grouchy.
Bubba_Sparks
Member
I didn't know who she was beforehand, I just happened to check out the thread that announced her joining the SFV roster. I don't think I even made it all the way through the trailer before I turned it off. Her character design is completely tasteless, and I was shocked at how transparent they were with sex appeal.
It isn't ironic.
IV had a shit ton of characters.
It is fun for V to have people we havent seen in awhile.
Troubled Bat
Member
DA GAWD
SmackAttack
Member
Here's another shot of her. Her waist is not itty bitty.
Enormous breasts, huge ass, but itty bitty waist. Doesn't look like anything resembling an actual woman, but if she were proportioned logically she would lose what drew most of her fans to her in the first place.
Here come the "guys present unrealistic standards too!" posts.
And no actual woman on this Earth looks like this? None? Nowhere? Maybe there isn't but I find that hard to believe. Also, it's a fighting game, most of her fans likely care about her movset more than anything. Anyone who likes her specifically for her looks probably isn't a serious fighting game fan.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
And this is bad in this case why?
It's like complaining a developed character is a stripper when the creators go out of the way to make sure that character is properly represented. Sure you will get some upset people on the other hand some will relate, feel empowered, or be happy the character was done.
Beautiful, just beautiful.
Scientist Supreme!
Banned
Its called a different opinion, op.