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R. Mika's popularity in Street Fighter is baffling
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~Devil Trigger~
In favor of setting Muslim women on fire
She gonna be a Fat Black Brazilian lady, who does BJJ
jiggle physics on boobs, guts and ass
Karsticles
Member
I want Laura to look like an MMA fighter and do BJJ.
Well, I guess it really fits, but she would probably be so boring >_<
DryEyeRelief
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Spirit of Jazz
Banned
Mika should have been the one to get fat rather than Birdy so she could rep Aja Kong.
R. Mika, a great character?
Saying you're sick of people whining about something in a topic where the majority of posters are whining about the exact same thing you are should give you some perspective. Seriously, look at the number of posters getting upset about a small number of people getting upset about the design.
On top of that as somebody who doesn't give much of a fuck, I mained Mika In Alpha 3 and like her design because it's so ridiculously terrible, I've got to say there's next to no diversity in fighting game females outside of being a glamour model or loli. So saying "I am happy for diversity" whilst criticising people arguing for it in order to defend a game where every female has a creepy amount of fan service comes off a little shallow.
R. Mika, a great character?
Saying you're sick of people whining about something in a topic where the majority of posters are whining about the exact same thing you are should give you some perspective. Seriously, look at the number of posters getting upset about a small number of people getting upset about the design.
On top of that as somebody who doesn't give much of a fuck, I mained Mika In Alpha 3 and like her design because it's so ridiculously terrible, I've got to say there's next to no diversity in fighting game females outside of being a glamour model or loli. So saying "I am happy for diversity" whilst criticising people arguing for it in order to defend a game where every female has a creepy amount of fan service comes off a little shallow.
DryEyeRelief
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I know right? What dimension did I fall into where R Mika is a great character? People were even hype for Birdie during E3.
Combofiend is doing something right.
Matrix XII
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I haven't played SF in years, but all this R Mika business is making want this game now lol
She looks fun to play, I mean, who doesn't want a double butt smash KO finishing move??
She looks fun to play, I mean, who doesn't want a double butt smash KO finishing move??
The dimension where Sim, Gief, Guile, Vega, suck. The dimension where people want anything but the same weird retreads. The
Rainbow Mika
The Sarcastic Dude
Banned
The popularity of a super sexy, badass wrestler is baffling? No offense, but you seem a bit dense.
This is goddam bullshit and you know it.
You could kinda make the argument about SF (you'd still be wrong but with some stretching of what glamour models or GAFs favorite thing they apparently know little about, loli I guess it could work) but the entire genre?
naw.
Etrian Oddity
Member
Who is, to this day, one of the most beloved SF characters on the web.
Holy Order Sol
Member
Of course. He kills you by having tea with you.
DryEyeRelief
Member
The dimension where Sim, Gief, Guile, Vega, suck. The dimension where people want anything but the same weird retreads. Thecorrect dimension.Rainbow Mika
Vega is going to end up like She Hulk being announced in Marvel 3. People hate the reveal, game comes out, acts like nothing happened because of creativity of the moveset.
From what I understand, it's some kind of wrestling from Japan than the American wrestling most people think of. *Shrugs* Not really an expert on either.
So the conclusion from this is...Mika chooses to wear the outfit that she does? She has a more bombastic personality, it may not be a stretch to think that she opts to carry that to her fashion, either way I'm not sure that really makes things any more (or less) problematic for the sake of the discussion.
Karsticles
Member
How do you want her to play?
So many people misconstruing this post and coming out flailing. "Elevates", guys.
And I agree.
True, her partner actually looks like the Japanese wrestlers people have posted in these threads, lol.
SenorArdilla
Member
Just did an image search on Google for "joshi puroresu". It was interesting.
I've been to a live Japanese fem pro-wrestling event and I didn't see anyone wearing anything as revealing as Mika. Her costume is still great though. It's a cartoony video game it should be a caricature and exaggerated.
For the "...but her partner isn't so sexy!" crowdwell, that's because she's the sidekick, not the lead.
For the "...but her partner isn't so sexy!" crowdwell, that's because she's the sidekick, not the lead.
meh.
The winkies, ass slap, water balloon filled with jello in space boob jiggle. Yawn. Thats everywhere all the time.
But the Stunner? No, even more than that, her dead lift press throw animation... That was soooo cool. It was Hot. On Fire. Had to fan myself a little.
SavoyPrime
Member
Dat ass tho. And...the Stone Cold Stunner.
No, the conclusion is that the developers decided to put her in that outfit. Mika does not actually exist, so anything in her "personality" that would make her "want" to wear that outfit only exists as some text somebody wrote to justify the character design.
BINGO!
ohhthegore
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that fan art
whooooo
whooooo
For me it's that she's a wrestler. Always loved that trope. Though I feel they could tune down how revealing her outfit is.
I feel her partner has similar assets. Only reason she appears less so is because she's the side-character and therefore less detailed.
I feel her partner has similar assets. Only reason she appears less so is because she's the side-character and therefore less detailed.
GuessMyUserName
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I can't tell if you're really just asking for more!
Gamers are awfully defensive about fanservice and other problematic elements in a lot of things, so no surprise there. This thread alone is proof of that. I'm personally disappointed in Street Fighter and other franchises' general refusal to be more progressive in order to appease straight dudes who would've thrown a goddamn fit the moment anyone criticizes their issues, let alone see companies actually listen to critics and try to do better by their audiences.
SenorArdilla
Member
It's Street Fighter though. You have an Indian who can breath fire because he eats spicy curry, a large Russian who wrestles with bears, a green Brazilian wild man who learned to use electricity from electric eels, an evil dictator with Psycho powers, a female clone of said dictator, a red-blue man, Dee Jay, a Mike Tyson expy, a Bruce Lee expy, fat American martial artist who learned from watching kung fu movies, etc. Over-the-top Joshi Puroresu character with heart-shaped boob window doesn't seem that out of place.
Can we add this to that thread, or does it not count due to being an alt-costume?
Edit: Oh wait. That was for JRPGs.
GuessMyUserName
Member
You talk about defensive and yet
I mean
You're calling Street Fighter non-progressive because of a single chracter?
Where did I imply that Mika was the only problem?