Sean aside, who else has appeared in a story mode wearing something different than what they had when they were added to the game? Guile had his airman's uniform in Charlie's story mode, Juri had her biker outfit in Cammy's and Guile's, Rog had his hood in Bison's, Ibuki had her schoolgirl outfit in Mika's, etc. I'm pretty sure most of these designs are meant to be "final", or close to it. Plus she has it on CFN too:
(Notice how the uniform literally looks ill-fitting for her)
He does have it. That's his alternate costume.
It's not the same as his alternate costume, and using that logic, Sakura's schoolgirl uniform could be her alt.
2D-to-3D art translation issues aside (like how the sash that goes over his shoulders looks poofier in 2D) it is pretty much the same. They kept the hair from from the default (which yeah, doesn't look as good) and he has bandages on his hands in the game, but it's the same concept in both designs.
Itabashi did an interview a little while back where he talked about how reading his opponent (not their playstyle but also things like their mood and temperament) is his most important weapon in this game. It was pretty interesting to hear him talk about that. There are times when dude almost seems psychic, the way he reads and counters what people are going to do.
Those characters were all planned to be playable from the very beginning, though. Sakura wasn't.
Suppose that's true.
It's not a vest, it's a piece of cloth/sash thing that goes over his shoulders, rises up behind his head and is tied in knots at the side of his waist. Which is what he wears in the game, except it's thinner and not as long there (presumably because this game doesn't do big, puffy, flowing clothing very well). The same is true for the "skirt". It looks like big, flowing pants, which have been toned down in the game.
As I said, if she were to be added to the game, I expected it to be her default, though as Ryce pointed out, the original DLC characters were always intended to be DLC/playable whereas that isn't the case with Sakura. So I could see her having a different default outfit as a result.
T. Hawk is for sure a character that needs to be redesigned.
And Native American representation and probably society in general.
This is a well thought out strategy.
POWAH BUM!
This character should come back.
The silhouette doesn't look anything like Taylor to me, and I don't know why he'd have a new default costume since he was created specifically for SFV in the first place. Kolin wears her cinematic story outfit by default.
I made a promise to myself that I wouldn't buy any other season passes after this second one.
Oh dear, this is lovely.
