I dont think this has ever been showed to the public before.
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New Street Fighter 3 characters concepts arts revealed (Featuring Dino Crisis)
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I feel like some of these might have turned into proper characters. The violent New York detective could have been a precursor to Alex, the pankration guy to Gill or Urien, the ninja to Ibuki, the street dancer to Elena.
Actually, I think it calls the New York detective "American Ryu"?
Actually, I think it calls the New York detective "American Ryu"?
Velociraptor
New York violent detective
Pankration guy
Jujitsu user (I think?)
Ninja
Islamic djinn
Rollerblade
Trickster (Not sure about this? I think it might be a concept similar to FANG)
Maachin (No idea what this is supposed to mean, looks like a goblin)
Professor
Businessman
Flying taekwondo
Street dancer
Marionette master
Assassin
New York violent detective
Pankration guy
Jujitsu user (I think?)
Ninja
Islamic djinn
Rollerblade
Trickster (Not sure about this? I think it might be a concept similar to FANG)
Maachin (No idea what this is supposed to mean, looks like a goblin)
Professor
Businessman
Flying taekwondo
Street dancer
Marionette master
Assassin
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Hideo Shimazu from Rival Schools is noted to be designed by Akiman for a different game and then used for Rival Schools after the director of that game asked to use the design, so I think there's a good chance that this businessman is actually Hideo Shimazu. I don't know if that means he'd have retained the Gundam joke if he was still in Street Fighter 3. If he was going to have Ryu's fighting style, I guess he was replaced with Ryu.
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That's what I'm thinking also. It's fascinating to know that Next Generation was originally completely unrelated to Street Fighter at all. I think this was mainly comprised of the former Dungeons & Dragons arcade game team? I'd love to know more about what direction they were originally headed, even if I love what eventually became of it.
Yeah, The New Generation was literally planned to be just a new franchise for a while, during the brief "Ryu isn't in it" phase. So it makes sense that the characters would be quite out there.
Taking out the characters who seem to map up to these ones, New Generations introduced Dudley, Necro, Oro, and Sean. Maybe I'm wrong, but aside from Oro, all of those seem like they're meant to be a take on an archetype introduced by earlier Street Fighter games, so I guess it would make sense for them to be added later if the game was retooled as a Street Fighter game a little ways in?
Definitely some interesting explorations. The Adonis, Joe?, and Dork characters are kinda neat but yeah a little too wild for the most part.
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Next time Gon guests in a fighting game they need to give it its manga power level. Balance is for chumps.
bring back spinning guy
the other image above it makes me think he flew away spinning like that and i want to see that in a game
the other image above it makes me think he flew away spinning like that and i want to see that in a game
Hideo Shimazu from Rival Schools is noted to be designed by Akiman for a different game and then used for Rival Schools after the director of that game asked to use the design, so I think there's a good chance that this businessman is actually Hideo Shimazu. I don't know if that means he'd have retained the Gundam joke if he was still in Street Fighter 3. If he was going to have Ryu's fighting style, I guess he was replaced with Ryu.
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My translation of the names and the notes beneath or above each char:
Velociraptor
Violent New York Detective: "Aikido fighter. American Ryu."
Pankration Man
Jiujitsu Fighter: "Only fights with throws and joint locks. Has a beautiful wife"
Ninja
Islamic Devil
Rollerblade
Poison Hand Man
Martin (My comment: Martin has the same name and design as a mutated mandrill enemy from the manga Baoh, by JoJo author Hirohiko Araki.)
Professor
Business Man
Flier: "Tae Kwon Do"
Street Dancer: "Practices Capoeira, Brazil's legendary martial art. Mainly attacks with his feet. Does all of his moves upside down"
Marionette Master
Assassin: "Mirage tricks. Assassin that uses Praying Mantis"
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It's worth noting that SF3 originally didn't start development as an SF game, but as something else entirely.
Velociraptor
Violent New York Detective: "Aikido fighter. American Ryu."
Pankration Man
Jiujitsu Fighter: "Only fights with throws and joint locks. Has a beautiful wife"
Ninja
Islamic Devil
Rollerblade
Poison Hand Man
Martin (My comment: Martin has the same name and design as a mutated mandrill enemy from the manga Baoh, by JoJo author Hirohiko Araki.)
Professor
Business Man
Flier: "Tae Kwon Do"
Street Dancer: "Practices Capoeira, Brazil's legendary martial art. Mainly attacks with his feet. Does all of his moves upside down"
Marionette Master
Assassin: "Mirage tricks. Assassin that uses Praying Mantis"
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It's worth noting that SF3 originally didn't start development as an SF game, but as something else entirely.
"Ma" means magic as well as demon. You sometimes see it used in reference to djinns, which I suspect is being done here. See Hakushon Daimaoh, who certainly doesn't seem like the typical demon lord trope.
This is super weird. It was said in Gamest magazine around when Rival Schools released that Hideo was designed by Akiman, they weren't trying to hide that fact. Around Street Fighter V there was an interview with Hideaki Itsuno where again credits Akiman for the character, saying that he asked to use it. So how does that work? Maybe Itsuno asked some other key staff member on Street Fighter 3 who gave him the design without asking Akiman?
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I don't really see a contradiction. I interpreted it as Itsuno crediting Akiman for the character in Rival Schools but without having asked Akiman for permission to use that design. I don't think there was ever an intent to hide Akiman's name. They just didn't ask him.
Itsuno explicitly said that he asked to use the design though.
The interview was around the time of Street Fighter V, it covered multiple titles. He was talking about the design decisions in Rival Schools in that section. Here's the relevant quote.
"The hero" is a mistake in the official translation, that's what Hideo's name means. The Japanese version of the page explicitly tags it with an annotation identifying it as Hideo.
Well in that case Itsuno probably took the design without asking, then Akiman noticed it and complained, then Itsuno formally asked Akiman for permission.