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Before games like Tekken and Virtua Fighter changed the landscape, making a fighting game usually involved playing a game of chicken with how close a fighting game can come to Street Fighterwithout actually being Street Fighter. Even classics like KOF and Killer Instinct have easy lines of comparison.
This is Fighting Female July, so I wanted to know if I could pick up random female characters from different games and put them on a roster, kind of like fantasy football, but without any possibility of it actually happening. Except, of course, M.U.G.E.N.
So I will pick and draw one female from one fighting game that fits the archetype of each Super Street Fighter character, and explain why the character fits the roster.
Ryu The Hero
The hero is usually the character that gets selected if you just bang at the buttons on the select screen. Also, look for the hero to be in, usually at the center of, all the oficial artwork. If that's not possible, it is usually a character that is well rounded, both morally and in terms of gameplay.
I choose, Raiya Mikazuki, Touki Densho (ENGEL EYYYES!)'s resident main character. Raiya fits the bill perfectly.
Ken The Rival
This character's story is irrevocably tied to another character. In fact, the character usually evokes the other character visually.
Mileena. Mileena, unlike my boy Scorpion, has not distracted herself from the vendetta that justified having her be a palette swap. As of late she's been presented particularly more provocative than her rival as overcompensation of the fact she's a disfigured version of a well respected, well liked member of the community. Kinda like Brandon Routh or Johnny Test.
Honda The Overtly Japanese character
Okay, most notable fighting games are made in Japan. So, there usually is more than one Japanese character. However, sometimes you get a character representing things so particularly Japanese, that the character becomes "the Japanese Guy".
What's more Japanese than a Geisha? How about a Ninja Geisha? Following the advise of Sutefani, Namco added such a character(sort of) in the form of Setsuna, a pretty lady with a parasol-sword that conveniently covers her beautiful kimono from all the arterial spray she's bound to cause.
blanka The Monster
You know, when you need a character to represent 3 things, like, say, a country, a play style, and a character archetype, things can get a little messy. Everyone wants to be represented by the hero, not the nymphomaniac. Still, you gotta have a monster character. And he's probably from a country that will really love your game, why not?
Mantazz, from Time Killers. Female in a very technical sense, as she's an insectoid queen from another planet. Mantazz represents giant monsters from space can be ladies too just fine.
guile The Gringo
America's history with Japan, as well as being a world superpower, has made this an archetype in several medias of the Island nation. The American is usually pretty easy to spot. Look for military ranks, strokes of Red, White and Blue, and engrish.
And here's another chance to say how much I love Tiffany Lords from Rival Schools. She's a completely silly, sexy, energetic character. She has a move called EXCITING KICK! That's s fucking exciting!
balrog The Specialist
Here's a fighter that screws up your button scheme. The style is usually a real martial art that doesn't conform to a button style presented.
Gonna go with Ryoko from World Heroes. She's a judeka, and she's not gonna not Judo throw just because you say it's a "punch button'.
Or How about Ryoko from Fighter's History?
Look...I never got them done, awwight?
chun li The Chun Li
Chun Li is the first lady of fighting games. There is only one Chun Li. Her name is Chun Li.
T.Hawk the Horrible stereotype
Allright, look: Most of the Street Fighter cast is some sort of stereotype. It would just take a huuuuge, huuuge kind of stereotype for people to get actually offended at this point. This character is that. However, that's not to say said controversial character won't be liked. Just...not a lot.
I'm going with Voodooh, from the legendarilly shitty Shaq Fu. I mean, they put the name of the thing into the character. Not the last time it would happen, but this is the one time it's a lady.
zangief The Grappler
Grapplers as usually deadly in the hands of experts, but shit to newcomers who rely on their reflexes and mashing over memorization and stats. They tend to be slow and rangeless to compensate for their damage output.
Tina Armstrong, my favorite Dead or Alive character. Sure, in DOA there's not any great amount of projectiles, and Tina's pretty great in it. And sure, she's kinda the gringo in that one, too. Still...she's a grappler, whatayawant?
dhalsim The contortionist
The contortionist is a weird character with far reaching or visually confusing moves that make for good mental games.
For this slot a slut: Rana, from Strip Fighter. She's pretty much my favorite character of that game. And it's not just because she's graphically naked and gives blowjobs to losers.
sagat The Frustrating Subboss
Usually coming before the frustrating boss, the frustrating subboss is annoyingly difficult when the CPU uses it. That's not to say that it's not frustrating to fight against in multiplayer.
Chizuru from King of Fighters. I have no observations on Chizuru, except that she was a subboss in KOF 98. I'm a couple of years behind in this franchise.
Vega The Psycho
There's always a psycho in these games. Watch the anime adaptation and he'll be there, licking blood of his blade, laughing maniacally, and talking about how killing is fun.
I'm putting up Sekka, from the game adaptation of the Double Dragon cartoon. I don't know much about Sekka, but she has blades coming out her arms. that counts for something, right?
Fei Long The Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee is a worldwide icon...whose name and likeness is registered by his estate. Otherwise, every fighting game would have old Brucie in it. Instead, they all have some kind of Chinese, Jeet Kune Do, doing, "whooooaaaa" yelping warriory warrior that isn't actually Bruce Lee.
I gather this character Chie from Persona is the closest any videogame has come to a female Bruce Lee. Since the character is confirmed for the Persona fighting game, I think I will favor this once. If I decide to do this feature again I will be in big fucking trouble.
Deejay The Islander
The islander doesn't have to actually come from an island. He just needs more pigment on his skin than most of the other fighters and fight in Capoeira or other fluid, dance-like moves and be overly energetic and rhythm obsessed.
Christie Monteiro, of Tekken fame, is the only Tekken character I've taken up that I haven't felt like a complete noob playing. So, here's Christie.
Cammy The eye candy
Capcom, seeing the sucess a fully dressed woman fighting had, quickly realized that Sex drops quarters, and for the Super version introduced a lady in a thong leotard that grabs people with her legs.
We could sit here all day talking about sexy fighting game females and a lot of the other ones could probably apply, but I would have to go with Ivy. There's no denying that Soul Edge's Taki and Sophitia where meant to arouse, but Ivy was both added later in the series, and meant to take up the sex appeal up to eleven. She'd only gotten more blatant over the years. But let's be fair: hasn't every SC woman?
Akuma: The Hype
This character is so tough, you guys. He can, like kill whatever he wants by looking at it. He just doesn't because you're playing wrong he, like enjoys the thrill of the fight and stuff.
In that context, Athena Asimiya seems most fit. An import from an older SNK non fighting game, Athena Asimiya is a Japanese schoolgirl that is somehow related to the Greek Goddess Athena. That's kind of a big deal. She's even played the role of Boss.
Bison The Boss
It's the final threat: the meanest fighter. He will fuck your shit up.
Or she. She will fuck your shit up. Sadly, there isn't a great history of female final fiends in fighting games, so I will have to look for the licensed one: Karai. Final Boss of 2 TMNT: Tournament Fighters, despite the logic supporting Shredder for the role. Sure enough, Karai is frustrating to defeat, overtly evil, and not the sportest fighter in the world. So just throw her like a ragdoll.
So here's my roster. What's yours? You think I should use another game as base next year. Lemme know!
