Fisticufffull Of Dollars

Hey Capcom, you've probably decided on your last character for SFV:Champion Edition.
And it's probably Elena, isn't it?

That's fine, I guess?

But since it's not yet finalized.
Let me offer a few more suggestions, all of which are all for your consideration.
Previous suggestions: http://silentsanctummanga.blogspot.com/2020/08/summer-uplate-legends.html
If you decide to do so or not, I'm fine with that!
And if not for V then maybe for VI, perhaps?????
And with all those formalities out of the way, here we go:

*Street Fighter (1987)

No surprise here, since you would also include this character in your port releases of Alpha/Zero 3.
He has the most polished moveset amongst Ryu's first 10 opponents.

*Street Fighter Alpha/Zero (1995)

Yes, it's him again. Because he deserves that extra push.
This was also the best version of this character since he was not playable on the first game
and was extremely difficult to control on the GBA version.

An original character from the canceled Capcom Fighting All-Stars.
But later on appeared in Capcom Fighting Evolution.
She's a somewhat difficult character to control and no one seems to like to her.
But you could include her just to fuck with your fans.

*Street Fighter II (1991)
Since everyone from II are eventually in V.
The only characters you left out are:
Mikhail Gorbachev.

& Blanka's Mom.

*Ring Of Destruction: Slam Masters II (1994)
Undoubtedly, if SFV would ever need even more grapplers and wrestlers, they just
have to pick anyone from the roster of this awesome game from '94.
But if you really had to narrow it down to 2 characters ,then they should either be:

or

.
Black Widow might not look too promising

but it was actually her surprise ending that makes her stand out.

I've always thought that this character was R. Mika's mystery tag partner.

A character whom was later given a name and eventually was NOT named Black Widow.
But still, this character would still be a worthy addition to SFV.

The Wraith is an extremely mysterious character from New Delhi.
Definitely modeled after The Undertaker, Papa Shango and quite possibly Marvel Comics' Sleepwalker.

ROD would also feature several cameos from SFII characters.

*The person within the yellow ring kinda resembles Ric Flair.*
Further placing these characters in both a shared timeline and universe.

*Street Fighter: The Movie (1995)

This character could potentially set-up yet another franchise crossover.
It is also a well-known fact amongst SF fans that Blade is none other than Gunloc from Saturday Night Slam Masters.

Just for the heck of it, why the hell not???

*Tekken 2 (1995)
Well , you already do have a character named KAZAMA, why not drive that last name home
by introducing yet another Kazama to the roster.

Para may KASAMA siya, gets?

Not Tekken-ey enough?
Well, how about, THIS GUY???

*Street Fighter EX (1996)
Now that Fighting Layer and Arika are back.
This crossover is just waiting to happen.
Without a doubt, these 4 characters should be in THAT roster when the inevitable does happens.

*Street Fighter IV (2009)

She is definitely a fan favorite and one of the better designs from SFIV.

Think about it!
All of the lead characters from various Street Fighters had returned in V.
The only one missing is the "Ryu" of SFIV.

*Street Fighter V (2016)
Where you are currently!

*Street Fighter III (1997)

Not the best character to play as. But he sure as hell is popular in Deviantart.

Well, you already do have a character named G.

Might as well have Q in there somewhere as well.

This choice is very unlikely since there are already have 2 Guile type characters in SFV. And one of those Guile types was Guile himself.

His taunt has a 3 Hit Combo hit rate.
What's not to love?

And also, if it isn't too much to ask... can you maybe bring back either one of these Bonus Stages?

Thank you in advance!

Best suggestions for that last spot : Necro , Black Widow or hopefully Eagle.

Dadley Wasn't There

Based on this fancy looking bust monument.

We could simply assume that Dudley's father is dead.
But nobody probably considered the fact that he might very well be hiding in another fighting game.
And no we're no talking about Star Gladiator aka Capcom's Star Wars phase.

Everyone always assumed that Gerelt might be somewhat related to Dudley.

With him being hoity-toity with his lazer rapier and all.
But perhaps Dudley's dad is hidden within a non-Capcom fighting game.

Enter Vold

from Arika's Fighting Layer.
See the similarities???
Similar facial hair and powdered wig-esque hairstyle.
Also similar attire...similar-ish when you compare it to the bust monument.

Yes, Fighting Layer.

the same game that requires you to fistfight a frikk'n shark.

THAT, Fighting Layer!

Vold is the final boss of the game.
He might dress up quite fancily but he attacks rather sloppily and in a very non-gentleman like fashion

With his concealed penis gun and all...

He can counter almost all attacks, just like Dudley.
He also attacks in a pattern very reminiscent of Vega.
Yes, both Claw & Dictator.

So is he or is he not, Dudley's father?

Only time and their respective game companies can tell.
And whether this information is accurate or not, at least you heard it here first!

Snap Elections For Crack Heads

And on other fighting game related news, our girl Blair Dame had just ranked in at number #53 at the recently concluded Capcom Character Popularity Poll.
Poll results over @ :
https://game.capcom.com/cfn/sfv/vote/index/title/1?lang=en

While our boy, D.Dark ranked in at #56.

The only EX character to have been included within the Top 20-30 radius was Skullomania.

Which was quite surprising most especially for a gag/novelty character such as Skullo.

* Pink Boxes - EX Characters that we wanted to rank higher or somewhat win.
* Yellow Boxes - Capcom Characters that we wanted to win or be playable characters on future SF titles.

All in all, there were a total of 19 EX Characters on this poll and yet not a single one of them ranked any higher than 16.

We felt like the poll might have been rigged all along since Capcom doesn't really have all the rights to use these characters to begin with. They might as well make the EX characters look bad and push their own roster.

Office politics nga naman o!