Am I wrong in saying this is Akuma's win? I don't think so. But I don't really care to know about either. Though, I figure if Shao Khan was worthy of any note at all, I'd have seen some other successful threads with him in them by now.
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The canon endings, yes. Actually, IIRC, all of Akuma's endings are canon.
Harharhar Akuma has not to my knowledge ever fought Ken, and he has never gone all out against Ryu. Not that he went all-out when he destroyed the island either. Keep in mind this was also a younger, weaker Akuma.
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Shao Kahn is quite a badass villain for MK, but he didn't showed any feat with the scale of Gouki's powers.
And about Ryu's body durable as an island... I think that with the island busting punch Gouki used more power than in the fight against Ryu, however I'm pretty sure that Ryu had to tank at least one punch in the fight against Gouki, and that punch was not exactly a caress.
Since we're talking about a younger-weaker Gouki and a Ryu that was almost at the beginning of his journey, I think that the stronger and wiser SF4 Ryu just CAN tank an island busting punch.
Gameplay does not show it well, but top tiers of SF universe are really THAT powerful.
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I said this before, and I'll say it again. Just because a game is more violent/darker doesn't mean the characters are more powerful. MK is cool, bu the characters simply don't do anything on that scale, fatalities be damned.
It's like comparing Diablo to BG. Diablo had more violence and gore, sure. But the characters weren't freezing time or anything on that scale.
Edit: and Meioh, that's what gameplay and story segregation is all about. Darkstalkers are far more powerful and you wouldn't guess it looking at the game.
MK has the opposite effect, they look more powerful in gameplay than what they do in canon.
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When people say it wasn't his full power does it mean he didn't go full Shin power or that he didn't use full base power? 'Cause he was all glowing before he did it. Isnt that full 'normal' Akuma?
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So street fighter sets up a game where a certain character can destroy an island but the portrayal makes it clear that every character you fight against can take island shattering punches since you can't oneshot anyone in the game. That's your stance.
How does Akuma stop him from just stealing his soul ? Screw his consistent portrayal right.
You habven't even played the latest mk so you have no idea. You admitted you haven't played a fight game in quite some time so I would also further guess you didn't play armageddon and maybe even perhaps deception.
Ripping guys arms off shows insane strength but I guess in street fighter a certain ending overrides all common sense and their portrayals over the course of every single game, right ?
Yeah screw it. How can they consider kicking a submarine from a tench to the surface, sinking an island with a punch, destroying a forest with an explosion and shattering Uluru with a strike as consistent destructive feats? Its not like he's portrayed to have this massive strength in any way... damn fanboys /shakes fist/
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I have played the latest now, and I've seen the entire story mode, from Johnny Cage all the way into the end, and I saw the fatality where he rips you in half, and I saw the fatality with the hammer. I've been playing video games for decades, and I own MK Deception, Armageddon wasn't that great, and MK vs DC wasn't either.
Then there was Sindel...
I'm familiar with Onaga and the Kamidogu, and Zombie Liu Kang, etc etc. I haven't even spent as much time on SF4 either.
I said I haven't played current games as much, I do play classic games a bit more often (not as much as I'm busier and I don't have the interest). That also doesn't mean I don't know anything about video games all of the sudden. I actually know far more than most. I've been playing MK and SF for 2 decades now, I'm well aware of their history, nice try.
None of this is relevant as I've started playing again since I preordered Duke Nukem Forever. Hail to The King Baby!!!
Anyways, Akuma is far more powerful. Ripping Islands and meteors not even at full power beats ripping someone in half, that's not even 1% of the same amount of power. Shao Kahn is powerful. Just out of his league. Gameplay and Story Segregation and all that. Just like Pokemon.
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Even if you believe all of this which is false since Ken, dhalsim, etc. aren't anywhere near more durable than an island how does Akuma stop Shao Kahn from taking his soul "
I mean since you played the game all the way through you shoul dbe well aware of this.
Yep, every street fighter character is more durable than an island Dhalsim included. Good one.
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May 25th, 2011 02:44 AM
Keep in mind this was also a younger, weaker Akuma.
