In terms of gameplay through the series, Karin has mostly been a “footsies” dependent character with strong payout. Not unlike the relationship Ken Masters has with Ryu. From then on to Street Fighter V, Karin still tracks Sakura down for a good fight. Her main rival being Sakura (whom I mentioned earlier in the list) after being the first challenger to defeat Karin in a match. Karin KanzukiĪnother character that came from the Street Fighter Alpha series, Karin fit the snooty rich girl trope to the T. He is tons of fun to use and I always get a kick out of watching players like Infectious and AngryBird compete with the character, showing off Zeku’s potential. Zeku is believed to be the 1st Strider and his gameplay focuses as a stance style character where his two stances are completely different forms that change his normal and special attacks. Zeku is also credited to being the creator of the Strider force from the Strider series who appears in multiple Marvel Vs Capcom titles. Zeku is a ninja who created the bushinryu style of fighting that has been earlier represented by the character Guy from Final Fight as well as his Street Fighter IV representation. Zekuįirst introduced in Street Fighter V, Zeku is the newest character in this list, but quickly rose to being one of my favorite characters due to both his gameplay and what he means for another game series from Capcom. So many people hate it, but watching Makoto nearly delete the other character off a throw is hilarious to me and pairs beautifully with 3rd Strike’s immaculate animations. Specifically Street Fighter III 3rd Strike tournaments and even more specifically watching the player Tominaga (I hope I didn’t butcher that spelling) play Makoto in the Cooperation Cup. Honestly, a lot of the love I have for Makoto comes from watching tournaments rather than actual time I had playing the character. Sometimes referred to as the “Red Cyclone” and occasionally modeled for a cyborg, Zangief was the image of grappling perfection and landing a well read Spinning Pile Driver will never stop getting me giddy. He’s a giant muscular man that loves his home country of Russia and regularly wrestles bears when training for various fighting circuits. Probably the most popular video game grappler to be created, Zangief is the character everyone either hated to fight or use. She is almost always followed by sakura petals, and her current iteration in Street Fighter V is probably my favorite design so far. Like most characters, Sakura hasn’t changed much in terms of fighting style or moveset through the years and personally I don’t have much to gripe about that. And for anyone unsure of what I’m referring to when I say “Shotokan” I’m not referring to the style of karate people in the world currently study, but more the style of character design Street Fighter shaped, which is still mimicked by many other fighting games to this day. Rather than a companion piece, she still lives on as her own character whose fan base rivals that of the man himself, Ryu.
It feels right to start this list off with not just a Shotokan, but someone that survived being another parallel to Ryu. A lot of the love obviously comes from being one of the founders of the fighting game genre and constantly shaping its future, but another side of the prestige comes from the cast of characters whose names and designs stand the test of time and battle. I don’t know how many of these have been created, but given that it’s the last moments for this current Game Club it felt like a good excuse to push this iteration out and show some love for a series that most certainly deserves all I can muster.
We call this interaction between ourselves the Game Club which is welcome to anyone interested and this month’s current highlighted game is Street Fighter II. Within the Epilogue Gaming community we have a monthly vote between games whose titles we as a whole regard as worthwhile experiences that warrant either initial playthroughs for some as well as replays for others.
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