'Street Fighter 5' Gameplay: Leaked Brazilian Character Disappoints Game Producer
It's not often that you see leaked information about future video games, but "Street Fighter 5" is apparently making an exception.
According to Attack of the Fan Boy, Famitsu, a Japanese video game magazine first leaked the information, hinting on a new character by the name of Laura from Rio de Janeiro.
Understandably, Yoshinori Ono, the producer of the game, expressed his dismay over the leaked information, taking to Twitter his disappointment. He said, "I have been stabbed from behind. However, I'm thinking about working hard on NY Comic Con." The big reveal should have waited for the big event, but somehow it was intercepted by Famitsu's leak.
According to Kotaku, the leaked information about the new character came after Famitsu.com featured some images of Laura, alongside Zangief, who was recently revealed to be one of the "Street Fighter 5" characters. Laura, according to the website, apparently has electrical powers included in her fighting style, but that's all there is to the unexpected reveal. Although the images we're already deleted, the fact that the new character has been leaked online destroys the idea of a big reveal for the next Comic Con event.
Speculations about the new character, Laura, has also been featured on Event Hubs, saying that the new character's fighting style resembles Brazilian Jui-Jitsu. Laura adapts the grappling capability of a fighter that possesses "dancing kick techniques" akin to Capoeira.
The images also suggest that Laura has the ability to grab, strike, release some fireballs and showcase an artistic fighting style, which is a combination of grappling and striking, wherein the former shows more skill but doesn't compromise the latter. The electrical energy, which has been revealed as one of Laura's capabilities, is in the form of a fireball. However, no further details about the said skill have been revealed.
Laura's skills prove something of a mixture style, maybe this is why the developer of the game waited for such a big event to make the reveal, only to be let down by a leaked information online.
Capcom has just recently revealed Zangief, and Laura will be the third new character for the game if the leaked info proves to be true. Aside from her fighting style, one thing that strengthens speculations that she's Brazilian is the color of her outfit, which resembles the Brazilian flag.
Of course, these are just leaked information. Everything else will be revealed by 2016 when the game is scheduled to debut.
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