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I didn't say the storyline comes after 3, I said the game came out after 3. Therefore it should advance, not regress. You don't listen you just spew your flames. Whatever.

And as far as SF not having much story? Are you kidding? http://www.gamefaqs.com/coinop/arcade/file/575310/26094 You can spend DAYS reading all the canon of the SF universe.

Well, it's still a fighting game where story has little real value. Whoever plays these kind of games for the story should watch Fight Club or something instead.
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I could spend days reading the bible it doesn't mean its of anything of worth....

The way you worded it it could be taken many different ways bud. It's still wrong too, since it's obvious Capcom is trying to get more sales by appealing to the older people who plays ST.
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Okay guys seriously leave him alone and stop saying story means anything.

Saying a story means nothing in a fighting game is like saying a story means nothing in any game. I like to learn the story in games, even fighting games, including Street Fighter. I think it's cool that Akuma used the raging demon on Bison. And I think that if Bison is coming back, they should at least give a reason as to what the fuck happened instead of everybody just saying "lol story". Will I be upset if they don't? No not really, because the story isn't a big deal to me.

But I still think they should at least put some effort into it.
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argh goddammit.

story in a fighting game with the emphasis specifically away from story doesn't fucking matter. the fact that a fucking CANON exists is just because fighting game dorks will buy anything with ryu on it not because of some wonderful world with tolkienesque description that Capcom planned out so well.

if there's anger to be had, it's that no fighting game has ever had even a decent story, not that suddenly one might violate canon which according to HL doesn't even exist.

claiming there's some intellectual dishonesty going on is ridiculous when you realize the story is just a macguffin for these people to throw muscley arms at each other.
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argh goddammit.

story in a fighting game with the emphasis specifically away from story doesn't fucking matter. the fact that a fucking CANON exists is just because fighting game dorks will buy anything with ryu on it not because of some wonderful world with tolkienesque description that Capcom planned out so well.

if there's anger to be had, it's that no fighting game has ever had even a decent story, not that suddenly one might violate canon which according to HL doesn't even exist.

claiming there's some intellectual dishonesty going on is ridiculous when you realize the story is just a macguffin for these people to throw muscley arms at each other.

oh i didn't say it doesn't exist, it does, but its a fighting game. more than any genre, they change it if they have to to make $, because fighting games were built on the foundation of human versus human play, of which story does not matter, thus it is a secondary thought.
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argh goddammit.

story in a fighting game with the emphasis specifically away from story doesn't fucking matter. the fact that a fucking CANON exists is just because fighting game dorks will buy anything with ryu on it not because of some wonderful world with tolkienesque description that Capcom planned out so well.

if there's anger to be had, it's that no fighting game has ever had even a decent story, not that suddenly one might violate canon which according to HL doesn't even exist.

claiming there's some intellectual dishonesty going on is ridiculous when you realize the story is just a macguffin for these people to throw muscley arms at each other.

All I'm saying is that if they are going to make canon, they may as well follow it.
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All I'm saying is that if they are going to make canon, they may as well follow it.

see this is misleading too, just like rone saying UGH THEY BROKE THE STORY.

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I would like to point out that Bison stands up after some endings and isn't dead, it is most likely a game play thing, and what might happen is a retcon to where Akuma kills Bison in SF4 instead. "officially".

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I would like to point out that Bison stands up after some endings and isn't dead

canon always goes out the window when you have multiple endings because any of them can be right.

and also yeah they should follow it, it's irritating when they don't, but it's far from worthy of the multiple posts rone is making here about MY STORY!!! RUINED!!! it's a fighting game, the story is so irrelevant! other than like a SHMUP I'm not sure I can think of a genre where it matters less (even puzzle games need a trapping of some kind).
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All I'm saying is that if they are going to make canon, they may as well follow it.

they make the canon, so they follow it no matter what they do.
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Apparently Akira Nishitani and Akira Yasuda will be hidden characters in this!
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This topic got me thinking. Are you guys anywhere near as excited for Tekken as you are for this??
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no fighting game has ever had even a decent story

Hate to disagree with you, but as it has been said, King of Fighters has a more than decent story.

Not sure about Soul Calibur, but I hear that one has a decent story too.

Apparently Akira Nishitani and Akira Yasuda will be hidden characters in this!

Where did you read/hear/see/taste/smell/feel/whatever that?
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Hate to disagree with you, but as it has been said, King of Fighters has a more than decent story.

Not sure about Soul Calibur, but I hear that one has a decent story too.

see you're comparing it to videogames though where as I'm comparing it to something where the audience isn't 12 years old.

being upset at the best fighting game story line losing continuity is like being angry at Naruto for forgetting a plot point.

I don't know shit about King of Fighters and wikipedia is useless but Soul Calibur is below Dragonlance level shit.
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This topic got me thinking. Are you guys anywhere near as excited for Tekken as you are for this??

not even close



then again I haven't had to wait 10 years fopr a numerical increment for Tekken. HEH.
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This topic got me thinking. Are you guys anywhere near as excited for Tekken as you are for this??
Tekken is fun, but meh. I remember the last game I played was one of the latests, Dark Resurrection. It was fun but nothing too amazing. If Tekken 6 delivers, I might be excited about the next sequel.
Street Fighter 4! It's 2.5D! It has all of the oldies! But yeah, like handsome lamb said, it's been a very long time since Capcom has released a true sequel to Street Fighter so thats part of the reason this has so many people pumped.
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see you're comparing it to videogames though where as I'm comparing it to something where the audience isn't 12 years old.

Um...I don't get what you're saying but ok...
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Um...I don't get what you're saying but ok...

basically the claim that there's a good story in fighting games when compared to other videogames is like saying there's artistic merit in a volkswagen commericial when compared to other commercials.

anyone who reads books and movies however is left wanting.

(edit: goddam I used some poor grammar here and had to edit it).
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basically the claim that there's a good story in fighting games when compared to other videogames is like saying there's artistic merit in a volkswagen commericial when compared to other commercials.

anyone who reads books and movies however is left wanting.

(edit: goddam I used some poor grammar here and had to edit it).

Not to go off-topic, but actually KoF's story is comparable to a RPG. Most other fighting games have below average stories though.
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can someone link me to this so I can no doubt disagree heartily? Wikipedia was worthless and hard to figure out, just saying there are arcs.
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Nah, you need to get some books that explain the story which are sold only in Japan. The site I read the (translated) content of these books is long dead. Other sources are not very verifiable.