The Mugen Fighters Guild - Fighting Game Character Designs

"Bad News" Hoffmann

Fighting Game Character Designs

#1 April 14, 2013, 02:39:38 pm

In another thread, someone called Ash from KOF one of the worst five designed fighting game characters ever. This brought me to the question..who would the other 4 be..and what makes Ash so bad?

Thought a thread where you list your 1-3 most liked and least liked fighting game characters due to their designs and also describe why they are great or bad designs in your opinion.

Please don't just list names.

Personally i wouldn't count Ash to the worst character designs ever after thinking about it for more than a second..i think his flamboyant character and look made him somewhat similar to those wrestlers who play the arrogant/evil/asshole guys also known as heels. But a heel is worth nothing if he is boring and won't get any "reaction" by the fans, be it the live audience or the folks sitting at home on their couch ..

Ash Crimson however got countless discussions dedicated to him and how his look sucks, how gay it looks etc. In other words, he got popular through being a design many people disliked, the character sparked "heat" and that was better than another Kyo, K' or Ryu type character for KOF in the long run i believe. I must admit i played mostly with the oldschool Fatal Fury characters in all KOF games anyway and never got into Kyo, Iori etc.

Mechy

Re: Fighting Game Character Designs

#2 April 14, 2013, 02:47:00 pm

Dead and buried.

I think all the talk about Ash being a terrible design really just comes from peoples dislike against the character and "prettyboy" characters in general.

Ash is a good design IMO. Simple, clean, fitting of his personality and fairly distinctive.

"Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of a diseased mind."

"Okay, okay. So you put a Nazi on the Moon. Fuck you, Moon."

S.D.

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#3 April 14, 2013, 03:15:54 pm

ゴゴゴゴゴ

Worst? there's way too many to mention but amongst them are: Most of the new characters from MK 5-7 (Kenshi, Nitara and Frost are alright though) ESPECIALLY Hsu Hao, Jin Fuha, Rufus, Momoko, Malin, Lien Neville, Nagase, Jivatma, Ninon and Mignon, Taokaka, Litchi, and I could go on and on..

Foobs

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#4 April 14, 2013, 03:29:04 pm

90's Kawaii
:thinking:

I never liked Ash either, mostly becuase I wasn't raised in Japan and the whole 'overly flamboyant men are awesome' concept is kinda hard to swallow, but I wouldn't put him anywhere close to the worst 5 characters.

The only characters I find truly awful and irrationally hate-able are Alisa, Choi, Chang, Crimson Viper and Kang (ROTD).

"Bad News" Hoffmann

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#5 April 14, 2013, 03:31:27 pm

S.D. said, April 14, 2013, 03:15:54 pm

Worst? there's way too many to mention but amongst them are: Most of the new characters from MK 5-7 (Kenshi, Nitara and Frost are alright though) ESPECIALLY Hsu Hao, Jin Fuha, Rufus, Momoko, Malin, Lien Neville, Nagase, Jivatma, Ninon and Mignon, Taokaka, Litchi, and I could go on and on..

Why Taokaka and Litchi? Those two seem to be fan favourite BlazBlue characters in general

S.D.

Re: Fighting Game Character Designs

#6 April 14, 2013, 03:33:14 pm

ゴゴゴゴゴ

GBK667 said, April 14, 2013, 03:31:27 pm

Why Taokaka and Litchi? Those two seem to be fan favourite BlazBlue characters in general

"Otaku pandering shit", I mean sure that's the entire BB cast in a nutshell but those characters take it to a whole new level.

Nagai's B^U said, April 14, 2013, 03:29:04 pm

Crimson Viper and Kang (ROTD).

Forgot about those.
Also, I forgot about Wang Koh San from AoF3.

MellyInChains

Re: Fighting Game Character Designs

#7 April 14, 2013, 03:33:54 pm

i'm a gay trans lady
to hell with this site, find me at mffa or w/e

english taokaka has a voice byte of her saying 'don't want'

for fuck's sake

Mechy

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#8 April 14, 2013, 03:41:02 pm

Dead and buried.

Yeah, Blazblue designs are pretty damn bad.

"Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of a diseased mind."

"Okay, okay. So you put a Nazi on the Moon. Fuck you, Moon."

Memo

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#9 April 14, 2013, 03:59:51 pm

Estoy siempre listo para un desafío.

Shion from KOF. I used to think Shion was the sexiest little asian girl in KOF until i found out it was a dude."WTF SNK, WTF".

S.D.

Not counting Tao and Litchi.

#10 April 14, 2013, 04:23:14 pm

ゴゴゴゴゴ

That's your fault for being a pervert who masturbates to pixels.

Lolmechy said, April 14, 2013, 03:41:02 pm

Yeah, Blazblue designs are pretty damn bad.

I don't know, Hakumen is a pretty cool design, the rest are pretty average (Not bad but not fantastic)

Memo

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#11 April 14, 2013, 04:29:23 pm

Estoy siempre listo para un desafío.

S.D. said, April 14, 2013, 04:23:14 pm

That's your fault for being a pervert who masturbates to pixels.

lol

Xanden

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#12 April 14, 2013, 04:40:21 pm

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/194/1/5/i__m_the_baz__by_daikuwabara-d574jws.jpg

Yes, he's rejected I know, but god...

God thing this guy didn't make it into the orignal street fighter...

Iced

Re: Fighting Game Character Designs

#13 April 14, 2013, 04:50:16 pm

日本は素晴らしい国です。

he looks fitting in a game that took so much inspiration out of fists of the north star.

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#14 April 14, 2013, 04:52:11 pm

Estoy siempre listo para un desafío.

Xanden said, April 14, 2013, 04:40:21 pm

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/194/1/5/i__m_the_baz__by_daikuwabara-d574jws.jpg

Yes, he's rejected I know, but god...

God thing this guy didn't make it into the orignal street fighter...

He looks like one of the Road warriors

MellyInChains

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#15 April 14, 2013, 04:52:28 pm

i'm a gay trans lady
to hell with this site, find me at mffa or w/e

yeah i don't see what's really wrong with him to the point where you're like 'OH GOD GLAD HE'S GONE CHRIST'

maybe he's TOO interesting for street fighter lol

and he does remind me a bit of the harn brothers, speaking of hnk

edit: which in turn are pretty much those guys

Byakko

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#16 April 14, 2013, 05:41:26 pm

Nagai's B^U said, April 14, 2013, 03:29:04 pm

I never liked Ash either, mostly becuase I wasn't raised in Japan and the whole 'overly flamboyant men are awesome' concept is kinda hard to swallow

You realize he's hated over there too, why do you think he got erased from existence

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Re: Fighting Game Character Designs

#17 April 14, 2013, 06:29:52 pm

Eyyyy

Story reasons maybe.

too me, Lars' goony ass Super Saiyan haircut and overblown lion motif, that fucking near-tranny Amane, Stryker's dumb spandex SWAT bodysuit in MK Armageddon, Cheng Sinzan, Bao, Mignon who WON'T FUCKING SHUT UP and I just don't like that Marionette thing from Vampire Savior.

I liked Necro from SF3 though.

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#18 April 14, 2013, 06:31:42 pm

I liked Necro too, but always thought he and Twelve as well as Q would more fit into a Darkstalkers game.

Bastard Mami

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#19 April 14, 2013, 06:31:55 pm

DKDC said, April 14, 2013, 05:41:26 pm

Nagai's B^U said, April 14, 2013, 03:29:04 pm
I never liked Ash either, mostly becuase I wasn't raised in Japan and the whole 'overly flamboyant men are awesome' concept is kinda hard to swallow
You realize he's hated over there too, why do you think he got erased from existence

As a design it was a success, I remember reading that they purposefully made him to be hated.