According to SNK, Heroines is canon enough to know that Shermie is alive and well, which alongside the also very much canon manga KOF A New Beginning (which every KOF should mean IMO, as it explains Geese's Alt Costume) would mean that yesterday's announcement of Yashiro shouldn't catch us by surprise

【ＭＦＧ】gui0007 said, March 25, 2021, 05:14:11 AM

C You Soon.

Well, from what happend in KOF XIV surely Yashiro, probably Shermie and Chris would return.

Didnt they all get resurrected in SNK Heroines. That game is canon isnt it?

Awesome seeing it actually being Yashiro, and that leaves me with;
My heart is screaming; SHERMIE
But my nightmares are screaming; CHRIS ...


(It's a contrast to me. I really love playing Shermie, but I really dislike Chris's moveset. Yashiro is awesome tho.)

Haha no. Nothing sparkly fits my taste.
I just can't shake the feeling of staleness from this new character. Like, I wouldn't bet too much that she'll reappear in Tekken 8.

I've been playing Tekken since Tekken 4 and I think Tekken 7 is not that great of a game due to all the new characters ruining the balance.

Knee, Chikurin, JDCR and many of the professional Tekken players are commenting that Lidia looks borderline OP. Worse than Leroy.
This is because she shares many of his motions, launchers and even wall finishers with very safe frames. Her strings look easier too.
She's mostly anticipated to be one of the strongest characters of Tekken 7.

Also, aesthetically, I think Bamco could've done better.
She looks like a custom skin for another female character instead of looking like a standalone one.

Maybe she should've kept her suit as her base model, but rearrange it so that it's battle friendly like Lee Chaolan's clothes.
The current iteration looks way too mundane and don't get me started about the hair. Sheesh.

At least KOF XIII looked visually pleasing and one of the main reasons why it did so well was thanks to its clean aesthetics and smooth gameplay.