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btw i am not conviced buy the male character...(nor with the frame weapons it could also be that triple stick with chains dunno the name....)

Imho the male has to be a new character...the fact that raph has been dispalayed in some arts with a right wielding doesn t make sense because it has NEVER shown like that in an official artwork (just in few sketches)...
I doubt he is kilik because the style is too different expecially hairs they aren t to take an old character and change so much its like a new character...it wouldn t be good nor for older fans nor for people who want new characters.

thing i could get from the pictures:
-hairstyle isn t similar to any older character
-he has some sort of leggings (see left leg)
-his shoes are not in raph style for sure....

So i could go with a younger cervantes with a new weapon (daishi said old characters with new weapons and raph is the ONLY fencer so won t change...amy isn t a fencer at all -.- her style is some absurd fantasy ballet but not fencing at all).

or a new character that reminds me some SNK game but forgot wich :/).

It's definitely not Taki. Everything about that picture (other than the hands position) says so.

small breasts (comparedto her, anyways), youthful posture, small frame, regular sized thighs...

So her samurai/ninja like armor on her hands and weist, and her height tell nothing either? Btw keep in mind that most females don't have that huge breast in the game... except maybe Ivy. Sophitia and Taki were nothing special. Maybe they've taken a more realistic approach to their artworks? Or maybe Taki has gotten younger with powers or something?

There's a huge chance it's Taki, but it's zero chance it's Talim. NOTHING indicates it. And if it's not Taki, it's definitely a ninja anyway. Same for the dude. No way he's Raphael lol. Don't know how people have come to that conclusion. There are very slim chance he's even retuning. I'm leaning towards Maxi/Kilik.

I totally agree. It completely goes against Taki's basic body shape. She's always had a large chest, and a noticeably large and muscular body, especially the legs. This character has stick skinny legs and fairly small chest. Plus, we have to take into account the fact that if it was Taki, this would be her 17 years later. And personally I don't think that would make her boobs any smaller or her legs get that small.

I also don't think this is some protegee of Taki. If it was, I would hope Taki would have trained her a bit harder and gotten her a bit more muscular.

My guess would be Talim who also uses dual weaponry.

Most of what I'm saying though, comes from the fact that I KNOW it isn't Taki, and that I SINCERELY HOPE they haven't replaced Taki with some young apprentice. The #1 reason I'm excited for this game is to see a 46 year old Taki. If they do replace her, it would suck for me.

Wrong, the katana in her left hand is in the opposite direction, I suppose is holding the katana who is in her waist.

Skinny legs you say? Have you seen Taki's III artwork? She looks just as that skinny.

I don't know if you guys are batshit crazy Talim fans, but it's not Talim. Her design isn't complicated enough to be Talims and she's not that tall.

Even in her III artwork there was some meat on her bones. This one just looks too skinny.

And like I said, I don't really give one about Talim. It just doesn't look like Taki to me. Meaning it's either another character or a Taki apprentice. And I really hope it's not a Taki apprentice bc I LOVE Taki, and don't want to see her leave. I was really excited to see an older Taki.

Obviously it's been a long time since you've seen it:






Again, it's some female ninja... but Talim? Nooop.

No actually i saw it about half an hour ago. I'm not sure if we're seeing different things but her SC III costume has obvious definition in her legs. She may not be as big as in IV but you can't tell me that her legs don't look muscular in the picture. The silhouette looks like a young girls frame with no muscle at all in her legs. She looks bony.

Yeah, I'm just saying it isn't Talim. Could very well be a new Fu-Ma ninja.

Yea I guess you're right. Her hands are just too conveniently placed where Taki's ninja swords are to be Talim. I still don't think it's Taki herself though. Probably another ninja. I guess I won't be able to see a 46 year old badass master Taki D:

the female's definitely not taki....it looks too young to be her, i think it's a new character
and the male i'm sure its Raphael, I don't know why are people saying it could not be him.

Wow, It seems like every time I look at the male silhouette, I notice somethin' new. Here's my latest speculation of him [please excuse my choppy outlinin'; I rarely ever use the Paint software...]


I believe that the ragged parts of clothin' around his arms are indication of ripped off sleeves, like a Shoto character from Street Fighter.

I think that that long tip behind his right arm is actually an end of a ponytail instead of part of the ragged sleeve because it looks too long and out of place to be apart of the rips. The rips has the largest pieces at the top, and gets smaller as it goes lower.

What if that "big collar", wasn't a collar at all? I'm startin' to think that that "big collar" isn't one because it looks like it not attached to his shirt/jacket, and is actually comin' around into view from behind his head. I believe it's actually a headband instead.

Also, the furry wrist gauntlets and boots looks very similar to Yun's P2 costume's gauntlets and boots in SCIV.

I still believe that this guy's gonna be a new character, but if he's a returnin' character, I think he's probably a matured Yun, or an older Kilik. But no matter which, I'm pretty sure that this character won't be wieldin' a classical western weapon like a rapier.

I would just like to point out that this mystery girl's ninja status does not mean Taki is cut from SCV. I highly doubt Namco will eliminate their staple ninja, not to mention she is one of the most emblematic characters of the series. This new ninja very well could be a rival, or a new Fu-ma assassin out to kill Taki. After all, Mitsurugi's storyline indicates that he has a "brother," who might also wield a sword similar to Mitsurugi's. I am sure we will see a 46 year-old Taki kicking some young-ninja butt.

Um, isn't it possible the the shaded male is Cervantes? Ragged clothes and strong build, and a perspective that doesn't make it clear if the character has facial hair.

There's just to many possible choices. Raphael is a plausible guess, yes, but not more than that.

So I see Zasalamel's collar and a Raph/Zas esque pose, but in the end it's looking like a new character to me. If it is, it's a bit annoying that the character bears so much of a resemblance to other characters. That goes for the girl too, what with her Taki wannabe pose. I say she's a new character though.

Looking twice, It seems pretty clear to me that the male will wield a one handed sword based on his pose(it looks like these pics just removed the weapons to be less spoilery). The placement of the hand, and the way it's formed, seem to imply a singlehanded sword.

My bet: Raphael, Yunsung, or completely new.

The girl obviously seems to be a Taki clone based on how her arms are positioned.

For some reason... i get the feeling that the female silouhette is a new char. I seem to keep imagining it to be a catgirl... She just gives off that vibe to me :P

I start to think that this is a joke of Daishi, 2 shapes 4 characters, Raph+Zas & Taki+Tira.