ShaolinTiger86
[13] Hero
With Tira as DLC, I think the next reveals are going to be Cervantes, Raphael, Hwang, or Cassandra.
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Ahem, he’s already in the game bro and he uses a longer sword.
If he was in the game, you'd think actual Lizardmen CaS would actually be using his style, not Sophitia with an axe. The implications that he's been replaced are right there in actual footage.
It's pretty obvious they're trying to avoid the situation that has already arrived with Bootleg Cervantes by making the CaS lizardmen shown thus far not use Lizardman's iconic left-handed fighting style. Just because Lizardmen are in as CaS races doesn't mean the Real Deal Lizardman Aeon Calcos is going to be in, so they aren't using his moveset yet in order to avoid negating the entire purpose of a reveal trailer and keep the community guessing, or perhaps even as a bait-and-switch to make his reveal all the better. So in order to avoid making it blatantly obvious that Lizardman is back in business, they put one of his alt weapons (the axe) on Sophitia's moveset so that they can show a lizardman without showing the Lizardman.
I wouldn't be so confident about this if there wasn't already the story-mode/concept art of The Bad Guys™ with left-handed Lizardman and a different sword-type to Sophitia. There'd be no point to art like this if Lizardman wasn't in and if that wasn't how he appears in-game. The axe is very likely one of his alt weapons as a shoutout to SC3/4 when he had the axe.
No sir, we have confirmation he’s in the game through actual artwork.If he was in the game, you'd think actual Lizardmen CaS would actually be using his style, not Sophitia with an axe. The implications that he's been replaced are right there in actual footage.
No sir, we have confirmation he’s in the game through actual artwork.
Yes, but since they've differentiated him from Sophitia he's began being shown as left-handed, he was only right-handed before because Sophitia's moves used her right hand and he was majority derived from her moves. If he were to return wielding the sword in VI, he'll be left handed because that's become part of his character. And I have a mind to believe that he'll ditch the sword in his story mode as his character develops, giving him the axe.It's fairly common for video game artwork to flip preferred/dominant weapon sides for the sake of aesthetics.
Even then, Aeon Calcos used a sword in his right hand.
No, he held it with his left.It's fairly common for video game artwork to flip preferred/dominant weapon sides for the sake of aesthetics.
Even then, Aeon Calcos used a sword in his right hand.
Not in SC1, amusingly enough. They might just be basing him on that. At first I thought the same thing: he's gone since he's no longer left-handed. But I decided to check the original animation in MAME and here's what I found.No, he held it with his left.
I mean that is all nice and good, but at least that one particular Lizardmen is using Sophitia's movelist.Snip
But the animation is not the same. I literally just showed it. They could maybe have redone a few animations for when the Lizardman race uses Sophitia's style, but that's an inordinate amount of effort for what is clearly the cheapest game in the series.but at least that one particular Lizardmen is using Sophitia's movelist.
What? He's the only animal character in the series, that's plenty to bring. CaS is not tournament legal for a variety of obvious reasons, and anyone who mained him for five games would be rightfully pissed if they could no longer compete with their character.Sure bring in a new more lizardy CaS style, but as an individual he adds nothing to the game.
But the animation is not the same. I literally just showed it. They could maybe have redone a few animations for when the Lizardman race uses Sophitia's style, but that's an inordinate amount of effort for what is clearly the cheapest game in the series.
What? He's the only animal character in the series, that's plenty to bring. CaS is not tournament legal for a variety of obvious reasons, and anyone who mained him for five games would be rightfully pissed if they could no longer compete with their character.
Going by that logic, Nightmare shouldn't be holding Soul Edge with one hand because he didn't do that until SCIII (after Siegfried broke free of Nightmare, no less). Well, here we are...Not in SC1, amusingly enough. They might just be basing him on that. At first I thought the same thing: he's gone since he's no longer left-handed. But I decided to check the original animation in MAME and here's what I found.
So if they really are bringing back SC1 Aeon, it would make sense from him to be right-handed. I think this is a dumb choice since all his good and unique moves are from 3 onward, but it does match the animations. You can even tell his main weapon would be sword and shield as in the art, since his axe here clips through the shield. But that all just makes you wonder why they made him left-handed in the art.