Xiba Non-Gameplay Discussion Thread

He kinda looks like Kilik's early concepts.

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He also seems to be inspired by Kilik's 2p putfit in SCIV

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To me his complexion is similar to Kilik's in SC, but one or two years younger.

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jtdam09 said:
Usually it takes one character to represent an audience, especially with the minority characters who aren't Japanese and Chinese
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someone on this forum actually wrote a while ago that the korean fighting game scene is huge. I am willing to believe that. Also, I don't see Pat and Pyrrha being Japanese or Chinese... Same goes for Sieg and Hilde.
As we've seen, if they're replacing someone, they will replace them with a character who has the same nationality and gender -- with the exception of Li Long and Sophi's kids who were in the plot earlier and had their gender stated, thus couldn't be retconned.

ohhh I forgot to complain - great, another midget in this game! I wonder where are the tall guys, Mr Lips seems to be the tallest normal dude standing at 182cm which isn't all that tall anyway.
 
suuusuuu said:
someone on this forum actually wrote a while ago that the korean fighting game scene is huge. I am willing to believe that. Also, I don't see Pat and Pyrrha being Japanese or Chinese... Same goes for Sieg and Hilde.
As we've seen, if they're replacing someone, they will replace them with a character who has the same nationality and gender -- with the exception of Li Long and Sophi's kids who were in the plot earlier and had their gender stated, thus couldn't be retconned.
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When I say minorities, that does not count the Alexandra siblings and Siegfried/Hilde, especially since they play major roles in the story. The Asian characters, and other minorities, however, are the opposite as they don't have much of a role in the story. There were exceptions, however:

Zasalamel=SC3, but later put back in SC4
Taki=Savior of Sophitia on SB, and is wanting to stop Soul Edge's evil power, but based on the fact that the sword keeps coming back, she has yet to successfully do it.
Maxi, Kilik, and Xianghua=Heroes of SC, but later put in the backburner in later games.

Mitsurugi had his own goals, the Korean characters had their own goals, and even Setsuka had her own goal not related to the center story.
 
suuusuuu said:
ohhh I forgot to complain - great, another midget in this game! I wonder where are the tall guys, Mr Lips seems to be the tallest normal dude standing at 182cm which isn't all that tall anyway.
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Average SC height as ever being waaay shorter than example Tekken's

Said that

Asta (new body)
Aeon(Liz)
Night (new body)
Voldo
Zwei
Cervy (new body)
Raph
Ezio
Pat

Soon probably Zasa and maybe Bangoo

On reality it's probably the SC with the highest average height :D
 
i would have been completely satisfied with Xiba being like Eliot from DOA4. where his face matches his body size. now it looks like someone photo shopped his head on yung's body. Eliot packed a lot of power and he wasn't ripped. and that was because he was more focused on the arts. inner power. that's what I thought was the case with kiliks style because he wasn't that buff in SC2 but still swung that weapon with some force. now Xiba looks like he has more muscle than kilik did.
 
Kid is obviously feral, I don't see a problem with his body honestly.

Looks more anime to me.
 
Gatsu said:
Average SC height as ever being waaay shorter than example Tekken's

Said that

Asta (new body)
Aeon(Liz)
Night (new body)
Voldo
Zwei
Cervy (new body)
Raph
Ezio
Pat

Soon probably Zasa and maybe Bangoo

On reality it's probably the SC with the highest average height :D
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But I was saying - NORMAL guy. Even Voldo doesn't count as normal. midgets everywhere :( Ezio is shorter than Pat but probably shouldn't matter because he isn't a soul series character. I'm disappointed that they don't think it's possible for a normal person to go over 183 cm.
 
suuusuuu said:
But I was saying - NORMAL guy. Even Voldo doesn't count as normal. midgets everywhere :( Ezio is shorter than Pat but probably shouldn't matter because he isn't a soul series character. I'm disappointed that they don't think it's possible for a normal person to go over 183 cm.
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I don't even think that's intentional.
 
We could probably spend about seven more pages discussing why Xiba looks like a Bieber and why it sucks, or we can spend the next seven pages discussing what he might have from Kilik and what he might not have. It's your choice.

My only word on Xiba's appearance? Guy was born with a baby-face. Some tend to have them (see Leonardo DiCaprio) for a very long time. Live with it.

I'm more interested in some of his moves. That jump kick he has in that screenshot looks fairly interesting, I wonder if that move is the new 236K (or MT K)? Same deal with his up kick, looks like the new WS K.
 
CFW said:
I don't even think that's intentional.
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Maybe you're right. Maybe they roll dices on their heights. Or something. That would explain why Siegfried is the series' trademark hero knight standing at the ridiculous height of 168cm for most of the series (and suddenly has a growth spurt at the age of 23 because they noticed this). And why Rock is a primal looking beastly man while being only 3 cm taller than I am.
 
Xiba one thing that I feel like has been missing in the SC games since the SE. A boy. They need their 15 year old girls for their loli's, so its nice they evened it out with a male counterpart.
 
Xiba is perfect idk wtf y'all are talking about

I was kinda hoping for a shonen DOA Elliot-esque style too but that doesn't quite fit SC's style, and Xiba's build probably won't look that big in-game. A weak little kid would be pretty stupid in the SC series come to think of it. Only fighters and women are allowed in this game :)

As long as he's not horribly voice-acted we might finally have an upbeat character done right.

Isaiah said:
Even though just because he looks like Yung does NOT mean he will replace him. I'm sorry, but I see where your'e coming from but it makes no sense to me.
THIS IS JUST LIKE THE VIOLA AND AMY INCIDENT!!!!!
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Yes it does. Xiba has a similar build, hair, and personality, probably, to Yun Seoung. They also share the "young and spunky" trope. He will replace Kilik/Mina mechanically, and Yun Seoung aesthetically -- anything else and we'd have characters that are too similar to each other. He has the potential to eliminate 2 characters (maybe 3), making room for more new characters and styles.
 
Well, I think that his build is a bit buff (and being 16 isn't the main reason), but it's still okay. I'd rather him having a Bruce Lee build instead though (muscles aren't super big, but they are well formed and ripped), which is a more natural build for someone who would be training in the way he did and not training in a gym-like environment.

On another note, I wonder if his staff is something special like Kali-Yuga. Since his whole design is obviously referring to Sun Wukong, if his staff is also special, maybe we'll see some length/width change during some attacks (Brave Edge and/or Critical Edge?)
 
Fuzzieviking said:
WHY does a boy, regardless of age, always have to fit the muscular stereotype in this game
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Men have always fought the wars throughout history. The game's artistic direction dealing with male characters is completely justified. You may have won me over if you had argued that his muscles should be toned down one or two steps, but Talim has thicker arms than some of the kids you linked. I could take all of their lunch money easy and their figures draw way too much attention to that.

A way, way better example of a kid you don't want to fuck with:
http://zeldainformer.webs.com/photos/Ocarina-Of-Time/oot-link07-3.gif

Not that he ever fit on the SC roster.
 
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