Proof That Street Fighter IV's Plot is Ridiculous, In Chart Form

[milomalo]

Shouldn't the plot of a Street Fighter game just be "punch fools in the head"?

thats mr. T plot XD

 

[SharPhoe]

Whoa. Just taking a quick glance at it, I cannot make heads or tails of it, in all honesty. And I love the Street Fighter series.

 

[Eric the Orange]

I actually think BlazBlue's is more convoluted, but Street Fighter has the problem that there's a bunch of different canons. The different games, the animated movies, the UDON comic books...

I can attest to that. I played 100% on all of the characters in BlazBlues story mode and I still only have a rough understanding of the story.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Shouldn't the plot of a Street Fighter game just be "punch fools in the head"?

Don't be rediculous, that would be boring and stupid.

You have to have kicking, too.

Unless you're Balrog.

And if Street Fighter 2 is bonkers, I DARE anyone to try and do King of The Fighters or Samurai Showdown.

[small]So, Tam Tam is Cham Cham's brother, who is also a monkey, and Gen An is married to Mai, who kills him...[/small]

 

[Onichanbura]

In street fighter iv, zangief's is the best. Basically he must beat up eight people in order to prove himself to a few eight year olds.

 

[BobisOnlyBob]

Kingdom Hearts (once you factor in Chain of Memories, 358/2 days and birth by sleep), Metal Gear Solid, Guilty Gear, BlazBlue, all of those are capable of seriously decimating this chart.

Nice attempt though.

 

[300lb. Samoan]

one glaring problem with this chart

there's no connection between C. Viper and Guile

CLEARLY, a connection (a very deep one) was made between the two of them

or is Skeet Fighter not considered part of the lore?

OH YEA GURRRL

 

[Keane Ng]

one glaring problem with this chart

there's no connection between C. Viper and Guile

CLEARLY, a connection (a very deep one) was made between the two of them

or is Skeet Fighter not considered part of the lore?

OH YEA GURRRL

Ugh. Please never mention that on these forums again. So gross.

 

[theultimateend]

I am disappoint. The chart isn't complicated at all.

Kind of my thoughts. This chart has nothing on the nonsense any business throws at their new employees.

 

[oppp7]

I think all fighting games have messed up storylines. They have to have an alternate ending for each character, so you never know which is the real ending (Brawl could be an example, but there's the issue of how all those different universes fit into one).

 

[internutt]

Not a complex relationship diagram at all.

But yeah, anyone who pays attention to the SF story is an idiot in my mind. Its first and foremost a fighting game, thus the anime should be watched for the fighting, not whatever story they scrub together. Story didn't work with the first Live Action film either, but I like to forget that ever happened.

 

[malestrithe]

I guess my diseased brain understood what the fuck was going on in Street Fighter 4 without the need for flow charts. Or maybe, I was able to turn off the analytical part of the game long enough to say, "Fuck it- just go with it!"

It's a fighting game. We are not looking for award winning material. We do not need to bog down with details other how can kick our opponent's ass in the most creative manner possible. Plots in fighting games games are nonsensical, deep in the background, and quickly forgotten when we start playing.

 

[AgentNein]

If I didn't know any better, I'd think you were saying that a fighting game had a nonsensical and absurd plot merely used as a backdrop to people beating the shit out of each other.

Of course that's crazy talk.

 

[cleverlymadeup]

that's a rather confusing chart, tho i do believe Soul Calibre 4 has a more confusing one

 

[Megacherv]

The most confusing plot point of all:- Akuma's Japanese name is Gouken...so...he's his own brother...

 

[randommaster]

Shouldn't the plot of a Street Fighter game just be "punch fools in the head"?

Don't be rediculous, that would be boring and stupid.

You have to have kicking, too.

Unless you're Balrog.[/small]

That's why Balrog is boring and stupid, along with Dudley.

 

[Clashero]

I think I win. Have you SEEN the character connections chart for the TV show Lost?
This one is from BEFORE the crash even happens (I'll link since the images are quite large)
http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/lostpedia/images/6/6c/Lostconnections.gif

This one is at the end of Season 2:
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/lostpedia/images/3/33/Lostconnectionsweb.jpg

There isn't one for season 5, but I suppose it'd have at least 15 more characters and be twice as large.

 

[Woe Is You]

The most confusing plot point of all:- Akuma's Japanese name is Gouken...so...he's his own brother...

Gouki. It's Gouki. There's no confusion there. Gouki and Gouken.

 

[The Cake Is Annoying]

Since 4 is a happens before 3 does this mean "Super Dynamic Cooking Time" ends before 3? Because if they add that into a DLC I will not be amused.

 

[joystickjunki3]

This is sweet. I usually go to EventHubs for advice on SF, but now I have an awesome chart to explain shit to me. SF and SC are now one and the same.