Zangief Revealed, Laura Leaked, for Street Fighter V

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Zangief Revealed, Laura Leaked, for Street Fighter V

The Red Cyclone has muscled his way into Street Fighter V, and a newcomer, Laura, has also been leaked.

Lots of Street Fighter V [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/tag/view/street%20fighter?os=street+fighter] character. Appropriately revealed today at the IgroMir event in Russia, you can check out the video showing off all of the Red Cyclone's new and old moves to the right.

Additionally, Japanese gaming mag Famitsu [http://www.famitsu.com/images/000/089/716/560a6d382f0aa.html] has leaked some images of another fighter: newcomer "Laura", who appears to hail from Brazil and share similar characteristics to series mainstay, and fellow Brazilian: Blanka - namely her lightning attacks. From the looks of things, she seems to prefer Brazilian jiu-jitsu for her fighting style. Check her out below:

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Zangief and Laura join Ryu, Rashid [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/141512-Ken-Added-To-Street-Fighter-V-Roster#&gid=gallery_4401&pid=1] and Karin as confirmed fighters for the game. With Zangief's reveal, it means that there is only one more "classic" Street Fighter character to be added to the roster, at least until Super Turbo Ultra Mega Street Fighter V comes out.

Sources: IGN [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVlTL1_Oa_I])

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Harlemura

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With Street Fighter V being so offence-oriented, I hope Zangief's not as terrifying to be up close and personal with as he was in IV. With all the big damage, big stun, big fun that's been shown for the game so far, I don't wanna be playing the same old 'Gief matchup where I have to stay 100 yards away from him or risk losing half my health to a single throw.

As for Laura... I mean, I'll have to wait to see gameplay before making a real judgement but I ain't really digging her design. Apart from her top not leaving much to the imagination, which even then kinda makes sense given how hot Brazil is, everything about her seems pretty reasonable and kinda unmemorable. I don't wanna see reasonable in Street Fighter, I wanna see big Russian wrestlers with hairy shins running around in their undies, or rich Arabians with DBZ scouters and Go-Go-Gadget backbacks, or... y'know, whatever it is R. Mika [http://blog.game.es/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/street-fighter-v-r-mika.jpg]'s wearing.
That said, if already having a lighting-based Brazilian fighter means less chance of Blanka making the cut, I welcome Laura with open arms.
 

Dr. Crawver

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Well, gief looks cool. Seems like he's keeping the old focus mechanic from 4, which honestly makes sense for him, as well as what I guessed might happen, his V-trigger is a pseudo mecha-gief. Also seems to be able to do the rufus suck in while in v-trigger, which is all the more useful. I wanna try him out.
 

Souplex

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Everyone being excited about Zangief makes me sad.
Zangief being in means Alex is out.
 

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I fear too little classic characters are making a comeback. Nice to see some new characters, but not so good that they exist as replacements of old established ones. At least until USSFTSFSDSTSFV.

I have no problem with Laura as a character, and I can't wait to see her in motion. Sure, some people may complain she is easy to the eye, but I don't know if this is better than previous "people in the jungle are beast-like mutants" representative.
 

Johnny Novgorod

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Who is Alex and why does everyone prefer him to Zangief? Isn't Zangief a mainstay of the series?

PS. Laura looks hot.
 

Scrythe

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Do my eyes deceive me? Have Capcom finally realized that Brazilian martial arts is a thing? Have they finally decided to make a fighter from Brazil that isn't more or less a monster?

I'll have to wait until the video, but between Laura and Rashid, I'm genuinely impressed so far.
 

Jake Martinez

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Is this actually Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, which would mean she's probably another grappler or thrower?

One of the things I really dislike about the Escapists coverage of fighting games in general is that they don't give us the heads up on how any of these characters play. For some guys, yes, you won't have to say much, but for others... well it's more important for me as a fighting game fan to have some understanding of what kind of fighter is being released than if they are of some virtual gender, race, nationality, whatever - but alas, this seems to be what most major sites focus on.

Some commentary on move sets once in a while would be nice...
 

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That is a great looking character (Laura), good to see another latino join the fray that isn't a beast, \m/. Really like the green gi they are using, looks exactly like the loose uniforms we used in Aikido.
 
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MC1980 said:
Laura looks kinda boring. And that hairstyle is quickly becoming the most obnoxious hairstyle for a woman(or Skrillex), next to a pixie cut. That thing is like the female equivalent of a faux hawk. I do like that Laura has cornrows instead of a shaved side, so she gets a pass.

Oh, yeah, hey Zangief. Looks hairy and big. Neat.

I wanted Alex.

Ryu looks like he's enjoying himself in that picture though.
This is my problem. With now two wrestlers in the cast, will they actually make three? That worries me. He's been requested for so long.
 

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Out of curiosity, I really haven't played a Street Fighter game much since 2, but when did SF turn into Dead or Alive? Yeah sure in old-school SF Cammy and Chun Li were a little risque, but now with Laura and R Mika (who has an ultimate attack where she smashes her opponents' head between two thong clad asses) they seem like puritans.

I don't care one way or the other, just curious if SF has been pushing the T+A envelope a lot more since 2 came out.
 

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Souplex said:
Everyone being excited about Zangief makes me sad.
Zangief being in means Alex is out.
Not necessarily the case, considering Zangief didn't stop Thunder Hawk from being in 4.
 

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Johnny Novgorod said:
Who is Alex and why does everyone prefer him to Zangief? Isn't Zangief a mainstay of the series?

PS. Laura looks hot.
The main character of Street Fighter 3. He's pretty wanted, despite being generally low tier in his game, partly because he's not been in very many Capcom fighters outside of SF3 and Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom.
 

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Zangief's changes look pretty interesting, never played him but I will say that he does seem to play really different from IV, so here's looking to forward to facing him I guess.

As for Laura, i was kinda hoping her design would be a bit more fighter like, well it is.. but her top kinda makes it less so, I dunno its just a preference I have for female characters in fighting games to look like they came dressed for a fight without the typical skin showing. Then again all we have are pics, I don't know what her personality is like, maybe she likes to flaunt her perks whilst kicking ass and if thats the case then its cool.. I mean I'll await an alt costume yes, but at least her character would fit her design... unlike Cammy.

But yeah, we'll have to wait until the Brazil game show where she was meant to be revealed to see how she plays for sure.
 

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Johnny Novgorod said:
Who is Alex and why does everyone prefer him to Zangief? Isn't Zangief a mainstay of the series?

PS. Laura looks hot.
Alex was the character from 3 who replaced Zangief as the grappler, he was a New Yorker with a wonderful boot-to-the face.
I'm guessing we're not going to get any SF3 characters. No Ibuki for me either.
I'd like it if they could do a Krav Maga specialist. It's the dealiest martial art on earth, it deserves some representation.