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Kicksville
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 Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2024 3:55 pm
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I thought we might get something along the lines of her alternate Maximum Impact outfit.
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BadNewsBlues
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Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2024 5:06 pm
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Kind of weird her trailer was shorter than the other character trailers.
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Silver Kirin
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Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2024 7:12 pm
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They finally gave Mai a canonical new appearence that's quite different from her usual style, seems that SNK went for a sexy biker look, though Chizuru Kagura from The King of Fighters series is the one that's motorcyclning as a hobby, though she and Mai have been in the same team in KoF '98. Hope that this new look is her alternate costume in Street Fighter 6.
| Kicksville wrote: | | I thought we might get something along the lines of her alternate Maximum Impact outfit. |
To be fair, most of the Maximum Impact alternate costumes don't look that great. I think Mai's new look could be inspired by some of her proposed alternate costumes from KoF XIV.
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Kicksville
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Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2024 7:26 pm
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There is an old Shinkiro illustration of Mai in a casual biker jacket, although it looks nothing like this version. It may have been based on that, though.
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| Kicksville wrote: | | I thought we might get something along the lines of her alternate Maximum Impact outfit. |
To be fair, most of the Maximum Impact alternate costumes don't look that great. I think Mai's new look could be inspired by some of her proposed alternate costumes from KoF XIV. |
I had this one in mind, which as I recall has always been well received.
Creatively different, but also recognizably Mai Shiranui.
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MFrontier
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Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2024 8:10 pm
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I love how they showed all her classic designs with the exposed legs, then showed her new design with tight leather pants facing off against an opponent showing off her legs, and then realized what everyone wanted to see and showed her off in her classic outfit complete with as much thigh and butt you could ask for.
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BadNewsBlues
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Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2024 8:24 pm
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| Kicksville wrote: | | Creatively different, but also recognizably Mai Shiranui. |
Minus the short hair which isn’t exactly a staple.
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oilers2007
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Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2024 5:50 pm
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The FGC restrictions have claimed another victim. RIP Default Mai
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Silver Kirin
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Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2024 7:15 pm
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| oilers2007 wrote: | | The FGC restrictions have claimed another victim. RIP Default Mai |
Mai's trailer clealry shows her changing to her traditional attire during one of her supers, not to mention that if Terry has his Fatal Fury 2 look as an alternate costume, Mai probably would also have her traditional look as well. Also, Mai's default appearence in Street Fighter 6 is her FF2 inspired look
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BadNewsBlues
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Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2024 8:45 pm
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Yeah I sure hope the “end is near” stuff was sarcasm.
Mai in virtually every game she’s appeared in within the last decade and a half has kept the same exact design with essentially the same exact outfit,
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oilers2007
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Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2024 12:09 am
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| Silver Kirin wrote: | | Mai's trailer clealry shows her changing to her traditional attire during one of her supers, not to mention that if Terry has his Fatal Fury 2 look as an alternate costume, Mai probably would also have her traditional look as well. Also, Mai's default appearence in Street Fighter 6 is her FF2 inspired look |
I know, hence why i said Default Mai. I just find making their iconic look a secondary costume or unlockable (or worse paid DLC) is just annoying and cowardly since it's being done now to cater to the FGC crowd. The whole SF5 ESPN debacle back in the day was why they did that with Cammy in SF6. And if the game is aiming for the FGC crowd, that means all the other bad stuff that comes with it like battle passes and other nonsense that KoF15 managed to avoid thankfully. I'm just noticing the early warning signs here is all.
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BadNewsBlues
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Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2024 5:21 pm
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| oilers2007 wrote: | | I know, hence why i said Default Mai. I just find making their iconic look a secondary costume or unlockable (or worse paid DLC) is just annoying and cowardly since it's being done now to cater to the FGC crowd. |
Which I find to be a somewhat weird complaint given how many of these fighting games already have the problem of recycling rosters & with some even recycling character themes. Having them wear the same exact costumes that are decades old even with them being iconic is just another part of the “recycling” effect.
All the same they’re not “catering” to anyone by not having Mai’s KOF costume not be showcased more in the trailer. By this logic what was the reasoning behind B.Jenet’s trailer showcasing her in her original MOTW outfit with a seemingly bigger chest with cleavage?
| oilers2007 wrote: | | The whole SF5 ESPN debacle back in the day was why they did that with Cammy in SF6. |
Did what with her?
Gave her a new default outfit which every returning character got.
Especially as Cammy last got a new outfit back during the 1990’s.
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Rob19ny
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Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2024 9:04 pm
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As expected that Mai's outfit would change in 2024. I knew Mai's outfit change was coming when each year we move further into the era of censorship that heavily started several years ago with no sign of returning to the past. And just when you thought Mai's classic outfit was a separate outfit for players to have an "option", something publishers/devs refuse to give because they want to oppress with censorship, Mai's classic outfit has been revealed to be a transformation in an interview. And so it begins.
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