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Report What's Up With Fukua: A Q&A With Mike Z

blufang said:
and being visible on the select screen would make LZ look lazy.
This is the first I've seen anyone say this, and I've read most of the Fukua threads already.
 
blufang said:
Cause they're clones? One of the biggest arguments for those who voted 'No' to Fukua, was that she doesn't match up in quality to the rest of the cast, and being visible on the select screen would make LZ look lazy. As if they were padding out the small cast with clones. Hidden character=nice bonus. Visible character=lazy clone.

Fukua doesn't even have a different portrait art, having her visible looks bad. It will turn off new players, and let critics tee off.

Mike's idea works well and would probably be easiest to implement. My idea was taking into consideration Robo Fortune, though I'm not sure how much of a clone she will be.
Frankly, the "LZ being seen as lazy" argument is already worn out. Additionally, Mike said she'd get unique loading art, even if he has to do it himself. Can we stop with the "Fukua makes Lab Zero look lazy" bit now? If anything, it shows they're willing to give us MORE than what was initially agreed upon through IGG, even if it's using pre-existing assets. And Mike himself said:

My viewpoint's pretty simple - if we have to quit making the game, then it may as well have this extra character rather than not. In then end it's about what's FUN, and if she's FUN and is up to Lab Zero standards as determined by Lab Zero then I don't see a problem with it. Especially if she ends up being usable.
I don't care if "people" might think we're lazy for it, I'd rather expend the remaining effort to have another viable character that "people" might enjoy than just toss it. Since "people" already think we're stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars/sexist/racist/bad game designers/shouldn't have made the game in the first place/not actually working/"everyone will play USF4 but nobody will play Skullgirls" (my favorite quote about the Decapre spoof), if we were worrying about "people" I think we'd have stopped long ago, ne?
 
I'm all for Fukua staying, I voted yes. Just want her to remain hidden. She was visible before, yet LZ decided to make her a blank square.

Again.

Mike_Z said:
Loading screen = black and white art with "LOADING". She'd have that.
Character select = probably gonna be a blank square forever, might get moved. If nothing else, would be in the middle on a row so that the whole thing is "even" and she isn't really all that hidden.

It furthers her as a tribute to the clone.
 
blufang said:
A lot of people who said yes also requested she be kept hidden. It furthers her as a tribute to the clone.
And as I said before, I am fine with that. What I'm not fine with is people repeatedly bringing up the fact that L0 will be seen as lazy for including Fukua in the visible roster.
 
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God... we are gifted with a new playable character and a lot of people complain about her? Because she is a "clone"? Let's put all clones in the fighting games hidden..... will be "great" see the character select of games like Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter with all clones hidden.

Let's Fukua have her space in the crew like Robo-Fortune!
 
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This pleases my eyes.
 
If by some random reason there was some combination to make Fukua appear in floating invisible box like MvC1, I'd make it the Kanomi code starting from Filia's character select since it lands on her at the end. Just add an extra "left" after the initial "up up down down left right left right" and there she'd be. But I'm sure there's a more creative way, but that'd be my take on it >w<
 
I still not understand why you people wants lab-z have trouble hiding a character... and need to make a new replacement every-time a new character launches?

Hiding a character also helps to augment the sensation of few characters, and make hard to a new player find this character easily.

I already said: only she are a clone are not a reason to hide her; she is not a "alternate version" or a gimminick character, and not a secret boss or anything like it... She is an another character who is share the same skin of an already character, some moves and so on, but not another Fillia version.

No one say to hide Ken Masters....
 
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I know where she goes isn't up for debate, but IsaVulpes layout is perfect.
 
sorry if this has been asked, but what's the deal for EVO? will she be available? interested in learning, but not if she isn't at EVO
 
GirlyStyle said:
sorry if this has been asked, but what's the deal for EVO? will she be available? interested in learning, but not if she isn't at EVO
she will be ready much sooner than Eliza, though console will only see her in the Eliza Patch
 
Metafogos said:
I still not understand why you people wants lab-z have trouble hiding a character... and need to make a new replacement every-time a new character launches?
No one is asking Lab Zero to hide anything. She is already hidden.
 
Chrono_Tata said:
No one is asking Lab Zero to hide anything. She is already hidden.

She only hidden because she dont have an art to Selection Screen... for now
 
No, Mike's said she's staying hidden.
 
Viro Veteruscy said:
If by some random reason there was some combination to make Fukua appear in floating invisible box like MvC1, I'd make it the Kanomi code starting from Filia's character select since it lands on her at the end. Just add an extra "left" after the initial "up up down down left right left right" and there she'd be. But I'm sure there's a more creative way, but that'd be my take on it >w<

At this point, I'm sure Lab Zero wants very little to do with Konami
 
DDB said:
No, Mike's said she's staying hidden.

You can send the link to the post he say that?
 
Idiyanale said:
I wish Brady would pop in here and answer my question. Is Mysterious Hair X been Fukua all along?

Yep.

Electric meteor said:
Just two questions. Is Fukua still made of Jello, and is her parasite named Shamone?

Jello is a registered trademark, so no. But I'd still call her parasite Shamone just because it's funny.
 
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DDB said:
It's so obvious....

JUST CALL IT GELLO!
Is pretty obviouis, with Gel being Lab-Zero's attempt to strength the bond between fake parasite and Fukua
 
  • Will she get a tutorial?
  • Will she get a taunt?
  • Will she get more palettes?
 
- Low priority, like lower than systems tutorials for missing systems (undizzy, etc)
- When Filia does, otherwise not
- Possibly/probably
 
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gllt said:
Will she get a taunt?

Considering that taunts are presumably intended to have ingame effects, what would you suggest having Fukua's taunt do?
 
Golbat said:
Considering that taunts are presumably intended to have ingame effects, what would you suggest having Fukua's taunt do?
Next command grab has Fukua use her hip sway to hit the enemy.
 
Golbat said:
Considering that taunts are presumably intended to have ingame effects, what would you suggest having Fukua's taunt do?
I would like to think if she gets a tuant her next love dart will fire all 3 at once
 
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Taunt effects should be in line with the "parodying clone characters" theme.
For instance, Blown Kiss changes to a bigger, slower, slightly tracking projectile (Decapre's Pycho Stream)

Though that would essentially be a Squigly lvl3 that moves extra slow and doesn't leave the screen, soooo.....
 
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