Submitted by Rafael2487.
The funniest thing about the translator voice in the video is that Fenrir eventually cracks and goes "静かにしろー" which is pretty much equivalent to "shut the hell up" lol
I know Daigo is trying to pave his own path with Akuma, but he really needs to incorporate some of the tactics other Akuma's have been using for years now.
I don't get the terrible corner pressure on the Balrog in the 3rd round. And whats with the cross-tatsu to ex DP on the Guile player in the 2nd match?
Maybe he just hasn't had enough time in the lab yet. People who think his Akuma is better than Tokido's or Infiltration's are smoking something. Hell, his Akuma is better than Eita or -6 either.
The beast is still strong. I can see him owning Tokido with that play. He actually went and created an Akuma different from everyone I saw. Mad propz. That's Daigo for you all right.
Once again #10 is another one that has been hitting the crack pipe in thinking Daigo's Gouki will own Tokido's ha
@11
Akuma vs Akuma?
I don't think so. Tokido has so much Akuma mirror match technology. Remember Daigo lost to Eita in a mirror match, granted it was just one match.
I'm not saying Tokido > Daigo, just Tokido's Akuma > Daigo's. Daigo is definitely the stronger player. Tokido would probably admit as much.
Tokido is only good at setups, but he can't dp on pure reaction and he relies too much on sweep and standing roundhouse. What makes Daigo's akuma so strong is that he has far superior footsies, fireball games and anti-air than any other existed akuma players. Why would you need to work so hard on wakeup games if you have perfect defense?
@9 That actually means keep it down/be quiet than what you stated there, since 静か(shizuka) means silent/quiet.
@bokosaki
I agree that Daigo's AA game is better than Tokido's, but to say "Tokido is only good at setups" is an injustice to his great skill. And stating he relies too much on sweep and roundhouse is completely untrue. Any decent Akuma knows relying too much on roundhouse is just suicide.
And please stop acting like Daigo has churned out some Akuma with a palystyle we've never seen before. I think there was this guy called Momochi, you may have heard of him.
Stating Tokido relies too much on sweep and roundhouse is completely untrue? His tactic is very straight forward, try to get a hard knockdown and do his setups. Watch any of his video he would spend the entire round just trying to sweep and roundhouse until he gets one, if there's anything else he does, is the air EX fireball. Daigo doesn't do that because he doesn't need to, he is comfortable anywhere on the screen, spam fireball til the end of the world to let you come to him or you can die by his fireball and dp.
@bokosaki
your're right,tokido has the upper hand in setups and unblockables but thats only because he is an offensive player,ive seen him too much time relying on sweep to start his vortex.
And dont start with eita ,Eita is the worst player in the world,for example today he will SBO ,tomorrow he will lose against a scrubby europe player,very very,and i mean very uneven player even though he is very smart and has good reaction.
Umehara on the other hand has (and kindevu also) the fastest Dp reaction among all top players ,thats why you will see rarely someone jumping on him.
His defense is also one of the best in the business.
In my opinion Daigo is only missing momentum,cause every time he knocks you down ,you get up as if it was nothing.
But if you get knockdowned by tokido,prepare yourself to the paper scissor hammer...
Daigo's Akuma play style is certainly different. I'd reserve judgement about whose akuma is better for a while longer. We do not need to rely on opinion. Tourney results in which many akumas play will start to deternmine that on its own. I think people are talking none sense because Daigo is not relying to much on akuma's "crucial" vortex game which is what makes him strong (or so we have think to this point) So, remember the best players handicap themselves in practice play. Example, why use the vortex all the time over and over and over again? Why not handicap yourself and not use the vortex and master the other "neglected" aspects of akuma? Just because you do not see daigo using the vortex does not mean he is not fully aware of it and he likely has it mastered as well since he has seen it so many times he knows it. He didn't have to discover it. He learned it from so many good akumas. Now he is mastering other areas to add to the vortex to make the Daigo Beast Akuma. Makes sense?
Combo'ing into U2, in matches, is going to be a nice trend
@19
you make it seem like thats a bad thing? lol. many characters rely on very few moves. like Chun in 3S. give her SA2 and her normals and shes set. Yun...give him Genei-Jin and there you have it. Akuma, nevermind Tokido, doesnt need to do massive 25-hit combos. if Akumas best tools are Roundhouse, then its an Akuma players job to utilize that to the best of his ability. besides so many people try to copy Tokidos playstyle, but no one does it as well as he does. tells you something.
Everyone complaining of the annoying voices and only making it for about 2 minutes........ One can only wonder many things. Hitting that mute button is not all that uncommon now a days. I guess i am just CommonSense ;)
Don't most players' Akumas throw out more air fireballs than Daigo's? It feels almost like he's playing Akuma like Ryu. I don't play Akuma so I can't say for sure, but I just barely see Daigo use air fireballs with him at all. It's interesting though, but I just don't see why Daigo would prefer Akuma over Ryu in that case.
@17 That's what "shut up" means in English, and the しろ part makes it harsh enough to be that in the translation
"The only good thing that can come out of Daigo using Akuma, is if it causes Ono to dial back on some of the nerfs Akuma is receiving in v2012."
What makes you think Daigo has any influence on Ono? All of the characters that Daigo mained in SF4 have been hit with the nerf stick.
Wasnt this the same dude that played Sako's Gouki in a load of matches?