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Tokido only had success in Vanilla MvC3 because he used Wolverine, Akuma, Phoenix. His only US tourney that he did well at was also when Americans was just starting to see Phoenix as the best character in the game. Because of that, they didn't try to snap her in as often as they would now.
Also, he got bodied by random people in EVO and was knocked out relatively early.
I like how they actually use the English voices that sound better than the Japanese ones. I'm talking about Haggar, Dante, and Spencer's to name a few.
@6 doesn't matter who he used, everyone was playing the same game and he won a major in usa, any mvc3 american top player played this game like hundred times more than tokido, and there were plenty of phoenix but he won, not the other phoenix players, so that's not an excuse, if it were, some american would've picked yun in ae, went to japan and won a big tournament there, but that didn't happen.
Is it me or does the Japanese version has announcer commentary that the USA version does not have.
All right, I'll bite.
@3 Can't really comment on the first part of what you said since no one actually said that but I know what you're getting at there.
However on the second part of what you said, it's pretty unfair to say that they'll get bodied for sure. I mean come on, you really willing to stake your life or a significant amount of cash on that statement? Probably not.
@6 Tokido winning because he picked a good team does not detract from the player. In fact, I believe it should be considered a plus that he "plays to win." Look at MvC 2. No one doubts Justin, Santhrax, or Yipe's skill in that game due to the fact that they use some form of Magneto, Storm, Psylocke, Cable, Sent, CapCom variant.
Character loyalty is great and all but adapting and identifying the good tools (characters) needed to win translates to results.
On the flip side, I agree with your comment on the gripe of his placing at EVO. Consistancy is the ultimate gauge of skill. But let us not forget, size and quality of players in a tournament is a guage of consistancy. CEO was a pretty big tournament if I rememeber correctly, and in order to make it through a big tournament with quality players, you have to consistantly win in order to win the whole thing which was what he did.
I believe he did well at other tournaments between CEO and EVO. Not sure but I want to say he did well in another midwest tourney, maybe a Canadian tourney, and a Cali major.
@5 Making a statement that Japanese would beast at MvC is a completely baseless statement with no regard for... well... anything.
Here is the main problem at heart in the Japan vs USA debate on MvC. There's no question that both countries produce good players that truly love the series. The big problem, as you mentioned, is simply that interest in MvC in Japan just is not as big as it is in America. This being said, what difference does it really make? Japan isn't better because they don't care as much. Your statement is meeningless. It's like saying Ethiopia would be rich if it had more money. Derp!
Competition drives skill. When there is more interest in a game, the pool of players is bigger. The bigger the pool, the better the chance that you will find a player that has the reaction, strategic vision, and execution to be a top player.
The video after the Richard Nguyen one had a sick Spencer combo.