About 30,000 people have responded to Street Fighter character poll so far, Ken and Cammy in Monster Hunter

I bet I'm the only one to vote for Retsu and Geki

I bet money that the top 5 character that AREN'T in SF4 and SFxT(because they'll add the 4 thats in SFxT anyway) will be in the update Ono keeps hinting about.

30,000 votes...and 20,000 of those were for Shotos. Kappa

GAHAAHHAHAHA

AWESOM3

@ #1: I actually voted for both of them :-) Eagle and Joe too. Then Alex of course.

the poll wouldn't work for me just froze up

Anyone who only voted for (S)SF2 characters should go play in traffic.

Moar SF3

Is there anyone who actually didn't vote for Akuma? xD

or Juri :)

I wonder if there really will be an update for SF4. And if there is, I wonder if this poll affects it oO

Ingrid *__* Come back please!

#3

HOLY SH**! we will have Street fighter V shoto edition...
too many clone characters in this serie

I would like to see the poll divided into two parts. Most popular main characters (Shotos, Chun, Sagat, etc) and most popular under represented characters (Alex, Karin, R. Mika, etc.) We all know Shotos will get the most votes.

Sean really needs to be higher.

So if they add totally new characters as of right now it would be

Karin
Q
Alex
Charlie
and Urien

Dang, I'm one of four votes for Necro. Poor Necro.

Dudley, Adon, Seth, Gen, Juli.

Who is Ryu? lol

At least Charlie, Karin and my boys favourite Alex made it. Sorry Juli and Ingrid, I figured your votes would be low. Chun-Li I voted for you yes my dear but come on, lol you will be in the game regardless.

I picked:

Birdie
Blanka
Karin
Rainbow Mika
Retsu

I just want new fighters (mostly) and Blanka. I main Blanka so I just want to show my support.

I'd be happy with anyone from Street Fighter - Hell I'd like to see any of the Street Fighters (and Final Fight) guys make it in for the win.

People voting for garbage characters like Ingrid need to stick to watching K-ON!

Yea we all know by the time the results come Ryu will be at the top lol :). I mean he's the best just play me and I'll show you how.

Oni, sakura, Dudley, urien, and necro.
Need more third strike, but those three were my mains in Sf4 throughout the four years :)

PUT POISON IN SFXTK PLLZZZZ CAPCOM...yet NOBODY play her. fukking hypocrites man, the same will happen with ingrid etc. but whatever as long as they put some good characters in whatever they're doing next i'm cool

Ibuki
Chun-Li
Cammy
Akuma
Ryu

I'm not surprised at all. The results look very similar to poll the Tekken team put up sometime ago. Still can't get why Q is so loved all of a sudden.

@GokaiGreen

What about Hakan? Oil up!!

@19 Not necessarily true, they can adapt any character to fit somewhat in each system e.g different hitboxes, properties on moves etc to improve Q. The taunt system could still be integrated maybe even less health or even left and give him the most health etc

Sadly the reason we will probably won't see Q is because Capcom hate him.

lol so awesome.

@19 Get real dude. They change characters for different games. 4 and 3 are didfferent game therefore Q would be different.

Q is that loveable weird who people want to know about. 12 is the type of weird people want to die in a fire.I find it interesting most of the 3S cast is popular. I mean, I like Ibuki and she's my favorite character but I didn't expect her or Dudley, Alex, Q and Makoto to be this popular.

Of course, remember that this poll only matters for any character who appeared after Super Turbo or before Super Turbo. Ryu, Ken, Cammy,Chun-Li, Guile, Zangief, Dhalsim, Blanka, Bison, Balrog, Vega, Fei Long, E.Honda, Deejay, and T.Hawk all could have gotten 1 vote and they would still appear in SF5. They are too popular to be ignored.

Karin with the most votes?

This is really sad. A great franchise with a great history, is slowly being ruined by fanservice to effing weaboos.

Y the sudden love 4 that Karin mofo n Geki gets barely any attention n I'd love to see Sean...well, at least Charlie n Alex made it
Edit: n Urien..Q meh..ok Charlies 6th wth

#10 dont start that bs, its like saying Tekken has too many Mishimas or Team Ninjas DoA has too may ninjas

@22

Harada was right, we fans don't know what we want. People begged him to put Kunimitsu in TTT2 and no one uses her.

@30, I also never understood what was so interesting about Karin. I didn't like how she played and her rivalry with Sakura was something out of a bad anime.

Re-voted for SF1 characters. I want their themes updated. Dan, Sean, Birdie please?
Gill laugh @ Dhalsim and Necro stretchy characters LOL

El Fuerte
Karin
Geki
R. Mika
Charlie

Cody in the top 5. Woop woop!

EH's top 10 actually looks reasonable, except for a glaring lack of M.Bison. Are you people crazy?!

It surprises me that anyone ever votes for the shoe ins. Ryu? Ken? Akuma? When they ask you about guys you'd like to see in the future why waste votes on guys who have a free pass?

Yes #30 weabos, dem f#kc!n weabos...so many great characters to choose from

@30 "Karin with the most votes?

This is really sad. A great franchise with a great history, is slowly being ruined by fanservice to effing weaboos."

Or hey, you know... a character that a ton of people really liked that has only seen the light of day in two games, one of which was... meh.

Also, this could apply to pretty much every character on the roster, soooooo yeah.

And ya damn skippy I voted for Karin, because hey - she is my favorite in the series next to Juri (mained Karin in SA3). Also voted for Rose, Cammy and R. Mika. Enjoy! ^_^

Gouki forever!

Gouki should be first.....

Wat ever happened to Black Cobra

Oh sorry jus checked, its King Cobra

I voted Guy, Karin, Adon, Sodom, and Juli. Alpha 3 ALL DAY!

I think for street fighter 5 they should just add the rest of the missing characters from SF3, SFA3, plus Poison and like 3-5 new characters. bring back everyone from SF4:AE 2012. Obviously new stages, menu's, modes, Some new additions to the game play and physics. Better online. Don't say the balancing is impossible. It would just take time and I'm willing to wait for something this awesome to be made. I hope they bring back Hakan and Abel to the next SF regardless of where they made it on the poll!

Juri, Adon, E.ryu, Cody and Ibuki for me... :O

sadly i don't really remember every char i picked, but:

Juri, Blanka, Dan, and Poison for sure. and i think i picked Dudley.

No particular order

Alex
Cody
Cammy
Karin
Rainbow Mika

Of course Cammy would wear Battle Underwear in freezing areas to slay monsters >.>

Lee

Remember that the votes are compiled by the small number of players on Eventhubs via comments; its not even official so everyone stop getting butthurt over a minority of players out of all 30,000 votes that happen to be Karin fans. For all you know Dan could be number 1 officially. Relax and wait for the official results.

@45 That is stupid and unrealistic (even for Capcom). You're part of the reason why in terms of character selection, Street Fighter has gotten super stale.

SF5 should actually take place after SF3, have a large number of SF3 characters (two-armed Oro as a secret boss, Tom, matured Sean, etc.), some totally revamped Alpha/2 characters (like adult Sakura), very few SF2 characters, and a bunch of new characters.

@52 It's not unrealistic if other games are doing it. (Tekken, Virtua Fighter, Somewhat soul calibur, somewhat KOF).

Why not have ALL characters ever made in SF + 10 new characters? That's not unreasonable.

@52 You are mistaking personal opinion with fact.

SF should go the way of KOF in my opinion, keep the same characters the same age but have a good story. People will beg and beg for an all new cast but then they probably will not play the game when it comes out.

When done horribly,(Street Fighter 3 until 3S, Soul Calibur 5) a timeskip plus new characters does nothing but piss people off. However, when done well (Tekken 3), the story flows better and the old characters are maintained while some new characters are introduced. I cannot understand why people want realistic aging in a fictional universe? If you want that so badly, simply live life XD.

@54 There's nothing wrong with realistic aging, but you don't have to take out characters.

Also with realistic aging, people don't drastically age in a year, though major events can occur in a year.

Oh God, I sure hope Karin isn’t on first place in the official poll as well. Never understood what makes her so special, she’s just another random school girl in a fighting game. Good to see Q on the second spot though.

People who voted for Chun and Ryu wasted their vote. Those 2 characters have appeared in EVERY SINGLE SF game since SF2 (*edit* not counting SF3:NG and 2I) and every VS game. They aren't going anywhere.

What's the big deal with Karin? Everyone's always freaking out about her. Clearly not as cool as Urien or Dudley ;P

Elena
Poison
Karin
R. Mika
Maki

@53 Having (almost) all characters in a fighting game only makes sense in non-canon entries (Tekken Tag, KOF 98/02, etc.). You can't have every existing character have a reason to be in every canonical entry; that's why Leon isn't in DOA anymore. It should be like friendship: they come and go.

Yeah Capcom doesn't know anything about the concept of storytelling and facts (yes Poison was originally a woman and should be woman, blame Capcom USA for the censorship/confusion), but here they have a real chance of making SF5 a more satisfying game in all aspects, not just follow the legacy path of throwing their hands up and saying "duh, We did it before so it's okay".

Truly successful game franchises continue to innovate while keeping the original spirit. SF4 series banked on the nostalgia of SF2 and arcade culture, and it worked, but now it's running on fumes.

And if that's not possible (which it is), Capcom should at least update the characters' looks and moves; this means changing their costumes, new moves, etc. And why the hell does SF4 Sakura still look and act like she did in Alpha? Makes no sense.

Heck yeah for Q. I really want him to show up in something modern.

Even if it's something separate, it's nice seeing Q make 2nd place, with as weird and booty he was in 3S. And good on Capcom for announcing that they are going to reveal the results instead of keeping it to themselves. *Roots for his top 5 and more*

well capcom you know what to do put Karin back in sf v or alpha 4
my top list
1 Cammy
2 Karin
3 makoto
4 Alex
5 rmika
6 posion

Karin
R.Mika
Alex
Cammy
Juri

Oh I believe I voted Hakan, Abel, Elena, Alex and Cammy

Q placing in second is pretty awesome, I think. I hope he placed really high in the official poll, because he is legitimately a cool character.

Compare Q's design to something hideous like C.Viper, Rufus, or that Clown character that Seth told everyone about. Capcom's really suffering in the design department these days, so hopefully this survey turns out well and they draw from the characters from the PAST that were created when they had a talented character design team. Certainly not the case anymore.

@61 You're looking at it too deep.

Every character in every game has a reason to be in the game so quit talking out of you *** dude seriously.

The reason they don't put characters in games is a very stupid reason.

Cody, Alex and Dudley are pretty high up and I am so fine with that. Poor Hakan.

@68 An '09er telling me I don't know what I'm talking about? lol

I dind't say you didn't know what you were talking about, I said you're talking out of your *** there's a difference.

And how you know I'm an 09'er Mr. Knowitall? You probably just heard that from someone else thought it be cool to call someone else that as an insult.

Have a nice day.

Just like people are wondering "what the big deal about Karin is", I'm asking myself "What's the big deal with Q?" Don't get the hype around him.

@71 Now you're arguing pointless semantics, steering away from the actual argument, which is Capcom shouldn't screw up SF5 and try to step it up with the characters.

And you didn't deny you're an '09er so you're an '09er.

You lost, I won. Deal with it bro.

That's nice.

27 people literally voted for ryu. Wow......what an absolute waste of a vote.

Wow, no love for Necro??? That guy's a million times cooler than bums like Seth and Poison (I've never been a Mika fan either). Plus it'd be great to see Necro back, if for any other reason, just to see Effie again.

And c'mon, let's not hate on Karin. She's not my favorite either, but she does have a pretty cool fighting style. I'd much rather see more girl characters like Karin in SF, that look like they can fight, over silly characters such as Ingrid.

Hm, now I remember that Maokoto was the only girl character in my top 10. I must not care for SF girls as much as I used to.

As if they're wern't enough children in my fighting game already.

I wish they would develop Q for the next game. He could be a badass Rog type with his current moveset if they gave him a chain or two into a (faster!)head punch, instead of just that med. kick..

I voted for Ryu because, in the end, you never know. They MAY just not put him in a SF game, just to please their fans if too few people even voted "yes, keep Ryu". Don't get too comfortable. If there's a character you like above all others, even if it's a seemingly main-stay like Ryu, Ken, and Chun, don't feel like "eh, they're good". Look what happened to almost everyone besides them in Third Strike...they could be next, and what's the point of the title "Street Fighter" if the original wandering warrior isn't even there? >_>

I actually like the idea of expanding the universe in shorter time jumps, not big jumps in time that make already established characters old and grey. The next SF game shouldn't happen after Third Strike (not just yet anyway). With that, we can a couple of dudes we know and love, keep guys like Hakan and Juri, revitalize Q and make him not suck (or copy all of Balrog's moves), and have some new challengers appear, too. Like giving M. Bison some new henchmen. Seriously, all his hot ones are MIA or un-brain washed, and his two brodies bicker so much that Sagat thought it'd be better to spend his time getting a second chest scar from Ryu...

sakura and karin pls! ingrid too!!

I wonder if Urien made it into the game, how would he play out...Maybe two bars per Aegis?

Sadly , we dont see any of EX characters there was a lot of awesome characters

I know this is to coincide with the 25th anniversary of street fighter and all, but I can't be the only one wondering this, speaking of 25th anniversaries where's my mega man skin. Damn Capcom why you hating on my boy blue.

FK YA KARIN!

I wanted Gouken to be higher up! :(

Oh Boy, MORE overrated Street Fighter Character costumes running around in Monster Hunter.

i voted for guy and alex twice on different computers lol

People wonder what is the hype with Karin but they never played her, which I think is funny. lets look pass the obvious thing like her character art design (schoolgirl) and instead look at her character build. She was a very good mix up heavy character with both solid hit confirms, a GDLK poke, and a good pressure pressure game with tons of options. Outside of the V-ism command throw glitch (which actually broke her as a character) she was a solid character to play with. Of course if your mental game is weak, then she is not going to be a character that stands out to you

Vote for Charlie guys.

lol at the people wondering why all they hype for Karin. The amount of times I've heard people say that we only like Karin because she's a schoolgirl and we're weeaboos. You do realize that some people play as her because she's actually a good character, right? And not just for her appearance? If you've ever played her or A3 in general, you would know that she happens to be one of the best characters gameplay-wise. #88 sums it all up real well. If you want to play that game, then why all the hype for Q? We know absolutely nothing about him. He's just a damn robot in a suit who can't talk. Very boring character in terms of looks and gameplay. Stop being ignorant...

They really shouldve included King Cobra, they already hav his character design n make him shoot a basketball if Sean doesnt make it(n even if Sean makes it)...n Geki we need more Geki votes too

I voted for Charlie. Id be cool with Guile sitting this next one out if it meant Charlie was going to be included

In no particular order. Alex, Gouken, Elena, Sean, and Cammy.

I voted for: Ryu, Akuma, Guy, Geki, Vega(because of his theme)
If I could vote over 5:
Karin
Charlie
Cody
Guile
Balrog
Ken
Sean
Cammy
Evil Ryu

@76 Why is Necro any cooler than the babe Poison? Because you say so.

@88 I don't know why you're bringing up gameplay since most of the characters brought in never play exactly the same way they did in their 2D debut.

@90 Q having people request him actually makes sense from a variety standpoint. Karin is fan wank you're being ignorant.

Cody made top 5! ^_^

Ohohohooo boy, I reeeaally hope this could mean Karin's return.

Top 5 on this poll so far is a joke. Chars that no one used back then. Why vote for them now... I really hope that Ono will not listen to this nonsense and put in more unique and interesting chars like Oro, Hugo etc. Even f*cking R.Mika was more interesting to play than those lame shotos.

I like to see more alpha and sf3 characters comeback to the newer installments,the cast from thoses games had a more interesting design,and wasnt so uberly goofy. And the love alex is getting kinda gives me hope,shame guy couldnt be higher (no maki tho?)
*snickers at people having character wars* cant satisfy everyone.

@95: But Karin will still have the same moveset, so she has the capability of having those attributes again... Gonna ignore your other statement because it's complete stupidity.