So a bit of a revisit of a topic I suppose. Many months ago when Mai and Terry got announced for SF6 I made a vid saying what they may play like. For Terry, got a lot of things right sure, but also they went WAY DEEPER into the moveset and history of the character than I thought they would dare. So now knowing that and terry is out for some time now, lets take another look at Mai Shiranui and what she might offer SF6 as a character
If it was the realistic re engine sure but it’s still animated cartoony looking yea it’ll be ok but as ok as a cartoony looking character could be I guess if you’re into that
But I'm also waiting Chun Li with Fatla Fury Aesthetics.. Because sf6 model face and proportions are ugh.. 😭😭😭 I hope Chun Li will be graceful and elegant again.
Her Rival is Abigail naturally. Mai runs the colours of the Canadian flag, the old Red, White, and more red and Abigail has a sense of national pride in her.
The thing is I have actual experience with and love for SNK. Many SF players only stay in SF and thats perfectly fine and ok, but it means they got nothing to say about the guests until they actually show up.
I used to play Fatal Fury on the Genesis and felt it was basically identical to SF2 so it's nice to see a bit more depth to the analysis. Also I was like 7 years old and only knew how jump fierce into sweep in both games.😊
Well, considering SF6's hyper advanced jiggle physics, which doesn't apply to just the places you'd expect but also thighs, calves- hell it even applies to the men (looking at you Zangief)... I think what we can expect from Mai is that she will be VERY popular 😅
There's no chest jiggle in sf6, just the subtle muscle, thigh/butt effects. They'll nerf mai for DEI & non existent modern audience. I wouldn't be too optimistic if I were you.
For next planned video(barring breaking news) I am gonna take a look at Virtua Fighter again. Yall know im very excited about VF and I just want everyone to be excited as me, but I also know that frankly that a lot of people don't know much about VF other than "its another 3d fighter". So idea is im gonna be looking at VF and directly comparing it to other games like Tekken, just so you know what exactly makes it different, what its all about, and why you should care about VF.
I am really, really ready for a good VF look. I started, as many did at the arcade in the day, with SF2. I still remember walking into the arcade at the mall with my gf, now ex-wife, and absolutely being captivated by the Virtua Fighter cabinet and the rolling match demo. I've gone from game to game since then, and even dropped the genre entirely for a while, but VFis just something special for me.
It would be cool if you made a video hyping up/explaining the characters of VF (lore and/or gameplay) in a shorter form than something like the pick your main video for VF5. One common complaint that I hear when I try to get my fighting game friends to play VF with me is that they're all too generic looking or "just normal people" and I think a lot of potential fans won't give the game a shot because of that
Every time I tune into TNS to watch KOF, I'm livid we have a fighting game in 2024 AD that still has to be played on the soulless fucking training stage.
@@nana-wv3wk Less lag, which is good for PS4s, which are still in wide use in modern fighting games (and video games generally being unoptimized nowadays, which doesn't help).
Another thing I would expect is that Capcom might dig deeper outside of Mai's appearances from Fatal Fury and King of Fighters, and look at her anime appearances. Similar to how the beginning of Terry's Level 3 in SF6 references the Legend of the Hungry Wolf OVA.
@@rooflemongershe was my main girl for KoF but I really felt Team Ninja killed it with her two DoA outings as she is brutal in the hands of a master in DoA5:LR and DoA6
So her 2nd SF6 outfit is likely going to be her COTW outfit. But it would be amazing if one her her outfits end up being her "Chun-li Cosplay" from their CVS2 intro
Mai has forgotten more moves than some others put together have learned. I’d imagine they’d have her close enough to her COTW moveset then add 3 or 4 easter egg moves
Pretty neat. Has me wondering how other characters from different fighting games could end up playing like in SF6, like if they added a Tekken or Mortal Kombat character in the next DLC pack. That's a video subject I'd be very interested in seeing.
I'm a Chun Li main, planning to pick up Mai. Didn't have a clue about her until now. This video is jam packed with character info and knowledge. Thank you 🙏🏻
I dont know enough about OG terry. But i would say the best bet would be taking a look at what terry looks like in cotw. comparing it to sf6. and where those similarities are. One thing i've thought of is what is her idle gonna look like? It makes sense they go with the more upright they showed in cotw. but my personal favorite was the half-upright that capcom did in cvs2. That was a capcom game! How simlar is terry in cvs2 to how he is in sf6? I AM SO EXCITED IT IS UNHEALTHY!! REEEEEE CAPCOM RELEASE HER IN JANUARY PLEASE!
CotW terry is basic Terry and is just an evolution of MotW terry. SF6 terry is much more nuanced and complex going back to a lot of the older games. As for idle stance I imagine it will basically be what you see in the Fatal Fury footage in this vid since that seems to be mostly what they are pulling from
I am very excited to see how they translate the character, her moves, and her gameplan! I'm less excited to see the "race to the bottom" with gross club names involving her. Thanks for the video!
I can see her fan as a two part motion input like Guile’s sonic blade. You input a quarter circle forward punch to open the fan then forward punch to send it flying
Are you gonna do videos like this one and the previous Terry video like this for Ken and Chun-Li for City of the wolves? Feel like those would be an interesting/fun videos.
Honestly, I could still see Mai getting wall dive as a charge. Cause Blanka in SF6 has jump back charge Blanka ball, could work like that. Also, can't wait for her trailer cause I wanna see her City of the Wolves costume in RE Engine glory :)
Im going to add a few things about the charge conundrum. In 2002 and 2002UM, Mai's wall dive is quintessentially Claw. She has a ton of shenanigans once you score the knockdown. Believe me, i've made a few people rage with Mai's wall dive BS in 2002 UM. If they WERE to include Mai's wall dive as her down-up charge move, she will be too strong for SF6.
I think her outfit 2 will be her CotW look, but there's only 1 more stage and im like 99% sure its going to Elena. Pao Pao Cafe is very fatal fury/kof and in a lot of games the cafe is actually mai's stage(terry never has cafe as his stage).
I don't think Mai's getting her own stage, I think her default stage will be Genbu Temple, which is a stage associated with Ryu and E. Honda, and I'm saying this because Genbu Temple kind of looks like Mai, Andy and Sokaku's stages in Real Bout Special and RB2, they are located in a Japanese temple with a huge sakura tree in the background🌸
@@pablocasas5906 yeah I don’t think that sf6 will add the stage for fatal fury but if a villain like rugal Bernstein appears in sf6 then he really needs to bring the black Noah stage
@@alexspyro563 I hope that when Ken and Chun-li arrive to Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, that they come with new stages, though I don't know how that could work if the game takes place in South Town and Second South
I hope we to see andy and hokutomaru along with her when she shows up similar to joe and blue marry for terry cause the more snk characters the better and i hope she gets a stage maybe something in the mountains maybe 🤔
KoFXIII is still such a beautiful game. The sprite work, the animations the absolute GOAT backgrounds, it all looks so damn well. Just look at Mai's idle animation. It's not just pleasant to look at, as you can see, it's also astounding on a technical level. What can we expect from her in SF6? I guess a lot of fanfare, like Terry got and also a lot of nostaglic throwbacks. They really rolled out the red carpet for Terry and made it feel like a journey back in time. They managed to trigger these nostalgia buttons pretty well and I think we'll see the same with Mai. In her presentation, her story and her moveset. There will be again many Leonardo DiCaprio pointing at screen meme moments with her. And boobies.
"the absolute GOAT backgrounds" And then with Global Match they turned those backgrounds into completely static images for online play, since they couldn't be bothered to make the backgrounds client-only. The actual netcode itself is also really bad by modern rollback standards. They've never put out a release of that game that just...works, and it's just so saddening.
Fan toss may turn in a motion, but require drive rush to follow behind it, as it does with all the shotos in SF6. Also, if she gets backwards dive, Lily should get hers back.
well given the game it would have to be drive rush, even chun needs drive rush to follow up. However if its just directly comparable to a shoto fireball it will be a massive disappointment
Mai is certainly in a fasinating position. While might not be as big as compared to Terry, but in a way, she is sort of the most iconic female SNK character out there (or at least I assume if Nakoruru and Athena were taken out out of the equation). The other thing too is how besides of the obvious reasons (I got my giggles out of the way before I started writing), Mai could help to fill in that gap that we don't really have too much of at the moment. The kind of Rushing down characters who can slip in and out. Not to say she is the "Vega/Claw" of SNK games, but it would be fascinating if she were to be the alternative to that and provide another optional character who can rush in to deal damage. More specifically though, I am curious about how exactly they will choose to approach her character itself. Not to suggest he isn't allowed to "Bounce" in her neutral pose, but I feel like they might take what Garou is doing with her and not have her bend over. After all, might be slightly weird for guy avatars mimicking Mai trying to bounce their chest like her (or if they do, then guy help us and the freaks that want to see how crazy avatars can bounce...) As for when we'll see Mai's first look, I feel like we got one more month. After all, Geoff needs titles for his game awards show, and since he did get to show off Terry, probably safe to say he'll get the chance to show off Mai's first look. That and... Well, I mean for all we know Mai could be approached in World Tour like Juri where she might not even start off with her default look and have her other look before switching to the one everyone wants to see her in. But yeah, overall, I do hope Mai does a great job in SF6 and if she does, if this could open up the possibility of even more "Guest characters" in Street Fighter. Like imagine if we start to see other characters from other franchises start popping in like a the return of a 2D Tekken character from SFxTK or from a franchise we would never expect to see in Street Fighter? For some reason, my mind went to Jam from Guilty Gear because, "Why not? She's still not in Strive yet." But it could be a great way to make Street Fighter feel like the "Smash Bros" of Fighting games if were to see Guest characters from other fighting games jump into the fun. Doubt we'll see Mortal Kombat for obvious reasons. Could be a fun surprise, but fair to assume that MK would be a very specific Target audience.
I agree that Mai could be broken if she was moved into sf6 with the KoF properties. But to be fair, Terry would also have been broken. Most of his buttons and specials have worse frame data in sf6 to balance him for that game. So I assume the same will hold true for Mai. What I am interested in seeing is how her anti-air game will be as she doesn't have the best anti-air in many of the games she's in. Due to the mobility in KoF many characters can still be good without being able to consistently anti-air, but in sf6 I believe that would make for a big struggle. So I am interested to see what kind of anti-air tools they will give her. Very excited for Mai as I've had her on my main team in multiple KoF games
I could really see them going in a Vega route here, since that character likely won't be in the game. Most of her dive kick, other than maybe the jump forward, could be similar to a Vega or Bison situation where the air game is charge based. Could even be cancellable into a standard LOOKING dive despite the charge starter. If she has weird air normals, in combination with that, she'd still feel pretty "air ninja" overall. But even maybe ninja bees would work well as charge inputs, again similar to a Vega situation, and would still work well in a lot of her typical combo uses. It would free up motion inputs for a lot of those funky secondary and odd moves, that's for sure. Could see two levels of standard fan toss, then heavy doing the multi-fan. Two levels of fire spin and maybe an invincible reversal version on heavy like that dragon move. It'll be interesting to see what comes up.
What happens if they make her slow Kachosen have a long startup, like as long as most recoveries? If it's well-telegraphed, you can time Drive Impact to absorb the fan and still catch her if she runs in after. Or, you can close the gap with Drive Rush to throw off her catching up to the fan itself, essentially beating her to it. Plus, there's also parry to consider. I think SF6 has plenty of stuff you can do against a slow, motion-based fireball that could be followed in after to some extent.
We might get the World Tour Teaser for her at the Kings Of The World tournament in December, hopefully anyway, would be good because to my knowledge its also the last offline event on the Pro Tour calendar but I could be wrong on that.
Game Awards is the day before, and almost certainly where it will be. Its the last big "event" stop for the year, and Capcom has always worked with the keighley events
@@rooflemonger oooh right, good catch, I didn't even realise that. Yeah it'll probably be there unless they'd rather show gameplay at TGA rather than just a cutscene snippet which is probably what it will be.
These clips remind me of how cool Leona was before they turned her into yet another fan service character. For every new fan service character SNK added, the less special Mai felt imho. She's still the OG, though.
I think next year is on this Winter right? So Mai is coming next year with coming January OR February before Elena returns this Spring (such as in March, April OR May). So 2 down, 2 to go in Street Fighter 6!😎😎😎😎
Couldnt late december also be considered winter 2025 ? cause winter starts december 21 2024 and it ends in March 2025 but it probably just means next year im gonna guess they will have a teaser at the game awards a gameplay trailer around the 20th of december and release mai in the first week january that would be my hope atleast.
Mai is my favourite fighting game character of all time, so I really hope Capcom goes nuts with her. She doesn’t have to be a low health character to be balanced, though; keep her great buttons and what she could get off of it (SF6 is all about a “shoto-like” stHP into DR for heavy damage and corner carry into throw loop mix-up), but just reduce her damage sightly. The thing that makes Akuma overpowered and that necessitates his low health is no weaknesses in neutral, and astronomical damage in the corner, with the throw loop thrown in for good measure as a mix up option. I hope Mai is strong, but balanced and fair, but above all NOT DUMB and one dimensional, like top tier characters almost inevitably are in modern games. I hope she has lots of tools and options for almost any situation.
Well they used her Fatal Fury 2 theme in the year 2 reveal trailer, so maybe they'll have the river raft stage? As for her moveset, I'm expecting her to be loaded. Definitely want to see all of her KOF '98 moves.
Well true andy and hokutomaru use shiranui style as well but the only reason as to why mai uses her butt is because its mai that simple and no yuri isnt a shiranui she is ryo sister.
I honestly wish that the original three Fatal Fury heroes were picked for SF6, but since that's not the case, I really hope that there's a lot interactions between Mai and Chun Li
Yo roofle monger question: do you think that sf6 will get a arcade battle mode like tekken 8 style were there is 2 types arcade mode: one for characters story and the other for type arcade classic (maybe what if endings including)
who knows honestly. I feel that season 3 will come with some greater changes (like sfv season 3 was "arcade edition" with all those changes) but past that and whats in them who can tell
Is there any character that will be introduced with her? terry had blue mary and joe. Does mai have a sibling or best friend? also hopefully like with terry meeting ryu and fighting him, hopefully they'll have mai meet chun li and fight her too letting the players like with terry and ryu try decide who they want to fight alongside with. Can't wait too see her in world tour cutscenes.
Akuma does a shit-ton of damage to make up for his low health. That's on top of all his moves and stuff. Do we expect Mai to also hit like a freight truck?
well as mentioned in the start of this video I did make a similar vid yes, like 4 or 5 months ago. This is updated knowing now how they went with terry
So a bit of a revisit of a topic I suppose. Many months ago when Mai and Terry got announced for SF6 I made a vid saying what they may play like. For Terry, got a lot of things right sure, but also they went WAY DEEPER into the moveset and history of the character than I thought they would dare. So now knowing that and terry is out for some time now, lets take another look at Mai Shiranui and what she might offer SF6 as a character
SNK Characters... ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤!
If it was the realistic re engine sure but it’s still animated cartoony looking yea it’ll be ok but as ok as a cartoony looking character could be I guess if you’re into that
@@ViewtifulJae It will be be more realistic , like Terry.
Terry looks great wit RE engine except his face.. 🤮 I'm a little bit scared..
@ yea his face is a bit scary lol
SF6 needs more dlc why the delay
Mai in re engine 💀 the internet will not be ready
I cannot imagine the insanity of the fgc when they discover the sf6 jiggle physics on Mai
capcom has a duty to provide to the masses
Sweet mother of mercy
But I'm also waiting Chun Li with Fatla Fury Aesthetics.. Because sf6 model face and proportions are ugh.. 😭😭😭
I hope Chun Li will be graceful and elegant again.
I think it will be a very safe bet. Terry had to invite Ken to City of the Wolves and now Mai needs to get Chun-li to join.
“Big buttons” is definitely one way to put it 😂
😂😂
big honkadoukens
Capcom finna give her tistumakisanupkyaku
Even if she turned out to be low tier, she is already a SS+ with those big buttons
agreed ☺
If her rival isn’t Chun-Li in arcade, I riot
It's sure it's that , no way they don't reference Their CVS 2 rivalry
@@shaqthegr8884 hope so
Her Rival is Abigail naturally. Mai runs the colours of the Canadian flag, the old Red, White, and more red and Abigail has a sense of national pride in her.
@@rooflemonger good one
It’s going be Vega , who attacks Mai to prove he’s the most beautiful and wants to date Andy
Bro I swear you’re the only one talking about these upcoming street fighter characters! Thank you!
The thing is I have actual experience with and love for SNK. Many SF players only stay in SF and thats perfectly fine and ok, but it means they got nothing to say about the guests until they actually show up.
I used to play Fatal Fury on the Genesis and felt it was basically identical to SF2 so it's nice to see a bit more depth to the analysis.
Also I was like 7 years old and only knew how jump fierce into sweep in both games.😊
Well, considering SF6's hyper advanced jiggle physics, which doesn't apply to just the places you'd expect but also thighs, calves- hell it even applies to the men (looking at you Zangief)... I think what we can expect from Mai is that she will be VERY popular 😅
There's no chest jiggle in sf6, just the subtle muscle, thigh/butt effects. They'll nerf mai for DEI & non existent modern audience. I wouldn't be too optimistic if I were you.
For next planned video(barring breaking news) I am gonna take a look at Virtua Fighter again. Yall know im very excited about VF and I just want everyone to be excited as me, but I also know that frankly that a lot of people don't know much about VF other than "its another 3d fighter". So idea is im gonna be looking at VF and directly comparing it to other games like Tekken, just so you know what exactly makes it different, what its all about, and why you should care about VF.
I think we need another Satan Shark video, the masses need to be reminded about the best story in Fighting Games
I am really, really ready for a good VF look. I started, as many did at the arcade in the day, with SF2. I still remember walking into the arcade at the mall with my gf, now ex-wife, and absolutely being captivated by the Virtua Fighter cabinet and the rolling match demo. I've gone from game to game since then, and even dropped the genre entirely for a while, but VFis just something special for me.
It would be cool if you made a video hyping up/explaining the characters of VF (lore and/or gameplay) in a shorter form than something like the pick your main video for VF5. One common complaint that I hear when I try to get my fighting game friends to play VF with me is that they're all too generic looking or "just normal people" and I think a lot of potential fans won't give the game a shot because of that
KoFXV looks so good when not played on the grid.
Every time I tune into TNS to watch KOF, I'm livid we have a fighting game in 2024 AD that still has to be played on the soulless fucking training stage.
@@marcusshoultsgenuine question why do they always chose this stage??
@@nana-wv3wkIirc, less fancy the stage less lag/latency
meh some of the backgrounds could use a bit of polish
@@nana-wv3wk Less lag, which is good for PS4s, which are still in wide use in modern fighting games (and video games generally being unoptimized nowadays, which doesn't help).
Another thing I would expect is that Capcom might dig deeper outside of Mai's appearances from Fatal Fury and King of Fighters, and look at her anime appearances. Similar to how the beginning of Terry's Level 3 in SF6 references the Legend of the Hungry Wolf OVA.
Mai is in, they must buy. That is all I know
like, thats the rule. No mai no buy sure, but if mai surfaces, you must purchase
@@rooflemongershe was my main girl for KoF but I really felt Team Ninja killed it with her two DoA outings as she is brutal in the hands of a master in DoA5:LR and DoA6
So her 2nd SF6 outfit is likely going to be her COTW outfit. But it would be amazing if one her her outfits end up being her "Chun-li Cosplay" from their CVS2 intro
That Fake Chun-Li Costume can be save for Costume 3.
I'm gonna go home, have a drink, and play some Mai Fighter 6.
Last night I played 15 Mai's in a row.
Can't wait for the two "biggest" features on screen.
She's gonna be Vega with a fireball. Vega just so happens to be a ninja also.
BRO, THE TIMING! I was randomly wondering about she play in street fighter yesterday!
yeah I know, I often read your thoughts
Mai has forgotten more moves than some others put together have learned. I’d imagine they’d have her close enough to her COTW moveset then add 3 or 4 easter egg moves
I hope Mai's moveset will be based on her Real Bout Special and King of Fighters '99 appearences
We can expect "Me bouncy!"
"Nippon ichi! "
"Shiranui Mai eat very much"
You'll probably hear some variant of "Japan's best!" instead.
Sf6 doesn't have chest jiggles and all females very flat nerfed chests. Mai will be nerfed just the same as main cast.
1:41 big naturals, don't you mean
Pretty neat. Has me wondering how other characters from different fighting games could end up playing like in SF6, like if they added a Tekken or Mortal Kombat character in the next DLC pack. That's a video subject I'd be very interested in seeing.
I can already see her fan toss into drive rush
If Mai plays like a Vega or Rolento with a hit and run, hard to pin down style then I’m absolutely going to play her
Even more reasons to play her and she already has two big reasons
I’m beyond READY to see Mai
At this point i’m just looking at Capcom like “i find your lack of Mai trailer disturbing”
I'm a Chun Li main, planning to pick up Mai. Didn't have a clue about her until now. This video is jam packed with character info and knowledge. Thank you 🙏🏻
I dont know enough about OG terry. But i would say the best bet would be taking a look at what terry looks like in cotw. comparing it to sf6. and where those similarities are.
One thing i've thought of is what is her idle gonna look like? It makes sense they go with the more upright they showed in cotw. but my personal favorite was the half-upright that capcom did in cvs2. That was a capcom game! How simlar is terry in cvs2 to how he is in sf6? I AM SO EXCITED IT IS UNHEALTHY!! REEEEEE CAPCOM RELEASE HER IN JANUARY PLEASE!
CotW terry is basic Terry and is just an evolution of MotW terry. SF6 terry is much more nuanced and complex going back to a lot of the older games. As for idle stance I imagine it will basically be what you see in the Fatal Fury footage in this vid since that seems to be mostly what they are pulling from
I am very excited to see how they translate the character, her moves, and her gameplan! I'm less excited to see the "race to the bottom" with gross club names involving her.
Thanks for the video!
I 100% want the ass attack and it should be plus on block 🤣
I can see her fan as a two part motion input like Guile’s sonic blade. You input a quarter circle forward punch to open the fan then forward punch to send it flying
i love Mai's big buttons
Are you gonna do videos like this one and the previous Terry video like this for Ken and Chun-Li for City of the wolves? Feel like those would be an interesting/fun videos.
Perhaps, although CotW is unfortunately a long ways away yet from launch. Game will have to be out first at a minimum
I hope to see her teaser soon.
Like many things in the FGC right now, looks like all roads lead to The Game Awards on the 12th next month
@ I hope soo
236P - Kachousen
214P - Ryuuenbu
236K - Hissatsu Shinobi Bachi
214K (Air OK) - Musasabi no Mai
623P/K - Reversal
Lvl 1 (Air OK) - Chou Hissatsu Shinobi Bachi
Lvl 2 - Kagerou no Mai
Lvl 3 - Shiranuiryuu Ougi: Kunoichi
Honestly, I could still see Mai getting wall dive as a charge. Cause Blanka in SF6 has jump back charge Blanka ball, could work like that.
Also, can't wait for her trailer cause I wanna see her City of the Wolves costume in RE Engine glory :)
i am also hype for mai, been playing her in kof 98, xiii, and xv recently
Im going to add a few things about the charge conundrum. In 2002 and 2002UM, Mai's wall dive is quintessentially Claw. She has a ton of shenanigans once you score the knockdown. Believe me, i've made a few people rage with Mai's wall dive BS in 2002 UM. If they WERE to include Mai's wall dive as her down-up charge move, she will be too strong for SF6.
I appreciate you using all the thirst trap characters (yes, Terry included) while showcasing Mai in the KoF games.
If they let Mai have the Jump Back Dive and Lily had it but it got patched out 😂 “Pay to Win” is gonna be the complaint 😂
Probably a new stage from Mai and the outfit 2 her city of the wolves one
I think her outfit 2 will be her CotW look, but there's only 1 more stage and im like 99% sure its going to Elena. Pao Pao Cafe is very fatal fury/kof and in a lot of games the cafe is actually mai's stage(terry never has cafe as his stage).
I don't think Mai's getting her own stage, I think her default stage will be Genbu Temple, which is a stage associated with Ryu and E. Honda, and I'm saying this because Genbu Temple kind of looks like Mai, Andy and Sokaku's stages in Real Bout Special and RB2, they are located in a Japanese temple with a huge sakura tree in the background🌸
@@pablocasas5906 yeah I don’t think that sf6 will add the stage for fatal fury but if a villain like rugal Bernstein appears in sf6 then he really needs to bring the black Noah stage
@@alexspyro563 I hope that when Ken and Chun-li arrive to Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, that they come with new stages, though I don't know how that could work if the game takes place in South Town and Second South
The kof13 version is the one i like the most. And it will be great if they get her as a mainly charge character
well if you like KoF 13 mai then every other version of mai including SF6 will be a real joy. She's awful and crippled in kof13 basically lol
@rooflemonger true but she is still upper tiers there! I do hope we get hinako in sf6 at some point, to pair with honda xD
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I am planning to make a video like this for Elena!
I'm expecting big things from Mai.
two big Things.🍈🍈
I hope we to see andy and hokutomaru along with her when she shows up similar to joe and blue marry for terry cause the more snk characters the better and i hope she gets a stage maybe something in the mountains maybe 🤔
KoFXIII is still such a beautiful game. The sprite work, the animations the absolute GOAT backgrounds, it all looks so damn well. Just look at Mai's idle animation. It's not just pleasant to look at, as you can see, it's also astounding on a technical level.
What can we expect from her in SF6? I guess a lot of fanfare, like Terry got and also a lot of nostaglic throwbacks. They really rolled out the red carpet for Terry and made it feel like a journey back in time. They managed to trigger these nostalgia buttons pretty well and I think we'll see the same with Mai. In her presentation, her story and her moveset. There will be again many Leonardo DiCaprio pointing at screen meme moments with her.
And boobies.
"the absolute GOAT backgrounds" And then with Global Match they turned those backgrounds into completely static images for online play, since they couldn't be bothered to make the backgrounds client-only. The actual netcode itself is also really bad by modern rollback standards.
They've never put out a release of that game that just...works, and it's just so saddening.
I just wish most of the female characters' faces didn't make them look like muppets. Such a weird design decision in XIII.
Fan toss may turn in a motion, but require drive rush to follow behind it, as it does with all the shotos in SF6. Also, if she gets backwards dive, Lily should get hers back.
well given the game it would have to be drive rush, even chun needs drive rush to follow up. However if its just directly comparable to a shoto fireball it will be a massive disappointment
Mai is certainly in a fasinating position. While might not be as big as compared to Terry, but in a way, she is sort of the most iconic female SNK character out there (or at least I assume if Nakoruru and Athena were taken out out of the equation).
The other thing too is how besides of the obvious reasons (I got my giggles out of the way before I started writing), Mai could help to fill in that gap that we don't really have too much of at the moment. The kind of Rushing down characters who can slip in and out. Not to say she is the "Vega/Claw" of SNK games, but it would be fascinating if she were to be the alternative to that and provide another optional character who can rush in to deal damage.
More specifically though, I am curious about how exactly they will choose to approach her character itself. Not to suggest he isn't allowed to "Bounce" in her neutral pose, but I feel like they might take what Garou is doing with her and not have her bend over. After all, might be slightly weird for guy avatars mimicking Mai trying to bounce their chest like her (or if they do, then guy help us and the freaks that want to see how crazy avatars can bounce...)
As for when we'll see Mai's first look, I feel like we got one more month. After all, Geoff needs titles for his game awards show, and since he did get to show off Terry, probably safe to say he'll get the chance to show off Mai's first look. That and... Well, I mean for all we know Mai could be approached in World Tour like Juri where she might not even start off with her default look and have her other look before switching to the one everyone wants to see her in.
But yeah, overall, I do hope Mai does a great job in SF6 and if she does, if this could open up the possibility of even more "Guest characters" in Street Fighter. Like imagine if we start to see other characters from other franchises start popping in like a the return of a 2D Tekken character from SFxTK or from a franchise we would never expect to see in Street Fighter? For some reason, my mind went to Jam from Guilty Gear because, "Why not? She's still not in Strive yet." But it could be a great way to make Street Fighter feel like the "Smash Bros" of Fighting games if were to see Guest characters from other fighting games jump into the fun.
Doubt we'll see Mortal Kombat for obvious reasons. Could be a fun surprise, but fair to assume that MK would be a very specific Target audience.
I'm so happy for capcom and snk being together like this
I'm definitely waiting for my First Fighting Game Love, Mai Shiranui, because she's Queen. I'm so excited!
I would like to ser her interact with ibuki
I always expect big things from Mai
The thing is, then she'll just be another shoto with variation. She really should be more focused into the ninja role.
Mai will be my first DLC character I buy for this game. Looking forward to her release
As a SNK Fans we'll always have this ultimatum, "NO MAI NO BUY"
So i guess i'm buyin this game next year Lol
She will definitely be at least A tier because offense is everything in sf6
Big buttons? Those arent buttons!
I agree that Mai could be broken if she was moved into sf6 with the KoF properties. But to be fair, Terry would also have been broken. Most of his buttons and specials have worse frame data in sf6 to balance him for that game. So I assume the same will hold true for Mai. What I am interested in seeing is how her anti-air game will be as she doesn't have the best anti-air in many of the games she's in. Due to the mobility in KoF many characters can still be good without being able to consistently anti-air, but in sf6 I believe that would make for a big struggle. So I am interested to see what kind of anti-air tools they will give her. Very excited for Mai as I've had her on my main team in multiple KoF games
I could really see them going in a Vega route here, since that character likely won't be in the game. Most of her dive kick, other than maybe the jump forward, could be similar to a Vega or Bison situation where the air game is charge based. Could even be cancellable into a standard LOOKING dive despite the charge starter. If she has weird air normals, in combination with that, she'd still feel pretty "air ninja" overall. But even maybe ninja bees would work well as charge inputs, again similar to a Vega situation, and would still work well in a lot of her typical combo uses. It would free up motion inputs for a lot of those funky secondary and odd moves, that's for sure. Could see two levels of standard fan toss, then heavy doing the multi-fan. Two levels of fire spin and maybe an invincible reversal version on heavy like that dragon move. It'll be interesting to see what comes up.
Rekka Mai? Your forgot about her Rekka series move she had once every true blue moon
She will definitely be broken. I hope Terry got some buffs later.
It also will be cool to see her arena from FF2.
can't wait for mai and elena
mai is gonna be awesome like terry is in sf6
What happens if they make her slow Kachosen have a long startup, like as long as most recoveries? If it's well-telegraphed, you can time Drive Impact to absorb the fan and still catch her if she runs in after. Or, you can close the gap with Drive Rush to throw off her catching up to the fan itself, essentially beating her to it. Plus, there's also parry to consider.
I think SF6 has plenty of stuff you can do against a slow, motion-based fireball that could be followed in after to some extent.
First i didnt liked Roofles Idea of a Low Health Mai, but a Broken Low Health Mai is interesting :)
We might get the World Tour Teaser for her at the Kings Of The World tournament in December, hopefully anyway, would be good because to my knowledge its also the last offline event on the Pro Tour calendar but I could be wrong on that.
Game Awards is the day before, and almost certainly where it will be. Its the last big "event" stop for the year, and Capcom has always worked with the keighley events
@@rooflemonger oooh right, good catch, I didn't even realise that. Yeah it'll probably be there unless they'd rather show gameplay at TGA rather than just a cutscene snippet which is probably what it will be.
You can expect her loyal fans
These clips remind me of how cool Leona was before they turned her into yet another fan service character.
For every new fan service character SNK added, the less special Mai felt imho. She's still the OG, though.
I think next year is on this Winter right? So Mai is coming next year with coming January OR February before Elena returns this Spring (such as in March, April OR May). So 2 down, 2 to go in Street Fighter 6!😎😎😎😎
Can't wait till next month of the teaser of Street Fighter 6's Mai! Fatal Fury 2nd character is coming 2025!🔥🔥🔥🔥
Couldnt late december also be considered winter 2025 ? cause winter starts december 21 2024 and it ends in March 2025 but it probably just means next year im gonna guess they will have a teaser at the game awards a gameplay trailer around the 20th of december and release mai in the first week january that would be my hope atleast.
@@pumpkinpie1509 OMG, are you sure about this??
@@brendonurie9986about what ?
@@pumpkinpie1509 About Mai's upcoming trailer with next month December AND January 2025.
Her appearance: costume 1: the classic Mai costume. Costume 2: FF City of Wolves costume. JUst a guess
Obviously she is gonna have lots of fans :3
Mai is my favourite fighting game character of all time, so I really hope Capcom goes nuts with her. She doesn’t have to be a low health character to be balanced, though; keep her great buttons and what she could get off of it (SF6 is all about a “shoto-like” stHP into DR for heavy damage and corner carry into throw loop mix-up), but just reduce her damage sightly. The thing that makes Akuma overpowered and that necessitates his low health is no weaknesses in neutral, and astronomical damage in the corner, with the throw loop thrown in for good measure as a mix up option. I hope Mai is strong, but balanced and fair, but above all NOT DUMB and one dimensional, like top tier characters almost inevitably are in modern games. I hope she has lots of tools and options for almost any situation.
Fire fan and flips
Well they used her Fatal Fury 2 theme in the year 2 reveal trailer, so maybe they'll have the river raft stage? As for her moveset, I'm expecting her to be loaded. Definitely want to see all of her KOF '98 moves.
Waiting end of autumn.
let 'em cook. hope our faith is not misplaced in capcom
"High walk speed, big buns."
Her rolling move (ninja bee) might work like Vega's 🤔🤔🤔
Because of parry and drive impact/reversal, I don't see why Mai's fan couldn't bounce. I don't think it'd be that bad.
i cant wait to squeeze some BIG buttons
8:29 - Andy and Hokutomaru also fight Shiranui style, and I don't see them doing butt attacks.
May Yuri Sakazaki is also Shiranui..?
Well true andy and hokutomaru use shiranui style as well but the only reason as to why mai uses her butt is because its mai that simple and no yuri isnt a shiranui she is ryo sister.
6:32 It could be in the game, I mean remy had a similar move
I honestly wish that the original three Fatal Fury heroes were picked for SF6, but since that's not the case, I really hope that there's a lot interactions between Mai and Chun Li
Yo roofle monger question: do you think that sf6 will get a arcade battle mode like tekken 8 style were there is 2 types arcade mode: one for characters story and the other for type arcade classic (maybe what if endings including)
who knows honestly. I feel that season 3 will come with some greater changes (like sfv season 3 was "arcade edition" with all those changes) but past that and whats in them who can tell
@@rooflemonger well at least for season 3 or soon because they made the same mistake with arcade mode
Is there any character that will be introduced with her? terry had blue mary and joe. Does mai have a sibling or best friend? also hopefully like with terry meeting ryu and fighting him, hopefully they'll have mai meet chun li and fight her too letting the players like with terry and ryu try decide who they want to fight alongside with. Can't wait too see her in world tour cutscenes.
Excepting the most devious mods ever conceived
I think they will use CvS2 Mai as bases for SF6 incarnation. Fire pillar probably will be a level 2 super.
Yes
I kinda hope she ends up as a charge character because I'm *finally* starting to get how to play them and I'd like another one to try.
Her first opponent in Arcade mode ought to be Kimberly, so her rival, naturally MUST be Chun-Li
What do I expect? I expect myself using the leverless with 1 hand
"What can we expect from Mai Shiranui in Street Fighter 6?"
Boob..ehm - well balanced gameplay of course!
Early next year? I was hoping for a December release, at the very least. 5:36
Akuma does a shit-ton of damage to make up for his low health. That's on top of all his moves and stuff. Do we expect Mai to also hit like a freight truck?
I hope she gets the slide kick in this or an overhead she combo off of.
Oh wait it’s 10 minutes into the video already, I was distracted😅
Am I crazy or did you make a video like this already?
well as mentioned in the start of this video I did make a similar vid yes, like 4 or 5 months ago. This is updated knowing now how they went with terry
I hope this means we are closer to getting CAPCOM VS SNK 3 😃
I can see her Costume 2 be her Default in City of the Wolves.
Pleeeease have the aerial knee drop
j.2MK
I hope both Mai and Elena have 9k health but offensive and pressure moveset.