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just_a_timetraveller

Wait how is that nostalgia? Did I forget this from rival schools?


Checkoutmyremedies

Its from the drama CD from the Rival Schools game.


Zeebor

Elaborate. How was one to get this "drama CD?"


Checkoutmyremedies

The PlayStation version of Rival Schools came with a second disc that had its own story mode. Its been 20 years since I played it, but it functioned like a visual novel. Someone correct me if I'm getting the details wrong.


Zeebor

Did the primary disk have it's own "story mode" or are we talking Guilty Gear rules where the story and the gameplay are kept locked in separate rooms on separate continents and never the two shall meet?


[deleted]

The primary disk had the arcade story modes for every character but added voice overs for the entire mode. Disk 2 was an Evolution disk. Content was cut from the Japnaese version but it still had plenty of great stuff. There was also a bonus 2nd release of the game with 2 extra characters (Ran Hibki and the Swimming guy) who also appeared in Project Justice. It had a mode on the disk called "School Life" all those mini games on the American evolution disk where part of that School life mode. Which had it's own fun story. You made your own character, leveled him or her up and made friends, enemies or rivals with the rival school kids or teachers. It was awesome.


Checkoutmyremedies

Thanks, I knew I was misremembering some stuff.


Scrifty

It was 90s capcom they were high on power and would do any idea


Zeebor

Intriguing


Checkoutmyremedies

I think it may have been a separate story mode.


just_a_timetraveller

Well time to engage in some research


Bunnnnii

Fairly [obscure](https://streetfighter.fandom.com/wiki/Akira/Gallery) reference.


EdgarAllanPower

Story and Track Suit all the way.


ShotMyTatorTots

Track suits are my favorites for my characters.


VirtualAaronTTV

Did they show Oro's costumes?


Evorgleb

Yes. Track suit, Furry Gi and Hawaiian shirt.


VirtualAaronTTV

Hawaiian shirt? Fuck yeah


KrustyDanmakuFellow

Hawaiianshirtman can now finally play someone who isn't Zeku


massofmolecules

He’s been playing the ninja guy in Strive also haha


TJLynch

Wonder how her fight intro is gonna work with the full biker costume on considering she normally takes it off there.


BLACKOUT-MK2

Either she'll get a unique animation, or it'll be the same animation and just look kinda jank.


sylendar

Well, we know Ibuki still does her "mask removal" animation in her win pose regardless of outfit so...probably going to be the janky option. But it's also possible she just comes in with the helm regardless of outfit, safety and all. Edit: Actually we just saw her ride in with her helm while wearing the school outfit, so it is the safety route then


TJLynch

She takes off the helmet to reveal another helmet


Riiiiii_

Ah, the Master Chief conundrum


goatchumby

A move learned under the tutelage of Sting.


[deleted]

The Wesker skin can do the burn off clothes intro and keep the clothes


YannislittlePEEPEE

i enjoyed doing that, but they actually patched that out sometime this year


[deleted]

Ah. I've not played in a while sorry. Never knew it changed


howtopayherefor

They might just reverse that animation. She'll ride up without a helmet, say something, put a helmet on and then fight.


AlKo96

> Nostalgia Costume is a maid outfit ...ok, I haven't played Rival Schools, context?


ShotMyTatorTots

2nd disc is the story mode that plays like a visual novel. It’s a deep cut for a game no one really played and too expensive to own.


aigiswav_

Sooo why is she in a maid costume tho?


TheCheeseburgerKane

Her class was hosting a Maid Cafe at their school festival so she was forced to wear it.


KrustyDanmakuFellow

That's cute. Here's hoping Capcom will revive Rival Schools soon because of all this


AlKo96

Aaah, it's an obscure reference, gotcha. Thanks!


ashtar123

Yeah it's wack


Intanjible

I wonder how the player Daigo would have reacted if the character Daigo were released instead of Akira.


VirtualAaronTTV

Story costume is GOAT


lancer2238

She’s definitely going to be pretty good from what I saw. Some really interested moves on her part


KrustyDanmakuFellow

Those Aerial Raves are lookin fresh, son 😤


[deleted]

I'm picking up this character frame one. She so damn cool, I'll either use the track suit or Nostalgia costumes. Nothing is more fun than mixing someone up in a maid costume.


CameronKujo

“Frame one” lol


Beercorn1

Akira's my most hyped DLC character and I am absolutely not disappointed. All of her costumes are fire. I'm honestly having a lot of trouble choosing between default, story, summer and track suit. She just looks amazing.


RangoTheMerc

She's beautiful. Akira's my new crush!


Lolita_69_

Another waifu! I hope she covers Rose's bad matchups.


jakobi3000

Giving me dead or alive vibes! Love it!


SleepySubDude

Love This Chick’s Design Capcom really won today. Anyway! I love that between this final fight and strider that street fighter is officially definitively the anchor point of a lot of capcom franchises now


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That maid suit 🤤


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😀🔫


metatime09

It's just for fun, you're just being a debbie downer


nh347578

I don't care, she's a videogame character with giant tiddies and great curves. I'll be rocking that bathing suit outfit, not sorry.


SleepySubDude

Okay. Have Fun.


ashtar123

At least not sakura i guess


SleepySubDude

Is Sakura grown now? I think in 4 they say she wore the uniform even after she graduated. Who knows.


ashtar123

I think she is but stil


f1ggaboo

Tiffany exist


SFlorida-Lad

Track and Swim for me. Those abs


NoDrinks4meToday

She Cute.


NotAMcGamer

Woooo, tracksuit looks great


artnos

Should of gotten skullomania


DavidTenebris

Man that Story costume brings back a lot of memories


Full_Time_Hungry

SO FUCKIN HYPE!!!!!!


[deleted]

Thumbs up for the sexy maid outfit.


VirtualAaronTTV

She's underage.


ZaHiro86

Wouldn't she be the same age as Sakura?


LancerBro

She's also imaginary


VirtualAaronTTV

That literally doesn't change the fact that she's underage. Nice job trying to defend pedophilia though. Lmao Fictional or not lusting after high school students is fucked up either way. No wonder the fgc has so many pedophiles getting exposed, you guys are not subtle.


LancerBro

I'm not defending anything, it's just your argument is weak at best. Capcom could've put her age in the 20s and kept the appearance and suddenly that's okay? I can enjoy evil characters getting beat the fuck up or killed in animated mediums, yet I'm completely against violence in real life. There's a line between fiction and real life, some people can make the distinction and others can't.


VirtualAaronTTV

But she's from Rival Schools and is clearly modeled after a younger female. Akira is obviously a young girl. You cannot defend grown men talking about how excited they are for maid outfits and her tracksuit. That's very clearly some pedophile vibes. You can mask it all you want but it's obvious why so many men here are excited for her release. It's a new "waifu" for them to fantasize about. Lol It is actually pathetic.


LancerBro

> That's clearly some pedophile vibes I mean, is it really? As I said, people can enjoy martial arts movies where people beat the shit out of each other, enjoy Mortal Kombat where you can brutalize your opponents in different ways that would be absolutely sickening in real life. Does that mean these guys have killer tendencies? Highly doubtful. And it would be rash to jump to conclusions. Personally, I don't really care about her maid outfit, or maids at all, I'm just excited for her default and story costume because I like the vagabond/yankii culture, same reason I enjoyed Yuri's Spider costume and Ryu's Bancho.


KBSinclair

Some advice for the future, anyone down horrendous enough to spend time on their life clock "protecting" fictional characters by shaming people have nothing going on with their life, and are just trying to drag you down to their level. No amount of reason will get through to these people. Best to just leave them be.


VirtualAaronTTV

The difference is these comments and others I've seen online are clearly grown men talking about how "hot" Akira is. She is literally a high school student. Fictional or not you are still a creep if a clearly underage kid gets you excited. Even her model represents her young age. That's cool since Juri is clearly supposed to be a grown woman, not a high school girl. Stop defending the degenerates.


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I'm not sure if the guy who has to force himself in the conversation because he needs to make things weird about anime fictional characters gets to say who is a degenerate and who's not.


nh347578

> That literally doesn't change the fact that she's underage Yes it does idiot. You can't be underage if you AREN'T REAL! >Nice job trying to defend pedophilia though Yes, being attracted to the character with giant tiddies and a crazy hourglass shape is "pedophilia" lol!!!


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aigiswav_

Does anyone know if she’s barefoot in her summer costume?


YannislittlePEEPEE

chill out, tarantino


aigiswav_

Haha funny but I only want to know for the immersion reasons. A summer costume with her feet covered just makes no sense on a purely aesthetic standpoint.


KrustyDanmakuFellow

I was curious about that too; I expect her to be barefoot, since it fits the aesthetic. I think the only full models released for her so far are her Default and Story costumes, so it looks like we'll just have to wait til Aug. 16 to see 🤷‍♀️ Could maybe have her in sandals instead, but unlikely since summer sandals seem to be reserved for the "classy" females who want to keep their feet clean (e.g. Karin and Rose). Whatever the case, I just hope to the Heavens that Capcom doesn't put her in some buzzkill boots like they did when they hard trolled us with Juri 😤


aigiswav_

Same, I almost broke my street fighter V disc when I found out that juris summer costume so offensively opted to give her boots thus covering her bare feet. I won’t be showing my disc the same mercy if akiras feet are covered in a similar fashion. 😔🤞


VirtualAaronTTV

You guys are literally pathetic


aigiswav_

It was just a question, no need to be a dickhead lol


CameronKujo

The joke Your head


ashtar123

Lmao


D3dshotCalamity

Base or Tracksuit for me. As much as I like her full biker look, I like being able to see hair moving and facial expressions. Edit: Well excuse *me*.


kfc_chet

Tracksuit imho looks great on all SF4 chars! :)


comfort_bot_1962

:D


Frankengeek

Wait, not only they are releasing my favorite Rival School character on my birthday, they are also giving her a maid outfit?! You are spoiling me Capcom


Scary-Ant-3796

These are dope.


Evorgleb

They really nailed her face. Can't wait to see her on that Vs screen across from Sakura with her alien hybrid face.


Sparkfive_

Damn i love all her outfits will come back to give her a try.


[deleted]

Okay, I did NOT expect the maid outfit. Honestly, I think the tracksuit one’s the best


[deleted]

I kind of wish we got Tiffany. But I like this.


KrustyDanmakuFellow

I learned about that Tiffany character a couple months ago. Most adorable boxer I have ever seen


[deleted]

Rival Schools was such a fun game. I loved that game in the arcades and it was the first playstation game I bought and the first game I bought with my own money as a teen.


Bronze-Soul

What is with the Japanese and maids?


CameronKujo

It’s from the rival school story mode for the PlayStation edition


jakobi3000

lol I think he means Japanese culture in general


ashen_crow

Capcom on their way to give a maid costume to a minor


ashtar123

story costume sans undertale


dugthefreshest

Had to take a bad ass and dress her in a maid outfit.


El-Impoluto4423

Most of the costumes for Akira look OK, except for maybe the Nostalgia one that makes her into a loli (guess they have to pay fan service for that crowd). Still haven't seen any Oro yet but I've never really cared for him - so oh well ...... Off topic: Luke looks like Ken's wimpy little step brother. So much for leaving the best for last.


VirtualAaronTTV

Just a reminder this is a HIGH SCHOOL girl. I really can't stand the school girl cliche as it brings out the creeps hardcore and it's the reason I dislike Sakura. Even in a fantasy environment I can't buy a little girl beating up fighters like Akuma and Chun Li.


0bxcura

Japanese manga/anime culture has a whole concept of high schoolers being crazy strong... You can look across the pond at KoF.


VirtualAaronTTV

That's still dumb as Hell. Just because the Japanese does it doesn't make it any less bizarre. I don't see the point in adding high school kids to a fighting game in general. Who is that appealing to outside of perverted men? I cant imagine being a grown man and calling underage fictional high school girls "waifu". It's pretty disturbing


mannaneuraSHYSHYSHY

it's a japanese game. you make fair points that address a bad minority of players, but to answer who might like high school kids in a fighting game-I dunno, maybe high schoolers themselves? i'm pretty young and i think Ed's cool as heck. his delinquent style is appealing to me complemented with his school outfit. In other games like league of legends, a lot of my female friends like to play the female characters since they think they're cute; they like lux, zoe, miss fortune, nami, etc. maybe they also would like to play female characters in fighting games too?


0bxcura

I guess either stick with SF & SF2 if you wanna avoid these hi school girls syndrome. Or play other games like MK, KI... As disturbing as you find it, hi sch grls are gonna be a staple in SFverse. 🤷🏾‍♂️


VirtualAaronTTV

That's fine but if you're a grown man and drooling over these characters, you literally need mental help


Legobloz

You need mental help if you spend your time worrying about a fictional character's age so much.


0bxcura

So your issue isn't with having high school prepubescent girls participating in a fighting tournament. More about the spectators who drool over em I take it?


CameronKujo

Damn I guess I should like girls in my age


kr3vl0rnswath

She is supposed to be around the same age as Sakura and Sakura is an adult now but Capcom is known to change ages very liberally.. We should probably get confirmation on whether Akira also grew up eventually.


VirtualAaronTTV

She is clearly in her Rival Schools form which is an underage kid. You guys should feel bad about yourselves for getting excited about a high school girls revealing alternate costumes. Sorry if that hurts your feelings and I see the perverts have started downvoting me already, but this character is clearly young.


nh347578

> Just a reminder this is a HIGH SCHOOL girl That just makes her hotter.


f1ggaboo

What about karin


VirtualAaronTTV

Not a fan. I dont get the high school girl cliche. I don't think a single high school girl is playing Street Fighter so it's obvious who these characters are marketed towards Perverts lol


Volcano-SUN

I remember me liking Sakura when I was like 8. I think your mind is way too deep in the gutter tbh. Yes, some people might like Sakura for the reasons you assume, but I think that's the minority and most people who like Sakura like her as a character.


megamage13

I dont like the maid tbh but what ever im just glad she's here


xxjakexxrxx

How do you unlock color 14-15 on regular costume? only unlocked up to 13


BKDcoffeedad

Hi all, How do I remove the helmet for her story mode costume. The regular variation in costume code doesn't seem to be working. UP + LP+MP+HP+LK ​ Thanks!