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Julia has always struck me as a very bland character, both in design, and fighting style. That said, her style does seem a bit more interesting to me in 2D than it does in 3D. I like the mix up options her wind roll and dash start ups give her. I'll definitely give her more of a chance in this game than I have in Tekken.
I'm betting that we will see a lot of Ravens online. Both because he has a "badass" design, and because he seems pretty beastly. He also seems like he will be pretty annoying to play against in skilled hands. Raven was never one of my mains, but I did still use him quite a bit in Tekken 5. For whatever reason, I've never really cared for the playstyles "Ninja" characters in 2D fighting games, outside of Vega. I know one thing though. Funky Fly's brother will pick Raven. He'll pick Ibuki WITH Raven. And I wil get very VERY annoyed.
This is the first video I've seen of Asuka where she isn't getting her ass kicked, and holy shit snacks does she have a lot of special moves. If the amount of options isn't too overwhelming for me, she might become one of my go to choices, because I like what I'm seeing. She kind of strikes me as a more grounded version of juri with all the different variations of kicks, ex wall bounce move, and low/overhead mix ups. And as a Juri, Dudley, and Gouken player, I'm very familiar with counter moves, so that's a big plus. In that tournament vid, they state that many of the tekken characters have these counter moves, and I think I'll take an immediate interest in any characters that have them. Well except for steve fox, since his seems to be pretty useless.
Kuma seems just as hard to use in this as he does in Tekken, but I want to play as him just for his facial expressions alone. I've been experimenting with grapplers as of late, since I find them easier to use with the arcade stick, and I think I'll find them even easier once I get my octagon gate. So Kuma is definitely a character I am looking forward to.
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