So, the Shakespeare play Twelfth Night is a rom-com about twins who are separated in a shipwreck, involving cross-dressing romance mishaps, some identification mishaps, and crushes while pretending to be someone else. It honestly doesn't seem that much like something an evil plot could be made out of.
sounds like Tobe and the Gang have a New York to visit
also, I really hope the crit roll on Tobe and the gang studying the Scrolls of Jo-Lan unlocks some other character's powers. I was thinking Chun Li for Jing-Jing but uh. I'm sure there are enough Japanese characters to make use of, let's see here:
Ryu is Japanese. Supports the idea that the Scrolls of Jo-Lan might be from Japan.
Akuma has some similarities to Ryu's moveset, but trades off range for a better toolkit of gap-closers and punishes as well as hitting
very hard.
Sakura, who has an almost exact imitation of Ryu's move set but she trades some of the punishes for more tools to evade and pressure.
Ibuki is
literally a Ninja, and utilizes ninja tools as a zoner with precise punishes that leave little room to counter if she sets it up right and catches you
"Reinbo" R Mika is a Japanese pro-wrestler who looks up to Zangief. She doesn't have the physique to back up his style, so she makes extensive use of throws to gain advantage. She has some flexible moves that can pressure well, and as mentioned her throw game keeps her opponent disoriented and on the back foot.
Karin is the ojou head of the Kanzuki Zaibatsu and relies on a bevy of esoteric tricks to style on her opponents. When she's piloted well she seems untouchable
and of course E Honda who is a sumo wrestler and all around champ.
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What's interesting is that outside of E Honda, they are all characters that rely pretty heavily on their technical kit. Even Ryu, who has the smallest toolkit, makes extensive use of the couple of forms that he has mastered.
both Akuma and Ryu
could technically fight without relying on such things, but they'd be
much weaker for it. Ryu uses a splash to round out his overall kit. Akuma uses techniques extensively to break the opponent even faster than would "mundanely" be possible.
I think that Sakura and Akuma might be able to be mined for movesets. Ibuki is, you know,
an actual ninja so her moveset is less likely to be learned from the Scrolls and not just, you know. Studied as a matter of ninja skills.
Which, makes me think that if they aren't going to go for poster-child Chun-Li in terms of bonus kit, I believe they'll be mining Akuma because his kit is significantly different
and pretty thematically acceptable to ninja. Oni Shadow Killer Martial Magic. Would be pretty sick for Tobe and the gang tbh
