Charge characters are cool if their not shell heads like Guile. I've heard bad things about Robert since he became a charge character (Especially the whole he's just like Guile and whatnot...), though I still use him as an offense character myself even after he became a charge character. I can't stand Guile because of the small recovery on his Sonic Boom. Thank god SNK doesn't give their charge characters those annoying super motions like Capcom does. I use to hate grapplers, but I've warmed up to them. As far as grapplers goes, aside from Alex, Victor and Sasquatch; the Capcom bunch fails to impress me. SNK has the better grapplers by far. The fact I can pull off command throws at any time instead of after jumping, getting up off the ground, or after missing a glowing backhand (Zangief; ever the king of cheap!) helps also. And once again, the super throws aren't next to impossible to pull off on the SNK side of the house either. As far as favorites from the genres; Alex and Daimon will always be my favorite grapplers and I guess Robert's my favorite charge since he's always been a favorite of mine.
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"Don't be scared! I'll only cut off one of your heads! Guess!"