Capt. Takehiko said:
Love your work beelzebubble. A Gaira report would be grand.
ive never used gaira though ive watched one of the ko hatsu crew (an arcade that specializes in samsho games and has a group of top level players who also gather at monte where i play once or twice a week) fiend regularly with him, speaking of which he fiended me with him last night.
has this shoulder butt/charge move, not sure if its a special or a normal, anyways he meaties it on you (just as you wake up) constantly and it seems if you block it on wakeup he can then grab you with that fucked up half your bar command throw
he also has heaps of other options after it, basically it confused the hell out of me... its either a new move or one that didnt work quite so well in 5/5spc.
the game feels quite different from the last 2 ss's. crossups and combos are easier to do, iroha is a combo machine, hao can crossup his j.HS!! (then combo it into a s.MS).
andrew is pretty cool, nice moves though his dp seems pretty nerfed/ineffective and leaves him very open. he looks cool though and has nice games after his LS version of his fireball. his gunshoot super is sweet as well.
saw a guy do quite well with earthquake who has crazy moves not listed, i need to get to a quite arcade to try this shit out, the 2 back to backs in monte are chock full of good players day and night which sucks at first
wan fu is totally a new sprite and seems pretty crippled to me... he might have unlisted moves though and im just making an early call after one play of him.
iroha is popular for fiending at this point as is yumeji (seems too good!).
more tomorrow.