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First Look at Skullgirls’ Next Character

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  • Posted June 10, 2011 at 10:51 am
  • iQuick

    So she’s a Satanist? That’s cool I guess.

    • friggin lasers

      why u say that?

    • Zeldias

      Interestingly, the upside-down cross is respectful to Christ and not Satanic. At least in Catholicism.

      • insanedaemon

        Yeah… totally gives me an excuse when I don’t feel like explaining why I’m a Satanist because of the inverted cross on my car. I’m all like “It’s St. Peter.” “Oh.”

        The reason the symbol is so important to our religion (us as ‘legit’ Satanists) is because of it’s ties to traditional Christianity. It is a ‘middle finger, but that’s only because it is the inverse of the crucifix. Same as the Pentagram is the inverse of the Pentacle for Paganism/Wicca. We simply do not have a symbol of our own, short of the actual Baphomet, which is a HELL of a lot more difficult to mass produce.

        To make it a ‘true’ Satanic symbol (and I say it with my own justification and with no evidence to support it), you would have to use the actual crucifix, with Jesus displayed upon it, and invert that.

        Not a sermon, just a thought.

        • Windlord0

          I really don’t have the time to explain all the things wrong with this. I’ll be brief. Satanism is an evolving philosophy and not bound by all the stuff LaVey wrote. Just because he very much defined the “faith” as a rejection of christianity, doesn’t mean that is where it stays. He defined it as rejecting all the acting and pomp of christianity and then created all these articles that pay homage to christianity and are just as full of it. The religion has changed a lot over time, and aside from clinging to the things that they miss about LaVey (mainly for the sake of missing him) they have moved past a lot of the non philosophical aspect. The books don’t evolve, but the thought process does.

          Oh and putting it on your car as a means of throwing a middle finger at them. It’s small and silly and shows a real lack of understanding. Oh and these are not my ideas, I am in no way associated with this “religion” and have not been for a very long time, but these were the ideas that were expressed to me by the “leadership” of the religion. I felt that this was worth saying, in case you read it.

          Oh and good shit with your progress Mike Z. I’ll be eager to see how she plays, even though I don’t really like the art style at all.

          • Shinkada

            Shoutouts to YOU, buddy. Shoutouts to you.

  • The Ace of Knaves

    Neat, been waiting to see how Parasol plays.

  • Dimitri Lionheart

    HYEEEEEEEEEEES!!! IVE BEEN WAITING FOR PARASOUL! @A@

  • GunHammers

    She needs nerfs

    • Diemme

      This is why we need a ‘like’ system on comments.

  • Ichipoo

    Are those…… [b]GLASSES!?!?[/B] :lovin:

  • deice-

    Interesting, she uses an umbrella? with spikes!

  • Mightfo

    She’s holding the umbrella kind of like a rapier..also, in other art, she has a pistol.(A luger, I think?)

  • thejohnsonrock

    i think this girl sold me a cure CD once. also mini-skirt is MINI

  • chirp

    i think shes pretty hot lol

    • Robo-mitsu

      Erm, she looks about thirteen dude…

      • acidhairball

        I don’t think 13 year olds have breasts of that proportion.

  • Travis Epic

    Does this girl not have shoes?

    • Riot.EXE

      she’s wearing heels.

  • Luigi-Bo 87

    She’d get the peenus :p

  • NyuBomber

    Neat. No one they reveal is gonna beat Peacock for me, though.

  • Tikimoe

    cool, i think she is a goth, or rocker

  • p1p

    I like a lot of fighters but just don’t get this game. Anyone wanna explain why its worth getting?

    • Mo0N_Knight

      Interesting game play? The engine looks like it will be fun.

      Although i agree with some people that the character lineup/visuals are pretty weak(which does matter).

    • tempbast

      cuz my dick says so. nah, i’m jp.
      The reasons I’m getting Skull Girls: The creator, MikeZ, has a background fighting tournaments. He’s putting his heart and soul in the game and he knows fighting mechanics very well, and that results in a fucking fantastic game, gameplay wise. But we’re in luck because Skull girls has one of best 2D visuals I’ve ever seen and it varies by character. So far I like Peacocks character design the best, very retro and american cartoon-y which is unique to fighters. Skullgirls truly has the best and fluent animations. It’s insane how many frames they drew. MikeZ and they rest of his team are working hard to make this game for newbies, casuals, and pros. For newbies, he’s putting up tutorial practice modes that really teaches the basics of strategy and tactics of a fighting game. The SkullGirls team is really going all out, they even have GGPO for netcode and the composer for Castlevania Symphony of Night, Michiru Yamane, is making the soundtrack for SkullGirls. I also just want to support the fighting game indie scene as well because it’s so rare and rarely done right.

    • KoFight

      Same here, dude. I hate the cartoony look of the characters. It has always been my opinion that people with an art style like that (throwing words around like stylistic interpretation) are compensating for their lack in drawing ability. What’s worse is the obvious (it really is obvious) manga influence. Go for full manga effect or nothing at all. Screw this amerimanga rubbish. They are non compatible art styles. Don’t get me wrong, I dig the Batman cartoons and stuff like Johnny Bravo, but I’m not sure, style wise *cough*talent*cough*, it can be held in the same league as Blazblue’s art. Also Cell shading > programmatic shading.

      One can never have too many fighting games but I fear that if this game does well, we are going to be exposed to inferior games by the bigger companies. On the other hand, maybe non fighting game companies will try their hand at making a fighting game or two to capitalize on the resurgence of FGs in general.

      I probably will be getting it as the hype has gotten to me but I just hope that it will be money worth spent.

      • Running Wild

        BlazBlue’s art and designs are not very good though. Carl Clover… ugh. And they totally ruined Makoto’s character by making her dress like such a slut. The BB characters I think are designed well are Tager, Hakumen, Litchi, Bang, Hazama (The green hair is lame, but his other color palettes are nice) and Valkenhayn. Ragna is just a really generic main character (White hair, red and black color scheme, bleh) with giant sword, Jin is also really poorly thought out (A British guy named Jin Kisaragi? Wut), blonde anime pretty boy with ridiculously girly hair, and that outfit looks like terrible attire for a high rank soldier. Rachel is generic gothic lolita, Noel is kinda decent, but her personality is lame. The Nu/Lambda characters are kinda neat and different, but their personalities are shallow and robotic. It only got worse when they added Mu. Tsubaki is plain ugly peroid. All that leaves is Taokaka… her design is alright, and just the kind of wacky character the game needed.

  • Minerva_SC

    I’m gonna buy this simply for the short skirts and panty shots.

  • kareem01899

    I’m calling it now. She will be my main.

    • Cactuarlover

      ditto and i agree on the like system

  • King Rizz

    Peacock just received a challenger for my main…there’s just something about a chick with glasses…thats why I also main Julia in Tekken.

  • EricTwist

    The whole rsters on the internet guys. Parasoul has been around for a while. So has her sister, Umbrella.

  • Master Chibi

    Gimme gimme gimme gimmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

  • evilweevle

    really really not feeling the artwork in this game. they honestly look like a 14 yr olds poor attempts at anime imo.

  • THEQUEENOFLOVEHD

    Not a fan of the artwork either. kind of a turnoff. However if a cartoon show were drawn this way i’d watch it every day

  • ukyo_rulz

    I am maining this character.

  • Aftermath1349

    Inverted cross = main

  • Graphic

    Big fan of the art style.

  • AYGCSMD

    So, when Japan comes out with a fighter that has anime looking characters, everyone shits on it, but when America makes a fighter with anime looking characters, everyone sucks MikeZ’s cock?

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  • SaintAvi

    Mike Ross is going to love her

  • Travis Epic

    I’m having a hard time understanding why everyone compares the art style too Anime when it is more reminiscent of classic Max Fleischer’s or Bob Clampett work with a blend of Maxwell Atoms and John R. Dilworth; whom are all American Animators. If you don’t believe me Google Search, Popeye, Betty Boop, Falling Hare, Grim & Evil or Courage The Cowardly Dog. I’m not saying they are identical but you can see the influence from American Cartoons.

    • KoFight

      It is a blend of both (which I hate). You can see the Japanese influence in the eyes head shape, nose and mouth. The rest of it, the exaggerated, almost caricature like style of it all, is american. You can see it in most of the animation sequences, too. More Disney/American than Japanese in those parts .

      • Running Wild

        I don’t really see any Japanese influences in Skull Girls. I dunno where people think it looks like anime, when it looks clearly western, vintage western animation, which is what influenced Japanese anime.

        • Travis Epic

          That’s exactly what I’m saying. They actually have a blog saying that he was inspired by some anime and video game stuff but most comes from stuff like Betty Boop and Jessica Rabbit.

  • b15k3

    I can see the excellent adventure invites that gootecks account will get for Skullgirls already, full of subtle and not so subtle hints about goth girls.

  • ISLEDGEI

    I personally don’t give a hoot over art style. For fighting games, it shouldn’t matter. Mechanics is what people should be arguing about. I’m getting Skullgirls to support fighting games, Mike Z, and to enjoy playing. ‘Nough said.

    • I3ANNEDUSER

      I agree that the gameplay should be the most important. Before the preview at revelations last night I didn’t think much of the game based on the screen shots. Mike Z’s interview about the game blew me away and seeing it in motion made a believer out of me. I like the animation and hand-drawn look, but im still not digging the overly cute character design. They will probably have to change that up if they want to sell huge numbers, but ill be happy if it becomes a tournament regular and gets streamed often

  • Dan CiTi

    I want characters that play like Karin, Rolento, Dudley, Viper, Super Skrull, Dhalsim or Necro, Dormammu, Hazama, Baiken, and Jedah.

  • SegaAM2Imagineer

    Keep the character reveals comin.Very excited to play this game.Looks to be shaping up very well.Just wish they would give a definite release date.Character looks pretty sweet.Every fighting game should have a kickass Redhead.

    • Ravidrath

      It’s almost impossible to nail down a hard release date on downloadable games, just because of the way the approval process works.

      Most downloadable games don’t get release dates for 2-4 weeks before release.

  • WINBACK

    There’s a girl down my street who makes character drawings that rival this quality.

    Basically what I’m saying is: this character design screams “amateur hour” and does not deserve recognition let alone warrant giving money to it’s creator since he/she obviously isn’t ready for the business. Get better and maybe you’ll make a decent character/game one day.

    Anyone who praises this also praises mediocrity. Shame on you,

    • Running Wild

      Funny, I could say the same about the majority of modern anime and manga.

      • WINBACK

        And you would be 110% justified for saying so, good sir.

  • Windsagio

    The character design seriously couldn’t get any cheesier.

    Its just so ’16 year old anime fan just discovered Sisters of Mercy’.

  • Meiz

    I saw this game being played last night on the levelup stream for RevLA. I was rather impressed with how it looks and works. The way you can chose what your assist is going to be with a command input is ingenious.

  • NervousTwitchyGuy

    Is this really coming out this year? At the pace they’re adding characters it’s gonna take them forever to get to a half decent cast size, i.e. 18-20 characters.

  • LeeRockU

    Boobz. This game has them.

  • lookatthisjackass

    I wonder what the meta will be in the number of characters you use? Using 1, 2, or 3 characters? I feel like 2 would be the most popular.

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