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[pixelsproject]

『Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter』 Unused Karin Kanzuki Sprites

Two years before she’d appear in Street Fighter Alpha 3, Karin Kanzuki first made her debut in a spin-off manga by Masahiko Nakahiro, titled Street Fighter∶ Sakura Ganbaro!

As such, Karin shares the great honor of being one of the few non-game characters later added into the games with Gouken, Violent Ken, Evil Ryu and those guys from that one game that's based on a movie that's based on game.

Interestingly enough, there’s evidence to suggest that Capcom wanted to introduce Karin into a game before Street Fighter Alpha 3, with a cameo in Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (The Cutting Room Floor [NSFW]).

Karin's scrapped appearance is very clearly based upon Sakura's Street Fighter Alpha 2 sprites, but for her video game debut in the third Alpha entry, she uses a complete set of original sprites.

Furthermore, Karin's appearance in Alpha 3 come with an original design to further differentiate herself from her self-taught rival.

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SOURCES ��� Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter (Arcade) unused Karin sprites ripped by Ragey (RageQuitter 87) Street Fighter Alpha 2, Street Fighter Alpha 3 & Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter (Arcade) stages uploaded by @the2dstagesfg (Tumblr) Street Fighter Alpha 3 (Arcade) Karin illustration by Bengus (Street Fighter Galleries) Street Fighter Alpha 3 (Arcade) Karin and Sakura sprites (Emu Gif Animation)

[schlock-luster-video]

On April 18, 1958 Crazed Fruit debuted in West Germany.

[peterchai58]

ref study: Masahiko Nakahira [Street Fighter Alpha]

[ladychunli68]

Chun-Li & Rose by Masahiko Nakahira

[mr-president]

can udon stop selling their swimsuit collection posters or whatever for $40 a pop and rerelease the masahiko nakahira street fighter manga. i’m on my hands and knees pay your damn writers to do better research for new comics and rerelease the good shit i’m begging you

[vtgbooks]

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[super-hero-confessions]

I must be the only one who thinks that the character designs in Street Fighter VI for the classic characters is dogshit. I strongly and firmly believe that the classic costumes should have been the default (albeit with some subtle tweaks) as they are quite iconic and well... timeless.

Ryu's design is just straight up boring, Ken's design makes him look like a bum from Hoboken or Trenton that's trying to jack a cigarette and Hennessy from your local liquor store and Chun-Li looks like a senior citizen! I feel like they deserve better than this!

And if they needed to make changes to the classic designs, I would've liked it had they taken inspirations from Masahiko Nakahira's Street Fighter mangas, Udon Comics, or maybe even some of the anime adaptations.

[matsudadojo]

Artwork by Masahiko Nakahira