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Since the opponent is in time slowed state and Millia isn't, I'm wondering if, when she inputs a high or low depending on how the opponent blocks the RCed tandem top, the opponent can react in time during the time slowed state.

This I'm curious about as well. RCg Tandem Top and then using the time slow could possibly lead to some easy unblockables. Though I guess it depends on how inputs for the defending player who's slowed down are handled (i.e. are they locked into either high or low block, or is are they able to switch up before the mixup comes in).

LOL, I was actually thinking about Cromartie myself. In fact, I was thinking that his IK with the Freddie alt should be something like this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQXbN-rM3eY

It's simple really. Regular Freddie alt wears his trademark yellow jacket. Dragon Install has him simply taking the jacket off.

I-No as female Brian May complete with the Red Special.

Wasn't it mentioned somewhere that they were using the old sound assets as placeholders?

Great work. It's rare to be able to get live impressions from a loketest in Japan like we did today.

Damn, Ian ran the article already. Missed most of the recent updates. http://shoryuken.com/2013/08/08/guilty-gear-xrd-sign-location-test-impressions-and-off-screen-photos/

If I were a betting man. I'd bet on classic alts for characters like Millia and Pot to be the first set of paid DLC alternates.

Just noticed it now when you pointed it out. Also, her hair comes from a different place now (the back, instead of the front) and looks different (shaped like a scythe).

This. If we get Freddie Sol, we also need someone (Ky, Sin?) to be Brian May.

Freddie Mercury (circa Live Aid) alt for Sol.

I think I have most everything that's been posted up to this point now.

Trying to compile a list of @ElvenShadow 's notes for SRK, but the thread is just moving too damn fast!

But what nets you the "yellow" effect? Is it just doing it on whiff?

Wait, so the "Yellow" RC only works on normals and projectiles? What about special moves?

Depends on if that ending was canon which, considering that he's not following President Chipp around, seems to be the case.

The most likely reason we can't see Potemkin's face is that it, along with his arms, was blown off when he took the Robo-Ky bomb meant for Gabriel.

Millia has had a radical redesign before from GG to GGX. Potemkin's on the other hand reflects his current story (no longer a slave wearing an explosive collar).

Most likely he'll have a "dash" that's restricted to dust only.

It's not just the pickelhaube. It's also the amount of green and the lack of red. Then there's that armband. That said, I hope this leads to Mike Z making a tutorial with a bad german accent this time. Instead of "Real Soviet Damage", we should get "DAMAGE ZAT VILL LAST FOR EIN THOUSAND YEARZ!"

Dunno why Potemkin is looking like a Wermacht officer in his new design when Zepp is supposed to be a stand in for Soviet Russia. I mean, it's not just the pickelhaube, but the whole design aesthetic screams 1940's German Army. Well these are 3D renders and not hand drawn art. Sometimes the polygons don't exactly match how you'd expect someone to look when hand drawn. On a related note, I'm surprised no one has mentioned that their hands are larger than you'd normally expect (though anyone with a bit of sense would understand that that's to keep better proportions when viewed in game from the side like a 2D sprite).

@Suzaku you may have already noticed, but for now, we're using your translations for the character details on SRK.

No reason for Xrd not to have the entire cast from previous games since they're now using 3D models. The only reason SFIV lost characters compared to previous SFs is that SF has a huge cast. Having to put every character that has ever appeared in SF would be expensive and difficult to balance.

Off course, Aksys is more than just Arc and for all we know, neither of the two new titles mentioned could be GGXrd. That said, if it is Xrd, it could lend more credence to the theory that Arc may be trying pay more attention to the US market now.