DOA5LR Mai Shiranui DOA5LR Discussion - Guest from FF/KOF series
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Xhominid The Demon Within
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I think her Power Blow will be her Cartwheel Super and her Power Launcher animation will be the Flame Aura attack(forgetting names atm, haven't played KOF in a long while).
But as others stated, her projectile fans may be faster than Raidou's fireballs, but they will still fall under the same weakness as fireballs in 3D movement games do.
Shiranui
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I wonder the same too. I guess her Power Blow will be Chou Hisatsu Shinobi Bachi. Very similar to Kasumi's but with fire
As for her Power Launcher, I think Kagero no Mai could work, but I guess they'll prefer a jumping punch/kick like the rest of the cast have, not a fire pillar, so Hana Arashi could be a nice Power Launcher, but doing just one hit.
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I could see that happening.I wonder the same too. I guess her Power Blow will be Chou Hisatsu Shinobi Bachi. Very similar to Kasumi's but with fire
I could also see that happening.As for her Power Launcher, I think Kagero no Mai could work, but I guess they'll prefer a jumping punch/kick like the rest of the cast have, not a fire pillar, so Hana Arashi could be a nice Power Launcher, but doing just one hit.
One thing that Team Ninja could do to make Mai represent her own game is incorporating some mechanics from KOF and/or Fatal Fury (like dodge rolls or side dodges for example). I wouldn't bother giving her meter since Fatal Fury 2 and Fatal Fury Special had Desperation Moves based on low damage.
Ooh... Those dodges and rolls could also be used as part of her holds (or advanced holds) as well! Or, for advanced hold you have a variation of "Guard Cancel Rolls" or "Guard Cancel Blowback". Or, both versions may end up being just regular moves.
I don't see her using sajjuken or any fans co sidering how TN's been treating projectiles in the game, though I would actually be interested to see it implemented similar to akuma's fireballs.
If they implement something more similar to xiii or xiv and use p/k for A/B and p+k/h+k for C/D and borrow some of the MI rev.B strings then she'll be worth trying out for kof players.
However I still don't think there would be enough incentive for kof players to migrate or visit the game, since she's not kyo, geese, iori, yuri or even Rodriguez/kushnood since people I spoke to were more interested in them. Also there's the case of kasumi being a visual clone of mai and making this addition a bit redundant.
If they implement something more similar to xiii or xiv and use p/k for A/B and p+k/h+k for C/D and borrow some of the MI rev.B strings then she'll be worth trying out for kof players.
However I still don't think there would be enough incentive for kof players to migrate or visit the game, since she's not kyo, geese, iori, yuri or even Rodriguez/kushnood since people I spoke to were more interested in them. Also there's the case of kasumi being a visual clone of mai and making this addition a bit redundant.
Interesting. Most of the folks I spoke to back from both Europe and in Virginia seem excited about Mai. Then again several elements in DOA (including Kasumi herself) were inspired by the said character. Plus, she is essentially an icon to KOF/FF (some even more so than most of the other characters mentioned in the thread). I'm delighted she is in the game, since she is my go-to character for 98/98UM and 02UM (cannot say anything about OG 02 since I never played that game on any competitive basis).
Shiranui
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I love Mai since Fatal Fury 2 so I'm a hardcore fan of her. And I love DOA since DOA2 (I remember I used to play Kasumi because she looked like Mai) but I never had an Xbox so when DOA became exclusive for Microsoft, I lost my contact with game series. I couldn't be happier when I saw DOA5 announced for both PS and Xbox. And now that Mai is coming to DOA5... well, is just a dream to me. The sad thing about this is that she won't come back in future DOAs
Anyway. Let's talk a bit about her attacks
I guess she will have, at least, her 4 most typical and traditional special moves.
-KachouSen: a throwing fan. I guess it will work like any other projectile in this game (Raidou's, Nyotengu's) but smaller and faster. Not sure if it will be used for combos or strings.
-Ryuuenbu: tail's flame. I think this attack could work similar to Rachel's qcb+P, for instance. Even the input is the same.
-Hisatsu Shinobi Bachi: elbow launch. It will work like any other launch attack in this game (like Ayane's flying kick or Jan Lee's flying kick) and it can work in a string since it has a first hit before she launches herself.
-Musasabi Mai. That's the most tricky one. It is done in air and since in DOA there are no jumps, I guess it will have to work as other aerial attacks. Only after a jumping move and as a finisher of that move. It could be nice if she could do Musasabi Mai with punch or Ukihane (knee drop) with kick.
Anyway. Let's talk a bit about her attacks
I guess she will have, at least, her 4 most typical and traditional special moves.
-KachouSen: a throwing fan. I guess it will work like any other projectile in this game (Raidou's, Nyotengu's) but smaller and faster. Not sure if it will be used for combos or strings.
-Ryuuenbu: tail's flame. I think this attack could work similar to Rachel's qcb+P, for instance. Even the input is the same.
-Hisatsu Shinobi Bachi: elbow launch. It will work like any other launch attack in this game (like Ayane's flying kick or Jan Lee's flying kick) and it can work in a string since it has a first hit before she launches herself.
-Musasabi Mai. That's the most tricky one. It is done in air and since in DOA there are no jumps, I guess it will have to work as other aerial attacks. Only after a jumping move and as a finisher of that move. It could be nice if she could do Musasabi Mai with punch or Ukihane (knee drop) with kick.
I need to observe some of those MI2 matches with Mai involved them.
There better be some butt jiggle when she does her sweep.