Akira is most certainly slept on and not even almost B tier. I used to believe he was the top of B or the bottom of A but after inspecting his tools further he's no shorter than high tier. He is a tier directly below the top tiers. A+, High tier period, no less.
The execution, the style, the 1 frame links on top of speed and mixups. This chick looks absolutely sick and I will definitely be picking her up when she drops.
Funny thing is I read an article that paralleled this one about PR Rog over in the SF scene going to Japan and saying the exact same thing about their scene and playerbase vs the American one. Guess it doesn't even matter what the game itself is, the Japanese are just genuinely more helpful and...
I'm surprised anyone was gutsy enough to even try to make a list like this, no good could have possibly come out of it. (Though It kind of made me wish I had been able to form some sort of offline event. I want to be legit too!)
New serious black fighter would be cool. Also maybe a Judo fighter. But a new non ninja male character would be cool in general.
Don't give two shakes about Tengu but there's clearly some demand for him so why not bring him back I guess, takes precedence over clone or guest characters for sure.
Phase 4 actually looks sick, and she's got a much better wardrobe than Kasumi. If I ever wanted to pick up Kasumi, I'll definitely use Phase 4 instead at this point. Still another Kasumi clone yes, but she looks fun. Plus she has more of DOA3 Kasumi's voice and sound clips. Best incarnation of...