Yet, he has the shortest ranged fireball! I guess it’s useful in nullifying other projectiles and the EX version causes a crumple state.Īnother thing that Kage does much like Dan is his version of the classic Hurricane Kick, the Kurekijin. But at least it travels much farther than his grounded “regular” Hadoken! Kage’s Hadoken is kinda funny as it’s a point blank projectile with virtually no range! It’s like Dan’s in that sense, which is really strange that Kage is supposed to be the embodiment of the Satsui no Hado. Kage can also toss a horizontal fireball while jumping forward but will dissipate over some distance. He basically copies Akuma’s Shakunetsu Hadouken AKA Red Fireball as it’s a charged up fireball that can his several times. Basically, he’s kind of like Akuma and, well, Dan, frankly speaking. But they do have interesting twists and move variations that makes Kage more than just your garden variety Shoto. Yes, he’s generally a Shoto, a guy with a Fireball, Hurricane Kick and a Dragon Punch.

The very least Capcom could’ve done was make him a little more distinct from Ryu/Evil Ryu! They did it with the Simba-Akuma hybrid (I call him SimbAkuma!) from Season 2!Įven though Kage looks a whole lot like Evil Ryu, Capcom did tweak him in some interesting ways to kind of make him his own character. But, really! Other than those two features, Kage is just Evil Ryu with a different name when it comes to design.

Oh, you can futilely try to argue that it’s not by pointing out Kage has horns and a huge overbite. The first thing I have to discuss is his physical design, which can be summarized in two words: Evil Ryu. He’s definitely got some elements of Evil Ryu but he’s a little bit of Akuma from Street Fighter V, a little bit of Oni from Street Fighter IV and, strangely enough, some little sprinkles of Dan! The biggest question is: Is Kage any good? Well, here’s my review of the first Season 4 character, Kage! After I ranted and bemoaning Evil Ryu’s return, I eventually got Kage and tried him out for myself.

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