Sole Sister

Even I, a dyed-in–the-wool Juri obsessive, was not anticipating her to debut this early. However I shoulda fucking higher identified higher — Juri waits in line for no person. And so it was, on the apex of this weekend’s Evo 2022 match, that Capcom introduced that the alluring, manic, and extremely violent spider was making her return to the ring in Road Fighter 6. One thing depraved this manner comes…

Hailing from Korea, and using into city like a bat outta hell, Juri Han can be bringing her wild, unpredictable, and harmful nature to SF6, bedecked in superior new gear and rocking one thing of a extra Informal Fridays perspective. In a post-S.I.N. and post-Shadaloo world, evidently each Juri’s position as an murderer and her thirst for vengeance is lastly sated, leaving a younger girl whose solely need is to hunt thrills, fire up hassle, and be sure that all she encounters meet the enterprise finish of her highly effective legs.

Maybe taking a few of Juri’s Road Fighter V criticism to coronary heart, it seems that the Road Fighter 6 iteration of Juri is an try and mix the most effective of each her SSFIV and SFV iterations whereas eradicating among the hurdles that left her wanting within the face of many matchups. From the trailer, we will already see a lot of her SFV normals are intact, together with her all-important B+HK axe kick, her St. HP, and her St. HK, (although curious by its absence is Juri’s key instrument, St. MK, although it’s maybe hidden in new animation). Juri’s SFV goal combo will be noticed, as can her Cr. HP anti-air.

With regard to specials, we see a mixture of her SSFIV & SFV expertise. The DP is in full impact, and her SSFIV dive kick (full with EX follow-up possibility) can also be on deck. Curiously, there isn’t a signal of her SFV wheel kick, which was an vital instrument in overcoming fireball spammers. It could possibly be that the dive kick will take this position, a lot because it did in SSFIV. The Fuha system returns, however with a brand new rebuild. Whereas the main points haven’t been clarified, evidently Juri can nonetheless retailer her Fuhas for chain combos, however that she would possibly not must retailer them to make use of them as singular strikes. We want readability on this.

Juri’s Tremendous is a callback to her SSFIV days, with the removing of her ultra-dull SFV fireball and the return of her dramatic launcher into sky-high axe-kick into acrobatic catch-‘n’-slam. Capcom, absolutely conscious of what they’re doing, has included somewhat toes motion, hilariously revealing an astounding degree of intricate element that has been put into rendering the soles of Juri’s toes. Yeah, I’m all for it. And you may @ me I don’t give a shit.

I love Juri’s new look, I love her new mannequin, and I’m actually excited to see how her tremendous fast-paced model adapts to SF6‘s considerably extra intentionally paced combo system. I’m undoubtedly all for a rework of the Fuha system — I feel each Juri important is — and I hope we’ll get to spend far more time spacing appropriately and method much less time performing particular strikes with a view to carry out particular strikes. May this lastly be the Juri that takes me to the following degree of my very own gameplay?

I actually hope so, in spite of everything, that might be a merely superb toes.

Road Fighter 6 launches 2023 on PlayStation, PC, and Xbox platforms. We’ll check out Kimberly later at this time. Within the meantime, take a look at our earlier stories on the leaked character roster, our ideas on new heroes Luke and Jamie, a take a look at the sequel’s intriguing new mechanics, and Capcom’s promising confidence within the launch.