If you're a big fighting game fan like me, Street Fighter V's release this week was pretty much the event of the decade.

Street Fighter 4 was released in 2008, which feels like ages ago.

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But even if you only played in the '90s, you know that Street Fighter has always had iconic design, using hyper-exaggerated global fighting tropes.

Street Fighter 4 capitalized on this, and kept the classic characters mostly the same. The newest addition to the franchise is pretty ambitious in terms of design.In addition to four new characters, many of the returning fightersw have updated designs.

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F.A.N.G.

Every Street Fighter has one very out-of-place weirdo and F.A.N.G. is the newest kid in the crew. His body type certainly is unique and it's pretty hilarious that he wears sunglasses inside. Unfortunately, he seems like a poor parody of a Chinese martial artist and that doesn't make him feel like a World Warrior.

TL;DR: A poison-based Chinese assassin sounds great, but it would be nice if they designed him with a bit more respect.
Street Fightin' Rating: ✊✊ out of ✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊

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