Well, since ShadoWar has bee nsold to us as "every major empire at their prime at the same time", that means we should have some some input as to what sorts of fighting styles/characters we want to see. Here's my top 5:

1. Spanish conquistador (dude equipped with heavy armor, a musket, a sabre, and of course a twirly mustache) ; a fairly unheralded and poorly represented archetype we have ignored for too long.

2. African tribal warrior (spear and club, leather shield, and tribal paint); Shaka Zulu just looks cool, dude.

3. Roman centurion (banded mail, gladius, pugio, pilum, scutum); this is just bad-assery incarnate, and you gotta love it.

4. Arab warrior (think scimitar, turban, beard, yadda yadda); very cool-looking dude, and it would be cool to see a flying carpet Asset.

5. SAMURAI (a REAL samurai, folks; the full daisho, and the traditional armor too); do I have to explain why I want to see a real samurai? Really? Come on, now.

Sooo... what do YOU want to see?

A non-scandinavian European.

A frenchman running from a water pistol held by a 7 year old.

Protoaddict said:

How in the hell did you witness what happened to me on Sunday?

LordAggro wins the award for most productive UFS Forum user. Congrats! (seriously though, we haven't had posts that mattered in forever).

Hmm...actually, I wouldn't mind samurai. Mitsurugi isn't a samurai, despite his obvious inspiration, nor is Haohmaru. The two are their own renegade characters. It would be interest to have an ACTUAL samurai in the game, with some interesting, unique things about him. One day, though, I'm sure we'll get Silver Samurai, so w/e =p

Seriously though? Eh...I'll leave all constructive thought to myself, but you know what? ShadoWar could definitely use some...creatures? >

Well, the way I see it, this thread is a bit over-due; I should have started this right after SW01 came out, to get the ball rolling on SW02 (hopefully, it'll be out before the rotation of my beloved Yi Shan* in Block 4). I never got wind of the ShadoWar character creation competition; otherwise, I would have submitted my conquistador (for some reason, Hernán Cortés just keeps popping into my head every time I say that, though I'm sure I could have changed the name up somewhat). Mainly, I'm doing this because I feel some people (and fighting styles) just need to be represented. So far, we got 2 Kung Fu guys ( Yi Shan and Lu Chen ), we got ritual magic ( Zhao Daiyu ), some weird Wu Shu sort of thing ( Zi Mei ), Valkyri es ( Astrid of the stolen dots), Vikings ( Ragnar ), and an Egyptian grappler/mage ( Rasho ), and whatever it is Temujin fights with. We have a load of gaps to fill; the question is which should be filled first. I hope this thread can at least point out what people WANT to see first: FFG can take it from there. So, let your voices be heard.

MarcoPulleaux said:

No samauris? I think some character cards named James Hata would like to have a word with you. Also Bishamon.

Kiss ass, James Hata is no samurai. Isn't he "just a bad player"? (or is that somebody else)

Also, Bishamon isn't...technically a samurai; he's but an evil, vengeful ghost spirit OF a samurai that inhabits the armor and consumes the jackass who put it on.

I want more Ryu's.

I aprove of more Spanish chars... atm all i've got is Cervantez and Vega. And yes, make him an evil bastard cuz thats how we roll lol. Make him a member of the Inquisition for bonus points.

first i wanna say how much this license annoys me. Every other lisence has a tournament feel to it and Shadowar is like a roleplaying game. With that said i want a pit fighter

bloodocean said:

Strangely enough, my submission for the contest was from the Spanish Pyrenees mountains, wasn't part of the inquisition however. Should've been though, would've shocked the contest judges, no-one ever expects the Spanish Inquisition.

Aztec, someone from one of the warrior societies (eagle or jaguar). I'm fascinated by this period in history and it seems like they'd fit right into the idea of Shadowar. Throw a conquistador character into the same set to keep things interesting (although I think the conquistadors were a later period than they're aiming for, wasn't one of the rules for the design contest nothing medieval and no gunpowder?).

How about one of the knights of the round table, either the full-fledged "knight in shining armour" or the more "historical" dark ages version? Again the mysticism they've been surrounded with would fit right in.

I think more Ancient World characters would add a lot (I love that period of history....). Romans, Spartans, Cartheginians, Celts, and Persians. Hmmm, five cultures... Five characters per expansion... We have a set right there!! (Ceaser, Leonidas, Hannibal, Vercingeteorix, Cyrus;) )

Just Doin' Work said:

LOL

This game needs more Druids.

We need a drunken boxer character, stumling around and misdirecting his opponent (can any one say new mechanic?)

No samurai? We've got quite a few samurai, it's just a social class. Jubei and Ukyo are both Samurai, for example.

A dude in a red squared shirt and pants . A pair of big boots and a beaver fur hat. with an axe in hand.

or just a luchadore gorilla

Well, I would like to see Potemkin, Robo Ky, Sol Badguy and Dizzy. Oh wait, wrong thread...

Homme Chapeau said:

dshaffer said:

No. They are not.

MarcoPulleaux said:

Wafflecopter said:

/sigh I dont usually go to Golden Sun to answer my Samurai questions (though its a good game). Ronin is just a Samurai who no longer serves his master or really even bothers to follow the stadard honor code. So, any of the affor mentioned fighting game characters who is fighting for himself could be called both a samurai or more specificly a ronin.

MarcoPulleaux said:

Jubei is a samurai. i did some seach a while ago and its the joke. "samurai shodown" cast only one real samurai. (aren't they like the medieval knights? decreted to be it by the king; or in japan by the emperor or whatever rule the place?)