Agreed, fuck Abel. Also, for that matter, fuck El Fuerte and Rufus as well.

Three awful characters and one decent one (C. Viper) that doesn't even make up for it.

This one. Abel is super boring...although I use him the most in SF4.

I'm all for that version. Abel is a putz.

Trap FTW

Does it have a hole? Okay. I'd hit it.

definitely prefer abel. that chick's design doesn't match abel's moveset. they'd have to give her a moveset like makotos and I would rather have makoto. Abel has an interesting playstyle so i'm glad they added him to SFIV. here's to Abel and Makoto both being in super SFIV.

I guess every good fighting game needs a Bridget.

Why not more blatantly stereotyped characters? Like a midget who uses capoeira, cus like, he's small, and it's funny, because capoeira is for tall people. Ha ha! Capcom, you wily bastard...

Many of Street Fighters characters have a straight forward on nonsense design, and I think this makes them more iconic. Abel works as a he with sensible boring dress sense.

I'll admit, Abel as a character never sat well with me until recently.
"Amnesia".. Really Capcom?

But then I realized that when you get used to playing him he's easily one of the most fun characters in the game, due to the constant use of his mixups and mindgames and his impressive to look at combos. Particularly the Abel vs Abel matchup is SUPER fun if both players have a general understanding of how to use him and utilize his rolls and BnB combos/mixups.

Similar to the way Sakura turned out, most of her game is also in the mindgames and mixups. Somebody who really knows how to use Sakura can really mess your shit up. Crouch fierce to EX shunpukyaku, jump in the air and hit them with like light kick or something, which resets them and makes them land standing on their feet. It makes it so once you both hit the ground (if you did it right) it's 100% ambiguous which side Sakura landed on, leaving the opponent in a 50/50 situation on which direction to block, to expect to tech a throw, etc. And if they guess wrong then its crouching jab, crouch fierce, ex shunpu allll over again and that will probably lead to stun.. etc etc etc. These mixup character styles have always been in the Street Fighter series. I mean look at Urien, Yun, and particularly Balrog in Super Turbo.

In the end I do like the way Abel turned out, and I hope they expand on his relationship with Charlie and Guile.
Though I hope to high hell that Charlie doesn't make it in/waste a spot in SSF4.

Girl Abel is pretty cute tho.
even if she is a boy.
no homo.

@MR SPOOKY

No. There will be NO exchanging anyone for Juri! Not on my watch.

Brb, going to write a Bridget/Concept Abel/ Ash Crimson /fiction.

"I still think Abel is one of the most boring characters in all of videogames, let alone the Street Fighter universe."

That's Ryu. TYVM.

Abel seems too generic for me, this version would have been a neat addition.

I think I'd hate Abel less if he/she looked like this. *nods nods*

the gi has been overused completely in SF. I think Abel looks horrible in his his design and outfit overall (especially his alternate (are there a lot of French wrestlers?)). This character had more potential, but less weight behind the throws.

of course I don't really like the design of any of the new characters so that could also sway my opinion. I'm sure much like SF3, I'll learn to love the design but right now I think all 4 look awful with abel looking the best just because of his conservative design.

Abel grew on me, once I figured out he was Makoto-esque (or atleast, -esque compared to what I knew of Makoto in my short tiem of playing and enjoying her)

That said, bring on Makoto.

This character is uninspired and completely misses the point of SF. Uninspired because the way he's (?) described he sounds like a reverse Makoto (Makoto is mistaken for a boy), and missing the point because the most classic SF characters have been pure, clean fighters. Sure, they are capable of 20 foot diagonal leaps and some of them can harness their spirit energy to into physical attacks, but that's because SF is about fantastical representations of fighting/fighters. This girl ain't it. She was scrapped because she quite simply sucks.

Abel needs more defending that he gets. Along with El Fuerte (minus that chef bullshit) they're the only half decent designs in SFIV. With a little more work they could have been part of II and not had anyone bat an eye. But we get people who want SNK to turn into SF because they think it's "boring". "Boring" apparently creates characters who stand the test of time. I'd like V to be "boring".

P.S. "Boring" means inspired design that has a respect for actual fighters (like II and the better I,EX, and III characters).

Not sure if anyone noticed, but you can see upper boob if you look, verifying that it's a girl(hopefully.)

That said, I would have liked the character model. Abel is cool, but so is this character. Probably would have a somewhat different play-style at the very least due to collision detection.

Sorry, Toph, Just not a Ryu fan, so I had to make my usual witty reply.

Oddly, though, I find Ken to be awesome. Can someone explain that for me, please?

Shit! Why Abel??

I like the -concept- of the current Abel's design, and it fits the story better then this design, but speaking purely from an aesthetic point of view I have to go with the girly-boy version.

Most boring character in videogames? Oh, I can think of a lot worse. And it's not like I play SF for the story. Abel's a beast in combat.

Still makes me wonder if the Abel we have now is actually a chick, cause that image had me fooled.

I prefer Trap Abel to the Cho Aniki Abel we have in SFIV.

The Abel girl is much better. I also need more Makoto: