Akuma's Raging Demon (also known as INSTANT PRISON MURDER if directly translated from Japanese – how awesome is that?) might well be the most famous super in the Street Fighter series, despite not being usable until the Alpha games came out. I have fond memories of destroying my cousin multiple times with this move in Alpha 3, and I'm happy to say that I'll be able to make him relive that terror again when Akuma debuts in Street Fighter 6 soon.
Following up on its epic cinematic teaser last month, Capcom released a gameplay trailer showing off the infamous shot, and it delivers on what you'd expect, which is the traditional shooting gameplay you're used to (ie fireballs, circles, heavy punches, and so on anymore) but with the most usual Akuma twists thanks in part to more air-based options (air fireball doesn't look any less painful to deal with now than it did 20+ years ago).
I found myself watching the footage and saying, “Do the thing!” only for the trailer to apparently stop. Luckily, the nasty guys at Capcom saved the best for last and snuck in Raging Demon at the end.
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In past games, Raging Demon starts out as a simple forward teleport into a soul-destroying grab combo, and that's maintained here, but made all the more worse thanks to modern cinematic production values. While it was cool in past iterations just to see the screen fade to black and annihilate my victim as mysterious (to my non-Japanese speaking self anyway) symbols appeared on the screen, Capcom took it up a notch here. Seeing poor Ryu struggle to understand what the hell is going on as he is surrounded by 20+ Akumas telling him to “become the Demon” just before pulverizing him is truly a sight to behold.
I'm looking forward to Akuma's inevitable takeover when he drops on May 22nd.
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