Akuma was first introduced as the hidden, ultimate boss of Super Street Fight II Turbo, and quickly became a playable regular in the Alpha games. Like most SF characters his background is pretty vague, but he’s normally out to challenge Ryu, he’s the younger brother of Ryu and Ken’s trainer Gouken, up until SFIV it was assumed Akumu had killed Gouken, and perennial loser Dan is pretty mad at him, though Akuma doesn’t really care.
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That’s right, on any given day Taskmaster could give Captain America, Daredevil, Wolverine, or Batman a run for their money in a one-on-one brawl. Now Taskmaster has no real super powers, like enhanced strength or speed, but in addition to being in great shape, he has photographic reflexes, meaning he can copy the movements of any person he sees. Were he to watch Batman throw a Batarang, he can do it just as well, and he’s studied any hero he could get his eyes on, so he knows a lot. He can’t jump as high as Spider-Man, nor does he have a Spider Sense backing him up, but he can be just nimble when he needs to be. This villain may not be as well known as he should be, though maybe MvC3 will change that.
With the release date less than a month away, we’ve got to wonder just how many unknown characters are left, and just who they could be. Will the final roster be more than 40 fighters deep? We’ll let you know when we do.
Jan 18, 2011
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