True,

Just going by the last thing he went by as far as the timeline was concerned. Or the most interesting if anything.

We'll see, one thing SFIII does is take out a large portion of the SFII/Alpha cast.

Oct 25, 2009 -- 9:45PM, Scarecrow wrote:

We'll see, one thing SFIII does is take out a large portion of the SFII/Alpha cast.

So what? It has no bearing on what they can do with SFV.

Oct 25, 2009 -- 10:22PM, Tobias Reaper wrote:

Oct 25, 2009 -- 9:45PM, Scarecrow wrote:

We'll see, one thing SFIII does is take out a large portion of the SFII/Alpha cast.

So what? It has no bearing on what they can do with SFV.

My thoughts exactly

That's why they'll probably keep SFIII canon but not base SFV on it, or rather that's what we agree on.

Point: The new storyline presented in IV is what they're aiming for and what will probably drive the series from now on. Whether they connect that to SFIII in some way is another thing.

The solution is simple.

Street Fighter's majority revolves around the tournaments and machinations of Shadaloo and the people connected to it through various means both directly and indirectly.

Street Fighter III was about the Illuminati, so could be thought of as a side event in the series. Gill invited the fighters in it. The world is full of people, we can't assume every strong fighter ends up in the same tournaments.

In fact if anything Super Street Fighter II established this with Akuma, Bison had no idea who this guy was, he wasn't invited and had no part of the tournament or Shadaloo's plots or members and only showed up thanks to Ryu.

So Gill used a different criteria, plus likely would want to avoid mixing blood with another secret group like Shadaloo and letting his plans be known, so focused on different fighters.

Yeah I wouldnt mind it if SFIII was a side story. I mean they dont out right say Sagat, Guile, Blanka, etc are dead and gone. It just means they werent showcased in SFIII. I hope Ono can see or think that idea, before going through a huge retcon process.