‘Street Fighter V': More Details About New Character 'Necailli'

IN PHOTO: Asad Qizilbash, Senior Director of Brand Marketing at Sony Computer Entertainment America, introduces the video game "Street Fighter V" at the Sony Playstation E3 conference in Los Angeles, California June 15, 2015. Reuters/Kevork Djansezian

Capcom has unveiled one of its promised four additional characters in “Street Fighter V.” “Necailli” is among the 16 fighters who will complete the game’s roster. Capcom, in a press release, has revealed some of the character’s fighting skills.

According to the details contained in the press release, Necailli’s fighting skills compose of a wide variety of savage and close range attacks. Among the “Street Fighter V” character’s Battle System mechanics include the “V-Skill” and the “V-Trigger.”

Gamepur describes the “V-Skill” attack as a ground-pounding force that gives massive damage to the opponent. The action is triggered by Necailli using both his fists to pound the ground to create an explosion. The “V-Trigger” on the other hand transforms the new “Street Fighter V” character into a different person for a short period of time. Described as a mysterious energy, the “V-Trigger” changes Necailli’s hair colour from red to a glowing gold, as seen in the video below. The energy also changes his personality and turns him into somekind of a killer machine. It's apparent that the character also possesses super speed with his combo attacks.

Capcom has yet to reveal more details about Necailli’s fighting moves and skill attacks. However, the studio assured that all of the character’s moves will inflict maximum pain on his opponents as they “have been forged through the heat of battle.”

Necailli is just among the four additional characters game developers promised to bring into “Street Fighter V.” Capcom representative Matt Dahlgren announced during the recent EVO 2015 Street Fighter V Panel in Las Vegas that the game will consist of 16 fighters.

"We feel that's a good balance for a very diverse roster, but not being too overwhelming for new players to hop into the game," he said.

There have been speculations that “Street Fighter V” will see the return of some legendary classic characters. It’s been rumoured that Urien, Alex, Karin Kanzuki and R. Mika are among the additional four fighters. However, Capcom has remained tight-lipped on the matter and instead teased the possible return of classic character costumes.

Matt Dahlgren told IGN during an interview at the San Diego Comic-Con that Capcom has plans of bringing back the 1990s fighting costumes for some of the “Street Fighter V” characters. Dahlgren said there will be tons of variety in terms of costumes. However, he didn’t reveal an exact timeframe on when these retro outfits will be made available.

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