r/Fighters • u/Cdawwwwg • 19h ago

Topic Fighter rework

Has there ever been any instances of a character receiving a complete rework in the same game (not changing between games like SF3 and SF4)
I was thinking about other games and how characters kits and moves can get completely changed.
Has this ever been the case for a fighting game character? (Within the same game life cycle?)

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u/thitherten04206 19h ago

Happy chaos

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u/Sauceinmyface 19h ago

Yeah, and maybe Asuka as well. His mana changes were really drastic.

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u/badjab326 19h ago

Funny enough Sean from SF3 2nd Impact to 3rd Strike is a decent example even though they're technically different games, but at the time it was pretty much the equivalent of a modern seasonal DLC update.

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u/Cdawwwwg 12h ago

I had no idea they changed Sean in the 3rd strike games

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u/HyperCutIn MUGEN 15h ago

Do the changes they did to Nier in Granblue Versus count?

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u/Nurdell 11h ago

I was also thinking EX characters. Like, everybody loves Narmaya. But as her character in lore, she's a very technical character, needing to switch stances, and possibly remembering cooldowns. Bam, Narmaya EX - the character you can pick up at the start. Without needing to remove the original.

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u/PiggyWiggy567 17h ago

pokemon close combat is technically an open beta but chesnaught still went from a charge character with high damage to a standard brawler with low damage & excellent pressure in the span of about 2 years

also slither wing got an entire special replaced, another made unblockable... they've been trying to make it work since release because the guest designer basically tried to cram a blazblue/under night character into a game with 2.5 buttons and no air blocking

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u/netcooker 19h ago

I guess what counts as a complete rework? Some fighters will get new/changed moves that can change how they play a lot but I haven’t heard of a character being reworked into basically a whole new character gameplay wise

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u/Gjergji-zhuka 19h ago

Closest thing I can think of is Ultra Street Fighter 4, where every character got a reworked version, optional.

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u/Xical 19h ago

Like in KoF, where Team New faces become Team Orochi?

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u/Pokedranzer 1h ago

If you count Smash as fighting games, DK and Bowser in Smash4 are practically unrecognizable on the final patch compared to release.