Here is the thing. People that played it in the arcade like me want Eyedol back, because he is a original cast member. Those of you that are to young to have played it in the arcade don’t care, or don’t want him back.
As far as being a stupid character. You think Rash is great, or that Arbiter belongs in the game? These 2 are to help plug 2 other games. Especially Rash, because he was released months ago to help plug the Rare game set they were selling. Yes he was unfinished, but finished enough to help sell another game.
Think about this. If it wasn’t for the orginal KI that Eyedol was part of, then there wouldn’t be a KI now.
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Before I make my point here, understand that I’m fairly neutral with regards to Eyedol coming back. I see the interest in having him return, and think he could be cool, but I also would rather see a brand new character made by IG.
What you said here definitely makes sense, but I don’t feel like Eyedol made KI1 what it was. The combo system and the rest of the cast did it for me.
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a head split in two with a third inner eye? a head inside a head 
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It was SO sick. Like a crazy Hindu demon. I’d play the crap out of that character. 
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The combo system is what made KI great. Before KI no game had a combo system, now most of them do. My issue is that they are going to have the entire cast except one? They did made new ones tRash “not a typo” Arbiter. They choose to plug another game with a character, instead of making a new one. I do think he should be in the game so it feels complete.
They pluged KI trough Rash though Rare Replay.
People didn’t get Rare Replay deta or demo from buying Rash in KI nor Season3. Instead people got to play with beta Rash which in turn get new people to toy around with KI… duh, also Rare Replay pretty much sold itself
let be honest as far as Rare is concerned there are much higher profile characters than Rash
The funniest thing is that the haters ignore that people asked for Arbiter and a Battletoad, acting as though NOBODY wanted them. As if they came outta nowhere, absolutely nowhere!!!
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Having 3 guests characters but no Eyedoll is going to kill me, especially since EVERY OTHER KI character is in the game.
And no, it’s not for “Nostalgia purposes”… That’s retarded to even suggest. It’s for consistency.
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Yes, rare does have higher profile characters than rash. They are called the cast of KI. I remember people asking for all sorts of characters. I was hoping that MS wouldn’t treat Halo like Nintendo treats Mario. Nintendo barely makes a game that doesn’t have him in it. Now MS is starting that crap with Halo. Guest characters are like deleted scenes in a movie. Nice to see once, but serve no real purpose to the story.
Street Fighter 2 was the first game to have a combo system… 3 years before the arcade release of KI…
Which version? There are 4 versions of SF 2. 3 came out after KI
Street Fighter 2
The first version through a bug (That the devs knew about and intentionally left in the game), then it was no longer meta by Super Street Fighter II, which came out in arcades in 1993.
Maybe he is left as incentive for Season 4?
Those of you that are to young to have played it in the arcade don’t care, or don’t want him back.
I worked at an arcade for years. KI came and went during those years. I played the hell out of it. I am well aware of Eyedol. I would still rather have a new character than Eyedol in the game.
You think Rash is great, or that Arbiter belongs in the game?
Actually no I’m not thrilled with guest characters. I don’t play either of those. Again, I’d prefer new characters. I love the new characters IG has come up with.
That cute and all but KI’s a video game, not a movie or a novel. (both of which as entertainment mediums ain’t devoid of chameos)
KI like most fighters the core game is player vs player. While I do care about narrative, I understand that its not essential to the gameplay and many of player vs player match’s don’t advance or effect the narrative in any kind of way. Doesn’t matter what characters you use in the match because the match it self is none cannon, thus it doesn’t matter the characters in the fight are cannon or not. Guest don’t hurt/effects the story at all but they do however add to the game its self. I mean, hell it’s a fighter not an RPG.
It is cute. Look at the characters. Each one has a story. There is a story mode section for each season. The shadow lords mode is a story. The IG staff even expanded the stories for a few characters. So yes, a story plays a big part in all games not just RPG.
As far as this is a video game not a movie or book. This is game is not a movie, but there have been so many games that have become one or the other. Some are both
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Honestly eyedoll would be a cool addition to the roster at the end as a surprise. But they’ve already mentioned (they being the dev team) that eyedoll would be hard to incorporate, and that gargos was revealed early for a reason. Not to say eyedoll wouldn’t be cool, but i think making the fourth character a new character is the route they are gonna take.
I guess I just don’t get how he could be any harder than any other character. There is no shortage of concept art for him. If you can make a character from scratch, then Eyedol can’t be any harder.
Staying true to returning characters original design is harder than it seems. They get a lot of shoe over the smallest of stuff, so of course redesigning eyedoll would be a little harder than others.
Ok, but I am not saying they should or can do it in a month like others. They could take there time and release him four or five months later. I would not care. I feel that the game would be incomplete without him.
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not really tho? he isnt really like..quintessential to the game or its lore really