Street Fighter Fans Have Finally Warmed Up To Luke
It's taken two years and playable appearances in two mainline games, but Street Fighter fans have finally started warming up Luke, everyone's favourite barrel-armed buffoon.
It might be hard to imagine now that Street Fighter 6 has launched as one of the highest-rated games of the year (in a year with Tears of the Kingdom no less), but there was a time when it wasn't so beloved. When the first teaser was released and had a weird obsession with Ryu's feet and bulge, as well as an awful logo, it was a bit of a laughing stock, something that wasn't helped by the appearance of Luke, who wasn't very liked at the time.
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He might be the poster boy of Street Fighter 6 now, but Luke was originally introduced as the final DLC character for Street Fighter 5, where he looked a lot different to how he does now. The cringe tattoos, weird haircut, and resemblance to Logan Paul made Luke a bit of a joke at first, which didn't combine well with how overpowered he initially was, making him a pretty unpopular character at first.
This carried over all the way into Street Fighter 6's announcement and even most of the marketing before its launch, with fans blasting Capcom for choosing to put Luke on the cover instead of a classic cover, let alone in the weird pose that they'd chosen for him. Despite all of this animosity towards Luke over the years, it seems that Street Fighter fans are ready to bury the hatchet, as many of them have started sharing their newfound love for the character.
Over on the Street Fighter subreddit, one of the top-rated posts of the last week comes from Redditor MRXGONNGIVEITOYA, who shared an image of Luke and asked, "Anyone else
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