domingo, 4 de mayo de 2014

Visual references - Ray

The military wrestler Ray was considered the first grappler in this game. As such, he takes some cues of both militar and grappler characters.

His buff physique is similar to Ray, and being both military grapplers, it's no wonder why he based some of his normals on his succesful use of muscular mass. That includes the popular turning chop, as well as the hopping shoulder tackle:

Ray has learned survival tactics from Ralf. The KOF XIII version of the popular Ikari Warrior has a special move in which he ducks and slams a grenade on the ground, causing a pillar of flame to rise.
For Ray, it seems Chinese army is not in its best moment and ammo is scarce, so, he decided to punch the ground instead, which at least makes stone shards to rise:
Ray got inspiration for one of his supermoves from Maxima, another great grappler from the KOF series. They first go and gather strength, after that they perform a super duper jump, and finally land on the opponent curled into a hard-hitting human cannonball:
Last but not least, Ray has been seriously studying Abel from Street Fighter IV. His regular command throw is practically identical to the one of the french MMA warrior:
Also, his MAX Super throw is virtually the same as one of Abel's Ultra moves. Including the dramatic ending:

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