Honestly, this is some pretty cruel treatment to the Tengu fans if this is true. I mean can't TN just be upfront & honest about this early by announcing on a tweet that Tengu will not be returning to confirm that he will NOT be in the roster at all? Sometimes being blunt is being cruel, but in this case i think it's warranted. An honest, early "No" response to the fans would atleast put this debacle to rest & would've avoided such bitter disappointment from those that still had some sense of weight in their expectations of the possibility that Tengu could still return because no definite answer had been given. It seems to me that all they're simply doing right now is toying with their albeit small but strongly dedicated fanbase. If he is not in then so be it, the omission will still hurt no less but at least the Tengu fans would all know where they stand with the big man's predicament. If they just gave people a solid, concrete answer we could all move on. Stop dangling that chocolate cake in front of peoples faces just to watch them beg, it's really poor form imo. If, however this is all kerfuffle & the big fellow does turn up then i will gladly eat my words & then some.
Anyway, sympathies to Forlorn Penguin & the dedicated Tengu brethren out there if this is true though, this has got to hurt no matter which way you look at it. If Marirose is legit i seriously can't see her being a female Tengu though. Although that would be fairly epic if she was designed right, it would look just that little bit too bizarre fighting a winged woman with weird monster tits & a long conk while wearing stilts. But then again Rachel does need a fiend like character to beat on & well, after seeing some of Zack's outfits i guess the word bizarre was already thrown out the window eh.
Ba-dum-tish!
On to this new character then (if that source can be trusted), without sounding too bias, i really
REALLY want an Australian female character with the accent & some classic slang thrown in for good measure. With one of her costumes being an Aussie flag bikini top (this would work lads, trust me, trust DOA), beach towel wrapped around her midriff & a pair of sandals. If this were to come true I would main this lass for sure, absolutely no doubt about it just for the sheer pride of it.
Name: Marirose
Nationality: Australian/Aboriginal descent
Age: 22
Fighting Style: Something brutal similar to Vanessa from the VF universe
Hair Color: Bandana covering her dredlocks
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww yeah-yuh!!
Edit: I take all that back about female Tengu. Bring on the big conk, monster tits & stilts!
GUYS!!!!! TENGU PLAYERS REJOICE !!!!!
MARIROSE IS HALF HUMAN HALF TENGU ...
SHE IS OUT TO HAVE HER REVENGE ON RYU HAYABUSA FOR KILLEN HER FATHER !!! THE ORIGINAL TENGU!!!
OH MY DAYS !!!
(NOTE: this is not a troll I promise you)
Edit: Just realized I've been trolled again ROFL!!!! I went through about three different emotions in one minute.