Re: Johnny Cage

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From: Philip John Stroffolino
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 00:14

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>   People don't play Kano with any regularity? Says who? Kano and
>Raiden are my personal favorites, although I generally prefer
>Kano's speed in moves to Raidens maneuverability against the computer.
>As for Johnny Cage, yes he has a *few* advantages, but not so I can
>tell. The only big advantage I can see that he has is his recovery time
>on attacks - he can get off a retaliation much quicker than any of the
>others I think(I don't play him much, so I'm not sure, but it seems
>that way). Unless there is some special move that he has that I don't
>know about that is unstoppable, I don't see why Cage is any stronger
>than the others?

Cage is fairly popular for a couple of reasons:

1. his jumpkick is second best to Kano's (IMO) -- it makes for an easy
game against the computer
2. easy defense against humans jumping in - uppercut and shadow kick
3. easy fatality (though pretty lame, IMO)
4. his sunglasses - what attitude! :^)

Phil

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From: Philip John Stroffolino <ps...@andrew.cmu.edu>
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Subject: Re: Johnny Cage
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1993 20:14:48 -0400
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