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Over time, I came to notice that there's be a character
(or two) from each "Season" in each tier. At one time, I recall
Karin ("Season 1"), Akuma ("Season 2"), and Abigail
("Season 3") all in top tier. This may seem trivial to some,
but those who can read behind the lines see a possibly connection to the
increasing Socialization of video games being pushed by other big companies
and forces in the video game industry. Obviously influenced by Socialism
(while ignoring its failures throughout history), what I refer to as the
"Socializing of video games" is similarly built on the idea
of everyone getting something, even if it's at a lower quality. Part of
this idea is that everyone with every version of a game gets the "same
experience", which is ridiculous. If tiers are to be believed, they
show this ideology in effect. It would require a much larger article with
far more research than is meant for this particular article, but one could
probably find that characters were neatly placed in specific tiers through
careful programming so that any player owning any version of the game
could get the same (Socialized) experience. Again, this was just from
a quick glance. More focus on the subject could probably unearth more.
On the subject of characters, balance is not the only
questionable thing about them. There are some minor inconsistencies that
really make longtime fans wonder if Capcom's QA department is focused
on anything more than "balance". Birdie had aviator glasses
in SFA? When? True (Shin) Akuma in SFII with white hair? No. Street Fighter
Alpha - Warriors Dreams, but there are obviously characters from Street
Fighter Alpha 3? Mech Zangief was great to see, and there was even a mech
version of Juri, but no Cyber Akuma! Why?! Even Shadow Lady (from Marvel
VS Capcom) and Shadow (from Marvel Super Heroes VS Street Fighter) were
in the game, but no Cyber Akuma (from Marvel Super Heroes VS Street Fighter)?!
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