Thankfully, Capcom more waiting in the wings of single-player. Just like the excitement of seeing the portraits of the "Final Four" bosses appear on the world map in SFII, or the shock of being interrupted by a challenge from one of the three hidden bosses in SFA, M. Bison's super-sexy-soldier Dolls were SFA3's surprise, and Capcom made the awesome decision to grace us with their presence in SFV. In addition to the unlockable playable characters from the Street Fighter Alpha 2, there are also the unplayable "Dolls" from Street Fighter Alpha 3. Zeku and Abigail were eventually available for unlock, but all of the Dolls are unplayable. While incredibly unfortunate, it was really cool to see Capcom give us some Street Fighter Alpha 3 love with a decision like this. I was always disappointed by the complete and utter lack of publicity concerning all of the cool characters in Street Fighter V from the smash hit Street Fighter Alpha 3, though. I didn't see them mentioned anywhere at all. Some have even said that Juli, Abel, Decapre, and other characters are not in the game, but clearly we can see here that they are. And it's not just the fake fact games media who's at fault.

Capcom didn't promote their own game correctly. SFA3 was a very successful game for them. Why wouldn't they use characters and things from that game that are in SFV to their advantage for marketing? They didn't use SFV's strengths to promote it. These are iconic characters from an era of the series that people love, yet they were nowhere to be found in their promotional material or footage. The Dolls in general weren't even promoted! This was a really wasted opportunity, considering their design variations are cooler and more creative than most characters in the game. There's even one that quickly turns into a Karin rival, with her curls and similar laugh. The Dolls were one of SFA3's most characteristic traits, and it was great to see them in SFV. This, I thank Capcom for, and I believe it was one of their best SFV roster decisions. And these designs couldn't be more suited to Capcom's recent fear of SJW outrage, striking a happy medium with tightly-revealing, yet fully-clothed outfits. To their credit, this is proof that a character can be sexy (even slutty) without revealing costume design.

The Native American Doll Noembelu, SFA3 Doll Juni, and the traditional Chinese opera makeup Doll sisters Xiayu and Jianyu are all part of SFV's story, but do not appear in battle. According to the Capcom Fighting Network companion site Character Guides, Juni is no longer under M. Bison's control and is being protected by Cammy's Delta Red team during the events of SFV. Much like Resident Evil 6, I thought it was cool how Street Fighter V's story continues outside of the game. In regards to the cultural representation of the Dolls, entitled idiots will cry "cultural appropriation", but the series has always made characters ethnically-unique, and that acknowledgement of culture was never seen as bad. It made them interesting, and the Dolls all look great! They're all hot, and I love them all, but Fevrier made me lost my mind. I absolutely love her character design. Capcom did very well with her design; bangs, visor, attitude, and stacked! More designs like this in the future, please!