Missed Potential 😔
I’m still so upset that Street Fighter 5 gave us Necalli, this hot ass muscle man, who’s gimmick was literally Vore, and they proceeded to do nothing with that, both narratively and gameplay wise.
Like, I mean, yes we got that hot moment where he eats Akuma and gets a huge stomach on top of his muscles, before Akuma escapes (wish someone made an animated version of this or a live action recreation so badly), and don’t get me wrong, as a Vore moment in any media period, I think it’s one of the hottest ones, (I’m actually a big fan of the “be careful what you eat” Vore trope, of any over confident pred eating someone he perceives to not be a threat or problem, only for that to be their undoing, so Necalli this young hot muscle dude eating goddamn Akuma of all people, feeling all confident at first but noticing something not right, only to start gagging and throwing up, just to suddenly feel something going on in his stomach before he explodes from akuma’s wrath? Yeah I liked that lol) and incredibly underrated, but that was at the very end of his story. His gimmick is eating people and he never really did that or imposed a threat.
Imo, in the story, (*spoilers*) it would have been both a great narrative point, and hot, had Necalli, who’d been failing up to that point, at the end during the final segment, instead of us fighting M. bison again, for the 100th time, Necalli actually consumes Bison to everyone’s shock and surprise, and is the final boss/bad guy of the story. Perhaps as a story exclusive boss in this form “big belly Necalli” lol. Of course plot things after the fight would happen, and Bison would either escape Necalli’s stomach on his own, or Ryu or some other character would use their power to help him escape, but man, that would have been so awesome and a good use of the new at the time villain… (if anyone would like to do a alternate fan story retelling for SF5 and wants to do this, I think I’d love you, just sayin lol 👀)
Also, like, gameplay wise, he should have leaned more into the eating people aspect somehow. Like imagine one of his moves being what we see with akuma, where he grabs the person, consumes them and gets a big stomach for a bit before having to release the opponent. Or maybe that’s an ultimate finisher move! Gah, so much missed potential *sigh* and likely won’t be brought back in SF6 or any future titles given his poor reception. Idk I’m rambling lol
