French Chun Li vs Dieminion. Pressure Chun Li. Any character can be used to be more aggressive than their archetype suggests, which is why Ultra David and James Chen pointed out how differently Knuckledu approaches Guile: using him more offensively than most players. Chun Li being primarily a turtle character doesn't take away from the fact that her walkspeed and her attacks make her a very good pressure character, in spite of how most people use her, and in line with Sonic Fox's style of play. Evil Ryu is exactly like Sonic's style more than Akuma because E.R. has slightly quicker mobility. Again, SF4 stream yesterday had James and David talking about how people might have to rethink how they approach what Chun li is, and is capable of in SF4. My opinion.
Obviously any character can be played in any fashion, that doesn't they excel at that archetype. Mixing up a play-style can be effective regardless of how poor a character performs aggressively or defensively, it's a strong mind-game tactic. Chun Li's pressure comes from well timed pokes, not from relentless assault. Again, it requires a lot of patience even to go on the offensive with her. Infiltration is using a character that hasn't gotten a lot of attention, and he's a player of a caliber that can maximize the potential of people's lack of knowledge in that regard. Chun Li is just not a character that promotes rush-down style, and her fireball is marginally better than Sakura's.
I'm certain walk speed is hardly the defining factor in Sonic's play-style. Akuma has the vortex capabilities and a much better teleport, which are both things Sonic got major mileage off with Batgirl.
Anyway, this discussion is pretty pointless. Sonic plays Sakura, and that's a very good choice. You really don't have to have that much patience to play her. She's also my main. You get in once and you can ride that all the way to the end. That's pretty much the epitome of his Batgirl.
