It's funny. I'm watching my BIL play Bulletstorm, and the chick in the game is voiced by Jennifer Hale. She voiced her to sound pretty much EXACTLY like Phoenix. Any minute, I keep expecting her to say, "I CAN'T CONTROL IT!"
@KiShiDo:
Ken as well and the only one he wasn't Akuma wasn't as well
You don't understand what he means. Akuma is very reason the Vs. games were made.
X-Men: Children of the Atom is considered the first game of the Vs. games. The game consisted ENTIRELY of X-Men characters (including the Storm, Sentinel, and Magneto we all know and love today), however, it had a secret character: Akuma. When you unlocked him, you could play as him. The idea of Akuma facing off against the X-Men characters led to the idea of crossovers. Thus, Street Fighter vs X-Men was made. At the same time, the game Marvel Super Heroes was released (awesome game) consisting Marvel characters (such as Spiderman, Captain America, and Shuma Gorath…..which is why Shuma is so popular in this series). However, the game had a secret character of Anita from Darkstalkers (JP version only).
Later, Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter was made. And shortly afterward, Marvel vs Capcom was made. Rest is history.
Akuma was the start of everything. Also, take note of the games he was placed in.
Akuma:
X-Men Children of the Atom
X-Men vs Street Fighter
MSH vs Street Fighter
Marvel vs Capcom 2
Ken:
X-Men vs Street Fighter
MSH vs Street Fighter
Marvel vs Capcom 2
You see, Ken IS a Street Fighter rep, but he's also a clone. In game that establishes Street Fighter entirely, I can understand him getting in the game. However, he isn't a rep for all of Capcom. Ryu and Chun-Li are not only reps for Street Fighter, but HUGE reps for Capcom. C. Viper is a rep for the new age of Street Fighter. And most importantly, Akuma is a rep for the Vs. Games.
Akuma's entirely existence is based on the concept of being the 'ultimate challenge' that everyone must face. That's why he was in Atom. That's why he's put in all these crossovers.
I like Ken. But he's too similar to Ryu and is not a major rep for Capcom in terms of Street Fighter. Yes, I'd say he's on par with Bison (Dictator), Cammy, Alex, Dan, Guile and Sakura. However, considering his similarities to Ryu, I think they're going to go for the other stars first. Especially Bison.