Necalli

"Devour-our-our."

- Necalli (Street Fighter V)

Necalli (ネカリ) is a character appearing in the upcoming Street Fighter V. He was first seen teased in Ken Masters' reveal trailer before his appearance was officialy unveiled at EVO 2015. Necalli is the first of the four new fighters confirmed for Street Fighter V.

Appearance
Necalli has very long black hair which bleeds into dull shades of red. His hair is tied into locs which are held together by gold ringlets. He has yellow eyes and four black streaks on his face. He also has several massive crisscrossing scars covering his chest and arms. Necalli wears only a tattered white kilt adorned with a gold and brown snake patterned loincloth, black shorts, a golden belt, and brown open-toed boots.

Upon activating his V-Trigger his appearance changes dramatically. His hair bursts loose from its bonds, lengthens, and glows bright red. The scars on both his body and face glow red and flash when certain moves are used. The sclera of his eyes turn black from white.

While his appearance, particularly his appearance in his V-Trigger state elicits comparisons to various past Street Fighter characters and even characters from a plethora of other media, Necalli's design actually is heavily based on Aztec mythology. The long, unrestrained hair are reminiscent of the ceremonial headgear worn by Aztec gods and royalty. Necalli's appearance is mainly inspired by the Aztec god of the Sun, war and human sacrifice, Huitzilopochtli. Necalli wears the Sun god's symbol, a snake, on his loincloth. His V-Trigger has him radiate brightly, similar to the Sun. Finally, Necalli's yellow irises are another reference to the Sun.

Personality
From what has been seen of Necalli so far, he has a wild personality, somewhat similar to Blanka (when angered), but is much more malicious and unstable. According to the Playstation blog post covering his reveal, however, he also possesses a hidden genius. Necalli has a visible stutter when speaking.

Street Fighter V
Not much has been revealed of his story or motives; however, his profession is described as being the 'Emissary of the Gods', implying a rather important role. His moniker is 'The Soul Consuming Darkness'.

Fighting Style and Gameplay
Necalli's fighting style appears to be a mixture of "feral" brawling and wrestling. His attacks include several claw attacks, a dive kick, a ground-slam attack, and various face-slamming grabs. During his Torrent of Power V-Trigger, his attacks change style completely, relying more on brute force and utilizing body slams and charges; he also gains a glowing red aura, and even a completely different Critical Art. His names of his moves are inspired from various aspects of the Aztec culture, but most prominently the Sun and human sacrifice.

Quotes
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Trivia

 * Necalli's Critical Art resembles Marvel character Wolverine's "Berserker Barrage X Super" attack from his crossover appearances in Marvel vs. Capcom series.


 * Necalli bears a resemblance (during Torrent of Power) to Kars from the manga series Jojo's Bizarre Adventure.
 * Necalli's English voice appears as wild and deeper voice as seen on his gameplay.
 * Necalli is similar to Gigas from the Tekken series and both characters are newly introduced to their respective series.
 * Necalli's hairstyle is tied in six locs which are held together in gold ringlets while Gigas has six long black tentacles which are attached on the part of his black armor, shoulder armor, and his black steel collar.
 * Both men also have a violent style of fighting.
 * Their fighting styles are completely different which Necalli uses a mixture between feral brawling and wrestling while Gigas uses a hybrid form of Vale Tudo and sheer brute force. Both men also can face grab to their opponent as their special attacks.
 * Necalli has also compared to Ogre from the Tekken series.
 * Both men shares their roles as being Gods from Aztec which Necalli is described in his story as being the Emissary of Gods while Ogre is a God of Fighting.
 * Both men are wearing loincloths when fighting.
 * Both men are also speaking visibly stutter as Ogre is know to speak alien language.
 * Necalli's hair during his V-Trigger is also similar to Ogre in appearance when it was loose in his ancient form.
 * Both of their roles are different which Necalli is devouring souls while Ogre is slaughtering the fighters and absorb their souls into him.