So... G must be Q right?

[MKPsyOps]

When you look at his story outfit...the mask, the fedora and the trenchcoat. The coat is a little shorter than Qs in SF3 and the plaid pants are a bit different but the rest... it has to be him right?

Post your thoughts please

[Midnight Meows]

That's my suspicion. The design and alt outfit is beyond what should be an homage to the character, but then what do I know.

[Brandon]

I don't remember Q wearing a woman's trench coat.

[GODxFIST]

He has numerous attacks that Q has.

[Baines]

Originally posted by BLANKA:

He has numerous attacks that Q has.

Building up his Presidentiality is also very similar to Q's taunt system.

[NeoTurfMaster]

They have to be the same character. Just watched some Q matches and his moves are very similar to G's. What I don't get is how G became a sociopath later on when his original goal was to unite the world.

[Crow]

The Illuminati likely "dealt with" G, who escaped and became Q.

[-Ramen-]

Anyone else feel like G has stubby normals, and low damage? I just booted it up with less than 30 minutes in the lab between the two characters, but I feel like Sagat gets a lot more mileage for a lot less work than G does.

[Baines]

Originally posted by -Ramen-:

Anyone else feel like G has stubby normals, and low damage? I just booted it up with less than 30 minutes in the lab between the two characters, but I feel like Sagat gets a lot more mileage for a lot less work than G does.

Just playing around in Story and SF5 Arcade (wanted to see if his endings revealed anything), and he seems to get pretty nasty if you manage to build his Presidentiality charge. Of course that all relies on your ability to build that charge, and your ability to not get knocked down (as you lose a level of charge with every knock down.)

EDIT:
G's story doesn't give away anything. It is mostly a Rashid and Menat comedy piece. Well, it gives away that either Capcom or Menat doesn't know what the meaning of The Fool card is. G's Story even makes a point of *not* really explaining anything about G, with Menat unable to decide if he's a fool or smart, or if he is like or unlike Bison, etc.

G's SFV arcade mode ending...doesn't either? It's mostly a cameo for Dan, Elena, and Hakan. But it ends with an unexplained close-up of G's eye, which I can't tell is supposed to be menacing (implying there is something evil about G), reaffirming his connection to the Earth (I'm guessing his eyes are the view of the Earth from space, which would fit an Earth-powered guy who has moving metal tattoos of the Earth on his arms), just generally portentous, or what.

Honestly, I can't say whether Capcom even has any plan with G. They could be setting him up as Q, or a rival of Q, or as a potential future boss, or as anything really. I don't know if they are intentionally keeping things vague for the extra mystery, or if they simply haven't bothered to make any firm decisions about the character.

I also checked to see if he was added to SF3 Arcade. He wasn't. (If he'd been added, it would have added weight to the idea that he actually is Q. Though Capcom has added other characters to arcade modes that they didn't appear in, such as the Final Fight characters in SF1 Arcade and Laura taking Sean's SF3 spot.)

[Teaspoon]

I think it's more a Gill & Urien situation. They're not the same person but rather share a connected origin.

[CJones]

GQ, as in the magazine. That can't just be a coincidence.

[Ether101 Prime]

Woolie from Super Best Friends said that it was revieled that G was the person talking to Cody in his Live Action trailer and that he was supposed to be the new head of Mad Gear. I wonder if he was just talking ♥♥♥♥ or if that was insider info that he wasn't supposed to share.

[IITWLLII -ES-]

Originally posted by Teaspoon:

I think it's more a Gill & Urien situation. They're not the same person but rather share a connected origin.

I agree on that.

Many moves are similar but the general characteristics show a different personality.

Maybe they had a similar "master" (fighting style origin), just look at Ryu/Ken or Yun/Yang etc.

As far as I remember SFV's story line happens before SFIII (the timeline order is SF1 - SF Alpha - SFII - SFIV - SFV - SFIII).
So Q lives in the future, another theory would be, that something happened to G and he became Q afterwards.

[Cipher Esteria]

G is Q, they're both bland, bad and shouldn't exist.

[Baines]

Originally posted by Ether101 Prime:

Woolie from Super Best Friends said that it was revieled that G was the person talking to Cody in his Live Action trailer and that he was supposed to be the new head of Mad Gear. I wonder if he was just talking ♥♥♥♥ or if that was insider info that he wasn't supposed to share.

Considering the running joke of their fighting game videos is how little they actually know about any of the games they are playing, I don't know that I'd take one of them seriously even if they did say it was legit.


The more I've thought about it, the more I think Capcom doesn't have any set-in-stone plan for G. They are keeping everything open, able to stick him into whatever future plan they might decide to use.

And even though G is one of the more interesting characters to show up in SFV, I have a feeling that he won't be coming back, so we never will get answers.

[MKPsyOps]

On a side note what is going on w/ G's skin too? Its has gold phasing in and out of his system somehow perhaps he is undergoing some kind of tranformation as well. We might be witnessing him turning into Q. Its def strange stuff