Why is the last opponent in Legendary Arcade Mode always Tina?

[Zekkah]

This also happened years back when I played this on the Xbox 360. The last opponent in Arcade Mode, Legendary difficulty, is always Tina, and always wearing that american flag bikini. I like to play Arcade Mode at max difficulty and always found it odd.

[CascadeHush]

I'm curious how you find the hardest difficulty in Vs mode compared to the hardest difficulty in arcade mode? Are the final couple of rounds in Arcade even harder or are they about the same?

[funkmonster7]

I hate playing any difficulty above Champ because the AI starts doing this BS hold just before getting CBed, which is impossible for a normal player to perform (at least for me). Because breaking out of the stagger requires some input, and then holding also requires a separate input. Only the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ AI can pull off both simultaneously and I consider this move to be cheating on steroids...

[CascadeHush]

No doubt, and yet some people do play on that difficulty apparently.

Champ was enough for me. I mostly just like making mods.

[funkmonster7]

I find Arcade difficulty to be even higher than VS mode difficulty even though they're at the same difficulty setting. Meaning Champ in VS mode is easier than Champ in Arcade mode...

But what defines "harder" in this case just means the AI button-reads a hell lot more in Arcade mode than in VS mode.

Although I noticed that the more I clear the game through all the lower difficulties and all the game modes such as clearing Survival mode on all characters for example; the AI seems to button-read more and more. This is annoying and frustrating, to be honest. Because I like playing all the characters but as the AI button-reads more and more, I simply cannot use slower characters anymore or I can't use specific moves.

For example, I main Lisa but currently a few characters such as Jann Lee always throws me when I attempt an OH. It is clearly AI button-reading me because he throws me 9 times out of 10, even if in on a particular day I decide to play against Jann Lee, and that was the first time I attempt an OH against Jann Lee and he still throws me... Very ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ BS.

[CascadeHush]

Interesting.

I only play on VS mode these days, because I just like playing with the girls (minus a few) and I have them all decked out in various bikinis most of which are my own mods. Also I only have a limited number of stages available in that mode, I don't want them playing in a war zone or an oil rig wearing beach wear.

I usually have it set to level 4, which theoretically matches Hard in Arcade, but I agree that it's easier, or at least easier than the last few stages of Hard Arcade. I leave it set here because I'm testing different girls all the time to see how the outfits look, and I can play some a lot better than others, and some I don't like to play at all.

But If I want a challenge I switch it to 5 but I agree that it's still not as hard as the end parts of Champ Arcade.

And yeah, also think that the AI has impossibly short reaction times against certain moves. OTOH a real opponent who was really good would be able to learn what moves and combos you like and anticipate them. And then you end up in a meta where certain moves are just not viable because of frame advantage and such that I don't care to know more about.

FWIW.