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Roo streets of rage 48/9/2023 ![]() ![]() Adam, not able to join his old friends due to his own obligations to the police force, sends Skate in his place. Skate teams up with Axel and Blaze once again, and together with Dr. Gilbert Zan, a man who knows more about the Syndicate than any other, they set out to stop Mr. Skate is suspicious of Zan at first, believing he is leading them all into a trap, but eventually comes to trust him as they finally defeat Mr. X, now just a brain in a jar, psychically activates a detonation sequence, attempting to blow Skate, Axel, Blaze and Zan up alongside himself, but luckily Adam arrives in the nick of time and saves them with a helicopter. Ten years pass before the events of Streets of Rage 4. Skate is not mentioned in the game, and his role as the speedy fighter is taken over by his niece, Cherry Hunter. Skate's absence from Streets of Rage 4's story was an intentional choice by the developers.He is playable in his Streets of Rage 2 and Streets of Rage 3 designs however. As Skate was the youngest character he would have changed the most in the past ten years. Skate is the only playable character from Streets of Rage to not get a visual redesign for Streets of Rage 4 as a result.The team also avoided using an updated redesign even in cutscenes as they didn't wish to throw him haphazardly without considering how he'd potentially play.As a result Skate was considered possibly too similar to Adam Hunter in an older form.As a result he'd have to be reworked completely both visually and mechanically with a new design more fitting of a man in his twenties. Max Thunder and Shiva both appear as boss characters(both later added via DLC as playable characters), Dr. Despite being one of the four main playable characters in Streets of Rage 3, the American box art swapped Skate out for Roo, the secret boxing Kangaroo character.Streets of Rage 4 comes loaded with a ton of retro options out of the gate, including plenty of characters to unlock as you progress.Skate's actual age is never revealed although he appears to be about the same age as Cherry Hunter is ten years prior.Gilbert Zan appears as a NPC, Roo appears as a bartender cameo in stage 5 working at Barbon's bar, and even Japan exclusive character Ash appears on a poster in Nora's quarters in the Cargo Ship stage. Knowing that, you’re probably hoping for some retro levels, too.
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