Chun-Li's bouncy breasts baffle Street Fighter fans at E3

Capcom says that viral footage of Chun-Li's incredibly elastic "breast physics" in Street Fighter V is the result of a game glitch.

Fighter's 'breast physics' in clip of forthcoming Street Fighter V game has fans rolling their eyes

Lauren O'Neil CBC News Posted: Jun 17, 2015 6:22 PM EDT | Last Updated: June 19, 2015

New footageof gameplayfromCapcom's highlyanticipated Street Fighter Vwas unveiled during an E3 livestream this week, giving fans a fresh look at some of the franchise's most popular characters in action.

And yet, excited as they were,the action proved a bit too muchfor some viewers particularly in the region of Chun-Li'schest.

More than 22 million peoplehave tuned in to Capcom's Twitch channel to watchStreet Fighter V being played live at E3 since the gaming expo kicked off.

While Sony's announcement of two morefighters (Cammyand Birdie)to the forthcoming game's roster on Mondayattracted plenty of attention, it was Street Fighter'sfirst-ever female character and longtime fan favourite Chun-Li that got the internettalking once again.

WHATS GOING ON CHUN LIS BOOBS OH GOD NO pic.twitter.com/HzcEjTEfsv
—@Spacekatgal

@vivian_games Apparently Chun Li's breasts are superfluid and have literally zero internal friction.
—@Cirrhosis

@lesliehung Chun-li does flying spinning kicks upside down, these boobs would be a nightmare and a hazard to herself I don't understand this
—@euthanasian

It's not unusual for the appearances offemale video gamecharacters to spark controversy, or for the size of their breasts to growover time.

This is likely why few online seemed surprised by the actual size of Chun-Li'sbreasts in Street Fighter V.

What freaked out the fanswas a GIFposted to Redditon Tuesdaythat shows herbreastsbouncingferociously as she prepares to fight an opponent (the only other female character announced for Street Fighter V so far.)

The GIF spread fast onlineWednesday, prompting many on Twitter to call Chun-Li'sjiggling chest "absurd," "creepy" andJell-O-like among other things.

"Saw Street Fighter V has ridiculous jiggle physics," wrote one user, referring to a game-developmenttechnique meant to make breasts look more realistic."Really knuckling down on that grossness, huh Capcom?"

"Those 'jiggle' physics on Chun-Li's boobs are just dumb," wrote another."They're not even jiggling they're basically just flying around."

Chun Li's alien boobs have killed most of my interest for SF5. No way could I play this with friends and not be embarrassed about owning it
—@S0phieH

Capcom, please fix Chun Li's boobs. They are not helicopters.
—@Abelina_V

As a woman with large breasts I am finding this Chun-Li boob animation thing infuriating and really not funny.
—@ZymPrincess

Jiggle physics, or "breast physics,"have been notoriously difficult for game developers to masteraccording to Kotaku.

"If you've played games that have breast physics, you've probably seen how uncommon it is for games to show breasts that move like what they actually are: bags of fat affected by gravity," wrotePatricia Hernandez in an explainer on the term earlier this year. "Instead, it's more likely for a game to depict breasts as helium balloons that have minds of their own."

That's not what happened with Chun-Li,though, according to Capcom.

Peter Rosas, an associate producer for the company, spoke about the backlash togaming commentator James Chen during a Twitch broadcast onWednesday afternoon.

"The whole Chun-Li jiggle thing is a glitch that only happens on the second player side of the E3 build and it will be fixed," he said.

is the fact that chun li isnt wearing a bra also a glitch https://t.co/9UyBm3hP4H
—@inkopolis

So Chun-Li's crazy floaty boobs are a glitch? I hope so. That is just embarrasing to watch. You're better than that CAPCOM. #SF5
—@pixelatedsoul

"a glitch" is what cap-america claims the breast jiggle is but is it also a glitch that chun-li has her nipples sticking straight out? dude
—@mochamura

As the above tweets demonstrate, some remain unconvinced that the jiggle wasn't intentional. Yet, as Kotaku points out, there are plenty of other gameplayvideosonline that show Chun-Li in Street Fighter V without "gravity defying boobs from the nth dimension," as one Twitter user put it.

Sadly for Street Fighter fans, we likelywill notknow what the finished version of the character looks like until the PlayStation Network starts providing players with beta access on July 23.

The full version of the game is set to be available for PlayStation 4 and PCin March 2016.

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Chun-Li's bouncy breasts baffle Street Fighter fans at E3

Fighter's 'breast physics' in clip of forthcoming Street Fighter V game has fans rolling their eyes

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