...the seductive succubus Morrigan Aensland. It is only appropriate that we add this femme fatale around Halloween week.
Developer: Capcom
First Appearance: Darkstalkers
Other Appearances: Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors, Darkstalkers 3, Marvel vs. Capcom Series, Tasunoko vs. Capcom (unreleased as of this induction), SNK vs. Capcom, Pocket Fighters Series
Who is Morrigan:
Besides the woman of your fantasies she plays a major role in the (underappreciated) Darkstalkers series. She is the heiress to the Makai throne after the death of her father Belial Aensland. Being an S Class noble or darkstalker her power was too immense to risk the well being of the kingdom. Splitting her power apart, Belial was able to raise Morrigan normally (being none the wiser). But seeing the darkstalker world in trouble, the now grown Morrigan sets off to stop Jedah.
Those familiar with the Darkstalker series may or may not know that Morrigan was originally supposed to be a "cute character" but the roles switched when Felicia was being developed and she was given the concept of a more sexually appealing character.
Playing as Morrigan:
Being a fighter character and the more recognizable face to the serie, Morrigan is a more well-rounded fighter. Her attacks are easier to pull off than most characters but is a more close range fighter when it comes to standard attacks and combos. An excellent starter character with the use of good combo balance and agility. In fact morrigan's moveset was based off of Ken and Ryu's.
In Namco X Capcom and Cross Edge, Morrigan was put into an RPG role. Her attributes were based on Sp. Atk. and Magic.
Appearance:
Morrigan is a Scotland-born succubus with light green hair and appears to wear skin-tight clothing a bit reminiscent of Cammy's leotard from the Street Fighter series with leggings decorated in bat wings. Her outfit is quite revealing around the chest area to dwell on the succubus concept. Having bat wings on her back and even on her head gives a very imaginative feel to the vampire style.
Voice Actors:
-Yayoi Jinguji
-Rei Sakuma-Vampire Hunter: Animated Series
-Kikuko Inoue-Vampire Night
-Yumi Toma-Night Warriors
In All:
There really isn't much more to say about Morrigan. Her history as a videogame character dwindled to near obscurity and she just didn't get as great of run as me and fans of Darkstalkers had hope for. So I want to give this character at least this much, a spot in the VGEC Hall of Gaming.
