Dark Sakura

Dark Sakura, also referred to as Sunburned Sakura or Suntanned Sakura, is a character from the Street Fighter series. Appearing as a separate playable character in Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter, Dark Sakura is the form Sakura Kasugano takes after falling asleep in the sun following a training session with Ryu. Despite having a deep suntan (or sunburn), she only fell asleep for a short period of time.
Though she is slightly in pain due to her burnt skin, Dark Sakura possesses a greater power than her normal counterpart and gains abilities similar to those granted to users of the Satsui no Hado. Because she does not actually make use of Satsui no Hado and merely emulates its power, Dark Sakura retains her humanity and reason. Regardless of her new powers, Dark Sakura's fighting style is still primarily an imitation of Ryu's Ansatsuken.
In Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes, Sakura displays the ability to transform into Dark Sakura on command. This transformation appears as one of Sakura's special attacks, and grants her some Satsui no Hado abilities while also altering her other attacks in several ways.
== Physical Appearance ==
Dark Sakura's physical appearance is essentially identical to that of her normal counterpart, with the sole difference being that her skin has been severely darkened by the sun. She wears a sailor fuku uniform, with her white blouse exposing her midriff. Dark Sakura's skirt is blue in colour, and the collar and cuffs of her blouse are a slightly lighter shade of blue with white accents. Around her neck she wears a yellow ribbon, and beneath her blouse a red undershirt that extends up around her neck. Dark Sakura also wears red combat gloves and red and white sneakers.
Due to technical limitations however, Dark Sakura's in-game sprite has slightly different colours. While her official artwork from her Shadaloo C.R.I. profile portrays her with light brown hair, her in-game sprite displays it as darker red-brown. Her blouse is also a light grey colour instead of pure white, and her skirt, cuffs, and collar are all grey instead of blue.
== Appearances ==
=== Jake's Marvel vs. Capcom ===
Dark Sakura makes a cameo appearance in Jake's Marvel vs. Capcom. Though she does not reappear as a separate playable character, Dark Sakura appears as one of Sakura's palette swaps. A similar thing occurs with Ryu and Evil Ryu as well. Sakura's Dark Sakura palette swap is based on the character's in-game sprite from Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter rather than her Shadaloo C.R.I. artwork, and does not alter her gameplay in any way.
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