The fine folks at Lab Zero Games just dropped a trailer featuring a new playable character for Skullgirls Encore – Fukua. According to the developers, Fukua is a clone created Brain Drain who, due to an accident, contains the souls of two warriors – one proud warrior known for her brute strength and prowess in close combat, the other a silent assassin who specialized in killing her targets from afar. Check out the trailer below for a look at the tools she has at her disposal.

Now while she’s obviously an April Fools’ Day joke, one that takes a jab at Capcom’s most recent character announcement, there is a bit of a twist to this story. Lab Zero, who believe in taking a joke to the “furthest extreme,” have actually made her a playable character in the PC version of the game. In addition to this, Mike Z himself has stated in the Steam Community Forums that Fukua might actually stay in Encore depending on the community’s response.

So what do you think? Would Fukua actually make a decent addition to Skullgirls Encore’s cast, or should the game avoid permanently adding any clones or palette swaps? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments below.

UPDATE – For those of you unable to play the PC version, d3v put together this quick video showing off Fukua’s movelist and some hour one combos. Enjoy!

Source: Lab Zero Games via Steam Community Forums, tips courtesy of ashxu, Redblaze27, and Sanger Zonvolt.