Mick-Lucifer Wrote: What does arcing his fingers have to do with the laws of lightning?...
I'm not a fan of the ball. Little feed lines from the opponent and a really
fast bolt. That would be fun! I miss the electricity surrounding him, too.

Nothing.
Just has an appropriate appeal to it . Currents of electricity, flowing through the many fingers of the wielder. That, or voltage through the first two fingers pointed.
Azula ("Blue Fire") Good fight here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Apoe551rQNA&NR;=1 We should probably be seeing these ball-like blasts through closed fist, or feet. Just like the videos there. You can imagine how impressed I was to find that this "kids cartoon" got it right from the get go.
That said, while i like that we can now charge Raidens move, I hate the hadoken inference. HATE it. I don't want Street Fight, I want Mortal Kombat. lol
I'd much rather see the mojo from the
MKD Intro to signify a charge. 40sec in & around 1 min into the vid.
That, and I want all the attacks from that vid for Raiden.