Possible to not select any gems in Street Fighter X Tekken

Elaborating a bit on the gem system in Street Fighter X Tekken, Capcom special adviser, Seth Killian, spoke about some of the ins an outs on this controversial feature with Gamasutra.

Killian mentions that gems will be balanced against each other, and just because someone buys the special edition, they will not have an advantage over other players. Also, he adds that it's possible not to select any gems before a match, but there isn't a no gems option which locks them out of play.

This is a really good write up if you're interested in more details about the gem system. Here's a snip.

The Money Specter

How players will be able to get gems has also been a major topic of player discussion, with rumors suggesting microtransactions or grinding will be necessary.

"At this point we're still sort of figuring that stuff out," says Killian. "The game comes with some gems, some of them will be available as preorder bonuses and things like that." Some may be available packaged with DLC, as well.

"There's also worry about this guy [that] has more money and buys the special edition -- will he have an advantage over me?" The answer, says Killian, is no. "The gems, in the way we've approached them, are balanced against each other."

"If one gem has a bigger damage bonus, it has harder activation conditions."

Es posible que la situacion sobre las gemas se arreglen... Almenos estan dudando en poner una option de quitarlas, ojala no sea un cubo!

Nos estan saturando con el tema de las jodidas Gemas esas, ignoren eso señores que total el consumidor es el que tiene la ultima palabra y hasta que no se juegue no se puede llegar a una conclusion. Si la comunidad no quiere las Gemas se le va a buscar una solucion a la problematica si es que se decide apoyar este juego a nivel competitivo porque segun veo los principales organizadores de eventos en USA no estan muy contentos con esto y segun ellos para evitar conflictos lo mejor sera no darle cavida competitiva hasta que se aclare y se solucione esto.

Also, he adds that it's possible not to select any gems before a match,


el dice que es posible no cojer ninguna gema antes de la pelea so ahi esta

ya veo, sera algo parecido a la cvs2 con las barras, tenias la posibilidad de customizar 2 barras, y usarlas en el juego...normalmente, no se permitia usar esas barras, pero no habia una opcion que las bloqueara...simplemente no las cogia y punto...por lo que veo es asi aqui....es decir que si tu quieres no cogerla, puedes hacerlo, pero el contricante si le da la gana de cogerla el puede....