I feel like they're preparing to remove Lau... He's one giant sun spot by VF5.
Yeah I've had this discussion with friends as well, considering Lau has been 'dying' since VF3.
I wouldn't mind if he got removed from the game, so long as they replaced him with a character that had his moveset/gameplay (Pai does not play the same, and I don't want to see Lei-Fei just get some of Lau's moves, they are hugely different characters)
It would be cool if they gave the costume options to make him back into Lau again too!
(Should we just make a VF6: Hopes and Dreams thread?)