I count Mega Man's Zero as one Zero. What I meant was... "Are there any other Zeros in Capcom's history other than the red, spotlight stealing saber swinging, blond, maverick hunting maverick from the Mega Man franchise?"
Again...
EDIT: ON THE OTHER HAND!
...As people on the SRK post have put up as a suggestion, it may NOT be Zero we're thinkg about, but instead "Zero Gouki", the Giant Akuma robot from Cyberbots.
He WAS on the proposed character lists, right along side some of these other picks, like Joe the Condor and Ai-chan/Yatter 2. So, it may be too early to celebrate just yet...
So, in short, there's still a good element of doubt, which may make it so that this isn't the Zero that 99% of us are thinking about. We can only wait and see. Personally, since we already have two giant characters, I don't see the reason to add a 3rd (and a Capcom originating one, at that).
I DO like that idea of it being an "all new Zero that serves as a preview for X9" angle, though, immensely.
I'm never going to understand what connection people draw between Ranbu (thank you, Marshmallow Man) and Shun Goku Satsu...
Well, it's relatively simple. What do they have in common?
In both cases, upon a successful connect, the user basically opens up a can of free whup-ass on the opposition, in the form of an "auto-combo". The only real difference between the two is that you can see everything going on in one, and the other usually has things hidden by darkness.
Coincidentally, in Zero Gouki's version of the Shun Goku Satsu in Cyberbots, you actually COULD see everything going in the move, basically making it more of a Ranbu, any way.