@effache: The time skip was featured in the E3 trailer for the game, and portraits of the house leaders post-time skip were marketed on Nintendo's Twitter. Not a spoiler.
Beast is the only style that let's Kiryu pick up enemies off of the ground. There's a secret 4th style that also let's Kiryu do this.
Also, for more wrestling Heat Actions, if you grab someone in Beast Style, you can use L1 to turn them around, which gives Kiryu access to a Heat Move where he preforms an Atomic Drop.
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