The Street Fighter Plot Canon Guide Ver. 4.6
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Plot guide of all games that officially exist within the canon Street
Fighter storyline, and how they fit into what has been officially confirmed
as canon by Capcom of Japan. This FAQ was maintained by Tiamat, and now by
vasili10. Please do not post it to other sites without permission, or claim
credit for writing it, unless you're one of the people in the credits section
of course. Credit is given to many of the people listed in the Special Thanks
section, many of whom provided MUCH of the info that went into this FAQ.
If you're having trouble getting the guide to fully load, I find that
clearing your temporary internet files and then trying again sometimes
works.
Disclaimer: As of this writing, vasili10 is not an employee of Capcom nor
has he ever been one. Nor is he the one in charge of Street Fighter's
storyline at Capcom HQ. The ramifications behind this and the guide should
be self-explanatory.
Slight language warning. This guide contains exerpts from various
official statements, some of which have a little amount of profanity in
them. I don't think even the Final Fight Streetwise statements get THAT
gratuitous, though. About the worst that comes about is an older exerpt
for M. Bison, and that's marked away with asterisks.
This FAQ now uses the original Japanese naming convention, with overseas
names being secondary. Regarding the majority of information it takes
into consideration, it goes by the Japanese version (as Capcom of Japan
were the original writers/creators of the SF plot) but states overseas
differences when known as well (so both versions can be looked at. Even
more important now that Capcom of America has the SF License)
Acronyms
SFZ1 = Street Fighter Zero
SFZ2 = Street Fighter Zero 2. SFZ2's storyline expands and overrides SFZ1.
Capcom has stated as such.
SFZ3 = Street Fighter Zero 3
SF1 = Street Fighter 1
SF2 = Street Fighter 2 and all its versions. Note that the latest version
of SF2 (Currently Super Street Fighter 2 X Revival) released by Capcom
overrides all previous ones. It remains to be seen if, but not expected
that, the upcoming HD Remix will override any of Revival.
2I = Street Fighter 3 Second Impact. It expands and overrides Street
Fighter 3 New Generation.
3S = Street Fighter 3 Third Strike.
FF1 = Final Fight 1
FF2 = Final Fight 2
FFT = Final Fight Tough
FFSW = Final Fight Streetwise
MB = Muscle Bomber
SMB = Super Muscle Bomber
Etc. etc. Etc. I'll probably use more acronyms but you should be able to
figure them out.
Contents:
(use the find feature control-f and plug in the page number then hit
enter a few times or whatever to instantly warp to the listed page)
pgI. Revision History
pgII. Introduction and Opening Statement
pgIII. Timeline and Canon Games
pgIIIAboutMuscleBomber.
pgIIIAboutPrivateJusticeAcademy.
pgIIIAboutFinalFight.
pgIIIFinalFight1989.
pgIIIAboutCapcomClassicsCollection.
pgIIIAboutFinalFightRevenge.
pgIIIAboutFFSW.
pgIIIAboutCaptainCommando.
pgIIIAbsentGames.
pgIIIVSGames.
pgIIIAboutAnimeEtc.
pgIIISFComic.
pgIIIContinuity.
pgIIIReleaseDates.
pgVI. Quickie Game Summaries (control-f the page number to find that game)
pgIVMBSMB. Muscle Bomber & Super Muscle Bomber
pgIVSF1. Street Fighter 1
pgIVFF1. Final Fight 1 (Final Fight One)
pgIVSFZ1. Street Fighter Zero 1
pgIVSFZ2. Street Fighter Zero 2
pgIVFF2. Final Fight 2
pgIVSFZ3. Street Fighter Zero 3 (latest version being Street Fighter
Zero 3 Double Upper)
pgIVFFT. Final Fight Tough
pgIVSF2. Street Fighter 2 (Super Street Fighter 2 X Revival)
pgIVSF4. Street Fighter 4 A New Beginning
pgIVSF3. Street Fighter 3 New Generation/Second Impact
pgIVSF3TS. Street Fighter 3 Third Strike
pgIVFFSW. Final Fight Streetwise
pgV.A-Z Master Character Index (control-f the page number to find that char)
pgV2Ill.
pgVAbel.
pgVAbigail.
pgVAdon.
pgVAlekseyZalazof.
pgVAlex.
pgVAndore.
pgVAstro.
pgVBalrog.
pgVBella.
pgVBelger.
pgVBirdie.
pgVBlack.
pgVBlackWidow
pgVBlanka.
pgVBratken.
pgVCaine.
pgVCallman.
pgVCammy.
pgVCarlos.
pgVChang.
pgVChunLi.
pgVCody.
pgVCViper.
pgVDamnd.
pgVDan.
pgVDave.
pgVDean.
pgVDeeJay.
pgVDhalsim.
pgVDrake.
pgVDudley.
pgVEagle.
pgVEdiE.
pgVEHonda.
pgVElena.
pgVElFuerte.
pgVElGado.
pgVElStinger.
pgVFeiLong.
pgVFreak.
pgVFreddie.
pgVGeki.
pgVGen.
pgVGill
pgVGouken. (info on Goutetsu shoved here too)
pgVGouki.
pgVGuile.
pgVGuy.
pgVHaggar.
pgVHandsomeBob.
pgVHarryHicks.
pgVHugo.
pgVIbuki.
pgVIngrid.
pgVJessica.
pgVJoe.
pgVJuli.
pgVJuni.
pgVKarin.
pgVKen.
pgVKimalatheBouncer.
pgVKyle.
pgVLee.
pgVLocksmith
pgVLucia.
pgVLuckyColt.
pgVM.Bison.
pgVMaki.
pgVMakoto.
pgVMike.
pgVMissingGomes.
pgVMysteriousBudo.
pgVNash.
pgVNecro.
pgVOro.
pgVPaco.
pgVPhillipe.
pgVPoison.
pgVQ.
pgVRMika.
pgVRemy.
pgVRetsu.
pgVRetu.
pgVRipSaber.
pgVRolento.
pgVRose.
pgVRufus.
pgVRyu.
pgVSagat.
pgVSakura.
pgVSean.
pgVSeth.
pgVSgtSims.
pgVSheeptheRoyal.
pgVSnHRyu.
pgVSodom.
pgVStray.
pgVTHawk.
pgVTitantheGreat.
pgVTwelve.
pgVUrien.
pgVVanessa.
pgVVega.
pgVVictorOrtega.
pgVVitto.
pgVWonWon.
pgVWong.
pgVWraith.
pgVYang.
pgVYun.
pgVZangief.
pgVI. Organizations and Locations
pgVIMadGear.
pgVIShadaloo.
pgVISkullCrossGang.
pgVIIlluminati. (placeholder)
pgVIMetroCity.
pgVII. Miscellaneous Questions
pgVIIDestroyPsychoDrive.
pgVIISatsuiNoHadou.
pgVIIReconciliation.
pgVIITournaments.
pgVIIWinners.
pgVIISF3Beauty.
pgVIIStages.
PgVIIVoiceActors.
pgVIISF3Judges.
pgVIISpecialMoves.
pgVIIPowerTiers.
pgVIIStoryWriters.
pgVIIPronounce.
pgVIIWutSources.
pgVIITiamatJerk.
pgVIINextSF.
pgVIISFLicense.
pgVIILiveAction.
pgVIIRandom.
pgVIII. Credits and Special Thanks and Author Contact Info
pgIXSources.
pgIXArtCaptions.
pgIXContact.
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pgI. Revision History
- Version 4.6 additions:
new SF4 character sections, Zero 2 battle summaries touched up, at least a
little update for each SF2 and SFZ2 face as well as for Cody, Karin, and
R. Mika, more bookkeeping here and there, like stated below, just stuff.
- Version 4.5 additions:
Maki isn't in love with Guy (far as we know, anyways). Misinterpreted the
translation on that.
Makoto's grandfather is still alive (you can see her brother and grandfather
in her ending. They are holding a photo of Masaru, Makoto's late father).
Her grandfather has tears in his eyes that the dojo can go on)
....just stuff. Updating this guide takes long enough without listing
all the revisions. On that note, Tiamat's removed previous revisions (but
has them archived on his computer) because they were taking up too much
space.
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pgII. Introduction and Opening Statement
The purpose of this FAQ is to give a coherent presentation of
the storyline of Capcom's Street Fighter series, and all the many games
that tie into it. This FAQ relies on official statements and confirmations
from stuff that is canon, as well as using info from the games to determine
stuff that is PROBABLY part of the official canon storyline. If I don't
have a complete 100% assurance, even if it's only a slight bit of doubt on
a bit of info, that bit of info shall be marked as such.
Canon, for the purpose of this guide, is what is known as authentic history.
Over the 20+ years of the saga's history, Capcom Japan has leaked piles upon
piles of information about the SF universe which serve as the threads that
bind the saga's chapters together, and unfortunately Capcom's overseas branches
have often compromised these threads in both amount and genuinity. Contrary
to what many people might think, more often than not, Capcom does take into
account what's been previously written. As a result, flat-out rewrites are
relatively few, and are pushed aside in favor of fleshing out or simply
filling previous blanks. Retcons or rewrites are usually placed on a
last-resort basis, when there's no possibility for two or more elements to
co-exist, in which the newer elements thoroughly replace the old. Hence, even
accounts for a game like SFZ1 hold true as long as they don't conflict with
anything written or stated later on. Finally, nothing is retconned out of
existence simply because it's been forgotten or ignored. Ignorance fails to
equal denial. Even though you don't read or hear about them much, minor
characters such as Ojou-san, Mr. Marik of Shadaloo and Honda's brother still
exist within the SF universe.
SF canon has come about in two ways: either Capcom directly produces it and
releases it publicly (usually through sourcebooks, magazines, guides, or
interviews), or Capcom's inspired by selected elements within various media
materials (most notably the SF2 Animated Movie and selected mangas produced
by Nakahira Masahiko-sensei) and incorporates them into their established
authentic history. One point to note, is that for canon established by Capcom's
inspiration, the material as a whole is never established as canon, only bits
and pieces of it. Hence for example, Kanzuki Karin is a member of the SF
universe, but the manga she came from, Sakura Ganbaru!, still stands alone from
the SF saga's continuity.
Nonetheless, Capcom has been known to retroactively change their storylines and
established canon. Due to this, if you see something in an older game and
there's a new version of it in a newer game that obviously conflicts, take the
new version and forget the old. This FAQ goes by the latest most up to date
version of the storyline which is the currently official one, and it shall
continue to try to keep up to date. However, I shall try to mention times when
Capcom has retroactively changed already established parts of the storyline.
Capcom's also without a sense of humor as well, even within their own
publications. Fortunately most cases such as these will have them stating
things like "this page is all a lie!", especially for their flyers illustrating
what seem to be genuine facts, but are written in tabloid formats, complete
with impossible street dates like June 66 or Feb. 31.
Oh, THERE ARE NO ANIMES, MANGAS, MOVIES, COMIC BOOKS, OR GRAPHIC NOVELS
THAT OFFICIALLY ARE PART OF THE CANON. Not anymore anyway. One exception to
this was a short SF1 manga released by Capcom itself. It's been null and void
since the Zero series was released.
Of course, even then, you have to remember that a significant amount of
endings in the games don't happen. This is usually true for all fighting
game series. There are many endings that are just filler because the company
couldn't think of anything else, while there are many that can probably be
assumed to be canon depending on what happens in them and many more which
the company has stated actually did officially happen).
The SF Eternal Translated version is influenced by Capcom of America
(Confirmed by Erik Ko of Studio Udon). So expect at least Vega to be
M. Bison, M. Bison to be Balrog, and Balrog to be Vega. And probably
ansatsuken to be shotokan (since that's what Udon had to use for the
comic). ...and possibly even worse changes but those are the confirmed
ones so far. The plot guide
will try to track anywhere there's a significant deviation between
the English Street Fighter Eternal book and the Japanese one.
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pgIII. Timeline and Canon Games
This is the order that the games within the Street Fighter plot's
universe takes place. The majority of these dates are official statements.
Muscle Bomber/Duo (1981, probably, going by Haggar's age)
Super Muscle Bomber (1982, probably. Ditto)
Street Fighter & Final Fight 1 (1987. FF1 stated to take place during SF1.)
Final Fight 2/Street Fighter Zero 1&2 (late 1987 thru early 1989: Guy wasn't
in FF2 because he was training, FF2 took place 1 year after FF1)
Street Fighter Zero 3 (1989 thru early 1990. Double Upper is the latest
version)
Final Fight 3 (1991 is most likely)
Street Fighter 2 (1993. X Revival is latest version)
Street Fighter 4 A New Beginning (pending release in 2008)
Street Fighter 3 New Generation and SF3 Second Impact (1998. Second
Impact replaces New Generation)
Street Fighter 3 Third Strike (1999. This is SF3's epilogue)
Final Fight Streetwise (2006 going by release date. Lots of evidence
that it takes place waaaaaay after Final Fight 1, and the urban culture is
likely intended to be based around this date as well.)
pgIIIAboutMuscleBomber.
About Muscle Bomber's place in the timeline: Annoyingly,
Haggar being 'ex-mayor' during those games was made up by Capcom
of USA, if even that much. All About Capcom states that Haggar was in the
middle of elections during Muscle Bomber. Heck, even Haggar's profile in the
Super Nintendo Final Fight 1 instruction book for the US states that he
left wrestling to become the mayor. As for Hugo's Street Fighter 3 Second
Impact ending with the CWA, those are definitely just joke endings
that never happened (he doesn't have any tag team partners in Third Strike
nor does his Third Strike storyline indicate that his endings could have
happened in any way) and not meant to be taken seriously. Haggar's
appearance as a wrestler in those endings is most likely just an easter
egg. If they aren't just easter eggs, that's fine too and doesn't
contradict because it's wholly possible that Haggar has decided to go back
to wrestling since then because his tenure as mayor ended two years after
SFZ3 according to All About Capcom. Capcom hasn't stated it either way
though (though I myself am pretty sure it's just easter egg appearances).
Even with that, however, the Muscle Bomber games themselves definitely took
place before Final Fight 1 as stated by All About Capcom.
Streetwise has an election poster in Haggar's gym that places Haggar's
elections (and thus SMB) at 1982. Other sources say Haggar was
elected 5 years before Final Fight One, which, if you go by FF1's retconned
date of 1987, is 1982 as well.
Oh, and Haggar being "newly elected mayor of Metro City" in Final Fight
was something Capcom of America added. He's just "mayor of Metro City" in
the Japanese version.
pgIIIAboutPrivateJusticeAcademy.
About the Private Justice Academy/Rival Schools Series
Due to Sakura having been redesigned for the series with a different
bloodtype than in the Zero series, not to mention the game's prologue listing
it taking place in 199X, the series has no place within the SF universe, if
it ever did at any point. With respect to Sakura, since her ending has her
yet to meet with Ryu after her initial glimpse of "that person" with the
white headband, the series is treated as the following what-if: after seeing
Ryu initially, Sakura went on to Tamagawa High School and became friends with
Hinata and Natsu, rather than Kei and later Karin.
pgIIIAboutFinalFight.
About when Capcom decided to have Final Fight take place within the SF
canon
Contrary to what some believe, it was NOT Street Fighter Zero that
made Final Fight part of the Street Fighter universe and canon. Final
Fight has officially existed within the Street Fighter canon storyline
universe as late as when Street Fighter 2 was first released, and possibly
earlier than that, due to the game initially billed as Street Fighter '89.
Guile's and Bay Area's dogs were declared to be pals
within the storyline ever since Street Fighter 2 existed. It was just that
the Zero series had the first Street Fighter games with Final Fight
characters directly involved, but the Final Fight series still officially
existed within the Street Fighter universe before Zero was made.
pgIIIFinalFight1989.
Why does Final Fight 1's intro state it took place sometime during 1989?
Capcom went by the release date for Final Fight's date of occurrence. They
would do this with Final Fight 2 later on.
Before Zero 2 came out, the SF universe timeline went according to game
release dates for games prior to SFZ. SF1 happened in 1987, FF happened in
1989, SFZ events went clear into 1990 where Z3 is today, and SF2 in 1991.
Entering into SFZ, Guy is already proclaimed the 39th bushinryu master, so
he's already had his fight to the death with Zeku; aka the game's not about
his training to become the 39th, he already is, just like if you enter SFZ3
as him. The real time year in the real world was 1995 at this time.
Next real time year 1996, SFZ2 comes out. Now Capcom decided to have Guy still
training to become the 39th, and he meets Zeku at the end of the game, Guy's
ending, to then engage the fight to the death. Back to the SF universe
timeline: with Zero 2 events beginning in late 1987-early 1988, now FF is
backed up to 1987 because both FF and SF1 still have to be prior to SFZ2 as
before with SFZ, and consequently FF2 backs up to where SFZ2 is as well, to
account for Guy's absence in FF2.
Street Fighter's dates take priority over Final Fight's due to FF being
the subset of the larger SF universe.
Final Fight Streetwise's election date of 1982 for Haggar places
Final Fight One at the year 1987, anyways (official statements are that
he became mayor 5 years before Final Fight One. Also, his official
ages for Final Fight One and Super Muscle Bomber are 5 years apart, and he
was in elections during the Muscle Bomber series.)
Going back to how I said that Capcom has set as equally official birthdates
and ages for the Final Fight cast, they may have eventually veered towards
the latter. For Haggar in AAC, his FF1 profile is listed minus his birthdate
and age (same for Guy & Cody), but he's declared to be 41 years old in Super
Muscle Bomber.
Also even though Guy's Z3 stage story doesn't mention Metro City's peaceful
due to Mad Gear's defeat, Haggar's AAC Z3 entry does; it calls him the one
who crushed Mad Gear one year previous, and as Zero 3 opens, due to Shadaloo's
doing Metro City begins to experience unrest yet again, the unrest may be
including Cody's jailbreak. Whether Shadoloo's operatives include the Skull
Cross gang or some other unnamed group or individuals is not known for sure.
Haggar has a Z3 entry in AAC; it's where we learn that his term will end two
years later. It's assumed that because it doesn't mention Cody or Guy, it
refers to the final Mad Gear crush during FF2 and the scattered remnants in
Metro City during SFZ2, in which Cody and Guy didn't partake.
pgIIIAboutCapcomClassicsCollection.
Some bios are unlockable for Final Fight characters in Capcom
Classics Collection. This is relevant to Poison being a guy (finally stated
in English). Here's what the translator Sirlin said about their authenticity:
"We did not touch any of the text for the character bios. It was written
(or maybe gotten from old archives) by Capcom. It took a long time for
Capcom to even give us text because they needed a bunch of approvals for
it, probably from Capcom Japan. So it's pretty accurate, but you never
know when a company is rewriting history with their story. Bottom line,
it's a pretty trustworthy source, but you never know. --Sirlin."
pgIIIAboutFFR.
About Final Fight Revenge
Final Fight Revenge was made by Capcom USA before it obtained the rights to
SF, and thus has no ties to the authentic SF universe.
pgIIIAboutFFSW.
About Final Fight Streetwise.
Made by the same team as Final Fight Revenge. This time, the team had
"free reign", although Capcom of Japan still had final word, thus the new
material it introduced is authentic, not that it significantly matters since
it takes place considerably long after any other canonized game in the saga.
Capcom of America owned the Street Fighter License
by this time and that shortly after FF:SW was released, the American Studio that
developed it (and Maximo, and had the team that made FF:R), Capcom
Studio 8, was closed down.
R.I.P., Final Fight. Your end came much later than the Private Justice
Academy series and didn't have as blatantly open a plot left (ditto for
Darkstalkers, come to think about it), but it also ended on what many will see
as a much more sour note.
For what it's worth, some press releases etc. began with "Taking
place within the Final Fight universe" for Final Fight Streetwise.
pgIIIAboutCaptainCommando.
About Captain Commando
It's uncertain if CC ties into Final Fight and the SF universe through Sho a
distant successor to bushinryu ninpo (former name of Guy's style, prior to
the Zero series), and the game's 2026 setting in Metro City IF that evidence
can be tracked down anywhere.
pgIIIAbsentGames.
Any other games/series/movies/anime that are canon within the Street
Fighter universe?
Not at this time.
pgIIIVSGames.
About VS crossover games (X-Men VS Street Fighter, for example)
A not overly important but still notable side note: While the plots of
the VS games are all what-if, generally the characterizations (IE,
personalities) within them usually aren't for the most part. Generally
speaking, Capcom apparently uses the VS games to show character traits that
are official, even if the storylines aren't. Sometimes they'll go back on
it, but it only happens VERY rarely (Cammy in X-Men vs Street Fighter is
the only big one that I can think of where a character in a VS game truly
acts OOC, and that's because that game came out before Capcom had fully
fleshed out where they wanted to go with Shadaloo Cammy, it seems). Though
also bear in mind that these characterizations are generally meant to
REINFORCE character traits from the canon, not NEWLY ESTABLISH new ones
(again, the Cammy example failed to establish Cammy's personality). This
doesn't seem to really apply to Pocket Fighter that much, but that's
because Pocket Fighter is a joke up-beat goof-off type of game, so of
course character personalities will be made to be a bit more light-hearted
and such than usual.
Character endings in VS games may offer clues onto what endings
actually happened in the canon games, as well, and where characters may
be after their tenure in the canon has generally ended. Ditto for
character quotes. However, any material within crossover titles is subject
to question if it stands alone without any support from canonical titles
and the like.
pgIIIAboutAnimeEtc.
There has yet to be an officially endorsed manga or anime storyline for
Street Fighter, also, so you can't take any of those for canon (This
includes the SFZ animes, the SF2 animated movie, even though that officially
was what inspired the SFZ series, Sakura Ganbaru, even though that
officially inspired quite a few things in SFZ3, the oh so wonderful
perfection piece of art known as the SF2 Live Action Movie, etc). Please
let me repeat. THERE ARE NO OFFICIAL ANIMES OR GRAPHIC NOVELS OR MANGAS OR
MOVIES THAT COUNT TOWARDS THE STREET FIGHTER STORYLINE CANON, The only
officially endorsed storyline info for Street Fighter is from sources that
got their information directly from Capcom, or from Capcom itself. All About
Capcom is the most well-known and biggest of these. Note that overseas
official strategy guides generally don't get their storyline info directly
from the company (their purpose is game strategies, not game storylines) so
they don't really count, either. There is evidence however that the creator
of Sakura Ganbaru! worked very closely with Capcom during SFZ3's development
to the point where he used lots of stuff that's canon for the manga, and
Capcom decided to make lots (but definitely not all) of the stuff from that
manga to be canon. Of course, since the creator of Sakura Ganbaru! is also
Karin's creator, anything he created for her typically ends up being canon
for her in the canon storyline as well.
These mangas and animes have their own alternate universes that they
follow. The alternate universality becomes quite apparent in many cases.
With SF4 set to release in February 2009, it remains to be seen whether a
portion of or even a complete animated feature will be incorporated into
SF's authentic history. Time will tell.
pgIIISFComic.
The Street Fighter comic is not canon to the authentic history compiled
in this guide. Udon employees even said so. The storylines are checked over
by Capcom of Japan and approved, but that doesn't mean it's canon. It just
means that Capcom of Japan wants to make sure Udon isn't butchering their
characters etc etc. It's a good comic, though, I feel, and there are many
details in it where Udon (the comic's creators) ask for details from Capcom
regarding various things.
The creators and writers are more interested in keeping close to the
spirit of Street Fighter than the canon of it, since the latter could be
hard to do and also inflexible in a comic, so the comic isn't exactly a
good source of canon. They also stated that they had to go by the US
names, including Shotokan instead of Ansatsuken for Ryu's fighting style.
Finally, Nash is named Charlie Nash in the comic because they decided
that was basically the best way to please both people who preferred Charlie
and people who preferred Nash. His name in the actual canon still isn't
Charlie Nash, though. The comic I think is really good, a great
read, and I love the art, but just to stave off any possible feature
e-mails, I need to say that ANYTHING in the comic which seems off from the
canon probably means it really is indeed a liberty the writers took. I
still recommend it, though, because it's pretty cool and has nice art.
SSF2T HD Remix being a joint product by Udon, Backbone Entertainment and
endorsed by Capcom USA does not override Revival endings and scripts. It's
viewed as ultimately Udon's take on the SF2 outcomes, inspired by their
comic series.
pgIIIContinuity.
HEY! Udoneko said that Capcom told them the games weren't connected and
are meant to be in their own separate universes!
The operative word here is "games": the sessions that you and I play,
the matches that we have together. Those are the separate universes, the
multitude of what-if possibilities we can witness within the constraints
of the game's engine and programming. The guide's not concerned with that.
Rather, it records authentic history, what has happened and is set in stone,
unless Capcom exercises its power to change it, which it has of course.
pgIIIReleaseDates. Capcom's release schedule of certain selected games.
This helps explain some storyline changes that Capcom had to
retroactively make (like why Cammy acts so different in X-Men vs Street
Fighter compared to SFZ3). Remember, this is the release date schedule,
and not the dates in which these games (where applicable) occurred in the
canon storyline.
Street Fighter (1987)
Final Fight (1989)
Captain Commando (1990)
Street Fighter 2 (1991)
Street Fighter 2 Dash/CE (1992)
Street Fighter 2 Dash Turbo/Hyper Fighting (1992)
Final Fight 2 (1993)
Super Street Fighter 2 (1993)
Super Street Fighter 2 X/Turbo (1994. The latest version of SF2 for
quite a while)
Vampire/Darkstalkers (1994)
Super Muscle Bomber (1994. Alias Slammasters)
Vampire Hunter/Nightwarriors Darkstalkers Revenge (1995)
Street Fighter Zero/Alpha 1 (1995. A rush job. Street Fighter
Zero/Alpha 2 would replace it with what SFZ1 was meant to be)
Final Fight Tough/3 (1995. The beat-em up genre was dying by now)
Street Fighter Zero/Alpha 2 (1996. By now, Capcom seems to have
disregarded many Final Fight 2 plot details...)
Street Fighter Zero 2 Dash/Alpha 2 Gold (1996. This adds in Shadaloo
Cammy but she doesn't have a storyline until the release of Fighter's
Generation/Alpha Anthology)
X-Men vs Street Fighter (1996. Shadaloo Cammy's noncanon debut where
she actually has a storyline. She would change significantly by the time
of her canon one)
Street Fighter EX (1996)
Street Fighter 3 New Generation (1997. like SFZ1, this was a rush job)
Street Fighter EX + (1997)
Vampire Savior/Darkstalkers 3 (1997)
Pocket Fighter/Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix (1997)
Street Fighter 3 Second Impact (1997)
Private Justice Academy/Rival Schools (1997)
Street Fighter EX 2 (1997)
Street Fighter Zero/Alpha 3 (1998. Capcom shocks Cammyfans with Cammy's
Official Shadaloo story, to the point where most people can't believe it to
be true)
Street Fighter 3 Third Strike (1999)
Street Fighter EX2 + (1999)
Final Fight Revenge (1999)
Capcom vs SNK (2000)
Final Fight One (2001. For Gameboy Advance. Updates FF1's storyline)
Private Justice Academy/Rival Schools 2 (2001)
Super Street Fighter 2 X/Turbo Revival (2001. Gameboy Advance. FINALLY
updates Street Fighter 2's storyline to help reconcile it with Zero a
little)
Capcom vs SNK 2 (2001. Which would prepare 3 new characters to add to
SFZ3 Upper)
Street Fighter Zero/Alpha 3 Upper/Advance (2002. Gameboy Advance.)
Street Fighter Zero/Alpha 3 Double Upper/MAX (2006. Playstation Portable)
Final Fight: Streetwise (2006)
The SFZ3 Upper port to the Gameboy Advance were ported to the GBA by
Crawfish. What little storyline there is generally matches the PSP's version
of Zero 3 Double Upper with only slight wording differences (from the prologues.
GBA version had little else).
Street Fighter EX was made and developed by Arika. Ditto for the SF EX
exclusive characters, whom are copyright to Arika and not to Capcom.
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PGIV. Quickie Game Summaries
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MUSCLE BOMBER/DUO & SUPER MUSCLE BOMBER
(SATURDAY NIGHT SLAMMASTERS 1 and 2 overseas)
Canon date: 1981 to 1982?
Since Haggar was in the middle of elections, and 40 during
MB then 46 during Final Fight 1, which is during 1987.
SMB takes place a year after MB, by the way.
Of course, the way Final Fight's canon dates are botched with the
release dates or so in Capcom's mind sometimes, maybe MB took place
in 1983 instead. Haggar is stated to be 50 during Final Fight 2,
which of course would put MB into the 70's, but that age
doesn't make that much sense since it sets FF2 too far into the future
which would conflict with SFZ2. That age is likely the result
of FF2's release date as opposed to canon date considerations. This
seems to be something Capcom often did for the Final Fight games despite
how much it didn't fit and contradicted other statements. Or it could
be because those dates were set before the SFZero series came along,
forcing a reconciliation.
...anyways, All About Capcom says that SMB was during elections, and
Final Fight Streetwise has a poster that shows that elections for
Haggar were during 1982, so 1982 for SMB (and thus 1981 for MB)
should be it.
Gameplay: MB is a wrestling game. Its sequel is
more like a 2D fighting game, which is too bad, since there are plenty of
other 2D fighting games out there already. The storyline explanation
is that Astro proposed new rules of win by KO instead of win
by count.
Story: The 1980’s. During the unprecedented professional wrestling boom,
many professional wrestling organizations were started all over the world.
A severe rivalry existed among the organizations.
In order to resolve this conflict, 8 organizations combined to form the CWA,
led by Victor Ortega, the CWA’s founder and first champion.
One day, Ortega suddenly vanished. Ortega was basically the glue that held
everything together and his unexpected disappearance caused the CWA to enter
an age of confusion and disorder. The BWA, an illegal underground wrestling
organization, chose to take advantage of this opportunity and began moving.
With "Fighters of Muscle Bomber = Destiny" as the theme, the CWA chief
executives decided to organize/hold a world tour called the “crash carnival,”
to decide the new king of the CWA.
The gong that determines the new “Master of Muscle Bomber” is sounded…
Super Muscle Bomber Story:
As the meeting of next fighting series "International Blowout" stepped into
a steady countdown one day, suddenly the BWA's leader Astro proposed a new
rules, furthermore the CWA's fight didn't go beyond having provoked a
circus show. The new rule, that is with the regulation of employing 3 normal
wins by knockout, not counted outside the premises, there are no so-called
rope escapes as a pro wrestling guideline was the unusual rule. Naturally,
every CWA wrestler fiercely opposed both the organization when the dangerous
atmosphere began to flow at that time, as unexpectedly now who had been
missing, that legendary Master of Muscle Bomber, Victor Ortega revealed his
appearance!
From the fact that Ortega is likely at that spot Astro's indicated rule was
approved, moreover it was alright until it was declared to wager the Master
of Muscle Bomber's champion belt.
Really where are his true motives? Also why unexpectedly everyone from before
revealed their appearances?
Mystery calling out to mystery, anyone can come to realize the reason for his
aims.
While there are seemingly growing signs of grand commotion, the International
Blowout is finally held.
...And so now, the new challengers each with expectations concealed in their
chests, now, in the role of the secret belt to be earned.
Muscle Bomber was about pro-wrestling for the Capcom Wrestling
Association championship (Heh. Capcom Wrestling Association. Can you
tell that Capcom wasn't really serious about storylines when they made
this game so long ago?) and the champion is the mysterious Astro.
Unlike Rival Schools, though, at least it's confirmed that Capcom does
consider Muscle Bomber to be part of the Street Fighter universe canon, being
Final Fight's prequel and all. At any rate, the game didn't really have any
character specific endings, and I
don't think Capcom really cares who won the first Muscle Bomber Championship,
either. At the end of the game (the ending is pretty much the same for
every character, with only slight alterations in the text), the winner
rambles about how he is the champion, then is approached by three guys
(Victor Ortega, Rip Saber, and I forget the third) who declare that they
don't think he's so tough, and the fight to defend the championship
continues. However, if you beat the game without continues, only Victor
Ortega comes out saying that he's coming out of retirement to challenge
you. Different characters say different things (most act disrespectful
except for Haggar and Titan the Great). This is what leads to the sequel...
Super Muscle Bomber is the sequel where all the wrestlers of the Capcom
Wrestling Association gather once again to wrestle for the championship,
but this time the Blood Wrestling Association has joined in to show
the CWA who's boss. Victor Ortega, the previous Muscle Bomber champion as
well as owner of the CWA had left because he couldn't find anyone strong
enough to give him a decent challenge. Now he's back, and is the guy to
beat to earn the championship. Like Muscle Bomber, though, the game didn't
have any big deviations from character endings to character endings, so
again, it's unknown and probably nonexistant who finally won the
Muscle Bomber Championship.
Another SMB intro account, incorporating Aleksey's thoughts:
The last time which the "Heat Up Scramble" ruler was decided to be carried
out the statement released was "there is no need for two rulers," deep in
the wrestlers' breasts.
The ruler would through severe training finally grip the seat of glory, so
that he would be seen lying in the center stage supreme summit of constant
spotlight, while revolving offstage, no comparison to the uneasy shrouding
darkness, the defeating matter to crush was the pressure that had become even
though the ruler must bear the isolation together with the held dignity.
"Why Ortega disappeared before everyone, there's now become a hunch."
Zalazof was muttering.
"Since Ortega's disappearance there have been a lot of post-in-name-only's
for Master of Muscle Bomber. This lineage bears the throne's held dignity,
forging the body as well as, that which exceeds the forged thing drawn out
from the heart is likely not unnecessary right? It doesn't mean that I'm
satisfied with my self right now. Eh, but..."
Just at that moment, Astro was gasping a feeling of despair.
As the BWA's commander he would bring in treachery to restore under the
umbrella of the CWA but, with the hot souls of the CWA wrestlers he proceeded
to preach with a completely chilled heart.
"Kh, we'll have good bouts with those CWA small fries, and it'll influence my
diginity as proclaimed sovereign emperor of darkness. Already there are two
uses to untie the seals on sure killing moves, to obtain the Master of Muscle
Bomber belt, to leave the place in small pieces. The entire world won't leave
to gaze before it!"
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STREET FIGHTER
Canon Date: 1987
Gameplay: Street Fighter 1 was Capcom's first one-on-one fighting game.
The only character you could play as was Ryu, though. And the second
player could play as Ken in VS matches.
Street Fighter
Story from SF1 arcade pamphlet
Having studied various fighting techniques from the time they were young,
"Ryu" and "Ken" two youthful talented fighting stylists finally established
characteristic fighting styles.
Both of them being rivals, they participate in aiming for the peak of the realm
of fighting moves, beginning a trip for the fight of the world.
Boasting to street fighters of all countries as opponents with moves of
ultra-top-grade power, will the name of "strongest man in the world" go to the
hands of "Ryu"?, or to those of "Ken"!?
The first Street Fighter tournament was held and hosted by Muay
Thai God and Emperor, Sagat. Apparently not happy with being just the God
of Muay Thai, Sagat wanted to prove that he was King of the Hill over
everyone, it seemed. Contrary to popular fancanon, Shadaloo officially had
NOTHING to do with Street Fighter 1. The main character of Street Fighter
1 is Ryu, a prospective student under Ansatsuken master Gouken who's entire
life was the fight. Hearing about the Street Fighter tournament, he
eagerly signs up to test his mettle.
Note from documentations: Ryu's only confirmed to have fought Sagat and Adon
during SF1, no one else you go up against in the game. This was carried
forward and expanded in the Zero series, such as Zero 2 when Ryu and Gen
speak as if they've never met before. It's no doubt however, that all the
rest of the fighters entered to dethrone Sagat, as even the old SF1 arcade
pamphlet lists if the fighter fights for training, for pride, for sport, etc.
All we know is that Ryu won at the end.
Ryu finally defeated Sagat with a cheap deus ex machina shot (no wonder
why Sagat's so pissed off at him for the longest time). Ryu was down on
the ground after having been pummelled by Sagat, then Sagat reached out to
take his hand, knowing that he had won, but Ryu was so obsessed with
winning that satsui no hadou overtook him and he ripped through
Sagat's chest with his metsu shoryuken, becoming SnH Ryu for a split
moment there. This is an official statement, and a retroactive
change by Capcom entering the Zero series, considering that it wasn't until
one of the latest
versions of Street Fighter 2 that satsui no hadou even freaking EXISTED as a
concept within Capcom's writers' minds. At any rate, you can also see this
in SnH Ryu's ending in SFZ3. While SnH Ryu in SFZ3 is a what-if
character, he temporarily flashbacks about his fight with Sagat in SF1,
which is NOT a what-if occurrence (obviously). And you know it's his fight
with Sagat in SF1 and not his midboss fight with Sagat in SFZ3 because the
post-fight dialogue didn't have Sagat acting like his chest just got ripped
through with SnH Ryu's metsu shoryuken. You can also see this in Ryu's SFZ2
plotline in general (he's seeking out Gouki to find out more about the satsui
no hadou because he doesn't know
what it is when it overtakes him in defeating Sagat). Again, though, it's
official statement.
When Ryu, now the World Fighting Championship's victor, finally
got back from the Street Fighter 1 tournament, he wanted to ask Gouken what
happened to him. However, he found Gouken killed as well as his daughter
missing (Author note: Gouken having a daughter is a fact that Capcom seems
to have forgotten about by now and thus will probably never resurface. You
can only find out about his daughter in REALLY old Street Fighter official
sources). Ken, however, had seen the end of the battle that happened. It
was Gouki, Gouken's brother, that killed Gouken. Sensing Gouki's ki, Ryu
then embarked on a journey to find Gouki (because Ryu still needs to find
out what happened to himself when he beat Sagat).
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FINAL FIGHT 1
Canon Date: 1987, likely during between 09/03/1987 and 12/31/1987, going
by officially stated ages and birthdates for Haggar, Guy, and Cody (and then
taking into account the 2 year retcon). Which, oddly enough, would be during
Winter. Brrrrrr!
Final Fight being retconned to 1987 is sorta confirmed in Streetwise via
a poster in Haggar's gym that says "Vote Haggar for mayor in 1982!". Official
statements are that Haggar became mayor 5 years before Final Fight 1, and also
using Haggar's stated ages during FF1 and Muscle Bomber to calculate Muscle
Bomber's (which was during elections) date places Final Fight 1 at 1987, as
well.
There is unused dialogue in Streetwise (IE, doesn't appear in-game, but is on
the disc) where an npc says "Remember when Guy and Haggar and Cody cleaned up
this neighborhood back in '89? That was awesome." However, this dialogue
didn't make it into the final game. Did they cut it because they realized
it was wrong or because they didn't want to address whether the date was
retconned or not? Something we'll probably never know.
Gameplay: Final Fight 1 is a brawling beat-em up game, and widely
considered to be the one that kicked off the genre (a genre which now seems
to have passed away). Basically, you choose a character then go from stage
to stage beating up all badguys who stand in your way until you get to the
last stage and beat the last boss.
Story: Metro City is a crime filled cesspool, where the powerful Mad Gear
gang, ruled by Belger, basically does whatever they want. The previous
mayor was too scared to take them on and oppose them, but former
pro-wrestler and now mayor, Mike Hagger, has vowed to stop them. In
retaliation to this, his daughter Jessica is kidnapped by Mad Gear and they
attempt to blackmail him into letting them do whatever they want just like
the previous mayor. Haggar, unable to act as mayor, takes it personally to
the streets along with Jessica's boyfriend, Cody, and Guy, a bushinryu
modern day ninja. The way of bushin decrees that he fight against evil
like Mad Gear, despite how he doesn't even know Jessica.
Guy, Cody, and Haggar kick some ass and finally, Cody sends Belger
flying out of his skyscraper window and plumetting to his death. After
hugging her father, Jessica sees that Guy and Cody have already left. She
tries to catch up to them and calls out Cody's name, but Cody doesn't stop
for her. Guy (realizing how rude Cody was being, most likely. It couldn't
be because he liked Jessica because Guy never even met Jessica until then)
forces him to stop though with a quick couple of punches followed by
kicking him to the ground, and then Guy leaves to let Cody be alone
with Jessica. Cody tells Jessica that he must continue to fight evil in
the streets, which is why he can't stay with her until all evil is gone.
Jessica, seeing what a hero he is, kisses him.
A note: The latest version of Final Fight 1, Final Fight One, for the
Gameboy Advance, actually has dialogues for each boss for each character.
In addition, you can play as SFZ3 sprite versions of Cody and Guy, who
really ARE Guy and Cody from SFZ3 teleported back to the past in a fit of
easter egg ridiculouslness. Zero Guy and Zero Cody are definitely just
easter egg storylines, and probably never actually WERE teleported to the
past, and you can tell by the sillyness of their dialogues that Capcom was
goofing around and just having fun. However, Zero Cody and Zero Guy DO
give good insights into what happened in the canon for regular Cody and
regular Guy. For example, in Zero Cody's fight with Rolento, Zero Cody
reminisces about how in the past, he never went to the industrial section
and went to the bay area right after beating Edi. E. This confirms that in
the actual canon, regular Cody beat Edi. E then skipped past the industrial
section to the bay area in the actual official story, because Zero Cody is
remembering that as what happened to him in his past back when he was just
his younger Cody self during the actual time FF1 occurred. Of course the
real Cody going through Final Fight DID happen, so it's assumed that
Zero Cody wasn't lying when he talked about that past and that that past
is what actually happened in the canon storyline. Anyway, I transcribed
the dialogue, which, like many other dialogue FAQs for various Street
Fighter games, should be available at gamefaqs.com (in this case, the
Gameboy Advance section), if you want to see it. It is of note, however,
that Cody saying he skipped past the industrial section is a reference
to the Super Famicom port of Final Fight, where the Industrial Area
had to be cut out due to space restrictions.
Also of note is that production sketches depict entirely different
match-ups, with Guy vs the Andores (in the ring in the Westside stage,
it appears), Guy vs Damnd, Haggar vs Rolento, and Cody vs Sodom. These
arts are likely more for concept and game-planning and marketting than
for any canon indication, though (Haggar vs Sodom can't be true since it's
Guy that beat him, although possibly Haggar was meant to beat him initially
since Sodom was "a promoter of pro-wrestling").
Oh, Final Fight was Street Fighter's sister series or so. Street
Fighter covered the one on one aspect of fighting and Final Fight covered
the brawling aspect of fighting. Since then, though, it looks like the
poor Final Fight series has died after Final Fight Tough (along with the entire
brawling genre). Of course, it came back with Streetwise. Then the studio
that made FFSW got closed down, probably in part because of FFSW's poor
sales. So that revival is probably going to be short lived.
Boss list (in order)
1. Damnd
2. Sodom
3. Edi. E
4. Rolento (cut out of the SFC/SNES version because they ran out of space)
5. Abigail
6. Belger
(Later on, Capcom would release a game called Mighty Final Fight for
the Famicom/NES, where Belgar, now a cyborg, kidnaps her again. The game
is VERY comical and not-serious so it's pretty doubtful that it's canon.)
The dog in the background of the Bay Area is named Shiro, by the way.
Haggar being "newly elected mayor" is something added to the overseas
version. Japanese versions just say "Mayor". He was, after all, elected
around Muscle Bomber time, which is hardly new.
Random tidbit: Final Fight was originally called Street Fighter ’89
and did so well that it was part of what prompted Capcom to make
SF2 (from The Making of Street Fighter within SF2 The Complete File).
Street Fighter '89 was its working title though so by the time it came out,
they changed it to Final Fight.
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STREET FIGHTER ZERO (STREET FIGHTER ALPHA overseas)
Canon Date: No date, because Zero 2 overrides it.
Gameplay: Street Fighter Zero 1 was a one-on-one fighting game. Inspired
by the Street Fighter 2 Animated Movie (That does NOT make the Street Fighter
Animated Movie canon, though), Capcom decided to make a Street Fighter game
with anime-ish graphics that would also give more background to the
storyline of Street Fighter 2.
Story: You see the endings and all those
storyline bits that happen in Street Fighter Zero 1? FORGET EVERYTHING
ABOUT THEM. Capcom has officially stated that Street Fighter Zero 2 and Zero 3
is the current bridge between SF1 and 2. Even several of the
non-conflicting endings in SFZ1 that don't conflict with SFZ2 have official
statements that contradict them, really (not for all, though). Considering that
Zero 1 was actually incomplete version of Zero 2 and Zero 3,
this makes sense, too (another official statement. And also why Zero 1
had such a freaking small playable characters roster). However, there are
some endings that look like they could eerily fit in and be merged with SFZ2.
Endings that COULD have happened (courtesy of Vasili10):
Chun-Li- SFZ1 ending shows her get beaten up by Vega before flashing to her
bedside. Place the slightly modified beating-up scene right before her
SFZ2 ending begins and Vega flies to his VTOL.
Ken- SFZ1 ending shows him meeting Eliza for the first time, SFZ2 ending
shows they've already met. Place the meeting scene between Ken giving
Ryu the headband and helping him up, and the scene with Eliza by his side.
Sagat- SFZ1 ending shows him being picked up by Vega and crew, SFZ2 ending
has him already on the aircraft. Place the picking up scenes right before
the dialogues while in flight.
Endings that positively were retconned (courtesy of Vasili10):
Ryu- If we assume (which we currently do) that Sagat doesn't see Ryu again
after SF1 until SFZ3 when Ryu's brainwashed, this ending cannot happen.
(Editor's note: Given that Sagat says he is still waiting to fight Ryu
in AAC, it is likely that Sagat and Ryu have yet to have a real battle
since SF1, and that includes this. Note that his battle with Ryu in
SFZ3 doesn't count as 'real' because that's a brainwashed Ryu).
Nash- Doesn't die until SFZ3, can't happen.
Vega- Could possibly be his graphics look after the SFZ2 battle with Rose,
unless she was supposed to be dead after their SFZ1 battle, which can't happen.
Guy- transferred as his SFZ3 ending, which doesn't happen because he catches
up to Rose and Vega's gone.
Birdie- transferred as his ending pretty much in SFZ2.
Adon- transferred as his mid-battle in SFZ2, results are in the plot guide.
Sodom- He's still recruiting members and trying to get Rolento back to form the
new Mad Gear in SFZ3, and SFZ1 assumes he's finished, can't happen.
Rose- Transferred as her SFZ2 ending, unless she was supposed to be dead after
her SFZ1 battle with Vega, which can't happen.
Dan- Ok, I suppose Vega could approach Dan, I'd be shocked as hell if he
actually did and still spared him after Dan refused, but I suppose that's
another iffy one. Plus Vega expectedly dismisses Dan as trash by the end of
Dan's ending.
SFZ1 was probably the most uncertain point for Capcom in terms of storyline,
thus you wouldn't always read quite the same thing for character backgrounds
if you looked at one SFZ book and then another. The following summary was
released by Capcom once the Zero 1 kinks were ironed out:
Street Fighter Chronology
?.1981
Ryu, Ken, began as students of fighting stylist Gouken. In those days, it's
to believe that Dan was already studying under Gouken.
?.1985
Ryu, Ken, through training acquire Gouken's fighting techniques. At this time
it is unknown where fellow student Dan was at but, it's a supposition that this
wasn't the time he was excommunicated.
?.19??
Chun Li, studied under Gen, a Chinese kenpo expert, acquiring fighting
techniques.
1985~87
Guy, goes to the States in order to train. Guy's master is Zeku, whose figure
suddenly vanishes.
?.198?
Gouki, having challenged to a battle his master Goutetsu, defeats him. For
Gouki's older brother who is Gouken, sensing danger in Gouken's fist, expecting
to prevent it, was conversely defeated in losing his life.
After this event, Ryu, Ken also depart from beside their master, and wouldn't
you believe they set out on their training journeys.
8.1987
Ryu, in a street fight, defeats Muay Thai emperor Sagat for the first time
(Street Fighter).
1987~89
Police detective Chun Li's father, his whereabouts unknown during investigation
(for the sake of a top-secret investigation, specifying a date is an
impossibility).
12.1989
In Metro City, a crime organization introduces itself as Mad Gear, kidnapping
Mayor Haggar's daughter Jessica. Cody, together with Guy meet for her rescue
(Final Fight).
Guy, having splendidly annihilated Mad Gear in this struggle, begins to sense
the power lack in bushinryu ninjutsu.
1989~90
Rose introduces herself as a mysterious woman, with a stage of sudden history
in place. Said to be pursuing Vega.
7.1991
Ryu, together with Sagat once again. Sagat with a new sure killing technique
to counteract but, similarly a new sure killing technique devised for Ryu,
again ended with defeat. However Ryu also, having sensed doubt in a
"hatred incurring fist", once again sets out on a journey of training aiming
at the true fighting style.
Ken, while street fighting in each place, desires to pursue Ryu's whereabouts.
From this time, the name of the mysterious organization known as "Shadoloo",
comes into being a rumor in the realm of street fights.
Nash, in order to make sure of the pursued narcotics organization's existence
being "Shadoloo", challenges Vega to a battle. For a moment defeating him,
mired into Vega's trick, he's brought down.
Chun Li, pursuing her father's whereabouts, verifying the existence of
"Shadoloo", tracking down Vega, one step later challenges him to the best of
her ability.
Rose, having confined Vega's psycho power, somehow defeats him, she comes to
an end also by her own power. His breath resuscitated, Vega chuckles.
Guy, having defeated Vega, acquires a newly become secret of bushinryu.
Sagat, joins as a "Shadoloo" member (Street Fighter Zero).
?.1991
Ken accomplished his destined showdown with Ryu, comes across Eliza.
12.1991
Having aimed for the true fighting style, Ryu continues his journey.
Hearing of Ken training in America, goes to fight him. Having become a
"Shadoloo" leader Sagat, comes to fight again. Searching for the cause of
comrade Nash's death himself, Guile collided with the name "Shadoloo". With
street fights continuing in all nations of the world, finally Vega holds his
own against them.
Chun Li, once again pursues her father's foe Vega (Street Fighter II).
1992~
The street fighters' struggles, now still continue.......
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STREET FIGHTER ZERO 2 (STREET FIGHTER ALPHA 2 overseas)
Canon Date: late 1987 thru early 1989
Gameplay: It's another fighting game. Like it's prequel. Of course.
Story: Street Fighter Zero 2 takes place several months to a year after
Final Fight 1
and Street Fighter 1. It is not a tournament. It's mostly just a whole
bunch of various characters wandering around trying to fulfill their own
agendas.
From Vasili10: English Eternal says that Rolento and R. Mika entered
the World Warrior tournament, SF2 I'm assuming is what they're referring
to (Tiamat Note: Or SFAlpha is being referred to as a tournament).
Here's what Japanese Eternal says instead:
Rolento: in the paragraph above his story, it says he street fights, not
entered a tournament. Later on in the same text block, the using weapons
clause goes from using weapons in the fight or the struggle in Japanese
to using weapons in the tournament in English.
R. Mika: English text says she entered the World Warrior tournament after
seeing posted ads for it. Hoboy. This was taken from her original story
text box which she's saying, "I'll tour the world in order to have my
name be in open field bouts," and she arranged for promotions to be set
up, which makes more sense with the scene in her Zero 3 stage. In any
case, the bouts of SFZ3 are open field and disorganized, rather than
matches orderly and regulated for a sanctioned tournament aka SF1, SF2,
SF3.
Story from AAC
Several months from after he defeated Muay Thai's emperor Sagat, for Ryu,
rumors are being heard of a fighting stylist to manipulate a mysterious
power. In order to make sure of the truth or error, Ryu once again
journeys out. For that journey, having embraced fighters of various
intentions, he spurs on towards the place of struggle.......
For exact SFA2 dialogue and endings, visit http://www.vgmuseum.com and
look them up, if you want.
SFZ2 overrides SFZ1's intro storyline. Capcom has stated as such. Ignoring
official statements, a quick glance at SFZ1 shows that the majority of the
characters' beginning situations for that game are the exact same thing
pretty much as the beginning situations they have in SFZ2. Also note that
it seems like the majority of mid-boss (and even boss, sometimes) battles
in SFZ2 did NOT happen, though some did.
SFZ2 happens before SFZ3. This can easily be concluded by looking at
many character's beginning situations in SFZ3 and comparing them to their
ending situations in SFZ2. For instance, Dan's introduction in SFZ3 states
that he got revenge on the man that killed his father (Sagat), while in
SFZ2, Dan's ending is... well, him getting revenge on Sagat. Thus SFZ3 is
not a remake of SFZ2, unlike how SFZ2 is a remake of SFZ1 (with the
possible exception of Sagat and Vega's storylines, which seem to blend
into Street Fighter Zero 3 a little).
Street Fighter Zero 2 is basically characters wandering around doing
their own thing. Due to this, to get the in-depth storyline details, see the
Master Characters list.
Street Fighter Zero 2 Boss Battles
Any SFZ2 Boss Battle that had no dialogue before it definitely did not
happen, and thus will not be mentioned here. Like Street Fighter 3rd
Strike will all those Gill boss battles, Capcom doesn't include storyline
dialogues for battles that didn't happen in the story.
The first character is the one you play as when that battle takes place
For example, if it says
"Ryu vs Sagat"
It's talking about the (mid)boss battle with Sagat whom you fight while you
play as Ryu.
Also, for further details on the more storyline significant battles to each
character, see the Masters Character List for more details.
Adon vs Vega - Vega tries to make Adon join Shadaloo, but Adon refuses,
so Vega attacks. This meeting actually probably did happen, since Vega
shows that he knows Adon and references about how much Adon has changed
since Adon's fight with Sagat in SFZ3. I'd be rather surprised if the
meeting escalated into an actual battle just because Adon rejected the
offer to join Shadaloo. For example, Vega shows that he didn't really
think Adon was any good before the fight with Sagat by his SFZ3 dialogue,
too, so dunno why he'd get so pissed at Adon in SFZ2 if he didn't really
care for Adon that much.
Adon vs Sagat - Adon finally finds and challenges Sagat. Official
statement is that this one did happen, and Adon won because Sagat was too
enraged at his loss to Ryu to fight well. Adon still got whupped and only
barely won, though (again, official statement).
Gouki vs Ryu - This fight happened, but more in the form of when you play
as Ryu, not Gouki, so see below for more details.
Gouki vs Gen - Gouki and Gen, both searching for worthy foes, try to have a
death match. This fight officially happened and ended in a tie.
Birdie vs Dhalsim - Birdie and Dhalsim fight for... um... well, they just
fight. *shrug* Incredibly pointless battle that thus is probably just
filler and didn't happen.
Birdie vs Vega - Birdie asks Vega if he can join Shadaloo and must prove
himself. While Birdie did end up impressing Vega (who from his dialogue
shows that he knows who Birdie is in SFZ3, so...) enough to get in,
official statements by Capcom state that he never fought or had to fight
Vega to do it, so while his ending happened, this fight itself did not,
and was at most a meeting.
Nash vs Rolento - Rolento decides to recruit Nash, but Nash refuses and
would rather escort Rolento on his way to Vega. Capcom officially stated
this fight didn't happen by saying that Nash and Rolento never met, and
Rolento was seen to be under anyone's custody during Z3 and beyond.
Nash vs Vega - Nash finally finds Vega, fights Vega, and falls down the
cliff. This battle is referenced by Guile's Zero 3 battle with Nash, with
Nash saying he's concerned for Vega escaping again. From the Gamest SFZ2 mook,
Capcom states he DOES NOT die in his Zero 2 battle with Vega.
Chun-Li vs Gen - Gen asks where Chun-Li's skills come from. This battle
(well, probably more like a meeting) DID happen. She eventually goads him
into fighting her as well, but it turns out to be a sparring match at most.
Capcom has officially stated that Gen gave Chun-Li a lead to Shadaloo in
Street Fighter Zero 2.
Chun-Li vs Vega - Chun-Li finally finds Vega. Capcom officially stated this
battle happened, and even gave details (Vega beat up Chun-Li before flying off
laughing at her and saying her father amused him).
Dan vs Guy - Pointless filler battle and thus probably didn't happen.
Dan vs Sagat - Dan fights Sagat to avenge his father. Official statements
and Dan's current situation when SFZ3 begins shows this battle happened,
and Capcom has stated that Dan won it because Sagat purposefully lost it
(SFZ3 hints at it too, but it's rather vague).
Dhalsim vs Zangief - Pointless filler battle and thus probably didn't
happen.
Dhalsim vs Vega - Dhalsim still seeks Vega in SFZ3, and his SFZ2
ending has nothing to do with killing Vega, really, and unlike Rose,
there's no official statement to back it up. This battle almost positively
did not happen.
Gen vs Chun-Li - Chun-Li asks Gen if he can tell her anything about
Shadaloo, being a notorious assassin. See Chun-Li vs Gen battle
above. This battle (mostly a meeting) officially happened.
Gen vs Gouki - See Gouki vs Gen above. Officially happened.
Guy vs Rose - Pointless filler battle and SFZ3 dialogue shows that Guy's
first meeting with Rose was SFZ3. Thus this battle didn't happen.
Ironically enough, Guy and Rose do fight (or possibly just meet. Whatever)
each other officially in SFZ3.
Guy vs Vega - Guy tracks down Vega to stop him in the name of justice.
Capcom has officially stated that, while Guy's SFZ2 ending happened, this
battle did not. On a side note, in the US version, Guy tells Bison that
he's "already defeated a lot of his soldiers", but that was something Capcom
of America made up for some stupid reason. He doesn't say that in the
Japanese version.
Ken vs Dan - Pointless filler battle. However, it might have happened,
though, since Ryu and Ken found out about Dan's existance and Dan found out
about their's during SFZ2 (another official statement)
Ken vs Ryu - Ken sees something is bugging Ryu and fights Ryu, and wins,
then hands Ryu his headband. Even though they were too lazy to change
Ryu's headband accordingly, Capcom has officially stated this battle
happened. Ryu's a bit too disturbed by his battle with Sagat (due to
learning about satsui no hadou) to concentrate well during this fight.
Vega vs Nash - See Nash vs Vega above.
Vega vs Ryu - Vega takes Ryu to brainwash. This battle happens,
but not until SFZ3 where Capcom decides on the real way to have it finally
happen...
Rolento vs Sodom - Sodom and Rolento aren't getting along since Rolento
left Mad Gear. This battle definitely did happen, because in SFZ3, Rolento
tells Sodom, "I'm willing to forgive your rudeness in the past!"
Rolento vs Guy - Rolento and Guy exchange with each other about the
past. Wouldn't be surprised at all if this meeting happened. If it did,
then at most, they probably just briefly skirmished with each other,
though.
Rose vs Gouki - Rose detects satsui no hadou within Gouki (well, 'shoryuken
power' according to American SFA2. ...what the bleepgot? Oo) Eh... dunno
if this happened or not. Would explain a bit more why Rose knows about
satsui no hadou and Ryu in SFZ3 like she does, though.
Rose vs Vega - Rose finally tracks down Vega and tells him that he's on
the wrong path, and that she warned him. She wins the fight, and thinks
she kills him, but he actually manages to survive. Official statements by
Capcom are that this battle and Rose's SFZ2 ending did happen.
Ryu vs Sakura - Happened, as shown by beginning situations in SFZ3. See
Sakura vs Ryu below for more details.
Ryu vs Gouki - Officially happened. Official statement. Ryu finds out
about satsui no hadou from Gouki.
Sagat vs Adon - See Adon vs Sagat above. Happened.
Sagat vs Ryu - Did not happen. Official statement is that neither Sagat
nor Ryu have a clean win over each other by the end of SFZ3. ...well,
okay, this ending battle sorta happened, but the real way it happened is
during SFZ3's Sagat vs Ryu match, so...
Sakura vs Sagat - Sagat asks Sakura if she knows who and where Ryu is.
Hrm... I'd be pretty
surprised if this battle/meeting happened, since it's never been hinted at
in official statements, but it likely did for the possibility of Sakura
learning Ryu's name from Sagat. I think it would be nicer, storyline-wise,
if Sakura had at least met Sagat previous to her, Ken, and Sagat teaming up
to save Ryu in SFZ3 (which officially happens, despite how the game doesn't
do a good job of indicating it at all). Whether Sakura won it or not, I'm
not completely sure. Sakura was rated to be weaker than
Adon by Juni in SFZ3, and even Adon barely managed to beat unfocused
Sagat. Hmm.
Sakura vs Ryu - Sakura finds Ryu and challenges him to a fun match. Ryu
lets her win, and takes off leaving her with a photograph of himself.
Official statement, and the battle happening is implied by SFZ3 dialogues,
anyways.
Sodom vs Ken - Pointless filler battle and thus probably did not happen.
Sodom vs Guy - Sodom and Guy exchange with each other about the past.
Like Rolento vs Guy, wouldn't be surprised at all if this meeting
happened. If it did, then at most, they probably just briefly skirmished
with each other, though.
Zangief vs Birdie - Pointless filler battle and thus probably did not
happen.
Zangief vs Ken - Pointless filler battle and thus probably did not happen.
Zangief's ending (which did officially happen) doesn't require a battle
with Ken specifically, anyways.
SnH Ryu's boss battles (Sakura and Gouki) - Didn't happen. Satsui no Ryu
never awoke during the Zero series officially and his storylines when you play
as him are all what-if, so none of his boss battles could possibly have
actually happened.
Cammy vs Rose - Dunno. If it did happen, it was before Rose confronted Vega
the first time. Cammy's brainwashing is already showing some holes at this
point, as are noted in some of her win quotes.
Cammy vs Vega - Again not sure at this point. Cammy's ending has her blacking
out and coming to her senses in the Shadaloo base. Whether this was a result
of her confronting Vega with even more resistance than he expected, thus being
granted a "psycho limiter" implant, is unknown at this time.
A Note: Street Fighter Zero 2 has an insane amount of 'Easter egg'
appearances in character backgrounds. The
majority of these don't have any storyline significance and are just there
for fun because quite a few of them are characters from games which
obviously did not take place at that time or even have any existance within
the SF canon at all...
********************************** pgIVFF2.
FINAL FIGHT 2
Canon Date: 1988 (apparently retconned from release date of 1993 to fit
in with Zero. Haggar stopped being mayor in 1992 (1 year before SF2) so it
HAD to have been retconned)
Gameplay: Another beat-em up brawler like Final Fight 1.
Story: Text on the backside of Jap. FF2's box cover:
After the last battle, it seemed as if peace had finally returned to
Metro City.
One day, Haggar suddenly got a call from the remnants of the Mad Gear.
They announced their plan for world conquest and told Haggar that they're
on the move again.
The return of Mayor Haggar.
Maki, daughter of Genryusai.
The street fighter, Carlos Miyamoto.
The desperate struggle unfolds and explodes once again.
Text from Jap. FF2 instruction booklet
Haggar, Cody, and Guy had defeated Belger, boss of the Mad Gear.
Peace returned to Metro City.
Jessica and Cody went traveling, while Guy resumed training out of town.
However, Mad Gear hadn't been completely destroyed.
Mad Gear intends on getting revenge on Haggar, Cody, and Guy. They secretly
stalk/follow/pursue Genryusai, Guy's teacher.
Genryusai and his daughter Rena were kidnapped by the Mad Gear.
Rena is Guy's fiance.
Two days later, Haggar received a call from Maki, Rena's younger sister...
Final Fight 2 takes place at the same time as Street Fighter Zero
2. Guy is not a playable character in the game because he's away training
(His Street Fighter Zero 2 storyline). Cody, too, is not playable
(explanation in the USA instruction manual is that he's on vacation with
Jessica, though by now the true explanation is probably that he's already
been thrown into the slammer by now. Capcom retroactively changed quite a
bit regarding FF2's storyline, since, in general, they've seemed to just
stop caring about Final Fight's storyline after FF1). Anyways, the story
is that the remnants of Mad Gear (led by Retu) was making an attempt to
make a comeback. Which... is again similar to Mad Gear's storyline in SFZ2
anyways. Mad Gear this time kidnaps Genryusai (the 37th
bushrinryu master. He used to officially be the 38th and thus Guy's master
but Capcom slipped up and accidentally made a new character, Zeku, for that
in SFZ2 so they bumped Genryusai up to be the 37th. Silly Capcom:P), who
is the father of Guy's fiance, Rena, who is also kidnapped by Mad Gear.
Haggar once again takes to the streets to defeat Mad Gear, this time teamed
up with Maki, who is Rena's sister, and Carlos, a boarder that Haggar was
letting stay with him for a while. Final Fight 2 takes place around the
world and not just in Metro City, for some reason. There isn't really much
more here... unlike the bosses of Final Fight 1, the bosses of Final Fight
2 and Tough have not been incorporated into other Street Fighter games at all.
Though Rolento does make a reappearance as a boss (no clue how that works.
Maybe he stuck around with Mad Gear a little longer or something to pick up
recruits for his army). The Andore family is back, too. At any rate,
Haggar and co gives them all the beatdown, knocks Retu out of a window
(AGAIN with the windows...) and save Genryusai and Rena, then Guy writes
them a letter stating his thanks and that's it.
A note about Mad Gear. Official statements are that Mad Gear finally fell
apart for good one year before Street Fighter Zero 3. Which would be one
year after Final Fight 2 and Street Fighter Zero 2, which could also be
interpreted as right after those games, if you
think of them as taking about a year to happen or so. At any rate, yea,
Mad Gear was completely crushed by Final Fight 2 and all efforts to revive
it during Street Fighter Zero 2 failed. Rolento's
army is a new thing that he started up that broke off of and is not a part
of Mad Gear (which would explain a large chunk of why he and Sodom have a
fall out during Street Fighter Zero 3, though they make up in their
endings).
Stage List
1. Hong Kong 12:00 PM
2. France 5:00 PM
3. Holland 4:00 PM
4. England 8:00 PM
5. Italy 12:00 PM
6. Japan 11:30 PM
(storyline seems to take place over the span of 3 days)
Boss list of Final Fight 2 (in order)
1. Won Won. Some strange burly Chinese former chef nutcase.
2. Freddie. Big army clad shirtless brute fought in France. Former Navy
SEAL, I believe.
3. Bratken. Big brute who looks like Frankenstein/Hulk fought in
Holland. Has the mindset of a little child.
4. Phillipe. Psycho Clown with cane fought in England.
5. Rolento. Back yet again. Called Rolent instead of Rolento but that's
because it's an easy mistake to make (see pronounciations near the bottom
of this FAQ).
6. Retu. Some sorta Kabuki guy and the new leader of Mad Gear. Fought in
Japan.
Capcom apparently seemed to stop caring about the Final Fight storyline
after Final Fight 1. None of the new bosses appear in any Street Fighter
games or the new characters with the exception of Maki, who appeared in
Capcom vs SNK 2 and then ported to the latest version of SFZ3 (and I feel
that's probably mostly due to her connection with Guy). Really, though, a
CLOWN boss? The bosses of FF1 were a whole lot easier to take more
seriously than the bosses of FF2 for the most part (FF3 bosses weren't as
zany as FF2, though, but most of them weren't very interesting either).
You can see how seriously Capcom takes the storylines of the rest of the
Final Fight games beyond Final Fight 1 by how they even freaking FORGOT
they already gave Guy a master, Genryusai, when they made up another master
for him in SFZ2, Zeku. Heck, there are tons of Final Fight 2 story details
that got changed by Capcom (Guy's master, how Cody is probably in jail
during FF2 instead of vacationing with Jessica like the instruction manual
says, how the game only took place a year after Final Fight and not
multiple years after, etc)
********************************** pgIVSFZ3.
STREET FIGHTER ZERO 3 Latest ver: DOUBLE UPPER (STREET FIGHTER ALPHA 3 overseas)
Canon Date: 1989 through early 1990
Gameplay: Another fighting game, of course.
Story: Like Street Fighter Zero 2, for Street Fighter Zero 3, characters
are basically just going around filling their own agendas. Unlike Street
Fighter Zero 2, a really hefty portion of it centers around Shadaloo and
Vega, this time. LOTS (but not all). Unlike Street Fighter Zero
2, Capcom decided to make Vega EVERYONE'S final boss, whether they
actually fought Vega or not in the official storyline. This has led the
game's storylines to differ quite a bit from the official storyline (but you
can reconcile most of them and get the true storyline just by removing the
'kill Vega' aspect of most characters' story modes. It's kinda like how
for SNK's King of Fighter's storyline, to get the real storyline, you have
to forget about most of the teams fighting the final boss with the
exception of a select few main character teams. In this case, you also
have to throw in forgetting about destroying the psycho drive or even
getting into Shadaloo's main headquarters, even, unless the character is
one of those "officially stated to have fought Vega in SFZ3" ones).
Street Fighter Zero 3 also seems to have had quite a few more what-if
endings than fighting games usually have (All fighting games have filler
what-if endings for characters that never actually happen in the official
storyline, but SFZ3 had more than usual). In addition, Street Fighter
Zero 3 is the most storyline-wise convoluted and complex game of all the
Street Fighter games, as many characters' paths criss-cross and in order to
get the true whole story, you pretty much have to beat the game with nearly
EVERYONE and pay good attention to their endings and boss dialogues (unlike
SFZ2, most of the midboss battles in SFZ3 probably happened in some way,
shape, or form). Once again, to get the majority of what happened in this
game, see the Masters Character List. The major point for Street Fighter
Zero 3 was that the evil organization known as Shadaloo was thrashed quite
a lot (but not fully destroyed) thanks to the combined efforts of Guile,
Nash, and Chun-Li, as well as several various rebellions and problems
within it. Vega, the leader of Shadaloo, was finally defeated when the
main headquarters of Shadaloo was blown up with him and Nash in it.
For a plot analysis of how all the character endings fit into the
official plotline for Street Fighter Alpha 3, see Tiamat's SFA3
plot guide... though note that it's kinda going to fall out of date now
with this full Street Fighter plotguide, instead. Here's a
brief synopsis of the 'core' plot of Street Fighter Zero 3 for here,
though. At least, the closest thing you can call a core plot since SFZ3 is
mostly comprised of a lot of individual mini-storylines.
Street Fighter Zero 3 first starts off with Vega tracking down Ryu
and confronting him, then tried to brainwash Ryu into giving into psycho
power. Ryu has an inner conflict with himself on whether to give in,
similar to his conflict to give into satsui no hadou. At any rate, he does
give in, though it's important to note that
brainwashed psycho power Ryu is not the same as Satsui no Hadou Ryu.
Anyways, Ken and Sakura coincidentally arrive just at the same time as
Sagat arrives to see Ryu again. Sagat, who has regained his honorable
warrior spirit since confronting Dan in SFZ2 is infuriated when he sees how
low Vega stooped (or maybe Sagat was in the process of regaining it thanks
to Dan and seeing Vega stoop so low as to brainwash Ryu clinched it.
Could be either). Sagat fights Psycho Ryu while Ken and Sakura fought
Vega (this is official statement, though you can sooorta see it in the
games if you study the dialogue really analytically, though that's kinda a
stretch there and still requires some guesswork as to what the dialogue
means). Sagat beats Psycho Ryu and then, judging by the game, Ryu managed
to break out of his brainwashing and knock Vega away, forcing Vega to
retreat. That ends Ryu's main portion of the story.
The next main character of SFZ3 could be considered to be Cammy, since
she has a huge plot around her in SFZ3. This one most likely happened
after Ryu's part of the plot, and
basically involves how for reasons she can't figure out, Shadaloo decided
to terminate her. This probably happened around the same time as Rose's
portion of SFZ3's plot; even though the two characters' plots don't
interlap too much, Rose's fight with the Dolls in the game as indirectly
indicates this, though of course I'm not sure and it really doesn't make
too much difference either way (Rose can be considered a semi-main
character of SFZ3. Check out her bio for her story during SFZ3). At any
rate, Cammy encounters Balrog and probably Juli and Juni (judging from her
in-game storyline) during this period and they were all sent to terminate
her in some fashion. However, somehow, she managed to convince Juli and
Juni as well as all the rest of the Dolls how they were truly expendable to
Vega, and so all thirteen of the Dolls turned on Bison. In the process,
they were all almost killed. This is yet another official statement which
can also be realized through a really analytical look at the game's
storylines, though like Ken, Sakura, and Sagat's fight against Vega and
Psycho Ryu, it's rather hard to realize it without the official statements
(though not as hard, thank goodness). Anyway, Vega was finally forced to
retreat once again, and Cammy made her way to the psycho drive and use it
to save the rest of the Dolls.
Finally, the last main character of SFZ3 is Guile. His story had to
have happened last in SFZ3 since it's the one that finally ends Vega by
blowing him and the base housing the psycho drive up. Basically, Guile
catches up to Nash and
Chun-Li, then finally decides to join them and together their combined efforts
take down Vega for good in SFZ3 (though he would come back for SF2). Nash and
Guile confront Vega in the psycho drive room of Shadaloo headquarters and
Nash sacrifices himself to hold off Vega while the entire base
explodes.
As always, for the more complete details, check out the character bios.
Street Fighter Zero 3 Boss Battles
The first character is the one you play as when that battle takes place
For example, if it says
"Ryu vs Sagat"
It's talking about the (mid)boss battle with Sagat you fight while you play
as Ryu.
A note about the final boss battle with Vega: As stated above, nearly all
of these probably didn't happen. The only confirmed ones to fight Vega
are Ryu (sorta), Sakura with Ken, Rose, and all thirteen Dolls (it's
possible that Cammy's battle with Vega took place right after all other
twelve Dolls fought him, or that Cammy arrived in the middle of it to help
them out, too. Juli's ending shows this a little, too, since Cammy arrives
as Juli is fighting Vega or right after Juli loses consciousness to him or
what have you), all of which Capcom has officially stated happened.
Also, for further details on the more storyline significant battles to each
character, see the Masters Character List for more details.
Adon vs Ken - Pointless filler battle and thus probably did not happen.
Adon vs Rose - Pointless filler battle and thus probably did not happen.
Adon vs Vega - Vega challenges Adon for the hell of it. Like all boss
battles with Vega in SFZ3 besides the confirmed ones, this did not
happen. ...oi, even Adon's SFZ3 ending is pointless (he's searching for
Gouki at the end of SFZ2, he's still searching for Gouki by the end of SFZ3).
Yeesh. Vega's death to Gouki in this ending is an accurate portrayal
of how Gouki offed him in SF2, though.
Gouki vs Adon - Adon finally finds Gouki. Didn't happen since AAC states that
Adon never managed to find Gouki.
Gouki vs Guy - Guy wants to stop Gouki from seeing Vega for some reason.
Well, Capcom did state that bushin was opposed to Gouki because Gouki
disrupted the flow of nature for some reason, but I'd be surprised if this
fight happened.
Gouki vs Vega - Vega challenges Gouki for the hell of it. Like all boss
battles with Vega in SFZ3 besides the confirmed ones, this did not happen.
Bison vs Gen - Bison lays the beatdown on Gen for beating up Shadaloo
members. This fight probably just exists because Capcom wanted to show
more in-game about how Gen knew about Shadaloo and beat up its members
while looking for worthy opponents, which is official statement. This
particular battle with Bison, however, most likely did not happen.
Bison vs Birdie - Bison finds out about the psycho drive from Birdie.
Pretty important to Bison's ending. This battle probably happened due to
that, assuming how much you care to think Bison's ending is canon in any
form (see character list for how that probably works out).
Bison vs Vega - Bison challenges Vega and demands for the psycho
drive. Officially did not happen. Capcom has officially stated that
Bison never got the chance to betray Vega in SFZ3, which is why he's
still a member of Shadaloo in SF2. Even in SF2, though, he was trying
to find opportunities to betray and take over the organization. In
Revival, he does succeed at the latter, but...
Birdie vs E. Honda - Pointless filler battle and thus probably did not
happen.
Birdie vs Blanka - Pointless filler battle and thus probably did not
happen.
Birdie vs Bison - Vega sicks Bison on Birdie. Real way it happened is
probably Bison vs Birdie above.
Birdie vs Vega - Birdie challenges Vega and demands for the psycho
drive. Like all boss battles with Vega in SFZ3 besides the confirmed
ones, this did not happen. His own ending where Chun-Li and Nash arrest
him at the psycho drive gets in the way of Guile's ending which officially
happened, so Birdie's own ending definitely didn't happen. The real way
his search for the psycho drive seems to have gone, if it occurred at all,
is probably Bison's ending (without having the psycho drive's destruction
due to Birdie and Bison, just like everyone else's ending that involves
destroying it besides Guile's), and thus I highly doubt he ever confronted
Bison in SFZ3.
Blanka vs Dan - A 'for-fun' battle that is a large basis of Blanka's SFZ3
storyline, which doesn't contradict with any other storylines once you get
rid of the destroy Vega and psycho drive aspects, etc, and thus probably
did happen.
Blanka vs Zangief - Pointless filler battle and thus probably did not
happen.
Blanka vs Bison - Pointless filler battle and thus probably did not
happen.
Blanka vs Vega - Vega challenges Blanka to make him into a guinea pig. Like
all boss battles with Vega in SFZ3 besides the confirmed ones, this did
not happen.
Cammy vs Dhalsim - Dhalsim notices that Cammy is beginning to develop her
self-conscious. This battle might have happened. Not really too important
either way, but I do lean towards it happening since there's nothing else
that Dhalsim really gets to do in SFZ3, and this would partially explain
Cammy's accelerated growth spurt towards 'humanity'.
Cammy vs Balrog - Balrog has been sent to investigate on Cammy. This battle
definitely did happen, since it's important to Cammy's and Balrog's
storylines that have been officially stated to have happened in SFZ3.
Cammy won this battle (she had to in order to reach and fight Vega, which
also officially happened), but Balrog's dialogue indicates that he
may have purposefully threw the match, as he's rather lax.
Cammy vs Juni and Juli - A seemingly pointless filler battle, but it most
definitely did happen, as shown by Juli's storyline. Odds are this is when
Cammy met with the other Dolls to get them all to fight against Vega,
which officially did happen.
Cammy vs Vega - Vega decides to finally exterminate Cammy, personally.
This battle officially happened, with some added bits from official
statements. Capcom has stated that all thirteen Dolls rebelled against
Vega together, so Cammy almost definitely picked up Juni and Juli from her
battle with them. Or arrived in the aftermath to continue it, at least.
Nash vs Cammy - Nash apprehends Cammy. Mere existance of it
contradicts Cammy's storyline, which did happen, and Nash's ending
generally didn't happen, so all evidence points to that this battle didn't
happen.
Nash vs Rolento - Capcom officially stated Nash never met Rolento.
...wow, this battle again? Oo Why does Capcom keep making Nash fight
Rolento if they never officially meet in the actual official storyline?
Well, guess there's no other "corrupt army soldier" character that Capcom
has, but bleh. Anyways, this battle didn't happen.
Nash vs Vega - Didn't happen in the form that playing as Nash
portrays it in. The true way it happened was Guile's storyline. ...why
does Nash always get the what-if storylines when you play as him?
Strange. His ending is hilarious in the context of how he always
dies, though. Nash's revenge!
Chun-Li vs Birdie - Chun-Li gets information from Birdie about where
Shadaloo's base is. Actually, this battle might have happened. There's no
indication that Chun-Li arrested Birdie here, so Birdie could continue his
own storyline, and also, Birdie tells Chun-Li that he has business in
Thailand, which is probably him seeking out the psycho drive. Of course,
there IS the fact that the entire rest of Chun-Li's SFZ3 plot when you play
as her did NOT happen...
Chun-Li vs Cammy - Cammy attacks Chun-Li in the name of Vega. Didn't
happen. Chun-Li's battles and ending from here on when you play as her
completely contradict Cammy's official storyline, that did officially
happen, in SFZ3.
Chun-Li vs Juli and Juni - Juni and Juli attack Chun-Li in the name of
Vega. Didn't happen for the same reasons as Chun-Li vs Cammy. Capcom
did use this opportunity to point out in-game that the Dolls were just
teenagers, though.
Chun-Li vs Vega - Chun-Li finally finds Vega and fights him to get him to
stop using poor underage girls like Cammy, Juli, and Juni. Chun-Li's real
SFZ3 story is when you play as Guile. This did not happen (it would make
no sense for Cammy's SF2 storyline, for one thing, and Balrog is the one
stated to have taken Cammy at the end of SFZ3)
Cody vs Birdie - I dunno. Dialogue indicates that Birdie is representing a
generic Metro City thug, here, and not Birdie from England. At least... I
can't figure out why else Birdie would say "You used to be something around
here." Since when did Cody travel to England to bust heads, there? Oo
Cody vs Guy - Guy tries to reform Cody. Final Fight One dialogue shows
that this battle did happen.
Cody vs Vega - Cody attacks Vega for the hell of it >:} LOL, I personally
like how Cody just wants to get into tons of battles just for the hell of
it because he's addicted to fighting, but I digress. At any rate, this is
generally a pointless filler battle that thus, like the majority of SFZ3
battles with Vega, did not happen. Guy never got that close to Vega,
anyways, so the majority of Cody's ending up until the destruction of Vega
most definitely didn't happen (though Guy wanting to reform Cody definitely
did, as shown by Final Fight One dialogue).
Dan vs Chun-Li - Hilarious joke battle, but not really any story relevance,
and Blanka's storyline seems to be the true way Dan's storyline played out
in SFZ3, so I don't think this one happened (or any of Dan's SFZ3 boss
battles when you play as him, for that matter).
Dan vs Sagat - Sagat is annoyed that Dan's pestering him again and Dan
offers to teach Sagat Saikyo style. I'd be surprised as heck if this
battle happened. I don't see why Sagat would purposefully lose to Dan
TWICE.
Dan vs Bison - Pointless filler battle and thus probably did not happen.
Dan vs Vega - Like all boss battles with Vega in SFZ3 besides the
confirmed ones, this did not happen.
Dee-Jay vs Adon - Pointless filler battle and thus probably did not happen.
Dee-Jay vs Sagat - Ditto. While the previous one led into this one,
neither are important to Dee-Jay's overall SFZ3 plot at all.
Dee-Jay vs Vega - Ditto once again.
Dhalsim vs Rose - Dhalsim tries to convince Rose not to rush into things.
Might have happened. Dunno. Most of Dhalsim's tenure when you play as him
seems... iffy, though.
Dhalsim vs Birdie - Dhalsim reads Birdie's mind to find out the location of the
Shadaloo hideout. Probably didn't happen, since Dhalsim never got very
close to Shadaloo at all during SFZ3.
Dhalsim vs Juni and Juli - Ditto. Pointless filler battle.
Dhalsim vs Vega - Ditto. Dhalsim's storyline is kinda dull, but you
do get to see the funny side of him destroying Shadaloo with the sheer
power of his mind and yelling "Yoga!" a bunch.
E. Honda vs Ryu - E. Honda and Ryu fight for fun. This battle happened.
It's referenced in Sakura vs E. Honda.
E. Honda vs Sodom - E. Honda and Sodom meet up again. This battle might
have happened. Probably did, but not important either way. It's another
fun reunion or something.
E. Honda vs Vega - Like all boss battles with Vega in SFZ3 besides the
confirmed ones, this did not happen.
SnH Ryu's boss battles (Sagat, Vega, Shin Gouki) - Like SFZ2 SnH Ryu,
SnH Ryu's tenure when you play as him is officially entirely what-if, and
these battles did not happen.
Fei-Long vs Bison, Balrog, and Vega - Everyone tries to get Fei-Long to
join Shadaloo. While Shadaloo might have been seeking Fei-Long, they
officially weren't trying THAT hard with that many marquee men going after
him, so those fights didn't happen.
Gen vs Ryu - Gen and Ryu fight for the heck of it. Actually less pointless
filler than that description gives. Here, Gen comments about how Ryu using
a toned down version of ansatsuken and how he can sense the power within
him. Dunno if it happened but wouldn't be surprised if it did.
Gen vs Gouki - Gen finally gets his deathmatch with Gouki. ...well, not
sure if it was to the death, or if it happened in the form that is
portrayed here, really. See Gen's section in the masters character list
for more info.
Gen vs Vega - Vega and Gen fight for the hell of it (it's really easy to
tell by now just how BS'd up the what-if plotline gets just to make Vega
the last boss of everyone). Pointless filler battle that, like many
battles with Vega in SFZ3, did not happen. The important thing to Gen's
storyline was the battle with Gouki.
Guile vs Chun-Li - Chun-Li tries to stop Guile from going after Nash.
Pretty important to Guile's storyline in SFZ3, which officially happened,
so this battle almost definitely did happen.
Guile vs Nash - Guile finally finds Nash. Officially happened.
Guile vs Vega - While Guile's ending happened, I don't believe Capcom has
stated whether or not Guile had to fight Vega to get Vega to retreat to
the base, or if Guile and Nash just infiltrated Vega's base without
having to fight Vega first (but 'fight' him anyways in the psycho drive
room). So... dunno.
Guy vs Karin - Karin tells Guy of the bushin prophecy that Guy will rise
against Vega. ...ironically, that prophecy turns out to be false. Real
false. Guy's true SFZ3 storyline is officially what happened with him in
Rose's storyline, so I'd be surprised if any of his boss battles happened.
Guy's ending (which may have happened but it's really just a revelation he
gets, anyways) doesn't have much to do with this prophecy, either.
Guy vs Gen - More about the bushin prophecy, really. Ditto.
Guy vs Vega - Definitely did not happen. Even Zeku's prediction that Guy
would fight Vega ended up being wrong, since he officially never got that
close to Bison in SFZ3 (his true SFZ3 ending was Rose's) and disappeared
after that. Hmm. ...unless they meant Guy would fight Rose (who takes
Vega's place for a bit or more, as shown by her ending) or something.
...dangling plotline?
Juli vs T. Hawk: See T. Hawk vs Juli, below.
Juli vs Cammy - Juli finally finds her target. Almost positively happened,
as shown by Juni and Juli together going after Cammy when you play as her
(which also indicates that odds are very high that Juni was officially with
Juli the whole time. Those two really don't split up very often, but the
game's arcade mode storyline doesn't let you dramatic battle play as both
for obvious reasons).
Juli vs Vega - Vega decides to finally exterminate Juli, personally. All
thirteen Dolls did fight against Vega together, but dunno if it was like
the game portrayed, here. The game when you play as Juli indicates that
Juli lied to Vega about killing Cammy, then Vega decided to kill her
anyway, which caused her self-defense instinct to kick in. After that, I
suppose Cammy (and the other Dolls, if they weren't with Juli already) came
along to help her fight Vega. Well, it's shown by Juli's ending that
Cammy came along later to help her out, but dunno. All there really is
regarding official statements in this matter is that all thirteen Dolls
turned against and fought Vega together.
Juni vs E. Honda - Juni fights E. Honda. Did she learn about Ryu's
location from him? Is Juni seeking out Ryu even canon at all? Dunno.
Juni vs Ryu - Definitely didn't happen. As per official statements, Ryu
would fight Vega, himself, so Juni obviously didn't get to fight and beat
him.
Juni vs Vega - Vega decides to kill Juni after she beats Ryu. Definitely
did not happen in this format. The real way Juni's fight with Vega
occurred is with all the other Dolls, as shown by Juli's and Cammy's
storylines. The evidence highly points to that Ryu's SFZ3 tenure took
place significantly earlier than the Doll storyline.
Karin vs Blanka - Pointless filler battle and thus probably did not happen.
Karin vs Sakura - Might have happened, but dunno. Karin admits after it
that Sakura's still better, so it's not like it shifts storyline tiers at
all or anything even though Karin wins this match. I think it did happen,
myself.
Karin vs Juni&Juli and Vega - Like all boss battles with Vega in SFZ3
besides the confirmed ones, this did not happen. This includes the Juni
and Juli lead-up battle.
Ken vs Karin - Ken and Karin have a fun and happy conversation about
Sakura. Actually probably did happen due to the two characters' connection
about knowing other, even if it's not too important to the overall story.
Ken vs Sakura - Before Vega shows up, Ken finds Sakura in Thailand ready
to meet Ryu. Almost positive this happened, since it coincides with the
official statement that Ken and Sakura fought Vega together after finding
Ryu under his control.
Ken vs Vega - Vega challenges Ken for the hell of it. It happened, but
not really like this format at all. The real way it did is officially with
Sakura and had more to do with Ryu than this, and thus probably more like
Sakura vs Vega, below.
Vega vs Gouki, Ryu, and Sagat - Vega gets a what-if storyline where he
destroys the world. These fights obviously did not happen in this form.
His brainwashing of Ryu itself happened in a different way, as per official
statements. Vega's real SFZ3 storyline basically involves him being all
the villain of the main characters of SFZ3 (Ryu, Cammy, Rose, and Guile).
R. Mika vs Karin - Karin decides to sponsor R. Mika if she ever becomes a
pro-wrestler. Generally confirmed by Eternal that it did happen.
R. Mika vs Zangief - R. Mika finally gets to meet Zangief. May or may not
have happened. Actually probably did, but it's not a big deal either way.
R. Mika vs Bison and Vega - Like all boss battles with Vega in SFZ3
besides the confirmed ones, this did not happen. This includes the Bison
lead-up battle.
Rolento vs Sodom - Sodom tells Rolento that he's lost site of his ideals.
This battle is important to Rolento's storyline (which I'm pretty sure
happened, since after removing the psycho drive destruction like you should
with all SFZ3 storylines besides Guile's, it doesn't contradict anything
and is definitely not just filler for Rolento), so this battle definitely
happened. It's confirmed by Street Fighter Eternal, pretty much.
Rolento vs Cody - Rolento tries to recruit Cody, but then sees what Cody
has become and decides not to. This battle is confirmed by Street Fighter
Eternal.
Rolento vs vs Bison and Vega - Like all boss battles with Vega in SFZ3
besides the confirmed ones, this did not happen. This includes the Bison
lead-up battle. His infiltration of Shadaloo is mentioned in Eternal
though but it only mentions him stealing armaments like he said he would,
not destroy the psycho drive.
Rose vs Guy - Guy wants to follow Rose, but she won't let him. Important
to Rose's ending, which did officially happen, thus this battle/meeting
definitely happened.
Rose vs Balrog - Balrog tells Rose that he doesn't understand why she's so
suicidal. This ending probably happened. A lot of the 'Doll storyline
participants' seem to criss cross paths a lot, and this would be no
exception.
Rose vs Juli & Juni [Aprile?] - Rose fights some of the Dolls that Vega
sicks on her while he waits for someone else to arrive (most likely Cammy,
but it might have been Ryu. I lean more towards Cammy since Rose in
general is more involved with the Dolls than Ryu, and her meeting with Balrog
as well as this Juli & Juni boss battle implies that her storyline takes
place at the same time as Cammy's, which takes place after Ryu's does).
The actual battle was probably fought with Aprile, since J&J were most
likely pursuing Cammy at the time and Capcom officially stated that
Aprile's brother went to see Rose at the beginning of SFZ3, so Aprile would
be the one that's most storyline significant to Rose.
Rose vs Vega - Rose finally reaches Vega. This battle officially
happened.
Ryu vs Rose - Rose warns Ryu about Vega. This battle probably happened
since it's semi-storyline significant.
Ryu vs [Psycho] Ken - Ryu comes across Psycho Power Brainwashed Ken. This
battle officially did NOT happen and Capcom has directly stated as such,
and also stated that Psycho Ken never existed. The real one who got
brainwashed was ironically officially Ryu, himself, as portrayed in
Sagat's storyline.
Ryu vs Vega - Vega challenges Ryu to brainwash and control him.
Happened, pretty much, though you need to take into account Ken and
Sakura's battle with Vega and how it fits in, too. Basically, Ryu fought
Vega, got brainwashed as per his ending, then... well, it continues into
Sagat's, Ken's, and Sakura's storylines there. ...actually, Ryu's ending
contains Ken's role in that particular arc of the SFZ3 storyline, too,
which is odd since everything but Ken's ending when you play as Ken
seems to fit in as well.
Sagat vs Dan - Sagat fights Dan and sees the rage in Dan's eyes. It
reminds him of the rage he feels. This battle is just a re-showing of
Dan's SFZ2 battle with Sagat and thus obviously did happen. Although the
game only implies it a little by the way Sagat feels after the battle,
officially, Sagat let Dan win this battle.
Sagat vs [Psycho] Ryu - Sagat is mad at Vega for stooping so low as to
brainwash Ryu. Happened. Capcom officially stated that Sagat fought
Psycho Ryu while Ken and Sakura fought Vega.
Sagat vs Vega - Didn't happen. Officially, Ken and Sakura handled Vega
while Sagat handled Psycho Ryu. ...well, okay, Sagat did stand up against
Bison a little as Ryu began to break out of his own brainwashing, but
that's more Sagat's ending than this particular boss battle against Vega.
Sakura vs E. Honda - Sakura learns (generally speaking) from E. Honda where
Ryu is. Probably happened.
Sakura vs [Psycho] Ryu - Sakura finds Ryu brainwashed by Vega! While she
did find out about that, she didn't officially fight Psycho Ryu. Sagat
did. As per official statement by Capcom, Sakura, meanwhile, fought Vega
along with Ken.
Sakura vs Vega - Sakura fights to protect Ryu from Vega. Happened,
though Ken was with her to help. Too bad Capcom couldn't make this
dramatic battle to show it better. It wasn't until the Dreamcast version
of SFZ3 that there was a fully working Dramatic Battle mode, and Capcom
probably wouldn't let the player fight dramatic battle style in arcade mode
just for storyline reasons, anyways, since arcade mode is supposed to be
solo.
Sodom vs Rolento - Rolento demands that Sodom join him. Happened, though
the more accurate version is probably Rolento vs Sodom above, since
Rolento's storyline isn't as much of a joke ending as Sodom's.
Sodom vs Chun-Li - Another thing that indicates that Rolento's version is
the real way things happened, instead of Sodom's, is the fact that Sodom's
storyline has boss battles like this, which definitely didn't happen.
(Battle was pointless filler with Chun-Li trying to stop Sodom because it
was her job to go after Shadaloo and she didn't want him to get in the way
or so)
Sodom vs Vega - Like all boss battles with Vega in SFZ3 besides the
confirmed ones, this did not happen. Sodom's storyline when you play as
him on a whole apparently is what-if, with Rolento's being the true
version.
T. Hawk vs Nash - Nash warns T. Hawk about Vega. Might have
happened, though I'd be pretty surprised if it did.
T. Hawk vs Juli - Officially, Noembelu was the Doll T. Hawk was SUPPOSED
to be seeking, not Juli. However, a series of game constraints made it
Juli, instead. Here, he finds her. Might have happened, but I don't
think so cause it doesn't seem to fit in with all thirteen Dolls betraying
Vega together. Or maybe he found her and fought her, but she got away,
like what might have happened when you play as Juli later, and then
T. Hawk finds her again unconscious later after the Dolls betrayed Vega
and were teleported away by Cammy.
T. Hawk vs Vega - T. Hawk fights Vega to free Juli. Like all boss
battles with Vega in SFZ3 besides the confirmed ones, this did not
happen.
Balrog vs Zangief - Zangief attacks Balrog for being a member of Shadaloo,
though Balrog denies that he is since it's not supposed to be a publically
known fact. Actually, I'm inclined to believe that this battle did happen,
since Capcom shows that Zangief knows about Balrog in Zangief's SSF2X ending,
where he's making fun of a picture of Balrog.
Balrog vs Cammy - Balrog finally finds Cammy, but also finds that he's
realizing she's more than just a mere experiment. This battle did happen,
since it's important to Balrog's ending which officially happened, and this
is Balrog's point of view on it. See Cammy vs Balrog above for more
information.
Balrog vs Vega - Balrog argues with Vega about Cammy. While the argument
might have happened (which would be another thing that leads Balrog to decide
to betray Vega indirectly by saving Cammy), Capcom has officially stated
that Balrog never actually betrayed Vega (besides saving Cammy, which Vega
didn't know about) or fought Vega, which is why Balrog's still a member of
Shadaloo in SF2.
Zangief vs Rolento - Pointless filler battle and thus probably did not
happen.
Zangief vs Chun-Li - Ditto.
Zangief vs Vega - Like all boss battles with Vega in SFZ3 besides the
confirmed ones, this did not happen. ...Zangief didn't really get to do
much during SFZ3, officially.
The following are from SFZ3 Double Upper. Of important note is that this
game was made after Capcom told Udon that all games take place within their own
universe, which might explain why many of them conflict and don't offer
closure for characters even more than the other SFZ3 endings.
It also takes place after Capcom America acquired the SF License, though I'm
guessing Capcom Japan is who made these storylines, anyways. Nonetheless,
Capcom Japan's made no attempt to clarify any dealings concerning Zero 3 cast
members that were initially in crossover titles.
Also, as there is no SFZ3 Double Upper Dialogue guide, I'll be using Sano's more
extensive summaries for these rather than my own short brief ones. Because
there's no where for you, the reader, to go to get these storylines, otherwise.
(as opposed to the others where you can look it up in an SFA3 dialogue guide)
At least, as of this writing.
Eagle vs Guile - Eagle recognizes Guile as a famous Air Force man and asks
him if he wants to dance with him, lol! Guile says that he is on a mission
and has no time to fight Eagle. Eagle points out that Guile has already
assumed his fighting stance. Guile says to Eagle that if he doesn't want
to listen to what he says, then they'll have to fight.
After the fight Eagle notices that there was a lot of tension during their
battle and thanks Guile. He asks what exactly was Guile's mission. Guile
says that he is after Sagat who has joined a Narcotics Ring. Eagle questions,
"Sagat? How long has it been since I heard that name?" and says that he
will try to find Sagat too.
Tiamat and vasili10 Note: If Eagle's (seemingly pointless) SFZ3 plot happened in
any way at all, then this fight happened. Since it's the only really
substantial event in Eagle's largely empty plot. However, Guile was out to
find Nash in Zero 3, not Sagat, so even Eagle's meeting with Guile becomes iffy.
Eagle vs Sagat - Eagle runs into Sagat for his pre-Vega fight. He
says to Sagat that it's been a long time and Sagat has the same intense
stare from before. He says that Sagat has always been someone else's goon.
Sagat questions what he is talking about and Eagle challenges him, and
says he wants to see if Sagat is still the King of Muay Thai.
There is no dialog after you defeat Sagat.
Tiamat Note: Possibly happened, possibly not. No dialogue after, anyways.
Eagle vs Bison - You don't face Vega yet! Bison appears
in front of you with Vega hovering in the air. Vega asks if
Eagle was the one that defeated Sagat. Vega then says that Sagat is
no king after all and good bodyguards are hard to find these days.
Eagle calls Vega a "loon bent on world domination." He says that
Vega is beneath him. Vega says that Eagle is trash to him and
asks Bison to finish him off.
Tiamat Note: Not much to say.
Eagle vs Vega - After you defeat Bison you face Vega. Guile comes
up from behind Eagle and says that he is going to defeat Vega.
Eagle asks Guile to step off so he can fight Vega and see how strong
he is. Vega doesn't care about the order of who fights him first,
says something like "step up fools and get beat down," something to that
effect.
Tiamat Note: Maybe Eagle joined in the long line of fighters who fought
Vega one after the other (and sometimes even in groups) in what is known
about the 'finale' to SFZ3's plot.
Maki vs Sakura - Sakura says something like "So this is my next opponent.
I wonder if she's one of those female gangsters? That's a big weapon she has!"
and Maki says there's nothing wrong with using a weapon and they fight.
(Sakura calling Maki a female gangster reminds me of their fight in the
Sakura Ganbaru! manga).
After the fight Maki compliments Sakura on her fighting skills. Sakura
compliments Maki too and says that she fights just like someone she fought
before, Guy. Maki asks if she knows where Guy is, and Sakura says that
he's.... yeah, she only answers with "..." but you know where he is, same
place where all of those 9th round battles take place in SFZ3.
Tiamat and vasili10 Note: This battle is likely a Sakura Ganbaru! reference,
because it's possible, however unlikely, that Sakura's run into Guy prior
to meeting Maki.
Maki vs Guy - Maki runs into Guy, says "You... are Maki." Maki says enough
chit chatting, it's time to see who is the true succesor of the bushin style.
Guy tells her beating her means nothing to Guy, it's to be expected that he'd
win.
This fight seems like it had no clear resolution, as at the end of it they
pick up their conversation right where they left of. Maki asks why Guy thinks
his victory is expected. Guy tells her that he can not lose when evil is
afoot. So Maki sets out to stop the evil herself, telling Guy next time
they'll meet they'll settle this.
Tiamat Note: If Maki's storyline in SFZ3 happened (which it probably did if
we assume Capcom cares at all), this battle positively did as well.
Maki vs Vega - Maki faces Vega. Vega refers to her as a mind full of
memories challenging him. Maki says she has to defeat Vega. Vega
says that this will be a good fight after "the parade of weaklings" he's
beaten just now.
Tiamat Note: Parade of weaklings? Perhaps Maki (and maybe Guy) were able
to get in some tussels with Vega in the middle of everything as well. Their
presence there would be explained by Guy's tracking of Rose (and Maki's
tracking/following of Guy), after all.
Yun vs Dee Jay - Dee Jay asks what business 'you boys' (Yun and Yang) have
with him. They ask if Dee Jay knows Fei-Long (in such a way that they assume
that he does know him, like they've worked together before) and if so tell
them where he is. Deejay asks them to fight with him first and says something
like let the rhythm guide your feet.
After Yun wins, Dee Jay admits that Yun is strong and asks him why they are
chasing Fei-Long. Yun says he heard a rumor that Fei-Long got mixed up with
drug dealers. Dee Jay says no way, that Fei-Long is a nice guy and he wouldn't
get caught up with drug dealers. Dee Jay says he doesn't know where Fei-Long
is but he knows where he's going, it's to the place that all fighters are
gathering and they (Yun/Yang) know where that is.
Tiamat Note: Either didn't happen or Dee Jay got a minor acting role in
Y&Y&FL's movie. Which wouldn't be surprising given that Dee Jay is a showman,
afterall.
Yun vs Fei-Long - Yun fights Fei-Long before Vega. Yun 'says so this is
where you hang out and come to train.' Fei-Long asks "What do you boys want?
Let me guess, you're from Shadaloo?" and Yun says that there's no reason for
him to answer a coward. Fei-Long says it's all a misunderstanding and they
fight.
After Yun wins he notices that Fei-Long has nothing in his hands (like drugs)
and asks him how is he connected to Shadaloo's drug trade. Fei-Long says he's
had nothing to do with it, he knows that people in his offices are dealing drugs
though and he is looking for who is behind it. Yun says he can tell that
Fei-Long is not lying by looking into his eyes (reminds me of Fei-Long/Cammy
in SF2V, he said the same exact thing to her). Yun says that Hong Kong is their
home and they must protect it, so Fei-Long says that he and Yun and Yang
should team up.
Tiamat Note: Either didn't happen or happened in Y&Y&FL's movie. This
battle was against SnH Ryu instead of Fei Long in the GBA version of SFZ3
for some odd reason, despite how Fei Long is mentioned in Y&Y's prologue
there as well. GBA version had no dialogue for any fights, but it
had the prologues.
Yun vs Juni & Juli - No Vega yet! They face off against Bison,
Juni and Juli. Fei-Long says that he'll take on the boxer while Yun and Yang
take on Juni and Juli. Yun wants to take on everyone himself, but Fei-Long
says no, they should work together like they originally intended. Yun says
that they'll make Fei-Long even more famous after they win. So Fei-Long and
Bison run off to fight while you face Juni and Juli.
Tiamat Note: The twin dragons vs the twin Dolls (Capcom notices the parallel,
too. Yun tells J&J, "You remind me of me and my brother for some reason"
in his win quote to them in the GBA version). Anyways, this either didn't
happen or happened in Y&Y&FL's movie. ...with actors playing the part
of J&J, of course.
Yun vs Vega - After you beat Juni and Juni you see Fei-Long lying at
Vega's feet. Yun asks, "...Fei-Long!?" and Vega says that "It's
the perfect ending for a third rate actress." Yes, actress, lol! He offers
Yun and Yang to join Shadaloo to which they decline. Vega then says
"I'll have to ask you to leave... this world!" and that they will regret
not joining Shadaloo. He picks up Fei-Long and throws him away as they
begin to fight.
Tiamat Note: Either didn't happen or happened in Y&Y&FL's movie. Alas,
Raul Julia would not be around during SF3's time to play the role of Vega :(
Ingrid vs SnH Ryu - She meets him in Gouki's cave. Ryu starts talking
about destruction, death and stuff, Ingrid asks him where he got such
power. SnH Ryu then challenges Ingrid and says she has to teach him a lesson.
After she defeats SnH Ryu he stands up, and while his sprite with the
black gi the head shot used of Ryu talking is him with a white headband,
not SnH. Ingrid beat Ryu out of his SnH-ness and reverted him back to
normal. Ryu doesn't know what's going on and Ingrid tells him someone was
controlling him. Ryu says that everything went dark after he met Vega.
Ingrid says that Vega was a person she was told to look out for and he
might have the object she was looking for. She bids Ryu farewell and
good luck on his journey of knowledge and power. Ryu asks how exactly
Ingrid knows his name and who he is, and their dialog ends on that note.
Tiamat note: It should be noted that SnH Ryu here is used to represent Ryu
controlled by Vega and psycho power, NOT satsui no hadou. This battle did
not happen as canon-wise, it was Sagat that fought Psycho Ryu.
And Ryu overcame Vega's control as portrayed in Sagat's, Ryu's, and
Sakura's endings.
Ingrid vs Rose - Rose looks at Ingrid and tells her that she can not
see her future, that she is a white haxe and asks who she is. Ingrid
tells Rose that she has the power to see into the Time Stream, that she
must stop Vega and tells Rose to wake up that he is evil. Rose says
she must seal his powers for good, but Ingrid says his powers where stolen
from Ingrid in the first place. So they fight.
After Ingrid defeats Rose she tells her that she will defeat Vega
in 15 minutes and not to worry about it, that she can relax now. Rose
asks Ingrid who she is again and Ingrid calls herself a messenger from the
stars.
Tiamat note: If Ingrid's SFZ3 storyline happened in any non-what-if way
whatsoever, this battle likely happened.
Ingrid vs Vega - When she finds Vega, she says that name and that
face, there's no mistaken it. That she will seal him and that she wants
her object back. M.Bison says something along the lines of beware my
psycho power. Ingrid says something
like, "Psycho wha... you've even given it a stupid name." Lol! She then
tells him how shameless he is using her stolen power against her and they
fight.
Tiamat Note: Er... Ingrid really doesn't fit into the known events of
SFZ3 that much at all, though if you really wanted to stretch things, you
could pretend that she confronted Vega somewhere in the middle of all those
other confrontations to reclaim her crest before Nash would later
finish Vega off.
For further analysis on Street Fighter Zero 3 and how many of the endings
work out, you may check out my Street Fighter Alpha 3 Plot Canon Guide at
www.gamefaqs.com in the Street Fighter Alpha 3 sections. Note, however,
that that guide is only really good for looking at the analysis of how all
the overseas endings fit in to each other with official statements, and
everything else there is out of date / replaced by the information in this
Plot Guide here (no way am I going to bother keeping TWO humongous FAQs up
to date when this plot guide does nearly everything else the Street Fighter
Alpha 3 plot guide does and more).
Street Fighter Zero 3 has officially been announced to be the final game
in the Zero series. There really isn't much, storyline wise, that Capcom
could do with a new Zero game (assuming all Zero games have to take place
before SF2) since Vega blew up at the end of SFZ3.
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FINAL FIGHT TOUGH (FINAL FIGHT 3 overseas)
Canon Date: 1991?
Likely 1991, which is after Street Fighter Zero 3 so that Guy could be
back but also before Haggar's tenure as mayor ended. Guy officially didn't
return to Metro City until SFZ3 was done, and you can see him hint that
he'll be going back to Metro City in Cody's SFZ3 ending. Haggar officially
is stated to have finally stopped being mayor two years after SFZ3, which
would be 1992. Also, Guy was stated in FFT to come back after 'several
years' of training, so after Zero 3, whose last event took place only 2 years
after Zero 2, which is where Guy was training, seems most likely. Pre-retcon,
its release date was 1995, so maybe that was the original intended release
date, although SFZ2 would be released only a year later to force a retcon
of FF1's and FF2's dates.
Gameplay: Capcom's last traditional Final Fight and beat-em up. To Capcom's
credit, while FFT seems to be something that storyline-wise, they didn't put
much effort into in my opinion, they DID try to renovate the engine a lot more
than Final Fight 2. Most of these renovations could be found in Sega's
Streets of Rage 2, anyway (Dash attacks, back holds, etc), but a couple
were new and still haven't been done again by any of those silly 3D beat-em
ups that would come later (motion command special moves like fighting games
have, super moves with super bar that fills up as you hit things, etc).
Story: Taken from the Final Fight Tough (Jap) instruction booklet:
Metro City, several years after the annihilation of the Mad Gear Gang.
The city had regained peace after the collapse of the evil organization.
However, the city is gradually losing it's power over criminal activity
and is steadily becoming disorderly.
The citizens have grown nervous/scared ever since The Skull Cross Gang
(Mad Gear's former subsystem) appeared and rose to power.
Again, insecurity and fear were budding in the city...
It was during this time that Guy who had finished years of training visited
the office of Mike Haggar, who's continuing his job as mayor of Metro City.
The 2 old friends get reacquainted.
However, the moment of reopening joy was broken when Special Crimes Unit
officer Lucia entered the room with bad news.
She says that the city police department and the detention center have been
attacked by a mysterious group.
After receiving the notice, Haggar was sure that a complete of the Skull
Cross Gang invasion had commenced, and hastened to the scene with Guy and
Lucia.
It was then that a mysterious man stopped Haggar and the others, who were
in a hurry.
He says he wants to aid them in the fight against the Skull Cross gang.
Is he a friend or foe?
That battle for the streets has begun!
The fate of Metro City was entrusted to the fists of 4 fighters!
(after stopping the riot at the detention center, Dean reveals to Haggar
that he's fighting the Skull Cross Gang because they killed his family).
Hmm. Not too much, here, really. Metro City is in danger once
again as a new gang, the Skull Cross Gang (led by Black), rises to power
above all the other gangs left after the fall of Mad Gear. Mayor Mike
Haggar once again takes to the streets to bust some heads (just in Metro
City, this time, not the world). Guy is back, and goes with him to help.
He is also joined by Lucia Morgan, who is head of Metro City Special Crimes
Unit (S.C.U.), as well as Dean, whom the Skull Cross Gang brutally murdered
his family so Dean wants revenge. Once again, Haggar and co. kick some
ass, though by the end of Final Fight Tough, Metro City is in shambles (wonder
if that's why Haggar is no longer mayor). Dean leaves because his 'fight is
not over, yet' (or in a different ending, he leaves to try to start a new
normal life) and that's about it. This is the final traditional game in the
Final Fight series. Guy has gone missing afterwards and Haggar is no longer
mayor after 1992.
Course, then 11 years later, Capcom released Streetwise, I suppose (Guy
going missing concluded in Maki's SFZ3 plotline assumedly and Haggar...
still isn't the mayor anymore)
Boss Battle list in order (though you can skip some of them in the
game)
1. Dave: Another crooked cop. Looks similar to Edi. E but dresses
differently and less potbelly:P
2. Callman: Bald guy who looks like a bouncer or a waiter.
3. Caine: You fight him in a scrap dump. Mechanic who wears goggles and
fights with a wrench.
4. Drake: Crazy sailor. Sometimes uses a huge anchor.
5. Wong: You fight him in a Chinese restaurant. He looks pretty different
from Won Won so they aren't one and the same. He's more like a monk,
complete with prayer beads.
6. Stray: Has iron gloves and a trenchcoat. And shades.
7. Black: Army guy. Skull Cross leader (doesn't fall out a window.
Instead, he got electrocuted and blown up. Ouch.)
As stated previously, Capcom doesn't seem to really care about
incorporating any Final Fight characters beyond Final Fight 1 into the rest
of Street Fighter (again, with the exception of Maki from FF2). Final
Fight Tough seemed like Capcom's last ditch effort to get some money out of
the Final Fight name before the beat-em up genre died (one can argue that by
the time FFT came out, it was already dead, I think). Of course, Capcom
of America seems to like Final Fight more, what with making Final Fight
Revenge and Final Fight Streetwise.
********************************** pgIVSF2.
STREET FIGHTER 2 (latest version: SUPER STREET FIGHTER 2 X REVIVAL)
Canon Date: 1993
Gameplay: Released long before the Zero series, SF2 really kicked off the
fighting game genre and was very successful.
Overview: Shadaloo scientists have made Vega a new body, which his soul
transfers to from Rose (official statement. And one of the hardest if not
the hardest for people to swallow as being official, next to Cammy being
Vega's DNA clone...). Vega devises a plot to get revenge on and destroy his
enemies. He hosts the next Street Fighter tournament and sends out
personal invitations to many of the contestants who used to be old enemies
of his. The next Street Fighter tournament has begun. [Official? Saiki
told me this but now we're trying to track down the precise book it's
stated in where Vega sent out official invitations. Supposedly, it was
stated as the storyline for SF2 in a magazine, which COULD mean this
was the case even before the Zero series was introduced and conceived,
possibly, if the Japanese magazine was getting its data correctly.
Vasili10 hasn't been able to find revenge specifically mentioned, but says
that sources thus far implicitly reveal that Vega holds the tournament
to extinguish any threat or obstacle to his total world domination (whether
it means recruiting the opposition to his side or obliterating it
altogether), and for his pride as a fighter to be the best of the
world warriors so to speak. The closest thing is an old official SF2
artwork from a set of SF2 artwork of the SF2 characters where Vega's
art is just his hat with the caption, "After Ryu's magnificent battle,
news of Vega ceased. However the guy will surely return. Becoming a revenging
demon......." This art may take place after SF2 (thus it was retconned) or
may have taken place before. The only other art in the set that could hint
that is one of Guile in his military days, but even that could be Guile
flashbacking and not indication of whether or not the set takes place
before or after SF2]
Besides the personal invitation thing and Vega's new body, there is
very very little information given out by Capcom about what officially
happened during Street Fighter 2. The main confirmed info is that Gouki,
who wasn't registered and signed into the tournament, jumped in and killed
Vega at the end using the shungokusatsu, and Ryu found Vega's smoldering
remains afterwards. Capcom hasn't even stated
whether this happened before the match of whoever was fighting Vega at the
time or after. In the game, you can get Gouki to jump in to kill Vega by
getting up to Vega with a high enough score, then you must fight
Gouki. Oh, and Blanka was rumored to have fought Guile, as it's stated in HnN
that Blanka's mother came to seek him out after hearing rumours of him fighting
"a man in a military uniform". Of course, Vega is in a military uniform,
too, but that's a bit less plausible.
The champion of the Street Fighter 2 tournament has also never been
stated. Logically-wise, Guile's SF2 ending is the
only one which really relies on him being the one to defeat Vega.
The final battle of SF2 doesn't take place on Shadaloo property, it
happens outside of the Ramayana Temple of Bangkok's Grand Palace.
Side note. Capcom mutated a lot of SF2's storyline when they made
Zero 2 and 3, which came out quite a bit after Street Fighter 2 did. Saiki
stated that he's surprised that Capcom didn't make one last version of SF2
to reconcile the differences that Capcom retroactively changed (Blanka
knowing his real name before meeting his mother probably would be one of
them). As stated, I guess Capcom figured that players would just disregard
those small details, since most of those details aren't really that
important to the big picture, anyway. I suppose it's to be partially
expected, seeing as to how Capcom didn't even plan on having a Zero
series at all for quite a while after SF2 was made, until later.
Latest Version Notes: Street Fighter 2 Revival updates SF2 to
reconcile it with Zero. For one thing, they removed the part where Blanka
doesn't recognize his real name which reconciles it with the fact that he
already knows his real name in Zero. In addition, Cammy's ending was updated
to clarify things a lot more. Her original ending had Vega telling her that
she was his spy (NOT that they were lovers. Capcom of USA changed her
ending for the US version for some stupid reason). Her new ending in
Revival has Vega telling her that she's a guinea pig made from his own DNA,
instead. They also updated Bison's ending to be a joke ending where he
somehow screws things up for Shadaloo and bungles his chance for greatness,
which was faintly implied at the end of his SSF2 ending as well, that his
hour of fame and fortune would be short-lived.
There is evidence though that instead of updating Street Fighter 2,
Revival simply gave better translated endings that none of those were
ever screw-ups in the first place but simply bad or editted translations
by Capcom of America.
Mike and Joe are the fighters at the intros of SF2, SF2 Dash, and
SF2 Dash Turbo. This is confirmed by Cap!#13.
By the way, SSF2X stands for Super Street Fighter 2 X: Grandmaster
Challenge. It's the name for the original Japanese release of the game
known overseas as Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo. It's also where X in
X-ism comes from in SFZ3/SFA3.
Street Fighter II
Story
Several years ago the wandering fighting stylist Ryu had defeated Sagat-
Warriors from various nations, the goals of each one concealed in their
chests, they fight aiming for the top of the world. Who is the true
street fighter, and also, the mysterious man Vega whose body is wrapped
up in an evil aura, really what kind of person is he......?
The Ultimate SF2 Character Relations Chart
-main charts from Gamest #61, the Complete File, the Fanbook, the SSF2X
pre-mook's poster, and Gamest #255 courtesy of Sano, and entries from
these sources will presented in chronological order (aka first ones
from #61, last ones from #255, and last entries may override previous
ones where applicable. Also first entries may never again appear due to
no further expansion on Capcom's part, but are still included for
comprehensive purposes); dozens of other books pretty much repeat the
info from the above
-reading will be in the following format: "A" points TO "B", not FROM "B",
to minimize info repetiton; if no arrow head is seen, it's treated below
as a double-headed arrow
-printed notes on connections from the charts themselves will be in
brackets[]; clarification notes added by me will be in parentheses()
simply because I'll have more, lol
RYU
-to Ken: rival & leaves out infatuation with girls and such; similar
rival & friend [Complete File note: Ken's slightly offended that Ryu
'leaves out infatuation with girls']
-to Sagat: rival; destined rival; worthy opponent (latest statement)
-to the Soviet president: wants him to return the Northern territories
(brought up in WW, never shown again after that)
-to Vega: both mutually feel that "this is the one that must be defeated
no matter what"; happened upon flaming powder to brush away (latest statement)
-to Gouken: student; studied under
-to Fei Long: feeling of being understood as a fellow truth seeker; fellowship
-to Gouki: opponent whom he must surmount in order for conquest over
satsui no hadou (latest statement)
KEN
-to Ryu: rival; similar rival & friend [Complete File note: Ken's slightly
offended that Ryu 'leaves out infatuation with girls']
-to Sagat: rival; destined rival (kept until the SF2AM and the Zero series)
-to Eliza: family head; fellow lover
-to Guile: sworn brother [Complete File note: of course the 2 of them fight
over knowing this fact]; future sworn brothers?
-to Vega: dislikes the gloomy one; dislikes the treacherous one
-to Gouken: student; studied under
E. HONDA
-to Dhalsim: face paint rival
-to Guile: has a grudge for allowing whales for chanko (sumo stew) to
disappear (brought up in WW, never shown again after that)
-to Chun Li: talks of the hyakuretsu harite taken from him; hyakuretsu rival
-to Vega: is believed that he stole the super headbutt; stole his super
headbutt once
-his 4 students Hatonoyama, Yasuhanada, Marunoumi, and Nishinofuji want
to quit with the traditional red sumo crotch sashes [all 4 of them have
briefs as their favorite]; (Hatonoyama was originally named Ryuzan but
sometime between SSF2X and the Zero series his name changed for some reason)
CHUN LI
-to Balrog: not in her eyes (brought up in WW, never shown again after that)
-to Vega: killed her father?; her father's foe?
-to E. Honda: hyakuretsu rival
-to Chun Li's father: father
-to Gen: ?
-to Cammy: ?? (an explosion between the two of them, don't know what that's
supposed to mean)
BLANKA [true name Jimmy]
-to Samantha: mother
-to Balrog: dislikes the wire-netting [because of getting into cages];
[Complete File note: -Blanka once got himself into a cage]
ZANGIEF
-labeled as a dark wrestler
-to Chun Li: wants to shave for her; wants to beard-brush her (brought up
in WW, never shown again after that)
-to Vega: enemy in beliefs [Complete File note: with Zangief as a cooperating
relation, the president's peace policy is hindered by Shadoloo]
GUILE
-to Chun Li: likes her thighs (brought up in WW, never shown again after that)
-to Vega: killed his comrade; friend's foe
-to Julia: wife
-to Chris: daughter
-to Nash: friend
-to Ken: sworn brother [Complete File note: of course the 2 of them fight over
knowing this fact]; future sworn brothers?
-to Cammy: places her as military personnel at first glance
DHALSIM
-likes curry rice
-to Datta: son
-to Kodal: friend [mode of transportation]
-to E. Honda: face paint rival
-to Vega: won't forgive the foul-playing one
T. HAWK
-to Arroyo Hawk: son
-to Vega: tribe's foe & will take back the sacred grounds
FEI LONG
-to Ryu: feeling of being understood as a fellow truth seeker; fellowship
DEE JAY
-to M. Bison: unrefined one
-to Rick: friend [& manager]
-to all people: subject of inspiration
-to Beramacha [parrot]: buddy
CAMMY
-to Vega: obliteration directives
below the handpicked Delta Red including Cammy
-to Colonel Kieth Wolfman: commanding officer & her life benefactor
-to Operative Georges Ginzu [short one], Operative Mash McCoy [big one],
First Lieutenant Lita Luwanda [woman]: (teammates)
-to Delta Red [British Intelligence Department: Special Building Unit
Members]: partner
-to Chun Li: ?? (an explosion between the two of them, don't know what that's
supposed to mean)
M. BISON
-to Kodal: defeated his parent with a sure-killing slaughter
-to Balrog: dislikes the suspecting one; doesn't agree to the other's tastes
-to Dee Jay: watered down one
-to Kodal's parent: murderer
BALROG
-to Chun Li: jealous of her beauty; [Complete File note: will not designate
Chun Li as an opponent]; jealous of her beauty? [desires to disregard Chun Li]
-to M. Bison: dislikes the idiot; dislikes the wild one; doesn't agree to the
other's tastes
-to Geki [SF1]: claw (same claw? I don't know); claw rival
SAGAT
-resurrected as a robot for SF3? (noted during WW, never brought up again
after that)
-to Ryu: rival; destined rival; defeated once; worthy opponent (latest
statement)
-to Ken: rival; destined rival (kept until the SF2AM and the Zero series)
-to Adon: student
VEGA
-shadow boss of the evil enormous organization Shadoloo? (naturally)
-rumored to be the so-called chairman of the association harrassing the
entire world
-to M. Bison: ? (blank at first); subordinate
-to Balrog: subordinate
-to Sagat: subordinate (until Zero 2 and 3 of course) [Complete File note:
nowadays Sagat feels that he cannot keep following with Vega's methods of
foul play, the space between the 2 of them floats on dangerous air]
-to Blanka: let his airplane fall [in order to extinguish certain nations'
cabinet members]; [Complete File note: in order to extinguish certain
nations' cabinet members that were traveling together, Shadoloo's plot]
-to Soviet president: perestroika interference
-to E. Honda: is believed that he stole his (Honda's) super headbutt
-to Dhalsim: buys up the normal year spices so that curry can't be eaten
(noted during WW, never shown again after that)
-to Zangief: enemy in beliefs [Complete File note: with Zangief as a
cooperating relation, the president's peace policy is hindered by Shadoloo]
-to Ryu: mutually feel that the other must be defeated; interest as a
desperate situation fighting body (latest statement)
-to Nash: obliterated in order to seal his mouth; murderer
-to Arroyo Hawk & the Thunderfoot tribe: murdered with psycho power;
eradicated his tribe
-to Fei LOng: invitation to the fighting championship
-to Chun Li's father: what's the connection behind his unaccounted-for
whereabouts?; murderer?
-to Cammy: educated as a necessary assassination personnel [mind control?];
mind control
-to Gouki: psycho power certainly didn't prevail! (latest statement)
GOUKI
-vanished
-to Goutetsu: student & obliterated for the sake of technique completion?;
murderer?; murderer
-to Gouken: younger brother; murderer (latest statement)
-to Vega: annihilated (latest statement)
-to Ryu: "..." (latest statement)
Eliza
-to Ken: her responsibility; fellow lover
-to Julia: actually sisters; sisters
(Chun Li's) father
-was with the Narcotics Investigations Division
-to Gen: ?
-to Chun Li: daughter
-to Vega: what's the connection behind his unaccounted-for whereabouts?
Gen [SF1]
-to Chun Li's father: ?
-to Goutetsu: development from the same school?
Samantha
-to Blanka: son
President
-(called Gorbie in WW, and simply Daitouryo (President) from Dash ever
since, also noted as "great man" aka "erai hito" as early as WW)
-apparently never parts with his helicopter (brought up in WW, never
shown again after that)
-member of the Pagitnoff Science Academy
-to Zangief: wrestling division's junior
-3 KGB's under him as subordinates
KGB #3
-to Sub: actually a spy dog (brought up in WW, never shown again after that)
Julia
-to Guile: husband
-to Chris: daughter
-to Eliza: actually sisters; sisters
Chris
-to Sub: pet
-to Guile + Julia: (parents)
-to Datta: pen friend
Sub [dog]
-to Chris: (master)
-to Shiro [FF dog]: friend
Datta
-to Dhalsim: (father)
-to Chris: pen friend (at first only Datta wrote to Chris apparently, not
vice-versa)
Kodal [elephant]
-to Dhalsim: friend & mode of transportation
-to M. Bison: parent's foe [Complete File note: in the old days, parent
was killed by a so-called sure-killing elephant slaughter move]
Geki [SF1]
-to Balrog: claw (same claw? I can't tell); claw rival
Adon [SF1]
-to Sagat: (master)
-to Vega: stole his kick from him (Adon) once
Nash
-to Guile: friend
Shiro [dog, FF]
-to Sub: friend
Arroyo Hawk
-to T. Hawk: father
(Fei Long's) director
-to Fei Long: performance trust
Rick
-to Dee Jay: friend
-to Beramacha [parrot]: pet
Colonel Keith Wolfman:
-to Cammy and the handpicked of Delta Red: subordinates
Goutetsu:
-to Gouken & Gouki: (master)
-to Gen: development from the same school?
-to Gouken (only): passed on ansatsuken (proof that Gouki's Z1 & Z2
accounts both happened, Goutetsu didn't necessarily die with a smile on
his face, Gouken acquired Goutetsu's beads, latest statement)
Gouken
-to Ryu & Ken: (master)
-to Goutetsu: student
-to Gouki: older brother
Kodal's parent (elephant)
-to Kodal: child
Beramacha [parrot]
-to Dee Jay: buddy
********************************** pgIVSF4.
STREET FIGHTER 4: A NEW BEGINNING
Canon date: 1994 (approximately 1 year after SF2)
Overview: SF2's over, but reoccurring
incidents of mysterious nature keep sprouting all over the world,
sparking the suspicions of Chun-Li and Guile. Is Shadaloo rearing its
head again? Or are the events of a more "mystic" nature? Time will
tell, as old and new faces alike are pulled into the fray.
SF4 Story (from AOU 2008's Capcom pamphlet)
The following year after the so-called legendary World Fighting
Championship, they silently began___.
The questionable incidents following in succession, amidst a secretly
maneuvering mysterious organization. Chasers and those followed, within
a blend of fellowship and treachery, now, the curtain rises on a new
struggle!
********************************** pgIVSF3.
STREET FIGHTER 3: NEW GENERATION / SECOND IMPACT: GIANT ATTACK
Second Impact replaces The New Generation. Again, this is official
statement, though really, this is a lot more obvious than SFZ2 overriding
SFZ1 considering that for almost all (if not completely all) of the old
characters, their storylines dialogue, and endings in New Generation and Second
Impact are EXACTLY the same.
Canon Date: 1998.
It taking place five years after Street Fighter 2 is official statement with
the release of 3S.
Gameplay: Another fighting game. See a pattern, yet?
Story: Oi. Five years and with no games in between this and Street
Fighter 2. What a jump, there Oo Street Fighter 3 pretty much threw
most of the old Street Fighter storyline to the winds in terms of how
connected it is to the other games. The
only returning characters are Ryu and Ken, and they weren't even supposed
to be in the game at first. The rest of the
characters are all new, and the majority of them don't have any relations
to previous SF characters, whatsoever. Due to this, lots of people
complained about the lack of unresolved plotlines in Street Fighter 2
(although truthfully, the majority of SF2 resolved itself within the
game's endings, anyways). What's really scary though is that technically
there is nothing to show within the game that Street Fighter 2 happened or
existed AT ALL until Street Fighter 3: Third Strike, and even then, it's
only vaguely referenced in passing with Urien telling Chun-Li that she's the
one who brought down "that organization". They don't even have the decency
to call that organization by its name (Shadaloo). That combined with Hugo
never EVER officially being referred to as Andore makes me wonder if they
ever wanted this game to be a Street Fighter game in the first place.
The fact that some early marquees stressed the number 3 more than the
actual words "Street Fighter" didn't help. Anyway, moving along...
The story of the third Street Fighter storyline is that a mysterious
new organization has come to light, led by Gill. Gill holds the Street
Fighter 3 tournament so that he may find the 'chosen ones' that are worthy
to become part of his plan to create a new utopia.
I haven't come across anything saying for a beta NG without Ryu & Ken, but
producer Noritaka Funamizu did say they eventually decided to put in some
old faces into the game. Now whether that decision came about through only
the staff's input, or beta versions with new characters only, or both, I
don't know, but I'll look through the interview again and skim for
Ryu + Ken mentioned anywhere else. For now I'm leaning toward the staff's
input only.
A little more support for no sans-Ryu+Ken NG beta; Gamest showed it's first
2 shots ever of NG previewed at a 1996 game show, almost half a year prior
to its arcade debut. One shot showed Alex from what looks like a closeup of
one of his ending screens sitting over Tom maybe, and the other had Ken's
victory quote pose screen with Ryu defeated. I didn't find anything more
in the mook's interview to point to such a beta, as I had expected.
Noritaka-san's words about Ryu & Ken not being originally in the lineup I
also found in AAC; still nothing about a beta.
Very few details are known about the Street Fighter 3 tournament,
though more are known than Street Fighter 2, at least. Here are the few
official statements that could be found about it, most from Capcom's
web page itself.
Sean lost to Ken. (referenced in 3S)
Ryu lost to Oro. (referenced in 2I)
Oro didn't show up for his fight against Alex. (implied in 2I)
Alex won the tourney. (intro to 3S)
Oh, and Ryu -probably- beat Hugo, since Capcom stated how Ryu hit Hugo
with a shin-shoryuken, and I can't figure out any other place that would
take place besides the SF3 tournament. Then again, Hugo fights Ryu as a
mid-boss in Third Strike as well.
There were mid-boss and boss battles in SF3 Second Impact, but the
majority of them are sadly pointless filler battles and thus probably
didn't happen. And I doubt that Gouki's boss battles happened since all
indications are that he didn't even enter the tournament, just like SF2.
What's really ironic is that most of the match-ups that have officially
been stated to have happened (Ryu losing to Oro, for example, or Oro vs
Alex... or more accurately officially, the lack of) are not portrayed at
all as mid-boss battles, the exception being Sean, who's final boss is Ken
(Sean tells Ken that he finally found his inner strength, then Ken tells
him that he'll show Sean that Sean still has a lot to learn). What the
heck, Capcom? Oo Well, I guess it's implied that Alex fought Gill, in
which case I'm pretty sure that Gill was impressed by Alex's power and
decided to throw the match and let Alex win it (Gill didn't enter the
tournament and host the tournament to win it, after all. He just did it to
find worthy chosen ones).
Ah well. Here's the boss battle list for SF3 2I. Remember, the character
name that comes first is the one you play as. I won't describe most of
these since the majority of them are just small talk or trash talk or
taunting or such.
Gouki vs Sean - Sean briefly mistakes Gouki for Ryu :P Sean's trying to
challenge Ryu because Ken keeps sicking Sean on Ryu so that Ken can have
some free time with his wife and this is the result? Hehe.
Gouki vs Ryu - Ryu tells Gouki that satsui no hadou is thoroughly
surpassable. Though I'd be rather surprised if either of these Gouki
battles happened (course, if it followed the plot of Street Fighter III
Ryu Final, which is a manga done by
the same author as Sakura Ganbaru!, this battle would have happened and
ended with Ryu and Gouki killing each other. Of course, since both are
alive in SF3 Third Strike, that's obviously not the case :P).
Alex vs Ken - Sparring match. Eh.
Alex vs Gill - Alex fights Gill to avenge Tom getting beaten up. This
battle happened, though Gill likely threw it. ...so Alex got to avenge
Tom a la Dan style. Yahoo!
Dudley vs Hugo - Just a random duel.
Dudley vs Gill - Dudley challenges Gill for his car. Gill comments that he
wants to see if Dudley is worthy of it. Apparently, Gill decided he was,
since Dudley has his car in Third Strike and thus this battle probably
happened.
Elena vs Ryu - Yet another random fight.
Elena vs Gill - Elena tells Gill that martial arts are not meant for
hurting others (because remember, kids! Learning to kick others in the
face is a sign of FRIENDSHIP!). Gill tells her that he agrees, and instead
that martial arts exist to solely exert one's dominance over others, which
is probably not the answer Elena was looking for. Eh.
Gill vs Alex - It's the same dialogue as Alex vs Gill, for crying out loud.
Gill vs Urien - Urien challenges Gill for the emperorship. Gill comments
that the world will not be ruled by Urien's dark power because it has
already chosen Gill (Hey, Gill thinks Urien is evil while he himself is
good? Well, guess that'd make sense). Though this battle probably didn't
happen since Urien and Gill both are still at it in Third Strike.
Hugo vs Yun - Another match to test each other.
Hugo vs Ryu, Necro, Elena, or Gill - Hugo's match to find a tag team
partner. Though these battles, with the exception of Hugo vs Ryu, probably
did not happen. Or at least, none of them (including Hugo vs Ryu) happened
in this form I imagine. Ryu got eliminated by Oro although it's confirmed
that he did fight Hugo (although possibly that's referring to their Third
Strike mid-boss battle, come to think about it).
Ibuki vs Elena - Really random battle.
Ibuki vs Gill - Ibuki challenges Gill to retrieve the G files. This battle
probably happened since it's needed for Ibuki's ending, where Gill simply
just hands her the files. Actually, SF Eternal hints that it did. Not that
it really matters much since Ibuki got the files too late, anyways.
Ken vs Dudley - Ken offers to let Dudley fight him for his (Ken's) car.
Not that Dudley would care for Ken's car, though.
Ken vs Ryu - Another fight between the long-time friends. I dunno if it
happened though since Ryu's off to travel to meet and fight Ken again in
Third Strike (and I don't see why he'd want another match so soon if he
already fought Ken in the tournament).
Necro vs Ibuki - Ibuki demands that Necro lead her to Gill. Eh, may or may
not have happened.
Necro vs Gill - Necro challenges Gill for his freedom. Even when Necro
wins this battle, Gill doesn't give it to him, but Effie rescues him.
Oro vs Necro - Really random battle.
Oro vs Gill - Oro wonders if Gill is as strong as Ryu. Eh, probably didn't
happen since Oro dropped out of the tourney after his fight with Ryu.
Ryu vs Sean - Ryu meets Sean for the first time and realizes he's Ken's
student. Sean has come to challenge him (most likely sent by Ken). This
battle probably didn't happen here, though I imagine a battle just like it
happened right after the tournament considering Sean's ending. Sean's
ending showed that he never beat Ryu and official statement are that Ken
beat Sean in the tournament, after all.
Ryu vs Ken - Same as Ken vs Ryu.
Sean vs Yang - Random battle.
Sean vs Ken - Sean's going to show Ken how he's found his inner strength.
Ken says Sean still has a lot to learn, and Ken is probably right, since
officially, Ken beat Sean in the tournament and thus probably won this
battle.
Urien vs Alex - Mistranslated by Capcom of America to indicate that Urien
knows Tom when he in fact does not. Alex asks if Urien knows a man named
Tom and (in the Japanese version) Urien comments that he can not recall
such a name. Eh, doesn't really matter much if this battle happened or
not.
Urien vs Gill - Same as Gill vs Urien.
Yang vs Oro - Oro asks if Yang would like to be his pupil, but Yang
politely refuses. May or may not have happened.
Yang vs Yun - Yang and Yun challenge each other to see who's better. May
or may not have happened. If it did, Yun probably won since Yang still
seems to be a bit jealous of Yun in Third Strike.
Yun vs Urien - Urien says Yun should be one of his soldiers, but Yun
refuses because he doesn't want to wear that thong that Urien wears ^_~ As
for whether it happened or not, probably not, but doesn't really matter
much.
Yun vs Yang - Same as Yang vs Yun
Like the SF2, you can have Gouki jump in and kill Gill with the
shungokusatsu just like he does to Vega in SF2 if you meet the
requirements. However, unlike SF2, this obviously didn't officially happen
in the storyline because Gill is still alive and well during Street Fighter
3: Third Strike, which takes place after Second Impact. ...no wait,
actually, maybe it did happen. I dunno. Shin Gouki's ending shows that
Gill actually managed to SURVIVE it and use a ressurection on himself to
get fully back to life. Oh yea, the Japanese version actually has
individual character dialogues with Gouki, but Capcom of America
removed them and replaced them all with "........." Gotta love it, eh?
Lantis has a great FAQ at gamefaqs for the Street Fighter 3 series
endings.
********************************** pgIVSF3TS.
STREET FIGHTER 3: THIRD STRIKE FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE
Canon Date: 1999.
The aftermath of the SF3 tournament
Gameplay: The latest game in the Street Fighter 3 series and the Street
Fighter world, and the last game of the Street Fighter 3 series (official
statement).
Story: Once again, like Zero, characters are just wandering around
filling their own agendas now that the tournament is over. Because this is
the latest game, Capcom hasn't made many official statements about it (they
probably don't want to confine and corner themselves too much so they can
have more freedom with the next game's storyline, for one thing). However,
since most of the endings don't contradict, it's probably safe to assume a
majority of them happened (though there are some exceptions, probably,
mostly for really ridiculous ones). Also note that while Gill is generally
the final boss, for most characters, there's no dialogue with him because
in the canon storyline, they didn't fight him in Third Strike (he's just
there to be the filler final boss for a majority of the characters). Heck,
a large majority of the boss battles in SF3 Third Strike don't have
dialogue or are simply incredibly filler.
You can't have Gouki jump in and kill Gill this time, and Urien's
ending is highly doubtful. Gill is most definitely still alive and well
after Street Fighter 3.
Third Strike boss and mid-boss battles
As usual, the character who's name comes first is the character you're
playing as when the fight happens. This list only includes boss battles
that had actual dialogue, like the SFZ2 one.
Alex vs Ryu - Officially happened. Course, as you can see in Alex's
ending, Alex didn't exactly fare very well in it.
Chun-Li vs Urien - Urien promises to return the kid if Chun-Li entertains
him for a bit (of course he means by fighting!).
Street Fighter Eternal Challenge confirms it. The fact that Urien just
promised to return the kid in return for a little entertaining battle shows
that he was most likely more testing Chun-Li's might than actually fighting
his hardest, though.
Dudley vs Ryu - Eh... Dudley's ending doesn't seem to have anything to do
with this battle, so I doubt it happened.
Elena vs Makoto - Elena fights to prove herself to Makoto, who thinks Elena
isn't serious enough about fighting to be her friend. Might have happened.
Hugo vs Ryu - Hugo seeks out Ryu per Poison's suggestion and challenges
him to make him join Hugo's wrestling league. Possibly this is where
the official statement that Hugo survived a hit from the Shin Shoryuken
came from.
Ibuki vs Oro - Ibuki fights Oro as a test to pass her ninja school
graduation exam. This battle is confirmed by Street Fighter Eternal.
Ken vs Urien - Another one which probably didn't happen. Though I suppose
in Ken's defense here, he gets at least one storyline-significant battle
when he fights as Ryu's mid-boss.
Makoto vs Ryu - Yet another battle that has nothing to do with the
character's ending. Anyways, here Makoto, who has heard about Ryu (he's
probably really famous by SF3, after all) wants to challenge him to a
match. Street Fighter Eternal confirms that this battle happened, though,
unlike most other filler battles in Third Strike.
Necro vs Twelve and Twelve vs Necro - Twelve has finally caught up to Necro
to eliminate him, so they fight it out. But... ironically, neither of
their endings mention or completely require this battle, so who knows who
won or if it even happened?
Oro vs Gouki - Oro has finally found the man who's ki he sensed, and he and
Gouki decide to rough each other up a little. But again, it has nothing to
do with the character's ending. Oro's ending could conceivably have
happened even if this battle did take place, though, since it doesn't seem
like either Oro or Gouki are in a serious fight-to-the-death move so much
as mostly curious. Street Fighter Eternal confirms that the two did meet,
however.
Remy vs Alex - A pissed-off Remy attacks Alex for being a warrior. Remy
doesn't like warriors. What this has to do with his ending happening is
beyond me, though. Third Strike could really have used some post-battle
dialogues, since as it is, so many of these battles and even
character-storylines seem rather filler to me.
Ryu vs Ken - Ryu challenges Ken again. For 'fun', of course. This battle
officially happened and Ryu officially won it.
Sean vs Ken - Sean fights his master for testing purposes. Eh... no big
deal.
Urien vs Gill - Actually, I don't see how Urien's ending could have
happened if this battle did happen, since if Urien won this battle, Gill
would already be gone, not in the stasis tank in Urien's ending, and if
Urien lost, he'd be too dead to be in his own ending. Course, there's also
the fact that Urien's ending seems kinda doubtful, too, in general, though
either way, can't see how this battle could have happened.
Yang vs Yun - Yang wants to prove himself against Yun, though he denies it
when Yun tells him to get over that jealousy. Street Fighter Eternal
Challenge confirms this battle.
Yun vs Gill - Judging by Yun's ending, most likely Yang was with him for
this fight. Here, Yun decides that Gill's ideals are dumb and a battle
breaks out. This battle had to have happened for Yun's ending, where Gill
is impressed by his ability, to happen, of course. Actually, Street
Fighter Eternal Challenge confirms this battle and that Yang was with Yun
for it.
Street Fighter 3 Third Strike has been announced to officially be the
last game in the SF3 series.
********************************** pgIVFFSW.
FINAL FIGHT STREETWISE
Canon Date: 2006? (game was released in 2006. Judging by Cammy's
apparent age, Streetwise taking place after SF3 isn't very
far-fetched) It definately happens quite a bit into the future
from SFZ3, though. The culture is based on "modern" urban
culture (whether accurately or not is another story) too. Also,
the events of Final Fight One are stated several times in the game
to have taken place "a long time ago" in tones of voices that
indicates its in the distant past. Other things like hints that
Kyle was only a kid during Final Fight One, lots of characters
likely being old from Cody having bad knees to Andore being told,
"You still got it, Andore!" indicates that Streetwise is many many
years after Final Fight One.
...wow, and I thought the time between SF3 and SF2 was a big jump.
Gameplay: 3D Beat-Em up. You can earn money to buy weapons
and hire npcs to help you, supposedly. Also, 'tension' (experience
points?) to get new special moves, and build up 'respect' which affects
how npcs treat you. Free roaming storyline-event based. Kinda like River
City Ransom with lots of cut-scenes.
Extremely gritty urban atmosphere with mature rating meaning lots
of violence and gratuitous curse words etc. Overly so in many cases.
Lots of people think it doesn't fit in. I think a little cursing
might have (Haggar curses to Damnd in many versions of original Final
Fight intro, although it's either censored or cut off) but Streetwise
kinda overdoes it. Of course, none of that will be in this plot
guide because the plot guide isn't meant to have a mature rating,
but just use your imagination (or more accurately, take what
you can imagine and then multiply the cursing a hundred fold).
Made by the same team that made Maximo. Which is the same team that
made Final Fight Revenge. ...no, the game doesn't look THAT bad,
fortunately. It does, however, have the completely random introduction
of Cody's brother that he never had before... :O And you'd think from
the reviews that the game was a completely unplayable piece of crap,
although I and many others felt that it wasn't THAT bad (not that it
was stellar in most peoples' eyes either. Just not the unplayable
mess I usually think of when I see a game consistently get 3's and 4's
in reviews).
Interesting note: Tom Sekine (head producer?) stated in an interview
that originally the game was going to be a lot more like a normal beat-em
up, with cel shaded graphics and Akiman on board as character designer,
but Keiji Inofune of CoJ told them they should do something more unique
instead of something that Capcom of Japan could do "just as well", so we
ended up with the River-City Ransom-esque free-roaming, Urban themes
with gritty cursing, and character 'designs' like Blades, Vitto,
and Weasel and.............. stuff. ...I still think it could have been
worse. But you're one of those people who feels like strangling Capcom
of America for 'mutilating' your beloved Final Fight series, you might
also be able to redirect some of your unbridled fury towards Capcom of
Japan. Not that they'll listen, what with you probably being
not-Japanese (Sodom is a very sympathetic character, is he not?).
I suppose in CoJ's defense to those seething with steaming anger
right now, they did say they were trying to appeal more to a Western
audience a while back (before Streetwise) so assumedly they rejected
the Akiman idea because they figured a Western company going from scratch
would make a Western appealing game better than Akiman and they themselves
could. Although of course, we'll probably never know the exact details
so even the outcome of the what-if scenario of Akiman cel-shaded FF:SW will
forever be unknown. Still, I think they didn't realize that there's a
Sodom (The character!) deep down within all of us silly non-Japanese
westerners (or at least, there probably is. I'm assuming you guys aren't
reading this plot guide to pick up on the latest Grand Theft Auto
storyline. ...besides Final Fight Streetwise's, of course).
Please don't e-mail me about whether or not you think Inafune "ruined"
Rockman/Megaman because I honestly know nothing about that.
Rough translation of the interview question thanks to Jigsaw:
How did the project begin?
After we completed Maximo vs Army of Zin, we started working on Final
Fight Streetwise. It was Keiji Inafune who thought the series should
be brought back. It started as a traditional beat 'em up in the classic
2D vein, but with three-dimensional graphics. We were going to use a
cel-shading style for the graphics, and the plan was to have Akiman on
board as character designer, as he was responsible for the original
game's graphical design. Inafune thought we should do something more
unique instead. What we were doing, he said, Capcom of Japan could do
just as well.
A videogame news site (Eurogamer, I believe) stated that Capcom didn't have
finding roast turkeys in trash cans because they thought it was unrealistic.
Finding hotdogs and such from the floor, corpses of enemies, and even from
crates that were supposed to be packing GLOW is all good and yummy, though!
Story-mode is single player, but arcade mode is multi-player. Story-mode
was initially considered to be multiplayer (stated in an interview. Also,
possibly along those lines, there are story-mode voice clips for a second
character who sounds like Cody on the CD, but this might just be Kyle's
proto-voice). They decided that wouldn't work and made arcade mode,
instead. Arcade-mode only has basic skeleton filler plot while
you go bust up heads.
Storyline: Blarg, this plot guide was meant to analyze the plots of
games where there's like, only 10 lines of in-game storyline per character.
Streetwise, meanwhile, while being far from epic like an RPG, probably
has more in-game plot scenes and lines of text (and spoken lines. Whatever)
than all the other Street Fighter canon games combined. I think
I'll post an abridged summary here and a fuller summary in Kyle's bio
in the character section (entire game takes place from his perspective).
So jump to Kyle's section if you want the entire thing.
Prologue from the official site: "Your fist are the only things you can
rely on in this bullshit world". These words from my brother, Cody, were
drilled into my head way back when we were kids. My name is Kyl Travers. I'm
a streetwise underground pit-fighter, resigned to making my money in the back
alleys and dark basement fight clubs of Metro City. And sure, that money
comes in handy from time to time, but respect is what it's really all about
when it comes to survivin' these streets. I've been fightin' in this hood
for some time now, to the point where I've built up a bit of a "ghetto
fabulous rep among the local gangs and punks. And I must say, lately I've
been collecting fight money like an uptown call girl. But this new
development has thrown things way out of whack!
So me and Cody are at our local watering hole, mindin' our own business,
when this guy they call "The Stiff" suddenly shows up with some of his goons
and takes Cody away right in front of me! Needless to say, I've got a very,
very bad feeling. What the hell is this all about?! This much I know: we're
dealin' with well-trained pros here. No bullshit Metro City street gang has
the balls to mess with the Travers brothers. Sure, Cody's gettin' older but
he's still the most bad-ass SOB I know!
Ya see, my brother has always been around for me, ever since we were kids.
Countless times, we've helped each other through nasty scrapes in order to
survive these mean streets. There's not much we haven't done to reach the
level of respect we've got now. But then there's this shit. Damn I'm the
only family Cody's got! Looks like it's time for me to really step up, and
get my brother back safely! But where do I start!?
The storyline at first is for the most part exactly what you'd expect
from the prologue. Kyle hits the streets asking around tracking down
information about his brother while beating people up. Among the way,
he learns about a drug called Glycolauric Octanol (GLOW), which
eventually overtakes the entire city as the game progresses along.
The city is supposed to descend more and more into anarchy as the game
progresses, and the storyline seems to indicate as such, as do previews
for the game. Sadly, actual gameplay doesn't have the areas really changing
over time at all (except for the final rail-roaded parts of the game).
...Metro City descending farther into anarchy over the course of the story
via gameplay probably simply didn't make the cut, but storyline-wise, that's
what's supposed to happen.
...er, yea, anyways, Kyle is searching for Cody (who's not actually
always captive so much as always one step ahead of Kyle or where ever)
and eventually has to take out GLOW's source to finally get his brother
back. And eventually, he does. Happy high fives, the end! ...a
better more in-depth synopsis is written in Kyle's section of this guide.
Following Kyle's journal reveals that Streetwise takes place over the
course of about four days (Thursday night to Sunday midnight).
Canonity would normally be questionable, but eh, with Capcom of America
now owning the SF license, I figure
I'll just throw this one in and pretend it's connected to everything else
just for fun. Assumedly, it won't do anything to really REALLY
nuke everything else. Kyle Travers is a new character and Cody was
DEFINITELY never stated to have had a brother before, but it technically
doesn't conflict either because Cody was never stated to be an only child
nor was he ever stated to not have a last name. At least for once I
can rely on Capcom of America's version, since they're the ones
making the game. No mistranslation shenanigans, here!
Tom Sekine (head producer, I think) stated in an interview that
they pretty much mostly had free reign with what to do with Streetwise,
though COJ's final okay was required for each newly added part.
Since so many people feel that Streetwise doesn't tie into the rest
of the SF storyline enough, I decided to put together a list of various
facts that it managed to follow. Of note, however, are that several
of these may very well be completely coincidental (the Captain Commando
one is especially a stretch but hey, it works)
Storyline bits Streetwise possibly actually remembered: Guy having bad
English, Guy's SFZ3 ending, Haggar not being mayor anymore, Cody being
addicted to fighting, Cody constantly having run-ins with the law, Mad
Gear and Belger's downfall (Duh), Guy having a bunch of bushin warriors
(ties in with Sho's past in Captain Commando, although this maybe wasn't
on purpose), Guy being married to Rena? (allegedly the case according
to sfdevotion at comicon where he said Guy would be married to "Maki's
sister", but I've yet to find reference to it in-game), Cody being the
one who did the final blow on Belger, Haggar's election for mayor
occuring in 1982 (which incidentally fits more with Final Fight One taking
place in 1987 than 1989 given Haggar's age in Muscle Bomber where he was
also stated to be in the middle of elections. Swank.), and Hugo having
a sister (in case there wasn't enough evidence that Hugo was Andore,
already).
Still wish Poison and Sodom made it. There are voice clips for
what appears to be them (Sodom is easily identified by his bad
Japanese) on the CD and art for them in the pre-order bonus comic,
but alas, no. Bah. Judging by how some employees left during the
development of the game, I get the jist that it was a rather... rocky
road, to say the least.
Capcom Studio 8 (the American one) was closed down soon after FF:SW's
release. Guess things were rockier than I thought (although it's implied
that it wasn't just Streetwise that caused it). Of course, this does
mean that Capcom could one day say they don't care about Studio 8 at all
and override everything that ever happened in Streetwise, but I get the
feeling that instead Final Fight will simply never be revisited, given
that CoJ cared about it so little that they outsourced it to the American
branch in the first place.
Hooboy...
(RIP, Capcom Studio 8. For all the ripping you got from critics,
without you the wonder that was Edi. E running his opponents down with
his police car would never exist)
Random Bit: The unlockable FF1 game in Streetwise is emulated horribly
using the Ultracade emulator. Supposedly, this was because Capcom
of America couldn't get the code from the version used in Capcom
Classics in time for release. ....yet another of many things that
show the final version of Streetwise was rather forced out the door.
Boss List (general order):
Handsome Bob (pit fight)
Locksmith (optional pitfight)
Weasel (fork lift)
Stiff (gun fight followed by fist fight)
Ghost (pit fight)
Andore (pit fight)
Lou (pit fighter)
Cammy (optional pit fight)
Blades
Weasel (sorta. Against his Blue Ballers as he throws grenades)
Stiff Death
Weasel War
Blades Famine
Pestilance
Cody Death
Father Belger & Cody Death
Most of the new characters die. Oh well.
**********************************
pgV. Master Character List
The bios are set up like this. First, there's the official bio with
all the numbers released by Capcom of Japan (Height, Special Skill, Likes,
Dislikes, etc. These are the official bios taken directly from Capcom of
Japan, itself, and are the latest most up to date versions so far. If you
see a different 'official bio' that contradicts one of these, that's an old
version and has been overridden by Capcom by now), what that character most
likely did during all Street Fighter games he/she participated in and where
he/she is now, then finally miscellaneous facts and notes about the
character. Compiled collections of info from character charts and such are
found within the game quickie summaries for SF2, and in future updates for
Zero 3 and Third Strike.
This list is generally restricted to remotely major characters (any
playable or computer-controlled characters in any fighting game, Final
Fight bosses, and... characters that I didn't know what else to do with).
Minor storyline npcs are mentioned within characters' sections that they
pertain to.
The stuff that is conjecture based off in-game storyline is generally
very likely (INCREDIBLY so, for the most part). Stuff that is not marked
with any disclaimers such as "It is probably that" for the miscellaneous
facts and notes sections ARE confirmed to be official. Stuff that is
marked with [Official] within the characters' descriptions of what they did
for each game is official statement straight from Capcom, itself.
Remember, Final Fight Streetwise might not be canon. Anything taken
exclusively from Final Fight Streetwise will be marked as such so you know to
take that with a grain of salt.
If you come across a piece of information on the net or whatever that's
not mentioned in a character's section or at least in this FAQ somewhere,
it's probably NOT canon. But there is also the possibility that I might
have just forgotten to put it in that character's bio or missed that piece
of info, though I generally try to be very thorough (course, judging by how
often I have to update this darn thing to include new information confirmed
to be canon, that possibility probably is higher than I'd like).
Bios were furnished wherever they could be found from official sources.
Numerical values in character profiles (height, weight, 3 sizes, etc.) aren't
based on a realistic scale, but rather on Capcom's own custom-made scale. It's
the relative rather than the absolute being the goal here, for instance if Ryu's
X kg and Sagat's Y kg, it's the proportions to keep in mind rather than the
values X and Y, which may or may not be realistic, more often not.
Fighting style captions listed within profiles are short or long descriptions
rather than official world-recognized titles. They're summary statements if
anything else, because more often than not, fighters draw from not one but
several real and fictional applications to come up with the arsenal we as
players can use at our disposal. For more accurate and detailed breakdowns
of what they use, please refer to character miscellaneous sections as info
becomes available.
A set of post-SF2 artworks (well, they seem to be post SF2) published in
various Capcom artbooks and mooks indicates what may have become of many SF2
characters. It's old so some were likely retconned. Captions for them come
from Gamest and the Complete File (often the two gave slightly differing
captions). A complete set of captions from these artworks are available
towards the end of this guide as well: pgIXArtCaptions
*** pgV2Ill. pgVTwoP.
2-ILL (formerly TWO.P)
He's probably around Cody's age of 39-40 in FF:SW. Perhaps a bit younger.
FF1 Pallete Swap J's Height: 183cm
FF1 Pallete Swap J's Weight: 82kg
Final Fight One: A member of Mad Gear, his fighting style was
similar to J's (cowardly hit and run). He was just a generic enemy,
so presumably, Haggar introduced him to the pavement or something.
Final Fight Streetwise: 2-Ill stuck his nose where it didn't belong,
prompting the Stiff's organization to send some thugs to take him out.
Fortunately, at Vanessa's suggestion, Kyle at that time had arrived
to help him fight them off. Throughout the game, 2-Ill helps Kyle out
by giving him info, selling him weapons, and fighting alongside Kyle
(for a fee).
Eventually, the city had become overtaken by the addictive drug GLOW,
and 2-Ill found himself heading over to the Barfly to try to save
Vanessa while the city was in anarchy from the GLOWhead riot. Kyle
was already there, trying to defend an unconscious Vanessa from GLOW
addicts. More GLOWheads approached, ranting about crushing the sky and
their brains being inside out and other nonsensicals. Angrily punching
them away, more and more kept coming until 2-Ill arrived in his car,
running several of the GLOWheads down and shooting the rest with his
pistol (but totalling his car in the process). He tosses Kyle a gun
and tells him that they need to get out of there, but they couldn't
leave without Vanessa. Fortunately, Vanessa had woken up by then, and
tells Kyle she's alright, knowing he'd come. Anarchy is everywhere
and the three are swamped, but they continue to go forward and attempt
to make their way out of the Hood for the safety of 2-Ill's place.
Fighting through more and more GLOWheads with Kyle's fists, 2-Ill's
pistol, and Vanessa's... nothing, the three finally arrive at 2-Ill's
hideout. They can discuss their next move. Kyle states that he's going
back to the church to go after Bella, and Vanessa asks to go with him.
Not allowing his girlfriend to get into danger, Kyle refuses and tells
2-Ill that it's time to go, but hearing that he's about to be dragged
into things, 2-Ill quickly remarks that he isn't going, whereupon
Vanessa angrily tells him that he's not going to get away with that.
Vanessa calls him Two.P instead of 2-Ill while saying this, so 2-Ill
responds that first, it isn't his fight, and second, that Two.P stuff
was over long ago. However, he decides to help Kyle out by telling
Kyle of a shortcut to the church through the sewers that he used to
use back during the Mad Gear days. [from the game]
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
The enemy character Two P appears in "Forgotten Worlds" as the second
player ("Two P" for 2P, "player 2" or perhaps more accurately,
"2nd Player"). Not that they're one and the same person in any sort of
storyline way, of course. 2-Ill using firearms in Streetwise might be a
throwback to Forgotten Worlds, as well.
Two.P in Final Fight standing for "2nd Player"
was stated by Akiman. Given that Two.P is likely the
type that would not fight alone (what with his penchant for sneaking
up on you while you're distracted fighting other Mad Gear thugs),
'2nd Player' would fit rather well.
Two.P is pronounced "Two P". Mad Gear loves its crazy misplaced periods.
In Final Fight, Two.P was typically stronger than J.
Kyle doesn't know what 2-Ill means. Perhaps no one does. Maybe
it stands for how he's 'reformed' compared to other Metro City Thugs
who are named more ferocious names like "2 Mean" and "2 Time" ('Time'
assumedly referring to jail time). 'Reformed' being relative, of
course. If he really wanted the name to be bad-ass version of sick,
I imagine he would have made it 2-Sick or something (not that I know
that much about urban lingo).
2-Ill's been "kicking up these parts" since Kyle was a kid. This
is reasonably good evidence that Kyle was just a kid while Final Fight
One was going on.
When Kyle first saves him, he's shocked at how much Kyle's ability
has grown. Likely this is in part because 2-Ill knew Kyle even when
Kyle was just a little kid, so now he's being saved by this guy who's so
much younger than him in a "Those kids grow up fast!" sort of way.
Kyle doesn't like 2-Ill very much. He gives 2-Ill the brush-off
whenever 2-Ill says he'll be there to help. He especially doesn't like
paying 2-Ill for help.
He has his own 1-800 number. 1-800-UVV or something like that.
It's not revealed to the player in Streetwise until late in the game
that he's Two.P when Vannessa refers to him as such to point out that
he's being selfish. The lack of shock on anyones' faces indicate that
2-Ill being Two P wasn't a secret to anyone nor does 2-Ill try to keep it
a secret so much as expresses with regret that he'd rather not be called
that anymore, and "that Two P shit is over". 2-Ill being revealed to be
Two.P was probably a lot cooler in the actual game than in this guide.
He hates being referred to as Two.P in Streetwise (and assumedly being
reminded of his days as a Mad Gear member) because he considers those days
to be long over.
He's probably semi-close friends with Vanessa Sims. Vanessa is the one
who initially tells Kyle to go to 2-Ill for information and to trust him
despite Kyle's objections. Also, when Metro City was in complete GLOWhead
anarchy, 2-Ill would drive down to the barfly to try to rescue her (he would
arrive nearly at the same time that Kyle did). Vanessa also knows to call
him Two.P when she's mad at him for being selfish, so she obviously knows
him well enough to know how to push his buttons.
In FF:SW, the letters on the front of his jacket spell "WOOT". In FF1,
he has a green dragon artwork on the back of his orange jacket.
He always wears a jacket and sunglasses. It's a different jacket and
shape of sunglasses from what he wore in Final Fight One, but at least
he still likes wearing jackets and sunglasses. He also still wears green
(albeit there's no orange in Streetwise, unlike Final Fight)
His car (when he drives over to help out Kyle and Vanessa) is painted
green and orange and has 2's written on its doors. So although he doesn't
wear orange anymore like he used to, it's still one of his signature colors.
2-Ill's weapon in Streetwise is the pistol. The one time he fights
unarmed, his AI is set to stay away from the enemies (although he'll punch
if they get too close), which may both be a tribute to his fighting style
in Final Fight One, and also due to the simple fact that at that point in
the game you're trying to save him so it'd be counterintuitive for him to
suicidally participate in battle. Later on when you can hire him temporarily
as well as when he teams up with Kyle late-game, he continues to fight using
"cowardly" methods by primarily using a pistol, although he'll gladly kick
an enemy on the ground if the enemy is right next to him. For the one time
when he's unarmed, his fighting stance and his punch attack are the same
as Two P in Final Fight (and just like back then, he usually only throws
one punch at a time). But instead of hit and run, he simply holds still.
The pistol might also be another Forgotten Worlds reference (as that game's
gameplay is primarily shooting stuff)
J isn't mentioned or anywhere in FF:SW far as I can tell. Ironically,
they chose Two.P instead of J when Two.P was mostly just a Forgotten Worlds
tribute and J was the one with an actual official bio paragraph. Course,
this may have been because an autistic person really wouldn't have suited
the role 2-Ill has in the Streetwise storyline.
Haggar probably buried the hatchet with Two.P. You never see 2-Ill and
Haggar interact, but 2-Ill casually says "Oh, you mean Mike Haggar's place!"
to Kyle as if 2-Ill knows Haggar well and without a tone of "Haggar keeps
kicking my butt! Eek!" in his voice. Not that I know if there was a
hatchet in the first place but I imagine Haggar introduced Two.P's head
to the pavement a few times during Final Fight One (not that I can be
sure, what with Two.P just being a normal enemy).
His real name has never been stated nor is it indicated either way
whether or not anyone knows what it is.
*** pgVAbel.
ABEL
Fighting style: composite fighting based on judo
Birthday: November 5
Native place: France
Height: 198 cm
Weight: 85 kg
BWH sizes: B130, W85, H89
Bloodtype: A
Likes: dogs (unable to keep one when always with a living in the squad,
believes he wants to raise one with that being over)
Dislikes: edible oysters (would be a serious matter if it breaks open his
stomach)
Special Skill: sewing (in the mercenary soldier squad he did all the
mending himself, became his specialty)
SF4 nickname: "Man Without a Past"
Street Fighter 4:
On the basis of merely a clue, a young man continuing to pursue the remnants
of Shadoloo. He uses fighting techniques appearing to be from army training.
Non-courteous at first glance, not that he dislikes people, a highly serious
careful personality. Has lost his past memories.
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
His MMA style uses judo as its foundation. He enjoys keeping up with latest
goings-on within the fighting world, as shows his winning quote to Zangief:
"You're Zangief eh! I've seen, your bouts!"
His win quote to Guile: "That move... Why do you use that move?"
He's labeled as humane among street fighters. His homeland appears to be
France. He's sewn the uniform he wears, and is likely good at cooking as
well. Cannot stand to eat oysters; I wonder if he'd eat escargot though?
He's glad that he can be a pet (dog not cat) owner now that he's done with
the corps. He was a mercenary but can't be sure if he's had a connection
with Shadaloo since birth.
Abel from SF4
Before Father's Grave
Memories for Abel, are beginning from 5 years ago.
First memory is flames and smoke.
From a crumbling down building, he had run through while someone's arm was
supporting. And also, in brushing away to chase after someone, the locus of
a sharp technique....
The commanding officer of a mercenary unit took charge over Abel, rescued by
his own friends who instructed him.
"You help that guy out for a little while, he's been unaccounted for,"
regarding Abel the commanding officer was also his substitute father, was
usually a bright hearty man, with just occassions to talk to Abel wanting to
know about his own past, why the terribly serious expression, in conclusion
adding one thing to another endlessly.
"Understand, Abel. Don't get close to Shadoloo. Those guys are dangerous.
Don't have anything to do with them."
Although silently nodding, Abel to say wanting to know about his own past,
a near middle instinct of desire could not enable him to completely erase it.
Where was I born? Who brought me up? What kind of living was I doing? From
where was I rescued? No, in the first place, was that truly a "rescue"?...?
Thinking to collect the extent of considering, anxiety and frustration to an
unseen past. For Abel, he patiently endured it.
One hot summer day, the commanding officer died.
Appropriately daring it rang for the mercenary unit's commanding officer,
everyone would say it was a fine way of death, carrying pride they patted
Abel's shoulder. The end of the funeral, after all the attendants had left,
Abel was standing before the new commanding officer's gravesite. Hanging
from the tombstone was a cute-like wreath, before that a just overflown
bouquet paying tribute, was indicating the commanding officer's deep
popularity more than eloquent words.
For Abel, a straight line ends his mouth, he was staring at the commanding
officer's name engraved on the tombstone.
...Not having memories and family, was not loneliness. The commanding
officer and his mercenary comrades, were always beside him. Eating together,
sleeping together, they fought together. Laughing together, getting angry
together, sometimes they cried. For those, were unmistakable bonds. A brand
new bud sprouts in Abel's heart though his emotions are stiff, and so now,
he faces toward the future beginning to feel joy in living. However, strong
the bonds are, bright as the future is, his strong to say prayer for wanting
to know about his own past doesn't vanish, rather it just becomes worse.
"...hey, Father. What, did you know?"
He couldn't even sense it himself, facing the tombstone Abel was asking it a
question. Suddenly a wind blows, the flower petals flutter about. He lifts
his face, already the day has entirely gone to nightfall.
"'Don't get close to Shadoloo', huh..."
Abel closed his eyes with a quiet shut. Gosh, no choice with this clue onto
oneself's past.
"Sorry, Father."
Abel lightly moves his head away from the gravesite and, turning he began
to walk.
He'll positively return.
Abel's SF4 arcade ending comments:
In the midst of Abel's battle, as he was about to regain his memories a
suddenly appeared Vega defeats Seth. Opposite Abel Vega leaving behind
words of profound meaning "to age up until here...", goes away from that
place.
*** pgVAbigail.
ABIGAIL
Height: 238cm
Weight: 265kg
Favorite Food: Bananas
Fighting Style: Presumably Wrestling
Final Fight One: Abigail was the main guard for Mad Gear in the Bay Area
during Final Fight One (gameplay wise, he was the boss of that stage).
Cody ran into him as Cody was going through the bay in order to get to the
Uptown Area where Belger and Jessica were. Abigail confronted him, then
made a crack about how Jessica was probably 'having a good time' with
Belger. Abigail is a guy who relies on his anger to power him up, but his
anger was nothing compared to the anger Cody had after hearing Abigail say
that, so Cody whupped him [From Cody's and SFZ3 Cody's dialogue in Final
Fight One].
Where Is He Now: Um... beats me. He only appeared in Final Fight 1, and
Final Fight 1 isn't exactly the newest game in the world.
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
FF1 Bio: Although Abigail is the strongest of all the Mad Gear gang,
he is definitely not the smartest.
Abigail is your generic big dumb stupid wrestler. And he's basically a
beefed up version of the generic enemy, Andore, in Final Fight. They even
have the same animation styles. However, Abigail despises being put in the
same category as the Andores, despite how he basically IS just a beefed up
Andore.
Perhaps to go along with his feminine name, Abigail in Mighty Final
Fight has an attack where he picks you up and kisses you.
As another FF Musician reference, he is a homage to heavy metal
rocker King Diamond. "Abigail" was the title of Diamond's 1987 album,
and the white leopard outfit and facepaint Abigail wears is similar to
King Diamond's on-stage schtick.
*** pgVAdon.
ADON
Height: 182cm, 181.2cm (old SF1 design)
Weight: 73kg
SF1 Action: vertical rolling combination
BWH sizes: B112, W80, H85
Blood type: B
Native place: Thailand
Special Skill: Waiku (a dance in Muay Thai)
Likes: Muay Thai
Dislikes: Sagat, people who can't backup what they say
Fighting Style: Muay Thai
SF1 stage: Presumably Sukhothai - Sukhothai National Park
Main Background Feature: Buddhastatuen im Wat Mahathat
SFZ stage: The ruins of Ayutthaya, daytime/noon (Thailand)
SFZ2 stage: Near/on the Chapuraya River (Thailand)
SFZ3 stage: The Khmer Ruins (Thailand).
Badly translated SFZ nickname: "It sees and a kick of width
is the work of God," or "Sees this kicking the industry of God".
Street Fighter 1: Adon participated in the Street Fighter 1 tournament to
prove to the world that he was more than just a lesser version of Sagat [A
guess. He most likely participated because of Sagat, somehow, though].
However, when he fought Ryu, he got cocky and Ryu just took him out with a
single shoryuken, and he was eliminated from the tournament [Official].
Street Fighter Zero 2: Adon is enraged. The fighting style of Muay Thai
has been humiliated as Ryu won the Street Fighter 1 tournament. However,
he's not mad at Ryu. He's mad at Sagat for losing to Ryu and being unable
to hold up the name of Muay Thai. He feels that Sagat no longer deserves
the title of Emperor, and goes out to defeat Sagat. When he finds Sagat,
Sagat himself is filled with rage at how Ryu defeated him, much more than
Adon. Adon challenges him, and Sagat was too enraged to fight well, so
Adon defeated him and became the new Emperor of Muay Thai. It wasn't
without cost, though. Adon had to go to the hospital and stay there for 4
months due to his injuries from the battle. After that, he eventually gets
news however of a man named Gouki when Gouki trounced one of Adon's
challengers. Gouki wielded the same moves that Ryu used to defeat
Sagat!!! Adon becomes determined to find Gouki and take this power for
himself [Official].
Street Fighter Zero 3: Adon spent SFZ3 searching for Gouki, but never
found him.
Where Is He Now: Still searching for Gouki. Even after... erm,
a couple decades. Capcom
doesn't give much clues here. He's still the God of Muay Thai. Gamest's
SF3 NG mook was rumored to catch his appearance in Elena's background in
SF3 NG, but that's all it's been, a rumor. No other source including
AAC has verified it.
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
Adon from SFZ
Original account from SF2 Himitsu Hyakka
"Adon!, Muay Thai is the strongest martial art......and so might is
everything!" For Sagat, to his student Adon, in accordance with those
words he displayed might, taking in reverence from Adon as "emperor".
However.......
One day, having departed for a foreign match underneath Adon, "Emperor"
Sagat, he came to say be notified was defeated by a nameless fighting
stylist.
With feelings of disbelief, when Adon rushed before Sagat, already his
master, where had Sagat's appearance hidden to and the like.
Within Adon's heart, reverence for the "emperor", was slipping off in a
clattering sound.
"Sagat, your matters, I will not forgive......! Muay Thai is the
strongest fist......I will defeat you for defiling Muay Thai's name,
I will rise to the top!" Adon, swore with such heart and, later
journeyed out.
Even to this day, Adon's training continues to catch up to Sagat as he
continues to journey......!
Official Story from Gamest SFZ and AASFZ
Still here, in order to search for the man, is the form of a roaming
one. For the purpose of meeting the emperor the man once his own master
Sagat, the journey continues for the figure of young Muay Thai warrior
Adon.......
Amidst the shining sunlight, his whole body covered from a cape with
eyes flashing like a hungry black panther's, the young Muay Thai warrior
was grumbling. "Sagat!, where and what are you up to now......"
Adon also still, became a name for Muay Thai, from the very bottom of
living did he not crawl up alone as a young one. Within the jostling of
numerous rivals, he suddenly took a chance. Sagat's eye stood still at
the match he was watching. Other than himself out in the distance a
great competing opponent before him, struck blood flowing, indeed the
fighting spirit would not escape from that young one's eyes, Sagat was
seeing himself piled up from old times.
"If it be this man!"
Sagat placed Adon under his care, throwing him into that philosophy of
his own techniques.
"Adon!, Muay Thai is the strongest martial art......and so might is
everything!" Sagat's watching as those words change into overwhelming
might. As a master, also as the Muay Thai emperor, Adon was embracing
an incomparable respect. And so with those lessons, Adon had a solid
position of rank next to Sagat.
Such that one day, a notice was received that Adon before did not
believe from the earlier expedition. The "emperor" so to speak was
defeated by a nameless fighting stylist. Why!......Muay Thai, the
emperor is not the strongest?! When Adon hurried back, already Sagat's
figure was nowhere. Within Adon, the myth of emperor began making the
sound as if it were starting to crumble.
On the journey's way to pursue Sagat Adon disappeared alone, on occasion
crossing fists with numerous fighting stylists, Adon was assuring that
Muay Thai is the strongest martial art after all.
"Sagat, your pride, I will not forgive......! Muay Thai is the strongest
fist......once I have defeated you for defiling Muay Thai's name, I will
rise to the top!"
The young warrior having brought forth his own answer, sooner or later
he'll likely meet his master and the decided battle, as with his burning
fighting spirit.
Adon from SFZ2
Jaguar Varied Assault
Letting out a roar, countless fists rip through the air.
That young one's move challenging Muay Thai's legendary emperor Sagat,
was frankly the gushing of fighting spirit, with the howl of a wild beast.
"......Ho, not a bad technique."
The emperor even without withstanding all the young one's strikes and
kicks, was such that he was being pressed by vigor. And so, extremely
savoring the long gap he wasn't satisfied with the chewing feeling.
For the bout, it was of course the emperor's total victory, even when the
young one bowed down to the ground still a sharp discernment was pointing
towards the emperor.
"Let me hear your name once more. My thanks for having entertained me in
such a long time......."
"I am Adon. Having challenged you, to win, furthermore to someday surpass
you is my dream......!"
The emperor smiled, as Adon spoke.
"Then that technique, will be good to polish up more and more. To your
degree as a man, that dream isn't necessarily foolishly conceited..."
And so many years later......the emperor challenged, in order to surpass
the emperor with the thoroughly tempered move, with disappointment and rage
seemingly released, Adon himself didn't expect that.
"Sagat!, already you're not the emperor. To atone for my dream trampled
underfoot, as was expected will be on the basis of this techniique!"
Quickie note from Siegfried: Sagat's style is either Mue Tai (Japanese
simple writing) or Muay Thai. I don't think you can write it Muy Thai.
Adon and Sagat aren't too different in age. Maybe 5~7 years apart.
Sagat took in Adon as a student 3 years after Sagat became the Muay Thai
God.
A bio for Adon from the Lives of SF website. Unfortunately, although
the site (which is a Japanese site) never makes up any information out of
no where, some of it's information is taken from unofficial mangas. However,
given that there aren't any unofficial mangas with Adon backstory in it to
my knowledge, it is likely that the following bio was made up of only stuff
from official sources (which the website also uses):
Adon, who came from a poor family, had dreamt of achieving success in the
Muay Thai world since he was a young boy. Many young people in Thailand
fight for the same dream. He would challenge any opponent he could find.
One day, Adon happened to run into Sagat, the current emperor of Muay Thai,
and challenged Sagat to a match. The battle resulted in Adon suffering an
overwhelming defeat. Afterwards, Sagat left him with these words:
"Muay Thai is the strongest in the world."
Sagat's words instilled a desire within Adon to train harder than ever before.
And so, Adon responded that the true measure of a Muay Thai fighter is how
one's body is applied, yet it's been decided so that sovereign Sagat amassed
a high ranking concerning social status.
It is said that the news of Sagat's defeat at the hands of Ryu had crushed
Adon's boyhood dreams. Adon felt betrayed by Sagat, the man who had once
told him that Muay Thai was the world's strongest fighting style. The
feelings of betrayal soon turned into hatred.
Adon was Sagat's student, but because he despised being in Sagat's
shadow, he made sure that his style of Muay Thai was completely different
from Sagat's. Even after that, though, people still paid more attention to
Sagat than him and thought of him only as a weaker version of Sagat,
despite his very different style, and this has caused deep resentment and
envy within Adon for his master.
Adon is very arrogant, and uses selective memory in his arguments,
even. He's mad at Sagat for losing to Ryu during SF1 but neglects to
mention how he lost to Ryu during the first Street Fighter tournament, too
^_~
Adon is still currently the God of Muay Thai after beating Sagat in
SFZ2... or at least Capcom hasn't stated that a new one took his place by
now.
There's an official Zero sketch of Adon with Eagle for some reason.
Well, Eagle has a relationship to Sagat (he was hired to go defeat Sagat in
the SF1 tournament) which I guess could somehow give him a relationship to
Adon, but whatever it is, I don't know it.
He was invited to join Shadaloo several times (Guess SFZ1 took this into
account by depicting Vega inviting him to join in his ending, even if
the game itself was retconned out of the canon).
The Muay Thai stadium which appears in his SFZ2 ending is called
Lumpini Stadium.
*** pgVGouki.
GOUKI (AKUMA overseas)
Age: "Around 48" (during SSF2X. From TONS of different official sources)
Birthdate: Month and day unknown, 19??. Around 1945 (going by age during SF2)
Height: 178cm
Weight: 80kg
BWH sizes: B118, W84, H86
Blood type: Unknown
Native place: Unknown
Special Skill: Unknown
Likes: Unknown
Dislikes: Unknown
Fighting Style: Goutetsu's ansatsuken maximizing satsui no hadou
SFZ3 nickname: The fist of destruction which also slaughters
a demon/ogre.
SF3:TS nickname: "The person who goes to
extremes to master the fist". or "Untamed Fists of Sin".
SF4 nickname: "The One of the Ultimate Fist"
SFZ stage: Great Wall of China
SFZ2 stage: Gokuentou/Gokuen Island (Japan). Translates as "Jail Flame".
SFZ3 stage: The Cave of Kiga (Japan)
SF3:SI stage: Mount Fuji (Japan)
SF3:TS stage: KOUSYU STREET 1:55AM (Japan)
Street Fighter 1: He wasn't in the actual game, but behind the scenes, he
was doing things. Gouki challenged, fought, and killed his brother,
Gouken, while Ryu was away at the first Street Fighter tournament.
By the end of the battle, one of Gouken's students, Ken, had arrived, and
witnessed Gouki pulling off the killing blow. Gouki, victorious, then
leaves to go back to Gokuentou. [Official]
Street Fighter Zero 2: Gouken's student, Ryu, has tracked Gouki down, and
challenges Gouki as a fighter. Gouki, always looking for worthy foes,
tests Ryu's mettle at his island, Gokuentou. Gouki is very impressed by
Ryu's skill, and tells Ryu about the satsui no hadou power within Ryu. He
wants that power to awaken within Ryu, and tells Ryu that once it does, Ryu
should seek Gouki out again so they could have a real match [Official].
Gouki then forcefully slams his fist into the ground, and the island of
Gokuentou sinks into the sea, with Ryu escaping just in time [Conjecture
from Ryu's SFZ2 ending].
One day, an old man named Gen found Gouki, and challenged him. Gouki
used the shungokusatsu on Gen, but Gen somehow managed to survive it!
Gen then did his his zanei on Gouki but Gouki blocked it. As the battle
goes on, Gouki realized that Gen was sick and the two set apart. Neither
one won the battle. Gen survived the shungokusatsu because he emptied his
spirit, heart and mind (which makes him immune to pain from past sins)
[Official].
Street Fighter Zero 3: Gouki spent SFZ3 looking for a worthy challenger.
He found Gen, once again, by the end of SFZ3. Gen really is persistent,
and wants to finally end things and have a match to the death. He tells
Gouki that Gouki won't win, again (Gen considers Gouki the winner of the
last match because Gouki chose to 'spare' Gen by withdrawing when he saw
that Gen was sick). Capcom hasn't stated who won the final battle, though
Gen's ending shows that Gen won it, whereas Gouki's ending just shows the
two meeting again, finally (course, Gen's ending could also be interpreted
as him having KILLED Gouki, which obviously didn't happen). After winning
the battle, Gen decided to spare Gouki and just give up, finally, on
finding an opponent worthy of a deathmatch. He states that Gouki was the
only one worthy of such a battle, but now that the battle was over, there
is no more reason for Gen to use his fighting style, any longer [Conjecture
based off in-game storyline].
Street Fighter 2: Gouki has heard about the Street Fighter 2 tournament.
However, he doesn't sign up for it. When the final championship of the
match came with someone against the host of the tournament and leader of
Shadaloo, Vega (Capcom hasn't stated who), Gouki decided to randomly
jump in and test just how powerful this Vega was. When Gouki
approached Vega, Vega was caught from behind and killed by the
shungokusatsu [Official].
Gouki (holding back)- SSF2XR Character Concealed File
For the sake of a persistent appetite to face strength, he continues to fight.
That appetite is mighty, even without regard to murdering people.
Shin Gouki (all out)- SSF2XR Character Concealed File
The man who stands up to the summits of all fighting stylists. His eye
reflects, with the smeared blood of vanquished figures.......
Street Fighter 4:
Fighting style: ?
The fighting stylist declaring himself as the "one of the ultimate fist."
Having overthrown his older brother Gouken with "satsui no hadou", he
continues to walk the path of carnage. His desire being the ultimate
"death meet", that viewpoint guides him to Ryu as in accordance with
"satsui no hadou."
Street Fighter 3 Second Impact: Gouki develops "the ultimate technique",
kongou kokuretsuzan. It is so powerful that it splits an entire mountain,
Ayers Rock, in half! [Akuma's SF32I ending]. Considering that he's a
secret character, I'm pretty sure he didn't register and sign up for the
tournament, just like how he didn't sign up for the SF2 tournament.
Street Fighter 3 Third Strike: Oro has been sensing some powerful ki for
some time. He finally tracks it down and finds Gouki! Out of curiousity
to see how powerful each other is, they fight [Official]. Third Strike
dialogue indicates that the fight was more just to see each others'
strength than anything serious, so there probably was no death matching.
Gouki is still training. He has developed himself so much that he is now
powerful enough to do inhuman acts, such as stay deep under the ocean.
While training there, he uses the tenshou kairekijin to destroy a sunken
ship. Observed by a submarine and a nearby ship, the crew members are
shocked. The move is so powerful that it causes the sunken ship to be
blasted to the surface,
causing chaos even for the other ship on the water [Gouki's SF3TS ending].
Where Is He Now: As shown by SF3 dialogue, Gouki still waits for Ryu to
get better to become a worthy match (even though officially, Ryu has since
then surpassed satsui no hadou, he still is improving and still has
potential) or to find a worthy match out there. Gouki himself is always
training, also [Conjecture based off in-game storyline].
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
Gouki from SFZ
Original account from SF2 Himitsu Hyakka
Gouki, around the time when he was a child, together with older brother
Gouken, during balding Goutetsu's training for successor of the greatest
ansatsuken in history. For Gouki, the one to become the strongest would
win. Like that, Gouki's appearance took that of an "oni."
"As the result of training, strike hard with everything!" Gouki challenged
Goutetsu, once Gouki and Gouken had learned all of their instructed
techniques.
With a raging storm inside, Goutetsu and Gouki's fighting spirits clashed.
Hours later the two continued fighting. Hadou crashed into hadou! Fist
struck fist, blood sprayed and ran!
"Gouki! You're doing very well. But, this is the end!" With both hands,
Goutetsu began to amass fighting spirit. The terrible extent of
willpower....the students saw there for the first time the extreme
"satsui no hadou."
"Uoooh!" Gouki wholly roared, and charged at Goutetsu!
Sure-killing ansatsuken's clash!
The battle's winner was Gouki. For Goutetsu, already his breath was
dying out....
Offcial Story from Gamest SFZ and AASFZ
Amidst the violently blowing storm, 2 male persons were confronting
each other.
They are Goutetsu (thunderous iron) and his student Gouki (powerful oni).
Gouki from the time he was young together with older brother Gouken
(fist of strength), was under Goutetsu for his pursuit of knowledge day
in and day out. He wanted to become strong. More than anyone more
than anyone...such that his appearance was exactly that of an "oni."
They followed for years what came to be increasingly strict Goutetsu's
pursuit of knowledge. "Defeat in ansatsuken values as death......no
selection of means, only victory is all!" Catching those words in
sincerity, Gouki was being devoted to the pursuit of knowledge more
and more.
With them having concluded all instruction from Goutetsu, suddenly one
day, it was said that he himself entirely tried to show the pursuit of
knowledge's results.
Without warning he designated Gouki. Actually Goutetsu was looking
forward to this day. That was said to be fine for the fighting stylist's
blood to be throbbing. As far as Gouki's strong inanimate nature, and
also his fighting talent concealed within. That is what was before his
eye, he personally already could not restrain himself. Goutetsu also
before his "master", it is 1 person a fighting stylist who would be of
carnage.
Their fight extended several times. A collision of hadou and hadou.
Fist crossed fist with blood flying in the manner of sprays, the
relationship of teacher and student exceeded by an object of "killing
one another."
"Gouki!, you're doing very well. But, this is the end!"
Goutetsu started to sink in ki with both hands. His tremendous degree
of willpower, the students see for the first time the extreme satsui
no hadou. A mass of ki transformed into innumerable incandescent blazes.
"Uoooh!" Raising a war cry, Gouki was charging. Concentrating genuine
"muderous intent" from his fist.......
In conclusion the one to have risen from the ground, it was Gouki.
For Goutetsu already his breath was dying out......however on that face,
merely a smile was filling it. Nearby was Gouken's form petrified.......
Gouki was set on plundering the beads from the master's body, having
disappeared to somewhere without a word. His side profile, was of
seemingly crimson blood tears shed from the carnage.......
Gouki from SFZ2
Shungokusatsu
Master Goutetsu spoke of a forbidden technique, "shungokusatsu." With
that move, it was said that one's own life would be cut off in a moment
of unparalleled intensity. That is, control utilized by "satsui no
hadou", was said to run wildly until that life's very end.
Gouki, pronouncing all ancestors "fools" for sealing this "shungokusatsu,"
selected his path to break that ban on his own.
"To become fighters, true warriors of the fist must possess all power
that can be utilized. Those who ban techniques cling to life in stinginess,
which this warrior of the fist does not!"
Gouki filled himself with confidence. Having controlled the ancestors'
"satsui no hadou", the "shungokusatsu" was utilized. But Gouki's own self
changed. Usually when collecting "satsui no hadou", to acquire manipulation
of it many years past became a piling heavy burden. "Who exists that is
stronger" now became the wish, and this request would be answered with the
spraying of blood incited by training. The forbidden move was done. He
selected Master Goutetsu as his opponent. As there was about to be a fight
to the death, the opponent had no deficiencies.
".....arm yourself now!!" The spirit kept secretly inside exploded, the
cells of Gouki's entire body rose in sound with a resonating sensation.
......several hours later, Gouki's entire body in blood returned a scarlet
hue, as he moved and saw the master's corpse.
Hadou's ultimate move "shungokusatsu," armed with "satsui no hadou" that
struck the master, was complete.
From then on, Gouki walked the long "path of carnage's" first walk.
Gouki's fighting style is not shotokan (at least in Japanese continuity.
Capcom of America is adamant it be such in American). He's an ansatsuken
fighter (ditto for Ken and Ryu, except they use a style of ansatsuken
that's been toned down in terms of lethal killingness). Shotokan is a
creation by Capcom of America, and in fact the 'shoto-scrubs' as some
people like to call them fight nothing like the real-life style of Shotokan
(or at least, 100% like shotokan. See below). Just like how Blanka fights
nothing like Capoeira. Strange Capcom of America. They allegedly censored
it from ansatsuken because heaven forbid that a fighting style is actually
implied to be able to, GASP, KILL people!!! Oh, won't someone PLEASE think
of the children!?
Note from Saiki: Both Gouki and Gen use ansatsuken. Gouki uses
ansatsuken but with more karate, judo, taekwondo and koppo elements to it.
Gen has more styles but I guess it'd be too hard to put it
all into the game. I can't remember all of them but I think it was Mantis,
Crane, Tiger, Bear, err, can't remember the rest. Ryu tand Ken use a toned
down version that Gouken taught them that isn't designed to kill, unlike
Gen's and Gouki's style.
Saiki said until SF2 Ryu and Ken's style was Kyokushinkai karate, a
derivative of Shotokan, that I learned is a full-contact style with
considerable focus on strenuous training and philosophy. After SF1 he said
Capcom changed it to a generic ansatsuken. It likely wasn't until
SSF2X that this change occurred, since there's any source that breaks down
the style to its building blocks before the SF2 Fanbook, which lists karate,
judo, and training of the heart/mind; and AASFZ3 later on would describe
it even more. In any case, before Gouki appeared in Capcom's SF universe,
it was the basic moves themselves that defined Ryu and Ken's style, and
after that the emphasis was placed more on their three originally killing
moves as identifying their style, the present toned-down version of
Goutetsu's ansatsuken.
Gouki's ansatsuken having karate, judo, and taekwondo is exact
statement from All About Street Fighter Zero 3, though Saiki isn't exactly
sure where he got Koppo from. The type of karate in that ansatsukan was
not specified. However, according to Eric Musashi, several of Ryu and
Ken's normal attacks and stances do in fact resemble shotokan, so it seems
a safe bet to assume that some of that karate in their ansatsukan is
shotokan, after all. Or of course that may simply be due to the
similarities that Kyokushinkai has to Shotokan.
Technically, ansatsuken should probably be considered more a level of
achievement than an actual fighting style, then. In addition to all of the
above mentioned facts, it's stated in All About Capcom for Gen that "he has
developed his Chinese kenpo until it has reached the stage of being an
ansatsuken". All this implies that ansatsuken can consist of any martial
art and is more about the power you've developed your style to. ...Capcom
sure knows how to be confusing, sometimes.
To make matters worse, in several instances the style is referred to as simply
ansatsuken rather than just the level of achievement. Gouki, Vega and Gen
all make this reference within game/narrative script, and even Capcom does in
it's latest character relations chart.
Interestingly enough, at the lrgames.com forums, an employee
(The_Emperor) at Living Room Games said that they had initially wanted to
use ansatsuken for Ryu, Ken's, etc. style but had to go by overseas convention
and use Shotokan for the SF RPG, as well.
And yes, I'm 100% sure it's ansatsuken. The above paragraph wouldn't
have been an issue if it wasn't, obviously. The same goes for Udon wanting
to use it for SF Eternal but CoA making them use Shotokan there, as well.
From the SF Anniversary Website: Ryu and Ken were granted their sure
killing techniques from Gouken. That master, Goutetsu murdered and an
isolated man since. This is Gouki. (sorry, this one was a pain to do in
terms of sentence structure, I apologize for the obscurity. Vasili10)
Gouki's brother is Gouken. His master (as well as Gouken's master) was
Goutetsu. You can see Gouken and Goutetsu in Gouki's SFZ1 ending.
Goutetsu's the older more wrinkly looking one. Gouki fought and killed
Gouken while Ryu was fighting in the SF1 tournament. He fought and killed
Goutetsu, too, over 10 years before.
Gouki being Gouken's brother technically makes him Ryu's Uncle-in-law
since Gouken adopted Ryu while Ryu was a baby. Not that anyone, including
Capcom, seems to really care, though. :P
This is probably the time Ryu and Ken first met Gouki. According to a
Japanese gaming mook, Gouki visited Gouken back when Ryu and Ken were still
'hatchlings' (the SFZ accounts at the start of Ken's Miscellaneous section).
Gouki stated that he was the true heir to ansatsuken, then
Gouken stated that Gouki corrupted his 'hadou no chikara/power of hadou.'
Young Ryu and Ken watched the fight, believing Gouken would win, and the match
ended with Gouken's final blow, leaving Gouki sprawling on the ground. Then
Gouki said something about how they MUST come to blows again 'in this lifetime'.
Gouken looks on, then said "When that man's power goes beyond mine, the
great disaster you both (Ryu and Ken) must face with your own power... the
power which I will pass on to you... "Wa ga ken no Subete o (All that is
what my fist is), Hadou no Chikara o! (The power of the Hadou!)." This is
way before Gouki comes back to kill Gouken, by the way.
Goutetsu, who invented the arts of hadouken, shoryuken, and tatsumaki
senpuukyaku, spoke about the shungokusatsu (Instant Hell Murder) to both
Gouki and Gouken.
Capcom of USA changed the storyline and stated that Goutetsu hid away the
secrets of the shungokusatsu, but that's not true. ...actually, still
trying to find out where Goutetsu teaching it is stated, although Saiki
said that was the case. The other three (Hadou, Shoryu, and Tatsumaki)
are stated in All About Capcom, though. All that we've found so far
is that Goutetsu spoke of the shungokusatsu, not that he necessarily
taught it. Goutetsu also is stated to have described it as 'forbidden',
but he did teach the first step to it (satsui no hadou). It was
forbidden because it endangered the user as well. This also means
that maybe Goutetsu himself didn't develop the SGS but learned it from
his own master.
From Gouki's SFZ account, Goutetsu could
consciously tap into and untap out of it, much like treating SnH as an
on/off switch. He was at that level of discipline. Gouken, meanwhile,
developed a completely different art from Goutetsu and Gouki's. While
it looks similar, the method used to draw ki is completely different.
Rather than SnH/ hadou(surges) of murderous intent, it's kikouhou, the
principle of spirit cultivation, or meritous intent.
It is recorded that Gouken and Gouki witnessed their master immersed
in it once, without it even named to them, Gouki wholly embraced it, and
Gouken viewed it as a poisoning of the power of hadou later on after
Goutetsu died. The key to tapping it is thinking only of fighting and
becoming stronger without regards to anyone or anything else, resulting
in becoming willing to go as far as fight to kill; that what Gouki's been
about most of his life, and that's the barrier Ryu crossed for a brief
moment to scar Sagat.
The following six are the 6 sure killing techniques of Goutetsu's
ansatsuken, taught to both Gouken & Gouki, as defined in the book
HnN (Hadouken no Nazo).
gou hadouken: powerful surge fist, punch, strike
gou shoryuken: powerful rising dragon fist, punch, strike
tatsumaki zankuukyaku: tornado air cutting leg
zankuu hadouken: air cutting surge fist, punch, strike
shakunetsu hadouken: red-hot, scorching surge fist, punch, strike
ashurasenkuu: ashura air flash
Some other supers of Gouki's:
tenma gouzankuu: demon powerful air cutter
messatsu gou hadou: annihilating, obliterating powerful surge
messatsu gou shoryu: annihilating, obliterating powerful rising dragon
messatsu gou senpuu: annihilating, obliterating powerful whirlwind
messatsu gou rassen: annihilating, obliterating powerful spiral, helix
Ryu didn't see Gouken battle his brother Gouki. Ken arrived near
the end of the battle and was able to witness it. This is confirmed
by AAC. Gouken's daughter witnessing the battle, however, remains Saiki's
statement from his Capcom contacts.
Goutetsu was killed by the shungokusatsu (Saiki confirms this from AAC,
and the details are posted up above, Gouki's SFZ2 account). How
Gouken was killed is unknown, but he may have been capable of surviving the
SGS like Gen was. Goutetsu was murdered 20 years before the second SF
tournament.
Gouki's mentioned to be around 48 in SSF2X, so he's around 28 when he
kills Goutetsu.
Goutetsu fought Gouki in order to see firsthand what his pupil had
learned. Apparently the fight went on for several hours.
According to Roland, the mook also stated that Vega/M. Bison once
visited Gouken, looking for the heir of ansatsuken. In the process, Gouken
was thrashed (but not killed, of course). Besides mooks being generally
very trustworthy, originally, back during the times of SF2 coming out,
Vega was the one that allegedly killed Gouken. This later got retroactively
changed to Gouki doing it. Capcom decided that, instead of entirely
retroactively deleting it, to edit it into Vega just beating the heck out
of Gouken, instead (From Saiki, again).
What happens during the shungokusatsu is that the user and victim are
held by the "other side" as AAC labels it, jigoku (literally earth prison)
or hell in presumably the following common numbering tradition viewed by
Mahayana Buddhism: 16 hells, 8 cold and 8 hot (before the move was fully
established beginning in the Zero series, a simpler classification of just
the 8 hot), SGS victims taking 15 hits and dying in the final hot
"traditionally seemingly eternal" hell, while SGS survivors jostle to and
fro 16 times as seen with Gen's reactions against Gouki in Zero 3. In SF4
the shin shungokusatsu does 27 hits, with the numbering tradition now being
that of Shin (true and coincidentally Chinese) Buddhism: 18 hells, 9 cold,
9 hot plus the 10 judges of hell including Enma/Yama Daioh, again the 28th
hit being for Avici the final hot "longer-lasting than any other" hell.
The demons in hell will attack the person even if they're sin free or not.
They're demons, they'll go at anything. But with evil characters, their
past sins will also haunt on top of the demons attacking them for that
split second. Gen survives this because he empties his spirit, heart and
mind. "Onore wo mu ni suru". "Mu" means emptiness, nothingness, or
worthlessness. One of the reasons why Gouken has the kanji "Mu" on his back,
as being a polar opposite to Gouki. It's really not about how strong the
person is but how tuned and focused they are with their mind and soul, even
to the point of resisting suffering in all forms. Gouken is shown to be
able to survive the SGS the same way as Gen in Gouki's SF4 ending.
There is a miniscule, unlikely possibility that the SGS has no
hell-experiencing aspect, and is just a rapid killing move like Gen's zanei.
Unlikely because it would require AAC to be misinterpreting the move's
abilities, Gouki's SGS description in his Zero 3 ending to be metaphoric
and not literal, as well as resulting in the consensus of at least 4-5
trustworthy people including Capcom Japan reps all coming up with the same
wrong conclusion. Take that as you will.
Gouki doesn't become Shin Gouki. Gouki IS Shin Gouki, except that he
holds back punches and uses only a small percent of his power. He does
this because he doesn't want to unnecessarily kill anyone who he feels
aren't out to kill him in the first place. He's not out to needlessly
massacre people like say, Vega for instance.
Gouken had the character "Mu" which means "nothing", "naught" on the
back of his gi. Gouki has the character "Ten" for "heaven" on his back,
but this can also be interpreted as "beyond human" which is most likely the
correct interpretation. According to some Japanese myths, the bearer of this
symbol is said to be immortal. Capcom of America used the literal
translation for it, "Ten", for SFA3.
The decomposition of the kanji in "shun goku satsu" and their meaning -
at least the "goku" one is emphasized in its "prison" meaning ("hell"/"jigoku"
is actually "earth prison"); with SGS being basically a grab move, it adds
another twist/meaning to the move's name...
Gouki himself is a human being and NOT possessed by a demon. That was
something Capcom of USA made up (they changed LOTS of things for Akuma).
Gouki, however, has attained 'beyond human' status because of his sheer
training, drive for power (to the point where he gives into things like
satsui no hadou), and surviving the 'other side' through performing the SGS,
resulting in the aura of an onigami (terrible/fierce god) materializing on his
back as the kanji character "Ten".
The Kanji letter "Ki" in Gouki`s name doesn't actually mean "ghost" or
"demon". it means "Oni". Oni in Japanese is the imaginary monster that
looks like a horned human. In Japan it is also believed that human or
human’s spirit can turn to Oni when they’re extremely obsessed with hatred,
anger or vengeance.
Gouki may be evil by our moral standards (he killed his teacher and
brother), but he is not evil by his own ethical code. His code is the
harsh code of the absolute warrior. He had no qualms killing his teacher
and brother because he killed them in fair one-on-one combat. It didn't
matter who they were; the field of battle does not distinguish between
friend or foe. And he only fights and kills those who call themselves
warriors and trains in fighting; he doesn't go around killing defenseless
normal people.
about the Shinkai3000 in Gouki's 3S ending, the number besides Shinkai refers
to maximum amount of meters of depth it can dive down to, which is 3,000 meters
or 9,842 feet / 2 miles. it is designed to withstand huge amounts of water
pressure. Shinkai 3000 is refer to as a deep sub /deep submarine.
Gouki's island in SFZ2 is named Gokuentou. Him destroying it at the end of
SFZ2 in Ryu's ending is official; his cave in SFZ3 is
not on Gokuentou, only Shin Gouki's is. His cave in SFZ3 is Kiga Doukutsu, or
Cave of Kiga.
The statues are four Deva Kings of Buddhism, and we don't know why
or how but Gouki sculpted them. From AASFZ2.
He's actually once saved a kid that wandered into his SFZ3 cave and
almost fell off a cliff. There's also an official sketch of him apparently
selling/giving some fruit to a kid as a tribute to his small cameo in the SF2
Animated Movie.
Gouki seeks to awaken satsui no hadou in Ryu at the end of SFZ2, because
he sees Ryu's potential and realizes that, powered by muderous intent,
Ryu will be a worthy opponent for him. For more and how this ends, see
SnH Ryu's bio.
Gouki's design was modeled after a Buddhist image or statue. It's somewhat
probable yet unconfirmed if inspiration for his creation came from Electronic
Gaming Monthly's Sheng Long hoaxes.
On the plus side for the English version of Revival, both old endings were
translated reasonably well into the new one so US players can finally read what
Gouki said originally because in the overseas versions of the game he was
completely mute.
Also Gouki telling Vega he's weak for not relying solely on his fists is
the pre-battle speech from SFZ3 of Gouki v. Vega which did not
happen, and probably still was never spoken in SF2 if Gouki just jumps
in for the kill with the shungokusatsu.
For a bit more on Oro and Gouki, see Oro's bio.
Gouki from Gamest SSF2X
pre-mook
Beyond the Fight, the Struggle's Limit Reached by Men
Once, Ryu and Ken's "shoryuken" "hadouken" "tatsumaki senpuukyaku" were taken
up, by a fighting stylist known as Gouken. Originally, these techniques,
were devised as an ansatsuken with the aim of snatching away life, Gouken
having grasped these moves from Master Goutetsu, moves themselves refined
from enhanced might dwelling in "satsui no hadou", they were completed as
a school of fighting moves.
And so after Gouken passed away, with surely only Ryu and Ken left to impart
the techniques into the world, from 20 years ago, having murdered Master
Goutetsu with "satsui no hadou", there was a disappeared man.
This being Gouken's younger brother, is Gouki.
From the start, Gouken seldom referred to his master's topics of conversation,
having taught that the master's cause of death was a natural one, those to know
of Gouki's existence, previously in the world there wasn't a single person.
Why, now Gouki's form is now presented, that is a truth which nobody
understands.
Of course, without Vega knowing of his existence, for Gouki there is no
connection with "Shadoloo" and Vega.
Gouki's moves are roughly, the same as those of Ryu, increased offensive
ability, with ansatsuken as the standard power he largely exceeds.
mook
The strongest final enemy, the "satsui no hadou" wielding mysterious man. That
name is Gouki.
Ryu and Ken's sure-killing techniques being "shoryuken" "hadouken" "tatsumaki
senpuukyaku", these techniques were originally intended as an ansatsuken, the
master of the two Gouken being in this school, reformed it without "satsui no
hadou" it was completed as a school of fighting moves.
While, Gouken's master Goutetsu murdered 20 years before with "satsui no hadou",
there was a disappeared man. That being Gouken's younger brother, was Gouki.
From the beginning past Gouken was speaking to the very young ones in regards
to it, Goutetsu's cause of death came to likely be a sickness.
Now Gouken is passed away, Gouki's past is not known by anyone. Why now, has
Gouki's form presented itself? Any relation to Shadoloo?
With the original ansatsuken blood relation, the strong pulling Gouki.
His offensive ability wielding "satsui no hadou", an unreasonably ultimate
overwhelming might. Encouraged ones will all be instantly murdered!
What he says supposedly before fighting him in SF4 according to Capcom Japan's
SF4 blog:
"My name is Gouki. ...your genuine strikes, show them to me!"
Gouki's SF4 arcade ending comments:
As his viewpoint regarding satsui no hadou guides him to a deathmeet with Ryu
before Gouki, elder brother Gouken emerges. He sees Gouken's objective as a
matter to obstruct Gouki's intention. With Ryu's fate wagered the deathmeet
between the 2 of them now, begins.
pgVGouken.
GOUKEN (formerly SHENG LONG overseas)
Birthdate: unknown (probably before 1945, older than Gouki)
Native place: Japan
Fighting Style: ansatsuken utilizing kikouhou
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 90 kg
BWH sizes: B125, W95, H90
Bloodtype: unknown
Likes: dumplings
Dislikes: mosquitoes
Special skill: rod fishing
SF4 nickname: "Fatherly Master Like a Rock"
Street Fighter 4:
Fighting style: fighting techniques rooted in an ansatsuken
Ryu and Ken's master as Gouki's elder brother. Having refined the techniques
of what was originally an ansatsuken, afterwards perfecting them into
first-class fighting moves, he instructed them to Ryu and Ken. Defeated by
Gouki, appeared to be dead, his figure appears once again.
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
Ryu and Ken's master didn't have a name at first. Capcom of Japan
finally named him after Gouki was introduced. Even then, his name was
first heard from Masaomi Kanzaki's manga SFII Ryu: Gouken.
Gouken's name overseas was actually originally Sheng Long. I don't
know the exact details, but for whatever reason, that really was officially
his American name as given by Capcom of America themselves (this was before
Gouken himself had a name at all from Capcom of Japan). Did Capcom of
America know that it was a mistranslation of Rising Dragon Punch (Rising Dragon
actually, but whatever)? At any rate, CoA switched over to Gouken for his
name shortly after the EGM April Fools incident out of embarassment.
Sheng Long is Chinese for "Rising Dragon, IE, Sho-Ryu. The "name" first
shows up in one of Ryu's win quotes in the overseas version of SF2.
The original text was:
"Shôryûken o yaburanu kagiri, omae ni kachime wa nai", i.e. "Unless you defeat
the Shôryûken (= Dragon Punch) you have no chances of winning".
"Shenlong" (Chinese) = "shôryû" (Japanese) = "rising dragon"
So either the English translator was working from a Chinese translation, or
he was just having fun changing the name into Chinese (much more likely since
the original script of WW had no kanji to misread). Either way, Capcom of
America decided to have Sheng Long be the name of Ryu and Ken's master as well
until EGM embellished players' confusions with those hoaxes and CoJ gave him his
name of Gouken. Why? Who knows.
Gouken had a daughter. However, she wasn't originally "Gouken's"
daughter; she was Ryu's master's daughter before he was named Gouken.
Gouken's daughter has no official name (though Ryu and Ken called her
'Ojou-san' or 'Young Miss', from Saiki). There are two
official arts of her, though they differ greatly from each other so it's
hard to tell which one's supposed to be correct. The fact that Gouken
had a daughter seems to have been forgotten by Capcom and thus will
probably never resurface (the official arts of her come from old official
sources and you can't find the fact that Gouken has a daughter except in
really old sources, too. Capcom probably didn't even finalize what she
is supposed to look like, considering that the two official arts of her
look completely different from each other).
The 2 Versions of Ojou-san:
Imagine Yuri with hair like Kasumi's (KOF '99-'00 style) and wears a yellow
gi. Give her an elbow pad. Curl the pants up to her knees.
Imagine Vice with Black/Blue hair. Give her a white gi. Curl her pants to
her knees and give her the same beads Gouki has. She never made it past the
story and sketches.
Ojou-san: Gouken's daughter ---A planned and ongoing summary
Two official arts were created for her, neither one made it past the
story and sketches. Both are quite different from each other, why? And why
is she so elusive? After 2 years of searching the following has been brought
to my attention, and is subject to change as new info becomes available.
Thank you for reading this, and as always feel free to ask questions and such.
FACT:
She appeared in Capcom's own manga story for SF1 called Hadouken:
Prelude to the Struggle, long before Ryu's master became known as Gouken.
This manga is found in Gamest Magazine #13 from October 1987. This story's
no longer official with the Zero series released, but in it she's shown with
hair in a ponytail almost exactly like Yuri from Ryuko no Ken/Art of
Fighting 1, as opposed to the longer hair Kasumi look from the SF2 Fanbook
that's closer to her official version 1 look, with earrings and a jacket+pants
uniform similar to that for kung fu practitioners.
I have found one official old source as suggested in Tiamat's SF Plot
Guide that speaks of Ojou-san (text, no pictures). This book is roughly
called SF2: Mysteries of the Hadouken from Shinseisha/ Gamest released in
June 1994. Since she has no offical name the text refers to her as the
unnecessary or useless warrior girl. Before the Zero series, before even the
SF2 Movie came out which inspired the event, Ojou-san gave Ryu his trademark
red headband. Ojou-san secretly admired Ryu from a distance everyday when he
trained with Ken in their master's dojo. Naive Ryu never once noticed her
feelings until the day he left the dojo to train on his own. The day he was
to leave, Ojou-san gave Ryu her red headband, and that day he realized the
feelings she truly had for him. Referring to the unofficial manga in the
SF2 Fanbook, the story of course isn't official but the relationship depicted
is, about the only thing still carried on from Hadouken: Prelude to the
Struggle.
Presently I have found no printed evidence that Ojou-san witnessed the
final battle between Gouken and Gouki other than Saiki's word from his friends
at Capcom he thinks. Ken's SFZ entry in AAC is a memory recall of both the
battle he and Ryu both saw when they were young and the battle he catches as
his master's last: Gouken fighting Gouki, Gouken wins the former, Gouki wins
the latter.
SF Eternal briefly and of course vaguely alludes to Ojou-san in Gouki's
storyline section. One sentence says "Also, Ryu, Ken, and a fellow student,
as may be expected, master the same kind of techniques." Yes I know it's not
much, but Eternal barely even talks about non-playable characters in the
storyline anyway.
A pre-development Makoto sketch found in two Gamest publications
strongly resembles Ojou-san's official version 2 look, with short Vice-like hair
and a white gi but no beads. Ojou-san was also a leading point to Sakura's
design; Gamest World #7 reveals that a design of Ryu's girlfriend (?) had a
hand into finalizing Sakura.
OPINION:
Why two completely different arts? My current assumption is that
she tried to enter the SF universe at two different points in time, the
timeframe of SF2 and the timeframe of SFZ, and she just got scrapped due
to continuity problems. From the story above, I assume that the first
description of Ojou-san in the Plot Guide fits for the original SF2
timeframe, and seeing her in the manga story which fits the first
description nearly exactly. Why do I think this design got axed? Because
she's believed to have given Ryu the red headband before he leaves Gouken's
dojo. But wait! He's got a white one in SF1! Oh well, back in the early
days of SF2 no SFZ yet so he could go back to Gouken after SF1 and then
leave again for SF2 and she gives him the red one then, but of course now
with SFZ we know that can't happen anymore. So at this point Ojou-san's
only major role in the story is shot. Another possible reason for axing
the first design is an indecision on whether she could fight or not. HnN
calls her useless, and in the Fanbook she's not shown to be much of a
fighter, being completely at the mercy of a giant bear springing out of
nowhere and fainting just before Ryu blows the bear and several trees away
with a hadouken. BTW all three manga stories in the Fanbook are true
within the storyline of the SF2 Animated Movie only, according to
disclaimer statements in the Fanbook.
Now for the second design of her, which I like to assume was made
for the Zero series. Seems hopeful. She has a white gi now which can
easily have a white headband to go with it, so SF1 problem seems fixed.
She's also supposed to have prayer beads like the kind you see on Gouki
and her father Gouken. I also think she was given her more subtle role
in the story of witnessing Gouken and Gouki's last battle at this point
in time. What about the beads? Are they possibly her father's? If Gouki
took Goutetsu's (which currently I haven't found printed evidence for
also BTW) then he wouldn't need Gouken's also. So why was this design
thrown away from the public's eyes? Or was it? After having read some
accounts on Gouki, I think one can assume this design might have been
scrapped simply for the beads. The beads I believe are worn by one who's
mastered Goutetsu's ansatsuken. That's the significance I've seen behind
them after these readings. So we can say that with this design Ojou-san
can fight to an extent. Since she has beads, is she as good as her father?
Perhaps Capcom couldn't decide how strong she should be and/or didn't want
to mess with more beads and thus trashed her second design for that reason.
Street Fighter Alpha Generations possibly shows Fuka as Gouken's
daughter, my opinion anyway. At least in the feature they confirm Sayaka
to be Goutetsu's daughter, again from Alpha Generations only.
UNCONFIRMED RUMOR:
A possibly non-canon comic depicted a young Ojou-san witnessing her
father's final battle with Gouki: she sees lights flashing from the dojo,
Gouki walks past her totally ignoring her after everything was over, then
he knocks out Ken who had just arrived soon after.
Can anyone approve or disprove of this at all?
Thanks again for reading, and I look forward to appending as more
info becomes available. As always questions and comments are appreciated,
especially help for the rumor.
/end summary
Doubt we'll ever see Ojou-san actively resurface anywhere in the
future. HnN said that it was originally hoped that she would have a more
prominent role in the next game planned after SSF2X, back then it was SF3.
Then the Zero series came along with Sakura, and finally 3S brought out
Makoto, and most people would say with those addtions to the universe
Ojou-san's chances of prominence are slim to nill.
Not that it matters much but in the certainly non-canon Street
Fighter Alpha Generations anime, the other girl's name there is Fuka.
Seems like there are different ways to interpret who she is since they
don't flat out say. She's either -
1. Gouken's daughter
2. Gouki's daughter
3. Some random Martial Artist's Daughter that got killed.
Gouki vs. Gouken related info is above in Gouki's section.
*** pgVAlex.
ALEX
Native place: America: New York (hails from Manhattan)
SF3 nickname: The Young Blood
SF3:NG stage: Alley (New York City)
SF3:SI stage: Rooftop (New York)
SF3:TS stage: SUBWAY STATION 1:31AM (America)
Street Fighter 3 Second Impact: Alex enters the Street Fighter 3
tournament to get revenge on Gill, whom injured his good friend, Tom. Tom
told him that it was a fair match that Gill had beaten him in, and thus,
Alex did not need to avenge him, but Alex would have none of it. Tom
decides to let Alex leave, telling Alex that it is Alex's decision, and
that Alex should see the world, for himself. In the SF3 tournament, Alex
progresses up to become the champion. Alex defeats Gill to win the
championship, though he didn't get the chance to kill Gill. However, when
he arrives back home, he is surprised when he sees that Tom has fully
recovered as Tom's daughter, Patricia, welcomes him back. Alex is glad to
see everything is all right, and is now over his thoughts of revenge. Tom
notes that Alex now has matured, and has the face of a true man. Alex
declares his new journey. To face the greatest fighters in the world!
[Official]
Street Fighter 3 Third Strike: After battling opponents from all over the
world, Alex is in the process of learning/has learned the depth and
fearfulness of the fight. His fighting spirit burns strong and he cannot
suppress it. He wants to fight and get stronger, so he leaves Tom in
search of a formidable/powerful opponent [Official]. Alex meets Ryu, and
they have a match. Ryu wins this and encourages Alex to keep on fighting.
With the weight of vengeance off of Alex’s back, he is now excited about
fighting and searches the world for Ryu and other challengers. He writes
to Tom and Patricia, telling them that he is determined to have a rematch
and that he can't come home, because he must find Ryu, again [Alex's SF3TS
ending]
Where Is He Now: Searching for Ryu and other worthy combattants.
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
Tom is a good friend of Alex's late father, and like a father to Alex.
Tom is the one that trained Alex and taught Alex everything he knows, and
Alex attends his gym. Patricia is Tom's daughter and Alex cares deeply
for both as family to him.
Alex idolized Tom as a boy. His goal was to be as strong as Tom.
Gill challenged both Tom and Alex to a fight. Alex witnessed the
battle between Tom and Gill.
Alex believed that nobody was stronger than Tom and was shocked when
he learned that Gill defeated him with ease.
The gym Tom manages is located on a military base in NY.
Alex lives with Tom and Patricia.
All About Capcom and some other sources say Patricia is 14 in NG, which
is much better than the original 12 I thought she was, but still really
really young. Well, it's at least close to Sakura's age in SFZ2,
so... (oh, and that would be about 15 in Third Strike, then)
Hrm... well, despite how Patricia's 14 years old, it's possible Patricia
is in love with Alex (maybe a crush?). There's some art of her in the
SF3 secret files flyer that has her kissing Alex near the lips (though Alex
seems to be taking it more as just a showing of general affection, despite
the look on Pat's face), and another official art with Alex carrying Patricia
in his arms and the words saying (in English, too!), "I want you to realize
how I feel about you." over Patricia's head. Pedophilia once again wins.
And with a quote like "I want you to realize blah blah blah", it's not even
the cute kind of kiddie worship. It's portrayed as actual romantic love.
...meep? However, this many arts in the secret files don't seem like they
were meant to be serious, but they were done by designers so it could
count as being endorsed by Capcom. ...oi. And 14 is/was the legal age
in Japan, anyways.
Patricia's nickname is Pat. Patricia calls Alex "Alec".
Alex's father was in the military, which is why Alex himself is quite
militaristic. Tom is a war veteran, too.
Unverified: Alex is a retired soldier. This, however, is not mentioned
anywhere in AAC far as we can tell. Still checking. Likely, in places this
is mentioned, people are confusing Alex with Tom, who is confirmed to be
a retired soldier.
There seems to be something special about Alex that Gill can sense in
him. See Gill's bio for more info. I heard also that this is because Alex
was also one of the candidates for rising up to become the next Messiah,
but I'd be really surprised now, since there's no evidence and I imagine
Alex would have remembered something as big as that. In the American
version of SF3, Urien indicated that he knew Tom but that was a
mistranslation by Capcom USA. In the Japanese version, he actually says "I
have no memory of what you speak of!" when asked about it.
Alex's special intro with Hugo is a parody of Hulk Hogan vs Andre the
Giant. The way that Hugo (representing Andre, of course) shoves Alex away
easily is exactly what Andre did to Hulk. I highly doubt this intro means
the two know each other.
Tom has heard of Guile's name just in passing, and he's heard hearsay about
Nash in relation to some incidents. That's pretty much all the SF3 Fanbook
says.
*** pgVSheeptheRoyal.
SHEEP THE ROYAL (ALEXANDER THE GRATER overseas)
Age: 34 (during MB)
Height: 199cm
Weight: 163kg
Hails from: Melbourne, Australia
Fighting Style: Power Wrestling
Favorite/Main Attack(s): Shotgun Stab, Tornado Slam
Favorite Food: Calf meat (presumably baby cow)
Wrestling Federation: OWA (Outback Wrestling Association?)
MB nickname: The Stray Sheep
MB stage: Sydney, Australia
Muscle Bomber: He um... wrestled? The game didn't even
have character specific endings, for crying out loud.
Super Muscle Bomber: He erm... wrestled some more?
Where Is He Now: Dunno.
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
A CWA wrestler. Dwelled first in Australia, member of the national
rugby team, immigrated to America and at the same time converted to American
football. Famous player, but after some acts of violence occurred, turned
to pro wrestling. Although his name has a wind of nobility about it, his fat
figure, double mohawk and tongue out show that there's not an inkling of
nobleness in him. His nickname "the Stray Sheep" is said to lead opponents
into thinking he's not capable of killing them. (from his official profile)
He was a famous football player in America but was kicked out after
being too violent, so he got into professional wrestling.
From a Muscle Bomber Flyer: Having considerable confidence in his power.
Boasts of the packing might in his body weight loaded moves.
He seems similar to Big Bear/Raiden from SNK's Art of Fighting.
Both are from Australia, are around the same height and weight, are
pro wrestlers, and bear a striking resemblance to Big Van Vader. Plus,
both 'Sheep' and Vader started out playing football professionally.
*** pgVAndore.
ANDORE
Height: 233cm (FF2)
Weight: 230kg (FF2)
Final Fight One: The Andore family are members of Mad Gear. Not much else
to say, though Uncle, Grandpa, and Father Andore were mid-bosses fought at
the West Side.
Final Fight 2: Still trying to keep Mad Gear alive, the Andores are
generic enemies in Final Fight 2.
Final Fight Tough: Still unable to stay out of trouble, the Andores are in
Final Fight Tough, too, as members of the Skull Cross Gang.
Final Fight Streetwise: Growing old but still fighting and wrasslin',
Andore is one of Vitto's pit fighters (and likely the best one) in Little
Italy. Kyle beats him when Kyle offered to fight in Vitto's pit fights,
though, but he continues to be a pit fighter in Little Italy. [from game]
Where he is now: Probably still pit-fighting.
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
The Andore family in Final Fight 1 consisted of Andore and Andore Jr.
as generic enemies, and Uncle Andore, and Grandpa Andore
(only on harder difficulty levels did Grandpa appear) as mid-bosses fought
in the steel cage at the Westside of Metro City. Andore wears purple,
Andore Jr. wore red, Father Andore wore pink, Uncle Andore wore white, and
Grandpa Andore wore grey. Only Andore, Andore Jr., and Grandpa Andore
are in Final Fight 2 (blue for Jr., red for Andore, grey for Grandpa).
Only Andore is in Final Fight Tough (multiple possible colors).
Andore must be a last name. That's how his father, uncle, grandpa,
and brother are all Andore as well.
The Andores are based after the wrestler, the late wrestler, Andre the
Giant. Supposedly, also, they were going to be named Andre, not Andore,
but the real Andre's death made Capcom decide to name them Andore, instead
(probably because it'd seem in bad taste to name them Andre right after
Andre died). Another explanation why his name is Andore and not Andre is
because Capcom mistranslated his name (it's spelled in the
hard-to-translate katakana). And perhaps the most likely reason why it's
Andore and not Andre is because Capcom didn't want to get sued.
Andore Jr's bio from Capcom Classics Collection (which is apparently
his FF1 bio as well taken from Capcom of Japan's archives):
"Andore Jr. grew up acting as a sparring partner for his pro wrestler older
brother, giving him a good repertoire of wrestling moves. He's still in
training in hopes of one day surpassing his brother."
Uncle Andore wears a black outfit with white dots on his tank top has a
moustache, Andore Jr. wears a red outfit w/ black dots on his tank top, and
Grandfather Andore wears a blue outfit w/ black dots on his tanktop. He also
wears eyeglasses.
Andore is pretty old by Final Fight Streetwise. One of the comments
that Vitto yells when Andore slams you is "You still got it, Andore!"
That's nothing you say to someone who's still in their prime.
From Kyle's journal during the Andore fight in Streetwise:
"Just my luck that I'm fighting Andore. He's a bit of a legend, himself!
IMPORTANT: Andore's a notorious grappler. Gotta keep my distance."
Andore is presumably the strongest pit fighter in Little Italy.
Vitto's men are surprised that Kyle beat him in some of their
comments after various pit fights with Andore, and Kyle commented
in his journal that Andore was a legend, himself. So even though he's
been relegated to just a pit fight boss in the game, storyline-wise
he's probably still very powerful.
Andore's comic art for Streetwise has him wearing a shirt that says
"Tommy's Gym." For the final game, they apparently changed it to his
classic outfit (the leapord skin).
*** pgVHugo.
HUGO
Birth year: 1964
Height: 240cm
Weight: 200kg
Native place: Germany
Fighting Style: Wrestling
SF3 Nickname: The Iron-Blooded Giant
SF3:SI stage: Town Square in Munich (Germany)
SF3:TS stage: HOME SWEET HOME 7:30PM (Germany)
Final Fight One: Having arrived in America, Hugo's enticed by Mad Gear to
join as more brutal muscle, but by 2-3 years down the road, Hugo quits and
starts his own wrestling career. Poison most likely followed soon after.
[conjecture and official statements from SF 15th Anniversary & SF Eternal]
Street Fighter 3 Second Impact: Hugo, along with his manager, Poison, has
decided to enter the SF3 tournament in order to find a good tag team
partner for his wrestling career. He was a surprise entry, but stated to
have put on an 'amazing performance' [Official]. I doubt he found one,
though. His ending seems to be a just-for-fun ending. Most likely, Ryu
beat Hugo, since Capcom has stated that they fought. And Hugo obviously
didn't beat Ryu, since Oro was the one to beat Ryu. Ryu is one of four
possible tag team partners for Hugo in Hugo's ending (the other three being
Elena, Gill, and Necro), so if Hugo's ending did happen (even though it
probably didn't), Ryu would be the most likely candidate for the partner
Hugo picked up (and of course, it'd have to be only temporary).
Street Fighter 3 Third Strike: After reigning victorious in the CWA
tag-team tournament, Hugo is avoided by the other wrestlers because of
his amazing strength. Several days go by, and Poison can’t find anyone
within the CWA who will wrestle Hugo, so he suggests that he
and Hugo start their own professional wrestling organization. They want
to ditch these weaklings and find strong opponents. Thus, Hugo and Poison
begin traveling the world and searching for new talent in order to start
their new business, the "Hyuji Wrestling Army". [Official SF3TS Bio]
Not sure. In-game he fights Ryu as a mid-boss to try to recruit him,
but Hugo's ending here is once again a ridiculous insane ending.
It seems with Poison, they formed the wrestling group, HWA (Hyuji
Wrestling Army), and are forcing people to join and trying to take over
pro-wrestling, and in the ending, he has the entire SF3 cast's
backing, which has got to be a joke [Hugo's SF3TS ending].
Where he is now: Either back home in Germany or still wrestling with Poison
as his manager.
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
Despite looking like Andore, appearing on a billboard in Cody's SFZ3
page (confirmed by AAC that that's him and not Andore), having Poison as a
manager, and also parodying Andore the Giant in SF3 Third Strike against
Alex, there are no official statements whatsoever anywhere that
his first or last name is Andore. He has his own bio section and his own
appearances separated from that of Andore in All About Capcom, but this
doesn't mean much as AAC separates Shin Gouki from Gouki and Final Vega
from Vega as well. Street Fighter Eternal, states that Hugo is from Final
Fight while All About Capcom does not list any Hugo appearances in Final
Fight. There is no Japanese source that directly states Hugo is Andore,
treet Fighter Eternal included.
Hugo is never referred to as Andore in any Street Fighter game, and
Andore is never referred to as Hugo in any Final Fight game. Nor has
he ever been referred to as Hugo Andore in any remotely official source,
including SNK vs Capcom.
Hugo's measurements are different from Andore's. However, a lot
of time has passed between Final Fight and Street Fighter 3. Andore
losing some weight isn't outside the realm of possibility, but growing is.
Alex's special intro with Hugo is a parody of Hulk Hogan vs Andre
the Giant. The way that Hugo (representing Andre, of course) shoves Alex
away easily is exactly what Andre did to Hulk. I dunno if this intro
means the two know each other.
Poison and Hugo fight and bicker a lot, but they still get along really
well. I don't know if Hugo realizes that Poison is a guy, but I don't
think he'd really care either way since they're just good friends and Hugo
doesn't seem like the type that would look for a love interest.
UNCONFIRMED (still trying to track down source. Saiki says it's in one
of the Gamest or Arcadia issues, but which specific one is unknown):
Hugo was stated to have made an amazing performance in the SF3
tournament. He also apparently fought Ryu there, since he got hit by a
clean shot of Ryu's shin shoryuken and wasn't knocked out. Storyline-wise,
Ryu's shin shoryuken is supposed to be one of the most powerful moves in
the game. Hugo... has a lot of endurance Oo At any rate, though,
contrary to popular belief, the fact that he 'put on an amazing
performance' shows that he at least put up some of a fight vs Ryu.
It states Hugo's history that he left home at the young age (20 years),
a home consisting of him and his mother, Father and his Two Sisters.
And he left home and went straight to Pro-Wrestling. And lost his partner
through some scheme of his rival's.
From Kao Megura (RIP) who said he got it from a friend who was
very knowledgeable about Street Fighter canon from Japan:
>Also, you may want to note this:
>Here's a little background info on our big buddy:
>He was born in the countryside of Germany. He also has two little
>sisters. When he was twenty, he aimed for a wrestling career, against
>his mama's will, and left the house. He said that he would come back a
>splendid man, but so far he doesn't believe he has become one yet.
>After that, he left the country and, even if he returned to Germany, he
>never stopped by his hometown. Ah, yes, his wrestling manager is a
>Streetarrior: Poison from the Mad Gear gang of Final Fight. For all
>those of uou who don't know and still are drooling while looking at her
>ass, POISON IS A GUY!!!! You got that?! Everyone at my arcade keep
>staring at her (him) and I have to break there hearts by telling them
>this shocking truth. He's split up with Poison two or three times, but
>it seems Poison is his best partner. The story for this game is that he
>is looking for a tag team partner, after his old one died.
It's possible that he felt like he's finally grown into a man after
SF3:SI. His stages in SF3 do indicate that he returned to Germany, and
his Third Strike stage is called "Home Sweet Home" as well, although
dunno if it's his old home, but that would explain why it still has all
his childhood toys when Hugo is a grown man. Unless Hugo's like Final
Fight 2's Bratken or something, but he doesn't seem THAT childish to me.
Kinda cute that his mom held onto all his childhood toys all those years
waiting for him to come home if that is his old home. His SF2I stage
is in Germany but just in Town Square. It's not until SF3 Third Strike
that his stage becomes "Home Sweet Home". Given that Third Strike is
an epilogue meant to wrap everyones' plotlines up, it would make sense
from a "Happy ending" perspective that Hugo decided after doing well
in SF32I that he finally had grown into a real man and thus returned home.
Especially after his Third Strike bio said he was victorious in the CWA
tag-team tournament.
From Golden Dragon: Hugo lost his tag partner because of some false
rumors spread by a rival wrestler. The tag-team tournament is in 3 months,
so he enters the SF3 tournament in search of a new partner.
20 years old for Hugo was during 1984. This is 3 years before
Final Fight One.
Hugo’s intended partner for the CWA tag tournament turned on him and
became his rival (from SF Eternal. Likely the same as above where
rumours made his partner leave him).
On a side note, the three confirmed appearances for Hugo are that
billboard and the two SF3 games he was in, and that's it. He is listed as
separate from Andore himself who also cameos in Cody's SFZ3 background.
By the way, Munich doesn't have a harbour in reality. On the left
side of Hugo's 2nd Impact stage it says "Bratwurst" or "Bratwürste"
(grilled sausages) and on the right side "Bier" (for Beer).
*** pgVM.Bison.
M. BISON aka MIKE BISON (BALROG overseas)
Birthdate: 1968 September 4
Height: 198cm
Weight: 102kg
BWH sizes: B120, W86, H100 (SFZ), B120, W89, H100 (SF2, SF4)
Blood type: A
Native place: America
Special Skill: Gambling
Likes: Women, Beer
Dislikes: Fish, Hard work, Math
Fighting Style: Boxing
SFZ3 stage: Secret point 48106 (same as Vega's, Juni's, and Juli's).
Other SFZ3 stage: Las Vegas, USA
SF2 stage: Las Vegas (America)
SF2 nickname: "Feeling -- an unnecessary hard-hitting boxer," or "Feeling
needless hard puncher".
SFZ3 nickname: Explosion/Exploding megaton punch
SF4 nickname: "Roaring Strong Arm"
Street Fighter Zero 3. Bison has joined the evil organization known as
Shadaloo and has worked his way up from the lower ranks [Official]. Most
likely, he spent SFZ3 and prior running errands for Vega, then was sent to
terminate Birdie. Bison was never told why he had to terminate Birdie, but
he soon found out after he found him. Birdie, in an attempt to buy some time,
told Bison about the psycho drive that he was seeking out. Wanting even more
power and money for himself, Bison teamed up with Birdie and went looking
for the psycho drive, thinking it was a money making scheme (hehe). He
obviously wasn't very successful. After Nash blew up the Shadaloo
base, Bison regretfully remarks that he was never able to find the
psycho drive plans to make money. Birdie calls him an idiot, and says that
the psycho drive was a device in the Shadaloo base. Bison
realized to his horror that he didn't have his priorities straight, and
while he was searching for the psycho drive without knowing what it
was, it blew up right from underneath his nose. He then realizes even
more to his horror that Vega didn't get to pay him yet before blowing up.
Nooooo!!! [Conjecture based off in-game storyline].
Street Fighter 2: Bison is still a member of Shadaloo [Official. He never
directly was caught betraying Vega in SFZ3]. He now participates in the
Street Fighter 2 tournament for money, and also because he's a member of
Shadaloo (Vega is back, since Shadaloo scientists constructed a new body
for Vega. Hey, after Vega came back, maybe Bison did get paid,
after all!). His new Street Fighter 2 Revival ending appears to be a joke
ending (sorta), but it also doesn't contradict anything, so it's possible
that it could be true (in fact, I myself am inclined to believe it is...).
Apparently, after Vega was killed, Bison took over Shadaloo, but due to
his incompetence, he lost all his power and money and turned into a bum,
and Shadaloo under his command basically self-destructed within a month.
[conjecture based on in-game storyline]
Bison- SSF2XR Character Concealed File
A ruffian brawler raised in the slum streets. With boxing applied to rough
fights he aims at the top of the world!
Street Fighter 4:
Fighting style: "brawling style" boxing
The boxer who was banned from the boxing world due to a dangerous fight
style. Accepting a large amount of monetary reward, he became Vega's
close associate. Together with Shadoloo's collapse he'd become unaccounted
for....
Where Is He Now: Whether his SF2 Revival ending happened or not, he's most
likely once again a bum trying to find whatever ways he can to make cash,
again.
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
One of the four grand masters of Shadaloo, Bison is likely the fourth
(last) one.
His full name is Mike Bison in Japan. Mike from SF1 is his design
prototype, but they're two different characters.
His name was switched to Balrog for the overseas versions because Capcom
didn't want to get sued by Mike Tyson (for Mike Bison). Vega became
M. Bison (now Mister Bison) and Balrog became Vega due to this switch. Bison's
prototype name during SF2's planning stages was Tyson BTW.
Bison from Gamest SF2
He's born in the slum streets, raised in a poor family. Such that for his
childhood, he did nothing but quarrel with the neighborhood brats every day.
Such that this was his dream. "Become the world's best boxer" is said to be
the dream. He would have dreamed of reaching for a living of large sums of
fight money.
His boxing style is surely a brawling style. From the time of childhood it
was a style soaked into his nature and body. In any case power is everything.
Inside work can what! go **** off. Boxing in its entirety isn't for the poetry
fellow. That's right. Power being that note, few miso brains won't suffice.
Such that his sure killing techniques are the 180-degree rotation doubling might
turn punch. However, a back to the enemy shows what is said to mean death.
Himself receiving double the damage of what becomes complete. It's a KO after
all. And so forth, are the leg strength might-increasing dash upper and dash
straight.
Now, why with his dream of the world's best boxer did he come along with the
street fight? That's for the sake of eating that he's fighting. Yes, after
all up until now he was destitute. Nevertheless kicks and other foot moves
he doesn't use as attacks. How many defeats it is also said have not been
just to fights but also to his own fists. Sure, abandoning the dream is fine.
(I decided to censor a word there because I'm not sure if having it
complies with gamefaqs' guidelines.)
Bison from Gamest SF2D
The Period of a Three-String Brawling Childhood
He lived as the youngest child in a poor black family of the slum streets.
As for the home more and more, living a life of eating and feeding every day
was the situation. Therefore from the beginning of his birth he wasn't very
welcomed, everything strongly established upon a cruel living. But, that
great shadow already he strikes back toward his parents for self-reliance.
And also commuting to a small school to be on time, already with too big a
mouth for standards the bad brat grew to adulthood.
A single day for him, said to begin with brawling and end with brawling is
also not an exaggeration for a gloomy hardened heart. Supposing if he kept
a journal, the majority of his sentences would likely say the word "brawl"
buried with no mistake (although a person wouldn't see letters of his writing).
Bison didn't stop in this way, dwelling in the slums made him see that humans
aim toward perfect satisfaction of the entire body regardless of genders. As
usual his circumstances with strangers frequently come out to be many driving
grudges.
Such that also Bison's heart after all was pulling toward this. Just those
two fists made great sums in "boxing." His povertous self held a dream that
couldn't be helped was a dream of wealthy living, merely the materialized
possibility of several boxing matches would be to turn things around. Having
known at that moment, it was that Bison's life met a major turning point.
"To become the world's best boxer." This was the aim of Bison's trial of life
that began. But it can't be distinguished for an abruptly become boxer how
many bold front shows there are. Of course for him in formality a gym coach
to receive money and the like would be what sometimes is not done, it is said
that he also did not have friends in boxing. Spontaneous, his is a hardened
self-taught boxing style. In short from the time of his youth he came around,
"brawling" not being the striking contrast. However this is also to say his
going into boxing from the captured result, also likely that he cannot torture
everyone. Raised under a hardened environment he saw "using foot moves are
wrong in brawling" and therefore he was not seen with them. So it was the
reason that in his boxing, it was decided that with such a form there shouldn't
be any rules. Once that was done, merely the full power to beat up opponents
would be approximated to "brawling law."
Shadow Boxer
And so time flowed by. The brown hooligan without hesitation rushed in body
to almost 2 meters in growth, also his heart's desire was resulting in the
debut as a boxer. Unregulated also rough fists sharpened during phenomenal
established powering-up, the use of that large build for dashing and together
with the disbursing straight, the upper, the body's rotating reverse punch
power the big scale up made for the turn punch of enormous destructive power
to boast of, it's to be that he becomes the one of an existing equivalent fit
damn it! But that strength inversely became harm. It is said that with him
completely not knowing moderation, it was the corner of comeback impossibility
for many boxers, finally bouts turned out to be rejected by everyone. Too
late for him to be famous if he would become that story's inside. However,
today's stomach satisfies as well as distresses as he makes it, this is already
for a boxer's life the same as cutting it off.
Bison drifted unnoticed to Las Vegas. Having already saved not even 10 cents
in his pocket he was already somewhat at the wrong place, finding one night
holding a large extent of money confused in this street of the feeling of
moneymaking fragrance that had to have come around. And so his splendid
admiration came true.
Weekend evenings at that casino's main hall, it is said that as a sideshow 2
fighters go off to battle. Naturally it is to be that these two names spread
their chips to gamble. As for the gallery, either chips expectation pretends
an estimated wager on the fighter, words of scolding incitements to meet from
hidden bad loans. But no defeats to boast for the nights Bison comes out,
the wagers' many models change. From the first bout's direction on going to
the obvious for the night, the challenger side's magnification also springs
up 7 fold. However today also for Bison, the challenger-betting people's
anticipations fourish in little pieces the crushing devil's fists.
It says in the Street Fighter 2 Fanbook that the outward appearance
and profile can have one surmise that he (Mike) is believed to probably
be M. Bison's prototype.
He didn't kill anyone as a boxer, but he did permanently injure lots.
Bison grew up in a tough neighborhood and wanted to be rich, so he
aspired to become a boxer. Even though he didn't receive any formal coaching
because of his poverty, there was excellent power in his punches. He was
the youngest child of a poor home in the slums in the United States.
Bison had to train/teach himself in boxing because he couldn't afford
to join a boxing gym and he had never received any formal training from
a coach. This is why his self-taught style doesn't have much technique.
It's mostly street brawling and brute strength. He didn't even know the
basics of boxing. All he knew was that using the legs/feet in an offensive
manner wasn't allowed.
Bison didn't make a lot of money as a professional boxer and moved
to Las Vegas after he was banned from the professional ring.
He didn't get rich until he started working for Shadaloo. Before then,
he lost most of his money just gambling and being bad at business.
His only goals in life are to defeat Vega, take over Shadaloo,
get more money, and obtain the title of 'Strongest Fighter in the World'.
From the SF Anniversary Website: Having grown up in the slum streets,
quarreling over the useless presented rules of boxing he aims for the
world's strongest.
According to Street Fighter Eternal, he began breaking the rules in the
ring because he didn’t have the pure boxing skill to become champion.
He reluctantly began working as a bouncer in a casino bar after he was
banished from professional boxing. During this time, Vega approached him
and promised Bison a large amount of money if he worked for him. Bison
accepted Vega's offer and joined Shadaloo.
He killed one of Dhalsim's elephants for the hell of it. Bison... is
a very powerful guy.
SF Eternal says he plans to betray Bison and seize power over Shadaloo
at the first opportunity. Of course, his new Revival ending indicates that
he at least succeeds at that, but beyond that...
From HnN regarding Balrog's stage and its characters:
In the casino stage centered in what is known as Las Vegas, Bison's matches
seem to be financed matches. A slice of reality for the American dream with
a requisite of a large sum of funds. Here Bison conceived his boxing sense
to let loose, and the financed matches turned to street fights here...
Naturally, financed participations from people with supplied money, the rate
observers from the galleries earning a living probably not from what is said
are the funds of the American dream. And the supposition is it.
Thus said, it's possible that some people can probably witness this. In
truth, at Bison's stage one can see many types of spectators. A person
looking like a trainer and a silk hat wearing person, even a strange homeless
one witnesses.
However, what draws one's eye, are probably SFII's two stage girls from this
time. With these two, from the SFII upgrade, their designated proportions
included body exposure becoming quite showy. At the time of SFII,
anticipated fans (you out there?) secretly held back tears. With this series'
trend from now on, will there not be probably more good anticipations
forthcoming?
Some more translated info about his SF2 stage:
America (Bison) Las Vegas
Las Vegas 11:00 pm, today this street becomes a ring for Bison. A street
fight began by trivial chance, using a pair of fists as weapons he until
here rose in the world. A man gotten to be grounded into the American dream.
With powerful and actually quite profitable boxing, which he would exhaust
on liquor, gambling, and mostly women.
But in Las Vegas as much as possible, he can be a hero.
Still today, he takes up on a newly become challenger in his ring.
"My fists greedily wait for stained blood!"
Bison's SF4 arcade ending comments:
Nothing of monetary value? and, with Bison to look in the vicinity, beside him
was a child who raises a scream. That child's suspicious eye light and hand
earnestly with Shadoloo's emblem rising to the surface, Bison feels also the
favorable scent of money.
*** pgVBella.
FATHER BELLA (actually FATHER BELGER)
No bio.
Final Fight Streetwise: A priest that Vitto confides in, Bella is actually
the mastermind behind the drug GLOW that is spreading through the city.
He forced Dr. Chang to invent the drug and has Blades make people think
Vitto is responsible for it. He also takes particular interest in Cody,
having his lead henchman, Devin "The Stiff", make a deal with Cody to give
Cody GLOW so that Cody can fight again. Eventually, when Vitto gets to
be too much trouble, he has Blades kill Vitto in the church. Soon, the
city erupts in chaos and revolts as people are driven insane by GLOW.
The police along with Kyle finally trace things back to Bella's church,
but all the police besides Sgt. Sims get killed in the assault. Inside,
Bella sicks his Horsemen of the Apocalypse on Kyle and Sims. Sims
gets killed by Famine, but Kyle manages to beat him, War, and Pestilance.
Kyle finally confronts Bella on the church rooftop, who calls him Cain,
just like Kain and Abel in the Bible, so Kyle responds that 'Cain' is
going to kick his ass. He once again demands to see his brother, so
Bella tells him that he feels Kyle's pain, for he used to have a brother
he cared about as well. Bella tells Kyle that long ago, his own brother
came to America seeking happiness, but then Cody savagely killed him.
Kyle is stumped about this, telling Bella that Cody is a hero who did more
good for the city than Bella could ever dream of. Bella brushs him off,
proclaiming that his suffering led to his inspiration, which in turn would
lead to Kyle's death! At this, he points to the side, and Kyle turns his
head only to see his own brother, now horribly mutated from GLOW into a
sort of hulk with green glowing eyes and the word "DEATH" cut into his
chest. Bella proclaims that he's going to have an eye for an eye, brother
for brother, Cain to Abel, and now he was going to kill Cody's brother, as
well. Pissed, Kyle tells Bella that he'll be praying for his own dead when
Kyle was through with him. Hearing this, Bella proclaims that his name isn't
actually Bella. It's Belger! He was the brother of the leader of Mad Gear
that Cody killed years ago. His prized Horseman of Death, Cody, attacks
Kyle. Cody Death, completely consumed by the GLOW, is unable to listen to
Kyle's pleas about being his brother, but upon hitting Kyle, struggles with
himself to stop. Kyle takes advantage of this, and eventually defeats his
own brother, whereupon Father Belger revives him with GLOW and tells him
that he will be fighting at Death's side. Belger attempts to take Kyle out
with grenades and rocket launchers while Cody Death attacks with burning GLOW
flames and sheer brute force, but eventually Cody Death is taken down again.
Belger then attempts to revive Cody while fighting off Kyle with a machine
gun and his sword, putting him into position for Kyle's own attacks.
Eventually, Cody Death finally got up and tried kill Kyle one last time.
Approaching Kyle slowly, Kyle again tries to get Cody to recognize him, but
at that moment, Cody Death is shot in the back by Belger, who proclaims that
he will not allow his vengeance to be taken away from him and he'll kill
Kyle, himself. He approachs Kyle with his gun pointed at Kyle, but then
Cody Death gets up and launches himself at Belger, sending the two of them
flying off the rooftop, with Kyle shouting after his brother.
On the ground outside, a wounded Belger attempts to crawl to and reach his
gun, but Kyle grabs it just out of his reach. Father Belger proclaims that
he's Kyle's savior, but Kyle replies that he's actually nothing, and shoots
him in the head. He then dashes to an unconscious Cody Death and says
that everything will be okay. [from the game]
Where Is He Now: A gunshot to the head, and you're probably dead.
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes:
His name is Belger because Belger is a last name. His first name
is never stated.
Assumedly, Bella went by Bella and not Belger because he didn't want
Cody to be suspicious when he offered Cody the GLOW (assuming he was
the one that offered Cody the GLOW. Stiff indicates that Cody and
Stiff's boss were talking and making deals with each other at the
beginning of the game, after all)
Bella wanted to kill Kyle, not Cody. This is because he sees it as
"an eye for an eye" (Cody killed his brother, so he wants to kill
Cody's brother). This explains why he turned Cody into a monster
to help him kill Kyle as opposed to simply killing Cody instead. It
also explains why he smiles eerily at Kyle when Kyle first sees him
back at Vitto's restaurant as the two walk past each other when there
really isn't much other reason for him to care about Kyle.
Bella's four horsemen were War (Weasel), Famine (Blades), Pestilance
(unknown/nobody), and Death (first Stiff, then Cody).
Bella first wanted Stiff to be his Death horseman. Cody, instead,
was likely starting to get out of hand, as Bella tells Blade to kill
Cody because he was starting to become troublesome. Later however Stiff
Death was killed by Kyle at the GLOW factory before he could be complete
(you can see the incomplete writing of DEATH on his chest where only the
D and the E are there), and thus a new Death was needed. It is likely
that this was the time when Bella decided to make Cody into his fourth
Horseman (Death), instead. Also, Stiff is named "Stiff Death" in the
second fight against him while he's enhanced by GLOW.
Possibly a throwback to his brother, the fight with Bella also
involves chasing him down while he tries to hide behind his henchman
(Cody in this case). Like his brother, he fights armed, using grenades,
a rocket launcher, machine gun, and a sword.
He's Father Belger, not Father Bella, when you fight him.
*** pgVBelger.
BELGER
Native place: Whatever it is, it's not America (from FF:SW)
Height: Unknown
Weight: Unkown
Favorite Food: None
Final Fight 1: The rich leader of the Mad Gear gang, Belger fought Haggar
and co (well, I don't know who he fought but from the ending of FF1, I'm
going to assume it was all three) at the top of his skyscraper in the
Uptown area of Metro City. When he was defeated, he got knocked out of the
window and went splat [From the game].
Where Is He Now: Dead dead dead. Lights punched out by Haggar, Cody, and
Guy, knocked out of the window by Cody according to FF2's intro, plummetting
many stories to go splat.
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
FF1 Bio: Belger is the head of a corporation which is secretly
manipulating the Mad Gear gang. Often seen in a wheelchair because he hates
walking. Belger is a crackshot with the crossbow.
He's secretly suspected by Haggar to be the mastermind behind Mad Gear's
uprising, even though Damnd kidnaps Jessica and calls the mayor in FF1.
Although he was a businessman, he was commanding the Mad Gear in
secret. In public, he was the CEO of a huge corporation.
Belger believes the people of Metro City need him. Capcom, since Final
Fight 1, has decided to make Mad Gear an idealistic gang come Street
Fighter Zero 2 or so, apparently, and Final Fight One for the Gameboy
Advance has had some of its dialogue made to reflect this. Belger tells
Haggar before Haggar fights him that the people of Metro City, especially
the youth, need him and Mad Gear. Unfortunately, I don't think Capcom
really stated exactly WHAT Mad Gear's ideals were. Apparently, Mad Gear
wants to have order through chaos (which goes along with Edi. E using it to
arrest other gangs). Belger tells Haggar that the young people come
because they need to get away from the horrors of Metro City, and
apparently only by becoming a part of it with the strongest gang will give
one sanctuary or so, I imagine. That seems to be it. I got that based off
of Haggar's poorly translated dialogue with Belger as well as Rolento's
conversations with Sodom in SFZ3 (Sodom apparently thinks Rolento is
becoming too dictatorial with the strict military army thing, but when he
sees that Rolento is against controlling peoples' decisions through
brainwashing via the psycho drive, realizes that Rolento hasn't lost sight
of Mad Gear's goal after all). Please note that that's my interpretation
of it, but it's all I could come up with since Capcom seems to be pretty
vague on that aspect of Mad Gear.
He's an immigrant, although he probably came to America long ago for
him to have been able to build up such a massive corporation and crime
ring. This is revealed in Streetwise, where his brother states that he
"came to this country seeking happiness". Possibly, Belger was extremely
poor before he came to America, since 'seeking happiness' seems to me what
one would describe a poor person coming to America to try to live the
American dream (of getting RICH!). Also possibly, this may be why Belger
(presumably) sympathizes with the low-life youths of Metro City as per
Mad Gear's idealistic vision, if Belger himself used to be poor as well.
Him not being born in America isn't too surprising. Several Mad Gear
members weren't (Andore and El Gado off the top of my head). Metro City
IS New York (for the most part) which is where many overseas immigrants
enter America, after all.
It is revealed in Streetwise that Belger is a last name, as his
brother refers to himself as Belger, as well. Neither of their first
names is ever stated.
In the battle with Belger's brother, Kyle remarks in his journal
that Belger is a name with ugly roots in the history in Metro City.
*** pgVAlekseyZalazof.
ALEKSEY ZALAZOF (BIFF SLAMKOVICH overseas)
Age: 26 (during MB)
Birthdate: 1955 (going by MB age)
Height: 192cm
Weight: 120kg
Native place: Moscow, Russia
Favorite/Main Attack: Sunset Splash, Sonic Fist
Favorite Food: Piroshkis ( small Russian pastries filled with finely
chopped meat or vegetables, baked or fried)
Wrestling Federation: RWA (Russia Wrestling Federation?) (from V-Jump)
SMB nickname: Red Lion
Muscle Bomber: He um... wrestled?
Super Muscle Bomber: He erm... wrestled some more?
Where Is He Now: Dunno.
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
He's a friend/rival of Lucky Colt (Gunloc) and they trained together
under Mike Haggar in Haggar's gym.
He's the son of a high Russian bureaucrat/government official.
He's been good at wrestling since he was a child and received
meritocracy/special ed.
He has won many titles in sambo, karate, etc. and trains rigrously.
He hates when people don't take wrestling seriously and regard it as a
show.
From a Muscle Bomber Flyer: Disliking showmanship, a genius strong
style wrestler.
*** pgVBirdie.
BIRDIE
Height: 216cm, 201cm (old SF1 design)
Weight: 111kg, 114kg (old SF1 design)
SF1 Action: head bat (probable typo for head butt)
BWH sizes: B156, W102, H106
Blood type: O
Native place: England
Special Skill: Eating, Criminal activities
Likes: Beer, Beef Jerky, Money making talk
Dislikes: Kids, Cops
Fighting Style: Wrestling with street fighting
SF1 Stage: Hampstead, London NW3?
SFZ stage: A Coliseum (Italy)
SFZ2 stage: A London Station Underground (Britain)
SFZ3 stage: A train cemetery
Street Fighter 1: Birdie is a thug who got tired of wrestling. He joined
the Street Fighter 1 tournament in order to find some strong opponents
[Official].
Street Fighter Zero 2: Well, Birdie's still bored. He wants to reach the
big times of crime, now! Hearing of a recently unveiled organization named
Shadaloo, Birdie decides that he wants in on it. He finally manages to
catch Shadaloo's attention and manages to get in. However, eventually,
after he does, he manages to sneak into a Shadaloo data room and discover
something. Unknown to him, however, Vega was watching when he did.
[Official. Note that him fighting Vega like he does in the game never
happened in the official storyline, though]
Street Fighter Zero 3: Birdie is a member of Shadaloo. But as a mere
henchman, his daily life became very dull. And so he gathered information
to overthrow Vega. Soon, he found the keyword.... "Psycho Drive".......
Most likely, he spent SFZ3 looking for the psycho drive. However,
Shadaloo caught onto him, and Bison was sent to terminate him. Birdie, in
a desperate attempt to buy some time, tells Bison about the psycho drive,
and offers to lead Bison to it. However, Birdie himself plots in his mind
that once he finds the psycho drive, he'll use its power to become strong
enough to destroy both Bison and Vega. Unfortunately, Bison was an
idiot, so Birdie, having a very incompetent partner, was never able to find
the psycho drive before Nash blew it up [Conjecture based off in-game
storyline].
Where Is He Now: Probably stayed a member of Shadaloo until it finally
fell after SF2. After that, he probably went back to being a regular thug,
again. Either that or he's in jail. Hard to tell.
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
Birdie from SFZ
Original account from SF2 Himitsu Hyakka
Zubaan! Birdie's invincible punch caved into the hoodlum's body! Jarajara!
Boom! Birdie's arm chain, twined around the hoodlum's body, hurled the
hoodlum out into the night street.
"What! This weakling is Shadoloo? That rumored narcotics syndicate?!"
For Birdie, from having knocked down the hoodlum, originally from inside
the bar, with a whiff he thought about it.
"I being this world's strongest, being a bar bodyguard, should be carrying
money with such weaklings and their huge mugs! Unforgivable! If I get
serious, I believe money and fame will show for it. It's settled, farewell
to this living! From here on, will be the reign of Lord Birdie!"
That night, celebrating his stand, a great party at the bar. And so the
next morning, Birdie was journeying out alone. Bilking out on the bar's
party charge.......
Official Story from Gamest SFZ and AASFZ
It is the back alley of the red-light district where, together with the sound
of a thud a piercing voice arose. "You're, quite insistent!! Come forth or
leave!"
From a house pub a man was discharged, after that a man of bear-like physique
appeared. Combing his prided mohican head, he faced the man calling out.
"Shadoloo? You mean that rumored narcotics syndicate? So what of it, I'm in a
bad mood today! What? You'll take me on as my opponent you say?"
Within a moment the man went flying, jarajara to say the sound of chains echoed
out into the night street.
"What, with this guy deserting me, I should become more reaching!!" Returning
to the shop triumphant at having swiped the man's wallet Birdie suddenly
considered. Living like this as a bar's bodyguard isn't the way. At one time
proud of my various invincible fighting moves, there isn't much as far as strong
opponents anymore for me. If I get serious, I believe that money even fame will
come to be right?...... Okay I've decided, farewell to this living. From here
on I'll make it the reign of Lord Birdie!!
"What Birdie, are you not in an awfully good mood?" The pub's master spoke and,
unexpectedly Birdie stood up, calling back to him.
"Pops, today a party is celebrated for Lord Birdie's new start! Everyone, it's
my treat of course. Rave through the morning!"
From here and there of the shop cheers went up, gushing out Birdie calls as they
flourished.
That's right, in the town, no in the world their yelling out my name loudly
easily comes!
Assured of glory daily, Birdie gulped down bourbon in anticipation of
celebration.
And so the next morning, Birdie as 1 person journeyed out. Leaving behind for
the soundly sleeping master 1 farewell note.......
"I leave to you the successful career bill! Later, as a farewell gift I'll be
taking the register's money!"
Birdie from SFZ2
The Birdie
"Hey hey, don't be joking! You're not even the least bit sorry!?"
Having received from the shop's master this month's wages, they weren't even
half the settlement amount.
"Now, the beginning contract, did you really write it off? You broke down the
costs of the shop's articles, subtley from the reward, didn'cha!"
"......ke! Damn it you!"
The one who was to say hired as this shop's bodyguard, is not satisfied.
Not thrusting aside his own dull misfortune, his spirit was full of abusive
language.
To move into the shop, having replaced several people as a muscular man, the
pressure that entered in would dislodge Birdie. Those ones would accost him
alone.
"Yo! Are you, really that punk rascal they call Birdie!?"
That guy, once during the period when Birdie was a show prowrestler, competed
as the Baby Face (ally of justice) role among wrestlers. On the basis of being
fixed for a set-up job scenario, everyday he'd play the role of "a punk
influenced from the USA". Having recalled being put on airs by top stars as
a third-rate wrestler all the while being oppressed in a manner of speaking as
he was laboring for his cash income, his anger arose.
"Had you not noticed this place, would you have stopped doing it completely?
Your gale, was great for sufficient fame wasn't it!"
The men guffawed at him. Birdie flipped out.
Pulling the man's stomach pit toward himself with a jerk, he informed him close
to the ear. "Get out right now......!!"
Those guys didn't know. Why Birdie, had left the world of show prowrestling.
With irrationable scorn and unable to endure the insults, regardless of enemy
or ally no less than 20 people wrestlers and customers were sent off to the
hospital, by the sure-killing consecutive headbutts.
As if taking consecutive beatings from a machine gun, the man's face became
deformed. The final blow, pulled in from behind his companions and the shop's
master, knocking down even the wall.
"......the cost of repairs, pull it out of your retirement allowance. You
don't need help, good-bye!"
Birdie was an English caucasian punk in SF1, but Capcom Japan redesigned
him in the Zero series.
While it's hinted that Bison might be smarter than he looks, I think
this applies to Birdie even more so. Getting info on the psycho drive
without being caught probably had to take quite a bit of cunning... heck,
Bison's supposed 'smarter than he looks' stuff in SFZ3 came because he was
actually forcefully stealing the info from Birdie about the psycho drive.
Birdie is acquaintances with Titan the Great of
Muscle Bomber. There's an official art of the two together. Both are English
and Birdie was into wrestling, himself. The description with the art stated
that Birdie and Titan the Great were best friends and rivals. While they were
pro-wrestling, they were occasionally a tag team and were called the "500
Trillion Powers."
According to the SFZ3 section on Capcom's official site, Birdie was
also once a bar bouncer in addition to a wrestler.
Birdie was undefeated/well-versed in boxing and pro wrestling, but got
tired of both sports because of the lack of competition and became a bar
bouncer. That would explain why his SF1 stage is set in front of a bar.
Well, according to Street Fighter Eternal, He was thrown out of the
professional wrestling league/association for his violent temper and
repeatedly breaking the rules. So maybe he didn't just voluntarily leave
out of boredom, after all. ...or maybe he broke the rules BECAUSE he
was bored.
Vega didn't actually go up to Birdie and invite him personally as
far as we can tell. SF Eternal just states that he was offered a position
in Shadaloo after drifting around for a bit as a bouncer but didn't even
know who was in charge, as after he joined, he began trying to find out
so that he may overthrow the organization and seize power.
The file he finds at the end of SFZ2 is stated to contain numerous
secret files, including several references to the psycho drive.
Eagle and Birdie are named after golf terms (an Eagle is -2 points,
a Birdie is -1). Another reference to this is Eagle's special skill, Golf.
It seems sure he's from Hampstead, London NW3 (that's where Ian Dury
used to hang around, and they have half a dozen tube stations on the lines
that use that design of train). In SF1 we can see the Lonsdale factory
in W1F (which is under 1 mile from Hampstead).
*** pgVBlack.
BLACK
FFT boss and the final one, but still there's no bio for him.
Final Fight Tough: Black is the leader of the Skull Cross Gang. For some
reason, he's in jail, though a riot staged by Dave caused a distraction
that allowed his gang to break him out of jail. Things finally come to a
showdown with Haggar and co on top of Metro City's tallest building when
Black greets them by leaping onto the roof from his helicopter to confront
them. However, he eventually got knocked into a (really randomly placed)
high voltage electrical power generator, promptly resulting in him getting
electrocuted then said generator exploding, taking the entire top area of
the building with it. Haggar and his friends escaped, most likely by
stealing Black's helicopter. [from the game]
Where Is He Now: Well, being electrocuted then blown up usually tends to
make one lose that little thing we like to call "Life", so...
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
Lots of similarities to Rolento. Like Rolento, he has a helicopter.
Like Rolento, he's an army guy. He also has knives, like Rolento. And a
baton, like Rolento, as well. Unlike Rolento, he gets electrocuted after
the fight with him, but like Rolento, he gets blown up (albeit not by
grenades, unlike Rolento). Rolento, however, is still alive and kicking,
unlike Black. Sucks (or rather, sucked) to be him.
*** pgVBlackWidow.
BLACK WIDOW
Height: 205cm
Weight: 95kg
Native place: Hannover, Germany
Fighting Style: Mysterious Wrestling
SMB2 nickname: "Metal Bull Strike"
SMB2 stage: Hannover, Germany.
Super Muscle Bomber: She um... wrestled?
Where Is She Now: Dunno.
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
Black Widow in the game has a guy's voice and an androgynous sprite
(well, okay, maybe not the hips, but definately the chest), but it's all
probably an act. Beating the
game with her causes her to take off her costume for a split second and
laugh, revealing her true gender and not-so-manly voice.
From a Muscle Bomber 2 Flyer: A full body costumed wrestler. Her
movements are as flexible as a spider as she brings down foes.
(note: the flyer uses a gender neutral pronoun when referring to
her, I believe. I was told her gender was not immediately obvious
from it)
She's from Hannover, Germany. For those who don't know, Hannover's a
port city in northwestern Germany.
It's stated that she has a lean but slightly muscular body, and her
opponents are manipulated by her flexibility.
Sakura's designer's stated that Black Widow from SMB was one
inspiration to create Sakura's character. Not exactly sure how that
works but that's what they said.
*** pgVBlades. pgVDino.
BLADES (DINO A.K.A. "BLADES")
No bio.
Final Fight Streetwise: Blades helps Vitto evict Kyle from his restaurant
when Vitto gets sick of Kyle's disrespect. He later on betrays and murders
Vitto on Bella's orders before Kyle defeats him in the graveyard. Surviving
that ordeal, Bella and Dr. Chang would later take him and infuse him with
GLOW, mutating him into the Horseman of the Apocalypse, Famine. When Kyle
and Sims arrived, War would fight Kyle while Blades Famine took care of Sgt.
Sims. Kyle beat War and arrived just in time to see Blades Famine cut
Sim's head off. Using his trademark knives and new stretchy arms, Blades
Famine attacks Kyle but is eventually defeated and basically plops to the
ground. [from the game]
Where Is He Now: Presumably dead, although he literally DOES just flop
to the ground after spazzing a bit, unlike the more graphic deaths in FF:SW.
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
From the official website: A most efficient assassin, with a penchant
for carrying out assignments with grotesque methodology. Blades is
unpredictable, cutthroat and as sick as they come. Yet his reputation
also includes a great degree of reliability, and his services are
highly-valued.
He's pretty much your typical knife psycho killer. Sadistic, likes to
cut things, licks people, long hair, Marilyn Manson, fast and agile, etc.
You know, like Vega without the mask and narcisism additions.
Blades can even block bullets with his knives. After becoming Famine,
he doesn't block anything. Course, with GLOW making one not feel any pain,
he probably can't be bothered to.
Blades' tone and facial expression seem to agree with Bella when
Bella mentions their revelation, so presumably he chose to work for Bella
and betray Vitto because he liked Bella's idea of apocalypse more.
Famine is definately Blades. It's in Kyle's journal during the
battle. And is likely also why Kyle is so distraught when he first sees
Famine (he's really not in the mood to fight that sicko again). ...that
and he's named "Blades Famine" in that fight.
*** pgVBlanka.
BLANKA
Birthdate: 1966 February 12
Height: 192cm
Weight: 98kg
BWH sizes: B198, W120, H172
Blood type: B
Native place: Brazil (birthplace is most likely Thailand)
Special Skill: Hunting, Electricity
Likes: Tropical fruits, Pirarucu, his mom
Dislikes: Army ants
Fighting Style: self-taught savage fighting
SSF2 nickname: “The wild child of nature”
SFZ3 nickname: “The Amazon animal person”
SF4 nickname: "Jungle Warrior"
SFZ3 stage: Madeira River branch - swampland, Brazil
(Madeira River branch: maybe it could be Mato Grosso or Tocantins?)
SF2 stage: Amazon River Basin (Brazil)
Street Fighter Zero 3: Blanka lived as he pleased, deep within the jungle
of the Amazon. One day, he unwittingly hitched a ride on a poacher's car.
Curious and excited, Blanka now ventures into the outside world. In the
outside world, he probably met his childhood friend Dan as well as Dan's
'student', Sakura, before he went back to the jungle [Conjecture based off
in-game storyline].
Street Fighter 2: (okay, I'm missing the first part to Blanka's SF2 bio. If
it's anything like the US instruction booklet, it basically speaks of a
legendary beast that the locals called Blanka. Anyways, it ends with this)
...But, it has been only within the last year, that the
beast named Blanka appeared in the cities of Brazil and challenged any
fighter who would dare oppose him. [Blanka's official SF2 bio]
Blanka participated in the SF2 tournament, which his
mother saw him at the final stage in Thailand. She recognized him. There is a
tearful reunion as his mom is finally reunited with her long lost son
[Conjecture based off in-game storyline].
Blanka- SSF2XR Character Concealed File
From the time of youth, he has a past of desertion in the jungle from an
accident. With instinctive strife he fights like a wild child.
Street Fighter 4:
Fighting style: electricity, wild movements
Gotten aboard an airplane which henceforth crashed into a jungle at the
time he was a child, merely struggling alone, a survived genuine wild
child. Trifling with opponents, his style is characteristic of captured
movements. In order to become a son his mother can be proud of, he
journeys out.
Where Is He Now: Blanka probably now lives a regular happy normal life
with his mom. ...or as much as a green freaky weirdo like him could live.
:P
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
From the SF Anniversary Website: With no memory of the time of his
infancy, the jungle's Mother Nature his mother, he fights as his means to
live.
Blanka from Gamest SF2
The one (wolf boy) raised by wolves exists, in the Brazilian jungle as Blanka
(alias) grown up with nature as his opponent. But, he doesn't understand if
the jungle had borne him. At the time he was young when the airplane's at
its point to pull down, that airplane crashes. He has a sad past of lifelong
separation from his parents. Why, an infant boy alone in a dropping airplane
is a mystery....
With him growing in the jungle, his ordinary human examples exceeded as
movement speed. Claws became lengthened as to be able to mix into intense
attacks. It's a sure thing that for his sake he was native-born in the jungle.
A jipan of filth is what the story tells. From the time as a child he doesn't
understand how his trousers become so big. It's theory that in the jungle he
takes in sentences brought about from quite ordinary people.
Having learned from his opponent Mother Nature, the shocks from electric eels
known as "electric thunder" and, the human bullet attack "rolling attack."
However the rolling attack is a self-abandoning attack. Contrary to receiving
attacks double the damage it's a double-edged sword. Besides those techniques
are said to be moves not of Mother Nature's power but likely taken from what
can be said to be fighting style wonders.
In conclusion, even now he stiffens at migrating airplanes. Does he probably
not like the wandering journeys?
Blanka from Gamest SF2D
As for that name Jimmy
"Ok? Once arriving at your uncle's house in Brazil your most proper greetings!
Understood?"
"Right, I get it! Don't worry, mom!"
That was a young kid taking on what was expected to become a grand adventurous
combined with entertaining journey. However with numerous people's dreams taken
in kicked off the solid earth as expected of an airplane, before one's eyes the
destination of a deep jungle crash, the one saved ironically was one person the
youngest male child. After that this king of beasts named Blanka with a life
full of hardship, at this instant is the reason that the curtain was cut down.
In the midst of Mother Nature science's power still cannot explain the
mysterious numerous existences. At this moment captured with wide significance,
10 unfilled years of childhood, 1 person also having grown native-born in the
middle of a strictly natural environment, this mystery included here is probably
1 to count. With this world filled with danger, generally even without what
mood is taken to action from 1 error, it is said to be not at all unusual for
inviting one's own death.
Flesh Beyond Human Limits
Naturally also with Blanka's jungle living, from the beginning was no reason to
have been favorably conditioned. Rather than compare to a man of virtue, it's
no doubt that suffering would be how many-fold. But, Blanka's mercy called in
as a heavenly miracle, or else instinctive accomplishing acts is uncertain yet,
due to the state of his own flesh altering to the point of a beast, a wild death
from being left behind since then quickly became a conformity within Mother
Nature. First of all, in order to get today's native-born provisions 2 long
arms since then became filled out like logs, the tips of the hands reached to
claws became to the extent of weapons cutting apart firm ground. The torso
changed into a hardness approximately lacking a tiger's fangs, the feet from the
impressions don't seem to possess the conjecture of producing speed. And so
that returned wild flesh was not to remain unaffected by all the more peculiar
courses of evolution. Among the first to catch in a list, is of course likely
his physical constitution of electric discharges. This is for his time being in
the jungle, until the final fatal fear was savored from the electric eels the
physical constitution was experienced. Fundamentally he but at one time
accepted humiliation from opponents, surely all the power can be used in
retaliation. Even so, at the roadside toe kicks would without delay encounter
stones. A necessary matter although these electric eels also with the range of
vision is contended for flying into a fight. The first thing also having not
known how to handle these opponents gradually his enemies were disappearing.
And so approximately when he was gaining victories with ease, unawaringly he
also freely became able to electrically discharge himself, at the same time it
was that his enemies from the jungle ceased to be there.
Desiring the Fight...
Everyday no enemies...that is alone in the jungle thrown out from days of youth,
lying ahead always a belief in his heart painting it was a dream. That is
ten-odd years passed now, finally it became reality. However Blanka frankly
felt something joyless. Everyday he took up literally death struggles, too
late for a peaceful living to be able to grant as it's become boring.
In several days, he considered the consequences, he would journey out to search
for more "strong ones." The jungle is spacious. And so at this vast jungle's
"end", certainly he considered to himself that no doubt would there be
formidable enemies. Resolved Blanka having food dangling from both hands and,
proceeding to the airport it was that he stepped out.
First, in order to retaliate from the time of childhood he was slapped into
an airplane....
There are two accounts concerning his name's origins. Both can be, however
coincidentally, possible, since they're from two different perspectives. He
calls himself Blanka from the sound of a animal's sneeze, and the natives give
him the alias Blanka after the Spanish word for the color white, suggesting
that he was lighter-skinned in the past.
From HnN regarding Blanka's green skin:
Living in the jungle will tend to make one become darker colored from the
burning days, so how come Blanka's skin altered to a green color? That reason
comes from the time of a young child like a soccer ball. At the time of the
airplane crash and the rearing into human society, it could not be known how
many foreign enemies were living in the jungle.
However, he lived owing to his unique abilities, and adapting to the
surroundings, he learned techniques to deceive the eyes of the enemy. One time
he mimicked the shape of a tree, another time he imitated a moving stone, and
he frequently drowned while doing fish imitations... But just doing it shows
that such are his limits. The abundant green of the jungle. Unless one has
a protective colored body the eyes of the foreign enemy would not be deceived.
Here's how he thought. "If the skin is made green as the plants, (those
filled with chlorophyll) in that case eating them is fine!" However the child
seemed to be conceived, but actually this was his amazing circumstance.
Simply, true green he became not, after gathering suitable plants and leaves
and softening that fluid to use to paint on his body he got covered.
With months and years rapidly passing the paint necessity became no more.
It is said, that the fluid painted onto his body permeated into the skin of
his body. Blanka became green colored and adjusted to the jungle. From here
on, survival intellect with talking probably ought to be within reach?
(Blanka's skin is green because he painted himself with plants
to the point where the chlorophyll became a permanent color of his skin)
Pirarucu is a South American freshwater fish that is normally about ten
feet long. (Thanks, Juppo!)
Blanka was the sole survivor of a plane crash that crashed in Brazil.
The plane was sabotaged by Shadaloo due to several world leader figures on
board.
Blanka lived the classic tale of being
raised by animals. He also learned how to channel electricity through
himself from electric eels. His electric attacks generate an average of
1200 volts.
His mother, Samantha, wasn't on the plane though and later finally
reunites with her son in SF2. She recognizes her son by the pair of
anklets she gave him for his birthday while he was a kid. Which... seem to
have had the amazing capability to grow along with their wearer...
From HnN regarding how the plane crash:
Why did the airplane probably crash?
500 sumo wrestlers, and four thighs probably trampled simultaneously? It's
not likely that it would crash due to overweight. Besides, the beginning
takeoff was easily done, the weight check was as expected. The vehicle maximum
carrying capacity was settled.
It was public from incidents and announcements that there was engine and power
system trouble, in addition to other facts nonetheless!
Blanka flew the same flight as did a certain country's cabinet members. And
so, to wipe out those cabinet members, something on the plane exploded.
Then, who really would do such a thing? Why, for that matter Vega and the
doings of Shadoloo would be at the top of the list.
But, how was the evidence probably destroyed? With the explosion as it is,
of course the nation shouldn't be silent. However, the news from all the
countries of the world don't report only the accident. People will believe
to not question the report. Here will be the terrible place for the
organization called Shadoloo. Using an average army maneuvering member,
airplane engine ingenuity tricks were conducted. The eyes of the crash's
investigation team duped by the special tricks...
Knowing this as it becomes known, Blanka sees Vega considerably as an enemy.
He begins, having been dragged into that accident, unexpectedly a mourn for
the deceased. Praying.
From HnN regarding the aftermath:
Jimmy's ridden airplane crashed and it was heard that he was alive but lost
his mother, zero survivors and it was heard that it was probably impossible
to be any. Means to live separated the situation of piece of mind, but she
didn't want to fall from hope despite of given information. Merely
discovering Jimmy within those passengers' remains, moreover finding those
footprints of the person in the jungle it is said. Already Samantha
desperately would lack for giving up on Jimmy being there, that's parental
love after all. Surely the child is living somewhere! Such was the firm
belief, she went on a journey to search for her son.
She arrived in the Amazon and from the jungle's guide, she was on Jimmy's
trail how many days soon after but, as a street fighter journeying in
various places around the world, already it is said and known that he isn't
in Brazil.
Where did the blockheaded beast man turn to? Discouraged she returned to
her homeland in Thailand. After a long time she stepped onto village soil,
her spirit escaping with every step, she hears a rumor about a man in a
military uniform and a beast man fighting, thinking that place was where
he went, an innocent appearance, his form completely changed, the sole clue
being the leg ring (?) that she discovered. Now Samantha's bitter journey
of ever-changing panoramic running around, believing him to be originally
her son she starts running. "Jimmy." "Mother." Thank goodness. Mmmhmm.
A man in a military uniform? Perhaps Blanka fought Guile in SF2.
Just a rumor though, as stated above.
Blanka's real name is Jimmy, as shown in his SF2 endings as well as
conversations with Dan in SFZ3. Officially, Dan learned Blanka's real name
from...well, Blanka.
Blanka saved Dan's life in the jungle when Dan was young (Official.
Also see Blanka's midboss dialogue with Dan when you play as Blanka) and
Dan taught him English then. That's how Dan can understand Blanka (it's
also when Dan learned Blanka's real name) and how Blanka learned English.
Like many other things in SFZ3, Blanka and Dan's connections to each
other were inspired by the manga, Sakura Ganbaru!.
When he became more than a match for any jungle animal, he got bored
and traveled randomly through the jungle until he came upon a village.
Shortly after that he also found more worthy fighting opponents to test
himself against.
He's scared of the fence in Balrog/Vega's stage, and wary of airplanes
in general. The sentence says that Blanka hates the wire mesh in Balrog's stage.
Wire mesh reminds him of a cage, and he's wary that people will place him in a
cage due to his appearance.
Blanka's original character design had him looking a lot more human
(caveman-ish), but Capcom decided to have him be more beastly looking by
the time Street Fighter 2 came out. Another fun character designing fact
for him is that for later versions of Street Fighter 2, they made him look
a lot more ferocious because they thought that he looked too cuddly. When
Street Fighter Zero 3 came out, it looks like Capcom went back to making
him cuddly, again. And funny, too. Strange.
His prototype name was Hamablanka and even before that, "beast man".
From HnN regarding the camera man in Blanka's SF2 stage:
In the vicinity of the screen due right, flash-flash of Blanka's fight he
photographs, what's with him really?
Merely where a tourist, one of probably many believing Blanka is human and
taking pictures, actually he is the principal managing person for Blanka.
He is a freelancing cameraman wandering all over the world from place to place.
Having gone all around every area of the world, yet to become famous with the
scenery and people and so on collected on film, that is why the broad man does
it.
And so, one day by chance, encountering Blanka's fight in Brazil, there the
interest he waited for, frantically he continuously pushed the shutter.
Blanka's fight just over, Blanka himself the interest he waited for,
immediately he talked to Blanka, throwing out various questions. The story
proceeded, the airplane accident when very young, lifelong separation from
both parents, jungle life, the becoming kindred to the street fight and such
that cannot be known. This story striking the heart, he sympathized for
Blanka, and helped out a little for his kindred, acting as managing finder
for Blanka's appearances, resolved to spread him all over the world.
For solitary Blanka a lone object for protection, an object of support
appeared instantly.
But this is the persistent rumor, the story is said that he's truly an
ordinary tourist.
So Blanka purposefully tried to make himself famous in hopes that his
mother would seek him out from it.
From HnN regarding Blanka's SF2 stage:
Now it's a run-down house but, people nowadays dwell there as normal.
However, with the street fights beginning and the spectators it underwent
a complete change. According to inquiries of the place, it is said that
a little money was gathered. A small amount of plaster to care for, it is
not clear if there was any advantage gained from the empty offer on one's
own house. Yet, what can be thought of this house from its inside to its
outside?
But don't worry about the owner, it's not Blanka. Why then, the desire to
live in the heart of the jungle thus, with presumably no house in this
place? There it would be a waste to journey from all over the world to
the house for street fighting. Actually, this house is this vicinity's
landlord's house. This landlord likes the finest of fighting moves, his
own house's part used as a witness to the fights.
Having an interest in Blanka's strength the landlord has Blanka and strong
warriors from all over the world fighting, and is believed to be making
money moreover. It's the landlord and Blanka together who make a trip all
over the world for the sake of street fighting (travel expenses from the
earned money at Blanka's stage).
Actually for the house, its external look is that of a run-down hut but,
naturally there's heating and air conditioning, a refrigerator among AV
machinery and tools and so on, all manner of perfect modern conveniences...
Of course a source of electricity everyone imagined, it can't be Blanka's
human electric generation.
A translation of some other info about Blanka's SF2 stage:
Brazil (Blanka) Amazon River Basin
With Blanka usually in the deep jungle dwellings, for the first time in
1 year he descended towards a town. The talk of the town was rumors.
Anything, from street fighters revealed daily, to street fights spread out
as such.
Now, if only he were previously like the thicket king Onsa (a panther) he'd
also be the same as a cat. Even with the great Amazon jungle full of danger
as well, his enemies quickly became no more.
"Uoh, uoh, uohruuuu!"
Desiring formidable opponents his blood within rose in an uproar. Desiring
a newly become struggle he pledged his determination to journey out into the
world.
Blanka's SF4 arcade ending comments:
The source being a letter from Blanka, his mother Samantha visited her son
in so-called Hong Kong. Continuing to search for her son before her appears
a pink padded undershirt man, due to his cooperation fulfills for Blanka the
tranquil reunion with mother.
*** pgVBratken.
BRATKEN
Height: 205cm
Weight: 197kg
Blood Type: AB
Native place: Fought in Holland (not conclusive of birthplace)
Final Fight 2: Bratken is a psychotic over-grown boy who loves to play
with toys. To have Bratken join the gang, some gang members bribed him by
locking him in a room filled with toys.
Where Is He Now: *shrug*
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
He's a big psycho lunatic who's too big to control, so he's kept in a
prison when he isn't needed. A single celled mother complex. Scary when
restless.
*** pgVCaine.
CAINE
An FFT boss. FFT bosses don't have bios to my knowledge.
Final Fight Tough: Caine's a possible third boss that you fight if you take
the bus on the third stage. He's fought in a scrap dump. However, to get
what is probably the best ending, you skip right past him and never fight
him at all. [from the game]
Where Is He Now: Wondering why Capcom doesn't give him any love like they
did for the Final Fight 1 bosses?
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
He's a mechanic. With goggles and a wrench. A wrench that he pokes
you with. Which... seems to be the only thing he does.
FF3 overseas Bio: Nicknamed "The Destroyer." That says it all. He is
considered by far the most dangerous fighter in Skull Cross. Caine's odd
movements coupled with his long reach make him a brutal opponent. And
throw in his skillful use of a wrench, and you've got an opponent that
is hard to get close to. If there is any weakness to Caine, it is his
lack of depth perception. Try jumping around and keep moving. He might
have trouble finding you!
*** pgVCallman.
CALLMAN
Another FFT boss with no bio!
Final Fight Tough: The second boss you fight. You either fight him in a park
or in a restaurant (that he's probably the bouncer of), depending on
which path you take. Not much more to say. [from the game]
Where Is He Now: Wondering why Capcom didn't even bother to so much as
give him an official bio when Capcom gave all the FF2 bosses some?
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
He's a bouncer. With suit and tie. And... um, do I have to say that
all the FFT bosses are Skull Cross Gang members?
FF3 overseas Bio: Skull Cross' middle-class big shot. He's the guy with the
biggest chip on his shoulder. Coleman hates all enforcement types, and
especially Mayor Haggar. His main purpose for Skull Cross is as an
informant, but he has strong street fighting skills as well. He is big
and strong, so keep moving and don't get grabbed by him. You'll be
sorry!
*** pgVCammy.
CAMMY
Birthdate: 1974 January 6
Height: 164cm
Weight: 46kg
BWH sizes: B86, W57, H88
Blood type: B
Native place: England after she joins Delta Red (birthplace is unknown
(as Killer Bee))
Hobby: ?
Special Skill: ?
Likes: Collecting data from fights (Shadaloo)
Cats (Delta Red)
Dislikes: Sympathy (Shadaloo)
Anything when she's pissed off (Delta Red)
Fighting Style: Shadaloo elite special force techniques
SFZ3 stage: Mikonos Island, Greece
SSF2 stage is located in an Old castle (Britain). The coat of arms
in the Cammy stage looks like the flag of Lower Saxony! Or maybe it's the
family of Alfars, or Bewes of Cornwall. Neither of these are promising, so
Capcom probably made the thing up. At any rate, the actual location for
her seems to be central/northern England. By the looks of it, her Britain
stage is not London. Devon, West Midlands, Leicestershire, or
Northamptonshire, not sure just some where in the heart of England.
"Fraser Bala Castle. Nearby is the British Intelligence Department's base"
SFZ3 nickname: "The battle doll of forgetfulness," or "The
forgotten battle doll"
SSF2 nickname: "Innocent battle bee"
Street Fighter Zero 2: Cammy was in the latest version of Street Fighter
Zero 2, Street Fighter Zero 2 Dash, but she was a hidden character that
you could only play in VS mode so she had no story, until SFZ Fighter's
Generation came out. Her debut as Killer Bee had her running into Rose and
Vega before he places a limiter on her psycho power abilities because her
destructive potential is so great, much to Vega's glee.
Street Fighter Zero 3: An assassin of Shadaloo, it would appear that
Cammy sought to kill Dhalsim, who opposed Shadaloo (because Shadaloo is
EVIL and whatnot!!!). Dhalsim, however, made her stop as he used the power
of Yoga to realize and have her realize that she was becoming
self-conscious of herself. This may or may not have actually happened, but
either way, Cammy began to realize that Shadaloo was brainwashing her and
controlling her. Eventually, Balrog, who was sent to spy on her, found her.
Cammy tells Balrog that he's disgusting, and to just get out of her way. But
then, to her surprise, Balrog tells her that she's just an experiment, and
that Vega doesn't need her anymore. He then attacked! Cammy, who has
never betrayed Shadaloo and doesn't really want to start, now, tells him to
back off, and that she doesn't want to hurt him. Balrog was impressed when
Cammy stated that, and then he purposefully lost the match. He revealed
that Shadaloo knew Cammy was becoming too independent and was going to kill
her. Poor Cammy can't understand why, because she never even betrayed
Shadaloo or anything. Later on, Cammy had to deal with two of her fellow
dolls, Juli and Juni, who were sent to terminate her, but she was able to
convince them and the rest of the dolls that they were all simply being
manipulated. When she finally reached Vega, she asked why she had to die,
since she had never betrayed Shadaloo and was still loyal to Vega in the
first place. Vega responds by demanding to know why she did not kill Balrog
after defeating him, and when Cammy can't answer, he answers for her,
telling her that she has gained self-consciousness. He then tells her that she
was created to be his next body, but now that she has gained
self-conscious, she's useless to him and he will terminate her, personally
[Conjecture based off in-game storyline]. All thirteen of the dolls turned
on Vega, resulting in them all almost being killed [Official], but they
were finally able to force Vega to retreat. Vega revealed that if he
were to die, all of them would die as well, and he told Cammy that she
herself was just a clone of him, and that he'll always be in her mind. He
then tells the other Dolls that if he dies, they'll die as well, and that
they could never even dream of ever being able to live as humans. Cammy
can feel him creeping into her mind, but refuses to listen and give in to
Vega, and quickly heads for the psycho drive with the rest of the Dolls to
save them all. On the way, Chun-Li, who is there to blow up the base,
briefly spots her, but only for a split second because Cammy's too fast.
Cammy sacrifices herself by staying behind to operate the psycho drive and
revive the rest of her doll allies, saying that they aren't just dolls and
deserve to live. She tells them that even though she has to stay behind to
operate the psycho drive to save them, the rest of the Dolls will survive
and live! Cammy transports them out of the base, then finally loses
consciousness, herself [Conjecture based off in-game storyline]. Later on,
Balrog would come across her in the psycho drive room... finally, Chun-Li,
Nash, and Guile together destroy Shadaloo's base and presumably Vega, but thanks
to Balrog, Cammy wasn't in it when it blew up [Official].
Street Fighter 2: Cammy woke up, with amnesia and no memory of who she
was. She was near the English government and practically on the doorstep
of Delta Red (a unit from MI6 for the English Government that specializes
in anti-terrorism), which took her in (As for who brought her to Delta Red,
look above and take a guess). Colonel Wolfman became her leader, and she
stayed with them for three years before SF2 started. Upon SF2, she
remembered about how Vega was connected to her past somehow, and
participates in the tournament so she may finally confront him and find out
about her past [Official]. When she finds him, Vega tells Cammy that she
is actually a DNA clone of him. He tells her that she was slipped into the
British Empire, but he didn't think that Cammy would
have lost her memory. He then says it doesn't really matter, since he
doesn't have a use for Cammy anymore, anyways. Cammy is shocked at what
she hears. However, her Delta Red teammates later on tell her that it's her
future that counts, not the past. Realizing that they're right, Cammy lives her
future life with Delta Red to the fullest, and forgets about the past,
because the future is all that matters. Why live in the past, after all?
[Conjecture based off in-game storyline]
Cammy- SSF2XR Character Concealed File
The British Intelligence Department's superior special engineering unit member
Cammy. In order to regain her own memory, the struggle continues for her.
Final Fight Streetwise: Cammy's an optional pit fight in Japantown. No
storyline reason for her being here is really given. Guy's men speak of
her with a respectful tone but don't say why she's there. Of note is that
the pit fights in Japantown take place in a Dojo without an audience and
thus don't seem as seedy, shady, and illegal as other pit fights, but I
dunno. Don't see why Cammy would travel to Metro City to pit fight for
money or something. She has her own lager brand in Final Fight Streetwise
judging from the (possibly just easter egg) marquees above the pool tables.
She starts each match with a respectful salute so I don't think she's there
just to trash talk for her ego. ...maybe someone at Capcom was just a big
Cammy fan or something and thus decided to include her in this game. It
might also be a reference to that Maki Cammy official artwork, despite how
it was stated by the artist that art had no storyline significance.
Where Is She Now: Cammy is now living her new life with Delta Red to the
fullest at the end of SF2. By Streetwise, dunno, but she's probably still
with Delta Red (It's her Delta Red butt that's on her lager advertisement,
after all, although in-game she wears combat army shorts, possibly to show
that she isn't there on Delta Red business. ...I don't know. Maybe she
became a super model or something. A pit-fighting one!). She's back in
SF4 still with Delta Red. Remains to be seen what her involvements will be.
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
SF2 Anniversary Website Blurb: With no memory from three years on, the
English information bureau's specially crafted member. Does she approach
the truth?
Shadaloo Cammy's nickname is the Killer Bee. Of note is that Cammy
has been referenced as the Killer Bee even in Club Capcom notes as old
as 1994 (way before Shadaloo Cammy existed).
Cammy has a birthdate. Shadaloo created her as a baby and
watched her grow. Unlike the other Dolls, she WAS definitely 'born' within
Shadaloo.
Cammy was created to be Vega's next body (this is most likely a good
chunk of what Vega means when he calls her a clone), but when she gained
self-consciousness, that kinda fubarred that plan really badly. Vega
seeks out Ryu to be his next body instead in SFZ3, either because Cammy
gained self-consciousness or just because he felt Ryu would have been
better.
From Siegfried, because I'm constantly needing to reiterate and
emphasize this for some annoying reason: Cammy isn't a clone (as in being
male and having black hair), but rather a completely artificially enhanced
human prepared to accept Vega's mind and be in top condition physically,
so that he would have a backup body in case his was destroyed. They
probably did some genetic engineering before her birth, but she's human.
Cammy is 100% female.
Vega also wants to destroy Cammy because with self-consciousness,
there's a chance Cammy will take control of the psycho drive which could
cause tons of devastation. He warns Balrog of this when Balrog calls Vega a
coward for wanting to kill Cammy. In truth, Cammy DOES end up taking
control of the psycho drive, but she uses it for a good reason. To save the
rest of the Dolls.
How Cammy got her scar is unknown. HnN suggests that she got it during a
terror group mission with her team, which would suggest today that it was
a Shadaloo mission since she has her scar as early as Zero 2, but at the time
was assumed to be within Delta Red's regimen. Who knows.
Cammy does not have a very high opinion of Balrog. He sickens her...
probably with his sadisticness or something. It seems to mostly be a
love-hate type of relationship than an absolute hatred thing, though. When
Balrog attacked her in SFZ3, she tells Balrog that she doesn't want to harm
him.
Considering that Cammy was able to convince even Juli, "The Assassin
Doll of Cold Heartedness", not to kill her and to join her against Vega
(note that when you play as Juli in SFZ3, Juli doesn't kill Cammy. Cammy's
alive for Juli's ending), Neither Cammy nor Juli show that they have any
past hatred for each other in their dialogue during Juli's storyline. There
is absolutely nothing to indicate that the other Dolls hated Cammy and all
signs point to that they actually respected her if she was able to get them
all to join her against Vega so quickly. Cammy's already a love-hate
rival with Balrog, anyway. And of course, Cammy decides to sacrifice herself
to save all the other dolls without a second thought.
Unlike the other Dolls, Cammy can survive even after Vega is dead.
She was created with this in mind so she'd still be alive for Vega to
transport into her body after Vega's current body expires. This is why
Cammy doesn't need to restore herself with the psycho drive in order to
keep on living, though she was still too wounded by fighting Vega and from
Vega trying to conquer her mind to get out of the base (which is why Balrog
had to rescue her).
Well, okay, some people translate official bios as native place, and
some as birthplace. It's hard to tell, since the two are quite different
in the specifics (Cammy's native place in SF2 could still be England without
her actually being born there, for example). In this case, then, Cammy
not being born in England is something that was just her native place and not
her birth place all along. So far most translators lean towards native place,
though. Ditto for Blanka and Brazil.
From Gal's Island #3 Capcom interviews, it's stated that Cammy is
indeed 19 during SF2 and her place of birth even then (1994 real time) was
unknown, although her current home is listed as England.
Capcom had Cammy inspired by Gally of Gunmu. They even share the same
'getting up from knockdown' style.
Cammy's ending in SF2 in the Japanese version has Vega telling her
that she was his spy, not that they were lovers.
Cammy's Delta Red teammates are
Delta Red chief Commander W. Watson
Matthew Mcoy- The big cyborg dude.
Colonel Keith Wolfman- Dude with the scarred face. He's like a father to
her.
1st Lieutenant Lita Luwanda- Girl with big-ass blade.
George Ginzu- the funny-looking kid.
No canon info seems to exist on the blue goopy thing on Ginzu's head.
You can see it in both Delta Red's official art and in Cammy's SF2 endings,
but the thing isn't mentioned at all in any official source. Strange.
(FYI, I'm talking about the thing that many people think looks like one of
the ghosts from Pacman. It has eyes and such.)
Judging from her SFZ3 ending, there is a chance that deep down within
Cammy, Vega's soul still exists waiting for a time to come out...
Cammy, like the rest of the Dolls, talks like a robot, though she uses
'normal' speech a bit more often than the other Dolls, too.
For more on the Dolls, see Juli and Juni's bio.
Cammy as a Doll is also known as "Doll Zero". The_Emperor of Living
Room Games for the Capcom World Tournament game they were producing (but
was cancelled) referred to her as "Unit Zero (aka Killer Bee)" while
listing the Dolls.
White is supposedly her official last name according to some reputable
people I've talked to. They said they've seen it in several official
publications, but other people have not been able to track it down.
It was never mentioned in connection with Shadaloo Cammy.
The earliest Japanese source found where Cammy's last name
was White was a foldout in the Cammy Gaiden Graphic Novel.
Vega's done with Cammy. If he wasn't,
he would have tried to utilize her in SF2. Instead, he just brushed her
off, basically saying "This is your past. Now go away, loser!" He even
tells her "I have no use for you anymore." in SF2 Revival. He doesn't even
TRY to get her back on her side anymore, unlike previous versions of SF2
(originally, he generally said "You were on my side! But you lost your
memory!" Now he basically says "You were on my side! But you lost your
memory. Not that I give a damn because I don't need you, anyways!")
...you know, for a girl that's only appeared in 3 storyline-canon
Street Fighter games, there sure is a buttload of information on Cammy.
There's an official art of Maki with Delta Red Cammy for some reason.
Apparently, however, this artwork was part of a series of 3 artworks done
by the artist "just for fun" and doesn't mean anything (the other two being
Chun-Li with Rockman/Megaman, and Ryu and Ken... holding hands)
It's possible that Cammy being a pit fighter at Guy's dojo is a really
vague reference to the Cammy Maki artwork. Maki herself isn't in Streetwise
(although an angry schoolgirl has the same name) but her sister (Rena) was
apparently meant to be married to Guy (something that seemingly didn't
make it to the final version).
Cammy has pants (shorts) in Final Fight Streetwise. Oh the humanity!
The ad for Cammy Lager in Streetwise reads "Get cannon spiked!" (Lager
is a type of beer). ...Cammy was quick to commercialize on her popularity
after SF2, I guess. It's Delta Red Cammy that's depicted in the ad. Well,
more specifically, the back of Delta Red Cammy's lower half...
Cammy in FF:SW greets you with a respectful salute before each battle,
so it doesn't seem like she's pit-fighting there just to be bad-ass.
Maybe she was just invited there by Guy or Maki (not that there was ever
an established relationship between any of them). Guy's ninjas seem
respectful of her as well, so the thing as a whole doesn't feel as shady
as the other pit fight areas in the game. Arcade Mode doesn't reveal
anything about why she's there (she's a mid-boss so there isn't any
dialogue related to her, even. Not that Arcade Mode's storyline is
anything to be considered, anyways).
Artwork in the FF:SW promo comic implies that she was originally going
to wear long camo pants, but it got changed to shorts for the game. Either
way, Cammy has pants for once. Travesty!
SF2 stage secrets from the Fanbook:
England (Cammy)
The old fortress is called Fraser Bala Castle. Nearby is the British
Intelligence Department's base.
The lighted window...
Delta Red's comrades watch over the match's whereabouts!?
Aurora
An artificially made aurora in order to camouflage the Intelligence Department!?
Mysterious mansion
What the, a character location which has them disappear!! The Intelligence
Department's base!?
Colonel Wolfman named her after discovering the pendant in her hand. Prior to
that, Vega most likely named her from the "CAMM" inscription as well.
Cammy from Gamest SSF2
Story of Cammy
At the site of the old castle the top secret institution was built- British
Intelligence Department: Special Building Unit Members Training Base. That
being, the higher class division is quite a section of people nothing but
unknown.
It's a stormy night.
Near the base a landslide occurrence, it paralyzes a part of the generator's
capacity.
As group members proceeded to repair the actual place, from under the crumbled
earth there was detection of a single young girl. Sustaining injuries, losing
her consciousness they protected the young girl, bringing her back into the
base.
In time the young girl regained consciousness, with complete loss of memory.
Who was she herself? How was she at such a place?
A clue to the young girl's identity, a pendant in the young girl's hand had only
these characters engraved.
CAMM 740106
The military placed the young girl within the institution, in order to not have
indications leak out into the outside world.
The young girl was placed under the supervision of the training commander
Colonel K. Wolfman.
The young girl diligently kept firm, while in her mind not understanding what
she was, she was feeling signs of heavy anxiety.
For Colonel Wolfman, from the military the young girl's surveillance report was
obligated.
Nonetheless the institution's existence cannot be public, on account of this
young girl also the incident she's involved in, a terrible calamity, the colonel
believed.
However in time he came to know unexpectedly of the military's true motives.
The young girl's injury recovery power, was by far surpassing the healing power
speed for typical people.
Complete recovery in 2 some days trivial and the whole body frequently a bone
fracture scene, but in 3 days seeing coming out cured, 1 week later a wholly
healthy body was returning.
"......in any case, common sense is not to be considered. Her flesh is such
that, as with same aged average girls it doesn't particularly change. However,
regeneration ability as well as interior blood antibody generation speed,
biological history is but a class to examine......"
While hearing the trained excitement from the doctor in charge, Colonel Wolfman
felt a disgreeable hunch.
"The military is speeding up the investigation, the living body weapons
project....do they plan to utilize that test?"
Although the colonel didn't know that project's details very well, the matter
of treating her as a suitable test model he could easily imagine.
"This girl will probably know each and every thing......even this matter,
sooner or later......"
Her facial expression was gaining brightness daily.
The colonel, from the pendant's characters, decided to call her Cammy (CAMMY).
"Cammy......that's, my name......"
"I still don't know your true name, to be forever nameless would be likely
distressing. I believed it wouldn't be a bad name no?"
"......Thank you. Cammy, is it?......"
For the first time one could see in relation to her facial expression, the
colonel began to smile broadly in the face. However, uneasiness bearing down
from the colonel's heart could not drive away the matter.
And so the uneasiness, would become a real circumstance in an unexpected shape.
From the day that Cammy recuperated 3 weeks passed by.
For the Special Building Unit's commander-in-chief, it would be Supreme
Commander W. Watson's regular inspection day.
For the supreme commander to visit Cammy's room, was inquired of Colonel
Wolfman.
"This girl, is illustratively a young girl yes?"
"Yessir."
"Hmm......is she not still a kid? To be confined in such a place, is likely
boring."
The supreme commander held out a hand, at that moment Cammy approached.
Cammy's figure, flew out in the manner of a flip. With superhuman speed, she
thrusted a leeward hand blade at the supreme commander!
"......?......huuh!?"
Our returned Cammy's left hand, was pinning onto Colonel Wolfman's side. By a
hair's breadth spot, the colonel parried Cammy.
Lukewarm flowing blood is going along Cammy's arm. From the colonel's belly a
large quantity of blood is breathing out.
"Iyaaaaaah......!!"
Cammy loses her spirit, to defeat.
"Colonel!! Hang on, hey, somebody a doctor!!"
"Supreme commander......my greatest apologies, this carelessness, I'll atone
with my life......as for what of this young girl's disposal......guh......I,
honorably entrust......"
The colonel distantly withdrew while enduring consciousness, pleading for Cammy.
This time the colonel was being assured.
She......Cammy, without being released from the evil spell. To do that, it can
only be me and no others, quote.
The supreme commander, gazing at the colonel's strong determination, laughed.
"Mmm......none other than your appeals would each be a reason to
refuse......very well, regarding that young girl, you are entrusted completely.
Rest assured."
"Th......thank you......very much, supreme commander......"
The colonel and Cammy are transported on stretchers.
"Colonel Wolfman......I request of you. In this young girl, a revelation has
begun interest among the military's supreme management. To not engage the
matter into a great tragedy, the bad sprout has to be plucked. Unless the
nation gets going, I cannot cover up for you......"
As a blessing, the colonel's wounds didn't become an emergency.
However, Cammy after that for quite some time - roughly 3 days' time -
occasionally lost consciousness. And so from her brain waves new facts were to
become clear.
Under the deep psyche's special mind control. Her own purpose as defined
unrelated, inducing techniques of specified action, she was performing them.
Usually, that would seem to be a shock of memory lost, that effect being mostly
lost. Probably from here, suddenly people would advance as it was likely no
matter whatsoever.
With this event as a start, the military seemingly would come to a mustering
manner for the high interest in Cammy. These were the misunderstood unnaturally
performed ones, the military would handle those theories' explanations as
maximum priority items that would supersede any break-through's.
Already having existed was the menacing biocontrol technology. Making a belated
start in development, defeat would be significant.
For Colonel Wolfman, having thought between such a military intention, usually
like Cammy an age not going to a young girl against being a person assigned a
cruel fate, she would have recalled unspeakable resentment.
"Something with great power, will be set in motion......"
Before her even more increased strict observation would be placed for Cammy.
1 week elapsed since the attacks on the supreme commander- calmness returned to
her, she was solidifying her primary determination.
For Cammy, Colonel Wolfman would volunteer.
"For myself as well, please let me train."
"What?......no, it's unreasonable for you!"
"No, I will do it. I'll do it on a hunch as such. ......I, know. The military
treats me as a "weapon" sample right? Wanting more accurate data,
so to speak......"
"You......were finding out about that, how......"
"Colonel......you have helped me. For I trust that, only you are alright.
Unless you say absolutely not, I won't do anything reckless......but, I want to
do your work. I want to exert as much as will become your ability. As it is a
caged bird's way will always seem to live......"
Cammy's eyes didn't have a spot to be nervous. For Colonel Wolfman, his own
worrying spirit at the extent of her weaklessness he forbade not profiting from
a forced smile.
This girl, is a strong child.
"Your human life is your own. No one can shackle it. That which continues to
clear away your own destiny, I don't resist. Instead, I believe in wanting to
do with becoming ability!"
"Colonel......then......"
"Cammy! It seems that today, you can take up an education with my squad's
qualified regular members. It'll be harsh training......care to follow us?"
"Y......yessir!!"
- Cammy!, I have decided to not believe that you are a "weapon".
For you, the struggle will be for the sake of cutting off from your tormenting
evil past.
From this time forth, therefore you will handle as a true human life -
Thus Cammy's living of training began.
Her motor nerves, surely were beyond imagination. Very much no more than a
20-year-old woman's movements could be believed. Her body possessing latent
ability, before long limits were extending.
Dealing with weapons and the like, to the degree of a blink of an eye she
recalled. As though in order to know for her health. With her team
(comprised of 4-5 people) in a short time rising to wonderful ratings, more
and more did the military upper layer section having judged without a margin
suspect her concerning her ability.
The military's supreme management plans experimentations.
"Here is one, how much of her ability, as we can get her to show us."
"Indeed......and, that is to say, you don't suppose......"
"That's right......the most troubling existence we handle, the spy for
'Shadoloo' is brought in. Now whichever missions she has or not, their
assisted leaders'existence investigations......unless she, grasps onto some
hands perhaps, not......"
"If the risk is oversized......?"
"Already our military's test preparations are continuing settlements. After
that will be data through actual fighting. An amazing outcome to anticipate
will it not?"
Cammy cleared nearly all of Assessment SA (Special A) in the curriculum.
In her team, as it were a graduation subject of to say announcing actual
fighting missions.
"Restrain the unlawful narcotics smuggling organization LA-66-Codename
'Shadoloo''s real leader's person!"
"!" Colonel Wolfman is surrounded by an intuitive of distrust.
"Shadoloo......surely only the British interior would've targeted it, a
worthless puny organization......previously an organization such that it's
existence was quite dangerous, says the data but......"
Regarding Shadoloo's truth, there's almost no one who knows that exact detail.
They of the Special Building Unit Members aren't an exception.
However for Colonel Wolfman, he sensed in "Shadoloo"'s name some kind of heavy
ill omen.
"What will the military to say do with Cammy......Will the living body weapons
project be discontinued to say reported......you don't suppose, no."
There wasn't a thing he wasn't suspicious of one way or another. The mission's
execution being the most priority.
"This mission's success, should become the greatest step for her human
life......such that I couldn't believe."
The eastern sky continues increasing in brightness.
The boarded team takes off in a helicopter.
That, in time to arrive at the destined battle, peacefully passing the play
has opened- .
*** pgVCarlos.
CARLOS MIYAMOTO
Age: Carlo's age is ???
Height: 189cm
Weight: 61kg
Native place: Probably South America, since that's where he grew up
Hobby: Sword Collecting
Martial Arts: Expert in kenpo and karate
Favorite Food: chili beans, tacos
Final Fight 2: When Mad Gear is rising again, Carlos, who just happened to
be staying at Haggar's at the time, decided to help take them down [From
the game].
FF2 Guidebook bio:
A fighting stylist aimlessly turned up from the direction of South America.
Settled in Metro City, originally a freeloader off of Haggar. With outward
appearance harboring a cool nihilistic impression, occasionally an
entertaining fool.
Where Is He Now: Still travelling around and training, I guess.
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
Carlos does have a connection to Guy, although I'm not sure what it is. In
Final Fight 2, he specifically says to Haggar, "I owe you and Guy so much"
indicating he knows Guy and more. Of course, this assumes Capcom USA didn't
add that in themselves (although I'm pretty sure Saiki mentioned they were
friends as well which is why I have that written down in the guide)
Carlos was a boarder at Haggar's who Haggar let stay there while Carlos
was in the area and training. He was studying different types of martial
arts, and moved to Metro City to finish his studies.
He's apparently a friend of Guy (official statement, though he does
refer to this briefly in FF2's intro when he says to Haggar, "I owe you
and Guy so much".
Even though he knows many martial arts styles, he prefers to use his
sword to slice up enemies.
Carlos is described as nihilistic. It says that he gives off a cool
impression, but he can be kind of stupid, occasionally.
"His appearance is nothing to embrace, occasionally an idiot."
His bio also says that his natural sense of justice and his obligation
to Haggar compel him to participate in the fight against Mad Gear.
He's of Japanese decent (his last name gives off that much).
*** pgVChang
DR. CHANG
No bio. Of Chinese ancestry at the very least, obviously.
Final Fight Streetwise: Dr. Chang is working on something underneath
a sheet when Kyle arrives via air vent. Kyle suspects that she's
the mastermind behind GLOW, but she doesn't seem to fear him at all and
doesn't even bother to answer his questions until Kyle finally grabs her
by the shoulders a bit. She introduces herself to him as Dr. Chang, but
that she doesn't have time to concern herself with just one simple junkie
like Kyle's brother Cody. This of course pisses Kyle off, so Chang tells
him that a lot of other people besides Cody are suffering too, and explains
that Bella forced her to produce the drug and that she's not happy about it.
However, she does inform him that she could detoxify Cody depending on the
situation, but Kyle is interupted by a phone call from Guy before she can
finish. Guy tells him that the explosives that he never told Kyle about
earlier were primed and ready and to get out of the lab immediately. Kyle
is shocked, but Guy says that such drastic measures are necessary to stop
the drug. Kyle turns around to get the doctor but then notices her leaving
in an elevator. Before he could go after her, the being on the table
ripped its sheet off and laughed at Kyle as he recognized it as the
Stiff! But only barely, as Stiff had been infused with so much GLOW
that he had green spikes glowing out of his back and even had GLOW
glowing through him, particularly through the two letters "D" and "E"
cut into his chest. Stiff maniacally laughs before grabbing a nearby
GLOW rat that was running by and devouring it, empowering him even
more. In the ensuing battle consisting of falling cable wires, spiky
projectiles, and an enraged Stiff (now "Stiff Death" for reasons not
stated yet but really not related to ressurection), Kyle managed to
stomp out the majority of the GLOW rats hiding in crates in the lab before
Stiff could consume them and regenerate, and eventually managed to
defeat the mutated man. Stiff Death's GLOW running out, he fell to the
ground before crumpling to dust, and the GLOW lab is blown up by Guy's
xplosives.
Afterwards, Chang is there to treat a wounded Kyle as he wakes
up in Haggar's gym. Guy pulls out a gun, demanding that she tell him
where the mastermind behind GLOW is, but Haggar stops him, saying that
wasn't how they'd do things. Kyle tells them both to knock it off and
asks Chang how to reverse the effects of GLOW so he can cure Cody. Chang
tells him that like any other drug, GLOW wears off over time, but before
she could fully detail the withdrawal symptoms, Kyle notices a newscast
on the TV showing his hood in complete anarchy as Metro Citizens and
gang members, now driven insane by GLOW, were riotting in the streets.
Realizing that Vanessa is in danger, Kyle heads back to his hood. Chang
decides to leave as well, telling Guy that people were suffering and
needed her help.
It is unknown whether Chang was lying to Guy and Haggar or if she was
sincere about leaving to help others, but she's later back with Bella
again at the church. Not necessarily of her own free will, as Bella
threatens her at swordpoint when she protests his madness, so she finally
completes the creation of his Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse for him.
The first one, War, would immediately attack Kyle who had entered the
church at that point. Later after beating him and Famine, Kyle sees Chang
sitting up in the rafters, with a huge green monsterous skeletal being
underneath, its gigantic spiky back and height reaching almost all the
way up to Chang. Dr. Chang laments about how she could have created
so many great and wonderful things, but all her talents were wasted by
Bella. But, despite this, she still has her wonderful creation and
vision, Pestilance. Chang's ranting reveals that she's actually rather
loony, herself, and she doesn't even pay attention to Kyle when he demands
she tell him where Bella is, at least until he threatens that he'll come
up there. The doctor simply scoffs at this and then orders Pestilance
to consume him, whereupon Pestilance savagely attacks! And by savagely
attacks, I mean slooooowly walk around the room as his shell's butt
drips GLOW onto the ground, every once in a while stopping to throw
easily-dodged pieces of it at Kyle and every once in while barfing GLOW
bombs in all directions. After an excitingly slow-paced molasses battle
of Kyle tossing said GLOW bombs back at the creature, his shell was
blown off and he became much faster, swiping at Kyle, throwing GLOW bits
at him, and ripping off entire church benches to try to slam on him.
Kyle eventually managed to overcome the beast and it melted into its
own goo. But by then, Dr. Chang was gone.. When Kyle and Cody were
recuperating in the hospital after Kyle had finally killed Belger for
good and Cody had overcome GLOW's effects, Kyle is suddenly distracted
by something on the TV. On the television set, a news reporter
states that Dr. Chang was taken in for questioning after the incident but
was released. Cody asks Kyle what's wrong, but Kyle quickly shakes it off
and responds "Nothing". [from the game]
Where Is She Now: With Bella gone, she's now free to follow her dream and
vision. What this dream and vision is, I don't know, but it's probably
something sick and wrong.
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
Not including the fluke Harry Hicks, I think Chang is the only
non-fighter character to have her own section in this guide. I'm still not
sure if she deserves one but she'll likely have more development (and
possibly become be more than just a non-fighter storyline npc) and such if
Capcom somehow decides to make a sequel to Streetwise (which of course is
a long shot).
Exactly why Chang was working for Bella in the first place is
questionable. She tells Kyle that she was forced to make GLOW and seems
sincere enough about that, but later on while she's raving like a mad
scientist (because she is one), she remarks how working with Bella turned
out to be an 'error in judgement'. It seems that odds are decent that
Bella enticed her into joining him with the promise of something
'idealistic' that was different from GLOW (but likely just as insane
judging by Dr. Chang's mindset). Maybe he just promised her funding
and resources for various mad scientist experiments that would result
in things like Pestilance but then forced her to make GLOW instead when
she'd rather be doing something else.
From Kyle's journal regarding Pestilance:
"This is a nightmare WITHIN a nightmare! What the hell is that!? What
kind of sick mind would make a monstrosity like that?!!!!
A sick but BRILLIANT mind, clearly!"
Unlike Famine or War, nothing in the game indicates that Pestilence
is anyone the player already knows. This includes Kyle's journal.
It likely was just some random person (or maybe group of persons, as
some people speculate that Pestilance consists of multiple people
merged together. Of course, far as I know, there is nothing
to indicate that GLOW goes beyond mutations to the point where it
can do things like merge people. I think what looks like multiple
limbs are really just an extremely spiky shell. That shell doesn't
do anything but drip goo, after all).
Chang is very attached to Pestilance, calling him "Sweetie" and
basically babying the thing. Possibly Pestilance was someone dear
to her before she mutated him, or possibly she just is really attached
to him because it's the ultimate culmination of her scientific achievement.
Pestilance may have been a special case to GLOW's restrictions, as there
was likely a reason why Chang was so much more proud of him than any other
GLOW horseman of the apocalypse. Not that the game actually tells you much
about him either way.
Glow's real name is GlycoLauric Octanol. I forget if it's supposed to
be all-caps like an acronym, but I like typing it in all caps.
"GLOW is like any other drug." The effects will wear off with time but
not before the addictee suffers severe withdrawal symptoms. Getting taken
off GLOW too fast could lead to delirium, according to Dr. Chang (not that
this stopped Cody from getting over it ludicrously quickly). Of note is
that there is nothing in the game that indicates GLOW has the ability to
bring people back from the dead. Just because they all look like zombies
doesn't mean they ARE zombies.
GLOW making people mutate to the point where they look like monsters is
as temporary as the other drug effects of GLOW (as shown by Cody being back
to normal at the end. ...he still seems to have recovered abnormally fast).
It is never explained what happened shortly after Chang left Guy and
Haggar to "help those people in need". She just shows up later in the church
apparently forced to work for Bella again. Was she lying when she told Guy
and Haggar that she was leaving to help people or did Bella just capture her?
I wonder if she's named after that guy who maintains the Street Fighter
plot guide that can be found online. That the normally calm and seemingly
good-natured creator of such a ridicously big fanboy-esque undertaking
would deep down be a crazy psychotic mad scientist woman who revels in the
sick twisted convulutedness of her own creation as a piece of art would not
be too surprising.
(Nah, in all seriousness, if anything, she's named after FF:SW programmer
Joey Chang)
*** pgVNash.
NASH (CHARLIE aka CHARLIE NASH overseas)
Height: 186cm
Weight: 84kg
BWH sizes: B123, W81, H87
Blood type: AB
Native place: America
Special Skill: Repairing Harriers, psychology
Likes: Justice, Scotch
Dislikes: Injustice
Fighting Style: martial arts
SFZ3 nickname: "Justice the cool guy who is penetrated".
SFZ stage: Metro City, Night Time (the eastern United States)
(Guile's dog knows the Metro City Bay
Area dog, so Nash could be familiar with the place possibly)
SFZ2 stage: A Detroit expressway (United States)
SFZ2 stage (Vega fight) Guiana Highlands - Great Waterfalls, Venezuela.
SFZ3 stage: A Frankfort hangar (United States).
Street Fighter Zero 2: Nash was pursuing Vega in order to thwart
his/Shadaloo's criminal activities (SFZ2). Whether he managed to catch up to
Vega or not in Venezuela, Capcom says he does not die and survives the gunshots
and the long fall. Saiki later stated from his Capcom contact that Nash's Z2
ending didn't happen at all. However, Nash's speech to Guile in Zero 3
references that Vega has escaped from Nash in the past.
Street Fighter Zero 3: Nash is a First Lieutenant of the American Air
Force. His inquiries of drug activity all pointed back to "Shadaloo". He
gathered his comrades to form a strike team. His objective: ...end
corruption in the army, and punish the man responsible! Nash teamed up
with Interpol officer Chun-Li to go after Shadaloo. Because it was against
orders (The army itself being too corrupted to do it), Guile was sent to go
after him, but ran into him right when he had found Vega! It was then
that Guile realized what was going on and joined up with Nash to fight
Vega and force him to retreat. After that, Guile, Nash, and Chun-Li
take down Vega once and for all. The three managed to meet up at and
infiltrate Shadaloo's base. Chun-Li prepares to plant explosives
around the base, while Nash and Guile head right for the source of
Vega's immortality and power, the psycho drive. [Conjecture based off
in-game storylines]. However, when they went there to plant the
explosives, Vega was waiting! Vega was about to kill Guile with a psycho
crusher, but then Nash grabbed Vega out of it! Nash finally ended
up sacrificing himself to hold off Vega while Guile blew up the psycho
drive that made Vega invincible, and Nash and Vega were both in the
room when it, along with Shadaloo's entire base, exploded [Official].
Where Is He Now: Dead. Capcom officially stated so, too, even if his
death was never directly seen. Course, Capcom could always change this
in the future.
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
Zero's World vol. 1- Nash
Before he was attached to his post in the American air force, in the
university he was studying biology. Also, he was even a veteran of the
Pan-American Martial Arts Tournament's championship.
A cool guy who fits in with a bit of a snobbish expression. That's
Guile's friend who's named Nash but, is it really the same person?
Regarding that detail it's not clear if there's no development, his
posted unit doesn't seem to be that of the person known as Guile. For
the latest struggle, what sort of connection will likely become obvious?
That's for the hand of you yourself to desire verifying.
Nash from SFZ
Original account from SF2 Himitsu Hyakka
Gasshaan! From within the shop, a hoodlum fly-whiffed intense kicks,
glass panes smashed, as he tumbled out.
"Humph, thought you're quite the pro?" During that, from inside the shop,
the circumstantial man came into view. On his chest, an air force dogtag
swayed.
The man's name is Nash. Man of justice!
"Now, talk......from whom did you get this white powder?" For Nash, while
gripping the nape of the hoodlum's neck, with brute force he was pinch
hitting for information on the narcotics organization. That is, narcotics
investigation Nash-style. In order to ascertain the so-called information
on soldiers' entangling with the narcotics organization, for Nash began a
narcotics investigation but.......
"First Lieutentant! This case, has already been resolved. Don't go poking
your nose at checking up on a matter that's fine." As he draws near little
by little to the narcotics organization's mystery Nash gets brought down
by his superior officer's order. "The military's interior, moreover the
upper layer unit level and the narcotics organization, they're failingly
entwined." Nash considered it such. Not even an ally.
"Although I'm alone yet, I'll do it!" Nash's struggle has begun!
Official Story from Gamest SFZ and AASFZ
Together with the sound of gaudy glass smashed, the hoodlum flew out in a
tumble.
"Humph, thought you're quite the pro?" While arranging his vest with both
hands, slowly from the shop an intellectually faced man came out. On that
man's chest, an air force dogtag swayed.
"Now, talk......from whom did you get this?" Gripping the nape of the
hoodlum's neck, contained in the vinyl a white powder flitted.......
Soldiers tangling with drug dealings-in order to be certain of this rumor's
authenticity, Nash was single-handedly collecting information. But, thus
advancing the search above all Nash faced it, exceeding private level crimes
and not considering the words rounded up. "What madness......" Such thoughts
driving the days became worse.
Moreover during the continuation of the investigation, influential information
came from, firsthand drug dealers concerned with the time 3 people of the
soldiers could have been caught, he and the like did Nash understand that
matters did not go beyond merely the end. The confiscated narcotics were an
innumerable amount. The systematic "something" backing them that's
operating.......
"First lieutenant! This case has already been resolved. Don't be poking
your nose prying into this." The superior officer did nothing more than take
all of Nash's words into his ears as imagination.
'The military's interior, moreover the upper layer unit level and the narcotics
organization are closely caught into each other!' Nash had thrusted before on
the superior officer's investigation conclusion, surely the military would take
it as being a 'preposterous burdened issue'. With superior officers handling
it, that would as a matter of fact be how would it not be an issue. That
reality would announce itself as an issue.
Negotiating with the police as comrades turned traitors-surrounding himself with
such a gloomy atmosphere and ignorance within, Nash made a decision.
"Although I'm alone yet......I'll do it!"
He began to move once again. For the sake of inflicting an iron hammer onto
this nation's corrupted justice.......
Nash from SFZ2
Somersault Justice
A section of the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base......that place is an exclusive
military-use training facility. Even today under First Lieutenant Nash's
guidance, new troops were taking on the martial arts coach.
"Not yet! Higher, with all your might!"
The new troops having robust bodies and flexible motions, easily able to handle
inferior training, having been guided in steps for "kicks", they vehemently grew
with Coach Nash.
The new troops', sufficient precision and destructive force of their "kicks" was
opposed to, the furthermore higher level desired by Nash. A color of doubt
started to be seen in their eyes.
"What's wrong? Your faces say, that's as far as is adequate. Alright, I'll show
you the pattern!"
Nash with both hands bound behind him, just crouched on one knee.
"No need to hold back. 2 of you together attack me!"
What so-called counterattack could be from such a situation?
The 2 new troops while delusional would spring upon Nash.
Immediately following, in a sharp wind together with a closing noise, the 2 of
them were blown off backwards.
Somersault kick......the backwards revolving kick, 2 times in succession what
sort of preliminary execution from a stance not able, was released.
Nash having calmly stood up lent a hand to the defeated new troops.
The new troops astonished, as renewed US Air Force troops in order to not help
but go beyond they were recognized by height in the huddle.
"As you boost your foundational ability, you'll first seem to be capable of it.
Therefore my troop members, it is this standard of foundation you want to
master it."
Nash found out about Shadaloo and started investigating them. One of
his superiors who was a member of Shadaloo noticed this, and sent Nash
away to a weapons warehouse in the far country side hoping to stop Nash
from finding anything more about Shadaloo. But Nash didnt give up and
gathered more allies and many more weapons. Chun-Li found out where
Shadaloo was located, and decided to work together with Nash. And in
order to get into his warehouse, she actually pretended to be his
girlfriend Oo ...it's too bad Capcom didn't show that in the games because
that's really interesting, I think.
The weapons warehouse he was sent to was located in Frankfort, Kentucky.
One of the officials/superiors there was a scumbag or something. He
used the army's money for his own personal use and bought many illegal
airplanes, which is a serious crime. The superior framed Nash and held
him responsible for the crime in order to discharge/fire him. Nash
gathered the airplanes & weapons he found in the warehouse and fled.
Originally prior to SF2 and the Zero series, Nash died almost identically as
seen in his Zero 1 ending. Guile and Nash were still staying in touch with
each other wherever the Shadaloo base was, but they split up at some point,
in a similar manner seen in the last few episodes of SF2V, then Nash
got ambushed and offed by Vega as he was telling Guile he's got a
feeling about this Vega guy, which were his final words cut off with
the transmission and remembered by Guile before the Zero series came
around.
Nash was the previous winner of the USA martial arts tournaments
that Ken won.
Nash has perfect vision. He just wears glasses because he likes
them. Of course, not having good vision would prevent him from being a
pilot.
Studio Udon with Capcom's permission
made his last name Nash in the Street Fighter Comic, but for the actual
game canon, it's still just "Nash", not "Charlie Nash".
The sonic boom is actually created by using ki. Nash will concentrate
his ki into his hand, arm or whatever and thrusts it at a speed faster than
sound. When someone is hit by the sonic boom, it'll feel like getting
smashed into a brick wall. It's also colder than Russia's winter and is
also supposed to be the fastest projectile story-wise. The games don't show
this at all though.
For a bit more info about Nash and his creating the sonic boom and
flashkick before Guile, see Guile's bio.
Nash smokes like Guile does. There's a drawings of him with
a cigarette in his hand and a cigarette in his mouth.
In one official art, there is cigarette smoke coming from behind Nash,
where Guile is. We know that Nash is a smoker, and Guile from old arts, too.
They have a lot in common and we just recently heard that Guile doesn't like
healthy food so it would fit to his unhealthy livestyle. Also remember the
pic of Nash sitting in a bar. The two are the typical GI stereotypes who
smoke and drink in their free time.
Forgot about this one but it's related to the topic. One art is a parody
on his SFZ2 ending where he falls down the water falls). Next to the dog tag
that's flying away it says "have to make a new one again" this means capcom
did spend a thought on the topic of Nash dying a lot at least.
Guile's a member of/works at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and
so was Nash. Reportedly (unsure) Nash was in charge of recruit training.
*** pgVChunLi.
CHUN-LI (CHUN LI the phonetic spelling in translated excerpts).
Originally CHUN-LI CHUNG.
Birthdate: 1968 March 1
Height: 170 cm (SF2), 169 cm (SFZ, SF4)
Weight: Unknown (secret)
BWH sizes: B84, W59, H89 (SFZ), B88, W58, H90 (SF2, SF4)
Blood type: A
Native place: China
Special Skill: Shooting (ranked 6th in an international contest)
Likes: Fruits, European treats
Dislikes: Crime, people who aren't clear of themselves, Vega
Fighting Style: tai chi chuan
SSF2 nickname: “Splendid Dancing which tears the sky”
SFZ3 nickname: “Determined to attack the great evil”
SF3:TS nickname: "The Kicking Force is Back!!!" or “The kicking beauty”
SF4 nickname: "Divine Leg Excellent Performance"
SFZ stage: The Great Wall of China
SFZ2 stage: Beijing
SFZ3 stage: Zhidan Plaza, China
SF2 stage: The shopping quarters (China) or Shopping District, Peace Road
SF3:TS stage: CHINESE RESTAURANT 2:00 PM (China)
Street Fighter Zero 2: Chun-Li's father has gone missing on assignment.
Following a lead from a friend of her father's, Gen, Chun-Li sets out to
investigate the evil organization known as Shadaloo and find out who's
responsible. She finally came face to face with the leader of Shadaloo, Vega.
Demanding to know what happened to her father, Vega and she
fought, and Vega proceeded to kick the crap out of her then flew off, leaving
behind a clue about her father having amused him.[Official].
Street Fighter Zero 3: Chun-Li is the I.C.P.O.'s special detective
assigned to Shadaloo. With management corruption, she was powerless as an
official. So, she works in cooperation with Nash to defeat Shadaloo.
Unfortunately, Guile came to intervene. Chun-Li tried to stop him, telling
him that the army was corrupt and that Nash had to be left alone so
Nash could take care of Vega, but Guile would have none of it.
However, after Guile himself met Nash, he himself had realized what was
going on, and he joined them too. The bombardment of Shadaloo, however,
was called off due to corruption in Interpol and Vega's manipulation, so
Chun-Li realized that she had to destroy the base, herself. As Guile and
Nash go to destroy the psycho drive, Chun-Li proceeds to set explosives
around the base. While doing this, she captured a brief glimpse of a
mysterious young girl, but wasn't able to see much more before that girl
(Cammy, and maybe some of the other Dolls) ran off [Conjecture based off
in-game storyline and official statements]. Unfortunately, Nash doesn't
make it out of the explosion thanks to Vega. However, many of Shadaloo's
facilities have been shut down, finally... [Official]
Street Fighter 2: While reeling, Shadaloo isn't dead, yet. Worse off,
apparently Vega is somehow still alive. Chun-Li enters the tournament,
suspecting more than ever that Vega's behind her father's disappearance
years ago [Official]. After the tournament, Chun-Li systematically took
Shadaloo down for good. After Shadaloo was destroyed, Chun-Li visited
her father's grave, telling him that he can finally rest in peace.
[Chun-Li's SF2 Revival ending].
Chun Li- SSF2XR Character Concealed File
The woman of the Narcotics Investigations Division searching out the man
who murdered her father. Clues on the man are her desire for continuing
to struggle.
Street Fighter 4:
Fighting style: Chinese kenpo
Chun Li- Divine Leg Excellent Performance
Fighting with magnificent leg moves, ICPO's investigator. In order to
search for her unaccounted for father, she became a detective at 18 years
old. Having felt that Shadoloo's shadow ought to have been driven to
annihilation, she begins an investigation together with Guile.
Street Fighter 3 Third Strike: Chun-Li withdrew from "street fighting" long
ago until one day her kung fu student mysteriously disappears. She is
left with no choice but to come back to the world of "street fighting"
and search for her lost student. [Official]
She goes out to investigate, and finds out that Gill's
organization has kidnapped her. She finally confronts Urien, and fights
for her freedom. Urien promises to release the girl if Chun-Li entertains
him for a while with her fighting ability, for he has heard of her
legendary status. Impressing Urien in battle, Chun-Li manages to convince
Urien to release the girl. Rescuing her, Chun-Li discovers her new purpose
in life (since her old one is finished now that Shadaloo is gone), and she
takes the girl in. Six months later, Chun-Li thinks back about what she
learned, that day. Now, for her father and her country, as well as all the
warm-hearted people she met throughout the world, she shall train the next
generation and teach them the true meaning of strength and beauty
[from the game].
Where Is She Now: Chun-Li is training a lot of kids in martial arts and
teaching them to be... well, good guys and stuff. [from the game and displayed
in various non-canon games after SF3 TS].
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
Chun Li from SFZ
Original account from SF2 Himitsu Hyakka
"Father......where could you be and what could you be up to right now......"
For Chun Li, deep breaths, as she slept in bed.
While tracking down the narcotics organization, in order to search for her
father's become unknown whereabouts, Chun Li, like her father became an
Interpol detective, with very little progress along the way with investigations.
Pururu, pururu.......As Chun Li was sleeping, suddenly, the telephone began
to ring.
"Yes this is Chun Li......hello......?"
Chun Li gripped the phone still, no one was replying. A little while later,
she heard an eerie male voice from the phone.
"......Now, you are behind this case, and in turn with the stirrings of a grand
narcotics organization. Furthermore, this organization has ties with all
authorities. Naturally even the police's upper strata......for approachers
awaits 'death'. ......watch your back......"
"W, wait, you are!?"
No answer to Chun Li's call, from the receiver, a dispatching sound could be
heard.
"This, wasn't a prank call......, impossible......it couldn't be......"
Chun Li tightly grasped the receiver as she was standing up.
Now, Chun Li's fierce battle begins!!
Official Story from Gamest SFZ and AASFZ
Chun Li gave a great sigh, and as such she collapsed into bed.
For the sake of searching out her father's become unaccounted-for whereabouts,
bravely Chun Li became an Interpol detective, with investigations having nothing
special being shown with progress, in vain the months and days passed.
Up until just before her father's disappearance it was Interpol's Investigations
Division pursuing a so-called narcotics organization-from that exposure
Interpol's full capacity was expected to pour into it, influential news
originally caused for even exposed military operations, how was it that nothing
but the color of feet continued being trampled on. Such that within, Chun Li's
heart gathered feelings of only impatience and irritation. At times her mind
would unavoidably think of the "worst" of circumstances.
"Father......where could you be and what could you be up to right now......"
With Chun Li grasping her sheets, she murmured. But, she shut her eyes and,
with her entire body's overflowing sense of fatigue in time a world of sleep
lured her.
Unexpectedly a living telephone noisily rang. Honestly just about everything
that can release one from a slumber, recalling at last her listless body awakens
and, seemingly dragging along the mouthpiece she faced it.
"Yes this is Chun Li......hello......?"
In that instant, was a male voice.
"......Now, you are the one pursuing behind this case, your imagination is
beyond big......and in turn with the stirrings of a grand narcotics
organization. Furthermore, this organization has ties to say links with all
authorities. Naturally even the police's upper strata......for approachers
awaits 'death'. ......watch your back......"
"W, wait, you are!?"
Her call went unanswered. Just from the ear of the phone receiver was a small
echoing back.
With entirely no idea about the man from the sudden phone call......furthermore,
that man spoke with astonishing detail.
"Impossible......it can't be......" Chun Li tightly grasped the receiver and
nothing more as she continued standing up. Merely a random prank......?
Still.......
With the occassion for this mysterious call, a situation began to move.
However, that was one which Chun Li didn't yet know the result for the vortex
of struggles and, even the matters she would be dragged into.
Chun Li from SFZ2
Senretsu Kyaku
Her training in Chinese kenpo began from the time of age 5. Starting from
when she was young, at Cantonese theatres with her father she saw classical
Chinese opera.
Naturally the subject of talk and such being mostly not understanding it,
at that moment the performers' splendid movements remained as an intense
impression. Dynamic limb movements, a bounding ability seemingly a midair
dance. Even from returning to her own home forgetting about the spectacle,
she saw to say attempt learning from watching others.
And so one day, to have perhaps greatly resembled her father's movements
on the mark by striving on those beautiful motions with her martial arts
discipline every morning, such the matters would begin of her own badgering
him wanting him to teach her.
In other words, Chun Li's undertaken master worship was started with her
father. However enchanted the Chinese opera movements she would only request
him to teach (?) for Chun Li it being opposite the hackneyed route of
tai chi chuan, it wasn't to say very positive. Accordingly her father perhaps
first taught her a Cantonese system of kenpo being koukaken. After 3 years,
it would come to be that she would learn as standard credit dantai and chouken.
Havingly had talent likely by nature, for Chun Li in the manner of sand
soaking up water she was absorbing many standard credits as such.
When she was 15, as an extension to standard credit she would perform sanda
in a similar manner, increasing since then in combat character. Especially
in her case "kicking" being her pride, even with praising words her father
broke into ardently helping her out with still more practice. Her father
also, just from being known as a "kicking" expert within the Hong Kong
police, gazing at his daughter's manner of progress was said to be his one
pleasure. It'd be nice if he could see at this present time her standard
style established. Such that it was done within this, with tae kwon do and
kicks still prevailing in Hong Kong, she even transported to a combat karate
and Capoeira dojo in the same manner, constantly gaining on her characteristic
"kicking" moves.
With that result thought out, the fixation of the pivot leg grounded for the
trembling kick, launching the kicking leg to send out phantasmagoric kicks it
was so-called a preposterous physical labor.
Since then it is the base form of the techniques called "hyakuretsu kyaku" and
"senretsu kyaku".
Now she has become the Narcotics Investigation Division's 'trump card treasured
sword' also called from that move, "senretsu kyaku". Her thoughts on her father
also was her severe master, there she includes it.
SF2 Anniversary Website Blurb: A woman in the narcotics investigations
division whose father was murdered by someone. The gleam in her eyes
pursuing the truth...
Chun Li from Gamest SF2
The first woman fighting stylist, China's Chun Li.
She's traveling through various places in the world searching for news of her
missing father. Having come across the Narcotics Investigations Division
becoming a detective herself following as her father's successor she's the
investigations top end, to ascertain that her father's disappearance is
leaning toward the evil enormous organization "Shadoloo." As for Where's
the organization's wirepuller Vega....
Such is the rather glum story of Chun Li. However she fights amidst true
intentions boasting wherever "I am the world's best fighting stylist!" to
her knocked out opponents with comfort in remembering the circumstances.
The intentions of searching for her father and fighting cannot be drawn off.
True, with that whim as a young girl, and a warm eye that watches over
that's that!
As for sure killing techniques an infinite beauty of leg lines, the hyakuretsu
kick, also the magnificently becoming dance, the spinning bird kick.
As a result her daily training takes pride in her foot moves. The spectacular
active rumor is she's the target of Japan's female pro wrestling world scoutmen.
With intentions completed could it become a not too distant day when later
Chun Li will be seen in the ring...?
If it's the case then surely Chun Li would become the beautiful and strong
queen of the ring. And then truly the world's best fighting stylist she'll
become!
At 18 she began aspiring to be a detective.
From an interview with Eri-pyon, credited to Chun-Li's Zero series look,
she wears Adidas TRX sneakers.
Chun-Li claims to be the strongest woman in the world. By the time of
SF2, she's probably right (strongest in the Street Fighter world, at least)
Chun-Li's father (who does not have an official name. Don't trust the
names given by anime and manga. It is NOT Dorai) was friends with Gen.
Gen taught her a couple moves (in SFZ2 during Chun-Li's midboss fight vs
him, he offers to teach her, though official statements are now the friend
of father thing), but obviously wasn't her primary teacher (only a couple
moves. Nothing more).
One of the moves she has through Gen is her crouching roundhouse, though
most people probably noticed that already. The name of the attack is
Gendenansatsushu, which literally translates to "Gen's legendary assassin
kick".
The old man training a child Chun-Li in an official picture is neither Gen
nor Chun-Li's father. His name is Shao-efei and he taught Chun-Li Chinese
martial arts. He's Chun-Li's uncle, but it is unknown if this pic is
canon, as the pic was done for the graphic novel, "Street Fighter Zero
Chun Li" (ISBN: 4-8470-3180-6). It was released in March of 1996, and
drawn by Edayan. Shao is Chun-Li's mother's last name, so he is her
mother's brother. Chun-Li takes her father's last name in her novel
bio Fuang, while Shao is in parentheses. Of course, a novel isn't a
very canon source most of the time. The closest to an actual canon
last name for Chun-Li is actually Chung from older sources.
From Udoneko (of Udon Studios, makers of the new SF comic) about
Chun-Li's father: "And funning thing about Chun-Li's father.... we asked
Capcom how he looks like, and they said they never designed him. And they
just ask us to reference the 2V Anime for him..... so that becomes the
comic "father" too."
Chun-Li was very close to her father. He was constantly away doing
investigations, but she always eagerly awaited his return. Neighbors
and such respected her father and when impressed by Chun-Li's agility,
would say "As one would expect of the Chung family's daughter" with
applause (this is in her Gamest SF2D mook, and where the last name
Chung is mentioned)
Every Japanese SF-related site as well as many sourcebooks list Chun-Li's
fighting style is Chinese kenpo or Chinese martial arts.
AASFZ3 calls it more specifically tai chi. It literally calls it the northern
Chinese kenpo or Chinese martial arts, which is known as tai chi chuan, or
tai chi as more commonly called. It's called "northern" because it was
historically verified during the 1800's in the northern Chinese province of
Henen, home to the Chen style of tai chi, which directly or indirectly gave the
basis for all other major schools of the art. Also AASFZ3 seems to emphasize
the "Double Rising Leg Attack" form of tai chi in Chun-Li's fighting style
section.
Chun-Li is a very maternal lady who has a motherly side to her. While
this is better shown in SF3, it is also shown in SFZ3 in her storyline. I
guess Capcom figured that if they were going to give her a plot when you
play as her that doesn't happen in the actual canon in any way, they might
as well use it to show a side of her character some more. Chun-Li is very
mad at Vega for using 'children' as killers. This is more in-game
confirmation that all the Dolls are underage, by the way, if you didn't
figure that out already.
I.C.P.O. stands for International Criminal Police Organization, or
Interpol for short (http://www.interpol.com). Though.... Capcom's version
of Interpol varies a bit from the real world version (The real interpol
doesn't send officers on combat enforcement missions, I believe, for one
thing...).
She wanted to learn martial arts at the age of 5 because she saw a
Bruce Lee movie. She's got Bruce Lee posters in her room. That Fei-Long
resembles Bruce Lee and how that would affect Chun-Li's viewpoint of Fei-Long
has never been mentioned, alas :P
The Peking Opera fascinated Chun-Li as a child. It’s part of the
reason why she started practicing martial arts. She began by learning
tai chi. However, tai chi was much different from the gorgeous movements
she remembered from Peking Opera. Soon afterwards, her father taught her
hong quan as well as various basic exercises from then on. With that,
Chun-Li’s skills in Chinese martial arts improved rapidly. Chun-Li used
mostly kicks when fighting. This was something she picked up from her
father, who was also said to have “legendary legs”. Chun-Li continued
to develop her kick attacks, embracing techniques from a variety of
martial arts, such as capoeira, Chinese martial arts, battle karate,
tae kwon do, thus eventually creating her own style.
"Peking" is "classical Chinese" interpreted one step further. "Opera's" sort
of a misnomer however; it's considered to be more of a "drama" instead. It's
made much clearer in AAC, that she saw dramas or plays when she was 5.
Chun-Li’s father was a detective for the Hong Kong police. He’s
the reason Chun-Li became a detective.
She's a narcotics investigator during the SF2 series, an Interpol
officer during SFZ 1&2, and an anti- Shadaloo special criminal investigator
during SFZ3 (she was promoted to that position in her SFZ1 ending. SFZ1
isn't canon but it's the position she seems to have come SFZ3). The
narcotics division is a special division within Interpol.
She has an SF3 Third Strike win quote where she remarks that she's
never thrown any of them away. This was not in the Japanese version,
though. Also, it might just be a joke on how there were rumours for a
long time in SF2 about how Chun-Li had a bracelet projectile attack
(false rumours, of course).
Her bracelets weigh 7-10 kg each (from HnN). Heavy! Gamest World
Capcom JOKED that they weighed 20 kg, but that's just nuts.
According to the SF2 Complete File her hyakuretsu kyaku (100-burst leg) puts
forth 100% of human power into her kicks. Whether this can be extrapolated
to mean that her super combo senretsu kyaku (1000-burst leg) multiplies that
same output 10-fold is anyone's guess.
UPDATE: Old old sources have been dug up for Street Fighter 2 where
Chun-Li's bio lists her as a member of the Chung family. In addition, that
picture where people say her tag says her last name is Xiang upon closer
inspection supposedly looks like "Chung" as well. This would mean that
Chun-Li's last name could officially have been Chung, but is likely one
of those many "forgotten facts" that even Capcom doesn't remember, by now.
Chung would be the best possibility for her last name. Red Cyclone's
webmaster has an analysis for all the last names she's been given in
Capcom related products, from Zang-live movie to Li-XvSF to Fuang-SFZ
novel, and this is the only one from he's noted as being from Capcom's
direct word, Chun-Li's account from the Dash pre-mook. So it would
definitely qualify as a "forgotten" fact. It is mentioned in
SF2 Dash Gamest issue #77 (account below, the daughter of the Chung family
so her father's last name is Chung), and the pic's in several places:
the Wani Books SFZ Chun Li novel, Eternal, a nice big version in the
US SFA2 guide.
Chun Li from Gamest SF2D
Daughter of the Narcotics Investigations Division
Once her father was, the Narcotics Investigation Division's man of ability
referred to as the going-in-ten-fingers for China.
With him having practiced kenpo, from whatever practice of impossibility
said to be a duty yet surely able to be settled he returned. But, such was
his inanimate nature of fate that could not be opposed. He flew to that
taken special appointment of a private investigation overseas, that's all
there is and it was such that the news was severed there.
Young Chun Li loved her father very much. The extent of days without a home
was numerous, whenever she waited for him to come back he returned with
presents from various countries, the neighborhood was enlivened with humorous
matters. Because father certainly wanted to keep close to home whenever
the time existed.
The encounter with fighting moves was also of course passed on through her
loving father. Since she was naturally carefree her father taking leave as
well as that friend's pursuit of knowledge the matters were without
understanding. Everyone's tongue even rolled about the carrying of that
agile body of hers, "As one would expect of the Chung family's daughter"
would be the applause.
In time she grew from a little girl to a woman, that flesh growth exceeded
without use, agility was the plus for characteristic technique development.
Especially that charming point from which the beauty of leg lines is called
forth "hyakuretsu kick" with, the agile and reality stretching progressed
legs' utilized centrifugal force "spinning bird kick", she waited for her
father to show him her wonderous might.
But, nevertheless she remained in place unaffected, utilizing the strength
of her opponents to bounce back with the intense throw move "koshuutou",
the thick femur felt enemy face trampling "yousoukyaku", the opponents'
significant strike "sanshokukeri" the at-will one-after-the-other move in
progress, certainly exchanging blows on par with her master father,
occasionally overwhelming such that the extent of her skillfulness was seen.
Setting Out as a Fighting Stylist
With her father suddenly unaccounted for, her dawning driven personality
strangely became a complete change, from the might of her natural spirit,
such that attitude was completely unshown. Far from that, not left behind
with being entrusted the official facility of her father's investigations
and, that being the case she aspired to be a police detective.
"As for father's circumstances, I will show that they will be found out!"
With Chun Li having become a detective, during continuing investigations
also turned into a failure for continuing the pursuit of knowledge of
fighting techniques.
For the sake of a continued rigorous search and also the case of a stiff
body to consider for a necessity, combined with a diet it would be for her
daily work. But being reckless, for her that capacity became the matter
of opening her heart. Why then, in order for her moves to be excessively
mighty, that is from the repression about her father. However, with her
strong spirit, finishing off challenged opponents with outgoing limb
assaults, taken aback from charmed spirit, for a short while the matter
is believed to return. But, on the other hand, even if it seemed that
electricity ran from the trailing slope of the framed nape hurriedly
declares agreeable sensation, no matter what she's also a fighting stylist.
After that, coming to know of the existence of the world-famous mysterious
organization "Shadoloo", as for that organization, the source of her
father's unaccounted-for status became an intensified incident desiring
distinguished participation. And so, the wirepulling rumored man called
"Vega", referred to as far as the fighting king, the arm of the fighting
stylist will rise for this....
"Let's go!" For Chun Li, she's resolved to set out. Travel expenses
probably came out of investigation title outlays. Within reach of gradually
defeating famous fighting stylists of various countries, at any rate she
should be struggling on to Vega! And also, show with complete means to find
out about father's whereabouts! With simply that thought, at the occasion to
the extent of strong opponents defeated, how much feeling is
alright...Chun Li considered.
The journey for Chun Li of the Investigations Division now, has merely begun.
On a random note, that same official art about Chun-Li's youth also has
a very young Chun-Li playing the cello (or some sort of string instrument)
for some reason. Dunno what's up with that, though.
Chun-Li is friends with Ryu. This is one of the
reasons why she appears in Ryu's SFZ3 ending as Ryu flashbacks about his
friends.
For how Chun-Li teamed up with Nash in SFZ3, see Nash's bio.
Although the official bio states "Unknown", Chun-Li's weight might be
68 kg. That's what Juni rated her "SP" at, and for most characters, their
SP is 100 times their weight. This is pretty heavy for a female character,
considering that most female characters in fighting games weigh as much as
a stick. Course, Chun-Li probably is one of the less stickly non-wrestler
female fighters around, judging by those thick-as-tree-trunk legs that she
kicks people with :P
I don't think Chun-Li and Ryu will ever hook up, and I think it would
be very out of character for both of them to fall in love with each other.
While Ryu's ending in SFZ3 implies that he did meet Chun-Li once, it's
obvious that it was a brief meeting and mostly just for a fight to test
fighting skills. Other than that, Ryu has never been portrayed with
Chun-Li in any way beyond that, so it's obvious that Capcom isn't pursuing
a Ryu + Chun-Li relationship. I don't think Chun-Li will ever be getting a
boyfriend, at least not if her SSF2 ending alternate is any indication.
She adopted a girl in SF3, as well as a whole bunch of other
kids, which I feel might be Capcom's way of giving her a successor/daughter
without her having to actually fall in love with someone.
Looking back, I'm not sure I remember ever getting an official statement
that she actually adopted anyone so much as just had a bunch of students she
deeply cared about. Well, regardless, the whole "successor" theme remains.
From Gal's Island #2 Capcom interviews: Chun Li's daily training regimen
at least during SF2 includes 7000 squat repetitions and bench pressing 150
kg.
From Gal's Island #3 Capcom interviews: if Chun Li ever got together
with Ryu, she'd have to get over his sloppy table manners
Her earliest proto-type's name was Chi-Lei (she looked sorta like
Lucia of Final Fight Tough). Her next one (once Ryu and Ken were decided to
be returned for the SF2 roster) named her simply China Girl.
The old man in her NG stage was stated by Electronic Gaming Monthly
to be the same old man as the one arguing with a woman in her SF2 stage.
Dunno if that's true. Maybe it's the same old guy as the one teaching
those people in Chun-Li's SFZ3 stage as well?
Some translated info about Chun-Li's SF2 stage:
China (Chun Li) Shopping District, Peace Road
Hearsay of investigations have fair activity. Even today in order to search
for narcotics routes, there's hearsay at the shopping district. At the bustling
street's conjested center, a peddler woman well recognized by face starts her
voice on whatever hasn't changed.
"Dunno, who knows right? But recently, with street fighters or something other
appearing, 'Are there no strong ones for me here?!' and she appeared to leave.
By all means that one was saying, said Vega or whatnot was a bad guy, in order
to defeat that one she'll even wander from place to place throughout the world.
Perhaps that one with narcotics......, ah well, she went. She's been
considering since earlier to take action hasn't she, that girl.
Chun-Li also seems to cameo in the background of Final Fight 2's 1st stage
in China eating some food with a man who looks a little like Lee (but
I don't think that's him).
Chun-Li's SF4 arcade ending comments:
Chun Li procured the data to reveal S.I.N.'s full story on the Shadoloo's
weapons branch but, the establishment interior has filled up with fire
extinguishing gas, she's losing a means of escape. She began giving up
when, Guile and Abel appear, they rescue Chun Li.
*** pgVCody.
CODY TRAVERS (last name added with Final Fight Streetwise)
Birthdate: 1967 April 18 (note: This birthdate was taken from the original
Final Fight, where Cody is also officially stated to be 22. It'd be 1965
if one keeps Cody's age but uses the retconned Final Fight 1 date. Which
is the "likely-intended 2 years older than Jessica" date.)
Height: 182cm (FF1); 185cm (SFZ3)
Weight: 85kg (FF1); 80kg (SFZ3)
BWH sizes: B139, W86, H97
Blood type: O
Native place: America
Special Skill: Using a knife
Likes: Starting fights, Milk, Spinach
Dislikes: Haggar's lectures
Fighting Style: Street Fighting
SFZ3 nickname: “Capricious prison-breaker”.
SFZ3 stage: The Metro City Police Department/Detention Center (United States)
Final Fight One: Cody is told by Haggar that Jessica has been kidnapped by
Mad Gear! Being a hero, he sets off to save his friend since childhood and
now girlfriend. He hears about Mad Gear member Damnd being the one who
kidnapped her, and went to the slums of Metro City to find him. Damnd
tells her that he's too late and that he thought Cody got scared and ran
away. Cody defeated him, but didn't manage to find Jessica. Somewhere
along the line, Cody found out that Jessica was being held by Belger in the
Uptown area of Metro City. He then hit the Westside of Metro City, where
he ran into a cop who was also a member of Mad Gear. Disgusted by how
corrupt Metro City is to the point where even a policeman would join Mad
Gear, Cody ended up defeating him, too. After that, he skipped past the
Industrial Section by taking a shortcut through the Bay area. Walking
along the coast, he stayed in front of a dog for a bit (That was your
pointless in-game fact for the day. :P SFZ3 Cody reminisces the dog in the
background in FF1. Standing in front of one of them recovers your
health). He reached the end, he ran into Mad Gear member Abigail. Abigail
made a comment about all the fun Jessica must be having with Belger, and,
enraged, Cody defeats him, too. Finally, Cody has reached Uptown.
Eventually, rejoining up with his friend Guy and Haggar, Cody reaches the
top of Belger's skyscraper. Belger tells Cody that he is glad that Cody
could come, and that Cody is the the strongest. He asks Cody to join Mad
Gear and then he'll free Jessica, but Cody refuses. Eventually, Belger is
knocked out the window by Cody and sent plumetting to his death. As
Jessica reunites with her father, Cody and Guy leave. Jessica eventually
catches up to them and calls out to Cody, but he doesn't turn to face her.
Guy, seeing this, leaps in front of Cody and knocks him down so that
Jessica can catch up, then Jessica asks why he's leaving. Cody tells her
that he wishes he could stay with her, but he can't, as long as evil stalks
the streets. Seeing what a hero Cody is, Jessica kisses him and Final
Fight One ends [Conjecture based off in-game storyline].
Street Fighter Alpha 3: Cody used to be a hero, famous for saving Metro
City. Bored with the peaceful life, he kept fighting, day and night....
Until he was jailed. One day, he managed to break out of prison. Wandering
outside, he now seeks something that will satisfy him. He probably ran
into ex-Mad Gear member Rolento, who wished to recruit Cody into his new
army, but Rolento then saw what Cody had become. Rolento was extremely
frustrated that he had searched so hard for warrior like Cody only to find
someone so corrupted, but Cody responded that he was just a loner, not
corrupted. Cody then remarks about how Rolento was still playing his
stupid military games, whereas Rolento angrily snapped back that it was
Cody's dead spirit that was what reeked of true stupidity [Official]. He
then decided after seeing him in jail clothes that Cody wasn't really top
material for Rolento's army, and left. Eventually, Cody finally ran into
his old friend, Guy. Guy is shocked when he sees what happened to Cody!
He's an escaped convict, jailed for always beating people up! How could a
hero have fallen so much? Cody, however, realizes that he never was a
hero, at all. He was just faking it. The truth was that Cody was fighting
evil just because he enjoyed fighting so much, not because of a sense of
justice. Guy, however, could see that deep down, in the end, Cody was
still a good guy, because the targets he always sought to beat up were bad
guys, so even if Cody did it for the sake of the fight, he was still a hero
in the end. Guy wanted to reform Cody and get him back on the good path,
but eventually accepted that Cody had to live his own life, so they went
their separate ways. Before they part, however, Cody says that fighting
the bad guys was fun. Guy asks if he wants to go back to Metro City, and
Cody remarks that perhaps he will go back to Metro City when the time is
right, again, some day [Conjecture based off in-game storyline. Final
Fight One dialogue when you play as SFZ3 Guy shows that Guy and Cody's SFZ3
meeting did occur, too].
Final Fight One (Not sure if this happened, but as Cody said, it makes for
an interesting story): One day, Cody had a strange dream. In it, he found
that he was in a strange run down slum. He travelled through it, beating
up random thugs, and was confused as to where he was, until he ran into
Damnd. Seeing Damnd, Cody realized that, for some reason, he was back in
Metro City during the events of Final Fight One! Strangely enough,
however, because it's been a while since Final Fight One, Damnd can't
recognize him. But Damnd, still a thug since it's back in the past, calls
Cody a fool for coming to a place as dangerous as the slums of the
Mad-Gear-controlled Metro City alone. Cody remarks that he stopped faking
the hero thing, but eh, who is he to turn down a fun opportunity to kick
some butt? Reliving the battle against Mad Gear, Cody has the time of his
life battling everyone once again. As a restless fighting addict, he
couldn't be any happier. Eventually, however, he ran into Edi. E, again.
Edi. E doesn't recognize Cody, either, but he does see that Cody's an
escaped convict. He eagerly proclaims that he'll arrest Cody and how much
it'll do for his career! Cody is extremely flustered, and angrily snaps
back at Edi. E, asking how can Edi. E even THINK that he's really on the
side of the law? Unlike Edi. E, who continued to pretend that he was a
good guy and keep his job as a police officer, Cody had admitted that he
had only been a hero for his own selfish reasons. As expected, Cody
eventually reached the boss of Mad Gear, Belger, himself. Cody is ecstatic
to see Belger again, since Belger should put up a good fight, and Cody
can't wait! Belger, meanwhile, is amazed at what he's seeing. Cody isn't
a hero! He's a restless youth, just like many other members of Mad Gear!
He tells Cody that it looks like Cody's finally found his true calling.
Hearing this, Cody angrily tells him to shut up and just fight, because
Cody could never be what Belger wanted him to be, despite how he looked!
Refusing to ever become a villain, despite everything, Cody beat Belger all
by himself, ending the dream. [Conjecture based off in-game storylines]
Final Fight Streetwise: Cody's been growing old and slow. His knees
have failed him and he no longer fights, but he continues to coach his
younger brother Kyle, realizing all the potential his brother has. Still,
Kyle's progress is slow, and he's tired of waiting. The fight still yearns
inside him, but one day he found something that could help. And so he
made a deal with Stiff and Bella, who gave him a new drug called GLOW
that would let him get back into the fight again. Unfortunately, he had
no idea who Bella really was (and presumably had no idea about GLOW's side
effects). Stiff comes to him to see Bella again at the Barfly, but Cody
says that he knows the deal and refuses because he's too busy having a
drink with his brother. After a huge barfight with Stiff's goons, Cody
finally goes along with Stiff (voluntarily or involuntarily) after Stiff
knocked out Kyle. Later, Cody was free to pit fight in Little Italy for
Vitto. Finally, he was back in the game. He fought to his hearts' content
and won a lot of money for Vitto in the pit-fights of Little Italy, but
the Metro City police began to take notice and it didn't take long for
Vitto to realize that Cody was hooked on GLOW. Knowing that Cody was
dirty, Vitto had to let him go. By now, Cody had become addicted to
GLOW, and its effects on him were readily apparent, with his eyes glowing
green and his mental stability crumbling. For whatever reason (perhaps
to get more GLOW), Cody heads back to Stiff's headquarters at the Bijou
Hotel. The only person waiting for him there was Kyle. Cody demands
that Kyle stop following him and go home, but then is approached by
Sgt. Sims of the police, who tells Kyle to step away so he can arrest
Cody. However, Kyle stops Sims before he can shoot Cody, who escapes.
More and more addicted to GLOW, Cody was getting more and more
destructive, and even Bella was starting to think he was becoming too
much trouble, deciding to tell his assassin Blades later that he might
need to kill Cody. Guy, using his genin and his resources, had finally
managed to capture Cody and held him at Lou's basement. By the time
Kyle had arrived, Cody was completely descended into madness and could
only scream at Kyle random commands that made no sense. Kyle left to
get revenge on whoever did that to Cody, but Cody had become too
powerful and even Guy couldn't contain him. He busted out again.
Later, Bella would find him. By then, Stiff was dead courtesy of Kyle,
and Bella needed a new fighter to take Stiff's place in his grand scheme.
Seeing an opportunity, he took advantage of GLOW's apparent brain-washing
properties and forced GLOW's creator, Dr. Chang, proceed with massive GLOW
experiments on Cody at his headquarters at Little Italy's church.
Kyle eventually arrives at the church, and fights through Bella's other
horsemen of the Apocalypse War, Famine, and Pestilance, and finally
confronts Bella on the church rooftop. He demands to see his brother, so
Bella tells him that he feels Kyle's pain, for he used to have a brother
he cared about as well. Bella tells Kyle that long ago, his own brother
came to America seeking happiness, but then Cody savagely killed him.
Kyle is stumped about this, telling Bella that Cody is a hero who did more
good for the city than Bella could ever dream of. Bella brushs him off,
proclaiming that his suffering led to his inspiration, which in turn would
lead to Kyle's death! At this, he points to the side, and Kyle turns his
head only to see his own brother, now horribly mutated from GLOW into a
sort of hulk with green glowing eyes and the word "DEATH" cut into his
chest. Bella proclaims that he's going to have an eye for an eye, brother
for brother, Cain to Abel, and now he was going to kill Cody's brother, as
well. Pissed, Kyle tells Bella that he'll be praying for his own dead when
Kyle was through with him. Hearing this, Bella proclaims that his name isn't
actually Bella. It's Belger! He was the brother of the leader of Mad Gear
that Cody killed years ago. His prized Horseman of Death, Cody, attacks
Kyle. Cody Death, completely consumed by the GLOW, is unable to listen to
Kyle's pleas about being his brother, but upon hitting Kyle, struggles with
himself to stop. Kyle takes advantage of this, and eventually defeats his
own brother, whereupon Father Belger revives him with GLOW and tells him
that he will be fighting at Death's side. Belger attempts to take Kyle out
with grenades and rocket launchers while Cody Death attacks with burning GLOW
flames and sheer brute force, but eventually Cody Death is taken down again.
Belger then attempts to revive Cody while fighting off Kyle with a machine
gun and his sword, putting him into position for Kyle's own attacks.
Eventually, Cody Death finally got up and tried kill Kyle one last time.
Approaching Kyle slowly, Kyle again tries to get Cody to recognize him, but
at that moment, Cody Death is shot in the back by Belger, who proclaims that
he will not allow his vengeance to be taken away from him and he'll kill
Kyle, himself. He approachs Kyle with his gun pointed at Kyle, but then
Cody Death gets up and launches himself at Belger, sending the two of them
flying off the rooftop, with Kyle shouting after his brother.
On the ground outside, a wounded Belger attempts to crawl to and reach his
gun, but Kyle grabs it just out of his reach. Father Belger proclaims that
he's Kyle's savior, but Kyle replies that he's actually nothing, and shoots
him in the head. He then dashes to an unconscious Cody Death and says
that everything will be okay.
At the hospital, a beat-up Kyle and Cody are in separate hospital beds in
the same room. The effects of GLOW have mostly worn off and Cody is now
a normal human being again. He and Kyle joke for a bit as if nothing
happened, but when Cody finally begins to ask why Kyle went through so much
trouble to help him, Kyle interupts saying that Cody would do the same for
him and that it was for survival, so the two brothers punch their fists
together in agreement. They wonder when their next fight should be, at which
Vanessa enters the room and tells them to knock it off, because neither of
them would be fighting for a while. Cody responds that at least now, his
knees never felt better. He kicks his knees around a bit, realizes something,
and then begins to excitely tell Kyle something about them before he notices
that Kyle is distracted by the television set. On the set, a news reporter
states that Dr. Chang was taken in for questioning after the incident but
was released. Cody asks Kyle what's wrong, but Kyle quickly shakes it off
and responds "Nothing" as the news reporter states that clean up after
the devastation was starting. Vanessa says that the nightmare was finally
over andit was all just a bad memory, but she states this with sadness as
she holds onto her deceased brother's badge. Kyle, perhaps realizing this,
sarcastically replies, "Yea, right".
Where Is He Now: Probably going around kicking butt as always. I'm pretty
positive the thing he was about to tell Kyle before he was interrupted was
that his knees were back in top condition again (go go drugs!). He'll likely
be in fighting shape again if Streetwise gets a sequel (somehow).
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
FF1 Bio: A gifted street fighter. Cody is very skilled at knife
fighting. His childhood friend and current girlfriend Jessica was
kidnapped by the Mad Gear gang.
His name likely comes from Tom Cody, the main character in the gang
themed movie, Streets of Fire (of which Final Fight took a lot of
inspiration from)
Cody's girlfriend is Jessica, who is the daughter of Mike Haggar. Of
course, Cody played a part in bringing down Mad Gear but you really should
know that by now. Cody looks up to Haggar, while Haggar sees him as the
neighborhood brat, recorded in an old FF1 character relations chart in Gamest
#51.
Final Fight 2's intro shows that Cody was the one to personally
uppercut Belger out the window. I suppose this is also why he's the one
generally considered the hero of Metro City and not Guy or Haggar.
Bella in Streetwise confirms that Cody was the one who killed Belger.
Cody trained in martial arts since he was 9 years old. He holds a
fifth degree black belt in karate. Guy's taught him some moves in exchange
for having Guy's back during rough times, also from the old FF1 character
relations chart in Gamest #51.
Cody's Z/A-ism Final Destruction is a reference to his original Final
Fight combo, where you could land three hits, turn around, and continue
the combo, thus creating an infinite. (The X-ism is the complete chain
to his FF1 combo)
Streetwise implies that his parents are long gone, as Kyle says
"I'm the only family he's got!". Was Cody an orphan? I also wonder if
Haggar raised or took care of him (although Cody was likely the one who
took care of Kyle).
In case you didn't know already, Cody used to spar/train w/ Guy.
Cody- Prison Breaking
Together with Guy and Haggar, Cody once repelled Mad Gear's party that
assaulted Metro City. However, getting bored of the afterwards peaceful
living, continuing in brawls gets him imprisoned, and he also comes to be
neglected by his lover Jessica in the midst of a Europe study abroad.
Even with that for him, the mood of circumstances to proceed has him breaking
out of jail, staggering in the streets, not suited for going to send guys
flying, if the opposite feeling is to return to jail, it seems that he's
repeating this so-called living.
Cody was thrown in jail because he got into too many fights. Policemen
do NOT like vigilantes. Cody was addicted to fighting. According to Cody,
he participated in Final Fight One not for justice, but just so he could
get lots of fights. You can see this in Final Fight One for the Gameboy
Advance when you play as Cody then when you play as Zero Cody (who's Cody
after the events of Street Fighter Zero 3 occurred flashbacking the
past). Zero Cody talks about how he realized that he was really just
faking being a hero, back then, and instead of demanding justice, he's now
just demanding that everyone fight him. This also means that Cody lied to
Jessica when he told her that he couldn't be with her as long as evil
stalked the streets (though Cody himself probably didn't realize he was
lying back then). He couldn't be with her not because he had to destroy
evil. He couldn't be with her because he had to keep on fighting because
he was addicted to it. Edi. E was the one who arrested him prior to Zero 3.
Cody being arrested on multiple occassions seems slightly confirmed
from an interview with Tom Sekine, Final Fight Streetwise's head producer.
He gets thrown in jail again before Streetwise thanks to a crime that Guy
committed. The exact circumstances are never gone into, although Guy
shows some regret when he says that Cody went to jail so that Guy could
go free. Guy hasn't "heard a word" from Cody, since. Exactly how long
before Streetwise that happened is unknown, although if the jail uniform
Cody wears in the game comes from that incident, it probably wasn't too
long ago (even 'not too long ago' could still mean a few years, though).
You can see Edi. E sometimes when Cody wins in SFZ3. Cody will look
off to the side, scream, then run away while Edi. E runs onto the screen,
screams "Get back here!", shoots his gun into the air, then continues
running after Cody. One of my more favorite victory animations. ^_~ An
even funnier one has Cody running back onto the screen to beat Edi. E up,
hehe.
He can break through a 50 cm thick cement wall. He's also stated to be
pretty good at taking hits.
How did Cody break out of jail for Street Fighter Zero 3? Well, he
sorta didn't, really. There was a huge riot at the prison he was in, and
it left a hole in his cell. Seeing that, Cody basically just walked on out
because he was bored. :P This explains the busted jail and the riotting
going on in Cody's SFZ3 stage, too.
Of course, with his ability to punch through walls, he has broken out
of jail to 'head back to Metro City and cause trouble' on several occassions.
The bandages over his hands are there to cover the scars from doing so. It's
just that the time he got out of jail in SFZ3, it happened to be due to
other reasons.
It is never directly explored how Haggar reacted to Cody getting thrown
in jail all the time. Haggar got Lucia cleared of that corruption charge,
so you'd think he'd give Cody a mayoral pardon as well, but... I imagine
Cody probably didn't need one, given that it was stated that he got thrown
into jail and then simply punched his way out on more than one occassion.
Given that Streetwise showed that Haggar continued to hang out with Cody,
Haggar probably didn't have any ill-will to Cody for busting out of jail
so often, but when I think about it, this might be where Cody's dislikes
of "Haggar's lectures" come from (especially since I'm pretty sure that
dislike was added for Cody's SFZ3 bio).
Cody seems to wear a modern jailbird outfit come Final Fight Streetwise.
This latest one comes from him getting jailed wrongly for a crime that
Guy committed. However, he's obviously not in jail anymore and one really
has to wonder how long his sentence was, given that Kyle and Cody were
always there for each other and Kyle doesn't seem to be bringing up any
particular point where Cody was gone for a long period of time. Of course,
going along with how Cody still has his jail uniform even though he's not
in jail anymore, this can easily be explained by Cody simply busting out
of jail for the hundredth time.
From what I can make out, Cody's modern jail serial numbers are 15388Q
on the left and 8484H on the right (in Final Fight Streetwise). The back
of his uniform says "Metro City Jail".
Tom Sekine stated in an interview that one thing he liked about Cody
was that it was "also neat that he's so troublesome and ends up beind bars
now and then". This also applies to his new jail uniform in Streetwise).
Gunloc/Colt (of Muscle Bomber) trained under Haggar. He
once put the moves on Cody's girlfriend Jessica, so Cody kicked the crap
out of him. Cody... does not like it when someone touches or talks bad
things about his girlfriend.
Cody's fighting style is similar to Joe of SF1's fighting style, if
anyone cares. There is no real storyline reason for this (though both are
literal American street fighters, so it'd be logical that they'd have
similar styles).
For a little on Cody and Guy, see Guy's bio.
Cody has broken up with Jessica by Street Fighter Zero 3. All About Capcom
states in SFZ3, that he simply broke up with her.
Cody... is a rather ironic character. Belger offers to let him join
Mad Gear in Final Fight One, and when you play as SFZ3 Cody, Belger points
out, as he sees jailclothes Cody, that Cody's true calling apparently WAS
Mad Gear. If he joined Mad Gear, he wouldn't have gotten thrown in
prison. And the guy who actually finally arrested him and DID throw him in
prison was a member of Mad Gear, too:P Yet all throughout that and despite
how Mad Gear is supposed to be for fighting youths (and Cody is a fighting
youth), Cody can't join Mad Gear not because it's evil, but because he just
feels that it's not right for him to join Mad Gear. I believe the reason
for this is because while Cody is a youth who can do nothing but fight, and
Mad Gear caters to that, in the end, Cody is not an idealistic man, and Mad
Gear actually appears to have a freedom ideal. Rolento realizes this when
he meets Cody again in SFZ3. Either that, or it's because deep down, even
if Cody himself doesn't believe it, Cody is still a hero in a way. He
generally only goes around beating up bad guys after all, even if he's just
doing it for fun instead of doing it for justice.
His last name is now Travers from Final Fight Streetwise. Assuming
Capcom of Japan doesn't decide to spit on the 20+ hours it took Tiamat to
make this Final Fight Streetwise update by saying "Capcom America made
that game and we hate it so we're throwing EVERYTHING remotely related
to it into the trash can!"
FFStreetwise Website Profile: Cody, a well-respected hero in the Hood,
is a long way from his glory days of fighting Mad Gear gangbangers years
ago. His knees have since failed him, and he's resigned himself to
training his younger brother to uphold the family name in the underground
fight clubs of Metro City. But that hunger for the ring still burns, and
Cody can't put to rest the thought of someday, somehow fighting again.
Even if it comes with a heavy price.
Cody's serial numbers on his jail uniform in Streetwise are 8484H on
the right and [something] on the left. The back reads "Metro City Jail".
Cody almost seems more like a father than a brother to Kyle, sometimes.
Most telling is how frustrated Cody is that Kyle isn't living up to his
potential. Cody (who possibly has the typical "father wants to live his
glory days through his son" complex) is coaching Kyle to improve not as
a rival but as someone who's raising him. Cody being the older brother who
is constantly taking care of the younger brother was confirmed in an
interview with Tom Sekine as well. Of course, given that Cody is probably
a LOT older than Kyle (Cody is probably 39 during Streetwise while Kyle is
likely only 22 to 24), this isn't too surprising.
Cody's apartment a lot bigger and cleaner than Kyle's. A considerable
improvement from the trashcan he'd sleep in in the SFA3 VMU mini-games :P
His knees by FF:SW might be going bad but he's still getting some 'action',
at least. Madame Celeste (Psychic) "mysteriously" has the keys to his
apartment. It doesn't take long for Kyle to figure out why.
In FF:SW, the front page headline of the newspaper in Cody's apartment
on his table reads "GLOW hits the streets".
Guy hasn't "heard word" from Cody ever since Cody took the fall for
his crime. It was indicated that Cody did spend some time in jail, although
whether he stayed for the full sentence or simply broke out like usual was
not stated. He still has his modern Metro City Jail uniform, though, so it's
possible he just broke out again when he got bored. Sgt. Sims however didn't
mention anything about it while talking about Cody to Kyle. Maybe the police
just gave up on him after he broke out, although Sgt. Sims was trying to
arrest Cody once again after Cody got even more caught up with GLOW, but
that's due to new things that Cody got caught up in (GLOW).
Guy continues to respect Cody after Cody took the fall for his crime,
immediately adding after telling Kyle about it that from what he knows
of Cody, Cody would give his life for Kyle. I think this vaguely implies
that Cody took the fall for Guy's crime on purpose (as opposed to Guy
framing him for it) but just like Guy's crime itself, this isn't stated
directly and one can only speculate. Cody never talks about Guy in
Streetwise, although he kept the half of the photo with Guy in it in
his wallet (that Kyle would later find) and Guy says "We haven't heard
word since" instead of "We haven't spoken to each other since", so I'm
under the impression that Cody wasn't bitter about the thing. ...it's
not like Cody isn't used to jail by then, anyways.
I have no idea why Cody ripped that picture of him, Haggar, and Guy
together into two pieces, nor do I know why Cody holds onto the half with
Guy while leaving the half with Haggar at home. Haggar's phone call on
Cody's answering machine indicated that the two still saw each other and
were friends so it's not like there was a falling out, there. Maybe he
ripped it out of frustration but kept the Guy half because he hadn't talked
to Guy in such a long time and was planning on doing so finally, soon.
GLOW's steroid-esque properties healed Cody's knees while he used it, but
it is also implied that the healing remains at the end of the game even after
the rest of the GLOW effects wore off, as after Cody makes the joking remark
that his knees never felt better, he then gets excited and wants to tell Kyle
more before he is interupted. The moral to this story is that drugs do a body
good!
Oddly/interestingly enough, in FF:SW, Cody doesn't normally have the
tornado effect in his uppercut like he does in SFZ3, but Cody Death does.
...maybe it's those knees.
Where does this guy get so much willpower? Chang says that GLOW is like
any other drug and that it wears off over time, but like any other addictive
drug, quitting it is hard and there are SEVERE withdrawal symptoms including
insane delusion, etc. And yet, Cody gets over his ridiculously humongous
overdose of GLOW obscenely quickly. Chang said she could detoxify him earlier,
but Chang definately had nothing to do with his recovery at the end of the
game because she wasn't even around. While it's true that Cody's willpower
is strong (he's able to wrestle with GLOW's control over him during the final
battle against Bella and finally overcomes it in the end), that he can quit
an addictive drug so quickly like that without going through a pro-longed
withdrawal period and craving even after Chang said there'd be one is a bit
hard to swallow. Hmm... maybe it's because there's only room enough in Cody's
system for one addiction at a time (which would be fighting, of course!).
And I guess Cody managed to fully heal from GLOW's effects by punching a
trashcan and then eating the roast chicken it left behind or something.
*** pgVCViper.
CRIMSON VIPER
Fighting style: secret spy tool fighting
Birthday: July 18
Native place: America
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 56 kg
BWH sizes: B98, W60, H90
Bloodtype: AB
Likes: her daughter, money
Dislikes: overtime
Special skill: tricks
SF4 nickname: "Ms. Perfect"
Street Fighter 4: Tough and smart female agent. Always moves businesslike,
yet doesn't seem to steer towards duty or humanity. Having trained her
entire body as a weapon she draws forth attacks from her suit, certainly a
menace. Secretly maneuvers in various places, her true nature wrapped in
mystery.
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
C. Viper from SF4
Her Names.
That room's illumination was put out.
Outside the window was only a night view light spread out, at the window blue
and white was shining out on a standing woman.
Suddenly a high-pitched sound reverberates, a cellphone above the bed rang.
In the dark room, the arrival of an acquainted light, as if it be like a single
neon flashing.
The woman stares at that flashing, exactly 3 calls later her hand took the
cellphone.
"Yes."
"Ah, it's me. The experimental results from the other day are to be placed up
high. Provided they satisfy even the uppers is likely."
From the speaker, the man's voice was lowered to be audible.
"Well then I appreciate it."
Even without sarcasm, the woman bluntly answered.
"With that, how is the schedule for the final benchmark experiment hmm?"
"It's something that's just right. My company's sponsoring a world fighting
tournament, that which I'm participating. The combat of noted fighting stylists
from around the world......displaying with this suit's performance, I hope for
the best scene."
The voice on the other side of the phone lightly laughs,
"I see. You're also an interesting matter to consider, Maya. Understood, I
shall report as such to the board of directors. We'll likely be in touch later
on."
"Sure, if you would please."
Even without the reverberation to disconnect them, the woman called Maya tosses
the cellphone above the bed, letting out a light sigh.
"......at last, I've gotten as far as this."
Opening a laptop on top of the desk, she strikes the keys in a seeming flow of
time.
"Do the data request once more, and. After that, check on the tournament
entrants also call in......"
One by one while being absorbed in the coding for opening confirmation screens,
she inputs the requested matters to the "uppers."
The key strikes are just a dry sound, colliding with the dark room's barrier
and vanishing.
An inorganic matter of time passed as several minutes.
And, different from some time ago, an out-of-place cheerful melody, resounds
in the room.
Her face is taken aback, for Maya her hands are promptly finished, she took
another cellphone she had placed above the sideboards.
"Hello?"
"......Mama?"
Anxious from the opposite direction of the phone a young girl's voice calls
out, her cheek, loosens up as though it's ice melting.
"What's wrong, Lauren? It's not already time for no sleep is it?"
"Umm you see, today I went to see fireworks with Sally."
Relieved at hearing her mother's never-changing voice, the little girl's voice
leaped.
Her Family
That day, Lauren was grappling with her elementary school writing.
The theme given to her from famed language teacher Ms. Sarah was a strict issue,
"my family."
For Lauren, resting her chin on her hands looking up at the ceiling, she was
thinking about it while her feet not reaching the floor swayed to and fro.
For Lauren, were 3 important people as family. Mama and, her rabbit Cicero,
and then Aunt Emily.
Cicero, being a stuffed toy mama gave her for her 5th birthday, fluffy white,
could be some spottish pink satin, is a very fantastic rabbit. Aunt Emily,
the times when mama isn't at work, is a person who comes to help out in the
house. Awfully kind, skillful in song. Even sewing being her specialty, a
bag but a one-piece dress but, Lauren wants whatever she makes to give her.
In addition, the food Aunt prepares is incredibly delicious. Having returned
from school Lauren, sees the evening cook's collection of goods,
"So yummy!"
For the slaved-over menu, next day, they'd certainly line up at the dining
table. Previously, mama had said that, "If Lauren gets along well with
Ms. Emily, mama is glad," she said smiling, but that smile seemed a bit lonely.
Lauren peered into mama's face, "Mama, number one is mama of course!!" she
said with a serious look.
"Awkward in song but, don't take on appliques also, even burn the food a
little bit, such things have nothing to do with it! Mama is the best!!
There is no mama like my strong and cool mother! You can do tricks, besides
before that when you keri-ed that robber..."
"Oh Lauren."
Mama, quickly touched a finger to Lauren's lips.
"What...! Where did you recall keri? Don't be using such words!"
The shape of her mouth was laughing but, mama with only one eye when made
narrow was when she got angry.
"I'm sorry."
As a genius Lauren apologized.
Be it boys be it girls, there's no using dirty words. So to say, was
mama's favorite phrase. Even having expected Lauren to understand that well,
which ones though were the dirty words, Lauren occasionally couldn't come
to understand.
"Umm..., Mama kicking the robber, when she sent the robber flying into the
counter her form was amazingly great, is all I was saying."
"I see, thank you."
Mama sweetly smiles, gently she stroked Lauren's head. Lauren, likes very
much when mama's hand strokes her head. Warmly, fluffily, as though a sense
of security completely hugs her.
"Hey mama. I, want to become like mama don't I."
Saying that, for mama her eyebrows rose on one side, she roughishly inclined
her head to the side in doubt.
"Oh my, but mama is awkward in song, she doesn't take on appliques, she
doesn't prepare any delicious food right!?"
"Aunt Emily is doing those for us it's okay!"
With that, Lauren continued.
"If I become strong like mama, I'll be able to do them together with work
right?"
"Lauren..."
If mama was blinking in glittering surprise several times, she would
delightfully smile.
"That's right isn't it. If Lauren were to prevail on such a grand scale,
work together with those perhaps. Certainly would be enjoyable."
Thinking to grandly open for Lauren her round eyes, instantly her whole face
expressed a smile.
"Absolutely!!"
And, mama's forehead knocked onto her own forehead with a clunk. Mama
softly closed her eyes, Lauren also closed her eyes and, there was mama's
usual scent. A tender fragrance of flowers. Unable for patience her eyes
open and, Lauren as it is tightly hugs her mama about, she inhaled that
sweet smell with all her strength.
"Mama, I love you!"
"Mama also loves Lauren!"
...is the extent of what she recalls remembering, spurred on by the
feelings of wanting to have waited at the entranceway for mama's return,
Lauren firmly beared with it.
"I'll quickly write my composition, and if mama comes back I'll read it
to her and!" She says delightfully and, Lauren immediately hurries to
the pen.
One win quote from the loketests: "Good thing it was settled quickly.
With this that child shall return to rise within."
She has two faces: cruel beauty agent and loving mother. Her pride wouldn't
forgive her to not complete her work punctually. Her special skill is
using her techniques off-duty to amuse Lauren, kind of like giving your kid
a fireworks/flying show demo.
Viper's real name is Maya, and her daughter's named Lauren.
Viper's SF4 arcade ending comments:
Defeating Seth, Viper finishes up that report to the organization. She
declared with the issue of Seth being the meaning of felt words "No. 15",
and there are 26 remaining bodies of prime fields to dispose of, she
informs the phone receiver.
*** pgVDamnd.
DAMND
Height: 218cm
Weight: 201kg
Hails from: America
Special Skill: Jump kick
Likes: Strawberry Sunday
Favorite Food: BBQ Ribs
Final Fight One: A member of Mad Gear, Damnd was the one who kidnapped
Jessica and called up Mike Haggar to blackmail him. He then took Jessica
to the slums, which were under his control, and knew that Cody would come
for her, but by the time Cody arrived, Jessica had already been given over
to Belger. Damnd fought and was defeated by Cody after that [Conjecture
based off of in-game storyline]
Where Is He Now: Hacking into security systems and cackling somewhere; who
knows.
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
FF1 Bio: Damnd is one of the leaders of the Mad Gear gang and heads the
Mad Gear's worldwide information network. He uses informants from many
government agencies including the FBI. Damnd's information keeps the Mad
Gear gang one step ahead of the authorities.
Damnd's name was censored to Thrasher for the Super Nintendo version of
Final Fight for the US.
It's possible, due to his name being spelled in katakana, that his name
was mistranslated and it was meant to be Damned. Not that there's much
difference there, though:P
Damnd had connections with the FBI. We didn't know what these
connectons were, but now we do (see his FF1 bio above).
Damnd's whistle returns in FF:SW. Some Punx use it to summon other
Punx. Sadly, Damnd however is not in the game.
*** pgVDan.
HIBIKI DAN (last name listed first)
Height: 177cm
Weight: 74kg
BWH sizes: B113, W83, H88
Blood type: O
Native place: Hong Kong
Special Skill: Tile breaking, Karaoke
Likes: Taunting
Dislikes: Seaweed, vain people, Evil
Fighting Style: Saikyo ryu (based on the teaching of Gouken)
SFZ3 nickname: "My father was strong"
SF4 nickname: "Rushing Burst! Strongest Road"
SFZ stage: The ruins of Ayutthaya, during the evening (Thailand)
SFZ2 stage: Temple street (Hong Kong)
SFZ3 stage : Sunrise park (Japan) (likely Hinode Park, Furano, Japan)
Street Fighter Zero 2: Dan seeks out Sagat in Street Fighter Zero 2 in
order to avenge his father's death. He finally finds Sagat, and challenges
him. Defeating Sagat (though what he didn't realize was that Sagat lost on
purpose... odds are high that Sagat simply let Dan punch him once then
purposefully fell down and didn't get up), Dan believes that he has finally
avenged his father's death and now prepares to start a dojo to teach his
Saikyo style to the world! [Official]
Street Fighter Zero 3: He probably just tried to make Sakura his student
as well as got to have a reunion with his childhood friend, Blanka. He
already got revenge on Sagat when his tenure starts in SFZ3, as you can
see by his description (for more on that, see Sagat's storyline during SFZ2
and SFZ3) [conjecture based off in-game storyline].
Street Fighter 4:
A fighting stylist with the distinctive features of colorful provokings and
incomplete moves. With the matter of having studied under Gouken once, those
fighting techniques of "saikyo ryu" are deep with the color of self-taught.
Where Is He Now: Probably still looking for students to teach Saikyo style
to. Remains to be seen what his SF4 involvement will be, other than getting
Blanka to meet his mother again.
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
Zero's World vol. 5- Dan
His name is Dan (Hibiki Dan).
Presently living in Hong Kong.
Once the young Muay Thai champion Sagat was challenged, by a regretted and
torn apart fighting stylist while deprived of that one eye. That's Dan's
father Gou (Hibiki Gou). After the battle with Sagat, before long Gou died.
For young Dan, the death of his father forced on him a hatred for Sagat.
For the sake of revenge he migrated to Japan to study fighting techniques,
to continue with Master Gouken's original training, bringing forth a malicious
heart's unrest and unreasonably indicative of it, he becomes excommunicated.
After that, Dan returned to Hong Kong, all the while continuing to train well
his self-taught moves at combat levels. And so on Dan's basis to acquire
chance for retaliation, "Sagat defeated!!" was the so-called hearsay that
flowed out. According to news, an unknown Oriental, is said to have held him
down with one blow.
Seriously what was that guy?
Could such a guy become a hindrance......?
Dan hurriedly flew to Thailand, chasing after Sagat's whereabouts.
Dan from SFZ
Original account from SF2 Himitsu Hyakka
During the time Sagat's one eye was plundered, his father died in the midst
of the bout. In order to defeat his father's foe, Dan would walk the fighting
path. However, with Sagat defeated by a nameless fighting stylist his figure
had disappeared.
For the sake of chasing after vengeance Dan, began as a student before Gouken.
Dan's fighting ability, was steadily becoming stronger.......
"Dan!, for what sake do you struggle!?" Gouken, asked of Dan. For Gouken,
in the midst of training within Dan's fist, he saw hatred. Dan, could not
respond. As Dan's fist was that Gouken had taught, a righteous fist it had
not become.
"Dan!, depart from before me, ......furthermore, abandon your fist!"
At Gouken's words, Dan shedded tears. Dan was excommunicated.
However, Dan for the sake of revenge could not throw away his fist. From
that day Dan's self-taught-style training began.
Official Story from Gamest SFZ and AASFZ
Before Gouken's eye, seemingly with that brow touching the floor, 1 person
a young man was squatting down.
From where had he heard of it, a lonely mountain recess where his own
techniques would thus be polished with the family constitution before Gouken,
as a young man he requested to be taught. One day Gouken saw through him.
Within this young man, a matter of concealing a rare fighting ability.......
"Ahem Dan, what is it that you desire of your fist?"
At those words of Gouken the young man quietly raising his head, coldly
answered.
"Just, only strength!"
Gouken had interest in Dan's talent, from being ushered as a student, how many
months and days had elapsed. Gouken's suspicion penetrating, while Dan's talent
was blossoming, something, was funny. Calling forth a fist that which is always
tagging along, especially like a blazing up of malice desires, like something
spurring on impatience....... The heart of Gouken's aiming fist, Dan's fist
came to be losing it. "I perhaps was mistaken......" Gouken determined
something in his eye, such that he would murmur.
Within jet black darkness, only a candle light flickered faintly in the dojo,
beginning to seemingly encounter the day, motionlessly 2 people's figures sat
facing each other.
"Dan!, with what are you being burdened?" Seeing Dan with his head looking
away from him in silence, Gouken slowly arose.
"Then your fist, don't only close it up." Having silently approached him,
placing him up on his knee aiming Dan's fist at a released thrust.
His body stiffened Dan slowly opened his eye and, from that thrust Dan's fist
had just stopped. Ever as a master, having the lessons by his own hand for
the student's fist broken and such, Gouken could not seem to expect any more.
"Dan!, depart from before me......furthermore, abandon your fist!" Declaring
such that his back would face him, as Gouken shedding tears left Dan behind,
he had gone back into the dojo.
That night Dan left from Gouken's side. With him seemingly smeared with
hatred and, he could not for reason abandon his fist......that's right, as
long as revenge to carry out on that man!
Dan from SFZ2
Hisshou Buraiken
As an incandescent lamp would shine, 2 men would rise to the surface.
A giant man of more than 2 meters, over such a suffering rough breath.
There he would spring upon the lone man.
"Is that...my, dad? That's right, that's, the form of my dad challenging
the Muay Thai champion. And, this happening......!? No......stop, stop it!!"
Opposite from the giant man's eyes, a brutal red light emitted.
That was fresh blood spurting out....... "Stooop!!"
As for the man sprung upon, his entire body bathed in blood, conversely was
blown off. The world, would be dyed in red.......
"!!" From the bed Dan jumped to his feet. His whole body trembling,
discomforting sweat was soaking the sheets.
"Again, that dream?......!"
His father was a fighting stylist, losing his life immediately following the
match with Muay Thai champion Sagat ten-odd years ago, this nightmare
continued to torment Dan.
Until the result of revenge this nightmare will not go away. Believing that,
Dan recklessly, his own fist lodged in murderous intent and hatred, he piled
on training to destroy the demon Sagat. Dan would slowly stand up. Flame-like
power swells up throughout his body.
Standing in front of a sand bag swaying before his very eyes, Dan released his
power.
"Orahorahorahorahoraaahh!!"
Releasing kicks and thrusts with amazing vigor, like the sand bag wasn't
absorbing even a tenth of the openings. He would drive all the moves he has
into that instant......at the time Dan's wrath reached critical, he'd invoke
the restraint-impossible transcendant technique "hisshou buraiken".
"Koouryuukennn!!"
Not even a trace of the sand bag scattered away. Now for Dan, in his heart
there's no fear of Sagat. As for fear of wrath, he would show panic exchange
for hatred......seemingly making sure it was imposed on himself, the fact was
that Dan alone, would push it up.
Dan's father Hibiki Gou was a Muay Thai master. This is why he
challenged Sagat. Gou gouged out one of Sagat's eyes during the battle, and
in a rage due to that, Sagat killed him. Some people have noted that you can
see a touch of Muay Thai in some of Dan's moves if you look carefully (The
Dankyaku is a good example). That might be just coincidence but I don't
think it is and it's been officially confirmed that his father practiced
Muay Thai, anyway, so I'm pretty sure that his moves seemingly having a
touch of Muay Thai was done on purpose by Capcom.
Sometime after the battle with Sagat, Gou died. He didn't die during
the battle, but he died soon after it due to his injuries. Dan, as a young
child, hated Sagat because he killed his father. To prepare for his
revenge, he traveled from his home in Hong Kong to Japan to study martial
arts. He trained under an ansatsuken master named Gouken for a time, but
was kicked out of his dojo because his heart was too filled with hatred for
Sagat. After that, Dan returned to Hong Kong and trained himself using his
own "style."
Dan was Gouken's student before Ryu or Ken were. Ryu and Ken
didn't even know of Dan's existance before SFZ2. Same goes for Dan (though
it's possible that Dan might have spotted Ryu briefly because Gouken raised
Ryu, but that's not a big deal either way because Dan wouldn't recognize
him later on). Gouken refused to teach Dan because he was always saying
how he would take revenge on Sagat for killing his father.
Dan is older than Ryu and Ken by quite a bit. Capcom never stated by
how much, but considering that Sakura calls Dan & Sagat "Ojisan", Dan is most
likely between 27~35 in the Zero series.
There's an official artwork of Retsu (first guy
you fight in SF) beating up Dan. This event DID happen, but it happened
long after Dan got kicked out of Gouken's dojo. The details of why it
happened are unknown.
Dan's relation to Sakura from Dan's point of view is similar to Mr.
Satan of Dragonball Z and his 'student.' Basically, Dan THINKS he's
Sakura's teacher, but in reality Sakura isn't paying attention to him and
doesn't care about him, and probably never really agreed to be his student
in the first place (Blanka's ending shows that Sakura doesn't even realize
much that Dan took her on as a student). She's a better fighter than Dan,
anyway. Why does Sakura follow Dan around? The current belief is that
because Dan can speak multiple languages as well as is an adult, he's
Sakura's ticket to travelling around the world to find Ryu and such. I
don't believe there's any official statements to confirm that, though.
Sakura's relationship with Dan in the manga Sakura Ganburu isn't
necessarily official, but like many other things from that manga, Dan and
Sakura knowing each other was probably inspired by it.
For Blanka and Dan's relationship, see Blanka's bio.
Dan himself is a big parody to Capcom's rival game company, SNK, too.
His moves and clothes are very similar to several SNK characters from their
Art of Fighting series, and taunting, of which Dan is the king of, is a lot
more prevalent in SNK fighting games than Capcom fighting games. And of
course, there's his classic overseas quote, "I hate the art of fighting, but I
want to be the king of fighters", which makes a pun out of two SNK game series
in one sentence. This is Capcom's tongue-in-cheek revenge for SNK ripping
off Ken and Ryu apparently with their Art of Fighting characters, Ryo and
Robert. Also, saikyo ryu is a combination of the names Saisyu and Kyo
(two major characters in SNK's King of Fighters series).
Dan is 1/2 Japanese, and likely half Thai since his father's a Muay Thai
fighter. He was born in Hong Kong by the way, but you might already know that.
There is a battle intro between Sagat and Ryu where Sagat throws a
defeated Dan off to the side. This is based off of an official art that
has Sagat holding a defeated person before Ryu came along. Capcom took
their inspiration to make Dan from that official poster but then decided to
alter him a bit since then. The game intros have nothing to do with the
actual storyline and that intro is actually more a tribute to how Dan was
inspired by that official poster. The story is that originally, that guy
that Sagat was chucking away was just a nameless nobody but Capcom decided
to make a story with him and thus came up with Dan, then they decided they
wanted to alter that story a bit since then. *shrug* Strange Capcom.
Capcom since then has decided to retroactively change Sagat's storyline
(they retroactively changed Sagat a lot, apparently) so that art and that
intro has nothing to do with the actual plot by now.
A scrapped plotline is that Dan was originally supposed to be Gouki's
angry student (from the caption in an allegedly official artwork) but that idea
was scrapped when they decided to make him more of a joke character and
parody-upped him more to parody SNK. I suppose him being an ex-student
of Gouken's might be a remnant of that idea.
You might think that Dan is living in Hong Kong since that's where he's
from, but if you play CVS 1 Pro and go to Vega's(cape) Stage, it reveals
that his location is indeed Japan. It's pretty obvious Dan lives in Japan
now and that's where his Saikyo Dojo is located, due to his SFZ3 stage being
in Japan (and Sakura, his "student" living in Japan).
*** pgVDave.
DAVE
I don't believe Capcom made official bios for the FFT bosses.
Final Fight Tough: Dave's like... a twisted riot cop who's leading a riot in
Metro City. The riot's actually a distraction so that the Skull Cross Gang
can bust their leader out of jail during the commotion. He's the first
boss in the game. Not much else to say. [from the game]
Where Is He Now: Right...
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
FF3 US Bio: Once a faithful policeman for Haggar's Metro City force,
Dave has changed alliance and is now a major ally for Skull Cross. Even
though he is quite heavy, his quickness is decieving. He loves to
utilize his weight and crush enemies, so watch out for his giant jump
tactic. He is most vulnerable when he falls to the ground.
Hey hey! It's Edi. E without the fat and the gun! Still has the billy
club and facial hair, though.
*** pgVDean.
DEAN
Height: 197cm
Weight: 91kg
Likes: Driving (fast)
Favorite Food: Beef Kabobs
Final Fight Tough: Dean's family was slaughtered by the Skull Cross gang. He
joins Mike Haggar in taking them down to get revenge. Initially, Haggar
and company didn't know who he was, but Haggar accepted his offer to lead
them to the Skull Cross gang due to the urgency at hand. There are two
different endings to Final Fight Tough. One where Dean feels his fight is not
over yet and one where it is, but he needs to learn to live again. I think
the latter is the good ending, so I'm going to assume that's what
happened. At any rate, in both, he walks off into the sunset to find his
own path, alone.
Where Is He Now: Trying to live a normal life again, I guess.
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
Dean
Characteristic: Powerful, but a bit slow.
Sure-Kill Technique: Electric Shock
Weapon of Preference: The hammer, which he electrifies before throwing.
Special Ability: Distance grab, which allows Dean to grab enemies from farther
than anyone else.
Super Move: Scrap Dunk. Dean body slams an opponent, picks them off the ground,
jumps with them and slams them, electrified, again from great height.
Dean's a former street fighter with thorough knowledge of the Skull
Cross Gang's operation. He's very mysterious, and rumors say he's not
completely human. He was asked to join the Skull Cross gang, but he refused
so they slaughtered his family. This angers him so he plans to avenge his
family by destroying the Skull Cross Gang.
He always carries a small picture of his family wherever he goes.
He wields electricity, so people wonder if he's a cyborg, but it's
unknown.
*** pgVDeeJay.
DEE JAY
Birthdate: 1965 October 31
Height: 184cm
Weight: 92kg
BWH sizes: B130, W89, H94
Blood type: AB
Native place: Jamaica
Special Skill: Dancing, Singing
Likes: Shouting, Singing, Dancing
Dislikes: Maturity
Fighting Style: Kick-Boxing
SFZ3 nickname: "Kick & music"
SFZ3 stage: Port Antonio (Jamaica)
SSF2 stage: Kingston beach (Jamaica)
Street Fighter Zero 3: Dee Jay is a young kickboxer, known as the
"Southern Comet". This cheerful fighter quickly rose to become a world
champion. In high spirits, he now searches the world for a good fight. And
he... does nothing. He became a music star, apparently [Conjecture based
off in-game storyline].
Street Fighter 2: Dee Jay participates in the Street Fighter 2 tournament
to find some more rhythm for his songs as he fights. He realizes a cool
new beat and becomes more popular than ever [Conjecture based off in-game
storyline].
Dee Jay- SSF2XR Character Concealed File
The man who as a fighting stylist is a pro musician. In order to search out a
new rhythm, he participates in the battle.
Where Is He Now: He's still a music star. According to SF Eternal,
"Dee Jay still pursues both music and martial arts equally, traveling
looking for what his future holds."
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
SF2 Anniversary Website: Striving to revive the natural rhythm of a pro
musician, he advances in the path of the kickboxer.
Dee Jay has a pet bird named Beramacha, and they're best buddies.
His manager's name is Rick.
He has several fighting championship titles and his albums have sold
in the millions.
He's always smiling, (even when sleeping).
As a mid-boss for Yun in SFZ3, Dee Jay shows he's a friend of Fei-Long's.
Whether or not this is to be taken seriously (given that it's
YUN'S Z3 storyline of all places) is unknown, but given that the two are
both famous in showbiz, it wouldn't be surprising.
From HnN regarding Dee Jay's rhythm.
Ever since Dee Jay was young, he was absorbed into music and kickboxing. As
a result, he became a super top-notch musician as a kickboxer.
Can another glance at the two be probably how he practiced? At first
considering the matter, the destined rhythm from the fact that is said from
both, the time of kickboxing practice, if not then constantly playing high
spirited music? Besides coming from the nature of the rhythm's feeling and
a polished fighting sense, due to consideration his own personal rhythm is
affixed to his body.
Battling head-to-head with his head constantly flowing with the music,
reckless opponents likely can't wait much longer. Is that not probably
Dee Jay's secret of strength?
Also, amidst head-to-head battling inspiration grows. Lately, in the world
as a street fighter beginning to battle as it goes how it all started, with
more opponents' queries of his strength and the degree of strength his
inspiration clears, a fresh composition written from what is said to be
turned-on persuasive power perhaps?
Besides what is done it is believed that Dee Jay is what is said to be a
wholly optimistic man. You might say his album before long will most
certainly be heard. Maybe the vocals already came around (by all means Capcom).
Dee Jay uses Capoeira in the Street Fighter comic by Udon, but
the writers stated in the RAW that they just did this because it suits
his character and they don't think he uses Capoeira in the games (he
doesn't).
Fun random fact. Dee Jay is the only SF2 character (and probably only
SF character ever) designed by Capcom of USA. When Super Street Fighter 2
with four new characters (Cammy, Dee Jay, Fei-Long, and Thunder Hawk) was
made, Capcom of Japan made three of them and Capcom of USA made one, Dee
Jay. ...this might explain why Dee Jay is the least developed SFZ3
character (little incentive for CoJ to develop the storyline further for a
character they didn't design).
A post to the gamefaqs message board by James Goddard, the man
responsible for designing Dee Jay.
That is true. Capcom had sent us pics of the 4 new challengers. There was 2
fei longs (head swaps). I felt this was bad for the players and asked for a
shot a creating a real 4th. They let me try and after watch King of the
Kickboxers with billy blanks (yes the tai-bo guy before he wore tights!!) I
got the idea. I sent a real rough/crappy sketch. They sent back a good one.
I did a final kickass one from theirs with the hairstyle and such, and
pitched it in Japan. I cannot remember the artists name but he made it
happen. I have read stupid threads in the past about how I am not a good
artist, the joke is I never said I was an artist! LOL! I draw cartoony
stuff. I get to co-create characters in this biz because I am able to write
the background and pull out the characters feel/motivation, etc. do a lame
sketch when needed and work with great artists to collaborate the end
result- with them nailing the look! I think deejay is fun, so even though
he is not critical to the sf storyline, he has tones of potential!!
Secrets of Dee Jay's SF2 stage from the Fanbook:
Jamaica (Dee Jay)
Sunset at the establishment known as "Lemony" at the pretty Kingston beach.
Parrot
Flies when the match is decided. Also Rick's pet, Beramacha?
Tune
Dee Jay's tune, is MAXIMUM (also written on his trousers) the center of the
musical performance!?
Band
"Lemony"'s specialty exclusive band with songs treated to salsa.
Dee Jay from Gamest SSF2
Story of Dee Jay
Twilight approaching on Kingston Beach.
For a beautiful sunset, five points can be counted in the world.
The cafe bar & restaurant of the coastland with a turnout of numerous tourists,
at the sandy beach from occupied lovers an exchange of sweet whispers made of
each other's memories.
Reggae's notorious in Jamaica but, connecting with the shore detail, nowadays
it collects every single music style in the world.
At that shop "Lemony"'s stage, a salsa band resounded with a lighthearted
rhythm. Nearly all the visitors being tourists, among them even the figures of
Orientals could be seen. Brilliantly colored cocktails amongst the flickering
lights of torches. Gently time was flowing by.
That man, automatically turned up.
Seated at a counter seat close by the stage, he ordered champagne.
With a baseball cap and sunglasses, a t-shirt hidden by a bolero, while kneeling
the linen pants hid sandals and everything else.
The skin a burly brown, with considerably tough stature, forged arms could come
into sight.
Having taken a sip of champagne, the shades guy looked at the stage. He was
taking hold of the form's natural rhythm. As the band performance ended, the
next composition began.
A short time later still alone, a strangely unstable man came about. That man
wore a pudgy aloha shirt, he surveyed and considered the restless shop interior
and, hanging on a heartbroken shoulder, with a compassionless face he haunched
down onto the edge of the counter seat.
The shop's master with a full-faced smile approached him.
"Hey, Rick! Been a while hasn't it?!"
Slowly that man's face rose, for Rick, the master being diameterically opposite,
such that now his face burst into tears as he stiffly spoke.
"No matter how hard I try, there's nothing! Why am I not doing well......"
"Hey hey, what's wrong?"
That's how the master was being, never with behavior for a move of worry. After
all with having lost on a wager, having seen his wife with Henkley, such would
be the scene.
"Anyway calm down!, have a drink. After a year again."
"With this, I will calm down?!"
He exclaimed, while the master presented for Rick a double whiskey to pleasantly
drink up, he sobbed convulsively.
"Now what? With your place, recent partners get sold, that's not how it should
be? Isn't that likely the reason for being troubled over money?"
"Those partners are difficult cases!"
"Huh?"
"Partners....that Dee Jay, he melts it away!!"
Dee Jay. There's not a person in this Jamaica who knows not his name. 1 year
ago, like a comet he appeared a top musician. Concerts always packed with
people, with his released CD's being all million sellers he's known as a
superstar. Rick being a friend from 4 years ago, presently, has come to work as
his manager. Because also, with Dee Jay himself a considerably sloppy
character, working and playing tending to be his mood of favorite convenience,
having been a strong feeling, Rick in his natural form was opposed to
socializing.
Enriching what was heard as reasonable, as adequate, indeed celebrities seem
from personalities of happiness or of curses, Dee Jay and Rick's relation ran
across from approximately what became a change of circumstances.
"Melted......you say, you mean like gone?"
"Of course! Surely you know he does kickboxing? Nowadays being with that
domestic tournament, that guy also went out for that. Then, in the midst of
the bout all of the sudden he leaps out, and tears them all up.
Naturally an uproar, fumbling however, already hotel baggage
increases......damn it!"
As Rick was watching over them, he totally didn't suspect the event of the
matter.
Now what other problems could turn up......all hands used up over the fumbling,
like taking the last hand, Rick and Dee Jay met at what came to be this shop.
With hope also extinguished he, already was gulping down the liquor.
That was that time.
The resounding guitar's song suddenly, died out.
All at once the customers turn toward the stage and, a lowbred company of 5 to
6 people, step in to brush aside the stage's bandman.
That private person, pulled out the amp's electric cord.
"Again?......" the master muttered.
In a space of 2 months here, 3 days of opening came to be of company. For
Kingston Beach's sight-seeing guest party restaurants, they became the local
mafia's suitable income spots. Being impossible to hire bodyguards, there are
high money robbings.
But still, beyond that matter isn't a warped understanding, for in the vicinity
of the shop reluctant guys are swallowed on requirements. As such the
settlement is for safety, it is also to avert trouble. Yet, recently it's
become, a mysterious business for several turned shop interiors.
For "Lemony", it's such that their anti-compulsory demands now carried can be
brushed aside. With song and laughter and appetizing liquor sold at this shop,
acts of loitering by such unpolished company rightly die in vain.
"My bad, master! I'lll be quiet and have my favorite drink! For a guest
request, naturally let us listen to youu! Gahahaha!"
Frightened guests surrounding the stage are driven away. That being the center,
flashy violet charmed bad suited men, take seats with vulgar loud laughter.
The shop inside returns to quiet.
The master, for tonight, has decided in thought, to get the violet suited men to
approach the counter.
"Sorry......take off! You bother everyone!"
"Hey, did you hear that?! We're also guests, and still we have to get out!
Let us slowly enjoy our alcohol okayy? In this shop, money wipes off responses
dooesn't it, everybody! Gahahaha!"
The huge body built company glared at the master. The master hid his eyes.
A rapid fist assuming a form of endurance, Rick was seeing trouble.
That's it, the police - he thought as he saw part of the counter's interior
telephone, he would show off with the headphones the party guys while he would
grin and laugh.
"Mister Master!! This tone, likely makes for poor business! How about it!?
Every night you agree to be bloodstained!! Hire us, the shop's safe, business
prospers! Don't refuse our terms!"
"Hold it right there!"
That voice was heard from the counter. The sunglasses man.
Seeing that, Rick thought about exclaiming "yeah". The show-off master was
one and the same.
"What, bastard!" Having stopped the frivolous laugh since some time ago, the
suited man dreadfully enlivened. The shades guy took off all his upper garments
and stood up. Too much splendid muscle. No more than this agreed to cool his
smile, the suited man pointed.
"You! I'm astonished!"
"Yeah!?"
"Tonight is a special night. It's too silent here, boring."
For the sunglasses man, seeing the sides of the master and Rick, thumbs were
raised.
"Master! Music, please!"
Rick aware of everything, the shades guy sent back the so-called signal. That
thumb signal, was the dance starting sign. Rick went around the counter
interior, putting in the power to the CD player. A giant noise shot through the
shop.
"Don't joke around! Hey, do it!!"
At the suited man's signal his accomplices would spring upon the sunglasses man.
Having waited out on declaring a facial expression, the sunglasses guy
exclaimed.
"Yahhhhhhhhhh!!"
That movement, was that of a dance. Stretching out his legs, his hands, one
after another the men were removed with attacks as such, going to their defeat.
Connected punches settled for the shin drum explosions.
The surrounding guests were totally excited.
One guest suddenly felt it.
"This tune being......'Maximum', he's......Dee Jay!?"
The tune rose, approaching the last phrase. The hoodlums thoroughly defeated,
the purple suited man became the only one left. Frightened the suited man
admirably ran away.
"H......help mee!!"
At the last tune, Dee Jay's uppercuts piled on each other.
"Dadadadadadadadadadahhhhhhhhhhh!!"
At the same time the suited formed man took off at full speed, the tune ended.
"Dee Jay! Dee Jay!"
Already completely the true colors were exposed. The Dee Jay call would rise.
Rick came running up to Dee Jay.
"You were here, Dee Jay......"
"Yeah, here is my and your, ought-to-be commemorative meeting spot of course!"
Rick began to feel glad. For Dee Jay, my having gone northward cannot be
understood.
After all this guy, is my best pal!
C'mon......let's go back. Everyone's waiting. Even the fans are anxious."
"Nah......sorry but I'm not returning."
"Huh!? How come!?"
"I've been excited about another new inspiration. Surely it's a new rhythm."
At hearing that Rick held his head. Again something fishy with this guy has
begun!
"Don't worry, I'll return in time for the next concert tour! See ya!"
"H, hey! Wait! What are you going to do, about the next new tune recording!!"
Dee Jay was surrounded by guests flying over, from out the shop. Gold Pampul
Open Sports tires squealing became more distant.
Rick slid into heartbreak, reaching to his knees.
The master to gamble on his voice.
"Yeah if it resounds, it'll be one way or the other......I think, that's the
way it is right, Rick!"
To amass for his sake, finally Rick burst into tears.
"Deeeeeeee Jaaaaaaay!!!"
*** pgVDhalsim.
DHALSIM
Birthdate: 1952 November 22
Height: 176cm
Weight: 48kg
BWH sizes: B107, W46, H65
Blood type: O
Native place: India (birthplace is the province of Kerala)
Special Skill: Studying Yoga, emptying one self, peaching, selflessness
Likes: Curry, Meditation
Dislikes: Sweet Food, Meat
Fighting Style: Yoga
SFZ3 nickname: "Miracle of yoga Reach infinity"
SSF2 nickname: "An aloof and proud yoga fighter"
SF4 nickname: "Deeply Caring Ascetic"
SFZ2 stage: The Ganges coast (India)
SFZ3 stage: In front of Jaunpur Monument, (India)
SF2 stage: Majarajah's Palace (India)
Street Fighter Zero 2: An illness has hit his village and he is street
fighting in order to afford medicine for his fellow villagers. That’s
why the villagers and Sally are thanking Dhalsim in his ending.
He dislikes the violence he must do for good, but his wife assures him
that he has saved and helped many people. [Conjecture based off in-game
storyline. Illness is from official SFZ2 bios]
Street Fighter Zero 3: The yoga master, Dhalsim, fights for his family
and for the poor. The increasingly evil energy forces him to decide....
That one day he will renounce the root of his power. [SFZ3 Prologue]
He might have met Rose and tried to dissuade her
from taking Vega on, alone. He probably met Cammy and played a part in
making her realize her self-consciousness during their brief meeting.
That's about it [conjecture based off in-game storyline].
Street Fighter 2: As shown by his new ending in SF2 Revivial, he
DID enter the SF2 tournament to help go after Shadaloo and win money to feed
his son. At any rate, after
the SF2 tournament, he went back to his loving family [Conjecture based off
in-game storyline].
Dhalsim- SSF2XR Character Concealed File
Having thrown himself into the street fight for the sake of his young son, the
kind-hearted yoga master.
Street Fighter 4:
Fighting style: yoga inner mysteries
Disciplined Indian monk who's mastered yoga's hidden purposes. While
hesitant in wounding others due to fighting, for the sake of rescuing
his family's dwelling village, he wields his blazing techniques once
again.
Where Is He Now: Dhalsim's quit street fighting after SF2 [Official].
Guess he finally decided to renounce his power, after all. I heard that he
saw that other people could take up the call to fighting for good. He's
probably living a happy life with his family, now.
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
Dhalsim from SFZ2
Yoga Inferno
As dusk draws near on the bank of the Ganges River, facing the western sky
meditating was the form of a training monk. His name is Dhalsim.
Now, from tomorrow he prepares for a journey of trial, having calmed his heart.
Up to half a year ago a prevailing disease (hayari yamai) struck his village.
......if the reason was insufficient medical treatment for the poor village,
many villagers would collapse, bedridden by the disease.
With everyone certainly unable to pay their medical bills, Dhalsim unable to
let that present condition pass unnoticed, it is such that he realized the
method for to say earn money would therefore be the means of the so-called
street fight.
At the riverbank he was thoroughly dispirited, continuing to meditate all the
more at Dhalsim's back, a lone woman was stepping up toward him. It's Sally,
his wife.
Her husband's determination, while she knew not to worry in the end, she
couldn't help but be concerned as his wife. The so-called struggle, so far
a silent living contrary to gazing at the world itself having become thrown
onto her husband's back, she stood stock still.
It is that time. Suddenly Dhalsim's body, wrapped into an enormous flame
pillar.
Sally astonished, called out to her husband. "Dear!" However Dhalsim calm,
turned around. "There's no need for concern. This is a marvel of yoga, a
fabricated blaze borrowed from the power of the fire god Agni......it's
alright!"
As he would say it, without a sound the flame went out. Somehow or other
that is, to sightseers it would seem that the image of the flame was like a
battle spirit type of thing.
"Utilizing this power, opponents won't be injured more than is necessary, I
can likely battle to win......" Dhalsim would face his smiling wife, having
stiffened those pupils.
A cruel struggle hardening in his place before Dhalsim, Sally kindly addresses
him.
"Your beliefs, are surely the proper ones......"
Hearing those words, even Dhalsim's final hesitation, seemed to ooze out.
Several months from this event, constantly Dhalsim looks back at his own
conduct endowed him with the technique. That move bluntly named
"yoga inferno", it was to become Dhalsim's powerful weapon.......
Zero 2's News TOP SECRET: Dhalsim
Top Secret Notification Part Number 8074890
Shadoloo Intelligence Department Investigation Room C-26
His Excellency the Commander's Directly Supervised
New Fighter Acquisition Candidacy Reconnaisance Report
NAME: Dhalsim
(full name unknown, possibly his name as a monk)
AGE: age unidentified
(presumed to be from early 20's to mid-30's)
SEX: male
NATIONALITY: Indian
Herein is the report of the character Dhalsim, who's not strictly a fighting
stylist. Separated from an ordinary human with body manipulation techniques
through yoga, resistant to agony and adversity brought about by many long
years of penance as a Brahman monk, this investigation room considered him
being a superhuman factor even as foremost a fighting stylist.
At his birthplace being the Indian province of Kerala his training contents
of "ikingyo" and fighting move-like factors are matters taken in as
inseparable. Why then, his grounds therefore in representing almost all the
world becomes the striking thrusting related fighting moves from also the
ancenstral origin grounds of the foundations of "Gandaara martial arts."
Though today exists a succeeding name to "Kalaripayattu", the matter that
his fighting techniques will also at any rate vary is of no space for doubt.
As the world is as wide as each joint unit of desorption, from where would
not the existence of the meeting and parting of the skeletal and muscular
systems' flexibilities going at will for fighting techniques and the like.
Namely, having said that the matter of his skills be learned by other people
by example our Shadoloo assassination-necessary personnel's handpicked isn't
an exaggeration to say a near impossibility, even bringing in consideration
for he himself with only a specially characteristic physical constitution,
he's a greatly profound interest as a subject of study. As opposed to
becoming a superior Shadoloo science companion, his own self as the target
investigation object, would we receive a willingness to cooperating.
Nevertheless, according to the measurement machine from his brain even at
normal times a great deal of alpha waves is being detected. In other words
it forecasts trouble for the brainwashing machine in "persuasion".
Furthermore, his fighting motive being from religious morality becomes the
manner of aiding the weak. Somewhat childish heroism but, as for this
investigation room required character care is concluded for this Dhalsim.
As the situation has also detected a hostile manner with us of Shadoloo and
him, if by any chance preparation is set as a necessity add to the matter
in advance. His habitual movements, in the speech and conduct of those many
supporters, the concealed man may therefore take one wrong step for the
possibility of even becoming possibly the "Second Gandhi".
SF2 Anniversary Website: For the sake of his young son, the yoga master
entrusts his body to street fight. Has a kind heart.
Dhalsim from Gamest SF2
SFII's strange character and speaking of the foremost to recall is probably
Dhalsim.
Uncanny paint, a repulsive skull necklace, unusually huge bracelets, and
also flax (?) trunks (?). Now an exceeding expert of yoga which is said to
hold a good feeling, and performing hallucinations to their limits.
For his sake as a young child, the wounds of people were taken in sparingly
and not separated from the specially necessary evil within which was to be
admonished from struggling against. An unreasonable argument. For the sake
of children why likely struggle that which is necessary? That boundary of
meaninglessness may possibly be the rationale boundary for Dhalsim.
As for his sure killing moves, scorching the separated opponents, the ashes
left behind "yoga fire," and approached likely by his wife (?) and by his
child, everything wrapped in raging flames is the "yoga flame."
Even not doing these, his limbs can freely extend. An endlessly unfair guy.
However, with his extended limb assault hits are exceptionally anguishing
facial expressions also.
The rest in midair are the sudden angled-degree direction-changing
"drill attack" a queer becoming move he uses, a circumferencing being
grasping uncanningly what no one else can approach.
That's the opened Buddhist enlightened clown Dhalsim.
Dhalsim was said to breathe fire by channelling his Yoga energy as well
as because he eats lots of spicy curry. At least, that's what my Capcom of
USA SF2 instruction booklet as well as Nintendo Power told me. As it is,
the actual reason is because he was given powers by the Hindu god of fire,
"Agni".
Dhalsim's backstory has him deeply meditating somewhere in the
surrounding area of the Ganges River. The people of his village suffer
from poverty and illness. He needs money quick in order to save them.
He considers street fighting, but he knows he'd be disobeying one of
God's principles, which is not to physically hurt others. After deep
meditation, Dhalsim reluctanly chooses street fighting as a way to make
money in order to rescue the village, realizing that negative energy is
increasing within him....
Dhalsim's wife is Sally and his son is Datta. Datta has already been
born before the SFZ series.
Dhalsim's wife Sally is 17 in SFZ2, found in AASFZ2 and
confirmed in AAC.
Guile's daughter, Amy, and Dhalsim's son, Datta, are penpals since SF2
was made (which probably was made in part because Guile and Dhalsim are the
only ones with canon families at the time so Capcom decided to connect the
two... for fun or something).
The skulls Dhalsim wears around his neck are the skulls of children
that sadly died during a plague. They are not the skulls of HIS children,
though. Dhalsim's son Datta is alive and well, as shown by his SF2 ending.
In Hindu tradition, the skull necklace has something to do with karma,
reincarnation, and moksha (becoming one with The Creator)
Dhalsim is probably based off of a certain character from a 70's Kung
Fu film called "Master of the Flying Guillotine". The character in the film
was also an indian yoga master who could extend his limbs.
Dhalsim was born in Kerala. It’s a province in India.
Dhalsim's Dash account:
Dhalsim from Gamest SF2D
The Vanity of All Things
My name is Dhalsim. I am a man known as an extremity expert at Indian yoga.
As for the obstinates of the West, who don't recognize from the head the power
of yoga, my yoga secrets if looked at can be conclusively authorized. How
about looking at taking from an apple tree if it's 5 meters ahead? Seen balls
of fire emitted from the mouth?! No matter What kind of trick it is.
Borrowing the evil-consuming flame from the power of the Indian fire god "Agni",
it is ready to be comprehended by things such as Western science.
For the pursuers of yoga knowledge, money should not be a need. Food intake
quantities can be regulated at will, the minimum necessary limit of money
agreeable enough among begging priests. For me, if I go into meditation from
morning until evening, that's 1 day passed by. My good-natured wife an
understanding person, at last this time on the side of forgetting hunger,
self-taught to say the techniques of yoga during perception, my family with
money for so-called existence value, still more sparse things were to become.
And so, this is the distant prospect, the change that could not make all
carried.
Void is This Color
However, it was one small life that was largely overturned.
Between myself and my wife a child was born. For me, this child was already
granted by god, a pledge at the same time a thanksgiving to protect this
changing life....grind, weep. It was a leisure openhearted as wanting to cry.
Why was this? So I love you my darling.
That's what it's called. This son, unlike myself and my wife was getting
hungry. Drinking milk thankfully brushed it away but, now it's become that
food is a necessity. So that I heard from my wife say to buy food.
"Dear, there is no money."
How can this be. For my family I believed that money wasn't a necessity,
this has become the shape of necessity...! However, for me there was no work
and the like, really what I can do that'll be enough.
Yoga's Extremity Secrets
The way to make a living in my mind, is to have yoga circle consultations
revived.
"If they could this time be continued as fighting techniques for the world
battle championship, a lifetime of idleness in India can be overwhelmed
with a monetary prize to be obtained."
This is it, no other choice. If I have my yoga, I'll be beneath the notice
for fear of a barbarous fighting stylist and such. But, I was born until
today, above all to not wield violence and the like. The so-called wounds
of people, sufficiently opposing god's teachings, are barbarous things left
to chance. However, to relieve the starving of a beloved son, there's no
other choice for helping this matter. This is one, to say necessary evil
which I can try to get god to close an eye on.
The following day for me, while the wife in training was sleeping I
discovered a famous fighting stylist wanting to challenge me for a wagering
bout. I feel it passed through, that as for me I became 1 person as someone
who would stand before my yoga. And so I decided in conclusion on being a
competitor speaking, with the words "It's unfair...".
What can be said, the Indian vehicle god Skanda surely will not sleep on
unfairness for any reason. As for my extending limbs, the gifts of strict
pursuit of knowledge. It's fine if all of you find mortifying my
reaching-out limbs through pursuit of knowledge.
And, with me needing to have traveling expenses sufficiently collected,
I prepare for the journey. My son, wait for me. When I will return,
there will be curry to eat to your heart's content.
My name is Dhalsim. An extremely potent man in the world.
He is referred to as a monk in AASFZ2, but the context and word used
indicates that it is more as a knowledgeable person about religion
than the definition of monastary monk that most people know (which is why
he has a family, etc).
Yoga gives Dhalsim many innate mental abilities, such as reading minds
and sensing evil. But you probably already know that.
The elephant he rides on in his SF2 ending is called Kodal.
Balrog once killed one of Dhalsim's elephants just for the hell of it.
Kodal's parent was the elephant killed by Bison.
From HnN regarding Dhalsim and elephants:
There's a drawn picture in the center of Dhalsim's stage. It seems to be an
elephant seated on a rug with both hands holding mysterious weapons.
Ordinarily a picture as such would be overlooked, but this picture is quite
deep within, as deep as the southernmost crevasses of the Mariana Trench,
secret as profound myths and legends.
With this picture, Dhalsim kept his creed alive and belief in the Hindu-taught
deity Ganesh (Kangiden) and perhaps no more than that?
Ganesh is the elephant deity. Drawn within this picture is an indiscretion
with the elephant there, such that is not considered.
In India, elephants are used as holy messengers and held with immense respect.
Dhalsim honors those elephants, through the heart of his creed they're in the
fighting arena of course. Dhalsim's elephants in comparison probably believe
they don't measure up to that known level.
In Dhalsim's stage, six elephants cry out PA-O!...PA-O! twenty-four hours a day,
in the center the elephant god Ganesh brings out the like, in Dhalsim's
religious view, it realistically appears.
Wild elephants decrease in numbers these days, for all of them does the great
Dhalsim not follow their example and cry out for the elephants' protection with
a loud voice?
Dhalsim's fire isn't real fire. Apparently, the flames are just an
illusion. That might be why his opponents don't receive any permanent
burns despite being completely engulfed in flames. The significance of
Dhalsim using flames has to do w/ the the fact that some indian religions
believe that requests and prayers are carried to the heavens by the smoke
and flames. According to yoga, fire is capable of purifying...stuff.
Dhalsim's views are reflected in this, seeing as how he attempts to
bring peace by erasing the wicked from this world and/or the evil that
aggravates their souls.
Kodal often accompanies Dhalsim as he travels the world. Datta enjoys
playing w/ Kodal.
Dhalsim's fighting style may have been inspired by Kalaripayit,
an ancient Indian form of combat whose unarmed moves include punches,
strikes, kicks, locks, holds, and throws. This martial art requires
tremendous flexibility.
Likely caste where Dhalsim and his family come from:
From initial appearances, Sally and Lilly are definitely easier to label
than Dhalsim:
Lilly: probably a Sudra (servant or laborer)
Sally: probably a Sudra at birth, now most likely a pariah (outcaste).
Dhalsim: he's tough because of many varying qualities he has. Due to his
poverty he might be a Sudra, for the fact that he is or was an (unorthodox)
warrior, he could be classified as a Kshatriya (ruler or warrior, or if
he's considered an authority in spirituality as he is often depicted he
could be a Brahman (priest or scholar). Possibly though he is a pariah
IF he practices Buddhism which totally discourages India's caste system
by promoting universal brotherhood.
Haggar and Dhalsim are the oldest SF chars in the canon that have
actual specific ages stated for them.
His prototype name was Naradatta and later on Hindustan. He got his
current name from a curry shop near Capcom's headquarters called "Dhal,"
after the Indian cooking ingredient.
In the Japanese version of SF2, Dhalsim says that the photograph is of
him a long time ago. In the US version, he says it is him "in his past
life". Since only three years had passed, he obviously didn't actually
mean that he had died and been reincarnated since the photograph had been
taken. This photo isn't mentioned in his SF2 Revival ending, though. The
SF2R ending is more about how Dhalsim fights evil, now.
A translation about Dhalsim's SF2 stage:
India (Dhalsim) Maharajah's Palace
Indian model decision battles took place at the Maharajah's palace. Now the
ceremony praising the fighting king is just over.
"The king of greatness to become, who besides can it be?"
"Hmm, as for the challengers from foreign nations. This is agreeable, Dhalsim!,
your power will be a supportive test. How much you separate will also be the
remainder of what will be watched over."
"I must win only with motive. Fate cannot be opposed. Such is fate......"
Dhalsim once confronted the whole of yoga training. He took himself as the
same as whoever was a challenger. The greatest enemy therefore being his own
self.......
HnN pointed out that the skulls of his necklace were probably children he
could not save. Then when the Fanbook came out, it was revealed that each skull
represented three worldly elements: fire, water, and earth. Possibly each child
perished from a wildfire or lightning, etc., a flood or just drowning, etc.,
and an earthquake, mudslide, etc.
Although AASFZ3 mentions nothing about his necklace in his fashion style
section (kind of surprising), his Z3 art does show especially from an angle that
the jaws have larger and fewer teeth than would an adult's jaw, and the eye
sockets are reasonably big. Going by the jaws, the children wouldn't have been
older than 2 or 3 years.
Dhalsim's SF4 arcade ending comments:
As Dhalsim knocked down the strong one by one, he achieves in regaining the
water in his family's dwelling village. In the village the children's innocent
smiles overflow, seeing that for Dhalsim is such a happy smiling.
*** pgVDrake.
DRAKE
An FFT boss. They don't have bios.
Final Fight Tough: A Skull Cross member, Drake is a possible third boss you
fight (and the one you fight on the way to get the 'best' ending). He's in
charge of smuggling weapons for some mysterious company called The Sims.
[from the game]
Where Is He Now: Hmm.
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
He's a sailor you fight on his boat. And he swings a big anchor. And
makes earthquakes that will knock you down if you aren't in the air at the
time of his stomp. Hey, it beats simply poking you with a wrench.
...what the heck are The Sims anyways? They're just mentioned after
you beat Drake then that's that, but something must have been important
because stopping their weapon shipment lets you get a 'better' ending where
everyone comments that their job is done (as opposed to the alternative of
feeling like their job isn't done).
*** pgVDudley.
DUDLEY
Native place: England (hails from London)
Fighting Style: Boxing
SF3 nickname: "The Boxing Gentleman"
SF3:SI stage: A London street (Britain/United Kingdom)
SF3:TS stage: MAIN STREET 11:05AM (Britain)
(his stage in 3S is outside Harrods in Knightsbridge SW7, which is
half a mile from Westminster. Big Ben is seen in Second Impact)
Street Fighter 3 Second Impact: Dudley enters the SF3 tournament to win
his father's car back that Gill acquired. ...what a strange strange plot.
Even though he didn't win the tournament, he impressed Gill enough to get
his car back. Well, not sure completely if that was the case (It's his SF3
Second Impact ending), but his Third Strike intro shows that he did get it
back, though. He accidentally breaks off the steering wheel while driving
it, though, but quickly puts it back on. Problem solved! [Conjecture
based off in-game storyline].
Street Fighter 3 Third Strike: After winning the championship title,
Dudley was given the title of "Sir"(I guess that means he was knighted).
Shortly afterwards, the Royal Family announced that they will holding an
upcoming fighting tournament and invited Dudley to participate. Dudley has
to fight flawlessy and give a perfect performance. He has only 1 day to
train. That's enough time for him to improve his abilities and test his
skills against fighters from all over the world [Official]. Although...
his in-game storyline and ending don't seem to have anything to do with
this prologue. His ending just shows how Dudley still has scheduled
fights, and he still thinks about his father. And he's still rich
[Dudley's SF3TS ending].
Where Is He Now: See above.
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
Dudley's father's car is a Jaguar.
Dudley cared for his late-father very much, which is why that car is
such a family heirloom to him.
Dudley is a rich English gentleman from a rich English family, but you
probably already knew that.
Dudley's family used to be rich, but his father screwed up all his
business decisions and lost everything he owned, including the car (Gill
didn't steal it. Gill acquired it). Dudley became rich again by boxing
and trying to buy back everything that was once his dad's.
Dudley’s father lost his fortunes while Dudley was in college.
The rose garden in Dudley’s SF3TS ending once belonged to his father.
Below are the kinds of roses in bloom in the garden:
St. Swithun
Abraham Darby
Uncle Walter
Dainty Bess
Of course, he likes tea. And his estate is huge, with a huge rose
garden, too.
He's a bit small for a heavyweight boxer, but of course he makes up for
it with speed and skill.
His butler's name literally translates as Orto K. Gotchi. A rough
translation could be Orlando. Orto K. Gotchi has served Dudley’s
family for generations. He served Dudley’s family back when Dudley’s
father was a kid.
*** pgVEagle.
EAGLE
Height: 184cm, 182cm (old SF1 design)
Weight: 75kg, 78kg (old SF1 design)
SF1 Action: rolling attack
BWH sizes: B105, W80, H86
Blood type: AB
Native place: England (from Britain)
Special Skill: Golf (Handicap 0)
Likes: Roast Beef
Dislikes: Ungentlemanly Behavior, Unrefined Fellows
Fighting Style: bojutsu
SF1 stage: Any of Canterbury, Liverpool, Manchester, Oxford, St. Andrews.
Actually, that last one is in Scotland, so scratch that,
and we doubt it's Liverpool, either...
SFZ3 stage: A train cemetery (same as Birdie)
Street Fighter 1: Eagle was an English bouncer who was hired to beat
Sagat. After losing the SF1 tournament, he... well, went back to being a
bouncer [According to Saiki. Still digging up info].
Street Fighter Zero 3 Double Upper: Eagle, a bouncer from England who is a
master of bojutsu. He craves to experience all of the fighting arts. His
desire for the perfect duel has set his eyes on the world. [prologue]
While traveling, Eagle ran into Guile. Guile was too busy on a mission
to fight, but it was obvious that he wanted to as well as he was already
in his fighting stance. After a battle, impressed, Guile tells Eagle that
he's searching for Sagat who was involved with Shadaloo. Joining Guile on
his search, Eagle eventually managed to see Sagat again, and the two were able
to find out about Shadaloo's main base,
itself. Guile congratulated Eagle and apologized for thinking that
Eagle was in his way before. Eagle accepted his apology, and Guile asks Eagle
to help him with one more mission, to help save his friend Nash. So they
head over to Vega's base where they found Nash and finally managed to
come face to face with the main mastermind behind Shadaloo, Vega himself.
Eagle stepped up to the plate to help fight Vega, and eventually Guile and
Nash were able to take him down at the cost of Nash's life who sacrificed
himself to hold Vega within the bomb-primed base when the bombs around the
psycho drive exploded. The mission done, Eagle and Guile bid their farewells,
and Eagle remarked that they would have to party again sometime. Eagle
reflected on his joyous adventure. Joyous besides the Nash-dying part,
Which I threw in to force-feed reconcile this whole thing to you. Roar.
Nash actually lives in Eagle's ending in the game [conjecture from
the game blatantly frankensteined in with the rest of SFZ3's plot]
Where Is He Now: Still being a bouncer, most likely.
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
His bio in both the Street Fighter fanbook and All About Capcom say
he's an inanimate, cold blooded and cruel bodyguard for a noble family,
probably from the castle in his background in SF1. Neither of the books
mentioned anything 'bout being hired to defeat Sagat. Both sources call
him a cold-blooded individual who's been hired as a newly-rich noble
family's bodyguard.
...he doesn't seem that cold-blooded in SFZ3, though. Maybe Capcom
forgot or he simply mellowed by then. Or he was retconned. Not like
SF1 showed off his supposedly cold-blooded personality very much.
Eagle, after being upgraded for CvS2 (Then ported to Double Upper), is most
likely a tribute to Freddie Mercury of Queen. His win quote, "The show
must go on", is a heavy indicator of this. I don't believe he was such in
SF1, but when Capcom upgraded him for CvS2, they made him as such. Freddie
Mercury was gay, thus Eagle is apparently gay, too. Many of his quotes in
the Japanese version of CvS2 show this, beyond the point where you can just
say he's weird (He even tells Morrigan that she'll never be able to seduce
him for reasons he's not going to elaborate on, and tells Rock that a young
boy like Rock needs 'all kinds of' experiences' :P). This was censored a
little for the US version of CvS2, but you can tell he's still gay there,
too. Many of Eagle's win quotes in SFZ3 for the Gameboy Advance are along
the same lines. It's not just Eagle's own quotes, either. Guile in CvS2
(most character to character quotes are in the Japanese version, only, as
always) remarks to him, "There's guys like you in the military, but no
thanks for me!" and Yun is just more than a bit trying to keep his distance
from Eagle in his win quote to him in Zero 3. Eagle also does things
like tell Sakura he doesn't care for schoolgirls and tell Chun-Li to cover
her legs :P
Judging by his SFZ3 win quotes, Eagle remembers Adon and Sagat from the
SF1 tournament. Doesn't seem to indicate anything about the others like
Gen or Ryu, though.
The sticks Eagle fights with appear to be escrima sticks, but even if
they are, that still doesn't confirm what his fighting style is, at all.
There are other types of sticks they could be, too, really. His SFZ3
Double Upper bio reveals that his style is bojutsu.
There's an official Zero sketch of Adon with Eagle for some reason.
Well, Eagle has a relationship to Sagat (he was hired to go defeat Sagat in
the SF1 tournament) which I guess could somehow give him a relationship to
Adon, but whatever it is, I don't know it.
Eagle and Birdie are named after golf terms (an Eagle is -2 points,
a Birdie is -1). Another reference to this is Eagle's special skill, golf.
Although Birdie was also a bouncer, Eagle doesn't seem to show any
indication that the two know each other in his GBA SFZ3 win quote to
Birdie.
Another small note from the SF1 interview: SF1's fighters from England indeed
had their names come from golf. At first they were planned to be named Birdie
and Bogey, but the latter after much laughter was named Eagle.
*** pgVEdiE.
EDI. E
Height: 204cm
Weight: 145kg
Hails from: America
Special Skills: Shooting
Likes: Rare steaks
Fighting Style: Police training
Final Fight One: A corrupt policeman who was a member of Mad Gear, Edi. E
found Mad Gear to be very good for his career. Being affiliated with the
gang, he was able to use Mad Gear's resources to jail many other gangs.
When Cody opposed Mad Gear and hit the Westside, Edi. E, who ruled the West
Side with an iron fist, confronted Cody among a watching crowd. Cody is
disgusted when he sees how corrupt Metro City is that a policeman would
join Mad Gear. Edi. E fights Cody but is defeated by him. [Conjecture based
off in-game storyline]
Street Fighter Zero 3: Cody has busted out of jail. Edi. E appears to be
trying to get him back judging by Cody's win animation... Dunno how much a
win animation should be trusted but mweh, it probably did happen. He never
caught Cody, though.
Where Is He Now: Probably still a policeman of Metro City. And probably
still corrupt, too. By Streetwise, who knows? He'd be pretty old by then.
Sgt. Sims is just a sergeant, and you never get to see or hear about anyone
who's higher rank than that.
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
FF1 bio: A vicious ex-policeman. Edi E controls the entire west side
of Metro City (note: Apparently ret-conned so that he's still a policeman).
He received administrative guidance from Haggar to become a policeman and
later betrayed him, from an old FF1 character relations chart.
Yes, his name is spelled Edi. E without a period after the 'E'. Dunno
what's up with that. Course, dunno what kind of parents would name their
kid 'Damnd' or 'Sodom', either. It's possible that Capcom mistranslated
his name and it was supposed to be Eddy E.
Metro City is so corrupt that Edi. E managed to hang onto his job
despite being a known member of Mad Gear.
Edi. E also is often chewing gum.
I wonder if the many freudian remarks about Edi. E and his attachment
to his gun in Final Fight One were done on purpose (the funniest one being
SFZ3 Cody's remark about it, hehehe. "You need a gun to be the big boss
guy don't you?" It comes complete with authority figure connotations!).
Like Edi. E, all cops in Streetwise rely primarily (exclusively, even)
on fire arms. Sadly, Edi. E himself isn't in the game.
*** pgVEHonda.
E. HONDA aka EDMOND HONDA
Birthdate: 1960 November 3
Height: 185cm
Weight: 137kg
BWH sizes: B212, W180, H210
Blood type: A
Native place: Japan
Likes: Bathing, Chanko Nabe (a kind of soup that sumo wrestlers eat)
Dislikes: Indecision
Special skill: hotpot dish cooking and serving
Fighting Style: Sumo Wrestling
SFZ3 nickname: "Lucky adventurer of the sumo world one"
SSF2 nickname: "Hari hand tenth game," or "Slapping match of No. 10"
SF4 nickname: "Zealous Sumo Wrestler to Call On!"
SFZ3 stage: "Higashikomagata - Katomi kontou, Japan".
SF2 stage: "Adding wealth root hot water and a bathhouse", Edo Hot Baths
(Tokyo)
Street Fighter Zero 2: He wasn't playable in the game, but he did appear
in Sodom's ending briefly. Sodom visited E. Honda and challenged him to
make E. Honda a member of Mad Gear. The match was fun, but apparently E.
Honda won [based off SFZ2 and SFZ3 dialogues]
Street Fighter Zero 3: E. Honda wants to find worthy opponents and show
them the strength of sumo. In the hopes of finding stronger opponents, he
begins a journey. He fought Ryu in a fun match, and probably got to meet
Sodom again. And he told Sakura (and maaaybe Juni found out from him, too)
where to find Ryu. That's probably about it [Conjecture based off in-game
storyline]. Oh, it's indicated by Street Fighter Eternal that his team-up
with Zangief to help take down Shadaloo happened in some shape or form.
Perhaps his SFZ3 ending where he finds some Dolls after Shadaloo went boom
then took them in for a while because they couldn't even remember their own
names happened, too. E. Honda said they could leave if they wished once they
regained their memory.
Street Fighter 2: E. Honda joins the Street Fighter 2 tournament when he
hears that many in the world didn't consider sumo wrestling to be a true
sport. He now wants to prove the power of sumo to the entire world
[Official]. Dunno if he did or not, but I imagine he made quite a good
show and thus proved to most people at least that sumo was a respectable
sport.
E. Honda- SSF2XR Character Concealed File
The man who does nothing but practice with effort and spirit. In order to
actually prove the strongest sumo he continues to street fight.
Street Fighter 4:
Fighting style: Japanese sumo wrestler
A strong man with a collective notice of unprecendented sumo wrestling.
His ranking is below yokozuna but, his true ability is said to be yokozuna
class. For the sake of "worldwide" sumo, he flies out of the sumo realm
journeying on a provincial world tour.
Where Is He Now: He's still a sumo wrestler, as always. And training his
students, of course.
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes
SF2 Anniversary Website Blurb: Diligent from the effort and
disposition being the creed of sumo's training. A possessor of a
one-track mind that hates to bend.
E. Honda from Gamest SF2
He's a sumotori [sumo wrestler]. Suddenly like that, "In the world, sumo
should be perceived as magnificent," he journeys out there. That's right,
he's a quite extensive lively personality. What's the matter with a
Japanese wrestling pavilion!? where doubts are alright? Wrestling pavilion
intervals have "provincial tours" going on.
However, he kicks and jumps there, he doesn't believe that this would be
perceived together as sumo's glory. On his face he applies facial paint
as Japan appeal (!?) but likely as a plan, such that wouldn't exist in a
sumotori. His twin who ran for board chairman learned of this fact and
likely regrets it. But the underwear is a red sumo loincloth. The
underwear's width makes spirited use of winning by tossing an opponent
without close body contact.
As for sure killing moves, there are the air-cutting-up "hyakuretsu harite"
and the "super headbutt." Especially for the super headbutt, the topknot
has a fried chicken bone hidden within.
In the street fight he introduces himself as "Japanese sumo wrestler,"
his principal occupation is a sumotori after all. Every morning lacking
in figure, meals consist of chanko nabe [traditional sumo stew in a pot].
He strives for aiming at the yokozuna class. He pursues his own strength
to the end. He's also become a fighting stylist after all.
E. Honda never became the Yokozuna even though his abilities are at that
level, he made it to the Ouzeki status (one before Yokozuna), then he left
for the world. Rikishi is a general
term for sumo wrestlers, if you didn't figure that out already.
Edmond's first name is definately Edmond. It's stated in his beginning
prologue when you play as him in SFZ3.
E. Honda's students shown during his SF2 ending are Hatonoyama,
Marunoumi, Yasuhanada, and Nishinofuji.
He'll employ willpower to get out of any pinch he's in.
Sodom challenged E. Honda to make E. Honda a member of Mad Gear in SFZ2.
"Fujinoyama" is what the ref calls him, but All About SFZ2 confirms that
it was E. Honda. Perhaps he took an assumed name as a cover, as he has
been known to do this with his face paint as stated by HnN). E. Honda
in SFZ3 refers to this, so you know it happened. E. Honda appears to
have won that match, though both he and Sodom continue to respect each
other greatly.
E. Honda having a different name in Sodom's ending is part of a sumo
tradition. For those actively participating in sumo as a sport, they are
given a shikona, which is a name specifically for wrestling.
E. Honda likes his fellow countrymen. Canonwise, he probably met and
fought Ryu during SFZ3 as shown by several dialogues, and he gets along
well with Sodom, too, who's almost Japanese... or at least tries very hard
to be:P Though... E. Honda in general is a very easy going guy who likes
everyone, it seems. Even when Vega's being all evil, E. Honda remarks
"Don't say things like that! It makes you sound like a bad guy!" ^_^
Zangief, according to Street Fighter Eternal, knows E. Honda. In SFZ3,
Zangief and E. Honda meet in Zangief's ending within the Shadaloo base (E.
Honda heard about evil drug pushers and went to investigate, himself) and
the two team up to destroy the psycho drive. Considering that the official
way the psycho drive was destroyed was by Nash blowing up with it, I'm
not exactly sure how Zangief's ending fits into things...
The relationship in SF Eternal refers to Zangief and E. Honda as
"Kindred Soul" or "Comrade".
E. Honda likes Tiramisu. It’s a dessert of cake infused with a liquid
such as coffee or rum, layered with a rich cheese filling, and topped
with grated chocolate.
Honda's SF2 planning stage prototype was named E. Sumo or simply Sumo.
He would disturb and annoy his neighbors by often yelling hrough a
microphone hooked up to huge speakers bragging about his grueling
training schedule and fighting prowess.
Here's something from HnN regarding Honda's face paint. Apparently,
he was into investigating Shadaloo due to sumos taking drugs during SF2
as well even before his 'investig