The Street Fighter Plot Canon Guide Ver. 4.5
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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
pgIVSFA2. 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.
pgVAbigail.
pgVAdon.
pgVAlekseyZalazof.
pgVAlex.
pgVAndore.
pgVAstro.
pgVBalrog.
pgVBella.
pgVBelger.
pgVBirdie.
pgVBlack.
pgVBlackWidow
pgVBlanka.
pgVBratken.
pgVCaine.
pgVCallman.
pgVCammy.
pgVCarlos.
pgVChang.
pgVChunLi.
pgVCody.
pgVDamnd.
pgVDan.
pgVDave.
pgVDean.
pgVDeeJay.
pgVDhalsim.
pgVDrake.
pgVDudley.
pgVEagle.
pgVEdiE.
pgVEHonda.
pgVElena.
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.
pgVRyu.
pgVSagat.
pgVSakura.
pgVSean.
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 4.5 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 SFA anime, the SF2 animated movie, even though that officially
was what inspired the SFA series, Sakura Ganbaru, even though that
officially inspired quite a few things in SFA3, 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.
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 Ansatsukan 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.
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 contraints
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!"
********************************** pgIVSF1.
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).
********************************** pgIVFF1.
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.
********************************** pgIVSFZ1.
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.
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.......
********************************** pgIVSFZ2.
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.
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 not let Nash see Vega for some
reason. Capcom officially stated this fight didn't happen by saying that
Nash and Rolento never met, and I don't see why Rolento would care about
Shadaloo at this point, anyways. Maybe Capcom put it in to show general
corruption of the army or something and Rolento was meant to represent some
generic corrupt army soldier that Shadaloo brought. Dunno.
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 wants to know what Chun-Li's looking for and offers to
teach her. This battle (well, probably more like a meeting) DID happen.
Capcom has officially stated that Gen was the one that gave Chun-Li the
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. ...even after looking at the dialogue in the game, I have no clue
WHY these two are fighting, here...
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 where Shadaloo is, and
Gen even makes a reference about her father. See Chun-Li vs Gen battle
above. This battle officially happened (and Gen being a friend of
Chun-Li's father is another official statement too, if you think the
dialogue's too vague on that).
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 kill in the name of bushin. 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 definately did happen, because in SFZ3, Rolento
tells Sodom, "I'm willing to forgive your rudeness in the past!"
Rolento vs Guy - Rolento and Guy throw insults at 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 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 leaves 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 throw insults at 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.
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...
The latest version of Zero 2 would be Street Fighter Zero 2 Dash
(Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold overseas) which fleshed out Cammy's experiences
as Shadaloo's agent in Zero Fighter's Generation. Her battles analyses to
come in hopefully the next guide update.
********************************** 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 Street Fighter Alpha
3
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.
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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. Cap