KAGEįirst appearance: Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition He’s worthless outside of having that sweet Mount Rushmore stage.įurther Reading: Street Fighter Story Timeline Explained 75. That means we’re left with this throwaway black boxer guy from the U.S. Officially, Mike and the boxer from Shadaloo are two different people!” They even made an inspired joke about it in Street Fighter V‘s arcade mode via Balrog’s “ Street Fighter 1” ending. I mean, Balrog was obviously supposed to be him in Street Fighter II(as he’s called Mike Bison in Japan), but the naming switcheroo in America led to Capcom saying, “What? No. Mike is baaaaasically Balrog, but not really.

Then I realized that those qualifications would mean I’d have to include the cast of Street Fighter EX, and nuts to that! Sorry, but that cast is 80% terrible, and I really don’t want to have to talk about them. That way I could make jokes about Captain Sawada from Street Fighter: The Movie and the Shadaloo Cyborg from Street Fighter: The Interactive Movie. At first, I was thinking of going with any fighter in a game with “Street Fighter” in the title. Of course, figuring out the guidelines was a bit tricky. Only makes sense to try the World Warriors while I’m at it. Hey, people seemed to like it when I did the same for Mortal Kombat. They’ve had movies, animated adventures, lots of comics, and a really cool web series.Īs the franchise continues to chug along with Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition and its constant DLC, I’ve decided to rank every character from worst to best. With so many sequels and rehashes, the iconic cast of characters has clashed with the Marvel superheroes and even their SNK and Namco fighting game counterparts. Capcom’s series has been reinvented many times over the last 30 years. Street Fighter’s been part of video game culture-hell, pop culture-since…well, the second game.

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