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Thank Capcom These Hideous, Offensive Street Fighter Rejects Never Saw Life

Did you know that Zangief’s original name was Vodka Gorbalsky? Do you realize how horrifically stereotypical some of the early Street Fighter character designs were? You will once you watch episode one of Machinima’s FighterPedia It’s not Japan’s fault that they don’t have a lot of African, Indian, or Russian people hanging about to model…

By Mike Fahey Published November 1, 2011

He Asked About Misogyny in Street Fighter, and the Game’s Caretakers Didn’t Dodge

At a New York University conference about game design this past weekend, a conversation about misogyny broke out. Street Fighter brought it on, and the answers, some of them from one of the current caretakers of the series at Capcom, were frank. You might have expected defensive answers. People don’t usually react well to being…

By Stephen Totilo Published October 31, 2011

Culture

Capcom Wouldn’t be Capcom Without Akiman’s Amazing Art

Japanese artist Akira Yasuda, better known by his pen name Akiman, is a legend in the video game art world, being responsible for more classic images, posters, box covers and characters than we’ve got space to share. So we’ll keep things brief, and just focus on some of his more memorable works. Akiman worked at…

By Luke Plunkett Published October 27, 2011

Can You Handle Zangief’s Tiny Red Shorts?

Say hello to Mike Fass. You might be familiar with this guy if you watched Street Fighter: The Later Years or if you attended the Mr. Stonewall Bear Competition earlier this year. The Mr. Stonewall Bear Competition was to pick the top “bear”—or manly, hairy gay dude. Fass has worked as a rock drummer, an…

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 27, 2011

CultureTotal Recall

The Best Street Fighter Movie Starred…Jackie Chan?

You’ve seen the bad of the Street Fighter craze of the early 90s. Now see the good. No, not good. Amazing In this clip, from 1993 movie City Hunter, we see martial arts superstar Jackie Chan take a bit of a beating. After which he starts seeing things. Namely, characters from Street Fighter II. Then…

By Luke Plunkett Published October 27, 2011

CultureTotal Recall

When Street Fighter met GI Joe, the World Suffered

The year was 1993. Street Fighter was one of the biggest things on the planet, and venerable toy franchise GI Joe…wasn’t. In an effort to boost Joe’s sales, Hasbro figured creating action figures based on Street Fighter would be a really good idea! It wasn’t. Between 1993 and 1994, Capcom and Hasbro teamed up to…

By Luke Plunkett Published October 20, 2011

This Ryu Cosplay Is an Animated GIF Waiting To Happen

Cosplay is not easy. And this Ryu cosplayer gets the costume part totally right. He also does a solid job uttering “Hadouken!” It’s when he actually starts trying to pull off Ryu’s moves when things go south. Also, cartwheels? Wait, what? You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can…

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 18, 2011

The Best (Fake) Video Game Wedding Picture Ever?

I just went to a friend’s wedding this weekend and while it was a emotional, sincere and booze-filled good time, there was no roundhouse kicking at any point during the ceremonies. As you can see by the pic above, that was a clear error. Especially when you consider that the groom is a games journalist…

By Evan Narcisse Published October 17, 2011

Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition Punches Out a Ver.2012 Update

On Dec. 2, the free update will hit Japanese arcades first, and then it will be available for home console download on Dec. 13. The patch rebalances SSFIV:AE and adds a “Ver.2012” below the title screen’s logo. [Capcom]

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 17, 2011

Stupidly Low Salary Offered to Street Fighter II‘s Iconic Artist

Akira Yasuda, better known as “Akiman” is about as big as they come among Japanese game designers and illustrators. Besides designing and planning titles like Forgotten Worlds, Final Fight, and Street Fighter II, he’s created some of gaming’s most iconic characters and art, such as for, again, Street Fighter II For a guy with credits…

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 17, 2011

Street Fighter x Tekken Comes Out March 2012, Brings Fighting Game Viagra With It

Fighting games have traditionally been one arena of player-vs-player engagement where pyre skill wins the day. Sure, characters like Street Fighter‘s Dhalsim throw off the balance with his long reach, but generally the genre’s big titles are tuned to the point where reflexes and training can equal things out. Street Fighter x Tekken might be…

By Evan Narcisse Published October 14, 2011

Watch Daigo Get Perfected in Super Street Fighter IV

Could you obliterate legendary competitive Street Fighter player Daigo “The Beast” Umehara? Could you perfect him in Super Street Fighter IV, keeping him from laying a finger on you? At the EVO 2011 fighting game tournament this past summer, a gamer named Poongko did. Marvel at this. Remember, in a different Street Fighter game, Daigo…

By Stephen Totilo Published October 3, 2011

In Japan, Wrestling Masks Aren’t Just for Half-Naked Dudes in Boots

It began, as so many things do, with sweaty men in tight underpants. And they wore masks. Let’s not forget the masks. Lucha Libre masks. Those masks might have started in Mexican professional wrestling, but they live on in Japan, whether that be in fashion, manga, pornos and, yes, video games. “You want to know…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 29, 2011

A Street Fighter II Painting So Small, It Could Fit on a Fingernail

Hadouken! Self-styled retro game artist Maya Pixelskaya painted Ryu unleashing a “wave motion fist” and Chun-Li pulling off a spinning bird kick—on her fingernail. Not sure which is more impressive: Maya’s painting or her cuticles. For more retro gaming art, check out Maya’s website. It’s chock full of neckties, shoes, and guitars. Maya Pixelskaya [Official…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 27, 2011

Cammy vs. Chun-li (or Cannon Spike vs. Spinning Bird Kick)

Cammy and Chun-Li settle their differences in this ass kicking Street Fighter illustration by Fung Kin Chew. Fight! Cammy and Chun-Li by Fung Kin Chew (deviantART) (Twitter) Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to Justin Page’s Rampaged Reality and get your fix. Republished with permission. Cammy and Chun-li by…

By Michael McWhertor Published September 23, 2011

Confronting the Eternal Question: Why Don’t Video Game Heroes Pee?

Note that I said “confronting.” I can’t say “answering” because that presumes there is a good reason for the absence of urinal faculties in Ryu, Mega Man and Princess Peach. And when we get to the end of this video by Gameboyardee, we are left with even more questions. t’s best to just think of…

By Owen Good Published September 15, 2011

This Might be the Funniest Thing We’ll See All Week

This trailer for Tekken on the 3DS was shown at yesterday’s Namco Bandai showcase in Shinagawa. While the game failed to spark much interest, this footage of Street Fighter boss Yoshinori Ono and Tekken’s lead man Katsuhiro Harada brought the house down. You can contact Luke Plunkett, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 14, 2011

Street Fighter X Tekken Opens Up ‘Pandora Mode,’ Adds Online ‘Scramble’ for 4 Fighters

The battle between Capcom and Namco Bandai’s most famous fighters in Street Fighter X Tekken just got a little more interesting, thanks to some new modes revealed in time with the Tokyo Game Show. Just what are Pandora and Scramble modes? The former lets fighters sacrifice their tag team partners for a “short, but powerful,…

By Michael McWhertor Published September 13, 2011

Chun-Li Strikes a (Strange) Pose

Early next year, Street Fighter fans will be able to get their hands on this 18″ Chun-Li statue. The pros are that it looks realistic. The cons? That pose. That pose She looks like she’s straining for a fart. Or doing warm-up stretches. Or some kind of folk dance. It’s not the kind of heroic…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 13, 2011

Familiar Challengers Enter the Street Fighter X Tekken Ring

Capcom’s Street Fighter meets Tekken title is getting a couple new brawlers: Rolento, Zangief, Heihachi, and Lili. Street Fighter X Tekken takes Tekken characters like Heihachi and throws them into the world of Street Fighter An upcoming Tekken X Street Fighter from Namco Bandai plans to do the inverse. Street Fighter X Tekken is headed…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 13, 2011