He later joins the playable roster during the game's second season of DLC content, now a grown adult and leader of Neo Shadaloo, an organization seeking to help others who were victims of Shadaloo's experiments. She is able to hear and comprehend various rhythms as well as the voices of the wind and trees.[5]. [41] Ingrid also placed tenth by Heavy.com as one of 10 Characters they wanted to see in Ultra Street Fighter IV. In addition to receiving a formal education, Blair has trained herself in various combat sports, believing that one day she will need to know how to defend her loved ones as well as herself. He is the game's largest character, towering over other heavyweights such as Zangief and Birdie. He also appears in the High Roller Casino stage in Street Fighter 5 as a background character. [30] In 2012, Complex ranked her as the seventh best black character in video games, adding "though not one of the most popular characters in the franchise, Elena has a cult fanbase that adores her and so do we. Her source of power is apparently derived from Psycho Power, yet is not purely evil like that of M. Bison; though seemingly quite similar to Rose's Soul Power. [Top 10] Street Fighter Best Female Characters We'd Love To Date They are similar to Cammy in character design, but have their own special moves and super combos. She's coded as a character of African descent. [17] Eagle was nominated eighth by Heavy.com as one of 10 characters they wanted to see in Ultra Street Fighter IV.[18]. He learns that he is the elder brother of Hokuto, who has been on a mission to find him. He is the second opponent the player faces in the US in the original Street Fighter. Street Fighter x Tekken - Episode 2 - Cinematic Trailer Street Fighter X Tekken Gamescom 2011 (PS3, Xbox 360, Vita) Street Fighter X Tekken 'Ryu, Chun Li vs Kazuya, Nina' Gameplay Arika later developed its own fighting game featuring characters from the series, Fighting EX Layer, which was released in 2018.[120]. Crimson Viper is an American double agent, who is posing as an employee of the S.I.N. Adon is a playable character in Super Street Fighter IV,[3] where decides to join the S.I.N tournament and gets his rematch with Sagat, defeating him there. Twelve is the ultimate humanoid weapon developed by Gill's organization. These female characters like Chun Li, Cammy, Sakura, Ibuki and many others have a large fan base of men (and women) from all around the world. Elena has been mostly very well received by video game critics and writers. 13 Kimberly: Street Fighter's Best Female Newcomer Street Fighter 6 is still far off on the horizon. She's an amazing fighter who is also intelligent, pretty and just an all around badass woman. Her fighting style is derived from Bajiquan, a Chinese martial art that utilizes elbow and shoulder strikes, while Daigo assists her in certain attacks. In this game, however, he also has a role as one of Hugo's potential final bosses and tag partners, forming the tag team "Thunderbolt". [18] Alex was also named as 10th-best character in the series by Complex. [139] Skullomania reappears in Fighting EX Layer, having settled back into life as a salaryman but finding himself unexpectedly transforming into his superhero persona without any memory of doing so afterward. Pressured by his parents into upholding the family legacy, Shin was not interested in doing so. A look at black characters in the Street Fighter series since 1987. [123] Pullum's theme tune was later used in the game Technictix. He is the first Chinese opponent in the original Street Fighter,[30] encountered at the Great Wall of China. Doctrine Dark (, Dokutorin Dku), whose real name is Holger (, Orug), is a German-American mercenary seeking revenge against Guile. In Ultra Street Fighter IV, it is revealed that she is an earlier, imperfect product of Shadaloo's cloning experiments that would eventually result in Cammy's creation. He is a hot-temperered Canadian member of Metro City's Mad Gear gang who originally appeared as a boss character in 1989's Final Fight. After leaving his hometown at the age of 20, he becomes a popular wrestler in the US, with former street warrior Poison, another enemy character from Final Fight, as his manager. Blair Dame (, Burea Deimu), appears as a secret character in the original Street Fighter EX and as a regular character in Street Fighter EX Plus, EX Plus , and Fighting EX Layer. Doctrine Dark was among the 20 fighters GamesRadar wished were included in Street Fighter X Tekken.[130]. European Street Fighter champion Ryan Hart listed Eagle at the top of his list of best Street Fighter characters. "[13] She was originally envisioned to use a long spear. Motivated by these words, Allen sets out to prove that he can be the best not only in America, but in the world. [8] Similarly, GamesRadar chose Elena as one of the 12 most-wanted Street Fighter characters for Super Street Fighter IV due to "wearing almost nothing and acrobatically showing off her crotch at every opportunity" and the smoothness of her animation in Street Fighter III, adding that she was "much more than just a bikini-clad tease with impossibly fluid and graceful movements" and called her a "lot of fun to play" and "the exact polar opposite of Balrog". While the Rival Schools series has long been established as taking place in the same world as the Street Fighter series, Akira is the first Rival Schools character to appear as a playable character in a mainline Street Fighter game.[98]. BirdieThis dim-witted, violent and short tempered brute is the type of cockney you wouldn't wanna meet in a dark alley. Hugo (, Hyg) is a massive professional wrestler from Germany who first appears in Final Fight under the name Andore (). She has been implanted with the "Seal of Blood" (, Chi no Fin) to exterminate her brother. "[26], On the other hand, Official Dreamcast Magazine UK had listed the "bland" and "a bit crap" Elena among in their opinion the worst aspects of Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike at the time of game's release. "[22] Now Gamer listed Gen and Heihachi Mishima as one of the rivalries they want to see in Street Fighter X Tekken. He also makes an appearance in Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation as one of several fighters accompanying Ryu to rescue Shun from Dr. Sadler. He also appears in Capcom Fighting All-Stars and Capcom Fighting Evolution. Ace (, su), who is introduced in Street Fighter EX3, is a government agent who is ordered by the prime minister of his nation to find information about a secret weapon being developed in an underground base. Geki () is a Japanese Ninja who fights with hand claws and shuriken and has the ability to teleport. Top 15 Black Street Fighter Characters Ranked - PlayerNature [4] In his ending, he makes fun from redundant Sagat and since then he considers himself as a new Muay Thai master. However let's turn our attention to some of the more underrated people in the series.Street Fighter's black representation has been far from perfect, nevertheless these characters still ooze charisma and stand out in their own ways. She was noted as a very powerful character in Ultra Street Fighter IV. [94] C. Viper is ranked 22nd in a worldwide Street Fighter character poll held between 2017 and 2018.[8]. He is the second Japanese opponent in the original Street Fighter,[19] a battle which takes place near Mount Fuji. [8] Street Fighter Alpha's Birdie also topped Gameist's's list of the 10 "lamest Street Fighter characters ever conceived". It's not unusual for fighting games to pay tribute the to great Bruce Lee. She is named after the month of August, and is accompanied by a golden lion tamarin named Kiki (). It is also hinted that Charlie was the person that helped him as Abel recognizes Guile's fighting style and Abel even comments to Chun-Li about the soldier that rescued him from Shadaloo. "[3] Electronic Gaming Monthly remarked that her lack of punch attacks make her awkward to use, but she can be an effective fighter for players who get used to her unusual kicks. [142] The four shock troopers are the only characters from the arcade game excluded from the Street Fighter: The Movie console game, which is a different game based on the same film. SantamuSantamu is an Ethiopian character, who in earlier iterations is said to be from Vietnam, although she ethnically looksBlackin various Capcom artwork. There, she worked with Guy and Haggar to take down the Skull Cross gang as thanks for Haggar clearing her of a false corruption charge in the past. "The Shadowed One") is a physical manifestation of the Satsui no Had separated from Ryu's body, introduced in Street Fighter V Season 4 DLC. kaiten geri) which is originally a full contact karate technique. Lily 13. Top 10 Best Black Female video game characters - PlayerNature [45] As Gunloc, he features in the 1993 wrestling game Saturday Night Slam Masters and its 1994 sequel Ring of Destruction: Slam Masters II, as a hot-headed street fighter turned professional wrestler. In battle, she wears a pair of high-speed rollerblades and a mechanical right arm codenamed "Cancer" (, Kyans). She travels the world to hone her skills with her bodyguard Cracker Jack, whom her mother has hired to protect her. In A Shadow Falls, he appears as an antagonist on his own, unrelated to Shadaloo nor the Secret Society. DudleyIs there a Street fighter character with as much class and dignity as Dudley? Once we decided on Africa, we felt that a female character made for better style. [76] She is often seen speaking to her daughter Lauren on her mobile phone. Shin (, Shin) is a playable character in Street Fighter Online: Mouse Generation making his debut during the game's 18 December 2008 update. Gen has appeared in media outside of video games. 2. At the end of the original EX2, he vanquishes the demon his father once sealed and saves the local shrine maiden, becoming the new guardian deity of Kukunoichi. Sharon is depicted wielding a gun in the character artwork for the original EX2, but she does not use any firearms until EX2 Plus. Adon appears in one episode of the Street Fighter cartoon series as a non-speaking role. Birdie appears in two episodes of the Street Fighter cartoon series. Street Fighter 6 introduces series' first female African American He was once trained by his grandfather, who was of Japanese descent. She is a member of a special unit within Shadaloo called the "Dolls", or Bison Elite Guard (, Bega Shin'eitai), which is composed of twelve young women brainwashed to serve as Bison's personal assassins. IGN ranked Gen at number eighteen in their "Top 25 Street Fighter Characters" article. Moreover, he's undoubtedly the strongest Street Fighter character to have ever worked under Bison. The drink jug he uses in battle boosts his fighting skill, but contains Yakuyu (), a kind of medicinal drink similar to tea, instead of alcohol.[108].