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Japan police are using Street Fighter to recruit cops

Japanese police are using Street Fighter to recruit cops.Characters from Capcom's famous fighting game franchise will b…

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It turns out Capcom has been working with Osaka Prefectural Police and other nearby police forces on various crime prevention awareness campaigns since 2013. But this year, Capcom received a request from the Osaka Prefectural Police to use Street Fighter characters for the first time.

3000 flyers will be distributed, and 1000 posters placed at Osaka Prefectural Police stations and police boxes, as well as at train stations, from today, 2nd July.

Capcom said: "Selected for the brand's powerful image, its popularity among a broad range of age groups, and the affinity that esports has with cyberspace, the characters will be featured in investigator recruiting advertisements with the aim of boosting awareness of and the number of investigators specialising in cyber-crime - a field that has seen a conspicuous rise in the number of incidents in recent years."

 

[EightBit Man]

Weird that didn't choose Leon Kennedy and Jill Valentine instead. I get it, Chun-Li's an Interpol officer, but that's where things end.

 

[GreyHorace]

So instead of equipping service revolvers, officers will be trained to throw hadoukens?

 

[Jigsaah]

Weird that didn't choose Leon Kennedy and Jill Valentine instead. I get it, Chun-Li's an Interpol officer, but that's where things end.

That's a damn good uniform.

 

[K1Expwy]

Wouldn't Ghost in the Shell be more appropriate to promote cyber crime investigation? It's also the manga's 30th anniversary.