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[entremet]

...That black dude wasn't Balrog?

Balrog wasn't getting bodied by some no name scrub, son.

He's one of the four kings for a reason.

Also funny fact, the black dude was turned white for the Genesis version:

 

[Coulomb_Barrier]

Balrog wasn't getting bodied by some no name scrub, son.

He's one of the four kings for a reason.

Also funny fact, the black dude was turned white for the Genesis version:

How curious. It's not just a colour swap as his hair is different too. Nice fact.

 

[Blues1990]

Guys, guys, do you still get people in America that look like Scott?

Golden blond hair, bleached white T-shirt tucked into bright blue denim jeans and white sneakers?

Genuine question, I've only been to New York and Detroit and didn't see any like that.

Well, such a fashion statement was certainly more common in the late 80's/early 90's. Which is incredibly weird when Max was given such a radical redesign, while Scott looked like he had walked out of the year 1992. :/

 

[Lyte Edge]

They better not put these jabronis in before Sakura and Akuma.

Nah, they're from the character guide that is filled with various characters.

http://game.capcom.com/cfn/sfv/columnlist_cat4763.html

Even GORBACHEV has an entry.

http://game.capcom.com/cfn/sfv/column-112582.html

 

[MrCunningham]

Balrog wasn't getting bodied by some no name scrub, son.

He's one of the four kings for a reason.

Also funny fact, the black dude was turned white for the Genesis version:

It might be a colour limitation thing, given the use of the same skin tone and hair colour.

Or maybe not, since the Japanese Mega Drive port looks like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88P7UdkdbPk

I guess this is just gold old fashion censorship for the IS version.

 

[Zubz]

I was always under the assumption those two were Joe and Mike from SF1.

Same here. Granted, they're pretty insignificant, so they still might as well be Mike & Scott.

I do like these concepts the SF art team's been doing, though, ever since they made a design for Zen. I wonder if they've ever done the Baz?

 

[OmegaDL50]

I was always under the assumption those two were Joe and Mike from SF1.

Same here.

 

[Spring-Loaded]

Why can't Scott look like his original appearance

 

[Host Samurai]

Always wondered why they weren't in SF2 back in the day

 

[Spiral Insanity]

Why couldn't they make them look like the originals? Fuck. What's the point?

 

[sn00zer]

Nah, they're from the character guide that is filled with various characters.

http://game.capcom.com/cfn/sfv/columnlist_cat4763.html

Even GORBACHEV has an entry.

http://game.capcom.com/cfn/sfv/column-112582.html

Lol his birthmark is in the shaoe of the hammer and sickle

 

[Zapages]

I was on the Joe and Mike train until this reveal... It would have been cool if it were Joe and Mike. Oh well. ;\

 

[outsidah]

They better not put these jabronis in before Sakura and Akuma.

LOL... couldn't have found a better word to describe them myself.

It might be a colour limitation thing, given the use of the same skin tone and hair colour.

Or maybe not, since the Japanese Mega Drive port looks like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88P7UdkdbPk

I guess this is just gold old fashion censorship for the IS version.

Now that is curious... wtf?

 

[nded]

Canadians finally got their Street Figher representative.

Maple Storm!

 

[WarRock]

It might be a colour limitation thing, given the use of the same skin tone and hair colour.

Or maybe not, since the Japanese Mega Drive port looks like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88P7UdkdbPk

I guess this is just gold old fashion censorship for the IS version.

Now this is mindblowing.

 

[@MUWANdo]

It might be a colour limitation thing, given the use of the same skin tone and hair colour.

Or maybe not, since the Japanese Mega Drive port looks like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88P7UdkdbPk

I guess this is just gold old fashion censorship for the IS version.

I did some googling and I guess it came up at Capcom USA at some point: http://www.polygon.com/a/street-fighter-2-oral-history/chapter-5

JOHN GILLIN:

I got a letter from a father who was very very upset with the game. And it turns out that one of those cutscenes at the beginning depicts two guys that are fighting. They're fist fighting; they're facing off against each other. There's a white guy and a black guy. They're the two that are fighting. And you look at the crowd surrounding them — the crowd is all cheering and, you know, the bloodlust is running thick. And you realize that the entire crowd surrounding these two is white. So you have all these white people, and there's this white guy facing off against this sole black guy and the white guy takes a swing and catches the black guy right on the chin, and the black guy goes down and everybody's cheering.

Opening
Street Fighter 2's opening arcade cutscene (seen here) featured a white man punching out a black man. In later versions of the game, Capcom changed the scene to feature two white men.

And the letter I received was from an African American gentleman who was distressed at the racial overtones of that. And it was funny, because I had never really noticed that, but upon looking at it, it was like, "Wow." And the Japanese culture is a little bit different than ours as far as our history and all that, and the sensitivity to those kinds of issues. And so I immediately wrote him back and told him I was very sorry about that, that that was something I would raise with our headquarters. And I did. And you know, by that point in time, the game had already been out in the market for awhile and there was no way to change it. ... Whether it was intentional or not, I don't know. But it was interesting.

 

[Justified]

Thought their names were Mike and Joe......

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

I always wanted to see the return of Genki, the ninja from the first Street Fighter.

 

[DustyVonEric]

Rocky Marciano beat Joe Lewis' ass.

Best movie

 

[MrCunningham]

Canadians finally got their Street Figher representative.

Maple Storm!

These stereotypes are deliciously bad. The only way you could make this character better/ worse is by making her a lumber jack and an Olympic gold medal curling champion.

I did some googling and I guess it came up at Capcom USA at some point: http://www.polygon.com/a/street-fighter-2-oral-history/chapter-5

That's interesting. Sometimes all it takes is one angry person to change something. Back when Street Fighter II was new, I never really saw the intro as being racist. To me it was just two dudes in random a street fight.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

I thought their names were Joey and Rougned

 

[CadetMahoney]

The only SF2 video you'll ever need.

http://youtu.be/UdW4ROw03QQ?t=9s

 

[Reset]

Max should have stuck with his old look.

 

[Barrel Cannon]

nostalgia overload

 

[Jerry Orbach]

Max loaned his pants to Dee Jay after an awkward training accident. That is the secret origin of Dee Jay's pants. The secret origin of Max's belt buckle is he got it at the mall.

 

[Sectorseven]

Was this a big point of discussion?

 

[Line_HTX]

MAX OUT.

Spoiler

Kappa

 

[L Thammy]

So Scott is Cody's twin brother, or he just stole his clothes?

What the hell is Maple Storm supposed to me? Is she supposed to be an American Gladiators contestant?

 

[Mechanized]

What is up with that page? It has tons of new characters with SFV under their art?

 

[Neoxon]

Max looks WAY too much like Rodin.

 

[MattKeil]

It might be a colour limitation thing, given the use of the same skin tone and hair colour.

Or maybe not, since the Japanese Mega Drive port looks like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88P7UdkdbPk

I guess this is just gold old fashion censorship for the IS version.

A creative choice based on what you think is best for a particular market is not censorship.

 

[MrCunningham]

A creative choice based on what you think is best for a particular market is not censorship.

The change was still made because it offended one person, that counts as some form of censorship to me.

 

[Producer]

thats Rodin for sure. Capcom vs Platinum incoming

 

[L Thammy]

The change was still made because it offended one person, that counts as some form of censorship to me.

Then you don't understand what censorship is.

 

[Bishop89]

 

[Menitta]

These stereotypes are deliciously bad. The only way you could make this character better/ worse is by making her a lumber jack and an Olympic gold medal curling champion.

V Trigger is covering herself with Maple Syrup and preventing back dashes within grappling range.

 

[Mista Koo]

I had no idea about this website. Great idea, now everyone is canon?
Interesting finds:

1. My man Gou Hibiki (Dan's dad) looks great and is officially mentioned for once, thus increasing his chances of showing up in the game by a factor of 1000 (making it ~5%).
2. Lee (SF1) is now a drunken master, a bit generic but it gives him a personality. Also he doesn't look bad.
3. Sodom has an absurd update to his design, which kinda fits his absurd character??

 

[Neiteio]

That first one is just Rodin from Bayonetta

 

[Mobius 1]

I actually like Sodom's wig. He's a bit odd anyway.

Canadians finally got their Street Figher representative.

Maple Storm!

Might as well give her a fucking beaver tail at this rate.

 

[Sou Da]

Canadians finally got their Street Figher representative.

Maple Storm!

"Eh, fuck it just give her a headband with the flag on it"

EDIT: I expected her to be a roller derby girl from the design

 

[blakep267]

Rocky Marciano beat Joe Lewis' ass.

joe lewis was 167 years old

 

[Zapages]

Very cool site...

Here's Chun-Li's Father: http://game.capcom.com/cfn/sfv/column-122153.html

Goutetsu: http://game.capcom.com/cfn/sfv/column-122152.html

Akuma: http://game.capcom.com/cfn/sfv/column-122147.html

Old School Birdie:http://game.capcom.com/cfn/sfv/column/brd00.jpg?h=1d5008db0691b475acad3229280e73f5

Also original Geki is

Spoiler

dead

... http://game.capcom.com/cfn/sfv/column-112441.html

Mike Haggar:

 

[SmokedMeat]

These have to be the most boring, uninspired character designs I've seen in modern gaming.

I don't think it's possible to create a character more boring then Scott.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Hagger with the Steve Harvey pants

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

Those pants gotta go Max.

 

[The Elite]

Canadians finally got their Street Figher representative.

Maple Storm!

She should be related to Lance Storm.

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

Very cool site...


Also original Geki is

Spoiler

dead

... http://game.capcom.com/cfn/sfv/column-112441.html

I would love to start a petition to get him in the game as a playable character.

 

[Shmuppers]

HOOLY

SF needs more jobbers.

 

[Baron Aloha]

Bullshit. That's fucking Cody.

 

[Village]

Yo screw those dudes

Mike dadgar looks rad as shit.