Tizoc
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Mike Bison
That's the name of Boxer in Japan, and to make it more asinine, this is his portrait in the CPS1 SF2 games
Granted they trimmed down the Mike Tyson resemblance in later appearances, but why and how the hell did they think it was OK to name a character like that?
I know that 80s Japanese video games had lots of 'borrowing' from popular movies and featuring real life actor portraits in them, like this from Metal Gear 2 (which isn't the only game where Kojima's Western Fanwanking is apparent)
But how in the seven hells did they agreed to settle on that name and even go so far as to have his portrait look VERY identical to Mike Tyson?
At least this (excellent) fan video does a nice job of making the names flux well together
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9KvRDaIpbs
Also kickass Boxer art I copy pasta-ed from Fightersgeneration cuz they are awesome artwork
...but naw seriously, did they look at Punch Out NES and think the too would get a free pass?
That's the name of Boxer in Japan, and to make it more asinine, this is his portrait in the CPS1 SF2 games
Granted they trimmed down the Mike Tyson resemblance in later appearances, but why and how the hell did they think it was OK to name a character like that?
I know that 80s Japanese video games had lots of 'borrowing' from popular movies and featuring real life actor portraits in them, like this from Metal Gear 2 (which isn't the only game where Kojima's Western Fanwanking is apparent)
But how in the seven hells did they agreed to settle on that name and even go so far as to have his portrait look VERY identical to Mike Tyson?
At least this (excellent) fan video does a nice job of making the names flux well together
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9KvRDaIpbs
Also kickass Boxer art I copy pasta-ed from Fightersgeneration cuz they are awesome artwork
...but naw seriously, did they look at Punch Out NES and think the too would get a free pass?