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Black Hat wrote:Rated X wrote:Woweven the boxes suck. Where did they get Vega from? Its M. Bison dammit.
>He doesn't know
I dunno, I'm not even that big into Street Fighter but a Chun-Li in Arcee colours would be great.
Caelus wrote::oops:Black Hat wrote:Rated X wrote:Wow even the boxes suck. Where did they get Vega from? Its M. Bison dammit.
>He doesn't know
I assume he was joking.I dunno, I'm not even that big into Street Fighter but a Chun-Li in Arcee colours would be great.
Wouldn't a pink/white deco just be Chun-Li's alternate costume?
For that matter wasn't Vega/Bison's alternate costume silver and black?
He isn't. He really isn't.Caelus wrote:Black Hat wrote:Rated X wrote:Wow even the boxes suck. Where did they get Vega from? Its M. Bison dammit.
>He doesn't know
I assume he was joking.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:He isn't. He really isn't.Caelus wrote:Black Hat wrote:Rated X wrote:Wow even the boxes suck. Where did they get Vega from? Its M. Bison dammit.
>He doesn't know
I assume he was joking.
And to top it off, Japan's version was made FIRST. The American version is what made these name changes, so it's technically the Japanese version that got the names the intended way.Black Hat wrote:Sabrblade wrote:He isn't. He really isn't.Caelus wrote:Black Hat wrote:Rated X wrote:Wow even the boxes suck. Where did they get Vega from? Its M. Bison dammit.
>He doesn't know
I assume he was joking.
Oh dear. That's...not good.
Well, for the benefit of anyone who doesn't know: M. Bison was the name of the black boxing dude in the Japanese version. This was of course inspired by Mike Tyson. Anyway, the localization team were worried Mike might get a bit upset at being the inspiration for a villain, so they gave his name to Vega (the actual name of "M. Bison"). Vega's name meanwhile was given to sadistic claw-wielding lunatic Balrog, who in turn had his name given back to the nameless M. Bison.
So in summary:
Vega (JP) = M. Bison (US)
M. Bison (JP) = Balrog (US)
Balrog (JP) = Vega (US)
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Black Hat wrote:Sabrblade wrote:He isn't. He really isn't.Caelus wrote:Black Hat wrote:Rated X wrote:Wow even the boxes suck. Where did they get Vega from? Its M. Bison dammit.
>He doesn't know
I assume he was joking.
Oh dear. That's...not good.
Well, for the benefit of anyone who doesn't know: M. Bison was the name of the black boxing dude in the Japanese version. This was of course inspired by Mike Tyson. Anyway, the localization team were worried Mike might get a bit upset at being the inspiration for a villain, so they gave his name to Vega (the actual name of "M. Bison"). Vega's name meanwhile was given to sadistic claw-wielding lunatic Balrog, who in turn had his name given back to the nameless M. Bison.
So in summary:
Vega (JP) = M. Bison (US)
M. Bison (JP) = Balrog (US)
Balrog (JP) = Vega (US)
So did every other American kid back then. Doesn't change the facts.Rated X wrote:I played street fighter as a teenager in America, not Japan.![]()
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Rated X wrote:Black Hat wrote:Sabrblade wrote:He isn't. He really isn't.Caelus wrote:Black Hat wrote:Rated X wrote:Wow even the boxes suck. Where did they get Vega from? Its M. Bison dammit.
>He doesn't know
I assume he was joking.
Oh dear. That's...not good.
Well, for the benefit of anyone who doesn't know: M. Bison was the name of the black boxing dude in the Japanese version. This was of course inspired by Mike Tyson. Anyway, the localization team were worried Mike might get a bit upset at being the inspiration for a villain, so they gave his name to Vega (the actual name of "M. Bison"). Vega's name meanwhile was given to sadistic claw-wielding lunatic Balrog, who in turn had his name given back to the nameless M. Bison.
So in summary:
Vega (JP) = M. Bison (US)
M. Bison (JP) = Balrog (US)
Balrog (JP) = Vega (US)
I played street fighter as a teenager in America, not Japan.
Black Hat wrote:Rated X wrote:Wow even the boxes suck. Where did they get Vega from? Its M. Bison dammit.
>He doesn't knowThis whole crossover concept is incredibly stupid. I dont see any hardcore street fighter fans begging for action figures painted like transformers characters either.
I dunno, I'm not even that big into Street Fighter but a Chun-Li in Arcee colours would be great.
Rated X wrote:Black Hat wrote:Sabrblade wrote:He isn't. He really isn't.Caelus wrote:Black Hat wrote:Rated X wrote:Wow even the boxes suck. Where did they get Vega from? Its M. Bison dammit.
>He doesn't know
I assume he was joking.
Oh dear. That's...not good.
Well, for the benefit of anyone who doesn't know: M. Bison was the name of the black boxing dude in the Japanese version. This was of course inspired by Mike Tyson. Anyway, the localization team were worried Mike might get a bit upset at being the inspiration for a villain, so they gave his name to Vega (the actual name of "M. Bison"). Vega's name meanwhile was given to sadistic claw-wielding lunatic Balrog, who in turn had his name given back to the nameless M. Bison.
So in summary:
Vega (JP) = M. Bison (US)
M. Bison (JP) = Balrog (US)
Balrog (JP) = Vega (US)
I played street fighter as a teenager in America, not Japan.
On a seperate note, Vega was always the guy nobody wanted to use and everyone loved beating up due to sterotypes about spandex wearing bull fighters. So the name "Vega" kinda worked for the character better considering it is actually Spanish/European name.
Black Hat wrote:Rated X wrote:Black Hat wrote:Sabrblade wrote:He isn't. He really isn't.Caelus wrote:Black Hat wrote:Rated X wrote:Wow even the boxes suck. Where did they get Vega from? Its M. Bison dammit.
>He doesn't know
I assume he was joking.
Oh dear. That's...not good.
Well, for the benefit of anyone who doesn't know: M. Bison was the name of the black boxing dude in the Japanese version. This was of course inspired by Mike Tyson. Anyway, the localization team were worried Mike might get a bit upset at being the inspiration for a villain, so they gave his name to Vega (the actual name of "M. Bison"). Vega's name meanwhile was given to sadistic claw-wielding lunatic Balrog, who in turn had his name given back to the nameless M. Bison.
So in summary:
Vega (JP) = M. Bison (US)
M. Bison (JP) = Balrog (US)
Balrog (JP) = Vega (US)
I played street fighter as a teenager in America, not Japan.
Yes, and this is a Japanese product, not an Amercian one. Or is using localization specific to the market it's actually meant for (which one of the IPs involved originated from) as opposed to pandering to the ignorance of one American fan who won't even buy the products anyway somehow a bad idea in Rated X world?
Rated X wrote:Black Hat wrote:Rated X wrote:Black Hat wrote:Sabrblade wrote:He isn't. He really isn't.Caelus wrote:Black Hat wrote:Rated X wrote:Wow even the boxes suck. Where did they get Vega from? Its M. Bison dammit.
>He doesn't know
I assume he was joking.
Oh dear. That's...not good.
Well, for the benefit of anyone who doesn't know: M. Bison was the name of the black boxing dude in the Japanese version. This was of course inspired by Mike Tyson. Anyway, the localization team were worried Mike might get a bit upset at being the inspiration for a villain, so they gave his name to Vega (the actual name of "M. Bison"). Vega's name meanwhile was given to sadistic claw-wielding lunatic Balrog, who in turn had his name given back to the nameless M. Bison.
So in summary:
Vega (JP) = M. Bison (US)
M. Bison (JP) = Balrog (US)
Balrog (JP) = Vega (US)
I played street fighter as a teenager in America, not Japan.
Yes, and this is a Japanese product, not an Amercian one. Or is using localization specific to the market it's actually meant for (which one of the IPs involved originated from) as opposed to pandering to the ignorance of one American fan who won't even buy the products anyway somehow a bad idea in Rated X world?
Hmmmm....does anyone remember back in 2009-2010 when this site used to be ran by Americans and frequented by 95% American users? Ah, those were the days...when you could talk and think like an American on an American owned site without fear of getting heckled by foreigners? I miss those days. (Yes Saberblade, I know you are in Florida too lol)
Anyways, seeing as how we had Street Fighter everywhere, what incentive does anyone have to know the Japanese versions differences? Why would I know them? At 14 years age, I didnt even know those games were designed in Japan. Especially coming from a company with a name like "Capcom" that made 1942/1943 in which the goal is to decimate the Japanese army.
So yeah, no apology here for not knowing vega is really M. Bison.
I used to buy video game mags like EGM back in the days. It's there that I learned about the names. That was over 20 years ago.Caelus wrote:I never even owned a copy of Street Fighter but I still knew about the name swap. I thought it was common knowledge, like Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat being Jean Claude Van Damme (or however his name is spelled).
Rated X wrote:Hmmmm....does anyone remember back in 2009-2010 when this site used to be ran by Americans and frequented by 95% American users? Ah, those were the days...when you could talk and think like an American on an American owned site without fear of getting heckled by foreigners? I miss those days. (Yes Saberblade, I know you are in Florida too lol)
-Kanrabat- wrote:I used to buy video game mags like EGM back in the days. It's there that I learned about the names. That was over 20 years ago.Caelus wrote:I never even owned a copy of Street Fighter but I still knew about the name swap. I thought it was common knowledge, like Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat being Jean Claude Van Damme (or however his name is spelled).
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Damn....
Emerje wrote:Gouki (JP) - Akuma (EN)
Nash (JP) - Charlie (EN) (later he'd be renamed Charlie Nash or just Nash everywhere)
Sodom (JP and EN) - Katana (EN sometimes, mostly a Nintendo thing)
Andore (Final Fight) - Hugo (Street Fighter III)
Gouken (JP and EN) - Sheng Long (EN sometimes)
I think that's all of them.
Emerje
Emerje wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:I used to buy video game mags like EGM back in the days. It's there that I learned about the names. That was over 20 years ago.Caelus wrote:I never even owned a copy of Street Fighter but I still knew about the name swap. I thought it was common knowledge, like Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat being Jean Claude Van Damme (or however his name is spelled).
...
Damn....
Same, and those aren't even the only name changes:
Gouki (JP) - Akuma (EN)
Nash (JP) - Charlie (EN) (later he'd be renamed Charlie Nash or just Nash everywhere)
Sodom (JP and EN) - Katana (EN sometimes, mostly a Nintendo thing)
Andore (Final Fight) - Hugo (Street Fighter III)
Gouken (JP and EN) - Sheng Long (EN sometimes)
I think that's all of them.
I'm really looking forward to the SFxTF set, it's pretty goofy, but I find the idea of a bunch of Autobots and Megatron suddenly deciding to do Transformers cosplay hilarious enough to want them. I'll have to buy some of those Nano Metalfigs SF figures to go with them, they should be about in scale.
Emerje
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:"Sheng Long" for Gouken should be considered an unfortunate error, and an April Fool's joke gone out of hand. The name itself is actually a mistranslation of Ryu's special move, the Shouryuken, coupled with Capcom's infamous localisation skills.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
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