Because it’s a video game
Yes a video gake I understand completely. I’m aware that’s a typo.
no, what is it?
I watched a lot of older chinese martial arts films and the more mythological/ historical ones do it… Shadowless Kick. Looks like Dan’s pseudo-Tatsu but with more kicks per foot travelled in air.
wow I spent 20 mins trying to look for a video of someone saying some move the closest I got was Jet Li saying (a poor translation): Drunken Tiger, To catch the wolf.
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But even that doesn’t work that well. 4:43 but enjoy the fight anyway.
Because it’s cool, man…Cross counter!!
Calling out attacks kind of comes from comic books where everything is spoken to make shit work in a static image medium. For an arcade fighting game it’s useful to adopt so, say, you know what the fuck move you just made happen, plus it carries over from cartoons that carried it over from comics.
It’s like a magic spell, man. You have to chant the incantation before you can cast it. Think about it. You wouldn’t throw out a Hadoken in real-life without actually saying it (that is, if you could actually execute a Hadoken in real-life). That would be weird.
I keep thinking of Hak Foo from the Jackie Chan Adventures:
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I know they do it in old Kung Fu flicks, I thought it was a homage to that and comic books/manga (a lot of fighting games took inspiration from these)
I watch a ton of old kung fu movies, I sort of collect them. In the kung fu movies they alot of times call out their style. Ex: “Buddha’s Palm!” I think as far as the kung fu movies go, when they do this its like paying homage to their teachers and styles. And also I think so the audience knows the type of martial art style their doing. In some of the films they do call out the names of some of the moves though, but not all. Good example is ‘Drunken Master’. I think they do this because it just sounds cool. Plus I think it conveys skill. Like they aren’t just making the moves up. Also it keeps the audience engaged, like, “Oh shit, he just hit that mofo with the ancient secret ‘no shadow kick!’”
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It makes it sound cool 
Mazinger Z, a Japanese anime, started the trend of yelling anime special move names. In order to activate the giant robot Mazinger’s special attack functions, like “Rocket Punch”, the hero would have to call out the names of those attacks. Street fighter is heavily influenced by anime and cartoons, so it’s very likely that it is just a continuation of this old Japanese pop culture trend.
That concludes your lesson for today.:razz:
I’ve read it started hundreds of years ago when martial arts were much more popular. Yelling the name of your attack was an advertisement for the school you studied at.
Tekken, anyone?
I forgot the i. 
It’s because their special attacks are made of magic, and all magic requires the proper incantation. Ryu trying to throw a fireball without yelling “Hadouken” would be the same as Harry Potter trying to levitate a table without yelling “Wingardium Leviosa”.
That’s my story and I’m sticking with it.
That was exactly what I was trying to say in my first post!
Well if we want to go with that idea (moves are like magic and you need the spell) I’d like to point out that one of the strongest techniques is the ability to cast spells with using verbalizations, Therefore the few characters that do so are actually the strongest fighters in the game.
They do this in Kung-Fu movies too.
I thought it originated as a dramatic tool to let people in the audience know what kind of technique was being performed.
Before special effects, we didn’t have CG plasma and lightning, one special attack looked like any other special attack.
It would be cool if you if in SFV there was a character who could swap incantations for special moves. So he’d go “hadouken” and but actually do a tatsu. This would be an awesome mixup to use against blind opponents.
When I used to do karate, while we didn’t yell out the name of our attacks (mostly because you don’t learn special techniques in karate, it’s mostly normal strikes and blocks and everything) during what would be a finishing blow or a particularly powerful strike you would yell out “Ki-Yai!” and it serves as as sort of a focal point to increase the intensity of that strike. This sums it up best:
‘Kia’ is the word used to describe the short shout often used in martial arts. It is often translated as ‘spirit shout.’ The yell is used to focus one’s energy and tightens up the body. This helps focus power in strikes and kicks as well as protecting the body against incoming blows. It can also take the spirit out of one’s opponent(s) and make them think twice about attacking you.
Some practitioners actually use the word ‘kia’ as their shout, but any word or sound that focuses one’s energy can be used. Mine tends to be a rather loud, low ‘huhhhh’ while others may be very high and sharp.
Obviously, while the fighters aren’t shouting out ki-yai or kia, it serves as the same basic principle. And since the developers come from a nation where martial arts is a huge part of the lifestyle, they obviously took that into account.
LOL! That’s messed up. Especially for that blind kind that’s pro at Mortal Kombat. I can’t seem to find it on YouTube right now, but this blind kind, Brice Mellen, whooped a bunch of these Japanese pros in Mortal Kombat. It blew my mind. Blew everyone’s mind. I’d appreciate if someone can find me that video again.