Thnaks bakfromon! Yeah! I’ve thought about that as well… I wouldn’t say that Vega would have to survive, he can revive. Only the Psycho Drive would have to endure until the end of SF2. It was stated on Cammy’s SSF2 account that Shadaloo isn’t the threat that it used to be… so something happened before SF2…
Yeah, that makes sense.
Yet, Bison himself learns what the SNH is only after fighting Akuma himself in SFV (check Bison’s winquote to Akuma). Even Seth, Bison’s puppet, is aware of the power and watches it in action via a monitor in SF4: TTTB. I hate when Capcom do that and not play their own games before releasing another one, contradicting themselves even in the easily detectable stuff as a result.
RedCyclone’s blog is a gold mine of informations. Not to mention the fact his speculations are done by someone who knows the original material and not the badly translated¹ English one. He wrote interesting digressions about SF facts the Western Hemisphere knows nothing about. Like his speculation that Zangief is actually the most educated amongst the Street Fighters. All based upon hints coming from Zangief’s Japanese win quotes scattered around the games, the majority of which were never translated in English.
Did anyone know that Zangief cited - albeit incorrectly - Lev Tolstoj in one of his SFZ2 win quotes? And that in X-Men vs Street Fighter Zangief urged his opponent to read a book sometimes, lest he transform into a dumb musclehead? Yeah, exactly. You could argue that the VS series is not canon, but the characters’ personalities are consistent with themselves… In their Japanese version, that is.
I tried to take a look at this blog (emphasis on trying, I’m just deciphering the mess google translate offers to me) and, while I might disagree on some of his speculation (emphasis on might, because it’s not easy to tell what he’s saying exactly and it’s definitely hard to tell what is backed by sources he has and what not), the trivia and details he offers are definitely awesome.
All this unbelievably cool stuff hidden behind a language barrier…
Just get a Patreon already so I can give you money to translate more stuff!
I want to incorporate some ideas too like aura for blocking sharp objects, then if possible to contribute just for the Ryu part and a bit for the Akuma part.
ii don’t know about the most educated, but is kinda ever been there that he’s not a brainless brute… more than books he show patriotic (close to propaganda) love anything related to mother Russia culture… books, food, costumes, tradition
Even the Xmas dlc have him not a
s Santa Claus but as a
russian culture counterpart
Most educated imho may be
Oro
Fang
Urien/Gill
Nash
Karin
Viper
Seth (cheater)
Dudley
Rose/Dhalsim?
I could always use some extra cash. I need the funds to get more source material to put into the guides and it would give me more time to do translations lol.
I have to decline, I’m afraid.
I’m not only overworked at present… I also think it wouldn’t be right to charge someone a fee to let me do any job, the quality (and promptness…) of which I couldn’t honestly assure in the first place. Not that I’m not tempted, hahaha. But I’ve always believed a true translator should work into his or her native tongue to do a really good job. Rest assured that these translations will come… Only SLOWLY.
I agree with that list of yours, but don’t forget that Zangief is the only street fighter we know for sure has an university degree, and on top of that, he authored a book.
Spoiler
The picture comes from 1995 Street Fighter Zero Cards
I’ve never seen that symbol, though. It vaguely resembles an Egyptian ankh, but it’s clearly not.
And that’s the only image I know that shows Rose with that bolt on her forehead.
Illuminati confirmed?
