I’m pretty salty tonight, so what better way to calm down than to talk about Street Fighter? I’ll get to more of PVL’s questions to ease the salt. Btw, thanks for adding that to the guide, bak. I was glad Lord Vega came in and posted more about the Akuma/Bison stuff. There was a lot of things I had no idea about, so it’s always good to get various opinions on things. Hopefully @YagamiFire and @Shockdingo will be down to talk about this stuff as well since they’re also great with breaking stuff down in a concise or in-depth manner.
This is where things can get a bit confusing. Rose and bison were said to have a “Master/Student” relationship in her ending during their fight, which would imply Bison was the one who taught her this ability. Imagining Bison in a teacher role is pretty peculiar in itself, but it’s also stated that they share the same soul. According to AAC, Bison killed his master before going on a killing spree. Knowing this, I find it hard to believe he’d allow any remaining wielders of that power to live. My guess is any pupil connected to Bison’s master were caught in that killing spree. In AASFZ, it’s said Rose and Bison saw each other for the first time when he was in a limo somewhere in Italy.
After seeing and sensing Bison’s cruel aura, she remembered the words of her master, who told Rose there’ll be a time where she’d need to use her abilities for battle, and to know that Soul Power is both powerful and weak because it can’t “conquer”. That basically explains why Psycho Power is superior to Soul Power. Psycho Power is about domination, Soul Power is not. This also tells us Bison absolutely could not have been her master because he’d never utter anything like that…ever. Rose knew she studied under a **master **at some point in her life, but she doesn’t know how she acquired Soul Power. She just sorta became aware of this ability.
In my honest opinion, I believe Udon got this one right. Bison confronted his master after being gone for an unknown amount of time, and basically told her he’s surpassed her. Bison then says he realized the true strength in Soul Power was harnessing the negativity of emotions and desires. This basically went on to become Psycho Power. Bison believed the key to tapping into even greater power would be by releasing any remaining pure hearted desires from his soul. With that, he unleashed a huge burst of energy that killed almost everyone within the area except for Rose. That “positive” energy he released got inside of her and allowed her to awaken with Soul Power. The main difference here is how Bison did the master in compared to his canon backstory. According to that, it was with the Psycho Crusher, which actually makes sense given the significance behind the attack.
That was a mouthful.
In Alpha 3, Mika and Gief entered the Shadaloo base to see what was up with the Psycho Drive. When it started to crumble, Gief protected her from falling debris. As shown in Mika’s flashback in the prologue, this part of the story definitely happened.
Alpha 3:
Street Fighter V:
Karin also met Mika during this time and became her sponsor. The only other ending I could think of that’s carried over is Rose’s ending where Guy found her unconscious after Bison’s body exploded. His Super SF4 ending is nearly a mirror of that. A lot of the other endings in Alpha 3 really have no impact on the *newer *continuity.
It started with Gill hosting the tournament to see the various fighters of the world. During that tournament, Ryu lost to Oro and Alex managed to make it to the finals to face and eventually defeat Gill. After that, Gill wasn’t done with Alex. He still saw something special in him, so he waited for Alex to seek him out in Third Strike. Now, since there has been no stated conclusion, it’s really hard to tell how things ended up there.
Another important part of the plot was Chun-Li coming out of retirement to find Li-Fen when she vanished. Urien was the one behind her kidnapping, but he also knew Chun-Li was the one who took Shadaloo down. After testing her fighting ability out, he hands over Li-Fen without any issue. After that, you have other things going on, such as Twelve being sent to kill Necro, Alex getting bodied by Ryu, Akuma destroying a sunken ship, Oro “training” Ryu so he’ll have a worthy match in the distant future, Urien trying to take over Gill’s position as Emperor of the Secret Society, Makoto showing the world Rindoukan, Q mysteriously appearing in various parts of the world, and so forth.
I personally don’t think Gill’s “parting with the sea” ending took place, nor do I believe Urien actually blew up Gill in his pod. This is why Capcom needs to make the next game take place after Third Strike. A lot of this stuff could’ve taken place, but presently, we can’t be 100% sure if they did or not.
No. This was derived from a mistranslation, or a misinterpretation. Sagat looked at his fist or something when thinking about a way to counter Ryu’s Shoryuken. He never tried to help Ryu up.
I’m always down to try and answer any question. I’ll admit there could be some things I’m not entirely accurate about, but I’ll give the best answer I could, and hopefully someone more aware of the question could correct me if need be.
