I remember when we were little kids and played FF2 a friend of mine told me the (American) stories of the bosses from the manual and he said they locked him up with toys or something so he’s like a big kid.
The FF bosses are weird guys. They’re nothing like the SF characters. They remind me of the Batman bad guys cause from their point of view they’re not evil and they all got those weird stories.
Here’s good ol’ Oro’s story box from the 15th a. book.
Minor corrections and additions
Won Won
"A brutal man who’s respected by the area’s local mafia, 108 Dragon."
Rip Saber
"…He treats every match as if it’s a matter of life and death, doing (and using) whatever it takes to win."
I guess that explains the shovel and grenades.
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The areas look pretty generic, but Joe’s might be in Chicago, Illinois. Lee’s being the Great Wall might be in Shanhaiguan, or perhaps Jiayuguan, or any place in between. Geki’s has Fuji-san (Mt. Fuji) in the background, so possibly Kofu. Retsu might be around Osaka. I couldn’t find any info from official sources; these are just educated guesses using familiar landmarks. Anyone else want to take a stab at these?
Retsu = Kyoto - Toji Temple (this is a total guess off the top of my head. I know there is a pagoda (tallest one in Japan at that) in the background like in Retsus base, and someone said Retsus base is in Kyoto)
Geki = Honshu - Lake Yamanaka
Main Background Feature: Mount Fuji
Adon = Sukhothai - Sukhothai National Park
Main Background Feature: Buddhastatuen im Wat Mahathat
Sagat = Bangkok - Grand Palace (same as M.Bisons base in SF2, just different area)
Main Background Feature: Phra Mondop
Mohammed Ali
Excellent! Thanks, I am thinking of doing a fan comic, this info will be vey useful to me. Any more would be Great!! 
Speaking of that, Street Fighter Zero 3 has specific locations listed for each stage, but these were taken out in the domestic version, for whatever reason. They can be found here:
http://www.arcade-history.com/history_database.php?page=detail&id=2672
I think the island that Cammy is on is actually spelled with a “y,” but whatever. I guess some (all? sans Akuma/Bison/Rose…) of these stages are based on real places, though loosely…I’ve seen a picture of Victoria Harbor (Gen stage) before, and it was a lot more sunny, and I don’t remeber seeing a hooker in the background, but whatever.
As for the home version characters, I dunno. I remember Balrog’s stage said “Las Vegas,” but that’s a big fat “duh.”
I know this is 100% coincidence, but Ryu’s stage is named after a Yu Yu Hakusho villian twice in a row. Suzaku castle in A2 (blonde guy, lighting powers, made 6 or so clones of himself), and Genbu (monster made of stone who was a servant of Suzaku, defeated by Kurama).
While searching for this link, I found out that they did the same thing with Zero 2/SFA2. Stages here:
http://www.arcade-history.com/history_database.php?page=detail&id=2670
I knew Charlie was tough, but Detroit? Good God…
Sorry if this is old info.
Suzaku and Genbu are old Japanese names. Genbu is the black turtle of Chinese mythology (see Okina in Last Blade) and Suzaku is another… the red phoenix? In any case, it has nothing to do with Yu Yu.
If you like, TS, check out Fushigi Yuugi (manga or anime series) for what Genbu and Suzaku and many others were like in their Chinese origins. Yu Yu Hakusho did come up with interesting variations though.
SFZ3 stages I recall were still shown briefly before the fight began even in SFA3. It was SFZ2 and SFA2 that only had nations but no other specifics. (the games themselves)
Another small preview of stuff to come: so far the accounts I’ve found for SFZ2 have all been named after one of each character’s signature supers (Ryu-Shinkuu Hadouken, Gouki-Shungokusatsu, etc.), and those accounts found for SFZ3 have all been named after the character’s respective stage (Cammy-Mykonos Island; Vega- Secret Point 48106, etc.). And other SFZ stuff too. Hopefully by tonight I’ll have the rest of the CFJ intros done. Laters minna san.
I thought da’ SFA3 stages are already included in the plot guide?
I was just remembering back to a post some guy made about early SF2 games having bases looking like edits of photos. This got me thinking…
Is it possible that the bases in SF2 are real locations that have been edited to fit the game graphics. I mean, there may actually be a bar like that of Vegas, or a hut like that of Blankas, where the structure of the stage came from. Anyone know if this is likely?
Mohammed Ali
Possibly, I would say that the SF1 stages would be more likely, but I could see a few of SF2’s like that as well.
SF Eternal in Comic Book Shops today! Too bad I have to buy it from the store since my order still hasn’t arrived. :mad: Anyway, tonight involves reading the book from cover to cover, comparing it to the Plot Guide and Posting here when I’m done and this involves drinking a fresh pot a Coffee to keep awake at the wee late hours! Slow down sano, don’t party so hard! 
Actually I was supposed to hang out with friends, but I turned them down. I tried to explain to them, “This is the first official SF History book released in English! Do you understand how big this is!!!” Of course they didn’t get it and called me a Geek but who cares! I’ll catch them punks on the weekend when we see Electra. 
Today?! For real?? How much???
$34.95. I tried to make it to the store I had the book reserved (Midtown) but the Whack Ass trains broke down on me, I had to give up and go back to work or I would of gotten back late! @#$%&*!!! Have to go after work.
Only 34.95??!! Damn, I gotta get my hands on that today. It’s sold at Comic Book Shops?
It SHOULD be in comic book stores today so unless it’s late, it’s there.
EDIT: 34.95 is the pre-order price from Hero-Fix. 34.99 is the store price. Don’t ask me why (like four cents makes any difference, no you can’t put down that Car Loan Payment, LOL!)
Yeah that’s what today is all about for me too. Picking up Street Fighter Eternal.
Okay, I’ve read through it quickly, and I am a little disappointed. There are various confused statements and I’m not sure if it’s in the original or mistranslations. Funamizu seems to confuse Street Fighter Alpha with Street Fighter the Movie.
The bios are fairly short and don’t really contain anything new, at least not anything we haven’t already translated. Akuma is described as “evil”, nothing is stated on the briefness of Dark Ryu (it’s implied that he went around like that for quite some time), nothing is mentioned about the SF1 fight except that Ryu won, nothing on Rose’s initial connection with Bison, nothing on what happened to characters after the games (storylines are mostly just like the SFA3 intros), nothing on Sagat leaving Shadaloo (but the relations chart says he’s “temporarily lending power to”), Juli is still T.Hawk’s tribesmember, etc etc etc. A replacement for AAC this is not. Now if THAT could be translated…
So in short, if you have Eternal Challenge already, this book doesn’t provide anything except worse paper and the fact of Cammy being genetically created from Bison’s DNA to hit people over the head with. But at least it doesn’t majorly contradict anything we’ve established (yay for self-glorification) and yes, they kept that Zangief dislikes young beautiful women!
Oh, and it confirmed Rolento Schugerg and Sean Matsuda, if there ever was any doubt anymore. OTOH, it’s pointed out that Rindoukan is the school and style of Makoto, so if it were her last name, they would have said so. Did we know about her “untrained office-worker” brother though?
Edit: One more fact I don’t remember seeing before is Juni scanning Akuma and implementing some of his powers (specifically, the Hooligan Combination and the Mach Slide, i guess). Hugo is also confirmed as a former Mad Gear member (duh!).
Oh, and despite claiming so in the introduction, no translated names are commented on, except Jane/Julia (!).
Myself, I think the book is great if you can’t read Japanese like some of us and there are nice bonuses like the Kinu/Shoei San Diego Interview, lots of Artwork for stuff released here like the Masaomi Kanzaki Comics, the Malibu Comic, the Turbo Graphics Box Art, the Resaurus Toys and so and so forth. And speaking for myself, just to be able to read the name of the Artist underneath without memorizing the Kanji of the name or going all the way back to the end of the book is great. I don’t find the paper that bad, it still has a Gloss feel, only problem is that you get teh feeling you have to be very careful when you turn the pages is all.
Early verdict - If you can read Japanese easily, you don’t have to buy this book if you have the origianl version usless you are hardcore like I am. Still, everyone who posts here on this Storyline Forum I think needs to have this. This is the first SF History book released in English! I’m still reading the book, done with the Interviews and getting on into everything else. Some more Plot Guide to stuff to check and a Japanese SF Eternal side by side comparison, sano goes for caffiene…
Eeek, Siegfried. I was afraid that someone well-versed in the plot guide would respond like this. The bookstore I placed an order from didn’t have it in today, so I tried to preview it in comic stores. Gone before I could find it alas. Not to tear on Udon or anything for their efforts, but from my review of the original book, I had pointed out things needed to be changed, and it initially sounds as if not much has changed, or possibly gotten worse since then. Like I had said before, the book’s to be treated as an artbook first rather than a sourcebook. I was counting on 30 some extra pages to provide something interesting to make up for the mishaps, don’t know if that’ll be the case now. I don’t know, I won’t say anymore on the subject until I actually see the book for myself. Unfortunately I’m just not surprised with such words.
sano, here’s hoping that it’s worth staying in rather than going out.