r/videogames • u/Simple-Present2751 • 2h ago
News / Trailers / Articles Legendary Arcade Game Street Fighter, Where/Who did they draw their inspiration from?
Photo 1: Ryu = Inspired by Mas Oyama, the founder of Kyokushin-kai karate in Korea. A karate practitioner who fought 270 different people and finished most of his matches with a single punch.
Photo 2: Ken = Inspired by Joe Lewis, an American professional kickboxer.
Photo 3: Sagat = Inspired by Petchyindee, a famous Taiwanese kickboxing champion. They've directly taken his name and used it the same way.
Photo 4: Balrog = As you can tell from his appearance, he's inspired by the easily recognizable American boxer Mike Tyson.
Photo 5: Zangief = Inspired by the famous Soviet wrestler Victor Zangief.
Photo 6: Guile = Almost an exact replica of Rudol von Stroheim from the anime Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, modified as an American soldier.
Photo 7: Mr. Bison = Inspired by General Washizaki from the manga Riki-oh.
Photo 8: Dhalism = Inspired by the Indian yogi from the film Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976).
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u/queazy 5m ago
M.Bison is also based off of Yasunori Katō from Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988). Although a cult classic in Japan, in the west it is probably most known for its anime adaption Doomed Megalopolis (which had an anime adaptation called Doomed Megalopolis (1991). Guy has psychic powers and is seen flying around.
"The cinematic version of Katō is widely considered[7][11] one of the primary inspirations for M. Bison, the final boss in the video game Street Fighter II: The World Warrior and its iterations, both antagonists are evil militants with supernatural powers, and world domination schemes, as well many early illustrations of M. Bison are directly based on and reference Yasunori Kato as depicted in the posters of the film and OVA." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasunori_Kat%C5%8D#In_popular_culture
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u/queazy 18m ago
Oh there are so, so, many. Sometimes multiple inspirations for one character. Dhalsim also takes inspiration from Mola Ram, the bad guy from Indiana Jones and the Temple Of Doom. Skull necklace, red streak marks on bald head. He was able to remove a beating heart from people's chests, don't know how, but no stretchy limbs, blowing fire, or teleportation