The Street Fighter Plot Canon Guide Ver. 4.5 ************************************************************************** ************************************************************************** UNDER CONSTRUCTION UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE (most likely the dust will settle by ver. 5.X or so) ************************************************************************** ************************************************************************** Plot guide of all games that officially exist within the canon Street Fighter storyline, and how they fit into what has been officially confirmed as canon by Capcom of Japan. This FAQ was maintained by Tiamat, and now by vasili10. Please do not post it to other sites without permission, or claim credit for writing it, unless you're one of the people in the credits section of course. Credit is given to many of the people listed in the Special Thanks section, many of whom provided MUCH of the info that went into this FAQ. If you're having trouble getting the guide to fully load, I find that clearing your temporary internet files and then trying again sometimes works. Disclaimer: As of this writing, vasili10 is not an employee of Capcom nor has he ever been one. Nor is he the one in charge of Street Fighter's storyline at Capcom HQ. The ramifications behind this and the guide should be self-explanatory. Slight language warning. This guide contains exerpts from various official statements, some of which have a little amount of profanity in them. I don't think even the Final Fight Streetwise statements get THAT gratuitous, though. About the worst that comes about is an older exerpt for M. Bison, and that's marked away with asterisks. This FAQ now uses the original Japanese naming convention, with overseas names being secondary. Regarding the majority of information it takes into consideration, it goes by the Japanese version (as Capcom of Japan were the original writers/creators of the SF plot) but states overseas differences when known as well (so both versions can be looked at. Even more important now that Capcom of America has the SF License) Acronyms SFZ1 = Street Fighter Zero SFZ2 = Street Fighter Zero 2. SFZ2's storyline expands and overrides SFZ1. Capcom has stated as such. SFZ3 = Street Fighter Zero 3 SF1 = Street Fighter 1 SF2 = Street Fighter 2 and all its versions. Note that the latest version of SF2 (Currently Super Street Fighter 2 X Revival) released by Capcom overrides all previous ones. It remains to be seen if, but not expected that, the upcoming HD Remix will override any of Revival. 2I = Street Fighter 3 Second Impact. It expands and overrides Street Fighter 3 New Generation. 3S = Street Fighter 3 Third Strike. FF1 = Final Fight 1 FF2 = Final Fight 2 FFT = Final Fight Tough FFSW = Final Fight Streetwise MB = Muscle Bomber SMB = Super Muscle Bomber Etc. etc. Etc. I'll probably use more acronyms but you should be able to figure them out. Contents: (use the find feature control-f and plug in the page number then hit enter a few times or whatever to instantly warp to the listed page) pgI. Revision History pgII. Introduction and Opening Statement pgIII. Timeline and Canon Games pgIIIAboutMuscleBomber. pgIIIAboutPrivateJusticeAcademy. pgIIIAboutFinalFight. pgIIIFinalFight1989. pgIIIAboutCapcomClassicsCollection. pgIIIAboutFinalFightRevenge. pgIIIAboutFFSW. pgIIIAboutCaptainCommando. pgIIIAbsentGames. pgIIIVSGames. pgIIIAboutAnimeEtc. pgIIISFComic. pgIIIContinuity. pgIIIReleaseDates. pgVI. Quickie Game Summaries (control-f the page number to find that game) pgIVMBSMB. Muscle Bomber & Super Muscle Bomber pgIVSF1. Street Fighter 1 pgIVFF1. Final Fight 1 (Final Fight One) pgIVSFZ1. Street Fighter Zero 1 pgIVSFA2. Street Fighter Zero 2 pgIVFF2. Final Fight 2 pgIVSFZ3. Street Fighter Zero 3 (latest version being Street Fighter Zero 3 Double Upper) pgIVFFT. Final Fight Tough pgIVSF2. Street Fighter 2 (Super Street Fighter 2 X Revival) pgIVSF4. Street Fighter 4 A New Beginning pgIVSF3. Street Fighter 3 New Generation/Second Impact pgIVSF3TS. Street Fighter 3 Third Strike pgIVFFSW. Final Fight Streetwise pgV.A-Z Master Character Index (control-f the page number to find that char) pgV2Ill. pgVAbigail. pgVAdon. pgVAlekseyZalazof. pgVAlex. pgVAndore. pgVAstro. pgVBalrog. pgVBella. pgVBelger. pgVBirdie. pgVBlack. pgVBlackWidow pgVBlanka. pgVBratken. pgVCaine. pgVCallman. pgVCammy. pgVCarlos. pgVChang. pgVChunLi. pgVCody. pgVDamnd. pgVDan. pgVDave. pgVDean. pgVDeeJay. pgVDhalsim. pgVDrake. pgVDudley. pgVEagle. pgVEdiE. pgVEHonda. pgVElena. pgVElGado. pgVElStinger. pgVFeiLong. pgVFreak. pgVFreddie. pgVGeki. pgVGen. pgVGill pgVGouken. (info on Goutetsu shoved here too) pgVGouki. pgVGuile. pgVGuy. pgVHaggar. pgVHandsomeBob. pgVHarryHicks. pgVHugo. pgVIbuki. pgVIngrid. pgVJessica. pgVJoe. pgVJuli. pgVJuni. pgVKarin. pgVKen. pgVKimalatheBouncer. pgVKyle. pgVLee. pgVLocksmith pgVLucia. pgVLuckyColt. pgVM.Bison. pgVMaki. pgVMakoto. pgVMike. pgVMissingGomes. pgVMysteriousBudo. pgVNash. pgVNecro. pgVOro. pgVPaco. pgVPhillipe. pgVPoison. pgVQ. pgVRMika. pgVRemy. pgVRetsu. pgVRetu. pgVRipSaber. pgVRolento. pgVRose. pgVRyu. pgVSagat. pgVSakura. pgVSean. pgVSgtSims. pgVSheeptheRoyal. pgVSnHRyu. pgVSodom. pgVStray. pgVTHawk. pgVTitantheGreat. pgVTwelve. pgVUrien. pgVVanessa. pgVVega. pgVVictorOrtega. pgVVitto. pgVWonWon. pgVWong. pgVWraith. pgVYang. pgVYun. pgVZangief. pgVI. Organizations and Locations pgVIMadGear. pgVIShadaloo. pgVISkullCrossGang. pgVIIlluminati. (placeholder) pgVIMetroCity. pgVII. Miscellaneous Questions pgVIIDestroyPsychoDrive. pgVIISatsuiNoHadou. pgVIIReconciliation. pgVIITournaments. pgVIIWinners. pgVIISF3Beauty. pgVIIStages. PgVIIVoiceActors. pgVIISF3Judges. pgVIISpecialMoves. pgVIIPowerTiers. pgVIIStoryWriters. pgVIIPronounce. pgVIIWutSources. pgVIITiamatJerk. pgVIINextSF. pgVIISFLicense. pgVIILiveAction. pgVIIRandom. pgVIII. Credits and Special Thanks and Author Contact Info pgIXSources. pgIXArtCaptions. pgIXContact. ********************************** pgI. Revision History - Version 4.5 additions: Maki isn't in love with Guy (far as we know, anyways). Misinterpreted the translation on that. Makoto's grandfather is still alive (you can see her brother and grandfather in her ending. They are holding a photo of Masaru, Makoto's late father). Her grandfather has tears in his eyes that the dojo can go on) ....just stuff. Updating this guide takes long enough without listing all the revisions. On that note, Tiamat's removed previous revisions (but has them archived on his computer) because they were taking up too much space. ********************************** pgII. Introduction and Opening Statement The purpose of this FAQ is to give a coherent presentation of the storyline of Capcom's Street Fighter series, and all the many games that tie into it. This FAQ relies on official statements and confirmations from stuff that is canon, as well as using info from the games to determine stuff that is PROBABLY part of the official canon storyline. If I don't have a complete 100% assurance, even if it's only a slight bit of doubt on a bit of info, that bit of info shall be marked as such. Canon, for the purpose of this guide, is what is known as authentic history. Over the 20+ years of the saga's history, Capcom Japan has leaked piles upon piles of information about the SF universe which serve as the threads that bind the saga's chapters together, and unfortunately Capcom's overseas branches have often compromised these threads in both amount and genuinity. Contrary to what many people might think, more often than not, Capcom does take into account what's been previously written. As a result, flat-out rewrites are relatively few, and are pushed aside in favor of fleshing out or simply filling previous blanks. Retcons or rewrites are usually placed on a last-resort basis, when there's no possibility for two or more elements to co-exist, in which the newer elements thoroughly replace the old. Hence, even accounts for a game like SFZ1 hold true as long as they don't conflict with anything written or stated later on. Finally, nothing is retconned out of existence simply because it's been forgotten or ignored. Ignorance fails to equal denial. Even though you don't read or hear about them much, minor characters such as Ojou-san, Mr. Marik of Shadaloo and Honda's brother still exist within the SF universe. SF canon has come about in two ways: either Capcom directly produces it and releases it publicly (usually through sourcebooks, magazines, guides, or interviews), or Capcom's inspired by selected elements within various media materials (most notably the SF2 Animated Movie and selected mangas produced by Nakahira Masahiko-sensei) and incorporates them into their established authentic history. One point to note, is that for canon established by Capcom's inspiration, the material as a whole is never established as canon, only bits and pieces of it. Hence for example, Kanzuki Karin is a member of the SF universe, but the manga she came from, Sakura Ganbaru!, still stands alone from the SF saga's continuity. Nonetheless, Capcom has been known to retroactively change their storylines and established canon. Due to this, if you see something in an older game and there's a new version of it in a newer game that obviously conflicts, take the new version and forget the old. This FAQ goes by the latest most up to date version of the storyline which is the currently official one, and it shall continue to try to keep up to date. However, I shall try to mention times when Capcom has retroactively changed already established parts of the storyline. Capcom's also without a sense of humor as well, even within their own publications. Fortunately most cases such as these will have them stating things like "this page is all a lie!", especially for their flyers illustrating what seem to be genuine facts, but are written in tabloid formats, complete with impossible street dates like June 66 or Feb. 31. Oh, THERE ARE NO ANIMES, MANGAS, MOVIES, COMIC BOOKS, OR GRAPHIC NOVELS THAT OFFICIALLY ARE PART OF THE CANON. Not anymore anyway. One exception to this was a short SF1 manga released by Capcom itself. It's been null and void since the Zero series was released. Of course, even then, you have to remember that a significant amount of endings in the games don't happen. This is usually true for all fighting game series. There are many endings that are just filler because the company couldn't think of anything else, while there are many that can probably be assumed to be canon depending on what happens in them and many more which the company has stated actually did officially happen). The SF Eternal Translated version is influenced by Capcom of America (Confirmed by Erik Ko of Studio Udon). So expect at least Vega to be M. Bison, M. Bison to be Balrog, and Balrog to be Vega. And probably ansatsuken to be shotokan (since that's what Udon had to use for the comic). ...and possibly even worse changes but those are the confirmed ones so far. The plot guide will try to track anywhere there's a significant deviation between the English Street Fighter Eternal book and the Japanese one. ********************************** pgIII. Timeline and Canon Games This is the order that the games within the Street Fighter plot's universe takes place. The majority of these dates are official statements. Muscle Bomber/Duo (1981, probably, going by Haggar's age) Super Muscle Bomber (1982, probably. Ditto) Street Fighter & Final Fight 1 (1987. FF1 stated to take place during SF1.) Final Fight 2/Street Fighter Zero 1&2 (late 1987 thru early 1989: Guy wasn't in FF2 because he was training, FF2 took place 1 year after FF1) Street Fighter Zero 3 (1989 thru early 1990. Double Upper is the latest version) Final Fight 3 (1991 is most likely) Street Fighter 2 (1993. X Revival is latest version) Street Fighter 4 A New Beginning (pending release in 2008) Street Fighter 3 New Generation and SF3 Second Impact (1998. Second Impact replaces New Generation) Street Fighter 3 Third Strike (1999. This is SF3's epilogue) Final Fight Streetwise (2006 going by release date. Lots of evidence that it takes place waaaaaay after Final Fight 1, and the urban culture is likely intended to be based around this date as well.) pgIIIAboutMuscleBomber. About Muscle Bomber's place in the timeline: Annoyingly, Haggar being 'ex-mayor' during those games was made up by Capcom of USA, if even that much. All About Capcom states that Haggar was in the middle of elections during Muscle Bomber. Heck, even Haggar's profile in the Super Nintendo Final Fight 1 instruction book for the US states that he left wrestling to become the mayor. As for Hugo's Street Fighter 3 Second Impact ending with the CWA, those are definitely just joke endings that never happened (he doesn't have any tag team partners in Third Strike nor does his Third Strike storyline indicate that his endings could have happened in any way) and not meant to be taken seriously. Haggar's appearance as a wrestler in those endings is most likely just an easter egg. If they aren't just easter eggs, that's fine too and doesn't contradict because it's wholly possible that Haggar has decided to go back to wrestling since then because his tenure as mayor ended two years after SFZ3 according to All About Capcom. Capcom hasn't stated it either way though (though I myself am pretty sure it's just easter egg appearances). Even with that, however, the Muscle Bomber games themselves definitely took place before Final Fight 1 as stated by All About Capcom. Streetwise has an election poster in Haggar's gym that places Haggar's elections (and thus SMB) at 1982. Other sources say Haggar was elected 5 years before Final Fight One, which, if you go by FF1's retconned date of 1987, is 1982 as well. Oh, and Haggar being "newly elected mayor of Metro City" in Final Fight was something Capcom of America added. He's just "mayor of Metro City" in the Japanese version. pgIIIAboutPrivateJusticeAcademy. About the Private Justice Academy/Rival Schools Series Due to Sakura having been redesigned for the series with a different bloodtype than in the Zero series, not to mention the game's prologue listing it taking place in 199X, the series has no place within the SF universe, if it ever did at any point. With respect to Sakura, since her ending has her yet to meet with Ryu after her initial glimpse of "that person" with the white headband, the series is treated as the following what-if: after seeing Ryu initially, Sakura went on to Tamagawa High School and became friends with Hinata and Natsu, rather than Kei and later Karin. pgIIIAboutFinalFight. About when Capcom decided to have Final Fight take place within the SF canon Contrary to what some believe, it was NOT Street Fighter Zero that made Final Fight part of the Street Fighter universe and canon. Final Fight has officially existed within the Street Fighter canon storyline universe as late as when Street Fighter 2 was first released, and possibly earlier than that, due to the game initially billed as Street Fighter '89. Guile's and Bay Area's dogs were declared to be pals within the storyline ever since Street Fighter 2 existed. It was just that the Zero series had the first Street Fighter games with Final Fight characters directly involved, but the Final Fight series still officially existed within the Street Fighter universe before Zero was made. pgIIIFinalFight1989. Why does Final Fight 1's intro state it took place sometime during 1989? Capcom went by the release date for Final Fight's date of occurrence. They would do this with Final Fight 2 later on. Before Zero 2 came out, the SF universe timeline went according to game release dates for games prior to SFZ. SF1 happened in 1987, FF happened in 1989, SFZ events went clear into 1990 where Z3 is today, and SF2 in 1991. Entering into SFZ, Guy is already proclaimed the 39th bushinryu master, so he's already had his fight to the death with Zeku; aka the game's not about his training to become the 39th, he already is, just like if you enter SFZ3 as him. The real time year in the real world was 1995 at this time. Next real time year 1996, SFZ2 comes out. Now Capcom decided to have Guy still training to become the 39th, and he meets Zeku at the end of the game, Guy's ending, to then engage the fight to the death. Back to the SF universe timeline: with Zero 2 events beginning in late 1987-early 1988, now FF is backed up to 1987 because both FF and SF1 still have to be prior to SFZ2 as before with SFZ, and consequently FF2 backs up to where SFZ2 is as well, to account for Guy's absence in FF2. Street Fighter's dates take priority over Final Fight's due to FF being the subset of the larger SF universe. Final Fight Streetwise's election date of 1982 for Haggar places Final Fight One at the year 1987, anyways (official statements are that he became mayor 5 years before Final Fight One. Also, his official ages for Final Fight One and Super Muscle Bomber are 5 years apart, and he was in elections during the Muscle Bomber series.) Going back to how I said that Capcom has set as equally official birthdates and ages for the Final Fight cast, they may have eventually veered towards the latter. For Haggar in AAC, his FF1 profile is listed minus his birthdate and age (same for Guy & Cody), but he's declared to be 41 years old in Super Muscle Bomber. Also even though Guy's Z3 stage story doesn't mention Metro City's peaceful due to Mad Gear's defeat, Haggar's AAC Z3 entry does; it calls him the one who crushed Mad Gear one year previous, and as Zero 3 opens, due to Shadaloo's doing Metro City begins to experience unrest yet again, the unrest may be including Cody's jailbreak. Whether Shadoloo's operatives include the Skull Cross gang or some other unnamed group or individuals is not known for sure. Haggar has a Z3 entry in AAC; it's where we learn that his term will end two years later. It's assumed that because it doesn't mention Cody or Guy, it refers to the final Mad Gear crush during FF2 and the scattered remnants in Metro City during SFZ2, in which Cody and Guy didn't partake. pgIIIAboutCapcomClassicsCollection. Some bios are unlockable for Final Fight characters in Capcom Classics Collection. This is relevant to Poison being a guy (finally stated in English). Here's what the translator Sirlin said about their authenticity: "We did not touch any of the text for the character bios. It was written (or maybe gotten from old archives) by Capcom. It took a long time for Capcom to even give us text because they needed a bunch of approvals for it, probably from Capcom Japan. So it's pretty accurate, but you never know when a company is rewriting history with their story. Bottom line, it's a pretty trustworthy source, but you never know. --Sirlin." pgIIIAboutFFR. About Final Fight Revenge Final Fight Revenge was made by Capcom USA before it obtained the rights to SF, and thus has no ties to the authentic SF universe. pgIIIAboutFFSW. About Final Fight Streetwise. Made by the same team as Final Fight Revenge. This time, the team had "free reign", although Capcom of Japan still had final word, thus the new material it introduced is authentic, not that it significantly matters since it takes place considerably long after any other canonized game in the saga. Capcom of America owned the Street Fighter License by this time and that shortly after FF:SW was released, the American Studio that developed it (and Maximo, and had the team that made FF:R), Capcom Studio 8, was closed down. R.I.P., Final Fight. Your end came much later than the Private Justice Academy series and didn't have as blatantly open a plot left (ditto for Darkstalkers, come to think about it), but it also ended on what many will see as a much more sour note. For what it's worth, some press releases etc. began with "Taking place within the Final Fight universe" for Final Fight Streetwise. pgIIIAboutCaptainCommando. About Captain Commando It's uncertain if CC ties into Final Fight and the SF universe through Sho a distant successor to bushinryu ninpo (former name of Guy's style, prior to the Zero series), and the game's 2026 setting in Metro City IF that evidence can be tracked down anywhere. pgIIIAbsentGames. Any other games/series/movies/anime that are canon within the Street Fighter universe? Not at this time. pgIIIVSGames. About VS crossover games (X-Men VS Street Fighter, for example) A not overly important but still notable side note: While the plots of the VS games are all what-if, generally the characterizations (IE, personalities) within them usually aren't for the most part. Generally speaking, Capcom apparently uses the VS games to show character traits that are official, even if the storylines aren't. Sometimes they'll go back on it, but it only happens VERY rarely (Cammy in X-Men vs Street Fighter is the only big one that I can think of where a character in a VS game truly acts OOC, and that's because that game came out before Capcom had fully fleshed out where they wanted to go with Shadaloo Cammy, it seems). Though also bear in mind that these characterizations are generally meant to REINFORCE character traits from the canon, not NEWLY ESTABLISH new ones (again, the Cammy example failed to establish Cammy's personality). This doesn't seem to really apply to Pocket Fighter that much, but that's because Pocket Fighter is a joke up-beat goof-off type of game, so of course character personalities will be made to be a bit more light-hearted and such than usual. Character endings in VS games may offer clues onto what endings actually happened in the canon games, as well, and where characters may be after their tenure in the canon has generally ended. Ditto for character quotes. However, any material within crossover titles is subject to question if it stands alone without any support from canonical titles and the like. pgIIIAboutAnimeEtc. There has yet to be an officially endorsed manga or anime storyline for Street Fighter, also, so you can't take any of those for canon (This includes the SFA anime, the SF2 animated movie, even though that officially was what inspired the SFA series, Sakura Ganbaru, even though that officially inspired quite a few things in SFA3, the oh so wonderful perfection piece of art known as the SF2 Live Action Movie, etc). Please let me repeat. THERE ARE NO OFFICIAL ANIMES OR GRAPHIC NOVELS OR MANGAS OR MOVIES THAT COUNT TOWARDS THE STREET FIGHTER STORYLINE CANON, The only officially endorsed storyline info for Street Fighter is from sources that got their information directly from Capcom, or from Capcom itself. All About Capcom is the most well-known and biggest of these. Note that overseas official strategy guides generally don't get their storyline info directly from the company (their purpose is game strategies, not game storylines) so they don't really count, either. There is evidence however that the creator of Sakura Ganbaru! worked very closely with Capcom during SFZ3's development to the point where he used lots of stuff that's canon for the manga, and Capcom decided to make lots (but definitely not all) of the stuff from that manga to be canon. Of course, since the creator of Sakura Ganbaru! is also Karin's creator, anything he created for her typically ends up being canon for her in the canon storyline as well. These mangas and animes have their own alternate universes that they follow. The alternate universality becomes quite apparent in many cases. pgIIISFComic. The Street Fighter comic is not canon to the authentic history compiled in this guide. Udon employees even said so. The storylines are checked over by Capcom of Japan and approved, but that doesn't mean it's canon. It just means that Capcom of Japan wants to make sure Udon isn't butchering their characters etc etc. It's a good comic, though, I feel, and there are many details in it where Udon (the comic's creators) ask for details from Capcom regarding various things. The creators and writers are more interested in keeping close to the spirit of Street Fighter than the canon of it, since the latter could be hard to do and also inflexible in a comic, so the comic isn't exactly a good source of canon. They also stated that they had to go by the US names, including Shotokan instead of Ansatsukan for Ryu's fighting style. Finally, Nash is named Charlie Nash in the comic because they decided that was basically the best way to please both people who preferred Charlie and people who preferred Nash. His name in the actual canon still isn't Charlie Nash, though. The comic I think is really good, a great read, and I love the art, but just to stave off any possible feature e-mails, I need to say that ANYTHING in the comic which seems off from the canon probably means it really is indeed a liberty the writers took. I still recommend it, though, because it's pretty cool and has nice art. pgIIIContinuity. HEY! Udoneko said that Capcom told them the games weren't connected and are meant to be in their own separate universes! The operative word here is "games": the sessions that you and I play, the matches that we have together. Those are the separate universes, the multitude of what-if possibilities we can witness within the contraints of the game's engine and programming. The guide's not concerned with that. Rather, it records authentic history, what has happened and is set in stone, unless Capcom exercises its power to change it, which it has of course. pgIIIReleaseDates. Capcom's release schedule of certain selected games. This helps explain some storyline changes that Capcom had to retroactively make (like why Cammy acts so different in X-Men vs Street Fighter compared to SFZ3). Remember, this is the release date schedule, and not the dates in which these games (where applicable) occurred in the canon storyline. Street Fighter (1987) Final Fight (1989) Captain Commando (1990) Street Fighter 2 (1991) Street Fighter 2 Dash/CE (1992) Street Fighter 2 Dash Turbo/Hyper Fighting (1992) Final Fight 2 (1993) Super Street Fighter 2 (1993) Super Street Fighter 2 X/Turbo (1994. The latest version of SF2 for quite a while) Vampire/Darkstalkers (1994) Super Muscle Bomber (1994. Alias Slammasters) Vampire Hunter/Nightwarriors Darkstalkers Revenge (1995) Street Fighter Zero/Alpha 1 (1995. A rush job. Street Fighter Zero/Alpha 2 would replace it with what SFZ1 was meant to be) Final Fight Tough/3 (1995. The beat-em up genre was dying by now) Street Fighter Zero/Alpha 2 (1996. By now, Capcom seems to have disregarded many Final Fight 2 plot details...) Street Fighter Zero 2 Dash/Alpha 2 Gold (1996. This adds in Shadaloo Cammy but she doesn't have a storyline until the release of Fighter's Generation/Alpha Anthology) X-Men vs Street Fighter (1996. Shadaloo Cammy's noncanon debut where she actually has a storyline. She would change significantly by the time of her canon one) Street Fighter EX (1996) Street Fighter 3 New Generation (1997. like SFZ1, this was a rush job) Street Fighter EX + (1997) Vampire Savior/Darkstalkers 3 (1997) Pocket Fighter/Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix (1997) Street Fighter 3 Second Impact (1997) Private Justice Academy/Rival Schools (1997) Street Fighter EX 2 (1997) Street Fighter Zero/Alpha 3 (1998. Capcom shocks Cammyfans with Cammy's Official Shadaloo story, to the point where most people can't believe it to be true) Street Fighter 3 Third Strike (1999) Street Fighter EX2 + (1999) Final Fight Revenge (1999) Capcom vs SNK (2000) Final Fight One (2001. For Gameboy Advance. Updates FF1's storyline) Private Justice Academy/Rival Schools 2 (2001) Super Street Fighter 2 X/Turbo Revival (2001. Gameboy Advance. FINALLY updates Street Fighter 2's storyline to help reconcile it with Zero a little) Capcom vs SNK 2 (2001. Which would prepare 3 new characters to add to SFZ3 Upper) Street Fighter Zero/Alpha 3 Upper/Advance (2002. Gameboy Advance.) Street Fighter Zero/Alpha 3 Double Upper/MAX (2006. Playstation Portable) Final Fight: Streetwise (2006) The SFZ3 Upper port to the Gameboy Advance were ported to the GBA by Crawfish. What little storyline there is generally matches the PSP's version of Zero 3 Double Upper with only slight wording differences (from the prologues. GBA version had little else). Street Fighter EX was made and developed by Arika. Ditto for the SF EX exclusive characters, whom are copyright to Arika and not to Capcom. ********************************** PGIV. Quickie Game Summaries ********************************** pgIVMBSMB. MUSCLE BOMBER/DUO & SUPER MUSCLE BOMBER (SATURDAY NIGHT SLAMMASTERS 1 and 2 overseas) Canon date: 1981 to 1982? Since Haggar was in the middle of elections, and 40 during MB then 46 during Final Fight 1, which is during 1987. SMB takes place a year after MB, by the way. Of course, the way Final Fight's canon dates are botched with the release dates or so in Capcom's mind sometimes, maybe MB took place in 1983 instead. Haggar is stated to be 50 during Final Fight 2, which of course would put MB into the 70's, but that age doesn't make that much sense since it sets FF2 too far into the future which would conflict with SFZ2. That age is likely the result of FF2's release date as opposed to canon date considerations. This seems to be something Capcom often did for the Final Fight games despite how much it didn't fit and contradicted other statements. Or it could be because those dates were set before the SFZero series came along, forcing a reconciliation. ...anyways, All About Capcom says that SMB was during elections, and Final Fight Streetwise has a poster that shows that elections for Haggar were during 1982, so 1982 for SMB (and thus 1981 for MB) should be it. Gameplay: MB is a wrestling game. Its sequel is more like a 2D fighting game, which is too bad, since there are plenty of other 2D fighting games out there already. The storyline explanation is that Astro proposed new rules of win by KO instead of win by count. Story: The 1980ís. During the unprecedented professional wrestling boom, many professional wrestling organizations were started all over the world. A severe rivalry existed among the organizations. In order to resolve this conflict, 8 organizations combined to form the CWA, led by Victor Ortega, the CWAís founder and first champion. One day, Ortega suddenly vanished. Ortega was basically the glue that held everything together and his unexpected disappearance caused the CWA to enter an age of confusion and disorder. The BWA, an illegal underground wrestling organization, chose to take advantage of this opportunity and began moving. With "Fighters of Muscle Bomber = Destiny" as the theme, the CWA chief executives decided to organize/hold a world tour called the ìcrash carnival,î to decide the new king of the CWA. The gong that determines the new ìMaster of Muscle Bomberî is soundedÖ Super Muscle Bomber Story: As the meeting of next fighting series "International Blowout" stepped into a steady countdown one day, suddenly the BWA's leader Astro proposed a new rules, furthermore the CWA's fight didn't go beyond having provoked a circus show. The new rule, that is with the regulation of employing 3 normal wins by knockout, not counted outside the premises, there are no so-called rope escapes as a pro wrestling guideline was the unusual rule. Naturally, every CWA wrestler fiercely opposed both the organization when the dangerous atmosphere began to flow at that time, as unexpectedly now who had been missing, that legendary Master of Muscle Bomber, Victor Ortega revealed his appearance! From the fact that Ortega is likely at that spot Astro's indicated rule was approved, moreover it was alright until it was declared to wager the Master of Muscle Bomber's champion belt. Really where are his true motives? Also why unexpectedly everyone from before revealed their appearances? Mystery calling out to mystery, anyone can come to realize the reason for his aims. While there are seemingly growing signs of grand commotion, the International Blowout is finally held. ...And so now, the new challengers each with expectations concealed in their chests, now, in the role of the secret belt to be earned. Muscle Bomber was about pro-wrestling for the Capcom Wrestling Association championship (Heh. Capcom Wrestling Association. Can you tell that Capcom wasn't really serious about storylines when they made this game so long ago?) and the champion is the mysterious Astro. Unlike Rival Schools, though, at least it's confirmed that Capcom does consider Muscle Bomber to be part of the Street Fighter universe canon, being Final Fight's prequel and all. At any rate, the game didn't really have any character specific endings, and I don't think Capcom really cares who won the first Muscle Bomber Championship, either. At the end of the game (the ending is pretty much the same for every character, with only slight alterations in the text), the winner rambles about how he is the champion, then is approached by three guys (Victor Ortega, Rip Saber, and I forget the third) who declare that they don't think he's so tough, and the fight to defend the championship continues. However, if you beat the game without continues, only Victor Ortega comes out saying that he's coming out of retirement to challenge you. Different characters say different things (most act disrespectful except for Haggar and Titan the Great). This is what leads to the sequel... Super Muscle Bomber is the sequel where all the wrestlers of the Capcom Wrestling Association gather once again to wrestle for the championship, but this time the Blood Wrestling Association has joined in to show the CWA who's boss. Victor Ortega, the previous Muscle Bomber champion as well as owner of the CWA had left because he couldn't find anyone strong enough to give him a decent challenge. Now he's back, and is the guy to beat to earn the championship. Like Muscle Bomber, though, the game didn't have any big deviations from character endings to character endings, so again, it's unknown and probably nonexistant who finally won the Muscle Bomber Championship. Another SMB intro account, incorporating Aleksey's thoughts: The last time which the "Heat Up Scramble" ruler was decided to be carried out the statement released was "there is no need for two rulers," deep in the wrestlers' breasts. The ruler would through severe training finally grip the seat of glory, so that he would be seen lying in the center stage supreme summit of constant spotlight, while revolving offstage, no comparison to the uneasy shrouding darkness, the defeating matter to crush was the pressure that had become even though the ruler must bear the isolation together with the held dignity. "Why Ortega disappeared before everyone, there's now become a hunch." Zalazof was muttering. "Since Ortega's disappearance there have been a lot of post-in-name-only's for Master of Muscle Bomber. This lineage bears the throne's held dignity, forging the body as well as, that which exceeds the forged thing drawn out from the heart is likely not unnecessary right? It doesn't mean that I'm satisfied with my self right now. Eh, but..." Just at that moment, Astro was gasping a feeling of despair. As the BWA's commander he would bring in treachery to restore under the umbrella of the CWA but, with the hot souls of the CWA wrestlers he proceeded to preach with a completely chilled heart. "Kh, we'll have good bouts with those CWA small fries, and it'll influence my diginity as proclaimed sovereign emperor of darkness. Already there are two uses to untie the seals on sure killing moves, to obtain the Master of Muscle Bomber belt, to leave the place in small pieces. The entire world won't leave to gaze before it!" ********************************** pgIVSF1. STREET FIGHTER Canon Date: 1987 Gameplay: Street Fighter 1 was Capcom's first one-on-one fighting game. The only character you could play as was Ryu, though. And the second player could play as Ken in VS matches. Street Fighter Story from SF1 arcade pamphlet Having studied various fighting techniques from the time they were young, "Ryu" and "Ken" two youthful talented fighting stylists finally established characteristic fighting styles. Both of them being rivals, they participate in aiming for the peak of the realm of fighting moves, beginning a trip for the fight of the world. Boasting to street fighters of all countries as opponents with moves of ultra-top-grade power, will the name of "strongest man in the world" go to the hands of "Ryu"?, or to those of "Ken"!? The first Street Fighter tournament was held and hosted by Muay Thai God and Emperor, Sagat. Apparently not happy with being just the God of Muay Thai, Sagat wanted to prove that he was King of the Hill over everyone, it seemed. Contrary to popular fancanon, Shadaloo officially had NOTHING to do with Street Fighter 1. The main character of Street Fighter 1 is Ryu, a prospective student under Ansatsuken master Gouken who's entire life was the fight. Hearing about the Street Fighter tournament, he eagerly signs up to test his mettle. Note from documentations: Ryu's only confirmed to have fought Sagat and Adon during SF1, no one else you go up against in the game. This was carried forward and expanded in the Zero series, such as Zero 2 when Ryu and Gen speak as if they've never met before. It's no doubt however, that all the rest of the fighters entered to dethrone Sagat, as even the old SF1 arcade pamphlet lists if the fighter fights for training, for pride, for sport, etc. All we know is that Ryu won at the end. Ryu finally defeated Sagat with a cheap deus ex machina shot (no wonder why Sagat's so pissed off at him for the longest time). Ryu was down on the ground after having been pummelled by Sagat, then Sagat reached out to take his hand, knowing that he had won, but Ryu was so obsessed with winning that satsui no hadou overtook him and he ripped through Sagat's chest with his metsu shoryuken, becoming SnH Ryu for a split moment there. This is an official statement, and a retroactive change by Capcom entering the Zero series, considering that it wasn't until one of the latest versions of Street Fighter 2 that satsui no hadou even freaking EXISTED as a concept within Capcom's writers' minds. At any rate, you can also see this in SnH Ryu's ending in SFZ3. While SnH Ryu in SFZ3 is a what-if character, he temporarily flashbacks about his fight with Sagat in SF1, which is NOT a what-if occurrence (obviously). And you know it's his fight with Sagat in SF1 and not his midboss fight with Sagat in SFZ3 because the post-fight dialogue didn't have Sagat acting like his chest just got ripped through with SnH Ryu's metsu shoryuken. You can also see this in Ryu's SFZ2 plotline in general (he's seeking out Gouki to find out more about the satsui no hadou because he doesn't know what it is when it overtakes him in defeating Sagat). Again, though, it's official statement. When Ryu, now the World Fighting Championship's victor, finally got back from the Street Fighter 1 tournament, he wanted to ask Gouken what happened to him. However, he found Gouken killed as well as his daughter missing (Author note: Gouken having a daughter is a fact that Capcom seems to have forgotten about by now and thus will probably never resurface. You can only find out about his daughter in REALLY old Street Fighter official sources). Ken, however, had seen the end of the battle that happened. It was Gouki, Gouken's brother, that killed Gouken. Sensing Gouki's ki, Ryu then embarked on a journey to find Gouki (because Ryu still needs to find out what happened to himself when he beat Sagat). ********************************** pgIVFF1. FINAL FIGHT 1 Canon Date: 1987, likely during between 09/03/1987 and 12/31/1987, going by officially stated ages and birthdates for Haggar, Guy, and Cody (and then taking into account the 2 year retcon). Which, oddly enough, would be during Winter. Brrrrrr! Final Fight being retconned to 1987 is sorta confirmed in Streetwise via a poster in Haggar's gym that says "Vote Haggar for mayor in 1982!". Official statements are that Haggar became mayor 5 years before Final Fight 1, and also using Haggar's stated ages during FF1 and Muscle Bomber to calculate Muscle Bomber's (which was during elections) date places Final Fight 1 at 1987, as well. There is unused dialogue in Streetwise (IE, doesn't appear in-game, but is on the disc) where an npc says "Remember when Guy and Haggar and Cody cleaned up this neighborhood back in '89? That was awesome." However, this dialogue didn't make it into the final game. Did they cut it because they realized it was wrong or because they didn't want to address whether the date was retconned or not? Something we'll probably never know. Gameplay: Final Fight 1 is a brawling beat-em up game, and widely considered to be the one that kicked off the genre (a genre which now seems to have passed away). Basically, you choose a character then go from stage to stage beating up all badguys who stand in your way until you get to the last stage and beat the last boss. Story: Metro City is a crime filled cesspool, where the powerful Mad Gear gang, ruled by Belger, basically does whatever they want. The previous mayor was too scared to take them on and oppose them, but former pro-wrestler and now mayor, Mike Hagger, has vowed to stop them. In retaliation to this, his daughter Jessica is kidnapped by Mad Gear and they attempt to blackmail him into letting them do whatever they want just like the previous mayor. Haggar, unable to act as mayor, takes it personally to the streets along with Jessica's boyfriend, Cody, and Guy, a bushinryu modern day ninja. The way of bushin decrees that he fight against evil like Mad Gear, despite how he doesn't even know Jessica. Guy, Cody, and Haggar kick some ass and finally, Cody sends Belger flying out of his skyscraper window and plumetting to his death. After hugging her father, Jessica sees that Guy and Cody have already left. She tries to catch up to them and calls out Cody's name, but Cody doesn't stop for her. Guy (realizing how rude Cody was being, most likely. It couldn't be because he liked Jessica because Guy never even met Jessica until then) forces him to stop though with a quick couple of punches followed by kicking him to the ground, and then Guy leaves to let Cody be alone with Jessica. Cody tells Jessica that he must continue to fight evil in the streets, which is why he can't stay with her until all evil is gone. Jessica, seeing what a hero he is, kisses him. A note: The latest version of Final Fight 1, Final Fight One, for the Gameboy Advance, actually has dialogues for each boss for each character. In addition, you can play as SFZ3 sprite versions of Cody and Guy, who really ARE Guy and Cody from SFZ3 teleported back to the past in a fit of easter egg ridiculouslness. Zero Guy and Zero Cody are definitely just easter egg storylines, and probably never actually WERE teleported to the past, and you can tell by the sillyness of their dialogues that Capcom was goofing around and just having fun. However, Zero Cody and Zero Guy DO give good insights into what happened in the canon for regular Cody and regular Guy. For example, in Zero Cody's fight with Rolento, Zero Cody reminisces about how in the past, he never went to the industrial section and went to the bay area right after beating Edi. E. This confirms that in the actual canon, regular Cody beat Edi. E then skipped past the industrial section to the bay area in the actual official story, because Zero Cody is remembering that as what happened to him in his past back when he was just his younger Cody self during the actual time FF1 occurred. Of course the real Cody going through Final Fight DID happen, so it's assumed that Zero Cody wasn't lying when he talked about that past and that that past is what actually happened in the canon storyline. Anyway, I transcribed the dialogue, which, like many other dialogue FAQs for various Street Fighter games, should be available at gamefaqs.com (in this case, the Gameboy Advance section), if you want to see it. It is of note, however, that Cody saying he skipped past the industrial section is a reference to the Super Famicom port of Final Fight, where the Industrial Area had to be cut out due to space restrictions. Also of note is that production sketches depict entirely different match-ups, with Guy vs the Andores (in the ring in the Westside stage, it appears), Guy vs Damnd, Haggar vs Rolento, and Cody vs Sodom. These arts are likely more for concept and game-planning and marketting than for any canon indication, though (Haggar vs Sodom can't be true since it's Guy that beat him, although possibly Haggar was meant to beat him initially since Sodom was "a promoter of pro-wrestling"). Oh, Final Fight was Street Fighter's sister series or so. Street Fighter covered the one on one aspect of fighting and Final Fight covered the brawling aspect of fighting. Since then, though, it looks like the poor Final Fight series has died after Final Fight Tough (along with the entire brawling genre). Of course, it came back with Streetwise. Then the studio that made FFSW got closed down, probably in part because of FFSW's poor sales. So that revival is probably going to be short lived. Boss list (in order) 1. Damnd 2. Sodom 3. Edi. E 4. Rolento (cut out of the SFC/SNES version because they ran out of space) 5. Abigail 6. Belger (Later on, Capcom would release a game called Mighty Final Fight for the Famicom/NES, where Belgar, now a cyborg, kidnaps her again. The game is VERY comical and not-serious so it's pretty doubtful that it's canon.) The dog in the background of the Bay Area is named Shiro, by the way. Haggar being "newly elected mayor" is something added to the overseas version. Japanese versions just say "Mayor". He was, after all, elected around Muscle Bomber time, which is hardly new. Random tidbit: Final Fight was originally called Street Fighter í89 and did so well that it was part of what prompted Capcom to make SF2 (from The Making of Street Fighter within SF2 The Complete File). Street Fighter '89 was its working title though so by the time it came out, they changed it to Final Fight. ********************************** pgIVSFZ1. STREET FIGHTER ZERO (STREET FIGHTER ALPHA overseas) Canon Date: No date, because Zero 2 overrides it. Gameplay: Street Fighter Zero 1 was a one-on-one fighting game. Inspired by the Street Fighter 2 Animated Movie (That does NOT make the Street Fighter Animated Movie canon, though), Capcom decided to make a Street Fighter game with anime-ish graphics that would also give more background to the storyline of Street Fighter 2. Story: You see the endings and all those storyline bits that happen in Street Fighter Zero 1? FORGET EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM. Capcom has officially stated that Street Fighter Zero 2 and Zero 3 is the current bridge between SF1 and 2. Even several of the non-conflicting endings in SFZ1 that don't conflict with SFZ2 have official statements that contradict them, really (not for all, though). Considering that Zero 1 was actually incomplete version of Zero 2 and Zero 3, this makes sense, too (another official statement. And also why Zero 1 had such a freaking small playable characters roster). However, there are some endings that look like they could eerily fit in and be merged with SFZ2. Endings that COULD have happened (courtesy of Vasili10): Chun-Li- SFZ1 ending shows her get beaten up by Vega before flashing to her bedside. Place the slightly modified beating-up scene right before her SFZ2 ending begins and Vega flies to his VTOL. Ken- SFZ1 ending shows him meeting Eliza for the first time, SFZ2 ending shows they've already met. Place the meeting scene between Ken giving Ryu the headband and helping him up, and the scene with Eliza by his side. Sagat- SFZ1 ending shows him being picked up by Vega and crew, SFZ2 ending has him already on the aircraft. Place the picking up scenes right before the dialogues while in flight. Endings that positively were retconned (courtesy of Vasili10): Ryu- If we assume (which we currently do) that Sagat doesn't see Ryu again after SF1 until SFZ3 when Ryu's brainwashed, this ending cannot happen. (Editor's note: Given that Sagat says he is still waiting to fight Ryu in AAC, it is likely that Sagat and Ryu have yet to have a real battle since SF1, and that includes this. Note that his battle with Ryu in SFZ3 doesn't count as 'real' because that's a brainwashed Ryu). Nash- Doesn't die until SFZ3, can't happen. Vega- Could possibly be his graphics look after the SFZ2 battle with Rose, unless she was supposed to be dead after their SFZ1 battle, which can't happen. Guy- transferred as his SFZ3 ending, which doesn't happen because he catches up to Rose and Vega's gone. Birdie- transferred as his ending pretty much in SFZ2 Adon- transferred as his mid-battle in SFZ2, results are in the plot guide. Sodom- He's still recruiting members and trying to get Rolento back to form the new Mad Gear in SFZ3, and SFZ1 assumes he's finished, can't happen. Rose- Transferred as her SFZ2 ending, unless she was supposed to be dead after her SFZ1 battle with Vega, which can't happen. Dan- Ok, I suppose Vega could approach Dan, I'd be shocked as hell if he actually did and still spared him after Dan refused, but I suppose that's another iffy one. SFZ1 was probably the most uncertain point for Capcom in terms of storyline, thus you wouldn't always read quite the same thing for character backgrounds if you looked at one SFZ book and then another. The following summary was released by Capcom once the Zero 1 kinks were ironed out: Street Fighter Chronology ?.1981 Ryu, Ken, began as students of fighting stylist Gouken. In those days, it's to believe that Dan was already studying under Gouken. ?.1985 Ryu, Ken, through training acquire Gouken's fighting techniques. At this time it is unknown where fellow student Dan was at but, it's a supposition that this wasn't the time he was excommunicated. ?.19?? Chun Li, studied under Gen, a Chinese kenpo expert, acquiring fighting techniques. 1985~87 Guy, goes to the States in order to train. Guy's master is Zeku, whose figure suddenly vanishes. ?.198? Gouki, having challenged to a battle his master Goutetsu, defeats him. For Gouki's older brother who is Gouken, sensing danger in Gouken's fist, expecting to prevent it, was conversely defeated in losing his life. After this event, Ryu, Ken also depart from beside their master, and wouldn't you believe they set out on their training journeys. 8.1987 Ryu, in a street fight, defeats Muay Thai emperor Sagat for the first time (Street Fighter). 1987~89 Police detective Chun Li's father, his whereabouts unknown during investigation (for the sake of a top-secret investigation, specifying a date is an impossibility). 12.1989 In Metro City, a crime organization introduces itself as Mad Gear, kidnapping Mayor Haggar's daughter Jessica. Cody, together with Guy meet for her rescue (Final Fight). Guy, having splendidly annihilated Mad Gear in this struggle, begins to sense the power lack in bushinryu ninjutsu. 1989~90 Rose introduces herself as a mysterious woman, with a stage of sudden history in place. Said to be pursuing Vega. 7.1991 Ryu, together with Sagat once again. Sagat with a new sure killing technique to counteract but, similarly a new sure killing technique devised for Ryu, again ended with defeat. However Ryu also, having sensed doubt in a "hatred incurring fist", once again sets out on a journey of training aiming at the true fighting style. Ken, while street fighting in each place, desires to pursue Ryu's whereabouts. From this time, the name of the mysterious organization known as "Shadoloo", comes into being a rumor in the realm of street fights. Nash, in order to make sure of the pursued narcotics organization's existence being "Shadoloo", challenges Vega to a battle. For a moment defeating him, mired into Vega's trick, he's brought down. Chun Li, pursuing her father's whereabouts, verifying the existence of "Shadoloo", tracking down Vega, one step later challenges him to the best of her ability. Rose, having confined Vega's psycho power, somehow defeats him, she comes to an end also by her own power. His breath resuscitated, Vega chuckles. Guy, having defeated Vega, acquires a newly become secret of bushinryu. Sagat, joins as a "Shadoloo" member (Street Fighter Zero). ?.1991 Ken accomplished his destined showdown with Ryu, comes across Eliza. 12.1991 Having aimed for the true fighting style, Ryu continues his journey. Hearing of Ken training in America, goes to fight him. Having become a "Shadoloo" leader Sagat, comes to fight again. Searching for the cause of comrade Nash's death himself, Guile collided with the name "Shadoloo". With street fights continuing in all nations of the world, finally Vega holds his own against them. Chun Li, once again pursues her father's foe Vega (Street Fighter II). 1992~ The street fighters' struggles, now still continue....... ********************************** pgIVSFZ2. STREET FIGHTER ZERO 2 (STREET FIGHTER ALPHA 2 overseas) Canon Date: late 1987 thru early 1989 Gameplay: It's another fighting game. Like it's prequel. Of course. Story: Street Fighter Zero 2 takes place several months to a year after Final Fight 1 and Street Fighter 1. It is not a tournament. It's mostly just a whole bunch of various characters wandering around trying to fulfill their own agendas. From Vasili10: English Eternal says that Rolento and R. Mika entered the World Warrior tournament, SF2 I'm assuming is what they're referring to (Tiamat Note: Or SFAlpha is being referred to as a tournament). Here's what Japanese Eternal says instead: Rolento: in the paragraph above his story, it says he street fights, not entered a tournament. Later on in the same text block, the using weapons clause goes from using weapons in the fight or the struggle in Japanese to using weapons in the tournament in English. R. Mika: English text says she entered the World Warrior tournament after seeing posted ads for it. Hoboy. This was taken from her original story text box which she's saying, "I'll tour the world in order to have my name be in open field bouts," and she arranged for promotions to be set up, which makes more sense with the scene in her Zero 3 stage. In any case, the bouts of SFZ3 are open field and disorganized, rather than matches orderly and regulated for a sanctioned tournament aka SF1, SF2, SF3. For exact SFA2 dialogue and endings, visit http://www.vgmuseum.com and look them up, if you want. SFZ2 overrides SFZ1's intro storyline. Capcom has stated as such. Ignoring official statements, a quick glance at SFZ1 shows that the majority of the characters' beginning situations for that game are the exact same thing pretty much as the beginning situations they have in SFZ2. Also note that it seems like the majority of mid-boss (and even boss, sometimes) battles in SFZ2 did NOT happen, though some did. SFZ2 happens before SFZ3. This can easily be concluded by looking at many character's beginning situations in SFZ3 and comparing them to their ending situations in SFZ2. For instance, Dan's introduction in SFZ3 states that he got revenge on the man that killed his father (Sagat), while in SFZ2, Dan's ending is... well, him getting revenge on Sagat. Thus SFZ3 is not a remake of SFZ2, unlike how SFZ2 is a remake of SFZ1 (with the possible exception of Sagat and Vega's storylines, which seem to blend into Street Fighter Zero 3 a little). Street Fighter Zero 2 is basically characters wandering around doing their own thing. Due to this, to get the in-depth storyline details, see the Master Characters list. Street Fighter Zero 2 Boss Battles Any SFZ2 Boss Battle that had no dialogue before it definitely did not happen, and thus will not be mentioned here. Like Street Fighter 3rd Strike will all those Gill boss battles, Capcom doesn't include storyline dialogues for battles that didn't happen in the story. The first character is the one you play as when that battle takes place For example, if it says "Ryu vs Sagat" It's talking about the (mid)boss battle with Sagat whom you fight while you play as Ryu. Also, for further details on the more storyline significant battles to each character, see the Masters Character List for more details. Adon vs Vega - Vega tries to make Adon join Shadaloo, but Adon refuses, so Vega attacks. This meeting actually probably did happen, since Vega shows that he knows Adon and references about how much Adon has changed since Adon's fight with Sagat in SFZ3. I'd be rather surprised if the meeting escalated into an actual battle just because Adon rejected the offer to join Shadaloo. For example, Vega shows that he didn't really think Adon was any good before the fight with Sagat by his SFZ3 dialogue, too, so dunno why he'd get so pissed at Adon in SFZ2 if he didn't really care for Adon that much. Adon vs Sagat - Adon finally finds and challenges Sagat. Official statement is that this one did happen, and Adon won because Sagat was too enraged at his loss to Ryu to fight well. Adon still got whupped and only barely won, though (again, official statement). Gouki vs Ryu - This fight happened, but more in the form of when you play as Ryu, not Gouki, so see below for more details. Gouki vs Gen - Gouki and Gen, both searching for worthy foes, try to have a death match. This fight officially happened and ended in a tie. Birdie vs Dhalsim - Birdie and Dhalsim fight for... um... well, they just fight. *shrug* Incredibly pointless battle that thus is probably just filler and didn't happen. Birdie vs Vega - Birdie asks Vega if he can join Shadaloo and must prove himself. While Birdie did end up impressing Vega (who from his dialogue shows that he knows who Birdie is in SFZ3, so...) enough to get in, official statements by Capcom state that he never fought or had to fight Vega to do it, so while his ending happened, this fight itself did not, and was at most a meeting. Nash vs Rolento - Rolento decides to not let Nash see Vega for some reason. Capcom officially stated this fight didn't happen by saying that Nash and Rolento never met, and I don't see why Rolento would care about Shadaloo at this point, anyways. Maybe Capcom put it in to show general corruption of the army or something and Rolento was meant to represent some generic corrupt army soldier that Shadaloo brought. Dunno. Nash vs Vega - Nash finally finds Vega, fights Vega, and falls down the cliff. This battle is referenced by Guile's Zero 3 battle with Nash, with Nash saying he's concerned for Vega escaping again. From the Gamest SFZ2 mook, Capcom states he DOES NOT die in his Zero 2 battle with Vega. Chun-Li vs Gen - Gen wants to know what Chun-Li's looking for and offers to teach her. This battle (well, probably more like a meeting) DID happen. Capcom has officially stated that Gen was the one that gave Chun-Li the lead to Shadaloo in Street Fighter Zero 2. Chun-Li vs Vega - Chun-Li finally finds Vega. Capcom officially stated this battle happened, and even gave details (Vega beat up Chun-Li before flying off laughing at her and saying her father amused him). Dan vs Guy - Pointless filler battle and thus probably didn't happen. Dan vs Sagat - Dan fights Sagat to avenge his father. Official statements and Dan's current situation when SFZ3 begins shows this battle happened, and Capcom has stated that Dan won it because Sagat purposefully lost it (SFZ3 hints at it too, but it's rather vague). Dhalsim vs Zangief - Pointless filler battle and thus probably didn't happen. ...even after looking at the dialogue in the game, I have no clue WHY these two are fighting, here... Dhalsim vs Vega - Dhalsim still seeks Vega in SFZ3, and his SFZ2 ending has nothing to do with killing Vega, really, and unlike Rose, there's no official statement to back it up. This battle almost positively did not happen. Gen vs Chun-Li - Chun-Li asks Gen if he can tell her where Shadaloo is, and Gen even makes a reference about her father. See Chun-Li vs Gen battle above. This battle officially happened (and Gen being a friend of Chun-Li's father is another official statement too, if you think the dialogue's too vague on that). Gen vs Gouki - See Gouki vs Gen above. Officially happened. Guy vs Rose - Pointless filler battle and SFZ3 dialogue shows that Guy's first meeting with Rose was SFZ3. Thus this battle didn't happen. Ironically enough, Guy and Rose do fight (or possibly just meet. Whatever) each other officially in SFZ3. Guy vs Vega - Guy tracks down Vega to kill in the name of bushin. Capcom has officially stated that, while Guy's SFZ2 ending happened, this battle did not. On a side note, in the US version, Guy tells Bison that he's "already defeated a lot of his soldiers", but that was something Capcom of America made up for some stupid reason. He doesn't say that in the Japanese version. Ken vs Dan - Pointless filler battle. However, it might have happened, though, since Ryu and Ken found out about Dan's existance and Dan found out about their's during SFZ2 (another official statement) Ken vs Ryu - Ken sees something is bugging Ryu and fights Ryu, and wins, then hands Ryu his headband. Even though they were too lazy to change Ryu's headband accordingly, Capcom has officially stated this battle happened. Ryu's a bit too disturbed by his battle with Sagat (due to learning about satsui no hadou) to concentrate well during this fight. Vega vs Nash - See Nash vs Vega above. Vega vs Ryu - Vega takes Ryu to brainwash. This battle happens, but not until SFZ3 where Capcom decides on the real way to have it finally happen... Rolento vs Sodom - Sodom and Rolento aren't getting along since Rolento left Mad Gear. This battle definately did happen, because in SFZ3, Rolento tells Sodom, "I'm willing to forgive your rudeness in the past!" Rolento vs Guy - Rolento and Guy throw insults at each other about the past. Wouldn't be surprised at all if this meeting happened. If it did, then at most, they probably just briefly skirmished with each other, though. Rose vs Gouki - Rose detects satsui no hadou within Gouki (well, 'shoryuken power' according to American SFA2. ...what the bleepgot? Oo) Eh... dunno if this happened or not. Would explain a bit more why Rose knows about satsui no hadou and Ryu in SFZ3 like she does, though. Rose vs Vega - Rose finally tracks down Vega and tells him that he's on the wrong path, and that she warned him. She wins the fight, and thinks she kills him, but he actually manages to survive. Official statements by Capcom are that this battle and Rose's SFZ2 ending did happen. Ryu vs Sakura - Happened, as shown by beginning situations in SFZ3. See Sakura vs Ryu below for more details. Ryu vs Gouki - Officially happened. Official statement. Ryu finds out about satsui no hadou from Gouki. Sagat vs Adon - See Adon vs Sagat above. Happened. Sagat vs Ryu - Did not happen. Official statement is that neither Sagat nor Ryu have a clean win over each other by the end of SFZ3. ...well, okay, this ending battle sorta happened, but the real way it happened is during SFZ3's Sagat vs Ryu match, so... Sakura vs Sagat - Sagat asks Sakura where Ryu is. Hrm... I'd be pretty surprised if this battle/meeting happened, since it's never been hinted at in official statements, but it likely did for the possibility of Sakura learning Ryu's name from Sagat. I think it would be nicer, storyline-wise, if Sakura had at least met Sagat previous to her, Ken, and Sagat teaming up to save Ryu in SFZ3 (which officially happens, despite how the game doesn't do a good job of indicating it at all). Whether Sakura won it or not, I'm not completely sure. Sakura was rated to be weaker than Adon by Juni in SFZ3, and even Adon barely managed to beat unfocused Sagat. Hmm. Sakura vs Ryu - Sakura finds Ryu and challenges him to a fun match. Ryu lets her win, and leaves her with a photograph of himself. Official statement, and the battle happening is implied by SFZ3 dialogues, anyways. Sodom vs Ken - Pointless filler battle and thus probably did not happen. Sodom vs Guy - Sodom and Guy throw insults at each other about the past. Like Rolento vs Guy, wouldn't be surprised at all if this meeting happened. If it did, then at most, they probably just briefly skirmished with each other, though. Zangief vs Birdie - Pointless filler battle and thus probably did not happen. Zangief vs Ken - Pointless filler battle and thus probably did not happen. Zangief's ending (which did officially happen) doesn't require a battle with Ken specifically, anyways. SnH Ryu's boss battles (Sakura and Gouki) - Didn't happen. Satsui no Ryu never awoke during the Zero series officially and his storylines when you play as him are all what-if, so none of his boss battles could possibly have actually happened. A Note: Street Fighter Zero 2 has an insane amount of 'Easter egg' appearances in character backgrounds. The majority of these don't have any storyline significance and are just there for fun because quite a few of them are characters from games which obviously did not take place at that time or even have any existance within the SF canon at all... The latest version of Zero 2 would be Street Fighter Zero 2 Dash (Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold overseas) which fleshed out Cammy's experiences as Shadaloo's agent in Zero Fighter's Generation. Her battles analyses to come in hopefully the next guide update. ********************************** pgIVFF2. FINAL FIGHT 2 Canon Date: 1988 (apparently retconned from release date of 1993 to fit in with Zero. Haggar stopped being mayor in 1992 (1 year before SF2) so it HAD to have been retconned) Gameplay: Another beat-em up brawler like Final Fight 1. Story: Text on the backside of Jap. FF2's box cover: After the last battle, it seemed as if peace had finally returned to Metro City. One day, Haggar suddenly got a call from the remnants of the Mad Gear. They announced their plan for world conquest and told Haggar that they're on the move again. The return of Mayor Haggar. Maki, daughter of Genryusai. The street fighter, Carlos Miyamoto. The desperate struggle unfolds and explodes once again. Text from Jap. FF2 instruction booklet Haggar, Cody, and Guy had defeated Belger, boss of the Mad Gear. Peace returned to Metro City. Jessica and Cody went traveling, while Guy resumed training out of town. However, Mad Gear hadn't been completely destroyed. Mad Gear intends on getting revenge on Haggar, Cody, and Guy. They secretly stalk/follow/pursue Genryusai, Guy's teacher. Genryusai and his daughter Rena were kidnapped by the Mad Gear. Rena is Guy's fiance. Two days later, Haggar received a call from Maki, Rena's younger sister... Final Fight 2 takes place at the same time as Street Fighter Zero 2. Guy is not a playable character in the game because he's away training (His Street Fighter Zero 2 storyline). Cody, too, is not playable (explanation in the USA instruction manual is that he's on vacation with Jessica, though by now the true explanation is probably that he's already been thrown into the slammer by now. Capcom retroactively changed quite a bit regarding FF2's storyline, since, in general, they've seemed to just stop caring about Final Fight's storyline after FF1). Anyways, the story is that the remnants of Mad Gear (led by Retu) was making an attempt to make a comeback. Which... is again similar to Mad Gear's storyline in SFZ2 anyways. Mad Gear this time kidnaps Genryusai (the 37th bushrinryu master. He used to officially be the 38th and thus Guy's master but Capcom slipped up and accidentally made a new character, Zeku, for that in SFZ2 so they bumped Genryusai up to be the 37th. Silly Capcom:P), who is the father of Guy's fiance, Rena, who is also kidnapped by Mad Gear. Haggar once again takes to the streets to defeat Mad Gear, this time teamed up with Maki, who is Rena's sister, and Carlos, a boarder that Haggar was letting stay with him for a while. Final Fight 2 takes place around the world and not just in Metro City, for some reason. There isn't really much more here... unlike the bosses of Final Fight 1, the bosses of Final Fight 2 and Tough have not been incorporated into other Street Fighter games at all. Though Rolento does make a reappearance as a boss (no clue how that works. Maybe he stuck around with Mad Gear a little longer or something to pick up recruits for his army). The Andore family is back, too. At any rate, Haggar and co gives them all the beatdown, knocks Retu out of a window (AGAIN with the windows...) and save Genryusai and Rena, then Guy writes them a letter stating his thanks and that's it. A note about Mad Gear. Official statements are that Mad Gear finally fell apart for good one year before Street Fighter Zero 3. Which would be one year after Final Fight 2 and Street Fighter Zero 2, which could also be interpreted as right after those games, if you think of them as taking about a year to happen or so. At any rate, yea, Mad Gear was completely crushed by Final Fight 2 and all efforts to revive it during Street Fighter Zero 2 failed. Rolento's army is a new thing that he started up that broke off of and is not a part of Mad Gear (which would explain a large chunk of why he and Sodom have a fall out during Street Fighter Zero 3, though they make up in their endings). Stage List 1. Hong Kong 12:00 PM 2. France 5:00 PM 3. Holland 4:00 PM 4. England 8:00 PM 5. Italy 12:00 PM 6. Japan 11:30 PM (storyline seems to take place over the span of 3 days) Boss list of Final Fight 2 (in order) 1. Won Won. Some strange burly Chinese former chef nutcase. 2. Freddie. Big army clad shirtless brute fought in France. Former Navy SEAL, I believe. 3. Bratken. Big brute who looks like Frankenstein/Hulk fought in Holland. Has the mindset of a little child. 4. Phillipe. Psycho Clown with cane fought in England. 5. Rolento. Back yet again. Called Rolent instead of Rolento but that's because it's an easy mistake to make (see pronounciations near the bottom of this FAQ). 6. Retu. Some sorta Kabuki guy and the new leader of Mad Gear. Fought in Japan. Capcom apparently seemed to stop caring about the Final Fight storyline after Final Fight 1. None of the new bosses appear in any Street Fighter games or the new characters with the exception of Maki, who appeared in Capcom vs SNK 2 and then ported to the latest version of SFZ3 (and I feel that's probably mostly due to her connection with Guy). Really, though, a CLOWN boss? The bosses of FF1 were a whole lot easier to take more seriously than the bosses of FF2 for the most part (FF3 bosses weren't as zany as FF2, though, but most of them weren't very interesting either). You can see how seriously Capcom takes the storylines of the rest of the Final Fight games beyond Final Fight 1 by how they even freaking FORGOT they already gave Guy a master, Genryusai, when they made up another master for him in SFZ2, Zeku. Heck, there are tons of Final Fight 2 story details that got changed by Capcom (Guy's master, how Cody is probably in jail during FF2 instead of vacationing with Jessica like the instruction manual says, how the game only took place a year after Final Fight and not multiple years after, etc) ********************************** pgIVSFZ3. STREET FIGHTER ZERO 3 Latest ver: DOUBLE UPPER (STREET FIGHTER ALPHA 3 overseas ) Canon Date: 1989 through early 1990 Gameplay: Another fighting game, of course. Story: Like Street Fighter Zero 2, for Street Fighter Zero 3, characters are basically just going around filling their own agendas. Unlike Street Fighter Zero 2, a really hefty portion of it centers around Shadaloo and Vega, this time. LOTS (but not all). Unlike Street Fighter Zero 2, Capcom decided to make Vega EVERYONE'S final boss, whether they actually fought Vega or not in the official storyline. This has led the game's storylines to differ quite a bit from the official storyline (but you can reconcile most of them and get the true storyline just by removing the 'kill Vega' aspect of most characters' story modes. It's kinda like how for SNK's King of Fighter's storyline, to get the real storyline, you have to forget about most of the teams fighting the final boss with the exception of a select few main character teams. In this case, you also have to throw in forgetting about destroying the psycho drive or even getting into Shadaloo's main headquarters, even, unless the character is one of those "officially stated to have fought Vega in SFZ3" ones). Street Fighter Zero 3 also seems to have had quite a few more what-if endings than fighting games usually have (All fighting games have filler what-if endings for characters that never actually happen in the official storyline, but SFZ3 had more than usual). In addition, Street Fighter Zero 3 is the most storyline-wise convoluted and complex game of all the Street Fighter games, as many characters' paths criss-cross and in order to get the true whole story, you pretty much have to beat the game with nearly EVERYONE and pay good attention to their endings and boss dialogues (unlike SFZ2, most of the midboss battles in SFZ3 probably happened in some way, shape, or form). Once again, to get the majority of what happened in this game, see the Masters Character List. The major point for Street Fighter Zero 3 was that the evil organization known as Shadaloo was thrashed quite a lot (but not fully destroyed) thanks to the combined efforts of Guile, Nash, and Chun-Li, as well as several various rebellions and problems within it. Vega, the leader of Shadaloo, was finally defeated when the main headquarters of Shadaloo was blown up with him and Nash in it. For a plot analysis of how all the character endings fit into the official plotline for Street Fighter Alpha 3, see Tiamat's Street Fighter Alpha 3 plot guide... though note that it's kinda going to fall out of date now with this full Street Fighter plotguide, instead. Here's a brief synopsis of the 'core' plot of Street Fighter Zero 3 for here, though. At least, the closest thing you can call a core plot since SFZ3 is mostly comprised of a lot of individual mini-storylines. Street Fighter Zero 3 first starts off with Vega tracking down Ryu and confronting him, then tried to brainwash Ryu into giving into psycho power. Ryu has an inner conflict with himself on whether to give in, similar to his conflict to give into satsui no hadou. At any rate, he does give in, though it's important to note that brainwashed psycho power Ryu is not the same as Satsui no Hadou Ryu. Anyways, Ken and Sakura coincidentally arrive just at the same time as Sagat arrives to see Ryu again. Sagat, who has regained his honorable warrior spirit since confronting Dan in SFZ2 is infuriated when he sees how low Vega stooped (or maybe Sagat was in the process of regaining it thanks to Dan and seeing Vega stoop so low as to brainwash Ryu clinched it. Could be either). Sagat fights Psycho Ryu while Ken and Sakura fought Vega (this is official statement, though you can sooorta see it in the games if you study the dialogue really analytically, though that's kinda a stretch there and still requires some guesswork as to what the dialogue means). Sagat beats Psycho Ryu and then, judging by the game, Ryu managed to break out of his brainwashing and knock Vega away, forcing Vega to retreat. That ends Ryu's main portion of the story. The next main character of SFZ3 could be considered to be Cammy, since she has a huge plot around her in SFZ3. This one most likely happened after Ryu's part of the plot, and basically involves how for reasons she can't figure out, Shadaloo decided to terminate her. This probably happened around the same time as Rose's portion of SFZ3's plot; even though the two characters' plots don't interlap too much, Rose's fight with the Dolls in the game as indirectly indicates this, though of course I'm not sure and it really doesn't make too much difference either way (Rose can be considered a semi-main character of SFZ3. Check out her bio for her story during SFZ3). At any rate, Cammy encounters Balrog and probably Juli and Juni (judging from her in-game storyline) during this period and they were all sent to terminate her in some fashion. However, somehow, she managed to convince Juli and Juni as well as all the rest of the Dolls how they were truly expendable to Vega, and so all thirteen of the Dolls turned on Bison. In the process, they were all almost killed. This is yet another official statement which can also be realized through a really analytical look at the game's storylines, though like Ken, Sakura, and Sagat's fight against Vega and Psycho Ryu, it's rather hard to realize it without the official statements (though not as hard, thank goodness). Anyway, Vega was finally forced to retreat once again, and Cammy made her way to the psycho drive and use it to save the rest of the Dolls. Finally, the last main character of SFZ3 is Guile. His story had to have happened last in SFZ3 since it's the one that finally ends Vega by blowing him and the base housing the psycho drive up. Basically, Guile catches up to Nash and Chun-Li, then finally decides to join them and together their combined efforts take down Vega for good in SFZ3 (though he would come back for SF2). Nash and Guile confront Vega in the psycho drive room of Shadaloo headquarters and Nash sacrifices himself to hold off Vega while the entire base explodes. As always, for the more complete details, check out the character bios. Street Fighter Zero 3 Boss Battles The first character is the one you play as when that battle takes place For example, if it says "Ryu vs Sagat" It's talking about the (mid)boss battle with Sagat you fight while you play as Ryu. A note about the final boss battle with Vega: As stated above, nearly all of these probably didn't happen. The only confirmed ones to fight Vega are Ryu (sorta), Sakura with Ken, Rose, and all thirteen Dolls (it's possible that Cammy's battle with Vega took place right after all other twelve Dolls fought him, or that Cammy arrived in the middle of it to help them out, too. Juli's ending shows this a little, too, since Cammy arrives as Juli is fighting Vega or right after Juli loses consciousness to him or what have you), all of which Capcom has officially stated happened. Also, for further details on the more storyline significant battles to each character, see the Masters Character List for more details. Adon vs Ken - Pointless filler battle and thus probably did not happen. Adon vs Rose - Pointless filler battle and thus probably did not happen. Adon vs Vega - Vega challenges Adon for the hell of it. Like all boss battles with Vega in SFZ3 besides the confirmed ones, this did not happen. ...oi, even Adon's SFZ3 ending is pointless (he's searching for Gouki at the end of SFZ2, he's still searching for Gouki by the end of SFZ3). Yeesh. Vega's death to Gouki in this ending is an accurate portrayal of how Gouki offed him in SF2, though. Gouki vs Adon - Adon finally finds Gouki. Didn't happen since AAC states that Adon never managed to find Gouki. Gouki vs Guy - Guy wants to stop Gouki from seeing Vega for some reason. Well, Capcom did state that bushin was opposed to Gouki because Gouki disrupted the flow of nature for some reason, but I'd be surprised if this fight happened. Gouki vs Vega - Vega challenges Gouki for the hell of it. Like all boss battles with Vega in SFZ3 besides the confirmed ones, this did not happen. Bison vs Gen - Bison lays the beatdown on Gen for beating up Shadaloo members. This fight probably just exists because Capcom wanted to show more in-game about how Gen knew about Shadaloo and beat up its members while looking for worthy opponents, which is official statement. This particular battle with Bison, however, most likely did not happen. Bison vs Birdie - Bison finds out about the psycho drive from Birdie. Pretty important to Bison's ending. This battle probably happened due to that, assuming how much you care to think Bison's ending is canon in any form (see character list for how that probably works out). Bison vs Vega - Bison challenges Vega and demands for the psycho drive. Officially did not happen. Capcom has officially stated that Bison never got the chance to betray Vega in SFZ3, which is why he's still a member of Shadaloo in SF2. Even in SF2, though, he was trying to find opportunities to betray and take over the organization. In Revival, he does succeed at the latter, but... Birdie vs E. Honda - Pointless filler battle and thus probably did not happen. Birdie vs Blanka - Pointless filler battle and thus probably did not happen. Birdie vs Bison - Vega sicks Bison on Birdie. Real way it happened is probably Bison vs Birdie above. Birdie vs Vega - Birdie challenges Vega and demands for the psycho drive. Like all boss battles with Vega in SFZ3 besides the confirmed ones, this did not happen. His own ending where Chun-Li and Nash arrest him at the psycho drive gets in the way of Guile's ending which officially happened, so Birdie's own ending definitely didn't happen. The real way his search for the psycho drive seems to have gone, if it occurred at all, is probably Bison's ending (without having the psycho drive's destruction due to Birdie and Bison, just like everyone else's ending that involves destroying it besides Guile's), and thus I highly doubt he ever confronted Bison in SFZ3. Blanka vs Dan - A 'for-fun' battle that is a large basis of Blanka's SFZ3 storyline, which doesn't contradict with any other storylines once you get rid of the destroy Vega and psycho drive aspects, etc, and thus probably did happen. Blanka vs Zangief - Pointless filler battle and thus probably did not happen. Blanka vs Bison - Pointless filler battle and thus probably did not happen. Blanka vs Vega - Vega challenges Blanka to make him into a guinea pig. Like all boss battles with Vega in SFZ3 besides the confirmed ones, this did not happen. Cammy vs Dhalsim - Dhalsim notices that Cammy is beginning to develop her self-conscious. This battle might have happened. Not really too important either way, but I do lean towards it happening since there's nothing else that Dhalsim really gets to do in SFZ3, and this would partially explain Cammy's accelerated growth spurt towards 'humanity'. Cammy vs Balrog - Balrog has been sent to investigate on Cammy. This battle definitely did happen, since it's important to Cammy's and Balrog's storylines that have been officially stated to have happened in SFZ3. Cammy won this battle (she had to in order to reach and fight Vega, which also officially happened), but Balrog's dialogue indicates that he may have purposefully threw the match, as he's rather lax. Cammy vs Juni and Juli - A seemingly pointless filler battle, but it most definitely did happen, as shown by Juli's storyline. Odds are this is when Cammy met with the other Dolls to get them all to fight against Vega, which officially did happen. Cammy vs Vega - Vega decides to finally exterminate Cammy, personally. This battle officially happened, with some added bits from official statements. Capcom has stated that all thirteen Dolls rebelled against Vega together, so Cammy almost definitely picked up Juni and Juli from her battle with them. Or arrived in the aftermath to continue it, at least. Nash vs Cammy - Nash apprehends Cammy. Mere existance of it contradicts Cammy's storyline, which did happen, and Nash's ending generally didn't happen, so all evidence points to that this battle didn't happen. Nash vs Rolento - Capcom officially stated Nash never met Rolento. ...wow, this battle again? Oo Why does Capcom keep making Nash fight Rolento if they never officially meet in the actual official storyline? Well, guess there's no other "corrupt army soldier" character that Capcom has, but bleh. Anyways, this battle didn't happen. Nash vs Vega - Didn't happen in the form that playing as Nash portrays it in. The true way it happened was Guile's storyline. ...why does Nash always get the what-if storylines when you play as him? Strange. His ending is hilarious in the context of how he always dies, though. Nash's revenge! Chun-Li vs Birdie - Chun-Li gets information from Birdie about where Shadaloo's base is. Actually, this battle might have happened. There's no indication that Chun-Li arrested Birdie here, so Birdie could continue his own storyline, and also, Birdie tells Chun-Li that he has business in Thailand, which is probably him seeking out the psycho drive. Of course, there IS the fact that the entire rest of Chun-Li's SFZ3 plot when you play as her did NOT happen... Chun-Li vs Cammy - Cammy attacks Chun-Li in the name of Vega. Didn't happen. Chun-Li's battles and ending from here on when you play as her completely contradict Cammy's official storyline, that did officially happen, in SFZ3. Chun-Li vs Juli and Juni - Juni and Juli attack Chun-Li in the name of Vega. Didn't happen for the same reasons as Chun-Li vs Cammy. Capcom did use this opportunity to point out in-game that the Dolls were just teenagers, though. Chun-Li vs Vega - Chun-Li finally finds Vega and fights him to get him to stop using poor underage girls like Cammy, Juli, and Juni. Chun-Li's real SFZ3 story is when you play as Guile. This did not happen (it would make no sense for Cammy's SF2 storyline, for one thing, and Balrog is the one stated to have taken Cammy at the end of SFZ3) Cody vs Birdie - I dunno. Dialogue indicates that Birdie is representing a generic Metro City thug, here, and not Birdie from England. At least... I can't figure out why else Birdie would say "You used to be something around here." Since when did Cody travel to England to bust heads, there? Oo Cody vs Guy - Guy tries to reform Cody. Final Fight One dialogue shows that this battle did happen. Cody vs Vega - Cody attacks Vega for the hell of it >:} LOL, I personally like how Cody just wants to get into tons of battles just for the hell of it because he's addicted to fighting, but I digress. At any rate, this is generally a pointless filler battle that thus, like the majority of SFZ3 battles with Vega, did not happen. Guy never got that close to Vega, anyways, so the majority of Cody's ending up until the destruction of Vega most definitely didn't happen (though Guy wanting to reform Cody definitely did, as shown by Final Fight One dialogue). Dan vs Chun-Li - Hilarious joke battle, but not really any story relevance, and Blanka's storyline seems to be the true way Dan's storyline played out in SFZ3, so I don't think this one happened (or any of Dan's SFZ3 boss battles when you play as him, for that matter). Dan vs Sagat - Sagat is annoyed that Dan's pestering him again and Dan offers to teach Sagat Saikyo style. I'd be surprised as heck if this battle happened. I don't see why Sagat would purposefully lose to Dan TWICE. Dan vs Bison - Pointless filler battle and thus probably did not happen. Dan vs Vega - Like all boss battles with Vega in SFZ3 besides the confirmed ones, this did not happen. Dee-Jay vs Adon - Pointless filler battle and thus probably did not happen. Dee-Jay vs Sagat - Ditto. While the previous one led into this one, neither are important to Dee-Jay's overall SFZ3 plot at all. Dee-Jay vs Vega - Ditto once again. Dhalsim vs Rose - Dhalsim tries to convince Rose not to rush into things. Might have happened. Dunno. Most of Dhalsim's tenure when you play as him seems... iffy, though. Dhalsim vs Birdie - Dhalsim reads Birdie's mind to find out the location of the Shadaloo hideout. Probably didn't happen, since Dhalsim never got very close to Shadaloo at all during SFZ3. Dhalsim vs Juni and Juli - Ditto. Pointless filler battle. Dhalsim vs Vega - Ditto. Dhalsim's storyline is kinda dull, but you do get to see the funny side of him destroying Shadaloo with the sheer power of his mind and yelling "Yoga!" a bunch. E. Honda vs Ryu - E. Honda and Ryu fight for fun. This battle happened. It's referenced in Sakura vs E. Honda. E. Honda vs Sodom - E. Honda and Sodom meet up again. This battle might have happened. Probably did, but not important either way. It's another fun reunion or something. E. Honda vs Vega - Like all boss battles with Vega in SFZ3 besides the confirmed ones, this did not happen. SnH Ryu's boss battles (Sagat, Vega, Shin Gouki) - Like SFZ2 SnH Ryu, SnH Ryu's tenure when you play as him is officially entirely what-if, and these battles did not happen. Fei-Long vs Bison, Balrog, and Vega - Everyone tries to get Fei-Long to join Shadaloo. While Shadaloo might have been seeking Fei-Long, they officially weren't trying THAT hard with that many marquee men going after him, so those fights didn't happen. Gen vs Ryu - Gen and Ryu fight for the heck of it. Actually less pointless filler than that description gives. Here, Gen comments about how Ryu using a toned down version of ansatsuken and how he can sense the power within him. Dunno if it happened but wouldn't be surprised if it did. Gen vs Gouki - Gen finally gets his deathmatch with Gouki. ...well, not sure if it was to the death, or if it happened in the form that is portrayed here, really. See Gen's section in the masters character list for more info. Gen vs Vega - Vega and Gen fight for the hell of it (it's really easy to tell by now just how BS'd up the what-if plotline gets just to make Vega the last boss of everyone). Pointless filler battle that, like many battles with Vega in SFZ3, did not happen. The important thing to Gen's storyline was the battle with Gouki. Guile vs Chun-Li - Chun-Li tries to stop Guile from going after Nash. Pretty important to Guile's storyline in SFZ3, which officially happened, so this battle almost definitely did happen. Guile vs Nash - Guile finally finds Nash. Officially happened. Guile vs Vega - While Guile's ending happened, I don't believe Capcom has stated whether or not Guile had to fight Vega to get Vega to retreat to the base, or if Guile and Nash just infiltrated Vega's base without having to fight Vega first (but 'fight' him anyways in the psycho drive room). So... dunno. Guy vs Karin - Karin tells Guy of the bushin prophecy that Guy will rise against Vega. ...ironically, that prophecy turns out to be false. Real false. Guy's true SFZ3 storyline is officially what happened with him in Rose's storyline, so I'd be surprised if any of his boss battles happened. Guy's ending (which may have happened but it's really just a revelation he gets, anyways) doesn't have much to do with this prophecy, either. Guy vs Gen - More about the bushin prophecy, really. Ditto. Guy vs Vega - Definitely did not happen. Even Zeku's prediction that Guy would fight Vega ended up being wrong, since he officially never got that close to Bison in SFZ3 (his true SFZ3 ending was Rose's) and disappeared after that. Hmm. ...unless they meant Guy would fight Rose (who takes Vega's place for a bit or more, as shown by her ending) or something. ...dangling plotline? Juli vs T. Hawk: See T. Hawk vs Juli, below. Juli vs Cammy - Juli finally finds her target. Almost positively happened, as shown by Juni and Juli together going after Cammy when you play as her (which also indicates that odds are very high that Juni was officially with Juli the whole time. Those two really don't split up very often, but the game's arcade mode storyline doesn't let you dramatic battle play as both for obvious reasons). Juli vs Vega - Vega decides to finally exterminate Juli, personally. All thirteen Dolls did fight against Vega together, but dunno if it was like the game portrayed, here. The game when you play as Juli indicates that Juli lied to Vega about killing Cammy, then Vega decided to kill her anyway, which caused her self-defense instinct to kick in. After that, I suppose Cammy (and the other Dolls, if they weren't with Juli already) came along to help her fight Vega. Well, it's shown by Juli's ending that Cammy came along later to help her out, but dunno. All there really is regarding official statements in this matter is that all thirteen Dolls turned against and fought Vega together. Juni vs E. Honda - Juni fights E. Honda. Did she learn about Ryu's location from him? Is Juni seeking out Ryu even canon at all? Dunno. Juni vs Ryu - Definitely didn't happen. As per official statements, Ryu would fight Vega, himself, so Juni obviously didn't get to fight and beat him. Juni vs Vega - Vega decides to kill Juni after she beats Ryu. Definitely did not happen in this format. The real way Juni's fight with Vega occurred is with all the other Dolls, as shown by Juli's and Cammy's storylines. The evidence highly points to that Ryu's SFZ3 tenure took place significantly earlier than the Doll storyline. Karin vs Blanka - Pointless filler battle and thus probably did not happen. Karin vs Sakura - Might have happened, but dunno. Karin admits after it that Sakura's still better, so it's not like it shifts storyline tiers at all or anything even though Karin wins this match. I think it did happen, myself. Karin vs Juni&Juli and Vega - Like all boss battles with Vega in SFZ3 besides the confirmed ones, this did not happen. This includes the Juni and Juli lead-up battle. Ken vs Karin - Ken and Karin have a fun and happy conversation about Sakura. Actually probably did happen due to the two characters' connection about knowing other, even if it's not too important to the overall story. Ken vs Sakura - Before Vega shows up, Ken finds Sakura in Thailand ready to meet Ryu. Almost positive this happened, since it coincides with the official statement that Ken and Sakura fought Vega together after finding Ryu under his control. Ken vs Vega - Vega challenges Ken for the hell of it. It happened, but not really like this format at all. The real way it did is officially with Sakura and had more to do with Ryu than this, and thus probably more like Sakura vs Vega, below. Vega vs Gouki, Ryu, and Sagat - Vega gets a what-if storyline where he destroys the world. These fights obviously did not happen in this form. His brainwashing of Ryu itself happened in a different way, as per official statements. Vega's real SFZ3 storyline basically involves him being all the villain of the main characters of SFZ3 (Ryu, Cammy, Rose, and Guile). R. Mika vs Karin - Karin decides to sponsor R. Mika if she ever becomes a pro-wrestler. Generally confirmed by Eternal that it did happen. R. Mika vs Zangief - R. Mika finally gets to meet Zangief. May or may not have happened. Actually probably did, but it's not a big deal either way. R. Mika vs Bison and Vega - Like all boss battles with Vega in SFZ3 besides the confirmed ones, this did not happen. This includes the Bison lead-up battle. Rolento vs Sodom - Sodom tells Rolento that he's lost site of his ideals. This battle is important to Rolento's storyline (which I'm pretty sure happened, since after removing the psycho drive destruction like you should with all SFZ3 storylines besides Guile's, it doesn't contradict anything and is definitely not just filler for Rolento), so this battle definitely happened. It's confirmed by Street Fighter Eternal, pretty much. Rolento vs Cody - Rolento tries to recruit Cody, but then sees what Cody has become and decides not to. This battle is confirmed by Street Fighter Eternal. Rolento vs vs Bison and Vega - Like all boss battles with Vega in SFZ3 besides the confirmed ones, this did not happen. This includes the Bison lead-up battle. His infiltration of Shadaloo is mentioned in Eternal though but it only mentions him stealing armaments like he said he would, not destroy the psycho drive. Rose vs Guy - Guy wants to follow Rose, but she won't let him. Important to Rose's ending, which did officially happen, thus this battle/meeting definitely happened. Rose vs Balrog - Balrog tells Rose that he doesn't understand why she's so suicidal. This ending probably happened. A lot of the 'Doll storyline participants' seem to criss cross paths a lot, and this would be no exception. Rose vs Juli & Juni [Aprile?] - Rose fights some of the Dolls that Vega sicks on her while he waits for someone else to arrive (most likely Cammy, but it might have been Ryu. I lean more towards Cammy since Rose in general is more involved with the Dolls than Ryu, and her meeting with Balrog as well as this Juli & Juni boss battle implies that her storyline takes place at the same time as Cammy's, which takes place after Ryu's does). The actual battle was probably fought with Aprile, since J&J were most likely pursuing Cammy at the time and Capcom officially stated that Aprile's brother went to see Rose at the beginning of SFZ3, so Aprile would be the one that's most storyline significant to Rose. Rose vs Vega - Rose finally reaches Vega. This battle officially happened. Ryu vs Rose - Rose warns Ryu about Vega. This battle probably happened since it's semi-storyline significant. Ryu vs [Psycho] Ken - Ryu comes across Psycho Power Brainwashed Ken. This battle officially did NOT happen and Capcom has directly stated as such, and also stated that Psycho Ken never existed. The real one who got brainwashed was ironically officially Ryu, himself, as portrayed in Sagat's storyline. Ryu vs Vega - Vega challenges Ryu to brainwash and control him. Happened, pretty much, though you need to take into account Ken and Sakura's battle with Vega and how it fits in, too. Basically, Ryu fought Vega, got brainwashed as per his ending, then... well, it continues into Sagat's, Ken's, and Sakura's storylines there. ...actually, Ryu's ending contains Ken's role in that particular arc of the SFZ3 storyline, too, which is odd since everything but Ken's ending when you play as Ken seems to fit in as well. Sagat vs Dan - Sagat fights Dan and sees the rage in Dan's eyes. It reminds him of the rage he feels. This battle is just a re-showing of Dan's SFZ2 battle with Sagat and thus obviously did happen. Although the game only implies it a little by the way Sagat feels after the battle, officially, Sagat let Dan win this battle. Sagat vs [Psycho] Ryu - Sagat is mad at Vega for stooping so low as to brainwash Ryu. Happened. Capcom officially stated that Sagat fought Psycho Ryu while Ken and Sakura fought Vega. Sagat vs Vega - Didn't happen. Officially, Ken and Sakura handled Vega while Sagat handled Psycho Ryu. ...well, okay, Sagat did stand up against Bison a little as Ryu began to break out of his own brainwashing, but that's more Sagat's ending than this particular boss battle against Vega. Sakura vs E. Honda - Sakura learns (generally speaking) from E. Honda where Ryu is. Probably happened. Sakura vs [Psycho] Ryu - Sakura finds Ryu brainwashed by Vega! While she did find out about that, she didn't officially fight Psycho Ryu. Sagat did. As per official statement by Capcom, Sakura, meanwhile, fought Vega along with Ken. Sakura vs Vega - Sakura fights to protect Ryu from Vega. Happened, though Ken was with her to help. Too bad Capcom couldn't make this dramatic battle to show it better. It wasn't until the Dreamcast version of SFZ3 that there was a fully working Dramatic Battle mode, and Capcom probably wouldn't let the player fight dramatic battle style in arcade mode just for storyline reasons, anyways, since arcade mode is supposed to be solo. Sodom vs Rolento - Rolento demands that Sodom join him. Happened, though the more accurate version is probably Rolento vs Sodom above, since Rolento's storyline isn't as much of a joke ending as Sodom's. Sodom vs Chun-Li - Another thing that indicates that Rolento's version is the real way things happened, instead of Sodom's, is the fact that Sodom's storyline has boss battles like this, which definitely didn't happen. (Battle was pointless filler with Chun-Li trying to stop Sodom because it was her job to go after Shadaloo and she didn't want him to get in the way or so) Sodom vs Vega - Like all boss battles with Vega in SFZ3 besides the confirmed ones, this did not happen. Sodom's storyline when you play as him on a whole apparently is what-if, with Rolento's being the true version. T. Hawk vs Nash - Nash warns T. Hawk about Vega. Might have happened, though I'd be pretty surprised if it did. T. Hawk vs Juli - Officially, Noembelu was the Doll T. Hawk was SUPPOSED to be seeking, not Juli. However, a series of game constraints made it Juli, instead. Here, he finds her. Might have happened, but I don't think so cause it doesn't seem to fit in with all thirteen Dolls betraying Vega together. Or maybe he found her and fought her, but she got away, like what might have happened when you play as Juli later, and then T. Hawk finds her again unconscious later after the Dolls betrayed Vega and were teleported away by Cammy. T. Hawk vs Vega - T. Hawk fights Vega to free Juli. Like all boss battles with Vega in SFZ3 besides the confirmed ones, this did not happen. Balrog vs Zangief - Zangief attacks Balrog for being a member of Shadaloo, though Balrog denies that he is since it's not supposed to be a publically known fact. Actually, I'm inclined to believe that this battle did happen, since Capcom shows that Zangief knows about Balrog in Zangief's SSF2X ending, where he's making fun of a picture of Balrog. Balrog vs Cammy - Balrog finally finds Cammy, but also finds that he's realizing she's more than just a mere experiment. This battle did happen, since it's important to Balrog's ending which officially happened, and this is Balrog's point of view on it. See Cammy vs Balrog above for more information. Balrog vs Vega - Balrog argues with Vega about Cammy. While the argument might have happened (which would be another thing that leads Balrog to decide to betray Vega indirectly by saving Cammy), Capcom has officially stated that Balrog never actually betrayed Vega (besides saving Cammy, which Vega didn't know about) or fought Vega, which is why Balrog's still a member of Shadaloo in SF2. Zangief vs Rolento - Pointless filler battle and thus probably did not happen. Zangief vs Chun-Li - Ditto. Zangief vs Vega - Like all boss battles with Vega in SFZ3 besides the confirmed ones, this did not happen. ...Zangief didn't really get to do much during SFZ3, officially. The following are from SFZ3 Double Upper. Of important note is that this game was made after Capcom told Udon that all games take place within their own universe, which might explain why many of them conflict and don't offer closure for characters even more than the other SFZ3 endings. It also takes place after Capcom America acquired the SF License, though I'm guessing Capcom Japan is who made these storylines, anyways. Nonetheless, Capcom Japan's made no attempt to clarify any dealings concerning Zero 3 cast members that were initially in crossover titles. Also, as there is no SFZ3 Double Upper Dialogue guide, I'll be using Sano's more extensive summaries for these rather than my own short brief ones. Because there's no where for you, the reader, to go to get these storylines, otherwise. (as opposed to the others where you can look it up in an SFA3 dialogue guide) At least, as of this writing. Eagle vs Guile - Eagle recognizes Guile as a famous Air Force man and asks him if he wants to dance with him, lol! Guile says that he is on a mission and has no time to fight Eagle. Eagle points out that Guile has already assumed his fighting stance. Guile says to Eagle that if he doesn't want to listen to what he says, then they'll have to fight. After the fight Eagle notices that there was a lot of tension during their battle and thanks Guile. He asks what exactly was Guile's mission. Guile says that he is after Sagat who has joined a Narcotics Ring. Eagle questions, "Sagat? How long has it been since I heard that name?" and says that he will try to find Sagat too. Tiamat and vasili10 Note: If Eagle's (seemingly pointless) SFZ3 plot happened in any way at all, then this fight happened. Since it's the only really substantial event in Eagle's largely empty plot. However, Guile was out to find Nash in Zero 3, not Sagat, so even Eagle's meeting with Guile becomes iffy. Eagle vs Sagat - Eagle runs into Sagat for his pre-Vega fight. He says to Sagat that it's been a long time and Sagat has the same intense stare from before. He says that Sagat has always been someone else's goon. Sagat questions what he is talking about and Eagle challenges him, and says he wants to see if Sagat is still the King of Muay Thai. There is no dialog after you defeat Sagat. Tiamat Note: Possibly happened, possibly not. No dialogue after, anyways. Eagle vs Bison - You don't face Vega yet! Bison appears in front of you with Vega hovering in the air. Vega asks if Eagle was the one that defeated Sagat. Vega then says that Sagat is no king after all and good bodyguards are hard to find these days. Eagle calls Vega a "loon bent on world domination." He says that Vega is beneath him. Vega says that Eagle is trash to him and asks Bison to finish him off. Tiamat Note: Not much to say. Eagle vs Vega - After you defeat Bison you face Vega. Guile comes up from behind Eagle and says that he is going to defeat Vega. Eagle asks Guile to step off so he can fight Vega and see how strong he is. Vega doesn't care about the order of who fights him first, says something like "step up fools and get beat down," something to that effect. Tiamat Note: Maybe Eagle joined in the long line of fighters who fought Vega one after the other (and sometimes even in groups) in what is known about the 'finale' to SFZ3's plot. Maki vs Sakura - Sakura says something like "So this is my next opponent. I wonder if she's one of those female gangsters? That's a big weapon she has!" and Maki says there's nothing wrong with using a weapon and they fight. (Sakura calling Maki a female gangster reminds me of their fight in the Sakura Ganbaru! manga). After the fight Maki compliments Sakura on her fighting skills. Sakura compliments Maki too and says that she fights just like someone she fought before, Guy. Maki asks if she knows where Guy is, and Sakura says that he's.... yeah, she only answers with "..." but you know where he is, same place where all of those 9th round battles take place in SFZ3. Tiamat and vasili10 Note: This battle is likely a Sakura Ganbaru! reference, because it's possible, however unlikely, that Sakura's run into Guy prior to meeting Maki. Maki vs Guy - Maki runs into Guy, says "You... are Maki." Maki says enough chit chatting, it's time to see who is the true succesor of the bushin style. Guy tells her beating her means nothing to Guy, it's to be expected that he'd win. This fight seems like it had no clear resolution, as at the end of it they pick up their conversation right where they left of. Maki asks why Guy thinks his victory is expected. Guy tells her that he can not lose when evil is afoot. So Maki sets out to stop the evil herself, telling Guy next time they'll meet they'll settle this. Tiamat Note: If Maki's storyline in SFZ3 happened (which it probably did if we assume Capcom cares at all), this battle positively did as well. Maki vs Vega - Maki faces Vega. Vega refers to her as a mind full of memories challenging him. Maki says she has to defeat Vega. Vega says that this will be a good fight after "the parade of weaklings" he's beaten just now. Tiamat Note: Parade of weaklings? Perhaps Maki (and maybe Guy) were able to get in some tussels with Vega in the middle of everything as well. Their presence there would be explained by Guy's tracking of Rose (and Maki's tracking/following of Guy), after all. Yun vs Dee Jay - Dee Jay asks what business 'you boys' (Yun and Yang) have with him. They ask if Dee Jay knows Fei-Long (in such a way that they assume that he does know him, like they've worked together before) and if so tell them where he is. Deejay asks them to fight with him first and says something like let the rhythm guide your feet. After Yun wins, Dee Jay admits that Yun is strong and asks him why they are chasing Fei-Long. Yun says he heard a rumor that Fei-Long got mixed up with drug dealers. Dee Jay says no way, that Fei-Long is a nice guy and he wouldn't get caught up with drug dealers. Dee Jay says he doesn't know where Fei-Long is but he knows where he's going, it's to the place that all fighters are gathering and they (Yun/Yang) know where that is. Tiamat Note: Either didn't happen or Dee Jay got a minor acting role in Y&Y&FL's movie. Which wouldn't be surprising given that Dee Jay is a showman, afterall. Yun vs Fei-Long - Yun fights Fei-Long before Vega. Yun 'says so this is where you hang out and come to train.' Fei-Long asks "What do you boys want? Let me guess, you're from Shadaloo?" and Yun says that there's no reason for him to answer a coward. Fei-Long says it's all a misunderstanding and they fight. After Yun wins he notices that Fei-Long has nothing in his hands (like drugs) and asks him how is he connected to Shadaloo's drug trade. Fei-Long says he's had nothing to do with it, he knows that people in his offices are dealing drugs though and he is looking for who is behind it. Yun says he can tell that Fei-Long is not lying by looking into his eyes (reminds me of Fei-Long/Cammy in SF2V, he said the same exact thing to her). Yun says that Hong Kong is their home and they must protect it, so Fei-Long says that he and Yun and Yang should team up. Tiamat Note: Either didn't happen or happened in Y&Y&FL's movie. This battle was against SnH Ryu instead of Fei Long in the GBA version of SFZ3 for some odd reason, despite how Fei Long is mentioned in Y&Y's prologue there as well. GBA version had no dialogue for any fights, but it had the prologues. Yun vs Juni & Juli - No Vega yet! They face off against Bison, Juni and Juli. Fei-Long says that he'll take on the boxer while Yun and Yang take on Juni and Juli. Yun wants to take on everyone himself, but Fei-Long says no, they should work together like they originally intended. Yun says that they'll make Fei-Long even more famous after they win. So Fei-Long and Bison run off to fight while you face Juni and Juli. Tiamat Note: The twin dragons vs the twin Dolls (Capcom notices the parallel, too. Yun tells J&J, "You remind me of me and my brother for some reason" in his win quote to them in the GBA version). Anyways, this either didn't happen or happened in Y&Y&FL's movie. ...with actors playing the part of J&J, of course. Yun vs Vega - After you beat Juni and Juni you see Fei-Long lying at Vega's feet. Yun asks, "...Fei-Long!?" and Vega says that "It's the perfect ending for a third rate actress." Yes, actress, lol! He offers Yun and Yang to join Shadaloo to which they decline. Vega then says "I'll have to ask you to leave... this world!" and that they will regret not joining Shadaloo. He picks up Fei-Long and throws him away as they begin to fight. Tiamat Note: Either didn't happen or happened in Y&Y&FL's movie. Alas, Raul Julia would not be around during SF3's time to play the role of Vega :( Ingrid vs SnH Ryu - She meets him in Gouki's cave. Ryu starts talking about destruction, death and stuff, Ingrid asks him where he got such power. SnH Ryu then challenges Ingrid and says she has to teach him a lesson. After she defeats SnH Ryu he stands up, and while his sprite with the black gi the head shot used of Ryu talking is him with a white headband, not SnH. Ingrid beat Ryu out of his SnH-ness and reverted him back to normal. Ryu doesn't know what's going on and Ingrid tells him someone was controlling him. Ryu says that everything went dark after he met Vega. Ingrid says that Vega was a person she was told to look out for and he might have the object she was looking for. She bids Ryu farewell and good luck on his journey of knowledge and power. Ryu asks how exactly Ingrid knows his name and who he is, and their dialog ends on that note. Tiamat note: It should be noted that SnH Ryu here is used to represent Ryu controlled by Vega and psycho power, NOT satsui no hadou. This battle did not happen as canon-wise, it was Sagat that fought Psycho Ryu. And Ryu overcame Vega's control as portrayed in Sagat's, Ryu's, and Sakura's endings. Ingrid vs Rose - Rose looks at Ingrid and tells her that she can not see her future, that she is a white haxe and asks who she is. Ingrid tells Rose that she has the power to see into the Time Stream, that she must stop Vega and tells Rose to wake up that he is evil. Rose says she must seal his powers for good, but Ingrid says his powers where stolen from Ingrid in the first place. So they fight. After Ingrid defeats Rose she tells her that she will defeat Vega in 15 minutes and not to worry about it, that she can relax now. Rose asks Ingrid who she is again and Ingrid calls herself a messenger from the stars. Tiamat note: If Ingrid's SFZ3 storyline happened in any non-what-if way whatsoever, this battle likely happened. Ingrid vs Vega - When she finds Vega, she says that name and that face, there's no mistaken it. That she will seal him and that she wants her object back. M.Bison says something along the lines of beware my psycho power. Ingrid says something like, "Psycho wha... you've even given it a stupid name." Lol! She then tells him how shameless he is using her stolen power against her and they fight. Tiamat Note: Er... Ingrid really doesn't fit into the known events of SFZ3 that much at all, though if you really wanted to stretch things, you could pretend that she confronted Vega somewhere in the middle of all those other confrontations to reclaim her crest before Nash would later finish Vega off. For further analysis on Street Fighter Zero 3 and how many of the endings work out, you may check out my Street Fighter Alpha 3 Plot Canon Guide at www.gamefaqs.com in the Street Fighter Alpha 3 sections. Note, however, that that guide is only really good for looking at the analysis of how all the overseas endings fit in to each other with official statements, and everything else there is out of date / replaced by the information in this Plot Guide here (no way am I going to bother keeping TWO humongous FAQs up to date when this plot guide does nearly everything else the Street Fighter Alpha 3 plot guide does and more). Street Fighter Zero 3 has officially been announced to be the final game in the Zero series. There really isn't much, storyline wise, that Capcom could do with a new Zero game (assuming all Zero games have to take place before SF2) since Vega blew up at the end of SFZ3. ********************************** pgIVFFT. FINAL FIGHT TOUGH (FINAL FIGHT 3 overseas) Canon Date: 1991? Likely 1991, which is after Street Fighter Zero 3 so that Guy could be back but also before Haggar's tenure as mayor ended. Guy officially didn't return to Metro City until SFZ3 was done, and you can see him hint that he'll be going back to Metro City in Cody's SFZ3 ending. Haggar officially is stated to have finally stopped being mayor two years after SFZ3, which would be 1992. Also, Guy was stated in FFT to come back after 'several years' of training, so after Zero 3, whose last event took place only 2 years after Zero 2, which is where Guy was training, seems most likely. Pre-retcon, its release date was 1995, so maybe that was the original intended release date, although SFZ2 would be released only a year later to force a retcon of FF1's and FF2's dates. Gameplay: Capcom's last traditional Final Fight and beat-em up. To Capcom's credit, while FFT seems to be something that storyline-wise, they didn't put much effort into in my opinion, they DID try to renovate the engine a lot more than Final Fight 2. Most of these renovations could be found in Sega's Streets of Rage 2, anyway (Dash attacks, back holds, etc), but a couple were new and still haven't been done again by any of those silly 3D beat-em ups that would come later (motion command special moves like fighting games have, super moves with super bar that fills up as you hit things, etc). Story: Taken from the Final Fight Tough (Jap) instruction booklet: Metro City, several years after the annihilation of the Mad Gear Gang. The city had regained peace after the collapse of the evil organization. However, the city is gradually losing it's power over criminal activity and is steadily becoming disorderly. The citizens have grown nervous/scared ever since The Skull Cross Gang (Mad Gear's former subsystem) appeared and rose to power. Again, insecurity and fear were budding in the city... It was during this time that Guy who had finished years of training visited the office of Mike Haggar, who's continuing his job as mayor of Metro City. The 2 old friends get reacquainted. However, the moment of reopening joy was broken when Special Crimes Unit officer Lucia entered the room with bad news. She says that the city police department and the detention center have been attacked by a mysterious group. After receiving the notice, Haggar was sure that a complete of the Skull Cross Gang invasion had commenced, and hastened to the scene with Guy and Lucia. It was then that a mysterious man stopped Haggar and the others, who were in a hurry. He says he wants to aid them in the fight against the Skull Cross gang. Is he a friend or foe? That battle for the streets has begun! The fate of Metro City was entrusted to the fists of 4 fighters! (after stopping the riot at the detention center, Dean reveals to Haggar that he's fighting the Skull Cross Gang because they killed his family). Hmm. Not too much, here, really. Metro City is in danger once again as a new gang, the Skull Cross Gang (led by Black), rises to power above all the other gangs left after the fall of Mad Gear. Mayor Mike Haggar once again takes to the streets to bust some heads (just in Metro City, this time, not the world). Guy is back, and goes with him to help. He is also joined by Lucia Morgan, who is head of Metro City Special Crimes Unit (S.C.U.), as well as Dean, whom the Skull Cross Gang brutally murdered his family so Dean wants revenge. Once again, Haggar and co. kick some ass, though by the end of Final Fight Tough, Metro City is in shambles (wonder if that's why Haggar is no longer mayor). Dean leaves because his 'fight is not over, yet' (or in a different ending, he leaves to try to start a new normal life) and that's about it. This is the final traditional game in the Final Fight series. Guy has gone missing afterwards and Haggar is no longer mayor after 1992. Course, then 11 years later, Capcom released Streetwise, I suppose (Guy going missing concluded in Maki's SFZ3 plotline assumedly and Haggar... still isn't the mayor anymore) Boss Battle list in order (though you can skip some of them in the game) 1. Dave: Another crooked cop. Looks similar to Edi. E but dresses differently and less potbelly:P 2. Callman: Bald guy who looks like a bouncer or a waiter. 3. Caine: You fight him in a scrap dump. Mechanic who wears goggles and fights with a wrench. 4. Drake: Crazy sailor. Sometimes uses a huge anchor. 5. Wong: You fight him in a Chinese restaurant. He looks pretty different from Won Won so they aren't one and the same. He's more like a monk, complete with prayer beads. 6. Stray: Has iron gloves and a trenchcoat. And shades. 7. Black: Army guy. Skull Cross leader (doesn't fall out a window. Instead, he got electrocuted and blown up. Ouch.) As stated previously, Capcom doesn't seem to really care about incorporating any Final Fight characters beyond Final Fight 1 into the rest of Street Fighter (again, with the exception of Maki from FF2). Final Fight Tough seemed like Capcom's last ditch effort to get some money out of the Final Fight name before the beat-em up genre died (one can argue that by the time FFT came out, it was already dead, I think). Of course, Capcom of America seems to like Final Fight more, what with making Final Fight Revenge and Final Fight Streetwise. ********************************** pgIVSF2. STREET FIGHTER 2 (latest version: SUPER STREET FIGHTER 2 X REVIVAL) Canon Date: 1993 Gameplay: Released long before the Zero series, SF2 really kicked off the fighting game genre and was very successful. Overview: Shadaloo scientists have made Vega a new body, which his soul transfers to from Rose (official statement. And one of the hardest if not the hardest for people to swallow as being official, next to Cammy being Vega's DNA clone...). Vega devises a plot to get revenge on and destroy his enemies. He hosts the next Street Fighter tournament and sends out personal invitations to many of the contestants who used to be old enemies of his. The next Street Fighter tournament has begun. [Official? Saiki told me this but now we're trying to track down the precise book it's stated in where Vega sent out official invitations. Supposedly, it was stated as the storyline for SF2 in a magazine, which COULD mean this was the case even before the Zero series was introduced and conceived, possibly, if the Japanese magazine was getting its data correctly. Vasili10 hasn't been able to find revenge specifically mentioned, but says that sources thus far implicitly reveal that Vega holds the tournament to extinguish any threat or obstacle to his total world domination (whether it means recruiting the opposition to his side or obliterating it altogether), and for his pride as a fighter to be the best of the world warriors so to speak. The closest thing is an old official SF2 artwork from a set of SF2 artwork of the SF2 characters where Vega's art is just his hat with the caption, "After Ryu's magnificent battle, news of Vega ceased. However the guy will surely return. Becoming a revenging demon......." This art may take place after SF2 (thus it was retconned) or may have taken place before. The only other art in the set that could hint that is one of Guile in his military days, but even that could be Guile flashbacking and not indication of whether or not the set takes place before or after SF2] Besides the personal invitation thing and Vega's new body, there is very very little information given out by Capcom about what officially happened during Street Fighter 2. The main confirmed info is that Gouki, who wasn't registered and signed into the tournament, jumped in and killed Vega at the end using the shungokusatsu, and Ryu found Vega's smoldering remains afterwards. Capcom hasn't even stated whether this happened before the match of whoever was fighting Vega at the time or after. In the game, you can get Gouki to jump in to kill Vega by getting up to Vega with a high enough score, then you must fight Gouki. Oh, and Blanka was rumored to have fought Guile, as it's stated in HnN that Blanka's mother came to seek him out after hearing rumours of him fighting "a man in a military uniform". Of course, Vega is in a military uniform, too, but that's a bit less plausible. The champion of the Street Fighter 2 tournament has also never been stated. Logically-wise, Guile's SF2 ending is the only one which really relies on him being the one to defeat Vega. The final battle of SF2 doesn't take place on Shadaloo property, it happens outside of the Ramayana Temple of Bangkok's Grand Palace. Side note. Capcom mutated a lot of SF2's storyline when they made Zero 2 and 3, which came out quite a bit after Street Fighter 2 did. Saiki stated that he's surprised that Capcom didn't make one last version of SF2 to reconcile the differences that Capcom retroactively changed (Blanka knowing his real name before meeting his mother probably would be one of them). As stated, I guess Capcom figured that players would just disregard those small details, since most of those details aren't really that important to the big picture, anyway. I suppose it's to be partially expected, seeing as to how Capcom didn't even plan on having a Zero series at all for quite a while after SF2 was made, until later. Latest Version Notes: Street Fighter 2 Revival updates SF2 to reconcile it with Zero. For one thing, they removed the part where Blanka doesn't recognize his real name which reconciles it with the fact that he already knows his real name in Zero. In addition, Cammy's ending was updated to clarify things a lot more. Her original ending had Vega telling her that she was his spy (NOT that they were lovers. Capcom of USA changed her ending for the US version for some stupid reason). Her new ending in Revival has Vega telling her that she's a guinea pig made from his own DNA, instead. They also updated Bison's ending to be a joke ending where he somehow screws things up for Shadaloo and bungles his chance for greatness, which was faintly implied at the end of his SSF2 ending as well, that his hour of fame and fortune would be short-lived. There is evidence though that instead of updating Street Fighter 2, Revival simply gave better translated endings that none of those were ever screw-ups in the first place but simply bad or editted translations by Capcom of America. Mike and Joe are the fighters at the intros of SF2, SF2 Dash, and SF2 Dash Turbo. This is confirmed by Cap!#13. By the way, SSF2X stands for Super Street Fighter 2 X: Grandmaster Challenge. It's the name for the original Japanese release of the game known overseas as Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo. It's also where X in X-ism comes from in SFZ3/SFA3. Street Fighter II Story Several years ago the wandering fighting stylist Ryu had defeated Sagat- Warriors from various nations, the goals of each one concealed in their chests, they fight aiming for the top of the world. Who is the true street fighter, and also, the mysterious man Vega whose body is wrapped up in an evil aura, really what kind of person is he......? The Ultimate SF2 Character Relations Chart -main charts from Gamest #61, the Complete File, the Fanbook, the SSF2X pre-mook's poster, and Gamest #255 courtesy of Sano, and entries from these sources will presented in chronological order (aka first ones from #61, last ones from #255, and last entries may override previous ones where applicable. Also first entries may never again appear due to no further expansion on Capcom's part, but are still included for comprehensive purposes); dozens of other books pretty much repeat the info from the above -reading will be in the following format: "A" points TO "B", not FROM "B", to minimize info repetiton; if no arrow head is seen, it's treated below as a double-headed arrow -printed notes on connections from the charts themselves will be in brackets[]; clarification notes added by me will be in parentheses() simply because I'll have more, lol RYU -to Ken: rival & leaves out infatuation with girls and such; similar rival & friend [Complete File note: Ken's slightly offended that Ryu 'leaves out infatuation with girls'] -to Sagat: rival; destined rival; worthy opponent (latest statement) -to the Soviet president: wants him to return the Northern territories (brought up in WW, never shown again after that) -to Vega: both mutually feel that "this is the one that must be defeated no matter what"; happened upon flaming powder to brush away (latest statement) -to Gouken: student; studied under -to Fei Long: feeling of being understood as a fellow truth seeker; fellowship -to Gouki: opponent whom he must surmount in order for conquest over satsui no hadou (latest statement) KEN -to Ryu: rival; similar rival & friend [Complete File note: Ken's slightly offended that Ryu 'leaves out infatuation with girls'] -to Sagat: rival; destined rival (kept until the SF2AM and the Zero series) -to Eliza: family head; fellow lover -to Guile: sworn brother [Complete File note: of course the 2 of them fight over knowing this fact]; future sworn brothers? -to Vega: dislikes the gloomy one; dislikes the treacherous one -to Gouken: student; studied under E. HONDA -to Dhalsim: face paint rival -to G