Zangief
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| Zangief | |
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 Zangief from Capcom vs. SNK 2 SNK Groove |
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| Game series | Street Fighter series |
| First game | Street Fighter II |
| Voice actor(s) | Wataru Takagi (Street Fighter Alpha/Marvel); Tessho Genda (SNK vs. series) |
| In-Universe Information | |
| Birthplace | Soviet Union |
| Blood type | A |
| Fighting style | Professional Wrestling |
| Likes | Wrestling, Cossack Dancing |
| Dislikes | Projectiles, young beautiful women |
| Special skill | Drinking vodka in one gulp, enduring the cold |
Zangief (Зангиев) is a video game character created by Capcom. He is part of the Street Fighter series of fighting games.
Zangief is a close-combat character. Because the spinning piledriver requires a 360 motion on a joystick, controller, or keyboard, he and other characters with similar movesets are known as 360°-grapplers.
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[edit] Background
As the Soviet Union's greatest professional wrestler, Zangief was contacted by a man named Erai Hito (Great Man) to demonstrate the Soviet Union's strength to the rest of the world in the second World Warrior tournament. Zangief patriotically agrees and receives fantastic training in the extreme climate of Siberia, that lets him, with this government sponsorship, become "The Red Cyclone." He opposes the activities of Shadoloo and meets one of his fans, the Japanese pro wrestler R. Mika.
It is unknown what happened to Zangief after the fall of the Soviet Union.
[edit] Actors
In many games Zangief is voiced by Wataru Takagi. In the SNK vs. series Tesshō Genda voices Zangief.
He was played by Andrew Bryniarski in the Street Fighter movie. Here he was a lackey of Bison's and one of the movie's comic relief, uttering silly lines at inappropriate times (for example, after seeing televised feed of a truck loaded with explosives about to crash into the villains' camp, he yells out the now-infamous line, "Quick! Change the channel!"). He also had a long fight with E. Honda and one "hero moment" near the end of the movie.
[edit] Trivia
- Zangief's name is possibly based on real-life pro wrestler Victor Zangiev, a former Soviet amateur who trained as a professional in NJPW, and who also competed in WCW and UWF International.
- Zangief wrestles polar bears in Siberia, on which he practiced his trademark Spinning Piledriver after being picked up by a cyclone while performing a piledriver on a bear. The scars covering his body are said to have been the results of wrestling with bears.
- Following his ending in Super Street Fighter II Turbo, he is shown flexing in front of a broken mirror with Vega's (Balrog in Japan) picture on it. On the picture, the word "baka" (fool or idiot in Japanese) is written on it.
- In Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter, Zangief can be selected in his Iron Body form, sometimes referred to as Mega- or Mecha-Zangief. In this form, Zangief cannot be dizzied or knocked down, and can spit a Vodka Fire like Dhalsim's Yoga Flame. However, he moves more slowly, and cannot block any attacks. In Marvel vs. Capcom, he can transform to the Iron Body and back for the cost of a super meter.
- In his ending in the Street Fighter II series, Zangief is congratulated by someone who greatly resembles former Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev and dances with him. He is only referred to erai hito (or "great man").
- In Zangief's ending in Marvel vs. Capcom, he turns into Iron Body Zangief and challenges Jin Saotome's mech, Blodia, to a fight. The resulting clash causes a nuclear explosion. Oddly, many confuse this mode as being an "evil" mode for him.
- Zangief's prototypical name was Vodka Gobalsky.
- Zangief's Flying Stomach block attack (U, U + FP) in the Street Fighter II series is the only standard move capable of dizzying a character in one hit.
[edit] Related Characters
[edit] External links
- WikiKnowledge.net’s entry for Zangief Previously hosted by Wikibooks
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