Shun Di

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Shun Di

Game series	Virtua Fighter series
Creator(s)	Yu Suzuki
In-Universe Information
Nationality	Chinese
Birthday	01 / 02 / 1912
Hobby	Drinking
Height	164 cm (5' 4½")
Weight	63 kg (138 lbs.)
Measurements	88 / 86 / 89
Blood type	O
Occupation	Herbal Doctor
Fighting style	Drunken Kung-Fu

Shun Di is a fictional character in the Sega video game series Virtua Fighter. He uses a style of drunken kung-fu.

1 History
2 Fighting style
3 Trivia

[edit] History

[edit] Virtua Fighter 2

He is from Northern China and is considered as a sage by many. He teaches in his small training hall and had many students in the past but most have left him by now. This is due to his keen interest in taking students able to take hardship as part of the training.

While drinking with his friends, Shun hears them boasting about the success one of their student fighters in recent tournament competitions. He suddenly exclaims, "I also want to participate in the World Fighting Tournament". Shun's friends pleaded with him not to, but once Shun had mentioned his intent to fight, he was adamant and eventually joined the tournament.

[edit] Virtua Fighter 3

During the 2nd tournament, Shun saw a suspicious shadow in one of the rings. When he followed it, it turned out to be one of his beloved discipled, a man he himself raised. He didn't have an opportunity to talk to him, but the incident filled Shun's heart with doubt. Why would they meet here? Why hadn't he heard from his student in so many years? Resolving to solve the mystery, Shun decided to enter the next tournament and find out.

[edit] Virtua Fighter 4

After the 3rd world tournament, Shun was still unsuccessful in finding his student. One day, he received a letter from his student, informing him of his intention to escape from J6 but was recaptured eventually. Not wanting to react rashly, he waited for the next letter but it never arrived. He decides to join the 4th tournament hoping to find more information about his missing student.

[edit] Fighting style

"Suiken" is one of the stylistic Kung-fu forms of Chinese martial arts, also called "Suishuken". The fighting posture of "Suiken" is derived from the form of a drunk, walking without balance, moving like the wind, sometimes taking a drink along the way or occasionally falling down. These attributes give the style all the necessary means of defense and offensive movements, making it one of the more interesting Virtua Fighting Styles.

[edit] Trivia

Drinking during a fight will increase Shun Di's fighting ability by making new and more powerful combos available.
In the arcade versions of the games, there exists a setup menu option to disable the drinking behavior.
In the Japanese PS2 ports of VF4 and VF4:Evolution, Shun Di's face gradually reddens as he consumes more drinks. This feature was omitted from the US & European releases of the games.
Shun's stages in VF2 (arcade version only) and VF5 move, as they are rafts on a river.
Shun is considered the hardest player to master in all the Virtual Fighter games since his appearence in the series