Talk:Balrog (Street Fighter)

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[edit] Balrog´s skin

Why Balrog´s skin in Street Fighter II was white during the fights, and why in official artworks of Street Fighter II Balrog has black skin?

Printed screenshots of Street Fighter II sometimes made him look white during the fights but if you see the game up and running on-screen, he's black. He doesn't look anything like his character portrait, but he's definitely black. Daigo (talk) 13:04, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Full Japanese name of Balrog

Is Balrog's full Japanese name Michael Gerard Bison? I wonder if that is official. Mike Tyson's full name is Michael Gerard Tyson.

Nope, in Japanese it's Mike Bison, with no relation to Mike from SF1.Vasili10 01:46, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lawsuit?

Is the lawsuit thing an assumption or does proof exist? --Feitclub 02:27, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Balrog as Mike from SF1

Capcom denied that Mike and Balrog are the same person.

Source? Evan1975 21:50, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Several. The easiest to compare them side by side would be All About Capcom Head-to-Head Fighting Games 1987-2000 or the The Street Fighter 2 Movie Memorial Official Fanbook.Vasili10 01:50, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

I can compare Joe(SF1) to Joe(intro-SF2) side by side, Mike(SF1) to Mike(intro-SF2), and also compare Birdy(SF1) to Birdy(SFalpha). Hmmm... all they became little different too (updated maybe?). I think we cannot talk about comparison, because Balrog was (even in SF2 versions) the most updated character, specially on the select screen.

And of course Capcom denied... they are too afraid to confirm. It's better retcon characters (splitting into two) than have a lawsuit or something. "Is Mike (the American boxer) from SF1 the same Mike (the American boxer) from SF2? Capcom will always say "no". Otherwise, what good would the rotation of names (vega-m.bison-balrog) do if this boxer still had his SF1name untouched? They couldn't change his SF1 name (witch was no problem - there are many Mikes in the world), but they could change the facts by official stating they are two different characters: "Balrog" and Mike. Ok, the official is what matter but... were they originally meant to be two persons?Newsblade (talk) 15:06, 21 November 2007 (UTC)


Here's the comparison (games: SF1, SSF2T and Zero sprites):
> http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/6372/mike2ex9.jpg
> http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/260/bison1lw4.jpg

In SF2 Capcom decided to show this boxer’s full name revealing to be ‘Mike Bison’, to extent that parody (already implicit in SF1) to the American black boxer, and champion, ‘Mike Tyson’. Because of lawsuit issues Capcom US decided to change is name into ‘Balrog’. Then, the character previously named ‘Balrog’ got the name ‘Vega’ and the boss of SF2 got the ‘Mike Bison’. Because ‘Mike Bison’ was not a very appropriate name for the main villain it was reduced to M. Bison and people now call him ‘Major Bison’, 'Master Bison', 'Max Bison' 'Mister Bison' or ‘Mr. Bison’, but nobody really know what 'M.' stands for, neighter Capcom US.

However, changing names in US version of SF2 proved to be not enough since this character continued to be called Mike in US version of SF1, fact that linked Japanese SF2 ‘Mike Bison’ to the American releases of SF series, still proving that Mike’s full name was Mike Bison. To get a complete ride of possible lawsuits from Tyson’s lawyers, Capcom created the first and, until now, the major retroactive continuity in SF story by splitting this character into two: Mike, the black American pugilist and Mike (Bison) the black American pugilist.

Obviously Capcom should (and must) deny these historical facts, since after all that work of changing character’s names, retroactive continuity and other headaches; confessing this not only would be a waste of work, but also a suicide, since Tyson’s lawsuit would, once again, be a problem. However, besides the name, profession, nationality, skin color, etc., the resemblances between these two characters are clear and more evident than other street fighters that also transited, like Birdie for instance. 217.129.243.193 (talk) 10:30, 8 April 2008 (UTC)


Here... http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/8306/streetfighter1mikebisonbk5.png 84.90.24.156 (talk) 00:04, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Why

Why is the SVC pic being used? the source is the same? T-1000 00:23, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Balrog/Barlog

In the SNES version of Super Street Fighter II, Balrog's name is pronunced as Balrog or as Barlog?

From the article: On the Street Fighter II: Champion Edition arcade machines, Balrog's name is misspelled as Barlog. In turn, the announcer in Super Street Fighter II mispronounces Balrog's name as Barlog as well. This pronounciation was also carried over into the SNES version of the game. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 09.21.856.326 (talk • contribs).

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Balrog.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 06:43, 25 February 2008 (UTC)