The Epic History of Yun & Yang ! - A Street Fighter Character Documentary (1997 - 2022)

In today's video we look at the history of Yun & Yang, perhaps the two greatest designed characters who would show up in Street Fighter 3. Let's look back at their story and contributions to gaming. #streetfighter #fightinggames #fgc
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[@TopHatGamingManChannel]

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[@ralphsunico]

I wish Yun and Yang were back in SF6... but Yun should be a charge character...

[@devingiles6597]

Hey, Top Hat Gaming Man. Can you please do a Street Fighter character documentary video on Crimson Viper?

[@tracyndiyob162]

happy birthday yun & yang!!! :3

[@Iqzzy-KO]

Can you cover Ryu next please? :)

[@snapclub8751]

I really hope both brothers appear as DLC characters in SF6. Both are really cool characters. Interesting fact: Their uncle is named Lee and he appeared in SF1.

[@pauldesigncomics2625]

Uncle or father? Someone else commented that they are his sons.

[@misterk6488]

@@pauldesigncomics2625 It's uncle. It says so in the wiki.

[@kurokamehameha]

Their little brother is Jamie also...

[@bryanreyes7382]

Yun and Yang are my favorite twins in Street Fighter. Still love their own James Bond theme lol

[@anonimonn9775]

In the Udon Street Fighter comics, the one who raised and trained the twins is no other than Gen, who's retired as an assassin and regrets his past

[@LowellLucasJr.]

Its pretty awesome twins are revered and beloved editions to the Street Fighter family! There was an awesome design esthetic to their Asian heritage blended with an urban city street style! Just great characters with great competitive play and visually awesome! I admit I've used Yun numerous times in competitive play for his great combos and ability to quickly increase his super meter!

[@n.b.l.5709]

Fei long wanna bes

[@versatilelord8893]

@@n.b.l.5709they also borrow a lot from gen especially

[@JokersVsZombies]

I love them. And them being on the halfpipe in the background is awesome.

[@AsherX9]

how can you fail to mention that they are the sons of Lee, one of the opponents from the original Street Fighter game?! and yes, that is canon!

[@n.b.l.5709]

Wow.

[@misterk6488]

Lee's their uncle, not their father.

[@MrReedEnt]

He does mention it in an in-direct way though.

[@thousandvoices7642]

well if you were right he would have thats their uncle not father

[@stevensonchambers5577]

I just recently learned that Yun and Yang were originally planned for Super Street Fighter 2. Their inclusion would have meant Dee Jay and Fei Long would have never existed, so it's good that Capcom waited until SF3 to debut them. Both characters are a cool mix of traditional Chinese, and urban culture. They started off as identical head swaps in SF3: New Generation but developed to have their own distinct styles. They both deserve to be in SF6 considering it takes place after SF3 canon wise.

[@GardevoirBoy]

In my opinion, Yang is a good personification of "Thanks for giving Capcom back what you stole from us Data East!" I'm referencing the fact Capcom got away with the last laugh despite losing to Data East in court after the latter made a game that used the same gameplay and game engine as Street Fighter II.

[@yoiashi]

What game is that?

[@brichan1851]

Everything you put out is gold. I LOVE SFIII:3Strk. One of the all time greatest fighters ever. This is such a great look at the characters of this fantastic series. Thanks so very much!

[@XMan2001X]

I think it’d be cool to see them in SF6. Better yet, have them as a shared fighter like Pyra and Mythra in Smash. Simply start as either Yun or Yang, and swap between them on command with a quick input like Gen changing between Mantis and Crane. Hell, let them have a Critical Art that has them fight side by side.

[@kevinbrewer8868]

I expect to see these two in DLC for SF6.

[@snapclub8751]

Same

[@everlee6274]

Ditto.

[@ebesonen]

I have always liked Yun and Yang from the Street Fighter 3 series, both of them are cool fighters but I do like Yang a bit more than Yun, they both first appeared in Street Fighter 3 New generation, then Street Fighter 3 Second Impact, then the final game of Street Fighter 3 Third Strike, they also appear in other games as well like Street Fighter Alpha 3 for the GBA/PSP, Capcom vs. SNK 2, Super Street Fighter 4, they also appear in the background of Street Fighter x Tekken, it is a real shame that they are not in more games but hopefully we'll get to see both of them more in the Future Street Fighter games ✊

[@jamesmoss3424]

Yun & Yang are two excellent street fighter characters. 😀👍🇭🇰🎮

[@CrusaderCroissant2011]

Bring back Yun and Yang! PLEASE!!

[@williammoore6128]

Can you do one of these on Ibuki?

[@Ming1975]

I always thought Yun was the harder hitter than Yang? From what I can see of their martial arts they both look like the 2 versions of Baji Quan, Yun is the fist version Yang is the Palm version. I knew they wouldn't make it in SFV roster because Kairin and Akira was already there.

[@versatilelord8893]

Akira and Karin are way better than the twins because they have unique styles The twins are basically color palettes for gen

[@VictorHernandez-nj2lo]

Fun fact: Their uncle is Lee from SF1

[@johndewberryiii9925]

I really wish we got a console version of alpha 3 max. I don’t even know where my psp is anymore

[@joshualedesmasegovia]

I want to see Yun Yang and Fei Long to return in Street Fighter 6

[@kamikaze82]

There's no way they won't.

[@joshualedesmasegovia]

@@kamikaze82 What about Fei Long

[@EithanMcGarrity]

Jamie will probably get Yun and Yang costumes

[@versatilelord8893]

We don’t need the twins but fei long needs to absolutely come back

[@joshualedesmasegovia]

@versatilelord8893 Yes You are right we need Fei Long to return in Street Fighter 6 as DLC

[@VictorHernandez-nj2lo]

Please do videos on Ryu,Rolento,R. Mika,Ibuki,& Makoto

[@MrBluSpyda]

Super Ultra Street Fighter 6 Arcade Champion Mega Edition? I love how you gave it 6 subtitles but why curse us with another 7 iterations of a game when you know 5 at least are planned lol

[@devonakimmer9402]

Happy birthday Yun & Yang🎉🎂🎁🎂🎁🎊

[@coyotestylepro1150]

How old would Yun & Yang be in SF4? That always confused me considering they were so young in SF3. Same w/ Makato. i just considered these instances non cannon

[@lightshadow5294]

Maybe you should do your next street fighter video on ibuki the ninja

[@mammon8683]

Hope they can still return for Street Fighter 6!

[@megamaggotman7025]

They'll probably just end up being skins :(

[@yourewallsareveryconvenien8292]

Jamie has a connection to them...

[@tru3gam3r1]

It would be awesome if there in street fighter 6

[@devingiles6597]

Hey, Top Hat Gaming Man. You should definitely do a Street Fighter character history of Ryu! The main protagonist of the franchise. Also, his name is pronounced as "ree-ooo". Would you mind doing a video on him?

[@aldyshinwa]

Yun and Yang + Fei Long in SF 6....damn delicious 😋

[@versatilelord8893]

The twins can stay off unless they can differentiate them hugely But yeah fei long absolutely must come back

[@TheCrimsonCat89]

Luckily, Jamie in SF6 is friends with Yun and Yang so hopefully his role in SF6 will lead to their inclusion

[@cszx2189]

He’s actually their cousin! There’s a bigger possibility one of both could be added to expand his lore.

[@versatilelord8893]

Hope not. They’ll both be wasted slots. But if they are able to differentiate them significantly then they’d be great additions but if not then they’ll just wastes

[@icebread123]

@@versatilelord8893No they won’t, Yun & Yang both have different styles, it’s the same with Ryu & Ken, same set, executed differently.

[@versatilelord8893]

@@icebread123 I know they’re technically not the same character. Yun is a rushdown and Yang is a mid range counter character But like I said already if they can differentiate even more they can excellent additions to the roster

[@protox07]

I like your videos

[@jmc2830]

you know, i understand that releasing 15 versions of a game is better for profits, but it's such a shortsighted way of seeing things. because your basically splitting the player base up constantly, and this isn't even taking into account the major changes they bring with each entry. it's like they want people spread across 30 games at any one time, leading to an extra short life for all their games, were people come into the new thing, then return to whatever they prefer after a month or two. leaving the player base scarce at best, and dead at worst. only just became aware of fightcade, and it honestly blew my mind that more people are playing an emulated 3rd strike over the newest entry, maybe even 4 and 5 combined. i figure that has to be a result of the game changing so much over the years instead of refining what already worked. capcom should try to consolidate all it's players instead of doing everything it's power to split them up, the money will come regardless. it's street fighter ffs, you don't need to rerelease it 10 times to get a decent clip out of it. it's not like fighting games are the most expensive genre of game to develop anyway.. from what i know, they are close to the cheapest. but unlike any expensive genre's fighting games have a rich out of game experience that is ripe for making all the money you want. the more people interested translates to money because of advertising deals, etc for things like evo. i donno, i wish the kings of fighting games understood the genre and what they have a little better is all i'm saying.

[@versatilelord8893]

Couldn’t agree more bro

[@jeremyhall2727]

I always liked yang more

[@AlphaPapa69]

I swear I’ve never heard of these characters before.

[@barbedwire4452]

Fei long for street fighter 6 Wow I missed the whole double dragon reference

[@Blackwolfninja89]

Somehow, I don't think we've seen the last of the Lee bros.

[@boss_galaga94]

I think yun is actually based on a pro skateboarder named kien lieu

[@troydyall6624]

I thought yun/yang were the nephews of that chinese dude from street fighter 1???

[@gerrydrew9612]

...no Yun,no Yang,no Fei Long...no party...

[@RoyalRoy150]

The grandson's of Gen...

[@versatilelord8893]

Gen is honestly better than both of them

[@DJFLICKERS]

i dont wanna be that guy lol but yun is known as the "great white dragon"

[@voltz15]

The brothers are just one of the many reasons why I still enjoy playing SF 3 and 4. I really don't care if tournament players moved on because they only see where the money is, if you find a game with characters that you enjoy then there should be no reason why one should ever have to abandon it. Here's to hoping maybe one day SFIV will be re-introduced back into the community folds and be popular again. It deserves it!

[@shaggydee91]

Love SF4

[@johndewberryiii9925]

A lot of people still play SF4 especially on PC even the vanilla version. It’s a great series it’s grown a lot on me over time. Sadly outside of Gill I haven’t found much I like in SF6 maybe in another 5 years idk

[@versatilelord8893]

@@johndewberryiii9925gill is ridiculously fun in v I agree. V isn’t one of my favorite street fighters either but it has a great roster. Akira is my favorite sf character ever lol I love to play oro, and Dan in this game

[@leonhasso850]

Where is the story of Ryu ?

[@krishrama]

ya its a major shame yun and yang didnt get any love in SF6. or any sf3 characters for that matter. major fail on capcom there... the bros they really grew on me with my time in sf3 games. oh well. maybe next sf game i hope.

[@everlee6274]

There's still DLC in street fighter 6 they can still make it in.

[@burningknuckle26]

need the bros and makoto

[@thehumblesniper]

They're gonna be DLC. Calling it now.

[@versatilelord8893]

Really hope not. I want Sean back over these two more than anything

[@Mr.mister.J]

In SF4, they look roided out in the animated parts.

[@Lopez200gamer]

They need to be in SF6!!!