The History of BALROG - A Street Fighter Character Documentary (1991 - 2021)

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[@devingiles6597]

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

[@Iqzzy-KO]

Can you do a vid on Fei Long? :)

[@graffProdigy]

Do one about the canceled SF anime series on the Sci Fi channel.

[@shirothegamer7574]

Bruh, Balrog is 5.10 feet tall, 1.79 meters, who do you make him sound like Andre the giant? The characters were scaled as if they were Japanese. Otherwise guile would be much taller than ryu.

[@jayb8934]

Balrog's relationship with Ed actually provided some pleasantly surprising character development for him. I hope that the two of them reconcile in future games.

[@driftingswordsmanzer]

I hope so too. I liked their relationship in the game, wonderful character growth.

[@hugostiglitz491]

SAME

[@GamingDreamer]

8:11 he can type with boxing glove, That a super power

[@tinyt.w.i.m7291]

Balrog after getting beat by Ed: “an unfamiliar feeling; pride in someone else…” The best thing to happen to Balrog character wise. It allows us too see more of him than just his care for money

[@Nate64Alt]

Unfortunately, it's overshadowed by all of this UNYIELDING RAGE!!!

[@thecunninlynguist]

I've underrated Balrog over the years, since I hardly use him. He's pretty solid and a good balrog player can kick ass.

[@bigbuddydaddy]

Yep

[@mr.checkyourself4672]

I don't like how they portray Balrog currently like he killed a Elephant with a single punch that's his biggest feat and now he losing fights to R. Mika? Like Bison bodyguards suppose to be strong.

[@bigbuddydaddy]

FACTS

[@ryanm.8720]

While losing to R. Mika isn't so bad (despite Balrog being more experienced), failing to knock her out after punching her in the face at full force is.

[@fightingmedialounge519]

He didn't really loose to her.

[@fightingmedialounge519]

Wasn't really full force Ryan. He pretty says so right after that.

[@javierortiz82]

I love how he's able to code his SQL statements while using 16 oz gloves.

[@VictorHernandez-nj2lo]

College Humor's street fighter the later years Balrog: i punch really hard Dhalsim: do u...kick? Balrog: wats a kick?

[@konstantinkoverchenko9587]

Classic! >_

[@BowBeforeJOW]

mike tyson was so strong, he even beat the world of videogames.

[@Blit-X-TVLive]

Well there was Mike Tyson's Punch-out as well.

[@Mello_Gelo]

Couldn't beat little mac

[@HarryToeface]

Balrog used to be a little underrated but man he does so much freaking damage and dizzys so fast it's outrageous. You can play keep away just better be pretty good at it.

[@TheGamer19856]

To anyone who hasn't seen Balrog: Behind the Glory I cannot recommend it enough. It's equal parts hilarious and heartfelt.

[@GerardoSantana]

The best part about it is how it explains the name switch and how Bison was cool with it

[@JohnJones-yk5qk]

Just watched it, thank you that was awesome

[@kadosho02]

The legend, the mad buffalo, and wild card. It's amazing how he has been part of the legacy since the beginning. Plus still going, teaching the next generation. After all, not such a bad guy 😎

[@VitunVatiVille]

just VERY greedy.

[@kadosho02]

@@VitunVatiVille true, true

[@KakouAmon2]

This was so well presented! SF will forever be my favourite lore when it comes to video games. I had no idea the boy he saved in SFIV turned out to be Ed and they had such a strong relationship, really makes me appreciate him a lot more. Now it makes me wonder about Falke, I think she’d be an interesting character to have a documentary on.

[@Rob_Thorsman]

There is a boxer in Street Fighter 1 named Mike that it widely considered to be Balrog.

[@BehemothNitro]

It was balrog. They were gonna name him m.bison which would be Mike bison but they got copyrighted so balrog was called balrog

[@GreenTygur]

Would love to hear the mad story of Hugo Andore next!!!!

[@graffProdigy]

You mean Andre the Giant?

[@snapclub8751]

I would love to see more interactions between Balrog and Ed in a future SF game. Same with him and Dudley (the British boxer introduced in SF3).

[@UsoTeaMor]

I'm glad you included the moment in Ed's story where he gets emotional over Ed leaving him. That's his best moment because it adds a layer to a character that came off as pretty shallow even if he has a charm to his character. Great video!

[@sukmykrok3388]

I still own my copy of Super Street Fighter 2 : The New Challengers. That game always cracked me up because the announcer always butchered Balrog's name calling him Barlog, lol!

[@gradyevans1982]

I'm almost 40 and I was ecstatic when I saw Balrog and had the best combos lol

[@IceFoxTrainSpotting]

*I never knew ballrog had a adopted son but his son Ed rarely appeared maybe he will be a playable character in the future Street Fighter franchise*

[@JerickPetil-i1w]

im not boxer but balrog is my favorite character in street fighter

[@LorenzoVargas1981]

The cartoon having Balrog as a tech/scientist wasn’t weird enough,he would still be wearing his boxing gloves while typing lol

[@JamietheEmperor]

I'm glad you classified balrogs style as a heavyweight-boxers style and not a general boxing style. Gives more respect to the sport

[@MicahBuzanANIMATION]

Love these in-depth analysis vids on characters!

[@AcornElectron]

Early access Top Hat Yes please! Keep up the good work fella and stay safe.

[@unstoppableExodia]

There’s a boxer character in the original 1987 street fighter game called Mike who looks a lot like a younger version of M. Bison (Balrog). Legend has it that when asked if they’re the same character capcom representatives said they are without saying it outright for obvious reasons. And it makes sense that the M in M. Bison could and in my opinion does stand for mike. At least that’s what I believe the original intention was before capcom started to worry about getting sued by mike Tyson when they wanted to release street fighter II outside Japan

[@Trinimist86]

Good job Big Daddy Top Hat, love the street fighter bios. I was wondering if you can T Hawk, or Dee Jay. It's up to you but I'm leaning on T. Hawk.

[@snapclub8751]

Both deserve a video. It’s a shame that they don’t show up very often in Street Fighter games.

[@lukelaser5397]

Should have kept his name. They didn't want to pay iron mike tho.

[@daegucityboy]

Probably would have worked out well in the end. Imagine Iron Mike playing Balrog in the movie alongside Van Damme and Kylie Minogue!

[@jaggedj2510]

Your best street fighter video yet!

[@eddylex4921]

Both Nishitani & Yasuda have stated that they consider Mike from the first Street Fighter and Mike Bison to be the same character. However Capcom says otherwise. So it's the creators of the game versus the company that decides what's official. You decide people I go with the creators. PS: You should do a video on the "Fire Kick" Ryu's lost move in the first Street Fighter game. The move is very hard to pull off but is still in the prototype of the game.

[@Pupppeteer]

I should be surprised Mario bros 2 and doki doki panic got mentioned but it's the most famous game fact at this point lol

[@user-te1le7ck6b]

My favourite theme song to this day , great job fella

[@cashordeals3672]

Dudley: gutter trash Man i still remember as a kid when i got street fighter 4 arcade edition and i played Dudley arcade mode his rival scene with balrog is still great 🤣

[@lukelaser5397]

Dudley the gentleman boxer. Balrog give me my money or I'll bash your face in lol. Both great characters but I like dudley better. What say you?

[@ace1141]

@@lukelaser5397 Dudley is definitely the best out of the two.

[@KEYBEATZ]

The only thing about Vega(M. Bison) is that when he gives the slashes his throat sign in his game-winning pose the front part of his chest area looks like a bison face

[@moonbot7613]

I bought like 6 of his GI Joe because my little brother kept chewing the gloves up

[@DrownedInExile]

"This foe is beyond any of you." - Gandalf

[@patrickmcloughlin2954]

you should do videos on the Rushing Beat series. Rival Turf, Brawl Brothers, and The Peacekeepers

[@Invidente7]

Brawl brothers and The Peacekeepers both got flawed ports. In BB they had the genius idea of adding a maze to a later level and the Peacekeepers didn't even had proper music!

[@JasonMontell2501]

Thank you for this. Your work is very much appreciated. ☺️

[@marplatense31]

Now that I've caught up to Top Hat videos, I want to ask: Could you do character documentary videos on characters from other fighting game franchises? Like Tekken or the SNK games.

[@tron.44]

My man top hat delivering a 1, 2 punch with the great content!

[@joncollins7730]

Great vid, had no idea about Ed 👍

[@thatonedestroyer7255]

Balrog in sfv fights in the peekaboo stance which is Mike Tyson's style

[@sajmeister]

Probably the best video game boxer ❤ thanks for this video Top Hat Gaming Man

[@VictorHernandez-nj2lo]

In SF4 if u choose the small airfield stage,u see balrog in the aiplane,if u play as Balrog its Vega,if the match is Balrog vs Vega u see Bison

[@victorvvc1925]

8:10 I think, from all his abilities and strengths, the most impressive is his ability to type on a keyboard wearing his boxing gloves 💯👌🏼

[@dynamicentry6808]

Balrog is a very cool Dad

[@sukmykrok3388]

Balrog's real name is Mike Bison, lol! All the way back from his 87 appearance in Street Fighter as Mike!

[@printezstroman]

I thought they were different characters.

[@ESC70737]

The change it 9n SF5 he was billed as Mike Balrog. When you play the Street Fighter 1 story mode

[@ESC70737]

@Lee John ok I know the history but glad you cleared it up

[@zoricgames]

But how does Balrog type with boxing gloves on??

[@MM-cu9kd]

I never comment but I love your work on the street Carritor

[@MM-cu9kd]

Sorry my baby hit the send by mistake I just love your work on your channel keep it up 👍

[@rpgs6218]

Great vid as usual Papi Sombrero de Copa.

[@Gptc9]

E. honda would be a great next video

[@24KGoldbackGorilla]

I remember reading a gaming magazine in the 90s about Street Fighter to learn Balrogs moves, and there was a typo I found. For his head-butt, they made a mistake and it said butt-head.

[@heartbreakkid2]

Love these documentaries

[@VictorHernandez-nj2lo]

Balrog & Dudley hav rival cutscenes in super street fighter 4 where Balrog calls him out by sayin "Ur supposed to be the british champ?!"

[@thetachi5]

I love this rivalry. They should expand on it!

[@douglasmijangos3327]

I love Ken .. and other characters from Street Fighter but Balrog is ma boi .. 🙌🏻🔥

[@Fern672]

Whoooobig daddy top hat!

[@weredevil616]

Might be a very short video. But I think it’ll be awesome to see a video about gouken and goutestu

[@modernretro5383]

Getting close to 100k, KZbin is getting the silver plaque ready as we speak.

[@coolasbreeze2682]

Hugo plz.

[@d18p]

11:49 OMG can someone please tell me the title of that uber cool background music, please.

[@kenterminateddq5311]

Balrog, the REAL M. Bison (Mike Bison).

[@sergiosantos6285]

While that's true, I find it funny that this changes for the western region actually make sense: Vega is a spanish name, Balrog is name of a mithological beast and fits the huge boxer, and Bison is a kinda more fitting name for a last boss, plus the M. that we don't actually know what stands for is fitting with the misterious nature of the Shadaloo leader.

[@kenterminateddq5311]

@@sergiosantos6285 M. Bison is a mexican? I mean he was played by Raul Julia for the movie.

[@sacredsapphire]

@@kenterminateddq5311 Raul Julia is not Mexican, he's Puerto Rican.

[@graffProdigy]

Tyson: The baddest man in boxing Balrog: The baddest man in video games

[@tongzhao7578]

Don’t you mean Mike Bison.

[@MrBluSpyda]

Guile, Ken, or Fei Long

[@tracyndiyob162]

still find it badass zangief/r. mika tanked the guys punches and along with dudley(who i like way more.:3) & alex have kicked the ass of a boxer who killed an elephant with a single punch,like his alpha 3 appearance referencing him appearing with m. bison in the animated movies final battle(and even birdie calling him an idiot in his ending.lol) and how despite probably being one of the dumber characters in street fighter considering shadaloo nearly fell under him, he was rather intelligent in 2v(even if we never saw him box outside the intro.) and showed he has care towards ed in 5.

[@saiken811]

8:10 notice how all the buttons on the comp are (have to be) massive? This is because this guy types with his gloves on! Just like how the other boxer guy in SF3 drives and does all his chores with his gloves on as well... Also, at 9:58 is that freaking Axl-Low from Guilty Gear? lol

[@MatthewCLewis]

Do Rufus next!

[@devingiles6597]

Hey, Top Hat Gaming Man. How about you do a Street Fighter character documentary video on Chun-Li, the first female fighter in the franchise?

[@GVIL1977]

E. Honda next please and why his picture could not appear on some adverts in Japan

[@peterblain6631]

Fei-Long Fei-Long! Do his bio next!

[@rapperhostile]

Keep going bro

[@magicvampirelver1321]

Nice vid! He was a pretty good character.

[@shikarbabulall3897]

I've been playing Street fighter 2 since Champion edition that's when I 1st saw Balrog a lil while after I came across Street Fighter 1 now I always thought Balrog was the 1st boxer of the franchise but then I saw Mike.So the question is are they the same character?

[@chrisrobinson8339]

Man that's Mike Tyson.

[@silentfox139]

5’10” is short?

[@stupendous1068]

That's how tall Tyson was.

[@stupendous1068]

@@elgatofelix8917 Yes.

[@thobiasd3693]

in comparison to the heavyweight boxers tyson was competing against like Lennox Lewis (6'5''), Frank Bruno (6'3'') and Holyfield (6' 2''). Even Ali was 6' 3''

[@dylanporpoise2566]

MAH FIGHT MONEY!!!

[@80sOGRE]

Let's not forget to mention Street fighter 1 had a black boxer named Mike.

[@gregortonn]

Might you consider a video on Guy?

[@ratt8745]

I always thought it was weird how much Michael Max from Fatal Fury looks almost exactly like Balrog

[@shaman3145]

How do you get alpha 2 to look so smooth like that? Is that fc2 or anniv?

[@clutchfrench96]

Its possibly Alpha Anthologies on the PS2 . I really loved the Alpha's on there as well as hidden Dramatic Survival mode where you and a friend would be tasked with beating all the characters on the game in 1 play through ending with M.Bison, E.Ryu and then S.Akuma on the Alpha 3 on that game. Dram modes on Alpha 2 and Alpha 1 that were never playable before or after were included also as well as the most fluid Alpha experience I personally in 33 years ever played as well as tough AI.

[@MichaelTaylor-qp2xf]

I know that he's only been in one game, but I would love as in-depth of a look that you could make for G from Street Fighter V.

[@MoojinBoi]

depends if you believe he is also Q in Third Strike

[@subzippo]

I wonder if they got permission to feature The Golden Nugget.

[@zarathos3082]

Let’s see Guile!

[@VictorHernandez-nj2lo]

I wanna see Balrog,Alex from tekken,& Hitmonchan from pokemon as guest opponents in a new punch out

[@bobjones4469]

Ah, good ole Mike Bison.

[@tempanon8672]

How long is that portrait of Billy Mitchell going to be there?

[@Had0k3n2X]

Yes! Boxer!!

[@ctownsoldier]

Lmao, that's crazy, look at the views these get in comparison to the metal sonic one... at first glance at least. I freckin loved the metal sonic deep dive, I thought it was a nice a changeup that I would like to see more of.

[@thetexasgerman190]

Can you do a video about juri and fang I don’t know a lot about those 2

[@KamisamanoOtaku]

Saw the Metal Sonic video. S'good. :) As for Street Foghters to cover next... uh... have you done Cracker Jack yet? Does Street Fighter EX even count?

[@MSGSlayer1]

Vid's done, time to get paid!

[@selfdevelopingyou]

Imagine balrog power with the gloves

[@rekthereaper3760]

Wtf u just said Balrog and Mike tyson have the same hair cut ?? Lmfao

[@NxTLvLDrodeci]

Wasn’t Balrog in the first Street Fighter arcade game as Mike???

[@aydenh.6355]

Terry Bogard! Do it!

[@shikarbabulall3897]

How cool would it be if they gave Mike Tyson a chance to play Balrog in the Street Fighter Chun li movie !😄

[@FnRenner]

Who loves short shorts? Balrog loves short shorts!

[@jamesmoss3424]

Don't mess with this boxer. 😀👍🇺🇲🎮

[@mogunloye]

Also the Badest hairline in video game history!!@

[@ismaelrosario3137]

I wanna see one of T Hawk i find these very interesting