The Insane Lore of Street Fighter

[@faken6252]

Fun Fact: As stated in an interview, the reason Zangief is a "Bad Guy" in the Wreck-It Ralph movie, is because the director hates grapplers. Appearently he would always lose to Zangief when playing SF2 in the arcades, and since then he has been hard-coded as a pure Villain in his mind.

[@leithaziz2716]

That's kinda funny because grapplers have a stigma in fighting games community that makes people salty when losing to them. Most people don't enjoy losing most of their health to a 50/50 grab mixup. It's a bit ironic though since they tend to be on the lower end of the meta strength-wise in most games.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Zangief is on the side of good an evil.

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

This was before Putin's pets started murdering Ukrainan civilians.

[@ImfernusRizen]

​@LucaltuveThat's quite the belief you have, lol

[@mehlessmidori602]

Damn. Talk about rent-free living.

[@liquidsnake23]

One of Cody's taunts and win poses is him pulling the cuffs off to rub his wrists implying, he could take them off anytime but chooses to keep them on for an added challenge. Gotta love that guy.

[@kazzykaioken8873]

Cody is one of most powerful SF characters, they need to add a 'cuffs off' version

[@seanunderscorepry]

​@@kazzykaioken8873I'm pretty sure he doesn't wear cuffs in sfv unless you put on his og outfit

[@Creepo_J]

Woke deejay can take on a billion bisons

[@jacksonferretti3159]

Its not official canon, but Oni win quote implies if he wasnt wearing the cuffs that he could have a chance to win

[@emperormegaman3856]

The funny thing with Cody is that he doesn't use Ki or some forms of mystical technique. He just generate a tornado out of sheer physical strength.

[@brochoa4097]

I don't know much about street fighter. I really appreciated this video. You are so enthusiastic while being condescendingly sarcastic. Very satirical. I loved it. Thank you.

[@rheenusthebeanus]

Fun fact about Gill: The main reason he is split down the middle with red and blue is because Capcom were tired of people making fun of characters' sprites, particularly Sagat's, only flipping depending on which way they were facing. So they flexed on the haters and created a character who has 2x the amount of sprites a normal character would have to face both directions.

[@carlbloke8797]

Wow that’s awesome! Now that’s a flex lol

[@marpj6138]

TBF while they flexed with Gill the fact is that Guile still exist and the reason he has two identical tattoos is the sprite only flipping and they were forced to keep it like that ever since

[@The8bitnemesis]

Gotta love 3rd strike

[@bloodybeesting775]

It's not actually two sets of sprites. It's palette trickery. Urien can also be palmodded to have dual colors, though it's significantly more broken.

[@SilentKGaming]

Dee Jay’s pants say “MAXIMUM” because it’s a word made up of letters that appear the same, even when flipped

[@lancerguy3667]

Karin's anime archetype is "The Ojou": the upper-class/rich girl. They tend to be haughty, have tsundere tendencies, and invariably have a hidden heart of gold, deep down. The maniacal laugh is colloquially referred to as the "Noblewoman's laugh".

[@boobah5643]

There's nothing that says the ojou needs to be good; the ojou is just as likely to be a rich bitch without the complications of a heart of gold. The term refers to a girl from a high-status family, which may or may not actually have wealth and/or a noble title. And it almost always refers to a girl, because they tend to be married off for dynastic purposes, even when they're merely rich commoners.

[@sanfransiscon]

more like "OHOHOjou-sama" :3

[@Firetrigger2110]

Ah, the Shantotto.

[@xuvial1391]

Also the drill hairstyle. Very common in the ojou-sama archetype.

[@zetagundam20x]

Yup. Just like Lilli from Tekken

[@ianm1462]

51:07 - Dan’s gi being pink because he failed to separate his whites and colors in the wash is perfect. Can just imagine him opening the washer and whining, ‘awwww, but the fight is toodayyy! They’re gonna make fun of me!’ Then he kicks the washer and breaking his toe.

[@jrstoltzfus958]

Thank you for the laugh 😂

[@tigergamer998]

The machine is also totally broken afterwards too though

[@solar_savior4118]

Ryu is actually quite rich, Ken opened a bank account in his name and put all of Ryu's winnings in there. Ken also donates some cash every now and then. Chun-li forced Ryu to pick up some new clothes so it's easier for him to travel in airports. He also has a cell phone that Ken gave him to call on, but he isn't that good with technology until the events of World tour

[@Ten_Thousand_Locusts]

That's so cute, Ken is such a great friend

[@PrincessQ-fj9ly]

So Ryu is self-made, and that wasn't even his goal. That's impressive. 😊 And I don't think I need to say this, but Ken and Chun-Li are my kind of friends. ❤

[@VixXstazosJOB]

He's kinda lie KIRYU from Yakuza, basically

[@solar_savior4118]

@@Hugh_Jannis he just swims from country to country 😂😂

[@elwourmo993]

Ryu trying to message you on his phone in World Tour is just adorable! and I like that he gets better over time while training the protag

[@chriscodling6573]

Capcom should pay you for bringing everyone up to date on the lore

[@RyuuSix]

Makes me wish SNK approached Clement for a Fatal Fury video since MotW2 is coming soon.

[@virtuetovices7110]

Copyright strikes his video instead

[@hikari67]

Pay him because he taught their franchise story on KZbin by using their sites.......infos.....that people are too lazy to simply consult..........

[@polarbear138]

@@hikari67 Everyone can do their own taxes but everyone usually pays someone to do it instead, right?

[@andrei283]

​@@polarbear138I do my own taxes it's not that hard

[@AgentZombieMan]

In this near 3 hour video covering 30+ years of lore, the biggest eye-opener for me was GUILE’S FIRST NAME IS WILLIAM?!

[@Mikhael366]

William F. Guile😂. Does his wife call him Bill? Or Billy🤣

[@dark_antihero]

@@Mikhael366 His wife also calls him Guile

[@Necoarc116]

Nash is sometimes called Charlie

[@AdudenamedVince]

I had that burned into my mind by the SF cartoon (the infamously bad one), because every episode starts with the narrator saying "Colonel William Guile..."

[@b1bbscraz3y]

fun fact: Guile and Ken are actually brothers-in-law not stepbrothers

[@ShyRanger]

When you think about it, the story of Street Fighter 2 is kinda like a lot of movies during the Cold War period that waned American and Russia to "just stop fighting and bring world peace." In SF2's case is was basically having the strongest powers and countries come together and beat up the most evil man ever. Imagine if Rocky 4 was actually the story of Rocky and Ivan Drago teaming up to defeat Satan.

[@soul6733]

That sounds like a cool cheesy movie.

[@goob8945]

Hell yeah bruh sounds sick

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

They would have, but Satan runs Hollywood and wouldn't allow such anti-satan propaganda to be released.

[@b.lazing9923]

Just a bit of a correction, if Ken and Guile's respective wives are sisters, that makes them brothers in law, not step brothers

[@reececollins9212]

Yeah I learned that from Palutena’s Guidance in Smash Ultimate

[@Tha-mountain]

@@reececollins9212same

[@MyHeadHz]

This

[@Majin_Xavierras]

Yes. He literally shows a victory screen where Ken says this in that moment lmao.

[@HovisOats]

​@@Majin_Xavierrasyes, but he does call them step brothers lmao.

[@legokid1902]

Mike Haggar literally kicked an entire city's ass near single handedly, he's practically a Baki character.

[@clapyocheeks2269]

and yet he doesn't get enough love

[@madmicro15]

Man, now I wanna see Haggar fight Zangief.

[@LegoSonic-p2f]

Yujiro Hanma and Akuma are just watching this go down.

[@martinmartinez3860]

Didn't he have help from Cody and Guy though?

[@bando-kun842]

1:03:14 - that, my friend, is the ojousama trope. The signature “ohoho!” laugh that accompanies it involves a hand out over the mouth because back in the older days, when class and social status defined everything, a high class woman’s laugh was deemed too pure to be witnessed by public commoners. Nowadays, the ojousama (madam, girl/woman of high social status/class) is used to describe a snooty rich girl with an inflated ego, and the laugh is the cherry on top of the sundae that is this character trope.

[@Nintenerdo]

So frieza then.

[@JazGalaxy]

It’s also just a common polite action in Japan to cover one’s moth when laughing. They refer to a western open mouthed laugh as a “horse laugh” that is akin to a horse neighing. It’s, like most western things, considered boorish.

[@BrawlerZant]

Love it. In anime it always makes me chuckle

[@lotuswraith]

Also known as the hime-dere.

[@VixXstazosJOB]

I think it is still the same thing in Japan... Except change Commoners with Low Class. Same thing

[@jjmini]

Fun Fact: Dhalsims fire is only but an illusion as stated by one of his win quotes. His mental powers are kinda crazy

[@MagillanicaLouM]

But then there's Ken, Lucia and Gill actually channeling fire and other characters with elemental affinities, guess Dhalsim's humble lol

[@jjmini]

@@MagillanicaLouM They are working with actual fire. Dhalsims is some weird psychic attack on the mind that takes the form of fire.

[@larvaedadindex]

He’s literally gaslighting

[@xuvial1391]

@@larvaedadindex LMAO

[@covereye5731]

That's hilarious, thank you for sharing.

[@CraZ_AJ]

Fun Fact: 2:32:12 Akuma actually takes the picture instead of Elena because Elena hands are wrapped around Akuma

[@LegoSonic-p2f]

That's unusually wholesome in my book. 😊

[@Sazazezer]

That is the face of someone who does not quite know how he got into the position he is currently in.

[@Just.Kidding]

One detail about G/Q I'm surprised wasn't mentioned is that they share the majority of their movesets. But while G is charismatic and moxious, Q seems almost like he's being puppetted by someone else, even sounding like he'sin pain at times. His movements are stiffer and more awkward - literally tripping over himself at times. There is a pretty great video doing a side-by-side that really shows the degeneration in the movements.

[@Mastabacc]

Not only that, but everyone who is electrocuted shows an X-ray image of bones. But when Q is electrocuted, it looks metallic. I'm willing to bet Q is a doll version of G.

[@elgordobondiola]

If you compare Q's heavy kick attacks to their G equivalent you can see how Q just flops to the ground. Also he has an incomplete version of the deadly double combination that G has. Bro is going through a rough time

[@Jpeg_skeleton]

Back heavy kick is literally just Q falling over and hitting you with his flailing leg.

[@raikohzx4323]

There actually is a thing that pointed out from Ryu's own perspective that he does have a home, he does have shoes and other things, he just doesn't use them much thanks to all his worldly traveling.

[@pj9100]

Plus there's that player title in SF6 implying that he might be "secretly rich" 🤔

[@MiggyMeista]

Also, Chun-Li took him shopping for new clothes at some point

[@neutraljump]

Ryu's favorite costume is a tracksuit with sakura petal designs. According to sf6 world tour mode.

[@yousef858]

@charleshastings7260finally a rich character that actually helps his friends out 🗿

[@enigmatic3194]

@charleshastings7260 holy shit, Ken's the broest of bros!

[@James.Sunderland]

1:28:20 Ken and Guile are NOT step brothers. Step brother would mean Ken's mom married Guile's father. Instead, they are brothers in law.

[@dice6650]

Im glad im not the only one that caught that 😂😂

[@Contevent]

About the skulls on Dalshim. He says they were the skulls of children dead of illness and famish in the second volume of Street Fighter 2 the comics, during his fight against Ryu. During said fight, he has Ryu cornered, but keep hearing the supplication of the spirits of the children, which allows Ryu to do à sho-Ryu-ken Said attacks shatters the skulls qave Dalhsim, as at this point the shoryuken was a death sentence. Dalhsim consider himself foolish to have entered the fight as it was not virtuous, and believes that beating up good people for money is not what they would have wanted.

[@batboy555]

I believe the pete holmes version is cannon.

[@azubuikedavid1460]

“Remember 2 hours ago?…” is wild

[@chilocs5]

I know this was insanely difficult to make and you put a lot of time and effort into this. Just want to say thank you for doing so and keep it up!

[@timothymoss5007]

Is it just me, or is every story event involving Blanka the most heartwarming stuff?

[@mini-uo1kn]

true

[@liamt4894]

He’s like a big green puppy

[@THEMilesMorales]

Kaboom

[@トーキ-g8v]

He is pure baby

[@Righthandfrombehind]

Tell that to a wild Pikachu.

[@TakeTheWorld21]

Clement going from Tekken to Street Fighter lore just feels so good, as both a lifelong fan of each series and an avid watcher of his content since 2012

[@RemoWilliams1227]

​@RichSmithsonabsolutely agree

[@secondarymemelord]

If he does mortal kombat and kof then he's got the big 4 from the arcade days covered

[@TheRealMoeru]

​@RichSmithson the day he does kof is the day a 4+ hour video gets uploaded to his channel lol

[@DasNordlicht91]

@@TheRealMoeru he might need to separate it to two or more videos with how truly insane the King of Fighters lore can be... and that's not even getting into the many manga and manhwa tie-ins that just get even more insane than the games' stories.

[@moonlightblade11]

In Ryu's first fight against Sagat, Sagat acually wins but when he showed Ryu good sportsmanship by offering a hand for him to get up Ryu was taken over by the obsesion to win and shoryuken Sagat by surprise leaving him the scar and close to death. Ryu walks away confused and Sagat hold on to dear life by a thread of vengeful desire.

[@waypastcoolkid]

You forgot to mention that Vega’s backstory involved him killing his ugly stepfather who killed his mother and how that skewed his view on beauty and it’s how it aligns with morality. Also how Geki was the one who taught him Ninjutsu and gave him his claw.

[@charlieharrington9555]

Where did you hear the part about Geki?

[@waypastcoolkid]

@@charlieharrington9555 They literally share moves and a claw, dude.

[@jacksonjack7838]

@@waypastcoolkid that doesnt necessarily mean thats the lore. But Im with you on it until something else contradicts that. I love Deep Lore.

[@SilentKGaming]

@@waypastcoolkidso you just made that up then?

[@VixXstazosJOB]

@@waypastcoolkid Thats also False dude. Cause VEGA doesn't teleport, your logic is like saying random NARUTO ninja tought another one how to use a shuriken, just becuase they both use shurikens. Don't be spreading false facts - comming out of what you believe, not what you know, there's a difference.... Beliefs =/= Knowledge - on the internet, that's just weird

[@TypetwoAbsolute]

I believe that Zangief's distain for fireballs is meta commentary of zoner characters keeping out grapplers

[@bulb9970]

I think this is not just a joke and it’s an actual canon trait for Zangief. Because in the manga Sakura Ganbaru written back in the 90s, this hatred of hadokens is a plot point for him. But I don’t know how much of the manga is really canon since there Cammy got her name after Sakura called her that on a whim, which is different to what Clement told here.

[@TypetwoAbsolute]

​@@bulb9970 Its an udon comic which are known for having canon issues, this manga also was released in 1996. The player's guide for street fighter turbo 1993 (released by nintendo of america) says Zangief dislikes missiles in his bio. The instructions for ssf2 turbo for the 3do 1994 states his dislikes are: fire ball, sonic boom, yoga fire, tiger shot. These things aren't in the other instruction books for sf2 and ALSO not in the japanese release of world warrior (i tracked these down from incorrect claims on reddit.) If this is a trait referenced in a japanese magazine from earlier than that I couldn't find it. I always assumed it was a self insert by zangief mains who wrote the book and now its part of his win quotes in 4-5 and profile in 6. The players guide and old magazines are fun reads though, they state cammy hates: everything when shes angry and that ryu is afraid of spiders, this is actually referenced in MvC3 when fighting spiderman.

[@rikruw]

Just wanted to say, watching the whole thing felt like a Herculean effort. Can’t imagine the work it took to make this! Thanks for putting it together.

[@Limit02]

It’s really funny how SF6’s world tour shows that Metro City just follows beat ‘em up logic even outside of an arcade game, the place and people are just like that

[@xKOSATx]

The name "Seth" is actually a biblical reference. Seth was the son that replaced Abel in the Bible after he was killed by Cain, just like how Seth in SF replaced Abel when he escaped and was possibly assumed dead

[@DarthBoardBVE]

Sadly, it’s kind of a black mark on such an otherwise well-researched and comprehensive lore video that he missed what is a pretty obvious reference from Genesis.

[@MegaManXPoweredUp]

​@@DarthBoardBVEIt's only obvious if you have knowledge of the Bible. Not everyone is familiar with it.

[@luckas221a]

​​@@DarthBoardBVEnot everyone has studied the bible

[@darksidebluez5966]

​​@@DarthBoardBVE agreed Kinda surprise he missed such an important reference.

[@hellbent650]

In the name of Kane!

[@georgeraividian]

I just bought Street Fighter 6 last night with absolutely no Street Fighter experience beforehand (beyond playing some arcade version on emulators almost 20 years ago) and had a blast playing couch matches last night. But I wanted to know some of the backstories for the characters, and that’s how I found this video. Thanks for making this, since I feel like I have a pretty clear image of what has happened now. I am excited for Akuma to be playable at some point. I was a little shocked to see how many characters the last game had!

[@thefreshvince879]

the roster for 6 is complete ass, iits basically just street fighter 2 with a few new ones

[@jaimeduendeozzzkr]

@@thefreshvince879coming on slowly

[@felipedias4205]

Theyre adding bison soon too

[@AkumaTh]

To clarify a thing about Akuma and Bison... Akuma definitely did kill a Bison, but with him being able to jump into bodies he was able to survive the encounter. The Aftermath event was likely between SF2 (officially taking place in 1991) and SF4 (1994 is when Seth decided to have SIN split from Shadoloo) due to how all those fighters were gathered together in a random place and not some elaborate location. The Street Fighter Wiki has a source stating the 1994 date comes from the Street Fighter Memorial Archives Beyond the World. So it is entirely possible both Akuma destroying Bison and his self-destruct happened. As for why Bison isn't focused on Akuma, the same reason Akuma is focused on Ryu: he has more potential that makes them worthy. At that point, Ryu could be influenced by the Satsui No Hado or the Psycho Power to become the most powerful fighter. All he needs is a strong influence. So while Bison may have issues with Akuma, Ryu is still the ultimate body for him to possess so why bother when you can get rid of your body like if it was an old car and get a newer, better one.

[@ouranos0101]

Akuma and Bison never fought, never met, no interaction in the canon timeline. The event goes against established canon.

[@AkumaTh]

@@ouranos0101 There's a frikkin cutscene where he one shots M. Bison in SF2. Even the 30th Anniversary Profile states he challenged Bison.

[@cammyshill3099]

@@AkumaTh not canon.

[@ouranos0101]

@@AkumaTh Are you familiar with the concept of retcons? Sequels after SF2 retroactively overwrite and rewrite SF2's events. Sequels also establish which of the endings end up becoming canon and which remain completely or partially "what ifs". Bison and Akuma never canonically met as of the modern SF era starting with SF4. They literally act like they don't know each other. Bison's only encounter with the SNH is from Ryu himself. The only thing Bison and Akuma have in common is their infatuation with Ryu.

[@AkumaTh]

@@ouranos0101 Again, 30th Anniversary SF Profile, which was released in 2018, with only had SFV Champion Edition and SF6 coming after, and thus came after the Aftermath stuff, States Akuma Challenged Bison. They have met and it is canon. Nothing in the new update or 6 contradicts that fact.

[@namnasuu]

Fun fact: Akuma did not kill Gen at the end of SFV, he actually found out that Gen was suffering from leukemia before the finishing blow was thrown. Knowing that, Akuma just spared Gen, hoping one day they would have a rematch when they are all healthy. Edit: it wasn't at the end of SFV, it was in SF Alpha 2, I think so.

[@KingRumar]

Kinda makes me think of AVP where the Predator spares the president because he had respiratory issues. Only to get a flamethrower to his back and he turns and kills the man anyway

[@simple11q]

Is there a source for that?

[@namnasuu]

@@simple11q oh shit i think i screwed up. His health issue was indeed true, and Akuma nearly killed him once, but not at the end of SFV. It is officially unknown if Gen has died or survived his latest fight with Akuma.

[@SFNDMK]

@@namnasuu I believe it was Alpha 1/2 where Gouki spared Gen

[@MattSinz]

Small correction: Bison was taught how to use Psycho Power by his master before he killed him, his Soul Power didn't "turn into" Psycho Power.

[@1BigSpec]

At 29:11 there’s a bio from the Street Fighter Anniversary Collection that says different, but then again, I’ve noticed other things within those bios that are contradictory with what is established.

[@pepeshadilay]

Weeb

[@dereksable9941]

Bison learned his power was from rose

[@TheNukaColaMan10]

Do we know who his master was?

[@1BigSpec]

@@dereksable9941 other way around. See Rose’s alpha 3 ending.

[@GoodTato]

"The longest win quotes of any fighting game character i've ever seen" you would absolutely love (or hate) Xrd Bedman

[@sparklingcutie]

I know that there are alot of great characters, but I really love Sagat's story. He's the embodiement of redemption and self improvement

[@NedBytes]

My dude, your ability to weave the absolute catastrophuck of lore that amounts to the Street Fighter canon into a single vid is stunning enough on its own, but *then you made that shit chronological and sensical* [relatively]. Fantastic work.

[@Zafiro_Regio]

very happy that fighting game lore is getting more attention. the story modes tend to be overlooked (understandably) and they have some of the most wild/cool narratives going on. thank you and others that put a spotlight on them, these videos have been great!

[@pakboris2268]

Cammy being Bison`s lover is a pure mistranslation. In original Japanese he said the she was his clone

[@kingol4801]

That twist would be pretty cool, not going to lie

[@allthedumbthingz-oc5cc]

@@kingol4801 This is giving me the weird mental image that Cammy was made because Bison went “The only person worthy of my love & hand in marriage is…MYSELF!!!”.

[@puppygirlasuka]

20:13 "only trust your fists. police will never help you" astronomically based

[@BOmb78900]

Oh.. to watch them bleed 🩸

[@kyotheeditor]

realest

[@1BigSpec]

Thanks for clearing up the ‘Rose is the incarnation of Bison’s good side’ issue. Rose is her own person who had part of Bison’s soul.

[@JamesSmith-dg1on]

This is absolutely brilliant work, I watched it over three days, the humour, the info I never would have gotten had I not have watched this, top notch work my friend. Thank You!

[@brycetheoddball]

Clement really pivoted and made his channel for the modern KZbin landscape and he’s winning. This is awesome.

[@Hiccuple]

I hope you update this to include street fighter 6. You really, truly have found your niche! A soul calibur or KI lore video would be great as well.

[@windhelmguard5295]

let's be real here, the best endings to alpha 3 are the ones where gief destroys the psycho drive by throwing honda at it, and the one where sodom blows it to hell with a bomb truck.

[@soul6733]

It is my headcanon that Akuma did beat Bison in Street Fighter 2, but he did it so hard, Bison just shat himself, fled (which then ends up him getting cornered again and blowing himself up) and decided to never want to deal with Akuma ever again.

[@404_nowheresnotfound3]

This actually explains why he blows him self up for no reason. Since he knew Akuma was coming for him. It doesn’t really make sense any other way.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

​​@@404_nowheresnotfound3rugal Do that mess all the time on KOF After the defeat. No congratulations, no thanks Just blows the place up with him In it.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Rugal from KOF loses a fight he blows The whole place up like WTF. He hates losing.😂

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

​@@404_nowheresnotfound3rugal From KOF would like a word with you.😂

[@malicex6156]

for me, Bison never saw it happen. He got ready to start the fight, BAM! * dies 1k deaths* barely survives since his soul straight ejected, wakes up on the floor later, assuming Ryu beat his ass.🤣

[@stu729]

Incredibly detailed video! Between this and your Final Fantasy retrospectives, you're definitely becoming **the** long-form content lore-historian of video games on KZbin. Can't wait to see what's next. Though, one glaring omission from SF3 was the friendly match in the subways between Chun-Li and Ken, where she had him on the ropes until he parried a flurry of blows and responded with a knockout flurry of his own.

[@arthursnyder6935]

That was the iconic Evo Moment 37

[@JustSomeMexicanwithaMustache]

Wait, is that actually canon?!

[@seansilv25]

@@JustSomeMexicanwithaMustache no, but it’s such a legendary moment that it might as well be

[@AncientApricot]

I love this video. You gave me literally a weeks worth of content, for my evening routine. So I just wanted to say thank you, Clement.

[@the_big_bad_reaper]

I love how Gil made up a whole new position just to tell Urien to go fuck himself, he's so petty he made a new position just in case he lost, hell maybe he was going to make Urien president anyway if he wins just to spite him as emperor.

[@Meatwad787]

The prophecy stated that the Emperor would lose as the president. So he just let Urien win to make everyone happy. The prophecy was true since Gill got the glow lol😂

[@TheBlindWeasel]

Luckily the name switch fits them well, since Vega is a very spanish surname, M. Bison is such a dictator name and Balrog surely conveys the dude is able to punch a bull as a warmup

[@happyslapsgiving5421]

Heh. Not really. Vega is a Spanish surname as well as a bright star in the sky. Works well for both the Spanish guy and the flying guy with energy powers. M. Bison works well for both the massive fighter guy who charges like a raging bull (and is an expy of M. Tyson) and the also massive fighter guy who is the leader of a nation. But Balrog? That's a demon of flame and darkness from Lord of the Rings. It doesn't work well with either the boxer nor the Spaniard (unless you want to think that demons have "claws", in which case it only works with the Japanese version, but it's a stretch).

[@theinitiate110]

Wow, what a great video. I cant even imagine the work it took to put it together, but kudos this was truly a great production.

[@Annatar3019]

The reason sagat was built up as a villain was due to the rivalry Karate had with Muay Thai back in the 80s and 90s.

[@Coralskipper]

Fun fact: Dan Hibiki's gi is based on the gi of Judo Gene LaBell, the legend who won the first real mixed rule fight against a boxer in the early 1960s. He then worked as a stuntman and was Ronda Rousey's honorary uncle. He actually got his pink gi the same way the first time.

[@scrubtoilet44]

No, hes based on Ryo because Capcom thought SNK was copying them

[@MonkeyManPrime64]

@@scrubtoilet44He’s saying the gi, not Dan himself.

[@maxacorn]

also, gene labell made steven seagal piss himself. story goes that on the set of a movie, seagal bragged about how, thanks to his uber cia/aikido/bullshido training, it was impossible for him to be choked out. gene was actually a stunt-coordinator and already had a problem with him since seagal is notorious for being extra violent with stunt men. like he would legit hit them and send them to the hospital. gene took the challenge and with his permission, locked steven in a rear naked choke. steven tried to get out of it but sadly for him, he didn't know how to get out of it and promptly passed out. then he either pissed himself, shit himself or a combination of both. either way, his pants were not clean afterwards. of course, steven denies this took place but gene and several other people have confirmed that it indeed happened.

[@islandboy9381]

@@maxacorn see this story perfectly illustrates those who pretend they're chads by blowing hot air and those who actually are but they stay humble, awesome guy

[@ThugShakers4Christ]

LaBell didn't have shit on real martial artists like Ashida Kim!

[@icey2369]

such a BADASS video, I am only sorry that I found it so late! I look forward to whatever you do in the future, props to you good sir!

[@Javifaa]

I'm not sure if someone else has pointed it out already, but… Super Street Fighter II Cammy's ending wasn't retconed, it was retranslated.

[@XellosNi]

There's a really awkward common misconception involved with Goutetsu and the Satsui no Hadou: Typically, most martial arts masters disdain "forbidden techniques" and such, but Goutetsu was actually all for it, so when Goutetsu got killed by the Shun Goku Satsu, he was proud a pupil of his was able to tap into what he felt was the pinnacle of the martial art he invented. Spin-offs and adaptations proceeded to disregard that and follow the cliche of the Master forbidding such things and being disappointed a pupil would go down such a dark path. Goutetsu INVENTED his martial art with the intent to kill. He just couldn't tap into the Satsui no Hadou as good as Akuma would be able to later on. It was GOUKEN who stepped back and thought a killing martial art would be a bad idea, so he went over what he learned and turned down the lethality of the techniques so it could be passed down safely. If creators wanted that cliche virtuous martial arts master, they already had it in Gouken. Having Goutetsu be that way would render Gouken redundant and borerdline pointless.

[@shadowclaw7210]

Honestly that sound much more badass and interesting. Makes Gouken stand out more, same for Gotetsu.

[@carlbloke8797]

I’m genuinely curious where is your source on this about Goutetsu?

[@bulb9970]

@@carlbloke8797 The Street Fighter Alpha manga released back in the 90s explains the whole backstory of Gouken, Akuma, Goutetsu and so on. As far as I know, that's where Goutetsu originated as a character. It's stated there that he created the shoto fighting style as a murder technique. Akuma embraced this and mastered it with the Satsui no Hado, while Gouken reshaped the shoto style to a more noble cause. Ryu briefly tapped into the Satsui no Hado during his shoryuken against Sagat, so he believed the technique could lead him to the dark path. After that, he tried to stay as far away from it as possible. Ken was more bold and brash, trying to push the shoryuken even further thinking that Ryu was being too afraid to improve. The two have a disagreement, have the fight at 45:33 and Ryu makes the first steps to evolve as a fighter while still having a good heart. So Ken wasn't actually lucky to win that fight, it was Ryu holding back on purpose. It's a good read, there's also a manga focused on Sakura that's even better and portrays her fight against Karin at 1:02:51

[@TheRealMycanthrope]

​@@bulb9970the "shoto fighting style" is called Ansatsuken, I believe.

[@B8GViews]

Thanks for sorting this mess, lol. I had no idea Alpha took place after SF1, and that SF3 took place after SF5. Not that I was scrambling to put them together, but it does shine a light on some things. Great job!

[@yagamifire7861]

Small immediate correction. Goutetsu always used the Satsui No Hadou. He could use it at will. It was Gouken that refined the techniques to make it so they no longer required using killing intent. This is why Gouken was chosen as the successor to Goutetsu (which angered Gouki). Gouken actually evolved the techniques. The technique Gouki perfected was the Shun Goku Satsu and Goutetsu died happily because he wasn't able to use that technique...so both his students had surpassed him in different ways.

[@lenardregencia]

It's actually satisfying to know that Street Fighter and Final Fight are in the same universe.

[@MegaManXPoweredUp]

I'm just trying to figure out which Mega Man timeline Street Fighter is connected to. There's references between SF and the Classic timeline, but SF6 has the Battle Network version of MegaMan's symbol on a chip in the Story Mode. And are all these games fictional in the Dead Rising universe? What about Resident Evil? Is Luke Captain Commando? What about Viewtiful Joe?! Devil May Cry!? Phoenix Wright?!?

[@Exlayer-pk8hy]

Strider and Rival Schools also take place in this universe

[@neoqwerty]

@@MegaManXPoweredUp Battle Network is alternate to the classic/mainline but crosses over with it. The answer is, genuinely, "both". Battle Network canonically time-travels (it can cross over within its own timeline (with Star Force), several hundred years into other series' futures (it crosses over with the Boktai/Lunar Knights series, BN4 to Boktai 2, BN5 to Boktai 3, BN6 to Lunar Knights), and with Megaman Zero 3 in BN4). Megaman also crosses over at the Zero era with SvC Chaos, where Zero gets displaced but still has radio communications with Ciel. Oh and in Marvel VS Capcom X era X and Zero show up, so... ...And in Tatsunoko VS Capcom we even see both Roll and Zero together so they can even still have time travel with each other. The timeline answer is that the Megaman timelines SF connects to is "all of them, and at multiple points in time, because MegaMan apparently has common enough time travel shenanigans that they could have a giant multi-generation party over at Ryu's place if they wanted to. (Remember, Megaman has robots that manipulate time AND canonical time travel machines.) Edit: but for the purposes of placing *Doctor Light* in this: it might be at around MM9's time, since Chun-Li is the news reporter there.

[@PrincessQ-fj9ly]

Yeah. I think it's really cool. 😊

[@cellP8]

capcom doesnt need marvel at all, they already have a full beautiful universe to create ultimate capcom all star fighting game... also, where does monster hunter and phoenix wright fit in? lol@@Exlayer-pk8hy

[@vsoriginalpoetry6696]

When you got to Akira of Rival Schools, I was thinking "this guy has to have a tekken vid". Then you later got to the Mishima Zaibatsu and casually started talking about Kirin... I always wondered "does bison know about the Mishima's and Geese Howard?" I've always forever assumed every game is connected, especially with the whole Ken being the king of "american" fighters. For the most part though, I know all this lore. I didn't know about Blanka being a boy lost in the forest after a shot down plane he fell out of.... strong kid to fall and live so it makes sense he turned into an electric green bean.

[@vsoriginalpoetry6696]

Just heard the tek ken mention of vid.... guess what im watching next? Lol. (Yes i just got here)

[@Deescovery1]

The amount of time and research that went into this is astonishing. Thank you. I’ve always been a casual fan of the series but this is making me intrigued into the lore now

[@1wayroad935]

The most hilarious thing about Akuma is that he never actually permanently kills *anyone*

[@spiralpower1620]

I mean... technically... very few fighting game characters have.

[@bungieman2810]

He kills Gen for good in SFV, but that's still only one guy.

[@logie9672]

His master

[@spiralpower1620]

@@logie9672 he'll probably be back too eventually.

[@Yazarastsu]

@@bungieman2810wasn’t gen already dying? I thought he killed him out of “respect “ better to die in battle than to an illness

[@TheMikeMarston]

Annnnnnnnnnd now we need a video for SF6!!! This video has been amazing. Great Job.

[@Neogears1312]

18:52 actually in the Japanese version; guy literally is just some guy to Cody in final fight 1. No seriously in the jp version they never met till FF1. Cody is just mad and ranting about Jessica getting kidnapped and guy wants to fight him to prove how great his ninjutsu is, and agrees to help save Jessica as he views it as a worthy test of his skills. It’s why he decks the crap out of Cody randomly in the end. Guy then became friends afterwards seeing the righteousness in their causes and it inspired him to help the innocent in later appearances.

[@トーキ-g8v]

That's hilarious

[@CrimsonNineTail]

Grew up with franchise, dating back to the early 90s. Had no idea there was THIS MUCH LORE put into it. Makes me want to but the anniversary collection and Street Fighter 6. Thanks for the effort put into this video.

[@R-Pach]

I don't know if I've ever clashed so much with someone's voice and narration style but the video is very well researched

[@LongTran-kp3kz]

As a lore addict, I NEEDED this.

[@NoobGamer64-gj4ic]

If you so addicted to lore. Now can you watch 6 hours Metal Gear lore by Suggestive Gaming??

[@LongTran-kp3kz]

@@NoobGamer64-gj4ic I mean, cuz it was interesting. Besides, it's not like I wasn't already aware of the lore already. Plus, it's fun to see how other ppl interpret it or fill in the blanks. Besides, it's not like ppl need to watch it all at once.

[@TiredAsl]

​@@LongTran-kp3kzU know a lot of RE series?

[@LongTran-kp3kz]

@@TiredAsl If you mean lore, then yeah. I'm pretty knowledgeable about the RE series.

[@tuna7278]

im gonna watch it right now@@NoobGamer64-gj4ic

[@Flumpis3543]

Clement is the definition of quality over quantity.

[@Unknownperson77788]

Facts

[@ItzDr3FTL]

And the crazy part about that is there’s a shit ton of quantity too lol

[@XXXXX8]

Quality? His audio is terrible!

[@pkmaxstar7039]

​@@XXXXX8they mean the video and the details in it.

[@Str4wberryDr3ams]

@@ItzDr3FTLFor real. His Let’s Plays were really well-played and thorough.

[@arslanm83]

Mind blowing research man! Hats off to you.

[@retrorockerross]

As a lifelong Street Fighter fan and Capcom fanboy in general, this video is amazing to me. Thanks, Clement!

[@CrimsonDevil_Rias]

If Clement is gonna do "The Insane Lore of Mortal Kombat" in September, we're gonna have to do "The Insane Lore of Kingdom Hearts"

[@PrincessQ-fj9ly]

I would love to see that. I would also love to know his opinion on Kingdom Hearts is. 😊

[@SmashFinale]

NovaZone already did a fantastic retrospective on KH. Also, Clement should do King of Fighters instead of Mortal Kombat. KoF lore is nucking futso.

[@deathproof8732]

NOOOOOOOOOO

[@SSJWolverine]

@@SmashFinale Honestly, fighting game lore in general is nucking futso. Mortal Kombat, King of Fighters, Blazblue, Guilty Gear, Dead or Alive, you name it. It's all bonkers.

[@jadencrawford2772]

The power of Kingdom Hearts is too much for any mortal youtuber

[@fobo3361]

Out of all these i think akuma came out to be my favorite, as a tekken player i really didn't like him, he felt pretty generic, just some revenging spirit, but in street fighter, he's really cool, he's just a badass who wields this evil power and goes around fighting, nothing's even all that "evil" about him (at least compared to others like M bison) having him be a physical person is way cooler to me then this weird mythical thing they went for in tekken

[@BDeity]

Petition for an Insane Lore of Soul Calibur 👇

[@TenshiPrime]

PLS EVEN IF 5 IS ASS

[@ZeroKnight95]

Here's a little Capcom fun fact for you: In Street Fighter IV and Street Fighter V, Ken is voiced by Reuben Langdon; the voice of Dante from the Devil May Cry series. They even have a self-aware reference to this in Street Fighter V in which Ken has a DLC costume that dresses him up exactly like Dante in Devil May Cry 4. :)

[@juliannocartagena2007]

Ken is voiced by Donte who is good and best in game?

[@GrimmGungren]

Also in SF6,one of his color pallets is a reference to Dante

[@zubrhero5270]

I genuinely think the Street Fighter 2 animated movie I had on VHS in the 90s sparked my love for Street Fighter. The characters just had... _character._ They had stories that existed outside of the tiny bit of information I got from the games at the time and really helped flesh out the world and characters.

[@imkindadumb5351]

Clement your tekken video literally got me into the series, and as a street fighter fan I’m so excited to see this be real

[@Truncation1]

Loving the voices Clement puts on for the character dialogue moments, 1:10:23 for example, he's so into it!

[@maybe183]

Clement has been voicing the characters (when there are only texts) in his LPs since the beginning, and he always gives his all when doing it!

[@punxu9ted]

Thank you for your immersive deep dive into the lore, you put a lot of time into this! I enjoyed it thoroughly!

[@rickybelmont9651]

Theres a believable theory that Luke starts the comandos in "captain comando" based on the similarities Cap and Luke have for costume design (the starts and color scheme) just like how Zeku may have started the future striders

[@literaldeville5382]

Ryu's kind of endearing, honestly. Dude's just an extremely straightforward meathead in a world where the Illuminati is a Thing That Exists.

[@BrawlerZant]

This Dan guy reminds me a lot of Hercules from Dbz. Joke character, fake teacher, fake skills, has his own dojo/school.

[@superbro6413]

Dang, nearly 3 hours of lore and no mention of _Shen Long_ the strongest street fighter? Smh Excellent video Clement! Looking forward to your FF16 retrospective/review sometime in the future!

[@jvts8916]

Fun fact: before Shen Long got attributed to Gouken, Street Fighter The Movie The Game tried to make their own. Apparently he would be so powerful that his power was turning him into a real dragon. This idea ended up scrapped because the costume was super low quality.

[@aquasp102]

Fun Fact about Dee Jay. In Street Fighter 2, his pants of course say MAXIMUM on them, but this wasn't originally going to be the case. Capcom originally planned for his pants to have the word "MANTIS" on them, but due to all of the character sprites being mirrored depending on the direction they face, the N and S in MANTIS wouldn't have been symmetrical. MAXIMUM has all symmetrical uppercase letters, so the word still looks the same even with the mirrored sprites.

[@faustus1376]

Thank you for this video. It was so cool to revisit so many classic games I had no idea were in the same universe.

[@covereye5731]

Wait so Bison is a dictator, but we don't know for which place he was a dictator. Combine that with the fact he trained an Italian woman before he was head of Shadoloo, making him likely Italian. Is Bison, Mussolini?

[@TehJellyLord]

Loving the content! Never thought I’d be this invested in a near 3 hour video about the lore of a bunch of games I’ve never played lol

[@fcpremix8244]

dude this video is nothing short of amazing. I never really took the time to study the street fighter lore and i had no idea how dope it actually is.

[@InternetRodent]

Its my head canon that Ryu and Bison were fighting in the finale of the world warrior tournament but Akuma got Bison out of the way to challenge Ryu. No clue who the winner of that would be but while they faught Bison fled in the forest with the other street fighters following behind

[@charlieharrington9555]

I’ve been watching you since 2012 Clement, and your evolution as a creator is amazing. Keep changing, improving and doing what interests you man!

[@xWebdriverTorso]

Dude I’ve watched this and the Tekken vid like 5 times and I don’t think I’m alone. Would love for you to cover some more games (I can see how much you put into these vids so I know it’s a lot easier said than done) just a request from a fan. Also wouldn’t hate if it was mortal Kombat or Soul Caliber 😂 love this vids man!

[@AlexThat200]

MK is next and is still being worked on.

[@OnlyBanzho]

People like you take Nostalgia to the top! And I appreciate all the work you put into this. Half the characters I didn’t kno.

[@TCMarik7]

Bison's Psycho Power degradation is similar to Dark Side Corruption from Star Wars and Bison's desire to be eternal is similar to the Sith and their desire to cheat death.

[@ouranos0101]

That is not the desire of the Sith as a whole, only of Plaguis and Palpatine. Bison and Palpatine share many many parallels for this in fact.

[@TheRealMycanthrope]

Yes yes, everything is Star Wars 🙄

[@InsertQuarterPlz]

The fact that street fighter 6 world tour has it taking place in Metro City in EVERY prequel it connects there. Its wild.

[@randomyoutuber7898]

That Insane lore of Tekken is a masterpiece 👑

[@0.Kenshin]

For Gouki it's possible he came to the conclusion that the Dictator and his Psycho Power wasn't worthy of a "true" fight and simply KO'd him instead. The Dictator's Psycho Power would have allowed him to recover from a beat down and then the rest of the endings happen. Street Fighter's lore is extremely convoluted but it is possible to stitch all the cannon endings in a way that would fit as long as safe assumptions are made.

[@TheRealMycanthrope]

Used his original name, didn't clarify that it was Akuma, based af.

[@c-portraider7411]

​@_Kenshin you do realize he was giving you a compliment right? Not complaining

[@kyleyuen245]

Fun Fact: a further connection of G and Q is that G's moveset in SF5 has a lot of Q's move animations in SF3, but seemingly more complete/coherent and with his power of the earth effect.

[@NurseValentineSG]

The one thing that connects G and Q even more is that they have very similiar moves. Like alot of moves Q does look like degraded moves G would do, without any of the earthbending G does and without keeping balance and whatnot. Does that mean G is Q? I dunno. Maybe?

[@TheGoldenBolt]

I'm excited for you to have to do a Smash Bros. lore video solely because there'll be several hour tangents where you just have to paste the lore videos of SF, Tekken, KOF, and every other fighting game technically featured.

[@MagillanicaLouM]

Trying to do that would just be a waste of time honestly lol. Might as well just do individual lore videos for every series put in smash which is basically asking him to not make any other kind of video for most of his life.

[@the-NightStar]

Actually.... isn't the lore of Smash Bros just that every fighter is actually just the personification of their own creation and place in pop-culture in the video game industry as living figments of the imaginations of gamers? in Melee and Brawl we continue to get more confirmation that they are just meta-selves of the creation, in a fourth wall breaking way, by the fact that they come from a toy-box at one point, are shown as figures, and even in Smash Ultimate, become statues again when their spirit essence is drained and used to inhabit copy bodies? It's like how in Toy Story, Buzz Lightyear is not the fictional character Buzz Lightyear, he is the TOY of Buzz Lightyear. In a similar way, every character from 64 to Ultimate, is the fourth-wall breaking pop-cultural icon version of themselves and their bodies are just the constructs of people's imaginations. The characters in Smash Bros are the IDEA of video game icons and their worlds made tangible to fight and compete with one another. When you see Mario, or Simon Belmont or Sephiroth in Smash Bros, it is not their canon selves, they are the idea of our imaginations of them.

[@ballisticboo7808]

​@the-NightStar and then you have kid icarus where the events of smash bros are apparently canon to the series

[@islandboy9381]

@@the-NightStar that would explain why the locations in subspace emissary feel so random and more imaginary with the characters.

[@dualinline7867]

1:20:37 Ken parried Chun Li's kicks then jump to parry the 14th kick then Ken countered with his super. I was there.

[@PrincessQ-fj9ly]

I can't believe that there was so much lore in the Street Fighter franchise! 😮 I'm ashamed that I didn't learn much if anything about the Street Fighter franchise until now. And I can't get over the fact that Final Fight and Street Fighter have the same universe, along with the other Capcom games. I think it's really cool. 😊 Awesome Insane lore video! 😎 If we get more of these, I would love to see the Insane lore of The Sims, along with his opinion on The Sims franchise as a whole. 😊

[@grimedoc8180]

Blanka, lore-wise: Such a touching story, I wish the best for you! Blanka, gameplay-wise: I hate your guts! I wish it was you instead of Nash at that waterfall!