The Lost Original Street Fighter Roster

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[@ektran4205]

joe lewis

[@TexasHollowEarth]

I like Geki. A female Geki could have been awesome..... Crapcom. I always enjoyed Geki's stage theme in the TurboGrafx CD port of SF1, Fighting Street. I really like his stage + appearance in the OG game, too. Good video THGM 😎👍

[@GardevoirBoy]

Joe got a heavy reskin as Luke in Street Fighter V.

[@ektran4205]

@@TexasHollowEarth geki=vega

[@derek-64]

No

[@Liquidcadmus]

I have always wanted a SF1 remake by Capcom. I would like to see how it would be with proper controls and frames of animation. the original is incredibly clunky and barely playable.

[@AcornElectron]

And a bundled controller that you punch?

[@davemeltzer614]

The original is kino, but tooooo way hard.

[@meganinten0078]

Same. I would love to see a SF1 Champion Edition (or as AVGN once said, "SF1 The Good Edition") Maybe some Final Fight and Slam Masters characters can be playable.

[@walterlucero5757]

Not official, but there are fan remakes made with MUGEN. I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for an official remake, though.

[@marcusradtke9507]

Alpha 1 is close

[@michaelnichols9850]

I found an old Street fighter machine in a corner of a abandoned community center, I plugged it in and played it for about 2 hours. Came back the next day and it was completely in pieces and in the trash. The owner said I could have kept it. I have been regretting not saving that machine for 30 years. I'm pretty sure it only had two buttons? It was one of the original first production machines.

[@CalebCrazyVampire]

Yes, the original model only has two buttons because they were pressure sensitive, the harder you press, the harder the attack. The obvious problem is that they break a lot, that's why they changed to the six buttons layouts

[@michaelnichols9850]

See I knew it was special because I've never seen another cabinet of the original Street fighter! Plus it having two buttons, that's the second arcade I've lost due to other people's negligence. My stepfather threw away my playchoice 10 dual screen when I moved out. He said it was taking up too much room and I needed to come pick it up. I forgot so he proceeded to break it into a thousand pieces

[@hdofu]

Ouch the original 2 buttons were rarer due to many of them breaking as gamers broke their fingers, sad way it met it’s end

[@NotYourUncleRuckus]

So he smashed it up then told you,you could of kept it 😅😅, plus the Arcade shop around my way still has the 2 button Street Fighter 1 since 87

[@michaelnichols9850]

@@NotYourUncleRuckus well I didn’t see him until the next day after I found the cabinet. I came back the next day and I guess they were emptying it out to remodel and he had some of his employees dragged out and throw it in the dumpster. i’m assuming when they threw it in there it just shattered into pieces because that’s the way I found it.

[@AcornElectron]

What strength! But don’t forget there are many guys like you all over the world!

[@KyleAdams-lx6tq]

You've got a lot to learn, before you beat me. Try again kiddo!

[@meganinten0078]

You've outlasted the best. You are now the strongest Street Fighter in the world!

[@imniceboyever]

AVGN: wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah!

[@captainblood9616]

Or the audio... "mmmm mmmm mmmmmm mmmmmm mmmm mm!"

[@Amesang]

I've always loved how one of Sagat's K.O. quotes in _CvS2_ references this.

[@F34RZ3N]

Tyson should beat Paul's pre-teen ass dressed as Balrog in their upcoming fight.

[@miasuke]

It was said Joe was considered to be in Alpha 3 as a convict fugitive, but that idea was transfered to Cody. One aspect of Joe's moveset is present in Cody's, where Joe's sobat kick ("Power") became one of Cody's command attacks. The convict fugitive idea is present in SF5's Shadaloo's database, where Joe uses the professional name "Super Star" to avoid be recognized. Interesting, Alpha 3 was the first game of the Alpha series to drop a SF1 character to return with a Final Fight character to "counter-balance", havind just a new Final Fight char and no new SF1 char (A1 have Adon&Birdie w/ Guy&Sodom, and A2 have Gen w/ Rolento. Also interesting, but off-topic, Cody have two additional command moves in Alpha 3 Upper exclusive for SFA Anthology (for PS2): Jaw Breaker and Wall Crusher. Finally, Eagle was turned "ghey" also as a Freddy Mercury homage. And I respect it 100%, because it's a homage to a great professional, not a forced thing. BTW, Eagle is my main in CvS2. 😘

[@videostash413]

4:54 minutes in before he stops repeating himself and gets to the actual point

[@AnAdorableWombat1]

I literally said the same thing and had to fast-forward

[@Nokaret]

GET ON WITH IT! 😆

[@YearsOVDecay1]

Thank you

[@Slayerthecrow]

If Capcom ever decides to Retcom Geki and Mike as Vega and Balrog under a fake name and disguise to scout for new members to recruit into Shadaloo, I would buy it.

[@lilshokan]

Would make sense how Sagat ended up joining

[@redeyez_entertainment]

I thought Geki was Zebu according to SFV lol

[@LunaticReason]

@@redeyez_entertainment Nah Zebu is Bushiryu so likely a rival to the Geki clan.

[@LunaticReason]

My personal headcanon has Vega as someone connected to the Geki clan somehow.

[@mattm7798]

Mike I've always considered to just be boxer(M Bison/Barlog). Vega and Geki is more of a stretch considering other than the claw, they are almost nothing alike. If you look at the ninjas in the SF series, none of them look like pop culture ninjas, which I think is intentional. Maybe they're like "every other ninja depiction is kind of the same, our ninjas will look nothing like pop culture ninjas". That said, I LOVE pop culture ninjas like Hanzo from Samurai Showdown and Ryu Hayabusa so a Geki return would be awesome for me!!!

[@mattalan6618]

there's enough lost or forgotten SF characters out there to make up a fighting roster based on them alone

[@JihadBunnydick]

SF EX series

[@BeingADik_Jacob]

We need a SF1 remake A prequel game focusing on a young Gouken and Gouki And of course a rival schools 3

[@helpkirbyhasagun_2047]

Or put young Gouki and Gouken PLUS Goutetsu in an SF1 remake

[@BeingADik_Jacob]

@@helpkirbyhasagun_2047 Gouken Gouki Gou Hibiki Gotetsu Ken's Father

[@StreetsofATL_19]

They can just do a Street Fighter I remake and Tekken 0 for the Switch.

[@npsavat6799]

we need Skullomania in SF6. its current roster is quite Lackluster..

[@BeingADik_Jacob]

@@npsavat6799 If Arika allows it

[@AzureKnightmare32]

In regards to Joe from SF I, you completely missed the real American karate/kickboxing champion he's CLEARLY a reference to - namely Joe Lewis. No, not the Brown Bomber. The other Joe Lewis was a karate and kickboxing powerhouse known for his murderous right side kick. Look him up, he's 100% worth the time to learn about.

[@LunaticReason]

Actually he is more inspired by Benny the Jet Urquidez as his moves resembles Bennys moves particularly his signature spinning back kick

[@AzureKnightmare32]

@@LunaticReason I disagree. I know the video mentions Urquidez, and I know very well who Benny The Jet is. Lewis had similar moves in his arsenal. Yes, he was best known for his power right side kick, but he also used the spinning back and spinning side kick. Look at the game character and look at video of Joe Lewis fighting and training. It's as obvious as Balrog (US version) and Mike Tyson. Perhaps Capcom looked at multiple kickboxers for inspiration, and to be fair, Urquidez was more current at the time the game was made, but Lewis was still famous and well known to martial arts fans at the time, too. I just think the connection is obvious and more likely than Urquidez.

[@AzureKnightmare32]

@@nowhere529 totally agree Benny deserves his own character. If you're a fan, I of course recommend you watch Meals on Wheels for his legendary battle with Jackie Chan!

[@bigbossultimate]

We can agree that atleast VISUALLY he is inspired by Joe Lewis.

[@KingJin726]

I came here to say the same thing about Joe Lewis. It's not farfetched to think Joe was based on Joe Lewis, considering Sagat was also based on the greatest Muay Thai fighter in history of the same name. I doubt Joe was based much on Benny Uriquidez. 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@josephespitia5084]

I always thought it was Joe and Mike fighting in the intro of street fighter 2

[@PANTYEATR1]

Excellent video Top Hat. I remember being in elementary school when SF1 came out. I couldn't play it to save my life. I watched older guys play it and remember the first time we all saw the fireball come out from pressing all the buttons😄 nobody know how the fireball came out, but everybody was like "OOOOOooooo"!

[@redeyez_entertainment]

Eagle's construction company gets a shout out in SF6 lol

[@misanthrope22]

I would love to see Capcom “collect” all of these Alpha variant sprites, create the last few, & make a “high-definition” Street Fighter 1

[@mattm7798]

They really should. But then again, waiting for Capcom to do what I want with SF almost never happens. Case in point, the rainbow color explosion that is SF6's general art style and GFX.

[@diegorivas1991]

To me the 7th generation console was the time after the Super SFII Turbo HD Remix while some major figjting games such as Guilty Gear and King of Fighters were still making 2D games with HD sprites. Sadly the concept was abandoned be Capcom despite recycling the 2008 Udon's sprites for Ultra SF II.

[@AlphaProto]

Thank you Tophat for including the Udon comics lore. While they take place in a diffrent continuity the events help flesh out the character backstories.

[@Metallic-Sun]

I didn't know Birdie was supposed to be black in SF Alpha. I thought he just got a tan.

[@TexasHollowEarth]

.... Turkish U.K. migrant agenda 🤔

[@mettacitta2000]

Yeah yeah, very funny 😂

[@81carlos]

Capcom was race and gender swapping characters before if became popular. Now, it seems like every Marvel and DC character is gender or race swapped. Ahead of their time?

[@gregmilne4378]

And a bee stung him in the lips!

[@mattm7798]

Haha same. At the time(10 years old), I didn't know there was a significant amount of British people with darker skin.

[@enorb_art8211]

So lee is most likely Jamie's dad if yun and yang are his cousins

[@meganinten0078]

There is something charming about Ryu's design in SF1 Red head Ryu is cool. He looks fit but not hyper muscular like in later games. Like Goku in the 23rd Tenkaichi Budoukai Arc (Piccolo Jr. Saga)

[@davidsentanu7836]

His papal shoes were weird tho. I mean, even Ken, a mere palette swap, doesn't wear shoes. Why would a karateka wear shoes while fighting anyway?

[@JohnnyFiction]

Pretty sure Gen is spelled with a hard G, not Jen.

[@kingcutty]

*pronounced

[@stariswartorn]

Nobody cares

[@JohnnyFiction]

@@stariswartorn about your sad life. True.

[@Superfantastictop10]

Soft G Hard G...golf, guess, game Soft G...gel, gym, gist

[@andrewparke1764]

That's true, the kanji is 元.

[@mkfreak89]

They should definitely bring that Ninja GEKI back, Street Fighter misses a proper Ninja that most Fighting Games have. He would make a good addition to the Roster, his Outfit looks Cool too.

[@Flashshadow]

15:00 In Eagle’s defense, it seems like Morrigan’s charms don’t work on several characters. 😅 How many times have we seen a win quote against Morrigan that involved a character either ignoring her advances or outright rejecting her? 🤔

[@lordvlygar2963]

Joe, he got an official art card during promotion for Street Fighter 5, I think. He is also a suspected cameo in Final Fight Streetwise, which I do think Tophat has mentioned. He was a very basic character in the first game, yet I look forward to seeing him in more games. There is a lot that can be given to him in stories, moves, and design. I guess I just like seeing an actual street fighter in the franchise and not just action movie heroes.

[@deeznutsandbolts9676]

You're referring to the character named "Ghost" I believe, who you'd fight in Little Italy. Could very well be the intended cameo of Joe, like they featured Cammy as an opponent too.

[@beece16]

I remember the arcade at our mall had SF1,the version with the giant buttons. Miss old school arcades.

[@StreetsofATL_19]

Canonically, Street Fighter II is the sequel to Street Fighter but spiritually, Street Fighter II is the sequel to Final Fight AKA Street Fighter ‘89!

[@Kain5th]

Not sure i get that

[@zkosmith1662]

@@Kain5th SFll IS the sequel to SFl but earlier in the game’s development, Capcom were going to name it Final Fight ll but they never did because it had no real connection to the main characters of the og Final Fight but in later games they confirmed both games to be canon in the same timeline so hope this helps clear up some stuff.

[@LSSJTHOR]

​@@zkosmith1662🤷🏻‍♂️

[@StreetsofATL_19]

@@Kain5th Final Fight was originally going to be the sequel to Street Fighter. The original name for Final Fight was Street Fighter ‘89. All the way to its release in testing sites. Believe it or not the only reason the name didn’t stick is because arcade owners and goers said that the game was too much unlike the original Street Fighter game so Capcom gave it a new name, Final Fight. In the story, Mike Haggar is described as a former Street Fighter, not wrestler. The story (at least the arcade) took place in 1989.

[@StreetsofATL_19]

@@LSSJTHOR Final Fight was originally going to be the sequel to Street Fighter. The original name for Final Fight was Street Fighter ‘89. All the way to its release in testing sites. Believe it or not the only reason the name didn’t stick is because arcade owners and goers said that the game was too much unlike the original Street Fighter game so Capcom gave it a new name, Final Fight. In the story, Mike Haggar is described as a former Street Fighter, not wrestler. The story (at least the arcade) took place in 1989.

[@meganinten0078]

While the OST of Street Fighter 1 is decent (there are some hidden gems), the AST (Arranged Soundtrack) from the console port (PC Engine) is amazing!! I highly recommend listen Birdie, Joe, Eagle, Mike, Lee's themes in the AST Also the remixes of SF1 tracks in SFV are very well done! 🎵

[@Jygga]

Awesome clip. My avatar in sf6 is modeled after Joe. I also previously had Mike and a Geki outfit. So far no one has commented on it when I visit the lobbies.

[@DarthEnderX]

Fun Fact: Joe was originally going to be in Alpha 3, redesigned as an escaped prisoner. But during development, they decided to make it Cody instead. Which, annoyingly, saddled Cody with his awful prisoner gimmick for many years.

[@tooleybates662]

Prisoner Cody was 🔥 , I hate Mayor Cody!

[@wijsis013]

You forgot to mention that Joe was also seen in the non canon Final Fight Streetwise pitfights

[@deeznutsandbolts9676]

He was named "Ghost" in that game, but definitely looked the part.

[@jacobturner8814]

Very true

[@theomgboss]

I think they should eventually put all the characters of SF1 as playable characters in future Street Fighter Games. Seeing Joe or Lee in a game would be awesome!

[@shaneannigans]

I remember Eagle appearing in a Gameboy Advanced port of one of the Alpha games and he was a tonne of fun!! I knew he was gay, but never knew about the Freddie Mercury inspiration Underrated character that I hope sees more exposure. Any other Eagle fans out there?

[@SupaKMW]

Terry in SNK is just Joe reimagined. Terry's full name is Terry Joseph Bogard. The dev that made Terry used to be a dev, part of the OG street fighter. That dev wanted Joe to be the main character and rhat was did not happen. So when he became a part of SNK he remade Joe as Terry.

[@lordvlygar2963]

Eagle. I don't think he was a bouncer. As I recall, Eagle was the head Butler of the castle in his stage. Maybe he was retconned.

[@anthonybird546]

I'm surprised they didn't tie him in with Dudley

[@MohamedAkhbar]

I think Joe was featured in Street Fighter2 opening when he punched the guy he fought and the camera then pan upwards to the building.

[@kirbygivens8223]

Those are Scott and Max. They've never been playable but they show up in the background of a SF5 stage.

[@christianvazquez1835]

Eagle is so cool in alpha, hopefully someday he will come back in a title.

[@hitmanmonaghan6633]

All these years, I thought it was Cody that punched the wall with the street fighter jacket.

[@kevingaje4654]

Then who punched it then 15:54

[@davidsentanu7836]

​@@kevingaje4654It was Joe.

[@F1ghtGam3r]

Geki fights Vega in Vega's SF5 ending

[@legtendgav556]

I never knew that, ty for saying

[@meganinten0078]

That is his disciple, Geki II, who is fighting Vega. The original Geki died.

[@F1ghtGam3r]

@@meganinten0078 I'm curious where u heard that from 🤔

[@meganinten0078]

@@F1ghtGam3r In the official SFV site. Capcom made artworks for all Street Fighter characters who have appeared (Even the OCs from Street Fighter The Movie The Game and the EX series)

[@81carlos]

@@F1ghtGam3r It might be in Gen's ending in SF 4. Gen destroys Geki 1. You should be able to find it online.

[@KalHimself]

Man, i really do appreciate your love amd knowledge on fighters and beat em ups. You never fail to impress!

[@Baphomets_Kid]

I figure if Capcom decides to create a few new characters for SFVII (or even better, a much needed Street Fighter Beta/Bravo between 2 and 3), they might as well be Mike, Joe or Lee.

[@kingmalik5980]

Why does the thumbnail remind me of JONATHAN MAJORS 🤔

[@OppaiMissile]

Gen's name is pronounced with a hard g sound, like the word "game".

[@matthewmagda4971]

I would legit buy an Ultra version of Street Fighter I.

[@jsttv]

In 2002 I bought a Turbo Duo only for Fighting Street ( Street Fighter 1).

[@Frank_Costanzas_Lawyer]

I doubt making Birdie black had anything to do with DEI; if your game's entire premise is travelling the world to beat people up, limiting your roster to a small handful of races would be boring.

[@carlocampbell2195]

I appreciate you playing music from their levels in the background!

[@HenryThompsonII]

This was a great video! I enjoyed your breakdown of each character and how they fit in the overall Street Fighter universe.

[@enorb_art8211]

The entire roster should be playable always

[@walterlucero5757]

At one time, I wanted to make a MUGEN game with every Street Fighter character. Then I realized trying to make a MUGEN game is very difficult. Just collecting the sprites from SFA3 was sooo time consuming!

[@enorb_art8211]

@@walterlucero5757 big facts

[@robertkottwitz7210]

Joe to me looks like a character named Joe from a 80s ninja franchise called American Ninja. There are are a bunch of films that franchise. They were made by Cannon films.

[@stephencunningham9320]

Michael Dudekov, and those movies are trash lol

[@davidsentanu7836]

​@@stephencunningham9320Hey! Those were MY childhood!!

[@stephencunningham9320]

@@davidsentanu7836 mine too but you gotta admit the action is almost slow motion in the fight scenes

[@tigermugen3597]

Joe DID appear in Final Fight Streetwise. But I guess that game is not cannon. 🤔

[@mattm7798]

Great video. I love ninjas so it is criminal the ninjas in SF are so non-ninja looking(at least pop culture ninja looking). Geki would be a great character(s) to bring back as a counterpoint to Vega...but no, we have to get beyond terrible characters like Rufus because reasons.

[@justinrieger3133]

You forgot about Joe being in the opening credits of sf2. He's the one punching the other guy before it pans up the building to show the logo

[@jayro792]

Thats not him. Those characters can be found in SF6 tour mode

[@chrizzty55]

​@@jayro792really? Where? I must find them

[@SAWTHISRIGHT]

You're right that was basically Joe and Mike from SF1 they just decided to make them switch outfits and took away Mike's gloves.

[@dimebag505]

Strange how Geki didn't make more appearances

[@mattm7798]

Agreed. Great design. Maybe Capcom didn't want a pop culture looking ninja after Mortal Kombat came out????

[@dimebag505]

@@mattm7798 yeah definitely and they put some of his design in Vega and Guy

[@dws84]

Keep in mind that according to SF lore, Alpha 2 is a retcon of Alpha 1. Alpha 1 shouldn't be considered canon.

[@KenMasters.]

That’s because Capcom messed Alpha 1's plot up. The moment when Ryu scars Sagat and turns evil for the first time, should’ve taken place in Ryu's SFA1 ending.

[@Maikeru-os4ti]

Eagle is the most interesting Street Fighter from SF1 despite his obscurity in the SF roster even though he was an expanded fighter in SFA3 Max it was said that that his Martial Art was Bojutsu not Bartitsu which might’ve been a typo in Alpha 3 Max little known fact his character design was said to be based off the villain Petrov from the Bruce Lee film Fists of Fury

[@barrysmith4610]

Pretty legit opportunity. Missed opportunity to not have the real obsure SF1 characters like Geki show up in the SF6 World Tour mode as mini bosses. I hope that is fixed though in SF6 season 2 and beyond

[@DZA3051]

I always wanted Geki back

[@HOODKINGSofficial]

I remember playing the original at a friend's from school, his brother had it, I had already played Street fighter 2 which just dropped at time but was still interested to see the original as I was blown away by Street fighter 2

[@jacksmith4460]

Unpopular opinion Capcom vs SNK 2 was the best game the Street Fighter 2 characters were ever in, probably the greatest beat em up ever made (unlike SNK vs Capcom which were terrible)

[@mattm7798]

Did capcom make one and snk make the other? One was very similar to the king of fighters and the other somewhat close to marvel vs capcom?

[@Jabroniville]

@@mattm7798 SNK vs. Capcom was made by SNK.

[@SAWTHISRIGHT]

SvC chaos is probably one of the most broken games out here

[@AnAdorableWombat1]

I'm an OG SF fan and SF gamer. But for the life of me, I…can someone tell me why they named that man Sodom??

[@hollaluyah]

Excellent video as usual, you put forth a lot of effort and expertise. Great job from USA

[@Anomaly188]

Joe was supposed to appear in Alpha 3 but the idea got changed mid-development. It's why we got jailbird Cody since that was the original idea for Joe.

[@Kain5th]

Got a link to where that was stated?

[@frankbauerful]

The need to bring back Eagle.

[@shaneannigans]

100%

[@davidsentanu7836]

Noooo... not another blond guy character!!

[@benjaminbernal4729]

I wish they bring them all back

[@NYKgjl10]

I always kind of wonder for many years now that Retsu kind of reminds me that its possible he's a Shorinji Kempo practitioner in terms of his posture and hand positioning.

[@ElCaballoTV]

Dude, your channel is so awesome that I pause a video and "pre-like" it before I've even watched it (because I know it's going to be awesome because you are awesome). Appreciate you bro, you are a legend. 👍

[@malcolmpuhawan3695]

Skip to 4:57 for the actual characters 😒

[@brettwood1351]

Right time for Joe to make a return, having trained like crazy and be the boss of Street Fighter 7. It'll be a huge surprise.

[@denizplays1307]

Omg I wish Eagle to come back so fricking bad, hes an interesting character, he might even get with Dudley along etc. :)

[@AshRiot81]

Fffffff I never noticed the Freddie Mercury as eagle thing before how did i miss that???

[@erycalexander7315]

5:08 they turned birdie black because they wanted that behavior associated with Native and African Americans who also often rocked Mohawks and had brown skin 😮

[@SharifSourour]

In the case of Dragon Ball I actually prefer the original even if more obscure.

[@suryans5851]

Eagle's character design was pretty much copied from the bad guy in the Bruce Lee movie, Fist Of Fury.

[@DarthEnderX]

I refuse to entertain the notion that Mike, the African-American boxer who was banned for excessive violence, and Mike Bison, the African-American boxer who was banned for excessive violence, are two separate characters.

[@HyperXero52]

Also the only thing that “proves” him and Balrog are different characters is a dream. I believe they were always supposed to be the same character but Capcom retconned it for some reason

[@watdaphuq]

lol yeah obviously Mike = Mike Bison, but Capcom doesn't want to be sued, hence retconning the SF2 same character as a different one and the name switches.

[@odakidakida9193]

Mike was not a boxer at first... He's a bare-knuckle underground pugilist till he got sent to prison where he's taught pro boxing by a fellow prisoner and gets released later Also one big difference between Mike and Bison is preference on wearing boxing gloves

[@bogusmcbogus2637]

at the very least, we can say they were both inspired by Iron Mike and so *should* be the same character.

[@EriknocTDW]

I don't think Eagle was gay. I think he's just there for business only, and as a fighter, you can't allow yourself to fall for female opponents because it could cause you to lose focus of the fight and not to keep your guard up as much as you should and you might not fight as hard as you would have otherwise. We already know that Morrigan uses her charm on men for that specific reason. So why put yourself at that disadvantage? Just stick to business, get the job done, and leave. Now if he was actually hitting on some of the guys, I might be more inclined to believe he was gay. But until that happens, he's straight in my book.

[@mappybc6097]

Nah, fam. Nishiyama is on record saying his design was inspired by Freddie Mercury. Back then no one lived eternally offended. That's also why no one complained about the other English rep being a literal hooligan.

[@EriknocTDW]

@@mappybc6097 Oh, I see. I looked up Freddy Mercury and apparently he was bi. Maybe only Eagle's image was modeled after Freddy's and not his lifestyle? After all, Eagle doesn't act all flamboyant like his real life counterpart.

[@mappybc6097]

@@EriknocTDW Go look up his Alpha 3 japanese win quotes. If there was any agenda, it was on Capcom's USA part who replaced them all with generic fighting game lines.

[@S.C.-wo8hq]

Naw, Eagle loves the dinklage.

[@RichardHannay]

Eagle needs to come back. He has one of the more unique fighting style in the series.

[@mariop8852]

Mike from SF1 does actually make an appearance in SF2. In the intro cut scene where there's two people fighting and the camera pans up the building behind them to reveal title. Mike is the guy getting knocked out before camera pans up.

[@LaneKeys]

Joe had the funniest voices in SF1. "Powa!" That spinkick, which he does a bunch. And, "Okay babyyy," when he wins.

[@deadlyraver4454]

Damn. Even I had completely forgotten about Lee.

[@shikarbabulall3897]

Good stuff I enjoyed this 1 😉, I never ever came across a Street fighter 1 arcade machine until almost 2 years later in the early 90's , I was looking for a Street fighter 2 machine as that was the craze at the time , I found the original street fighter while doing so just 1 time , I Guess no 1 really cared about a Street Fighter 1 as 2 only was on everyone's minds because of the phenomenonal impact it made but I often wondered about what happened to these characters after until now , this is the 1st time a KZbin channel has discussed the topic , further more I think you can still use these Street fighter 1 forgotten characters in modern street fighter games I mean Chun Li never sent projectiles until Hyper fighting and Dhalsim started teleporting , Zangief , Blanka , E Honda , all got new moves added.

[@imthemranderson]

Eagle looks like he's more influenced by Escrima than Bartitsu.

[@benitofranklyn4237]

Mike is still kind of in it, since Balrog was originally called M.Bison, until Mike Tyson threatened to sue. So Balrog is basically Mike, he just got a haircut and was forced to change his name due to legal reasons.

[@chrisbriault7234]

Im surprised capcom hasnt remade SF 1, and charge 80$, plus micro transactions.

[@sadetwizelve]

Joe became Paul Phoenix

[@Lupo32]

More likely geese howard As one of the orignal creators of street fighter 1 left capcom for snk

[@gustyko8668]

​@@Lupo32 wow, you are right!! 😦

[@davidsentanu7836]

I'd bet that Joe became Cody because Final Fight was supoosed to be the sequel of Street Fighter 1.

[@LahmiB]

Joe was inspired by the American martial artist Joe Lewis.

[@AFruitfulBough]

It's speculated the Geki was Vega's master.It's also speculated that Retsu is the old man in the movie Street Fighter ALpHA Generations.

[@BATCHARRO]

Didn't the creator of Street Fighter The First and also Fatal Fury say the character on the title was supposed to be a proto Terry Bogard? Or am I misremembering? If true I think it'd be sick to bring him back as a Terry Bogard reference. Call him like Jerry Hogarth.

[@paulsmith9192]

I thought was fighters who never appeared in the series. Like scrapped

[@artdjesus6267]

*Congrats to Punk in advance for getting 9th place in EWC (and 2nd place if he makes it to top)*

[@T.Driglok]

Does Joe punch Mike in the first few seconds of the SF2 intro?

[@DetroitMuscle]

I enjoyed this video very much. thanks!

[@RonnieMyers777]

All these characters from SF 1-5 and SF 6 roster is so barren. Dope video though! 🔥

[@Fenrisson]

I was hooked by SNK games precisely due to how they mixed the story and characters' personalities way back in the 90ies.

[@eddievelez4723]

I always thought that the street fighter II intro was Joe punching the shit out of Mike but the guy in the intro has slightly different hair than the guy in the attraction scene lol

[@AmazingSpider-Man]

Mike and Joe are the very definition of "generic street fighter", who could possibly want them back?, specially when we have Balrog and Cody, who are much better versions of them?.

[@Hedron-Design]

Holy cow. I remember playing karate champ and it never even DAWNED on me that Ken and Ryu were "inspired" by that game. The red and white should have given it away. I wonder if that is actually verifyable. The modern street fighter games should re introduce the lost original charactrs but update for today of course. It would be awesome to have them all enter the game saying "Remember us!?" lol

[@sageinfinitenj2791]

What an awesome video 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@jaysons8050]

Joe was based on Joe Lewis the kickboxer from the 70s and early 80s. Look him up. He even has the exact red pants as the SF1 Joe. Eagle seems to be inspired by Robert Baker who dresses exactly like Eagle in Fist of Fury and fights Bruce Lee

[@markula_4040]

I never heard anyone pronounce Gen as Jen.

[@Derekloffin]

Justice for Joe! We need him back! :P

[@kirbygivens8223]

Joe actually did get an appearance in another Capcom game. He was a boss of an optional underground arena fight in Final Fight: Streetwise.