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@Godzilla19823 ай бұрын
Unless you play video games on an actual game system.
@jonathansmith5463 ай бұрын
He's not sucking their blood, he's biting them.🤪
@HJules-cw6fb2 ай бұрын
Lol
@Gui.Vieira_3 ай бұрын
We Brazilians don't care if Blanka is a poor representarion of Brazil, we still love him. 😁
@belizetourism12183 ай бұрын
That's why he's not a poor representation
@rojaws11833 ай бұрын
He is charming, funny and badass. Hardly a bad representation.
@broznar10193 ай бұрын
And I thought all Brazilians could electrocute on command
@AntiWhiteOut3 ай бұрын
In the show he's American but has his racial roots in Brazil and when he became Blanka he wanted to stay in Brazil because he wasn't treated like a freak and he still got beautiful women.
@JAGUARHX3 ай бұрын
@@AntiWhiteOut Blanka\Jimmy (nickname to ''Jaime'' or ''James'') is brazillian ever. Your father is a USA born. Not Blanka.
@BenDaresAll3 ай бұрын
Blanka was always friendly to me, just because of his original ending with his mom.
@emperortrevornorton31193 ай бұрын
Dude is like a lovable Frankenstein instead of a monster ending just because I call him a beast doesn't mean he doesn't care or have love in his heart it just means he is more animalistic than human
@Forrealsyall3 ай бұрын
This view only makes sense to me if you're someone who played Street Fighter II but never saw his ending, came back to the series years later and realized he was never meant to be some kinda untamed animal or threat. His debut game, Street Fighter II, shows this in the ending. That's kinda the point of his story in the game. He looks like a mean monster, then you beat his arcade mode and you realize he's just a goofy sweet guy who cares about his mom. It's fine if you're not a fan of that, but this was always what the character was from his debut onwards. The ''terrifying aura'' was only meant to show that, while he looked scary, he really was a nice guy.
@andyquinn39963 ай бұрын
Exactly, i would understand his disappointment if they would have turned him into a goofy good boy in the latest games, but he was always intended like that, as you stated, he might look like a monster, but he is actually a good boy.
@blacksmoke62923 ай бұрын
Have the same opinion. Blanka was never meant to be taken seriously.
@iaincowell97473 ай бұрын
This ^ Top hat here completely misses the point of Blanka
@AarayKyramud3 ай бұрын
You all apparently didn't watch the whole video. 7:24
@kirbyjoe74842 ай бұрын
This. He has always been a misunderstood monster.
@kratoscraken56143 ай бұрын
Blanka never fell!....💪STREET FIGHTER 4LYF!!!💪
@LuciferHunter-kt7pm3 ай бұрын
I would agree with you except my SF game is whatever game The Mika is in. I know she debuted in 3A but SFV has the best version of “The Mika”! SFV 4LYF
@kratoscraken56143 ай бұрын
@@LuciferHunter-kt7pm yea she's hot 💪🍑💪
@meezksosa79943 ай бұрын
Agreed
@dubfitness595Ай бұрын
Didn't Blanka win EVO in 2023?
@DetroitAlan013 ай бұрын
Fr the moment I first saw Blanka, way back in 1991, always thought of him as the videogame version of that creature, from Big Trouble in Little China, that was stalking Jack Burton.
@d-ric3 ай бұрын
lol thats a great take
@GamerPSNАй бұрын
Great movie cheesy but great
@IdentityCrisis15813 ай бұрын
I specifically remember that the american instruction manual for SF2 said that Blanka learned his electrical attack from electric eels. And in the context it didn't seem like they were saying he watched the eels and figured out how they did it. No it seemed to be saying that he could talk to electric eels and befriended them so they "taught" him how to make electricity with his body. Like that's some sort of Ki skill rather than a biological adaptation. Yes I was laughing my butt off at that and that is why I remember it. Also for the record. Blanka was then and still is my favorite character because he's not just another generic martial artists type character. He was interesting.
@mastershakezu1a3 ай бұрын
Naw he ate the eels
@gnawtsatyr88653 ай бұрын
CvS2 Blanka Roar FTW. My goat in any sf game.
@marksamson41733 ай бұрын
@@mastershakezu1a It specifically says in SF6 that he just stepped on an eel one day and just "got" the power of electricity from it. No idea where the idea that he ate eels came from. Though eels are delicious. Well, I dunno about electric eels
@AntiWhiteOut3 ай бұрын
And he was the best capoeira fighter, because they were scared to touch him.
@partofthetribe3277Ай бұрын
@@gnawtsatyr8865you'll have to translate what you said I didn't get any of that
@michaelreich48273 ай бұрын
I always found Blanka to be much harder than everyone else when you faced them later in the game. I wanted to get him early.
@ArkVogel3 ай бұрын
Carlos Blanka is the first of many, who will march out of Bison’s laboratory, and sweep away EVERY ADVERSARY, EVERY CREED, EVERY NATION, until the very PLANET is in the loving GRIP of the Pax Bisonica. And then peace shall reign in the world, and all humanity shall bow to him in humble gratitude.
@Edison-g5o2 ай бұрын
For you it was a day you’ll never forget, for me it was Tuesday… or something like that
@jmk0512Ай бұрын
That was beautiful.😢
@ArkVogelАй бұрын
@@jmk0512 Deejay: 🤨
@jmk0512Ай бұрын
@ArkVogel Jamaica, here I come.
@christian-akuma-roxasАй бұрын
i remember that there are fighting stage on marvel vs street fighter where you can see blanka sitting but when you choose shadow character which is charlie/nash obviously the sitting blanka will disappear.sorry for my bad english.
@Chrish1981Ай бұрын
I'm 43 and have been and still play street fighter 2, I can't imagine how much time I've put into that and the hours standing arcades, one of my favorite games of all time. Great vid!
@jermaineslaughter26413 ай бұрын
Two of my favorite characters Blanka & Vega
@hi-tych3 ай бұрын
Vega is the truth.
@ninjax19833 ай бұрын
Handsome fighters never lose battles. Vega the claw.
@vividleo3 ай бұрын
DAN SAKURA AND BLANKA FAV CHARACTERS BLANKA BY HIMSELF SUCH POTENTIAL TO BE A PROTAGONIST IN A SF MOVIE AT LEAST I THINK SO
@F1ghtGam3r3 ай бұрын
Another origin for Blanka had something to do w/ electric eels
@kirbyjoe74842 ай бұрын
Weird, I thought maybe I had dreamed that up or something. This was one of his origin stories from way back in the 90's I'm guessing?
@frankthesauce3 ай бұрын
When my dad decided he would conveniently be religious again, this was the first, among many, video game cartridges he'd eventually soak in a bucket of water to "rid our house of demons" bcus Blanka resembled a demon. Legit. Fun fact, one of my sisters is named "Blanca", so........yeeeeeaaaaahhhhh.
@frankthesauce3 ай бұрын
Also, to me, it seems like his SF6 character resembles one of my favorite comics--Godfrey.
@surge20463 ай бұрын
Your pops sounds fun /s
@tombrand2363 ай бұрын
Blanka was the coolest in SF2! Thanks for making this video as a 39 year old huge fan of SF2
@beece163 ай бұрын
"Brother,eeew"! That clip cracked me up.
@Bl00dywulf3 ай бұрын
Fun fact! Blanka name in Spanish and Portuguese means white when spelt "blanca" But according to some the Creator didn't know and it was actually a funny coincidence
@TelmoAmaro3 ай бұрын
I can guarantee as a Portuguese, white is "branco", not blanca.
@Bl00dywulf3 ай бұрын
@@TelmoAmaro Yes, I am aware a cognant Word because Spanish and Portuguese are similar. My grandparents are from Galicia where their Spanish sounds like Portuguese. But thank you for the correction. I just find it to be a funny coincidence how he's named white but not green
@tsntana2 ай бұрын
I always thought that they spelled Blanka with a K because Blanca is a female name.
@DejawolfsАй бұрын
indeed. specifically female white.
@unintelligentdesign26442 ай бұрын
I SWEAR I remember something about him learning his electricity from electric eels. I dont know from where or why, but I remember seeing it in some game or something and it stuck with me because of how absolutely strange it was.
@YeldellGW3 ай бұрын
I swear it’s like Capcom goes with whatever nonsense they pull out their ass.
@flaviamartinez32923 ай бұрын
Who else jas Blanka as his main?
@JayWhite845Ай бұрын
Blanka was my favorite character in Street fighter 2
@RichLuciano12 ай бұрын
For many of us the SFII coin-op was the first time we saw a one-on-one fighting game when almost everything esle was a side scrolling beat'em up. Blanka was the coolest looking when everyone was a character we've never seen before! The internet was relatively unknown and video game mags had not published game guides for SFII yet for most of us back then. Therefore, Blanka had the only special move we could pull off. His was the first special we learnt to execute followed my Chun-Li and Honda in that order.
@captchaossega3 ай бұрын
Blanka is the G.O.A.T. for me
@johnwerner693 ай бұрын
Why would Blanka wear a costume that just looks like himself? Also he will never recover from being compared to Asmongold
@kadashiuzubara22263 ай бұрын
The best depiction for blanka in my opinion was his close up character select picture from Super Street Fighter 2. There he looks cool..
@ThePrincessSabrina2 ай бұрын
I will never forget how awestruck I was when I discovered Blanka’s shocking ability. Blanka will always be my favorite fighter!
@gunraptor3 ай бұрын
While i hate his design in SF6, I actually love the reason for him being green. It's so practical and straightforward, and speaks to what he had to do to survive as a feral human in the Amazon following his plane crash. It's so brutal yet without being grotesque or brutish. It also speaks to the character's ingenuity. The question now is why does a normal formerly-feral human have power over electricity? As a side note, i never saw him as a monster. He was a feral human like Tarzan, just from Brazil, and for some reason green and with the capabilities of an electric eel (presumably because both live in the Amazon?). Seeing him as a monster is kind of a weird take, but whatever. The fact that a world famous fighter turns into a huckster for dolls of himself is shockingly on-script, including examples of such as George Foreman (electric grills), Evander Holyfield (edible ears), and Mike Tyson (edible ears). My only question here is why isn't his venture an instant success, given that all of the Street Fighter characters are globally known in one way or another due to their tournament participation.
@SolarDNA3 ай бұрын
When SF2 came out in arcades when I was a kid Blanka was my main.
@SolarDNA3 ай бұрын
I switched to Vega when CE came out. Still always loved my green guy Blanka though.
@Demion833 ай бұрын
@@SolarDNAha yeah me too, blanka was my first main, then later became bison when possible.
@neonixneonix3453 ай бұрын
Yes, when Street Fighter Alpha Series came out, I was confused why it has Blanka and Nash as separate characters... The Street Fighter in the US really messed up the lore of the game that makes it so confusing many times.
@OneKatPowerTrip3 ай бұрын
Top Hat unloaded the clip on Blanka. Thankfully I absorbed all of the hits. Blanka 4 Life!!
@Flynn019793 ай бұрын
I clearly remember the very first time I played Street Fighter 2, it was at a friends birthday party at Chuck E Cheese. I remember seeing this weird looking green monster with red hair on the character select screen. My 11 year old self couldn't help but pick him to play as. It was really cool when I saw my opponent get electrocuted for the first time. Blanka always been a fun character to play as.
@BATCHARRO3 ай бұрын
Omitted from this: The Street Fighter Animated series continued the movie's idea of Charlie being Blanka well into the time of the Alpha Series, and at one point had Blanka temporarily revert into his human form, and it was just Charlie with black hair and a green vest. Funnily enough in a different scene featuring a montage of Alpha characters fighting in a tournament, this version of Charlie would also appear with no explanation why he wasn't being Blanka at the time. I guess they just forgot or didn't care.
@christian-akuma-roxasАй бұрын
there are fighting stage on marvel vs street fighter where you can see blanka sitting but when you choose shadow character which is charlie/nash obviously the sitting blanka will disappear.sorry for my bad english.
@TheBerendirАй бұрын
Don't know if I dreamt it but I'm sure I read somewhere he got his electric attack from eating electric eels in the jungle?
@JohnDoe-pd2lh20 күн бұрын
I can't remember specifics, but I do remember something about eels.
@TheBerendir20 күн бұрын
@JohnDoe-pd2lh At least you have lowered the chance that I dreamt it!
@James-StJames3 ай бұрын
He has been my main since the start, back in 91/92 when I was still at school. My main disinterest with SF3 was because he didn't feature. My stance is, he is his best version ever in SF6, but he looks the best in SF5 - I like the beast in him rather than the ape.
@seshelbow336Ай бұрын
For me it was Guile’s flash kick. I remember it still. Xmas day 1992 at my cousins house. It was the most amazing graphics I’d ever seen. Was a long 2 months til my birthday in February until I could get my own SNES.
@lonreed97432 ай бұрын
I’m a Mortal Kombat guy myself but I did play all the Street Fighters growing up and Blanka stands as one of my favorites.
@ActuallyAFungusАй бұрын
I'm not sure why people would be upset over the character development that you've presented here. I think it's cute and sentimental and fits with the character's original ending. Also holy crap I love Blanka-Chan and want one.
@alifakhrzadeh15442 ай бұрын
My conspiracy theory on the Blanka and mom story was all the stories were apart of Guile’s nightmare in his ending he disclosed to his wife he just woke up from a long nightmare.
@kingpen32543 ай бұрын
Dee Jay had the capeoria style
@Tre_Ason_Number72 ай бұрын
No he didn't
@damienschneider99633 ай бұрын
I'm not convince at all by your analyse. I'm usually OK, but not here. Since SF2, and the touching reunion with his mother how can you concider him like à monster ? I find his evolution pretty coherent and I'm OK with it.
@xblade1493 ай бұрын
Exactly
@chrissteiger41992 ай бұрын
I like how when you beat killer instinct 1 with idol and it's a play on Blanka ending! It's so awesome!😂😂😂
@PercyLeon1Ай бұрын
Yes Blanka gave me nightmares as a kid until I saw the ending.
@mosquitor812 ай бұрын
I always liked that he got a heartwarming ending in the original game and showed a softer side; sort of like the Hulk or Frankenstein's monster he was a gentle giant at heart rather than a savage demon. But the more recent SF games have clearly pushed the goofier side of the character way too far. I think that like with the Hulk, Blanka's softer side can be shown without diminishing his nature as a badass fighter, he should be portrayed as heroic and noble at heart, in contrast to his monstrous appearance, as opposed to being silly and goofy.
@markymarkfive3 ай бұрын
First saw Street Fighter 2 out the front of the corner store at my grandparents. My brother and I played it. I picked Blanka, he picked E Honda. I won then it went to single player campaign and Chun li flogged me haha. Good times.
@billionaireboyscout3 ай бұрын
Now that you said it, his kicks did look capoeira inspired. The movements and everything else are animalistic. I can’t unsee it now
@jadedrakerider3 ай бұрын
Blanka is awesome. I'm glad to hear they love Blanka (which is "white" in Portuguese??? IDK why he is green) in Brazil. He was my favorite as a kid, and I always liked his unusual style, thought it was extremely hard to get a handle on. I never really got good at Street Fighter, but I seeing Blanka included always makes me smile. Edit: Oh hey, Mista Top Hat answered the question. It's the best explanation I have ever heard.
@MattL-dl2su2 ай бұрын
Always my fav first seeing him in SF2 in the arcade game in pizzeria when i was like 3 back in 1992
@ddhdagreatАй бұрын
I’m 50 from US and Blanka is and always was a fire SF character
@TheRogueMonkКүн бұрын
it would have been so AWESOME if blanka did capoera it would have been so appropriate thinking about his long linbs
@Dark0_Cl0udАй бұрын
They still left the shackles on his ankles for reference
@burnsyboy20073 ай бұрын
It really pissed me off that they turned Blanka into a comedy character - he should have been a serious beast-type character not to be messed with 🙄🙈
@PontFlairАй бұрын
16:04 That CLASSIC Blanka is IT. Idk what that other version is.
@blockraven222 ай бұрын
Blanka in Capcom Vs Snk 2 was a beast. Especially parry mode.
@PROPAROXITONOАй бұрын
Jimmy, a typical Brazilian name.... as a Brazilian myself, I can confirm that our diet makes us green and our hair red... but not everyone has fangs, unfortunately. kids without fangs end up being bullied, it's sad.
@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol59143 ай бұрын
look at your thumbnail : everybody knows BLANKS is a Super Sayan 4 Brazilian Hulk! (Brazilian hulk being Paulo "Borrachina" Costa)
@carloslint99143 ай бұрын
Gladly it's Borrachinha, were him John Fitch he'd most likely be named Blanket..
@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol59143 ай бұрын
@@carloslint9914 haahaahaha or my dear GSP Georges "Canadian blanket" st-pierre !
@carloslint99143 ай бұрын
@@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol5914 Yeah, GSP after Serra became really too cautious, he even admitted it himself lol
@FATFORKS3 ай бұрын
I didn't see you do the original jumping heavy kick/medium punch double-headbutt dizzy combo!
@Pazuzu-3 ай бұрын
SF6 art is so abhorrent they managed to make blanka look even worse than in SF2/Alpha 3.
@abe_linc023 ай бұрын
So wat game has the best blanka
@F1ghtGam3r3 ай бұрын
Speaking of Tiger mask, I'd love to see a Tekken lore video on King ❤
@St.petersEyeАй бұрын
I thought that was what capcom thought a brazilian look like?
@ssjrose96413 ай бұрын
😆 🤣 😂 😹 for a second there, I thought that was puri-puri prisoner @ 2:09 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@maximilianderalpheal10922 ай бұрын
I thought blanka was human and subjected to a military experiment and whamm we got him
@PixelsNcreatureS3 ай бұрын
Too many characters now, it's hard for him to stand out 😢
@jangleleg1173 ай бұрын
Japanese: yeah he lived in the jungle and got his powers by being struck down in a plane by lightning. "Oh it's like a Mahvel supa hero origin" Americans: Oh I guess it's like that brazilian fighting style? "Those yanks ah talking out theh awsses!"
@Swordsman-gr9qc2 ай бұрын
I was always either a Ryu or Ken main I learned how to use all the SF2 characters including Blanka, but I thought Blanka was too simple to use. As far as looks goes, I go for Chun Li and Cammy. I prefer is SF 2 look and Alpha 3 look, and somewhat in SF 4 also,
@jonathanjackgoodman2764Ай бұрын
Chun-li, Blanka, Guile, and ken. These are my warriors of legend.
@M2Mil7er3 ай бұрын
This video title gives off the impression that it's a video essay about Blanka, a KZbinr, who's just been caught doing something he shouldn't have. I stopped short of searching for his heartfelt apology video.
@TopHatGamingManChannel3 ай бұрын
Blanka's real name is Jimmy and he is the original Mr.Beast.
@jesseperry96022 ай бұрын
I always felt Blanka should have a King Kong / Hulk vibe. Very dangerous and animalistic, but if you don't attack him you find he's quite gentle and almost childlike underneath his incredible strength. But man....Capcom has really removed his cajones over the years. Less sometimes truly is more.
@BlakeAustin2011Ай бұрын
You underestimate gamers in the 90s. When SF2 released on the SNES, everyone I knew beat it on difficultly 5+ with every character to see the full endings for each. That’s what you did back then: complete games 100%.
@theblackgoatofthewoods2 ай бұрын
To me Blanka will allways be an older version of the Amazon from the nes Pro Wrestling. He was on his way home from that tournament when the plane was struck by lightning and gave him his electrical powers
@datboidrummer293 ай бұрын
Capoera doesnt elena have that
@joeyfarris25433 ай бұрын
And let's not forget Blanka Blanka.....yeeeeeeeeaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!👍👍🎩
@PirataMundoTV3 ай бұрын
22:57 Tiger King is one of two wrestlers that inspired King from Tekken
@shnast-tv22 ай бұрын
Blanka is a hybrid of two old Brazillian Myths. Two Cryptids combined. The Curupira and The Mapinguaris. Both of these legends are types of Brazillian Forest Guardians. Blanka represents these mythologies well. These are old South American and Brazillian Cryptids of their folklore. The inspiration is clear and it is no coincidence he is form Brazil. There is obvious inspiration from King Kong, and Tales of American Yeti / Sasquatch in there as well. But the main inspiration is the creature of myths of Brazil.
@sparking0232 ай бұрын
It's weird to think the creator of the character was worried it might be offensive to us Brazilians. I have never met a single person who didn't hype our boy Blanka. He's a light hearted character, pretty goofy at times, and stands out in the crowd so he's as Brazilian as it gets. We don't get a lot of references in videogames, *compared to other countries,* but I'm fine with all the ones we get because they're almost surefire to be iconic. Jetstream Sam and Eddy Gordo are other great examples.
@extremepop3243 ай бұрын
There was a girl in my school that looked like Blanka. One time a boy even called her Blanka and everyone laughed 😂
@petehobson1054Ай бұрын
I never felt that Blanka became side lined as comic relief but the character was always misunderstood and a kind person who was sterotyped as a savage. Kind of like Tarzan...... via The Hulk!
@lizard52362 ай бұрын
I loved all the champions in the original arcade version. I would skip lunch at school to save my $1.50 and spend it playing 6 games of Street Fighter 2. I do want to say I loved Blanka but omg if you hit him out of his roll the damage he took was insane. I think if Bison hit his roll with a psycho crusher it would outright kill Blanka even at full life lol. Good times.
@jererants95133 ай бұрын
Blanka’s always been goofy as hell to me, so them leaning into that doesn’t bother me at all. And the hell you mean his grab attack is “vampiric”? He’s biting them like an animal, a move that leans into his appearance and plane-crash back story. Blanka will always be a favourite of mine and was a perfect beginner’s character in SF2 due to his easy to pull off move set and the reach of some of his attacks.
@zabdierrivera8830Ай бұрын
In ST 1 and 2 Blanka look like a real mad beast I like it
@emperortrevornorton31193 ай бұрын
My favorite beast fighter in fighting games from one of my favorite places of actual fighters like the Gracie family
@Tyranix9725 күн бұрын
I always thought Blanka came from Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (1992) where there is a mutant that goes by the name of 'Bludge' whose appearance is very similar to Blanka.
@Sayzee_YFRWN3 ай бұрын
Me and blanka have the same bday.
@markadams93353 ай бұрын
Jimmy the ORIGINAL Mr Beast lmao that was fantastic 🏆
@F1ghtGam3r3 ай бұрын
Blanka would go crazy in the Marvel universe, attacking ALL masked heroes & villains 🤣
@chickenwitrice7613 ай бұрын
We got marvel vs street fighter already
@F1ghtGam3r3 ай бұрын
@@chickenwitrice761 but no Marvel vs Capcom the movie
@jblue88hoodgamer543 ай бұрын
I want to see Both Blanka and Incredible Hulk go at it because they are both Green Monster Men.
@chickenwitrice7613 ай бұрын
@@jblue88hoodgamer54 hulk is to big for blanka and he would win no doubt
@Kenvitos2 ай бұрын
Blanka was a science experiment
@RedNinjaVАй бұрын
Charlie!
@IsiahTomas3 ай бұрын
Concept artist: "So what if I did both Hulk and Red Hulk, yet neither, and make him about 15% taller than Wolverine with a slump?"
@JakeBlake-m3d3 ай бұрын
Nope. Not at all. Red hulk was not a thing back then. There's nothing red hulk about him. Red hair like a wild man is not anything similar to Red hulk even if red hulk was around back then. But it wasn't . Curupira is Blankas true origin despite all modern theory and lost knowledge. The hidden truth is he is a Brazilian folklore character. If anything marvel related at all he would be the mix of Beast, Hulk, And electro. But not red hulk
@dondavid65143 ай бұрын
weird obsession of making Blanka this horrific beastly character when what made him special was he was just wasnt that type of character he has a beast of with a soft heart
@naejimba3 ай бұрын
"Less can be more." This... made me think of Boba Fett or midichlorians. I mean, even his original ending in SFII made the concept hit a little less hard.
@lewjones317 күн бұрын
I remember having nightmares about Blanka as a kid
@F1ghtGam3r3 ай бұрын
Please do videos on Rolento, Ibuki, & Elena
@villain58732 ай бұрын
More feral Tarzan❤
@xblade1493 ай бұрын
32:27 Speak for yourself. Blanka is still the best
@tomkoolmanАй бұрын
Blanka: call me Jimmy. Jimmy O Yang's dad: o~~Jimmy ah... Jimmy ah~~~
@michaelwieber1857Ай бұрын
Does anyone remember the Street Fighter figures that were kind of like G.I.Joe's? I had most of them and remember Blankas figure was an absolute beast. It's probably the best one in the line.
@PontFlairАй бұрын
Blanka's figure/body was a repaint of The Dreadnok action figure named Road Pig. I had them as well. Are you saying Blanka's figure was the best of The SF action figures or of the G.I.Joe line?
@kirbyjoe74842 ай бұрын
I don't see how this can really be seen as the fall of Blanka outside of his SF6 avatar looking pretty derpy. I thought his wild haired SF5 avatar looked pretty ferocious and cool. Ever since the very first game he has fit the wild but misunderstood monster trope. Even in SF2, his story ended with a cute scene where he reunited with his momma. I still freakin' hate the overalls though and that chonky kind of goofy model he has in SF6.
@coward4202 ай бұрын
Blank-A only makes sense when you watch the movie...his electric element is from electro shock therapy from bizon
@alexstroud72503 ай бұрын
Ryu wasn’t the essayist to play. Blanket Honda and Chung lei was due to the button bashing. Then any one else who had forward back up down moves. Also blanket was really good in sf2 as he had an unstoppable head but
@rjshadow4321Ай бұрын
I always thought his color came from algae growing on him because even the water is green and his different colors are other types of algae.
@indianastones60322 ай бұрын
A kid call Charlie who was struck by lightening in the Amazon rainforrest and he lost his mum, would be my first guess.