11/19/2022 0 Comments Xmen vs street fighter akuma![]() Ryu can find ultimate power and Akuma can get that ultimate opponent. As far as Akuma’s concerned, Ryu giving in and becoming overwhelmed with killing intent is for the best for both of them. Masahiko Nakahira’s Street Fighter Alpha manga introduced the idea that Ryu is in danger of falling to the same path as Akuma. He’s powered by his own negative emotions, and it’s physically transformed him into a demon. Now Akuma hides in the shadows, hoping to find the one worthy opponent that he can fight to the death. He mastered the Raging Demon (also known as “Shun Goku Satsu”), a Penance Stare-like fatal attack that does more damage depending on the sins of the victim, and used it on both his teacher and brother. Akuma, obsessed with becoming the strongest, believed that the dark side of the martial art style is where it’s at and let the killing intent consume him. Together, they studied Ansatsuken (“Assassin’s Fist”) under their master Goutetsu. They at least made his backstory a bit more known this time around.Īkuma is the younger brother of Gouken. ![]() The Alphagames took place before the events of Street Fighter II, and once again, Akuma was a secret character. The same month of that game’s release, Japan saw the release of Street Fighter Alpha: Warrior’s Dreams in arcades. He was even supposed to be in the game before time constraints kicked in. Yeah, the guy’s making the game were still pretending that Sheng Long was a thing. It said that he was Sheng Long’s brother and wanted to shame him by beating up his students Ryu and Ken. Then again, live-action Akuma looked pretty silly, especially in one level where he’d regularly be seen sneaking around in the background, which many think looks like he’s trying to figure out where the bathroom is.Īt least his ending sort of gave us an idea of what he’s about. Looking it up, Reyes apparently helped choreograph The Last Dragon, so that’s rad. In a game that aped Mortal Kombat’s graphical style, Akuma was portrayed by Ernie Reyes, Sr. While Akuma wasn’t in the live-action Street Fighter movie starring Jean Claude Van Damme, he was in the fighting game based on it. I guess you can really get around if you have no job and can teleport. One episode you’d see him as part of a riot, then another episode you’d see him eating dinner at a restaurant. Then in the animated series Street Fighter II V, Akuma would constantly appear in background shots like some kind of sadistic Waldo. ![]() In Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie, Akuma got a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo, sitting alone against a fence on the side of the road. With Akuma being such a mystery, it’s interesting to see how different media played with him. This time the end credits featured every character going through their dizzy animations, because whoever this shadowy karate man was, he was good enough to beat up everyone in this universe, too! Once again, Akuma’s ending didn’t give us any answers. Bison on the final stage, only to hit you with a nigh-impossible boss fight. As part of an April Fools’ day prank, they printed a couple fake screens of “Sheng Long,” a Ryu/Ken knockoff who you could reportedly unlock through ridiculously difficult means. Although Capcom’s never admitted to it, as far as I know, Akuma’s inspiration came from the infamous Electronic Gaming Monthly April issue in 1992. He’s the Incredible Hulk, but without the underlying morality and with a sense of drive to be something.Īkuma (or Gouki in Japan) first showed up in 1994, but the story begins before that. He’s a villain in the sense that he’s a violent asshole and he antagonizes the hero, but he’s essentially a being that considers himself independent of the good/evil duality. ![]() Whether it’s Bison, Gill, Necalli, Decapre, Balrog, or Rolento, they tend to differ in terms of background, morals, and ambitions. One of the great things about the Street Fighter cast is that it features a really eclectic group of villains. ![]()
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