Glico, the company who makes Pocky, recently released a new campaign for their signature product: a crossover with Street Fighter V. Beginning with Ryu and Chun-Li, Glico would release five different boxes with different paired up characters. The other four are Cody and Lucia, Alex and Rashid, Vega and Cammy, and Juri and Menat. Each … Continue reading Judge, Juri, and Executioner →

The mystery surrounding Ortho K. Gotch was something I have been looking into for some time. Fans of Street Fighter would know he's Dudley's butler, but I was checking to see if there was anything sinister in his background. His unusual name and appearance, along with his status as a static character, certainly brings up … Continue reading Dudley’s Rose-Colored Glasses →

Life is but a walking shadow, a poor playerThat struts and frets his hour upon the stageAnd then is heard no more. It is a taleTold by an idiot, full of sound and furySignifying nothing.— Macbeth (Act 5, Scene 5, lines 24–28) The title of William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury comes from the … Continue reading Apollo Greed: The Fall of Balrog →

In Dan Brown's novel "The Da Vinci Code", the protagonist Robert Langdon must follow a cryptic set of clues to discover the secrets of the enigmatic Priory of Sion and solve the mystery regarding the murder of a French art curator. He ends up finding out that there's a worldwide treasure hunt for an object … Continue reading The Street Fighter Code →

The last time I touched on Sagat was in my theory on the Satsui no Hado, where I claimed that Satsui was based in internal sexual conflict. In his Street Fighter V Story Mode, Sagat briefly, and unwillingly, had an experience with the dark power, staving off the desire to kill people with his willpower … Continue reading The Crisis of the Tiger King →

Abigail is known for being a hulking brute of a character. His entire persona is of a muscle-bound gearhead who acts like a child, flying into rages when things don't go his way. What makes writing a theory on Abigail even more difficult is that he has very few connections with established characters. Being a … Continue reading October Surprise: The Deep Story of Abigail →

Let's get this out of the way: we cannot have a conversation about Poison without addressing her gender. Poison's gender is part of her character and remains her most talked-about, most controversial trait. I have avoided writing a theory about Poison at all because of this, as no matter what conclusion I draw, whether I … Continue reading A Measure of Poison →

As I've theorized before, there are many candidates in regard to the true identity of Q. I've stated that there are likely many Qs in the Street Fighter universe, all controlled by G, all to fulfill some nefarious purpose, up to and including the literal reshaping of the Earth into the supercontinent Pangaea. Even if … Continue reading Fallen Claw – The Cosmic Threads of Vega & Q →

Since their first appearance in Street Fighter Alpha 3, the Shadaloo Dolls have proven to be a popular addition to the story. Over time, their presence has expanded from being background characters to being one of the most integral parts of Street Fighter's lore, becoming a driving force in several characters' storylines. However, very little … Continue reading The Secrets of the Shadaloo Dolls →

In 2019, legendary game designer Hideo Kojima appeared on Russian comedy talk show Evening Urgant, hosted by Ivan Urgant. At some point during their segment, Kojima and Urgant played a round of Street Fighter II, with Kojima picking Chun-Li and Urgant picking Ken. Although he stated that he preferred shooters to fighting games, Kojima won, … Continue reading Mad or Metal? →