Headscratchers / Street Fighter Alpha

• Who exactly was it who defeated Bison at the end of Alpha 3?
  • Word of God says that Ryu, Cammy, and Guile all ended up fighting, and beating, Bison consecutively, with Guile being the one who killed him and shut down the Psycho Drive.
  • I think you have the wrong God. From what I heard, basically, Sagat's ending started, at the part where Bison has him fighting a possessed Ryu. During that fight, both Ken and Sakura fight Bison. Bison beats them while Sagat beats Ryu. Sagat is unhappy about the fight, though, as Ryu wasn't himself, and convinces Ryu to shake off Bison's control. Bison retreats, and is confronted by Chun Li, Guile, and Charlie. During that scuffle, the base starts to collapse/explode, and Charlie gives his life to hold Bison there until it all goes down in flames. Chun Li and Guile escape.
  • Yeah, my Word of God comes heavily filtered third-hand through various Mugen boards, so yours is probably more accurate.
  • Does it really manner? Its not like any character will explicitly acknowledge who beat Bison at the end of Alpha 3. Or II for that matter.

• Why does Birdie comment on how he was white in the first game in his Alpha win quotes when Alpha takes place before the original Street Fighter?
  • Because Alpha doesn't take place before the original Street Fighter; it takes place between Street Fighter and Street Fighter II. Notice that Sagat has the scar on his chest, as well.
    • That's all well and good... but then why the heck is Alpha called Street Fighter Zero in Japan?
    • Gratuitous English.
    • Actually I think that zero is word in Japanese... I've seen a bunch of different manga/anime where "Zero" is part of some thing's name, (for example, the ultimate attack of Saito from Rurouni Kenshin is "zeroshiki"), the main Japanese fighter plane in WWII was referred to as the Zero, etc.
    • The fighter plane was called the Zero because its model number ended in 0, since it was made in 1940.
    • Wasn't the plane actually called Zeka?
    • Zero seems to be used interchangably with Gaiden sometimes.
    • Actually, in Japan, there's no reference to Birdie's skin color change. "Oh, what!? ... Before? I looked pale because I was sick!!" was just something Capcom of USA made up.

• What the heck happened in Ryu's ending in SFA2? Akuma glows pink with the Satsui no Hado and punches the ground, then creates an orange explosion while the narration says the island disappeared but we saw only an orange smoking explosion coming out of the cave and then it skips to Ryu in the water with rubble raining down on them. Did Akuma just blow up the island straight out and Ryu went directly from being in a cave to treading water, or did he cause a volcanic eruption (presumably the island is in Japanese waters, and therefore smack in the middle of the Pacific Ring of Fire) and Ryu ran out of the cave before being engulfed in lava or crushed by falling stone? Was it a normal punch or some sort of all out tech or supercharged punch? Does anyone else in Street Fighter have island shattering/sinking level strength?