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Impressed by his fighting abilities and remorseless nature, criminal leader M.Bison instated Vega as one of his three personal bodyguards in the Shadaloo organization. Vega oversaw different assassination related operations for Shadaloo and was also associated with Shadaloo's assassins - The Dolls. Despite his brutal fighting ability, Vega failed in protecting Bison's secret Psycho Drive project.
Vega's fate, since the fall of Shadaloo, is currently unknown. Although, he does appear in Street Fighter IV.
Vega was the only Street Fighter II character to constantly carry a Weapon, as compared to normal Hand to Hand fighting of other characters.
Unlike popular theory, Vega does not wear his mask to hide his identity (as shown by him removing it on several occasions). It is only used to protect his face from any kind of damage during a fight, as he believes himself to be incredibly beautiful. Him crushing it to dust during a loss through timeout in Street Fighter Alpha 3 and the fact it gets smashed in if he loses in Street Fighter II prove it to be not very sturdy.
Whilst first portrayed as having brown hair,later appearances show him with blond hair, which was confirmed as his official color since Street Fighter Alpha 3. Recent gameplay footage of Street Fighter IV (which plays after the events of Street Fighter II) depict him as now having black hair.
In all of his appearances, Vega wears purple-yellow ceremonial trousers, a red sash, loafers, and white leggings to further suggest his involvement with bullfighting.
Vega has a purple snake tattoo on his chest, which also circles his arm. This was used to further show him as a villain to the Japanese audience, where body tattoos are usually worn by Yakuza members.
Back Slash: Vega can perform both a long and a short back flip. Whilst performing these he is completely invulnerable to any kind of attack, until he is back on his feet.
Rolling Crystal Flash:Vega, after charging his energy in a tucked position, launches himself forward in a series of tumbles, damaging his opponent with his claw, ending with a crouching punch.
Flying Barcelona Attack:Vega leaps toward the wall and springs off it to attack his opponent. If the players presses punch alone whilst in midair, he will spread his arms out, to strike the opponent with his claw on the way down.
Izuna Drop:Vega leaps toward the wall and springs off it to attack his opponent. If the player presses forward in combination with a punch whilst near his opponent, Vega will lift him up and drop him on his back.
Sky High Claw:Vega leaps off the wall, and springs toward his opponent-claw first.
Scarlet Terror:A forward flip with offensive abilities,best used for anti-air.
Super Move:
Rolling Izuna Drop: Vega leaps onto a Wall and springs toward his opponent, if the player manages to successfully execute an Izuna Drop, Vega will grab his opponent and smash him into the ground several times.
In the original Japanese version,Vega was known as Balrog; to prevent lawsuit from Mike Tyson,due to the "Boxer" - character bearing a striking resemblance to him, Capcom USA decided to rotate the names of Vega, Balrog and M.Bison.
M.Bison Balrog
Vega M.Bison
Vega is a Spanish assassin who originally appeared as the second of four bosses in Street Fighter II. He is known as Balrog in Japan
Official Street Fighter IV artwork
Story
Born to a privileged Cata lonian family in Spain, unknown reasons caused them t he loss of their wealth and his mother to remarry to secure their financial status. As part of a cultural tradition, Vega studied bullfighting, which he later combined with Ninjutsu (a fighting style he learned in japan- believing it to be well suited for him, given his natural grace and agility). Using this combination to form his own arranged form of Ninjutsu, Vega participated in an underground cage fighting circuit, quickly becoming one of the best. Later on, his mother was killed by his stepfather, him believing she was being disrespectful to him, he was killed by Vega in return. Driven into insanity by this incident, he developed a dual personality: honorable nobleman by day, sadistic murderer by night.Impressed by his fighting abilities and remorseless nature, criminal leader M.Bison instated Vega as one of his three personal bodyguards in the Shadaloo organization. Vega oversaw different assassination related operations for Shadaloo and was also associated with Shadaloo's assassins - The Dolls. Despite his brutal fighting ability, Vega failed in protecting Bison's secret Psycho Drive project.
Vega's fate, since the fall of Shadaloo, is currently unknown. Although, he does appear in Street Fighter IV.
Appearance
Once to be modeled after a medieval knight, Capcom later decided to redesign him to fit the "World Fighters" theme.
Vega,as he appears in Super Street Fighter II
Vega was the only Street Fighter II character to constantly carry a Weapon, as compared to normal Hand to Hand fighting of other characters.
Unlike popular theory, Vega does not wear his mask to hide his identity (as shown by him removing it on several occasions). It is only used to protect his face from any kind of damage during a fight, as he believes himself to be incredibly beautiful. Him crushing it to dust during a loss through timeout in Street Fighter Alpha 3 and the fact it gets smashed in if he loses in Street Fighter II prove it to be not very sturdy.
Whilst first portrayed as having brown hair,later appearances show him with blond hair, which was confirmed as his official color since Street Fighter Alpha 3. Recent gameplay footage of Street Fighter IV (which plays after the events of Street Fighter II) depict him as now having black hair.
In all of his appearances, Vega wears purple-yellow ceremonial trousers, a red sash, loafers, and white leggings to further suggest his involvement with bullfighting.
Vega has a purple snake tattoo on his chest, which also circles his arm. This was used to further show him as a villain to the Japanese audience, where body tattoos are usually worn by Yakuza members.
Gameplay
Being one of the fastest characters in the series, he's also one of the most delicate, with unusually low defense ratings compared to other characters. His speed and special techniques make him perfect for multi-hit attack combination, confusing mind games, or he can perform long range low damage attacks using his claw. Up to this point, he will lose his claw in every game(except SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom) after blocking or taking too many hits, decreasing his range and power significantly and preventing him from performing several special moves. Since Super Street Fighter II Turbo, every game gives him a way to regain his claw, be it trough special moves or through picking it up.Techniques:
Super Street Fighter II Turbo:Back Slash: Vega can perform both a long and a short back flip. Whilst performing these he is completely invulnerable to any kind of attack, until he is back on his feet.
Rolling Crystal Flash:Vega, after charging his energy in a tucked position, launches himself forward in a series of tumbles, damaging his opponent with his claw, ending with a crouching punch.
Flying Barcelona Attack:Vega leaps toward the wall and springs off it to attack his opponent. If the players presses punch alone whilst in midair, he will spread his arms out, to strike the opponent with his claw on the way down.
Izuna Drop:Vega leaps toward the wall and springs off it to attack his opponent. If the player presses forward in combination with a punch whilst near his opponent, Vega will lift him up and drop him on his back.
Sky High Claw:Vega leaps off the wall, and springs toward his opponent-claw first.
Scarlet Terror:A forward flip with offensive abilities,best used for anti-air.
Super Move:
Rolling Izuna Drop: Vega leaps onto a Wall and springs toward his opponent, if the player manages to successfully execute an Izuna Drop, Vega will grab his opponent and smash him into the ground several times.
Name Change
In the original Japanese version,Vega was known as Balrog; to prevent lawsuit from Mike Tyson,due to the "Boxer" - character bearing a striking resemblance to him, Capcom USA decided to rotate the names of Vega, Balrog and M.Bison.- original(Japanese) changed
M.Bison Balrog
Vega M.Bison
Vega games
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Super Street Fighter IV |
X360, PS3 | Capcom |
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Street Fighter IV released on Feb. 17, 2009 |
X360, PS3, PC, ARC | Capcom |
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Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix released on Nov. 25, 2008 |
XBLM, PSN | Backbone Entertainment |
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Capcom Classics Collection: Volume 2 released on Nov. 24, 2006 |
PS2, XBOX | Backbone Entertainment |
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Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded released on Oct. 24, 2006 |
PSN, PSP | Capcom |
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Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting |
ARC, WSHP, SNES | Capcom |
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Street Fighter Alpha Anthology released on June 13, 2006 |
PS2 | Capcom |
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Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX released on Feb. 7, 2006 |
PSN, PSP | Capcom |
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Capcom Classics Collection released on Sept. 27, 2005 |
PS2, XBOX | Backbone Entertainment |
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SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom released on Oct. 7, 2004 |
ARC, PS2, NEO, XBOX | SNK Playmore |
| Character Name: | Vega |
| Real Name: | Balrog (JP) |
| Gender: | Male |
| Birthday: | Jan. 21, 1967 |
| Appears in: | 35 games |
| First appearance: | Street Fighter II |
| Aliases |
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