Anachronistic elements in fighting games

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Anachronistic elements in fighting games Jiang Qing 2024-03-09 (Sat) 19:52:19 No.34056

Most of the fighting games still played today were developed in the 90s and as a result, their characters reflect the cultural contexts of that era as they were largely inspired by martial arts films and combat sports, Paul Phoenix is a perfect example, He embodies the early American full-contact karate, which is a mishmash of certain elements from basic karate that American servicemen in Japan picked up with Army boxing. His style features basic boxing techniques combined with backfists and karate-type lunge punches, reminiscent of legends such as Bill Wallace and Joe Lewis.

Luisa Capetillo 2024-03-09 (Sat) 20:00:48 No.34057

Law has a typical Bruce Lee style voiceover, which I think is pretty funny.

Tekken and Virtua Fighter are really the only games that take inspiration from actual martial arts to the extent that you can say "Jin is obviously trained in kyokushin karate, and King is clearly inspired by WWE"

Shit in Street Fighter be like "hes a big green goblin who uses electricity and that guy is an indian fella who ate a gumgum fruit"

Ayn Rand 2024-03-09 (Sat) 20:21:44 No.34058

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>>34056
Another example from Tekken would be the Mishima family. the three are basically the progressions of Karate. Heihachi uses old-school Okinawan style, Kazuya comes from a background of Karate fighters who transitioned to kick-boxing and Jin is the prototypical Karate-based kick-boxer who didn't have to adapt his style.

Mariya Oktyabrskaya 2024-03-09 (Sat) 20:47:32 No.34059

>>34058
OKINAWA IN THE HOUSE REPRESENT

Alexandria Occasio Cortez 2024-03-10 (Sun) 18:58:09 No.34064

>>34057
Street Fighter is the better game and that's all that matters to me

Anonymous 2024-03-11 (Mon) 07:46:53 No.34073

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Anonymous 2024-03-18 (Mon) 05:27:16 No.34132

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fighting manga are filled with this. Pretty much the entire case of early Baki and Kengan were based on real MMA fighters or pro-wrestlers.

>Andreas Regan - He is based on the real-life professional wrestler, André the Giant and El Gigante.
>Zulu - He is based on the real-life fighter Rei Zulu.
>Dentoranee Sitpika - The character is based on the real-life Muay Thai fighter named Changpuek Kiatsongrit.
>Kanji Igari - Kanji Igari is based on the real-life professional wrestler Antonio Inoki
>Kinryuuzan - He is based on former sumo wrestler Takanohana Kouji.
>Izou Motobe - The character is based on the real-life Japanese martial artist Seishi Horibe.
>Kaiou Retsu - Kaiou Retsu is based on the real-life Chiinese martial artist Bruce Lee.
>Sergei Taktarov - He is based on the Russian fighter Oleg Taktarov.
>Raberto Gueran - The character is based on the real-life Panamanian former professional boxer Raberto Durán.
>Kiyosumi Katou - The character is based on the real-life karateka named Kiyotaka Katou.
>Kaoru Hanayama - The character is based on the real-life yakuza, Kei Hanagata.
>Roland Istaz - He is based on the real-life Belgian professional wrestler Karl Charles Istaz.
>Iron Michael - He is based on the real-life American former professional boxer, Iron Mike Tyson.
>Mike Quinn - He looks extremely similar to The Ultimate Warrior.
>Jack Hanma - He is based on the legendary British professional wrestler Dynamite Kid.
>Sergio Silva - The character is based on the real-life Brazilian mixed martial artist named Wallid Ismail.
>Minoru Yamamoto - The character is based on the real-life Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler Masakatsu Funaki.
>Richard Filth - He is based on the professional wrestler Dick the Bruiser
>Gouki Shibukawa - The character is based on the real-life master of aikido, Gozo Shioda.

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