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Blanka (other)
also known by his birth name Jimmy (ジミー Jimī) is a fictional character in Capcom's ''Street Fighter'' fighting game series. He first appeared in the 1991 video game ''Street Fighter II'' as one of eight playable characters, and was subsequently featured in sequel and spin-off games. Blanka is also present in a number of Capcom's crossover games, including the ''SNK vs. Capcom'' series. The character has appeared in other media adaptations of the franchise, including an animated film, a live-action movie, an animated television series, a comic book and manga series. Blanka was originally designed as a pink-skinned human character by Akira "Akiman" Yasuda, and underwent several re-conceptualizations during the production of ''Street Fighter II'' before reaching his final depiction as a feral savage with green skin and long orange hair. Blanka's backstory is that he was once human, but after a plane-crash in Brazil, he mutated, resulting in his green colouring and his a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Street Fighter II
is a competitive fighting game produced by Capcom and originally released as an arcade game in 1993. It is the fourth game in the ''Street Fighter II'' sub-series of ''Street Fighter'' games, following ''Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting''. It refines and balances the existing character roster from the previous versions, and introduces four new characters. It is the first game on Capcoms CP System II hardware, with more sophisticated graphics and audio over the original CP System hardware used in previous versions of ''Street Fighter II''. ''Super Street Fighter II'' was followed in 1994 by ''Super Street Fighter II Turbo'', a fifth version of ''Street Fighter II'', which further balances the characters and adds features. Characters All twelve World Warriors from the previous ''Street Fighter II'' games return, many with basic and special techniques refined to adjust the overall balance. Some of the characters received new special techniques such as Ryu's ''Fire Hadōken'' (ren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 In Video Gaming
1991 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as ''Street Fighter II'', ''Final Fantasy IV'', '' Super Castlevania IV'', ''Mega Man 4'', '' Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts'', and '' The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past'', along with new titles such as ''Sonic the Hedgehog'', ''Battletoads'', ''Lemmings'', '' Sunset Riders'', ''Duke Nukem'', '' Fatal Fury: King of Fighters'', and '' Street of Rage''. The year's highest-grossing video game worldwide was Capcom's arcade fighting game ''Street Fighter II''. The year's best-selling home system was the Game Boy for the second year in a row, while the year's best-selling home video game was Sega's ''Sonic the Hedgehog'', which was also the year's top video game rental in the United States. Top-rated games Game of the Year awards The following titles won Game of the Year awards for 1991. ''Famitsu'' Platinum Hall of Fame The following video game releases in 1991 entered ''Famitsu'' magazine's "Platinum Hall of Fame" for receiving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universo Online
Universo Online (Portuguese for "Online Universe") (known by the acronym UOL) is a Brazilian web content, products and services company. It belongs to Grupo Folha enterprise. In 2012, UOL was the fifth most visited website in Brazil, below only Google portals (Google Brasil, Google USA, YouTube) and Facebook. According to Ibope Nielsen Online, UOL is Brazil’s largest internet portal with more than 50 million unique visitors and 6.7 billion page views every month. Overview UOL is the world’s largest Portuguese speaking portal, which is organized in 42 thematic stations with more than 1,000 news sources and 7 million pages. The portal provides website hosting, data storage, publicity dealing, online payments and security systems. It also holds more than 300 thousand online shops, 23 million buyers and 4 million people selling goods and services in its portals UOL includes: *UOL Cliques, ads and publicity portal. *Radar de Descontos, group buying portal. *Emprego Certo, jobs p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electronic Gaming Monthly
''Electronic Gaming Monthly'' (often abbreviated to ''EGM'') is a monthly American video game magazine. It offers video game news, coverage of industry events, interviews with gaming figures, editorial content and product reviews. History The magazine was founded in 1988 as U.S. National Video Game Team's ''Electronic Gaming Monthly'' under Sendai Publications. In 1994, ''EGM'' spun off '' EGM²'', which focused on expanded cheats and tricks (i.e., with maps and guides). It eventually became ''Expert Gamer'' and finally the defunct ''GameNOW''. After 83 issues (up to June 1996), ''EGM'' switched publishers from Sendai Publishing to Ziff Davis. Until January 2009, ''EGM'' only covered gaming on console hardware and software. In 2002, the magazine's subscription increased by more than 25 percent. The magazine was discontinued by Ziff Davis in January 2009, following the sale of '' 1UP.com'' to UGO Networks. The magazine's February 2009 issue was already completed, but was not pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiger Mask
is a Japanese manga series written by Ikki Kajiwara and illustrated by Naoki Tsuji. The series was first published in Kodansha's ''Bokura Magazine'' from 1968 to 1970 and was later published in ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from 1970 to 1971. It was later adapted into an anime series by Toei Animation which first aired on Yomiuri TV or TV Asahi on October 2, 1969 and ended its run on September 30, 1971, airing 105 episodes. In real life, the name has been used by a succession of Japanese professional wrestling characters as a gimmick. The Tiger Mask persona is instantly recognizable by its trademark mask, designed to look like a tiger's head, as well as the combination of high flying attacks and martial arts in the ring. Plot Tiger Mask, whose real name was Naoto Date, was a feared heel wrestler in America who was extremely vicious in the ring. However, he became a face after returning to Japan when a young boy said that he wanted to be a villain like Tiger Mask when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Final Fight (video Game)
is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up video game produced by Capcom. Originally released as an arcade game in 1989, it was the seventh title released for the CP System hardware. Set in the fictional Metro City, the game lets the player control one of three street fighters: former pro wrestler and city mayor Mike Haggar, expert brawler Cody Travers, and modern-day ninja Guy. The trio set out to rescue Jessica (Haggar's daughter and Cody's girlfriend) when she is kidnapped by the Mad Gear Gang. The game began development as a sequel to the original ''Street Fighter'' released in 1987, under the working title but the genre was switched from a fighting game to a beat 'em up and the title was changed to ''Final Fight'' following the success of ''Double Dragon''. ''Final Fight'' was ported to various home computers and consoles, including the ZX Spectrum, Super NES and Sega CD. It became a major commercial success in arcades, selling 30,000 arcade units worldwide while becoming the hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Native Ethnic Groups Of Africa
The ethnic groups of Africa number in the thousands, with each population generally having its own language (or dialect of a language) and culture. The ethnolinguistic groups include various Afroasiatic, Khoisan, Niger-Congo, and Nilo-Saharan populations. The official population count of the various ethnic groups in Africa is highly uncertain, both due to limited infrastructure to perform censuses and due to the rapid population growth. There have also been accusations of deliberate misreporting in order to give selected ethnicities numerical superiority (as in the case of Nigeria's Hausa, Fulani, Yoruba, and Igbo peoples). A 2009 genetic clustering study, which genotyped 1327 polymorphic markers in various African populations, identified six ancestral clusters. The clustering corresponded closely with ethnicity, culture and language. A 2018 whole genome sequencing study of the world's populations observed similar clusters among the populations in Africa. At K=9, distinct ances ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Backstory
A backstory, background story, back-story, or background is a set of events invented for a plot, presented as preceding and leading up to that plot. It is a literary device of a narrative history all chronologically earlier than the narrative of primary interest. In acting, it is the history of the character before the drama begins, and is created during the actor's preparation. It is the history of characters and other elements that underlie the situation existing at the main narrative's start. Even a purely historical work selectively reveals backstory to the audience. Usage As a literary device, backstory is often employed to lend depth or believability to the main story. The usefulness of having a dramatic revelation was recognized by Aristotle, in ''Poetics''. Backstories are usually revealed, partially or in full, chronologically or otherwise, as the main narrative unfolds. However, a story creator may also create portions of a backstory or even an entire backstory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Fighter II (manga)
, simply titled ''Street Fighter II'' in its English editions, is a manga series written and drawn by Masaomi Kanzaki that was serialized in the monthly ''Family Computer Magazine'' in 1993 and 1994. It is based on the fighting game of the same name and its subsequent iterations. The manga was produced prior to the release of ''Super Street Fighter II'' and only features the original twelve "World Warriors". While far from being the only ''Street Fighter'' manga, it was one of the earliest and the first of few that was translated in English. It is notable for featuring the first illustrated appearance of Ryu and Ken's sensei, Gouken. Plot summary Ryu and Ken have begun training with the reluctant and mysterious legend Gouken. One night, Ken's friend Cho appears at the dojo in a panic, revealing that he has learned of M. Bison's organization, Shadaloo, and its current agenda—vicious human experiments revolving around a drug called Doll which effectively brainwashes peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Fighter (UDON Comics)
UDON's ''Street Fighter'' comic book series are based on the ''Street Fighter'' video game franchise published under license from Capcom. This series draws not only on the established ''Street Fighter'' Canon (fiction), canon, but also occasionally addresses various continuity retcons, and even draws from Fanon (fiction), fanon and non-official sources as well. UDON's ''Street Fighter'' comics are stated to shared the same continuity with other Capcom franchises like ''Darkstalkers'', ''Rival Schools: United by Fate, Rival Schools'' and ''Final Fight (video game), Final Fight''. Series ''Street Fighter'' (2003-2005) Spans issues #0 through #14, published from August 2003 to February 2005. Written by Ken Siu-Chong, and illustrated by Alvin Lee, Andrew Hou, Arnold Tsang and Rob Ross. Compiled in the hardcover book ''Street Fighter: The Ultimate Edition'' in 2011, and in the hardcover editions ''Street Fighter Classic Volume 1: Hadoken'' (issues #0-10) and ''Street Fighter Classic Vol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Fighter (TV Series)
''Street Fighter'' is an animated television series based on the ''Street Fighter'' video game franchise by Capcom. The series aired as part of the USA Network's Cartoon Express and Action Extreme Team lineups. It lasted two 13-episode seasons, which aired from 1995 to 1997, for a total of 26 episodes. The show is closely based on the '' Street Fighter II'' series, but also borrows plot elements and characters from the live-action ''Street Fighter'' film and the first two '' Street Fighter Alpha'' games, as well as CP System game-based appearances such as ''Saturday Night Slam Masters'', '' Magic Sword'', and ''Final Fight''. Plot Colonel William F. Guile is the leader of the "Street Fighters", an international undercover peacekeeping force composed of martial artists from around the world. They often face off against the ruthless General Bison and his Shadaloo criminal empire. They follow a code of honor involving the keywords "discipline", "justice" and "commitment". Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Fighter (1994 Film)
''Street Fighter'' is a 1994 action film written and directed by Steven E. de Souza, based on the video game series of the same name produced by Capcom. Distributed by Universal Pictures in the United States and Columbia Pictures internationally, the film stars Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia (in his final film) along with supporting performances by Byron Mann, Damian Chapa, Kylie Minogue, Ming-Na Wen and Wes Studi. Loosely following the plot of '' Street Fighter II: The World Warrior'', the film focuses on the efforts of Colonel Guile (Van Damme) to bring down General M. Bison (Juliá), the military dictator and drug kingpin of Shadaloo City who aspires to conquer the world with an army of genetic supersoldiers, while enlisting the aid of street fighters Ryu (Mann) and Ken (Chapa) to infiltrate Bison's empire and help destroy it from within. The film was commercially successful, with a worldwide box office gross approximately three times its production costs, and it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
