Question 1

True or false: The character Vega from Spain is actually a bullfighter.

Accepted Answer

False. Vega is a Spanish ninja and narcissistic claw fighter, not a bullfighter. His stage features a bull, which causes the confusion.

Question 2

True or false: The character Akuma was designed to be unbeatable in his first appearance.

Accepted Answer

True. In Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Akuma was a secret boss with overpowered stats, meant to be nearly impossible for players to defeat.

Question 3

True or false: The 'Shoryuken' motion (forward, down, down-forward) was originally a glitch in the first game.

Accepted Answer

False. The Shoryuken motion was intentionally programmed as a special move, not a glitch. The 'glitch' myth came from rumors about input shortcuts.

Question 4

True or false: Guile's theme music was composed in under an hour.

Accepted Answer

True. Composer Yoko Shimomura wrote Guile's iconic theme quickly, and it became one of the most recognizable video game tracks ever.

Question 5

True or false: Ken Masters was originally going to be the main character instead of Ryu.

Accepted Answer

False. Ryu was always the main character, but Ken was created as a palette swap for player 2 in the original Street Fighter.

Question 6

True or false: Street Fighter II was the first game to introduce the concept of special moves like fireballs.

Accepted Answer

False. The original Street Fighter had special moves first, including Ryu's Hadouken, though they were less refined than in the sequel.

Question 7

True or false: Chun-Li's signature move, the Spinning Bird Kick, was inspired by a real martial arts technique.

Accepted Answer

True. Capcom designers based the Spinning Bird Kick on the 'Senpuukyaku' from the anime series 'Fist of the North Star,' not a traditional martial art.

Question 8

True or false: In early Street Fighter II versions, Blanka was originally a human who turned green from a chemical accident.

Accepted Answer

True. Blanka's backstory states he was a normal boy named Jimmy who survived a plane crash and mutated due to jungle toxins, turning green.

Street Fighter Trivia Questions