Current Events > Is M. Bison canonically a Latino?

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FortuneCookie
11/25/21 4:44:30 PM
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He was played by Raul Julia in the movie and his Japanese name is Vega. To avoid a lawsuit over Mike Bison, they swapped around the names of three of the bad guys. Balrog became Vega, Mike Bison became Balrog, and Vega became M. Bison. M not specified but typically translated as a military title of Major Bison.

Because his stage is set in Thailand, I tend to them of him being of a Thai ethnic background. But it makes sense that be would be a Latino if his "true" name is Vega. It's just something that never really clicked with me until just now. I'm watching a review of X-Men vs. Street Fighter and, apparently, Vega's (M. Bison's) name was left unchanged in all regions.
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Irony
11/25/21 4:45:18 PM
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No

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SauI_Goodman
11/25/21 4:45:36 PM
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I tend to toss those out. Look at blanka.

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Jagr_68
11/25/21 4:48:27 PM
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FortuneCookie
11/25/21 4:48:43 PM
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SauI_Goodman posted...
I tend to toss those out. Look at blanka.

Hispanic people can be green.

Or blue. Or gray. Or whatever color Blanka feels like being this week. Look, the dude studied electric eels to be able to shock opponents. I'm not going to ask questions about how his complexion works.

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Pogo_Marimo
11/25/21 4:52:04 PM
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M. Bison is black.

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SSJ2GrimReaper
11/25/21 4:53:28 PM
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i used to think sagat was black

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Bass_X0
11/25/21 4:55:36 PM
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He doesn't have a nationality. He resurrects himself over and over in new bodies created for him in Shadowlaw's laboratories.

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Blue_Inigo
11/25/21 4:56:44 PM
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Jagr_68 posted...
https://youtu.be/1W7c8QghPxk


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Bass_X0
11/25/21 4:57:52 PM
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SSJ2GrimReaper posted...
i used to think sagat was black

This is his voice actor. He also voices Thanos in the games.



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SSJ2GrimReaper
11/25/21 4:58:43 PM
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Bass_X0 posted...
This is his voice actor. He also voices Thanos in the games.

oh shit i was right all along

Sagat is BLACK

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Touch
11/25/21 5:00:02 PM
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My cousins would pronounce Sagat like Bob Saget and it stuck with me ever since lol

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Number090684
11/25/21 5:00:30 PM
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Hard to say what he really is, considering how much is look changed up from his original SF2 design to modern SF4 and SF5. SF2 Vega could pass for being some sort of asian ethnicity. SF4 and SF5 Vega looks more european and considering how he has talked about burning unworthy victims on a compost heap of psycho power he straight up has neo nazi tendencies.
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Arcanine2009
11/25/21 5:00:47 PM
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Isn't he south east Asian? Not sure if it was Thailand or another country..

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ChocoboMog123
11/25/21 5:00:54 PM
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M_Live posted...
The M. stands for Mike? Lmao
Only in Japan. In America, it stands for "M. Bison."

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Jagr_68
11/25/21 5:02:43 PM
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Mike Byson
Michael Bison
Michaelangelo Bison

Lol

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ButteryMales
11/25/21 5:29:25 PM
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Why is Vega called Balrog in JP? CAPCOM likes Lord of the Rings?
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gamer167
11/25/21 5:40:43 PM
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*AHEM*... Is M. Bison canonically Latinx?
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monkmith
11/25/21 5:44:05 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3ALwKeSEYs

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