February 23, 2009 

Real men love Cammy

CammyStreet Fighter IV is out and I am loving it. I have no doubt the others will put a great review of it and I am looking forward to what they have to say. But with Street Fighter coming back into my life after a long absence it has made me realise 3 things:

  1. The computer is a cheating git, pulling off moves you have no way of doing yourself. Proof
  2. I was once good at this game, now I am nothing but a noob
  3. Cammy remains the best character

Chun-Li and Ryu get all the attention but for me (and most fans I know) Cammy is always the stand out favorite. Maybe its because I am British, maybe its because she is a complete psycho. But she at least has a back story and some characters traits that make her a little more than the 2 dimensional Chun-li.

Brief History

First appearing in Street Fighter II : The new challengers her story wasn’t really filled out until SF II Alpha. At the end of the series all her memory is erased. By the end of Alpha 3 it becomes clear she has been created by Bison as one of his “Dolls”.

Ok.. maybe her story is not so amazing. But it is at least a little more fun than most of them.

She made a brief appearance in the original animated film where you we get to see her psycho side emerge as it becomes clear she is being controlled by Bison.

Cammy

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  • nikobe

    Wiped memory and “Dolls” maybe Capcom should have a word with the creators of Dollhouse (which I’ve seen the first of btw…review incoming after I watch a few more).

    Was always a shame she wasn’t in the anime movie more, her one scene was great but far too short.

  • binny

    As you know the concept of “Dolls” is not new. Especially in Japan where they love the stores of the girl without a memory, or being controlled by an evil power of some kind.

    But you are right, such a shame she did not get more time in the anime. Her own spin off would be great. She is far more interesting as an idea than all the others, something “Doll house” is using as there own.

    Looking forward to the “Doll house” review. I am hearing some good things about the latest episode. Much better than the pilot apparently

  • nikobe

    Yeah the pilot was never mean’t to be the pilot so its a bit odd, the latest one sounds quite scary will download it tonight.

    Speaking of girls without memory, was watching “Battle Angel Alita” the other day its still good if a little dated. Found a load of old series to download so grabbed that and the whole of Tenchi Muyo.

    Sideswipe can you remember which of the spinoffs was worth watching, was it Universe or In Tokyo? I know they are both ok but seem to remember one being pretty damn good.

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  • sideswipe

    Tenchi Universe is an expanded re-telling of the OVA, I prefer it to the original OVA as Kiyone is fun. Tenchi in Tokyo is just poor (although still better than Tenchi GXP or the last OVA)

  • nikobe

    It amuses me this and the Dragonball review are consistantly the highest viewed posts on the site.