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This article is about M. Bison, known as "Vega" in Japan. For the character known as "M. Bison" in Japan, seeBalrog (Street Fighter).For "Vega" outside Japan, seeVega (Street Fighter).
M. Bison
Street Fightercharacter
M. Bison fromSuper Street Fighter II
First appearanceStreet Fighter II(1991)
Last appearanceStreet Fighter 6(2023)
Created byYoshiki Okamoto
Designed byAkira "Akiman" Yasudaand Ikuo "Ikusan.Z" Nakayama (Street Fighter II)[1]
Portrayed byRaul Julia(Street Fighter: The Movie)
Neal McDonough(Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li)
Silvio Simac (Street Fighter: Resurrection)
Voiced by
  • Tom Wyner (Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie,Street Fighter II V(Animaze Dub)[2]
  • Markham Anderson (Street Fighter II V(ADV Films dub # 1))
  • Mike Kleinhenz(Street Fighter II V(ADV Films dub # 2)
  • Richard Newman(TV series)
  • Gerald C. Rivers (Street Fighter IV,Street Fighter X Tekken,Street Fighter V,Wreck-It Ralph,Street Fighter 6)
  • Tomomichi Nishimura(Street Fighter Alphaseries,Street Fighter EXseries,Marvel vs. Capcomseries,Namco x Capcom)
  • Kenji Utsumi(Street Fighter II V,Japanese television dub of theStreet Fighterfilm)
  • Norio Wakamoto(Capcom vs. SNKseries,SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom,Capcom Fighting Evolution,Street Fighter IV,Street Fighter X Tekken,Street Fighter V,Project X Zone 2)
  • Banjō Ginga(CD drama)
  • Masaharu Satō(Street Fighter Zerodrama CD)
  • Takeshi Kusaka(Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie)
  • Makoto Gunji (Street Fighter II Turbocommercial)
  • Tesshō Genda(Japanese video and DVD dub of theStreet Fighterfilm)
  • Shin-ichiro Miki(Real Battle on Film)
  • Kazuhiro Yamaji(Japanese dub ofStreet Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li)
  • Taiten Kusunoki(Wreck-It Ralph,Street Fighter 6)
Motion captureDarko Tuskan (The Moviegames)
In-universe information
Fighting stylePsycho Power-infused style based onLerdrit

M. Bison,also known asVega(in Japan), is afictional charactercreated byCapcom.First introduced inStreet Fighter II: The World Warrioras the final boss of the game, he is a recurring character in theStreet Fighterseries offighting games,acting as one of the series'main antagonists.

A would-be worlddictatorand megalomaniac, M. Bison's ultimate ambition is to control the world's governments through his covertcrime syndicate,Shadaloo(シャドルー,Shadorū,sometimes spelled as "Shadoloo", "Shadowloo" or "Shadowlaw" ).He hostsStreet Fighter II's fightingtournament[3]and is the last opponent fought in the game. Throughout the series, several characters — includingRyu,Guile,T. Hawk,Cammy,RoseandChun-Li— have their personalvendettasagainst M. Bison and have entered the tournament in the hopes of facing him personally. M. Bison wields an inherently evil energy known as "Psycho Power", in contrast to Ryu and Ken's "Hadou".

Despite not appearing until the release ofStreet Fighter II,Bison is widely considered to be the most iconic antagonist of theStreet Fighterseries, having served as the main villain of theStreet Fighter II,Street Fighter Alphaseries andStreet Fighter V,and having acted as the force behind the events of theStreet Fighter IVseries, where the main villain, Seth, is revealed to have been Bison's unwitting pawn all along.

In a variety of media, Bison has been portrayed byRaul Julia,Neal McDonoughand Silvio Simac and voiced by Tom Wyner,Richard Newmanand Gerald C. Rivers. Julia was nominated for a posthumousSaturn Award for Best Supporting Actorfor his performance.

Conception and development

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In Japan, the character is named Vega(ベガ,Bega),derived from thestar of the same name.However, during localization ofStreet Fighter IIfor theEnglish languagemarket, Capcom's North American branch felt that the name did not sound threatening enough to North American audiences for the game'sfinal boss,and thus was more suitable for theSpanish cage fighter.At this same time, another concern arose that the name of another character,Mike Bison,conceived as a parody of real-life boxerMike Tyson,would be a legal liability for Capcom. As a result, the characters' names were changed, and the game's final boss was dubbed M. Bison for international appearances of the character.[4]Though the "M" originally stood for "Mike" in Japan (for the boxer character), Capcom has never explained what it stands for in Western releases, calling it "part of the character's mystery".[5]The story ofStreet Fighter 6acknowledged this change within the context of its narrative, claiming that all three names were aliases that Shadaloo's leadership operated under to protect their true identities.[6]

When developingStreet Fighter II: The Animated Movie,it was decided to give him a more muscular appearance, rather than have him resemble "a middle aged man", while his face was modified to appear somewhat demonic.[7]This appearance was later carried onto theStreet Fighter Alphaseries, featured as his original appearance before theStreet Fighter IIseries.

The first source of inspiration for M. Bison's design came from the character General Washizaki, one of the main villains of the popular martial artsmangaRiki-Oh.[8][9]Additionally,Yasunori Katō,a fictional character appeared in theTeito Monogatariseries and other productions such as theYokai Monsters,served as another inspiration source for M. Bison.[10]

ForStreet Fighter 6,Takayuki Nakayama and the rest of the staff began to design M. Bison after the main cast were completed. His return to the franchise was planned for some time, and there were many voices on the staff calling for Bison to return; producer Shuhei Matsumoto, for instance, has been a regular Bison player sinceSuper Street Fighter IV.Nakayama noted that the team planned to portray Bison in a different light for this entry, since the character JP is the villain for this instalment; his arcade mode delves further into this new characterization. His gameplay was also altered for his latest appearance, with his supernatural techniques being removed in favour of a more hand-to-hand approach.[11]

Appearances

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Street Fighterseries

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Bison first appears inStreet Fighter II: The World Warrioras the final computer-controlled opponent in thesingle-player mode,following the player's defeat of the other three Grand Masters. The battle takes place at a temple inBangkok, Thailand.He became a playable character fromChampion Editionand onward, while maintaining his position as the final boss untilSuper Street Fighter II Turbo,in which a hidden character namedAkumadefeats Bison and challenges the player as an alternate final boss. The storyline through the numerous versions ofStreet Fighter IIcharacterizes Bison as the leader of a criminal organization called "Shadaloo" who sponsors the World Warrior tournament.

Bison later appears in theStreet Fighter Alphatrilogy, a prequel to theStreet Fighter IIseries. InStreet Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams,Bison appears as the final boss for certain characters and a hidden playable character available via a code.Street Fighter Alpha 2,has Bison featured in this game as a playable character without any cheat codes required. InStreet Fighter Alpha 3,released in1998,a powered-up version of M. Bison serves as the final boss of the game. He is the final boss for every character in the game except for Evil Ryu, whose final boss is Shin Akuma, and his final opponent is Ryu himself. Several revelations are made in this game, including the fact that Rose is the good half of Bison's soul and the fact that Cammy is a female clone of Bison. In the canonical story ofAlpha 3,Bison is revealed to be dying due to the strain of Psycho Power on his body and the only thing keeping him alive is his Psycho Drive, which brings him to search for Ryu, whose body he has deemed worthy of possession due to Ryu's struggles against the Dark Hadou, which Bison believes will sustain him. In the story, depicted in more than one ending, Bison fights Ryu and very nearly possesses him, but Ryu is able to counter Bison's Psycho Power with his Hadou and ultimately overcomes the warlord. Before he can be destroyed, Bison transfers his soul into Rose's body, rendering her unconscious before his body disintegrates.

TheStreet Fighter IV Training Guidereveals that Bison was destroyed by Akuma's Shun Goku Satsu and now inhabits a new body created for him by his scientists. Unlike his previous bodies, this one is capable of withstanding the full strength of his Psycho Power.[12]InStreet Fighter IV,the main villain is Seth, an android previously created for Bison's soul to inhabit but went rogue and usurped the leadership of S.I.N., a subsidiary of Shadaloo. It is later revealed, however, that Bison is actually the true mastermind behind the game's events, and was secretly manipulating Seth to further his own agendas before revealing himself again. Ryu eventually destroys Seth once and for all, unknowingly allowing Bison to retake control of Shadaloo. Bison also appears in the sequels/updates,Super Street Fighter IVandUltra Street Fighter IV.

Bison appears inStreet Fighter V,set betweenIVandIII.[13]Shadaloo enacts a plan known as "Operation C.H.A.I.N.S." in which seven artificial satellites known as the "Black Moons" are constructed to cause various cities around the world to lose power, thereby creating commotion which fuels Bison's Psycho Power due to negative emotions. When the plan is ultimately foiled, a resurrected Charlie Nash sacrifices himself to weaken Bison, leaving Ryu to fight him one last time. After a fierce battle, Ryu finishes Bison once and for all with the Power of Nothingness, and his body seemingly disintegrates. After his presumed death, a ghost empowered by Psycho Power of himself called Phantom Bison is mostly shown haunting both of his former vessels, Falke and particularly Ed.[14]

Bison returns inStreet Fighter 6via downloadable content, where he previously was revealed to have bestowed Psycho Power to JP prior to Shadaloo's downfall. Bison's depiction is a departure from previous appearances, and he has both developed amnesia, and scars on his upper right half because of the Power of Nothingness' effect caused by Ryu during their last encounter. Bison also reveals to have saved a dying male horse by imbuing him with Psycho Power at Nayshall. Sometimes after the World Tour's base game storyline, and following his encounter with Juri, who told him what the previous Bison was like, the amnesiac Bison decides to retake the name he once lost, and absorbs Phantom Bison to become whole again at a hidden ruined lab where Shadaloo remnants are currently hiding. It was also revealed in his World Tour that his pupil, Rose was present watching M. Bison murder their master, after Bison himself discarded the Soul Power over his newly achieved Psycho Power.[15]

Other games

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Bison appears inStreet Fighter: The Movie,a1995video game adaptation of the1994 film.The game looks similar to earlyMortal Kombatgames, due to each character being represented bydigitizedspritesof the film's actors.Archived2011-10-22 at theWayback Machine.(2007-1-25) Retrieved on 2008-4-2.</ref> Bison's fight animations were performed by Australian stuntman Darko Tuscan. Film clips of Juliá as Bison are included within the game'scutscenes.

InStreet Fighter EX,andStreet Fighter EX2Plus,Bison serves as a boss. InStreet Fighter EX3,he gains a tag-team super move when paired with Vega. He also often featured in theMarvel vs. Capcombut noticeably absent fromMarvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes,though he appears in Chun-Li and Shadow Lady's ending sequences.[16][17]InMarvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes(2000), theAlphaversion of Bison is once again a playable character, though he must be unlocked. M. Bison does not appear inMarvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds,but he is mentioned byChun-Liin one of her win quotes, and inUltimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3,one of Wesker's alternate colors is based on M. Bison's design. M. Bison also makes a cameo appearance in Dormammu's ending inUMVC3.Bison reappears in theSNK vs. Capcomseries, with an appearance that resembled his originalStreet Fighter IIsprite instead ofAlphaones. He has regularly appeared in each entry of the series, beginning withSNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium(1999) and its sequels,Capcom vs. SNK Pro: Millennium Fight 2000andCapcom vs. SNK 2(2001). ForSNK vs. CapcomBison with Geese are the penultimate boss encounter or last battle if the player lost their rival battle that takes place before the tourney's final. Bison also appears as a trading card in thehandheldcollectible card gameSNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash(1999) andSNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos(2003).

Bison appears inCapcom Fighting Jam(2004), which features an assortment of characters from each individual series published by Capcom. In the game, Bison is part of theStreet Fighter IIroster. Other roles include the Japaneseaction/tactical RPGhybridmNamco × Capcom',Project X Zone 2and,Street Fighter X Tekken,withJurias his official tag partner. Alternate versions of Bison often appear as a stronger boss in games he is included.

In other media

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Live action

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Street Fighter (1994)

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Raúl Juliá asGeneral M. BisoninStreet Fighter.Though the film received negative reviews from fans and critics, Juliá's performance as Bison was widely praised. The film was Juliá's final theatrical role before his death.

Raúl Juliáplayed Bison in the1994 live-action film adaption of the series.Julia perceived Bison in the same vein of villain asRichard III,and approached the role with a Shakespearean tone.[18]In the film, Bison is a British psychopathic drug kingpin and notorious military dictator who controls not only Shadaloo (here depicted as his hostile dictatorship instead of his organization) but also the drug industry with an iron fist. One of his goals in the film is to producesupersoldiersto take over the world and establish a new order known as "Pax Bisonica" using his drug profits. His ambitions have led to a war in Shadaloo with the Allied Nations (AN), led by Colonel Guile, the movie's main character who has been sent to place Bison under arrest for his war crimes. In the film, while Ryu plays a vital role in Bison's downfall by helping to lure Guile to Bison's base, Bison and Ryu do not fight, though at one point, Ryu attempts to fight Bison alongside Ken, Chun-Li, E. Honda and Balrog. In the climax, he fights Guile and very nearly kills him with his uniform's built-in electromagnetism (the film's stand-in for Bison's Psycho Power), but he is defeated when Guile kicks him into his gigantic monitor screen and leaves him to die when the base explodes. A post-credits scene only available on the home-video release shows Bison resurrected through a solar-powered life support machine.

For the role, Raúl Juliá studied the lives and personalities of various dictators and drug lords, and as such mimicked many of their hand movements and body language to incorporate into the M. Bison character, most notablyBenito Mussolini's hand gestures,Joseph Stalin's mannerisms and strict demeanor,Adolf Hitler's love and passion for arts and crafts, andPablo Escobar's elusiveness. Other dictators and drug lords incorporated by Juliá includeFidel Castro,Muammar Gaddafi,Idi Amin,andSaddam Hussein.

The film was Julia's final role before his death, and a dedication to him is included in the end credits. Julia claimed in an interview that he accepted the role for his children, who were huge fans of the games, helped him prepare for the role and were on set with him each day of filming. Although the film was largely panned by critics and fans, Juliá's performance was singled out for acclaim and is widely considered by fans and critics to be the greatest video game movie performance of all time.[citation needed]Julia was nominated for a posthumousSaturn Award for Best Supporting Actor,which he lost toGary SiniseforForrest Gump.

In the Japanese dub of the film, he is still called "M. Bison" as opposed to "Vega", his name in the original Japanese versions of the series, as the film was a mostly American production, and Bison, Balrog and Vega were all named onscreen with their American names.

This version of Bison appears in the arcade game based on the film,Street Fighter: The Movie,as well as in the home video game bearing thesame title.In the home version, he is the main antagonist of the Movie Battle mode, and a non-playable super-powered version of him serves as the final boss. He also serves as the final opponent in the Street Battle mode, following Zangief, Dee Jay and Sagat, even if one plays as Bison himself. In his ending, he is said to have crushed Colonel Guile in personal combat and defeated his AN Forces, and subsequently brought the world under the control of his Pax Bisonica empire. In the game, Bison is physically portrayed by Darko Tuscan, who served as Raúl Juliá's stunt double in the film, and cutscenes of Juliá as Bison are shown throughout the game. Out of respect for Juliá, Bison is the only character in the game whose actor is left unnamed.

This version of Bison is perhaps best remembered for his line "For you, the day Bison gracedyourvillage, was the most important day of your life. But for me, it wasTuesday."The line is very popular with Street Fighter fans and is often referenced.

Pakistani rapper and music producerAdil Omarhas also incorporated an M Bison alter-ego inspired by Juliá's portrayal, most notably in his music video for "Mastery". He has also named hisIslamabadstudio Bisonopolis.[19][20]

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009)

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Neal McDonoughportrayed Bison inStreet Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li.He appears as the main antagonist once again, this time opposite Chun-Li. The film shows Bison donning a business suit rather than his signature costume and is depicted as acrime bossand secret drug kingpin disguised as a Thailand-based multilingual Irish international businessman instead of a military man, although he is also shown to be in charge of his own paramilitary force. In a backstory told by Gen, Bison was abandoned by his Irish missionary parents in Thailand when he was an infant and lived his entire life engaging in acts of theft. He then sacrificed his pregnant wife in the bowels of a supernatural cave, where he imbued his daughter, Rose, with the goodness of his soul, thus ridding himself of any sense of conscience. Bison's raw physical power is seen to borderline on supernatural, as he usually only required one punch or kick to send an opponent hurtling through the air. His power is first exhibited during his introduction where his spiritual energy was so immense, it heralded his arrival by a soft breeze inside Chun-Li's family manor. He is killed at the end of the film in front of his daughter when Chun-Li twists his head around by use of her legs.[21][22]

"Shadaloo" as it is referred to, is a multi-leveled criminal syndicate which is a plutarchy of an unknown number of powerful crime families that have connections ranging from the locale mafiosos of the countries to even factions of the government (in the film's current case, the department of commerce). Though Bison's full goals are not divulged, his first order of business is to buy up an entire waterfront district and restructure it specifically for the wealthy and elite, thus further adding to the funding of his operations. He first appears as a simple mob head, only to skyrocket through the ranks after killing off a number of allied families and usurping their power for himself. He is depicted as being uncomfortably upbeat about everything, as he usually reveals shortly afterward that he is in control of almost every element of espionage and intrigue he is involved with. There is a moderately less supernatural background with Bison than there was with his video game and anime counterparts.

Street Fighter: Resurrection

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Silvio Simac portrayed Bison inStreet Fighter: Resurrectionappearing in the final episode observing Ryu, Ken, Laura and Nash through a battered Decapre's eyes while sitting down on his throne behind a massive spherical object before burning a chess piece with his Psycho Power and proclaiming that he shall let them come.

Street Fighter: World Warrior

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M. Bison is set to appear inStreet Fighter: World Warrioras the primary villain.[23]

Power Rangers: Legacy Wars(Live action short)

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Actor Kevin Porter portrays M. Bison in this official crossover betweenPower RangersandStreet Fighterwith the famous YouTube channel "Bat in the Sun" filming and being produced by Hasbro, Allspark Pictures, nWay Games, and Saban as a promotion for the popular mobile game. Also starringJason David Frankas Tommy Oliver (MMPR Green Ranger, MMPR White Ranger, Zeo Red Ranger, Turbo Red Ranger, Dino Thunder Black Ranger), Ciarra Hanna as Gia Moran (Megaforce Yellow), and Peter Jang as Ryu (RuyRanger).

Animation

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Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie

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Bison is the main antagonist of the anime filmStreet Fighter II: The Animated Movie,voiced byTakeshi Kusakain the Japanese version and the late Tom Wyner in theEnglishdubwith a Trans-Atlantic accent. Bison's organization, Shadaloo (here named "Shadowlaw" ), is stated as being an internationalterrorist organization,employing a great deal of scientific technology, includingcyborgs(known as "Monitor Cyborgs" ) which pose as humans while broadcasting live images to Bison. As in the games, the "M" in his name is not revealed, although his scientist, Senoh, refers to him as "Master Bison". Intrigued byRyu's fighting skills after seeing him defeat Sagat, Bison orders a nationwidemanhuntto capture and brainwash him to work for Shadowlaw, but after failing to locate him, he abducts and brainwashes Ken in his stead, while instructing Vega to assassinate Chun-Li. In the film's climax, Bison enters the battlefield by setting Ken on Ryu and fighting Guile. He defeats but spares Guile as an insult, just as Ken manages to overcome Bison's brainwashing. Bison disposes of Ken and faces Ryu, toying with the warrior when he refuses Bison's offer to work under him for Shadaloo. Ken recovers and Bison fights both Ryu and Ken hand-to-hand, and is defeated when he is struck with a combined Hadoken. Bison survives the attack, however, and reappears in the film's final scene, driving a truck towards Ryu, who prepares to fight Bison again as the film ends.

Street Fighter II V

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Bison appears in the second half of the anime seriesStreet Fighter II V.In the ADV Films dub, he is voiced by Markham Anderson and then later on by Mike Kleinhenz, while Tom Wyner reprises his role from the animated movie for theAnimazeEnglish dub. In the series, he sports a dark blue uniform instead of his traditional red one. He is still the leader of Shadowlaw, which now has numerous subdivisions, such as the Ashura Syndicate under his associate, Mr. Zochi but has no major history with Guile nor Chun-Li as opposed to other versions. When Ashura is destroyed by Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li,Fei-Longand Inspector Dorai (Chun-Li's father), Bison orders Dorai murdered and Ken kidnapped and held ransom after witnessing him defeat Vega in a very dramatic fashion, and later sends his henchman, Zangief, to capture Ryu, whom Bison had seen on the beach practicing Hadou, and have him brainwashed into becoming his enforcer and surrogate son. In the meantime, Bison succeeds in brainwashing both Chun-Li and Ryu and setting them on Guile and Ken, respectively, after killing Charlie Nash after a botched rescue. In the end, Ken manages to break Bison's control on Ryu, and the two take on Bison. Bison, clearly the superior fighter, easily handles both Ryu and Ken, until they discover that Bison can be damaged with their Hadou powers. Ken is knocked unconscious while Ryu battles on. Bison prepares to finish off Ryu with a Psycho Crusher, but is intercepted by Ken using his Hadou Shoryu. Ken's strength is depleted and Ryu takes on Bison one-on-one, who is still not fully recovered from Ken's attack. Ryu uses a series of moves to defeat a defenseless Bison. As Bison prepares a final Psycho Crusher, Ryu counters with a Hadouken, which hits Bison square in the chest and presumably destroys him.

Street Fighter(US cartoon)

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Voiced byRichard Newman,Bison's portrayal in the AmericanStreet Fighteranimated series is considerably close to his portrayal in both the live-action film and significant aspects of the video game. His primary nemesis is Guile, as in the movie. In the first season, Bison's attack on Chun-Li's village (referenced in the live-action film), appears in a flashback, revealing how he killed Chun-Li's father, who attacked him in futile defiance. Bison later reveals to a vengeful Chun-Li that he also murdered his own father in cold blood. The second season explored Bison's relationship with Cammy in the same manner as the games and the anime movie, with Cammy being triggered as a "sleeper agent" in the opening episodes. She discovers that Bison had murdered her parents after discovering they were MI5 agents and brainwashed her into becoming a sleeper agent in the series finale, but not before she reestablishes her romantic bond with him. Bison seems to worship a Thaideitythat instructs him on what to do with his resources, and in the finale, Bison convinces himself he has been told to destroy the Earth through the launching of nuclear missiles. Bison eventually engages Guile in a showdown which concludes when Guile, in a manner reminiscent of the 1994 film, kicks Bison into a computer and fires a sonic boom at him, unleashing a strong magnetic force that pulls Bison into the computer, which explodes afterwards, destroying him completely.

Street Fighter(UDON comics)

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Bison is heavily featured as the primary antagonist of theUDON-publishedStreet Fightercomic series. His story is mostly unchanged from the official version, portraying him as the dark and sinister leader of Shadaloo. He operates behind a veil of various agents and associates who do his bidding as well as having numerous enemies (such as Chun-Li and Guile). Bison is the student of a mysterious woman whose tribe has mastered the art of Soul Power. After being exiled from further training, he studies the forbidden texts of their people and learns the nature of Psycho Power, the negative half of Soul Power. He returns to her later in life and uses this power to massacre his mentor's tribe, leaving only one survivor (Rose). Like the official story, Bison has a great interest in Ryu after watching him defeat Sagat at the last Street Fighter tournament and observing the nature of theSatsui no Hadō.At the end of the first series of comics, Bison is defeated in a battle with his own creation (Charlie, who had been empowered with Shadaloo technology) when Charlie sacrifices himself to plunge Bison into a river. Bison survives the fall and his body is reanimated with the Psycho Drive, whereupon he resumes his role as Shadaloo dictator. As the comic moves forward, Bison announces his "Street Fighter II" tournament, the second global gathering of martial artists, and is documented in theStreet Fighter II Turboseries of comics. The tournament itself runs smoothly up until what would have been the final battle between Ryu and Bison. At this point, Akuma intervenes (much like the official story) and demands a fight with Ryu. Bison senses the amount of great power Akuma carries and attempts to subdue him in combat, only to be halted by Rose's spirit who restrains him while Akuma delivers the final blow and seals Bison's soul for good.

Wreck-It Ralph

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M. Bison makes a cameo appearance in the Disney filmWreck-It Ralphwith Gerald C. Rivers reprising his role fromStreet Fighter IVonwards.[24]

Reception

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Since he appeared inStreet Fighter II,M. Bison has received mostly positive reception.IGNpraised his role as a villain in the series that did not rely solely on hishenchmen.[25]IGN described him as a formidable boss and one who has endured for years as a mainstay in theStreet Fighterseries.[26]GameProstated "This guy had the nerve to look you dead in the face, threaten your very soul and then tell you he represents an organization called Shadaloo. That's brave, man."[27]Guinness World Records Gamer's Editionlisted M. Bison as 17th in their list of top 50 Villains.[28]GameDailyregarded him as one of the best end bosses ever.[29][30]Digital Spysaid Bison is a great villain due to his multiple antagonism with the rest of the cast to the point his chaos is irredeemable.[31]GamesRadarsaid M. Bison was one of the most infuriating opponents imaginable.[32]In 2014, Capcom UK named M. Bison the "4th Most Powerful Street Fighter Character", while in 2016, Screen Rant named M. Bison the "3rd Most Powerful Street Fighter Character", stating "As the main antagonist of the series, it's only natural M. Bison would also be one of the most powerful characters of the franchise—he's even proven capable of getting the better of Ryu."[33][34]

Some sites like GameDaily enjoyed his characterization, describing him as one of the most "vile, powerful end bosses ever put into a video game".[35]He was also 2nd in GamesRadar's "The 12 most misunderstood videogame villains" with comments on the various sub-stories Bison is involved in theStreet Fighterseries.[36]GamesRadarstaff described M. Bison as the best villain in video games, stating that "Vega, Master Bison, Dictator - no matter what you call him, anyone who harnesses the destructive might of Psycho Power energy has got to be bad news."[37]1UP.comlisted him as of the characters they wanted to see inStreet Fighter X Tekken.[38]Pasteconsidered him a "Saturday morning cartoon villain of the Street Fighter series, and for the most part, it works."[39]Meanwhile, Den of Geek comments "Bison is so sinister that he literally made himself purely evil through magic just so he wouldn't be distracted by his conscience" and praised his fighting style[40]UGO Networkshighlighted that since Bison's true goal is to oppress the world for his own selfish benefit, making him "only villain" in the story.[41]GameSpotlisted him at number five on its "Top 10 Video Game Villains" list, stating a preference for his attack set while bemoaning his portrayal in the live action film.[42]

Bison's return inStreet Fighter 6was criticized byPaste Magazinefor ruining the story of the previous installment where Ryu kills the villain, leading the heroes to move on with their lives.[43]Inversefelt the character's revival inStreet Fighter 6was similar to howTekken 8revived the villainHeihachi Mishimaas if they never have a real death in the narrative.[44]He has also beenGenbesides Heihachi due to their portrayals as in the games.[45][46][47]Bleeding Cool also critized the character's appearance inStreet Fighter 6to the point of wondering whether or not he was the real villain famous in the franchise.[48]Tech Radarreferred to Bison's design as the "most radical" change in the entire cast as he looks very different from his classic look especially when compared to other redesignsStreet Fighter 6characters are given but his special moves were still praised.[49]

Nicholas Ware in a dissertation titledYou Must Defeat Sheng Long to Stand a Chancenoted M. Bison was surprisingly more muscular and taller in theAlphagames when compared to the hero Ryu. His appearance also stands out for lack pupils in his eyes similar to Akuma and Sagat which emphasizes their antagonistic personalities. This comes as a result of the developers' desire to make the players motivated to defeat such nemesis. However, they are overshadowed by Akuma in an alternate narrative where he comes across as a hidden boss who plays a major role in the corruption of Ryu.[50]Richard Harrington ofThe Washington Postsaid the live-action film was "notable only for being the last film made byRaúl Juliá,an actor far too skilled for the demands of the evil warlord, Gen. M. Bison, but far too professional to give anything less than his best. "[51]

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