![]() ![]() Bison over to the evil big bad boss of Shadaloo, who, you guessed it, was originally Vega. Instead of renaming the boxer, Capcom did a name swap, giving him the name Balrog, which was the original name of what you now know as Vega, a Spanish assassin and bullfighter, while giving M. Bison, Capcom changed the name for the US release due to fears of a lawsuit from Tyson given the similarities in likeness and a similar sounding name. Well, he does - in Japan.īalrog first appeared in Street Fighter II when the game was released in Japan. ![]() So the next question to ask is why doesn’t Balrog actually have a name similar to Tyson? After all, Sagat shares the same name as his real world alter ego, so why not Balrog you ask.
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