If the notion of a person’s self-appreciation had become fleshed out, I think it might have been this person.
Introducing Vega!
The ego peaks, even the full embodiment of the word!
Megalomaniac, Spanish Ninja!
Geki and Vega
‘Handsome fighters, they never lose a battle.’
‘Heart and soul are meaningless to me, I only believe in beauty;
Vega, the owner of such hollow and meaningless words as …, appears for the first time in the second game of the Street Fighter series as we know it. In fact, as in the Balrog character, we can see a similar reflection in the first Street Fighter, but the name of the character there is Geki; Just like Vega, this character named Geki, who wears a hand claw but resembles a ninja in his outward appearance, is mentioned as a possibility that he once taught Vega ninjutsu. In other words, although there is no exact information, the name that makes Vega Vega may be Geki in the first game.
Vega;s Personality
Vega hates everything that lacks elegance because of her obsession with beauty. For example, Balrog, a member of the Shadaloo organization that includes himself, cannot tolerate being rude by nature and often clashes with Balrog.
Then the mask she uses is not because she hides her identity, but because she fears that she will get a blow to her beautiful face. He takes precautions early because a blow to his face during the fight may cause wounds and bruises. In summary, the image of the mysterious man is out of the question. Because in some fights, he takes off his mask after the fight is over.
If you hate Vegas enough, let’s look at the character’s background story. Where does the source of this ego come from? What is this obsession with beauty? Let’s take a closer look.
Vega;s Story
During his teenage years, Vega learns about bullfighting, a cultural tradition in his country. It’s pretty exciting for him to do this thing, probably because he’s an adventurous person. But when the day comes, this exciting experience will be insufficient, finding itself learning ninjutsu in the most remote corners of Japan.
This technique, which he believes fully harmonizes with his natural grace and agility, combines with the bullfighting he knows best. Eventually, he begins to show off his skills in cage fights and soon becomes one of his best fighters. The issue of her obsessing over beauty will come to a head after losing her mother.
Vega was born in Spain to a privileged and noble family. However, his family loses their former status in economic terms for unknown reasons. Vega’s mother remarries in order to improve their financial situation. But this marriage will cost them dearly.
The murder of her beautiful mother by her ugly stepfather traumatizes Vega. He takes revenge on his mother from his stepfather, but this case leads to a kind of identity disorder. An honorable nobleman by day, a fearful dream of the ugly at night, becomes a sadistic murderer. From now on, the phenomenon of beauty for Vega is a wonderful trait and perhaps the only truth. Ugliness is a bad thing that needs to be completely cleansed from the face of the earth.
In addition, Vega does not seem to be interested in the activities of the organization, but later becomes one of Shadaloo’s 4 executioners.
Such is Vega’s story in a nutshell.
Vega in America, Balrog in Japan
What is this Street Fighter? and In Who is Street Fighter Balrog?, we talked at length about the name change of the three characters in the series. In the Japanese version of the game;
Balrog, M.Bison,
M.Bison, Vega,
We said that Vega is also known as Balrog.
Because M.Bison bears a similarity to Mike Tyson in name and appearance, Capcom fears that the former champion will sue while marketing the game to North America, so the boxer’s name becomes Balrog.
After this change, the designers make a decision in the character of dictator Vega. Because, according to Capcom’s American marketing department, the name Vega is not an appropriate name for this dictatorial character. At the same time, the name Vega is a common surname used in Spain. If we take into account that our arrogant brother with nails is also a Spaniard, the decision taken is a logical and correct decision.
As a result, the dictatorial character known in Japan as Vega becomes M. Bison.
The character known as Balrog is also Vega!
Vega in Street Fighter Movies
In the 1994 film Street Fighter, Vega was played by American actor Jay Tavare. Except for the cage fights, he doesn’t have much connection with M. Bison as in his original story. Instead, he works for Sagat.
We can also see Vega in The Legend of Chun-Li. Although Aslı is a very colorful and talkative character, he appears in this film as a secretive and mysterious man dressed in black from head to toe. In summary, the two films have little to do with the game.
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Finally, the character has his own short film called Matador, and in my opinion it is a film that is more than two feature films. The plot of the film is about the family issues I described in the Vega;s story section of the article. 15 minutes. It is short and concise. For those who want to watch I leave the link:
Which Street Fighter character would you like the next post to be about, I’m waiting for your comments. In addition, if you want to watch this article as a video, you can take a look at the link below;
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References;
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vega_(Street_Fighter)
streetfighter.fandom.com/wiki/Vega
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