Talk:M. Bison

Musical chair naming

"If you hail from outside Japan, then you may be confused why the above red-themed toy was named "Vega" by TakaraTomy. Well, because that's his name in all Japanese Street Fighter media! Back in the 1990s, Capcom named the red-suited dictator "Vega", the masked claw fighter "Balrog", and the boxer "M. Bison". However, when the game was being localized for the west, Capcom USA thought "Vega" did not sound sufficiently intimidating for a final boss and were concerned about potential litigation from the real-life boxer Mike Tyson. Thusly the aforementioned three characters had their names rotated: the red-suited dictator became "M. Bison", the masked claw fighter became "Vega", and the boxer became "Balrog", a change that has continued to this day. In fact, most Street Fighter players simply refer to them as "Dictator", "Claw", and "Boxer" to avoid this very confusion.[1]" The source given does not actually say that Vega "did not sound sufficiently intimidating". Nor does it support the statement that "most Street Fighter players" refer to the characters by the descriptions rather than the names. --Khajidha (talk) 14:35, 6 October 2022 (EDT)