February 4, 2012
Balrog Real nerds know that in the original Japanese version of Street Fighter II, the boxer who looks like Mike Tyson was called M. Bison, not Balrog. Balrog was the name of the guy we know as Vega, and Vega was the name of the guy we know as M. Bison. Capcom changed the names for fear of Mike Tyson punching them in the face with a lawsuit. Why they didn’t just change his name a little instead of switching around all three, I have no idea. 

Balrog

Real nerds know that in the original Japanese version of Street Fighter II, the boxer who looks like Mike Tyson was called M. Bison, not Balrog. Balrog was the name of the guy we know as Vega, and Vega was the name of the guy we know as M. Bison. Capcom changed the names for fear of Mike Tyson punching them in the face with a lawsuit. Why they didn’t just change his name a little instead of switching around all three, I have no idea. 

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