Guile (Street Fighter)
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| Guile | |
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 Guile in Super Street Fighter II by Bengus |
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| Series | Street Fighter |
| First game | Street Fighter II |
| Voiced by (English) | Kirk Thornton (Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie, Street Fighter II V, Animaze dub) Rob Mungle (Street Fighter II V, ADV dub) Michael Donovan (TV series) Travis Willingham (Street Fighter IV) |
| Voiced by (Japanese) | Tesshō Genda (Street Fighter EX series, Street Fighter II V) Toshihide Tsuchiya (Street Fighter Alpha series, Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes) Unshō Ishizuka (SNK vs. Capcom series, Capcom Fighting Jam) Takenosuke Nishikawa (SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos) Hiroki Yasumoto (Street Fighter IV) Masane Tsukayama (Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie) Hideyuki Tanaka (Japanese television dub of the Street Fighter film) Hōchū Ōtsuka (Japanese video and DVD dub of the Street Fighter film) Norio Wakamoto (Street Fighter II: Mad Revenger) |
| Portrayed by | Jean-Claude Van Damme (Street Fighter film) |
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| Birthplace | United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Fighting style | SF IV: Military trained martial arts infused with pro wrestling techniques (マーシャルアーツにプロレス技をブレンド Māsharu Ātsu ni Puroresu waza o burendo)[1] |
| Occupation | United States Air Force Major |
Guile (ガイル Gairu) is a character in Capcom's Street Fighter series of fighting games. |archivedate = 2008-04-13}}</ref> IGN ranked him at number two in their "Top 25 Street Fighter Characters" article, stating "there's nothing too fancy about him. He's just your basic, no-nonsense, all-American tough guy."[2] Guile has also ranked tenth in ScrewAttack's "Top Ten Coolest Characters".[3] GameDaily listed him at number ten on their "Top 20 Street Fighter Characters of All Time" article, voicing disapproval for Jean Claude Van Damme's portrayal of him in the live action film.[4] IGN gave similar comments labelling such portrayal as "What Went Wrong" in an article about gaming heroes. GameDaily additionally named him one of their favorite Capcom characters of all time,[5] GameDaily additionally named him one of their favorite Capcom characters of all time,[6] praising his hairstyle as one of the weirdest in gaming by stating "It's not big, puffy and round, but big, puffy and MIGHTY."[7] In the February 1992 issue of Gamest magazine in Japan, Guile ranked at No. 4 in the list of Best Characters of 1991.[8] Writing for The Guardian, Ryan Hart listed Guile as the forteenth best Street Fighter character, placing Charlie in a higher spot when comparing their movesets. Alongside Hart, UGO Networks's Paul Furfari commented that Guile was one of the most important characters from the series behind Ryu and Ken.
They also placed him at #11 on their list of "Top 50 Street Fighter Characters".[9][10] His movesets were noted for having only two special techniques which required players to take a defensive style with Guile found to be one of first characters from the franchise with charged moves.[11][12] For the upcoming crossover game Street Fighter X Tekken, GamesRadar listed Paul Phoenix as an opponent they wanted Guile to face owing to their similar hairstyle.[13]
The theme tune for Guile, specifically his CP System II version, is the subject of a mashup internet phenomenon named "Guile's Theme Goes With Everything", starting in April 2010,[citation needed] which demonstrated the flexibility of the piece by showing how regardless of the video content, it synchronises with the music. This quickly grew to some 5500 videos.[14][15]
[edit] References
- ^ Street Fighter IV: Master Guide (in Japanese), Enterbrain
- ^ Top 25 Street Fighter Characters – The Final Five. IGN. Retrieved on 2008-08-15
- ^ "Top Ten Coolest Characters". GameTrailers. 2007-02-07. http://www.gametrailers.com/video/top-ten-screwattack/16889. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ "Top 20 Street Fighter Characters of All Time". GameDaily. Archived from the original on 2009-02-26. http://web.archive.org/web/20090226135619/http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/galleries/top-20-street-fighter-characters-of-all-time/?page=11. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
- ^ Scheeden, Jeese. "Franchise Reboot: Videogame Heroes". IGN. http://stars.ign.com/articles/878/878682p4.html. Retrieved September 25, 2011.
- ^ "Top 25 Capcom Characters of All Time". GameDaily. Archived from the original on April 8, 2009. http://web.archive.org/web/20090408013645/http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/galleries/top-25-capcom-characters-of-all-time?page=10&cp=3. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
- ^ Workman, Robert. "Weirdest Hairstyles In Gaming". GameDaily. Archived from the original on April 15, 2009. http://web.archive.org/web/20090415220102/http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/galleries/weirdest-hairstyles-in-gaming/?page=13. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
- ^ "第5回ゲーメスト大賞" (in Japanese). GAMEST (68): 4. http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~dummy/gamest/magazine/gamest/v068.html.
- ^ "Ryan Hart's top 20 Street Fighter characters – Part 1". The Guardian. 2010-04-10. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2010/apr/28/top-20-street-fighter-characters. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
- ^ Furfari, Paul (2010-07-25). "Top 50 Street Fighter Characters". UGO Networks. http://www.ugo.com/games/top-50-street-fighter-characters?page=4. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
- ^ Stuart, Keith (2009-02-20). "A beginner's guide to Street Fighter IV". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2009/feb/20/playstation-xbox. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Clements, Ryan (2009-02-04). "Street Fighter IV: Guile". IGN. http://ps3.ign.com/articles/951/951087p1.html. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
- ^ Grimm, Michael. "12 matchups we want to see in Street Fighter X Tekken". GamesRadar. http://www.gamesradar.com/12-matchups-we-want-to-see-in-street-fighter-x-tekken/. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
- ^ Guile's theme works with everything. Destructoid. Retrieved on 2011-01-12.
- ^ Guile’s theme goes with everything, Super Street Fighter IV Xbox 360 News. GamesRadar. Retrieved on 2011-01-12.
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