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Video game bosses

  • Revolver OcelotRecurring character in Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear video game series published by Konami
  • Liquid SnakeFictional character from the Metal Gear franchise
  • Akuma (Street Fighter)Akuma, a Street Fighter villain, was designed in just one hour. His face was modeled on a Buddha statue.
  • Dante (Devil May Cry)Dante of Devil May Cry was almost a Western policeman. His early name was Tony Redgrave.
  • Albert WeskerAlbert Wesker begins the original Resident Evil of 1996 as an ally. As captain of a police special forces unit, he hands the player supplies and useful information. That helpfulness is a disguise. Wesker was created by the Japanese game…
  • Juri (Street Fighter)Capcom's team went through 400 to 500 ideas before settling on Street Fighter's Juri Han.
  • ZangiefOne player's 85 straight wins with Zangief made Capcom weaken him in Street Fighter II.
  • Sonic the Hedgehog (character)Sonic the Hedgehog, the blue hero of Sega's video games, was tested on strangers in New York City's Central Park before most of the world had heard of him. The designer Naoto Ohshima carried several of Sega's internal character sketches on…
  • Big Boss (Metal Gear)In the original 1987 Metal Gear, the friendly radio voice guiding the player was the enemy.
  • Balrog (Street Fighter)Street Fighter's boxer Balrog is called M. Bison in Japan, where the M stands for Mike.
  • MoogleThe Moogle, a Final Fantasy mascot, began as a schoolchild's doodle. Koichi Ishii drew it in elementary school.
  • Pyramid HeadPyramid Head, the Silent Hill 2 monster, exists to punish one man: James Sunderland. He grows from James's guilt.
  • Vega (Street Fighter)Street Fighter II's Vega never removes his mask, and a Shakespeare character helped explain why.
  • Seth (Street Fighter)Seth, a Street Fighter villain, is one of many androids built as spare bodies for M. Bison.
  • Cloud StrifeCloud Strife's heroic identity was built from a dead friend's life.
  • Psycho MantisPsycho Mantis, a Metal Gear Solid boss, tells players to set their controller on the floor.
  • CammyCammy, the blonde British commando from Capcom's Street Fighter series, once won a fan vote by a margin that startled the company. In 2008, Capcom asked which character fans most wanted in Street Fighter IV. Cammy collected almost as many…
  • Sagat (Street Fighter)Muay Thai fighter Sagat Petchyindee claims he inspired Street Fighter's Sagat. Capcom has never confirmed it.
  • Sodom (Final Fight)Capcom's Sodom tried to write the kanji for death on his chest and got it wrong.

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