Vega, known as Balrog (バルログ) in Japan, is a fictional character from the Street Fighter fighting game series. Vega is a masked talon-wielding warrior from Spain who uses a personal fighting style combining Japanese Ninjutsu and Spanish Bullfighting, earning him the nickname the "Spanish Ninja".
Vega first appears in the original Street Fighter II as the second of four computer-controlled opponents, the player will face at the end of the single-pl...
more
Vega, known as Balrog (バルログ) in Japan, is a fictional character from the Street Fighter fighting game series. Vega is a masked talon-wielding warrior from Spain who uses a personal fighting style combining Japanese Ninjutsu and Spanish Bullfighting, earning him the nickname the "Spanish Ninja".
Vega first appears in the original Street Fighter II as the second of four computer-controlled opponents, the player will face at the end of the single-player mode, a group known as the Four Devas or Grand Masters. From Street Fighter II′: Champion Edition (the second version of the game) and onward, Vega along with the other three boss characters became playable characters. He reappears as a playable character in Street Fighter Alpha 3, the Street Fighter EX series (from Street Fighter EX2 and onward), the Capcom vs. SNK series and Street Fighter IV.
Named Balrog in Japan, the character is designed by Akira Yasuda, and was initially conceived as a brief sketch of a masked man in a ripped shirt...
less
