Capcom Developer Explains Zangief Character Nerf Problem in Street Fighter II

Street Fighter may already be familiar to game fans. This is a fighting game that is called one of the best. The game has also become famous since it was on the Arcade platform, especially in Japan until it appeared on the latest console. Various unique characters with different fighting styles also color this game.

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Reporting from Nintedolife, developer Capcom acknowledged the nerf of Street Fighter characters in the past. The character that got the nerf was Zangief from Street Fighter 2. Where the reason for the nerf from this character was because someone played very well with Zangief’s character. this was acknowledged directly by the Capcom developer, Yoshiki Okamoto.

Street Fighter 2 Yoshiko Okamoto

it happened when the development team was doing a test by putting a Street Fighter 2 arcade at the Chateau EX in Kyobashi. That’s where his team found someone really great at using Zangief. Interestingly, that person beat 85 people who played there using only the Zangief character.

Street Fighter 2

At that time the Capcom team even sent people to observe the person. Next Capcom sent three of its strongest players to challenge the person and they were finally defeated. That’s why Yoshiko Okamoto nerfed the character Zangief. Although actually Okamoto also added that Chun-Li’s character was also nerfed because it was too popular.

Therefore, the explanation above provides an overview of how the development team from Capcom carried out the nerf process. There may be disappointment, mainly because the reason for the nerf is just because the person is too good at playing a character or just because of popularity.

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