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@Invidente7

3 жыл бұрын

You know, back in the day they actually aired Street Figther V AND the american Street Fighter cartoon back to back. It was bizarre, indeed.

@jacobbaranowski

3 жыл бұрын

Yyeeaaaahhhhhh

@royshaheer

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, About the Polanerf reference Jojo had another character that Guile bears a eerie resemblance and he was german commander or something.

@Iqzzy-KO

3 жыл бұрын

Can you do a Guy vid next?

@SilverLightRain

2 жыл бұрын

whoa, gratz so many supporters

"Go home and be a family man."

@KenMasters.

3 жыл бұрын

He wasn’t a family man to begin with, he spends more time with Chun Li.

@davidlungujr6857

3 жыл бұрын

"Are You Man Enough To Fight With Me?"

@circlieyzickosphere

2 жыл бұрын

family man

@MurseSamson

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@shadowopsairman1583

6 ай бұрын

Pst, Street Fighter 6

Writer: So, our main characters are Ryu and Ken... Movie Exec: No, no, no! We need an American! Writer: Ken is American. Exec: No, like REALLY American! Writer: Well, there's always Guile. But who would play him? Exec: The most Belgian man in the world! Writer: [shrugs, snorts line]

@KenMasters.

3 жыл бұрын

I’ll tell you why Hollywood did it: They knew that the movie would bomb and make less money, so they hired a White actor as the star because White actors are the highest grossing stars while actors who are Asian box-office successes are a small population. But to me, this is BS. They could’ve made Ryu the main character by casting Dean Cain as him, as well as Mark Dacascos as a young Ryu during flashback scenes.

@KenMasters.

3 жыл бұрын

Anyway, that’s dead on! They writers would snort lines as much as Van Damme does.

@carltonbanks5470

3 жыл бұрын

@@KenMasters. White actors gross the most in the US and europe where most of the audience is also white. Ryu would need to be the main character in Japan or China even though they love white people.

@fightingmedialounge519

2 жыл бұрын

Not exactly the most solid theory ken.

@LucLightWolf121

2 жыл бұрын

They should have cast Dolph Lundgren as Guile.

Guile also has the most recognizable theme song in Street Fighter!

@greatestgamer00

3 жыл бұрын

FACTS

@snapclub8751

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@jose.i6372

2 жыл бұрын

My fav theme tbh

@blyat8832

2 жыл бұрын

Ryu theme

@jose.i6372

2 жыл бұрын

@@blyat8832 some other versions of his theme are better than the original.

Cambodia might have been the worst day in Guile's life, but for M. Bison... It was Tuesday...

@dewayneeller

3 жыл бұрын

Ah Raul Julia, the absolute best part of the movie! But it should have been Wednesday, remember the was conquering Chun Li's village on Tuesday ROFL 🤣

@Darkundeadhero

3 жыл бұрын

@@dewayneeller lol

If someone says Guile isn't popular, they don't know SF. He's easily among the top ten 10 most popular characters in the franchise. Hell, he might even be in the top 5.

@bobster19

Жыл бұрын

I'd say; Ryu, Chun Li (though either of them could be first place), Ken, Guile and M Bison.

@MilkT0ast

Жыл бұрын

I would put Blanka on that list. Even my grandmother knows " The green electric monster"

Guile has one of the most epic fighting theme music ever. Cool design and i even like Jean Claude Van Damme as him in that movie. His speech about how 'they can all go home' was pretty memorable to me, alongside Raul Julio's Bison 'Tueday' speech.

@Speculativedude

3 жыл бұрын

I definitely agree about JCVD as Guile in the movie. They wanted someone with the body shape and also Martial Arts skills. The only other person that I think would have been a physical fit at the time would have been Kurt Russel in the movie "Soldier", but he wasn't a Martial Artist.

@Rob_Thorsman

3 жыл бұрын

I always liked Ken's theme more when Street Fighter 2 first came out. It seems Guile's theme has become more popular in recent years.

@robertdanker6193

3 жыл бұрын

Who wants to go home? And who wants to go with ME!?!??!?!🤣👍

@UncCarmkl55

Жыл бұрын

Bryson tiller remixed the beat

The Sonic Boom Tank... For when spamming the original Sonic Boom attack just isn't enough.

Even as a Canadian I had found it weird that the original Street Fighter movie was based around Guile when it was first announced, feeling that Ryu and Ken were the real main characters. Thankfully, as you mentioned, Japanese media fell more in line with this expectation.

Guile's theme really goes with everything

I also really love that you brought up that SF2 didn't really feel like it had a main character. It really felt like any of the could have been the main character. I mean only Chun Li, and Guile's endings even referenced Bison being a bad guy, even though we all knew he was. So again thank you for bringing up that point.

@KenMasters.

3 жыл бұрын

Chun Li and Guile were also the only street fighters to have their own novels based on the game as well as their own bombed live-action Hollywood films. So at this point, they are both the true protagonists of SFII.

@fightingmedialounge519

2 жыл бұрын

Having novels and specie doesn't really make you a main character.

Although you used the music throughout the video you didn’t mention that one of the most important reasons of pop culture recognition of Guile is due to the amazing soundtrack of the character #GuileThemeGoesWithEverything

Growing up in Europe in the 90s, Guile was indeed the biggest star of the series. I remember being a fan of both the movie and the American animated series. When I first played SFII on my older brother's computer, I would always wonder why Ryu was the first character that would appear on the selection screen, as it was clear to me it was Guile who was the protagonist. Despite having taken a back seat in the series, him seeking revenge for Charlie, while struggling to be a good family man, has cemented Guile as an invaluable character within Street Fighter. After all, his theme goes with everything, right?

Not one mention of his anti aerial back breaker.

@joseromero81

Жыл бұрын

He said air grabs.

Guilly! That's what we called them back in the day.

@RisingBeast00

3 жыл бұрын

Idiots can't pronounce anyone in Street Fighter.

@1000Demons

3 жыл бұрын

​@@RisingBeast00 Right? Like in this video, the guy who thinks the guy's name is "RAI-YOO". No. It's "Ryu".

I always assumed that Ryu was the main character myself.

@Barney_rubble983

3 жыл бұрын

I thought guile

@GVGINU

3 жыл бұрын

Ryu is the main character of the series until you get to Street Fighter III.

@armyofninjas9055

3 жыл бұрын

He is. He's player 1 in SF1.

@nickangelo116

3 жыл бұрын

Nope. It's the black guy who gets knocked out in the opening sequence

@essteex4656

3 жыл бұрын

@@nickangelo116 lol dude

I finally find found one guy out there that knows more about streetfighter than I do lol

I always wondered if Guile had taken inspiration from Ice Man from top gun. The hair, the plane background in SF2. Plus Ken's theme is clearly based on Mighty Wings from TG's soundtrack just giving it to Guile may have been a bit on the nose.

@KenMasters.

2 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: My theme song was originally meant to be Guile's.

@lastxp

2 жыл бұрын

Capcom can't say it's true (for legal reasons) but it is obvious that it was ripped from the movie, not unlike the Mike Tyson Mbison/Vega/Balrog swap

@andymurday4538

Жыл бұрын

He certainly does look like Iceman from Top Gun, therefore I'd say YES!!!

The main character is Sheng Long. You must defeat him to stand a chance dammitt!

@harristonrichardson9979

3 жыл бұрын

But WHO was Sheng Long ? Was he a character fighter? I just thought it was a comment put in. I dont remember a fighter called by that name.

also the main thing that makes him memeerable now is that Guiles theme goes with everything

13:49- I’m sure others have pointed this out, but this isn’t necessarily true. Charlie’s actions seemed to drain Bison of the additional psycho power he had gathered through the black moons, ensuring Ryu was able to defeat Bison.

There's a few reasons Guile feels like the main character in SF2: 1) Ethno-centrism from the US-created media overshadowing non-game productions from Japan 2) He has a distinctive appearance even in fairly stereotypical (and wrong branch) US military clothes due to his hair 3) Best theme in SF2 4) The real main character is generic Japanese karate guy dedicated to karate like so, so many other games.

That’s such a dope revelation in the manga how Charlie is the one who taught guile his fighting style .. notice Nash throws his booms using only one arm.. while guile uses both arms like a noob..

@RisingBeast00

3 жыл бұрын

Thats because Guile is more hot headed than Charlie.

Time to give a Big Sonic Boom to the All American Hero who was once a G.I.JOE!

I never thought of Guile as the face of SF, I always looked at Ryu as the face of SF. At least in the video game area

Guile just rocks. He is the spirit of the famous sonic boom

@kamerongilliam91

3 жыл бұрын

He did learned that move from Charlie Nash that was killed by M. Bison

This channel deserves so many more subs than it has. Top hat gaming channel is a video game treasure trove. Great stuff sir keep it coming.

Guile was the character I saw when I first laid eyes on SF2 and I was smitten. His character design was so bad ass to me back then: the blonde brush cut, American flag deltoid tattoos, woodland camo BDU pants tucked into combat boots and plain green tank top. I made it a point to master Guile first before moving onto learning other characters.

@siegfriedc2332

3 жыл бұрын

It was the hair that made him stand out to me. Thought it was really unique.

Our elegant and favorite videogames historian did it again.

Guile is a kick ass soldier. 😀👍🇺🇲🎮

Because of the first game, it initially felt like Ryu and Ken were the "main" characters but shortly after SF2 exploded onto the scene Guile's popularity and the way they positioned him in various media there was no doubt in my mind that they were trying to make ol' brush head the main protagonist.

I still remember the first time I beat Bison, my sister told me to try Guile because he beat Bison in the movie. I didn't know how to do any of his moves but I still got him after probably entirely too many attempts

Cmon! Guile was based off Iceman from Top Gun. Thats why he has a mohawk and is surrounded by fighter jets. They also had the end credits song of Top Gun as Guiles theme, it was changed to Kens for copyright fears. This is basic knowledge for anyone doing a Street fighter history

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO! Best stage music in the game too ❤💙

GUILE THE ORIGINAL CHAD!

@adventuretaco7140

3 жыл бұрын

Hey got a heart from one of my favorite content creators , my life is officially fulfilled .. YEEEEAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

@TopHatGamingManChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Yeaaaaaaaaahhhh!!!!!

SONIC BOOM!!!

@nobueno5454

3 жыл бұрын

Thunderbolt

@LowellLucasJr.

3 жыл бұрын

SOMERSAULT!!!

@magicvampirelver1321

3 жыл бұрын

💫NICE!!

He was on the cover of the game for the Sega Genesis

The guy with the wild hairstyle. I always felt every character in SF has importance, because of their journey. The main character? Honestly I don't know. It's weird how much focus they gave him. I guess it's the (G.I. Joe) vibe he gave off back then. Still leaves me scratching my head where the spotlight belongs to. There are so many characters to connect to, so it's up to us really. I may be from the States, but I honestly love the entire cast.

@Speculativedude

3 жыл бұрын

I get what you are saying, but I think that is might be because (especially in the movies) that people expect someone to stand out as the main character. And since the live action movie was from Hollywood, they decided on him. Not saying it was a good thing or a bad thing, just that it is how I think they decided on it.

@strangelovemd1

2 жыл бұрын

There was massive push for US military propaganda in the 90s (Top Gun, G.I Joe, etc) setting up many prime for recruitment later 2001

@unstoppableExodia

2 жыл бұрын

Ryu is definitely the main character of the street fighter franchise. He’s been a playable character in every street fighter game. His struggle to prevent the dark hadou from corrupting him contrasted with Bison as well as other villains desire to harness the dark hadou within him to serve their plans is core to the story

For some reason I feel there's little reason for Guilt to reappear in Street Fighter 6... he got his closure finding Charlie as Charlie finished his job helping with taking down Bison once and for all... Both his biggest motivations for entering these tournaments. However, there is room for Guile to show up to find out about Remy, last seen in SF3 Third Strike... We don't know who Remy's father is, but since he seems to know techniques only Charlie and Guile knows... that limits that possibility down to two candidates...

@josbornx

Жыл бұрын

Not to mention Abel...who is also French like Remy... seems to know something about their moves.

*sonic boom* Guile was my favourite in the world warrior. Loving these. Keep up the good work fella and stay safe.

Great videos love the sf series

Guile was a fan favorite (along with Ken/Ryu) from the very first arcade madness days of SFII. That popularity caused mainstream US executives to make him (overly) central in their productions. So yes he was elevated disproportionately, but not from a place of obscurity. He is rightfully important, but is and should always be secondary to Ryu and Ken. Just like he's depicted in most Japanese storylines.

Growing up I knew a kid that called Guile 'Gwillie.' It was funny to later find out they named him William Guile, lol, coming full circle to Gwillie! I remember his iconic SONIC BOOM scream from the original series (world warrior to turbo). It was epic! Then the New Challengers came out and it sounded like Guile got debollocked with his higher pitched voice.

@stevensonchambers5577

3 жыл бұрын

I could not stand hearing people mispronounce his name as "Gwillie" or "Gully"

Appreciate the vid

Thanks for the informative video! Guile is my favorite character in Street Fighter! 👍

He may not be the first or the last but he’s THE family man

This video for what it is,i don't think it could've had been done better... Great job

This video was very good; I never played the street fighter games and just came across this character just recently, but I like how similar his design is to Polnareff’s as far as his hair and face, which I think was fitting lol. I think it’s a good thing he was put out of the spotlight, simply because his vibe and how much he appears later on in the series just fits the role of being one of the side characters in the series compared to Ryu. Not to mention Ryu IS meant to be the main character, and I think that’s why they put Guile aside to let everyone know that while yes, he is fantastic, he isn’t the main focus..

I had that same t-shirt when I was a kid! Also Guile is my favorite character in the whole Street Fighter universe and my main.

I would love a series for street fighter where all the countries get their own show per country ie US has a guile show, Japan has Ryu etc. All go to the world tournament but the story goes with each countries respective characters.

This so good you could do a street fighter channel. But that would mean your as obsessed with street fighter as much as me lol. Brilliant stuff more more more

Guile's theme goes with everything.

Thanks for the deep dive!

@Richard this episode, more than the previous ones, deserved you bring up the Netflix anime Hi Score Girl as the main protagonist, Harou, is a big fanboy of Guile, making him appear in almost every episode. But interesting timing you posted this episode I’ve been asking for on my birthday, thanks I guess, lol.

I think Guile was based on the JoJo character “Stroheim” not “Polnaref”. Sorry to um actually that but if you see the pictures then it makes more sense. Ok

@LowellLucasJr.

3 жыл бұрын

Stoheims hairdo cannot be ignored when dealing with Guile. It's uncanny!

@dewayneeller

3 жыл бұрын

I think you nailed it! Guile's whole aesthetic is Stroheim but American. They even borrowed some of the look of Stroheim post his rebuild for Charlie too. If anything both characters have a lot in common with Stroheim thematically.

@yetzi3284

3 жыл бұрын

No he was based on polnareff.His hair was originally like polnareffs and they were just messing around with it and it ended up looking like that.They confirmed that he was based on him in an interview

@Blackwolfninja89

3 жыл бұрын

Benimaru from KOF resembles him better though.

Guile’s stage had the most iconic theme music.

Happy fathers day Mr top hat because you know your videos are the DADDY yeeeaaaahhhh! 😁

Guile was never replaced as t/ mainstay, he just grew long hair and changed his named to Alex

Stereotypical Japanese hero = badass loner who lives only to train and fight = Ryu Stereotypical American hero = badass patriotic military man who will fight an organization single-handedly but really wants to spend time with his family = Guile American writers do not know how to write the former, Japanese writers don't know how to write the latter.

another great video!

For me, I alway see Ryu and Ken as the main fighter of the serie. But I do understand why the american media use it as the main character for oblivious reason

8:20 "Guile was excluded from Alpha because he shared too many similarities to Charlie" Ken, Akuma and Dan: 😳😮🙄😬

Having lived through this era in America, I can honestly say I know of nobody who thought guile was a main character. It was a shock to hear JVCD was playing him and not say Ken or even Ryu. It was Ryu and Chunli as the top characters.

@Cruor34

2 жыл бұрын

Disagree, as an American who grew up with Street Fighter 2, Guile was by far the most popular character, I'm just gonna be real here and say the white guys mostly had Guile as a fav character followed by Ken, and the black guys (we had 4 in our grade) all favored DJ... can you see a pattern here? I'd say most people like who they can identify with. Chun Li was eye candy but never ever the main focus, I literally know nobody who thought that. Ryu you can argue for being the main, but America had more than double Japan's population in the 1990s (now its 3X?) and Japanese are smart enough to market to their biggest customer, strait white males 12-30. I can't speak for after the 90s as I stopped following SF. Now if you ask the actual writer, he may say Ryu is main, but if you ask the marketers in the USA, Guile is the main.

@prpredatorz310

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cruor34 Don't know where you grew up, but Guile was never a favorite out by me (Midwest). He was so stiff, and I started with the The World Warrior. Ryu was by far the number 1 and yeah Chun Li had her place, Blanka and Dhalsim had their masters, E Honda and Zangief were the least picked and Ken was a Ryu clone that few picked and Guile had the worst move set to pull off his abilities. It may have changed as The New Challengers came in, but if you followed EGM, if you saw the comments when the movie came out and the backlash. The worst decision was picking Guile as the main character.

@TherealRNOwwfpooh

Жыл бұрын

@@prpredatorz310 Following EGM doesn't mean jack squat, since they peddled the Shen Long April Fool's joke that become so prolific that it led to Capcom retroactively making Ryu & Ken's master Gouken (brother to Gouki aka Akuma) into Shen Long, whereby Shen Long is the nickname of Gouken, because Shen Long is a butchered translation of Ryu & Ken's Shoryuken/Dragon Punch, which Gouken had invented & eventually passed onto his students Ryu & Ken.

@prpredatorz310

Жыл бұрын

@@TherealRNOwwfpooh Okay, so you're mad at EGM, which I liked at the time over most of the other gaming mags but that's an aside, you're mad at them because they did an april fools joke that most people took to heart and spawned lore... and somehow that completely discredits my assertion that people in the US didn't consider Guile a main character of SF2? I'm lost to see the connection. Nobody I knew, and nothing I read at the time suggested that people thought that he should headline a Street Fighter movie. Everyone knew it should be Ryu and with him Ken.

Considering other companies being deeply involved with marketing non-game Street Fighter media in the west. Those companies probably felt Guile was more marketable in the west. Being that he's an American. Where as that wasn't going to fly in Japan. So when Capcom became a global powerhouse of its own, Ryu became the full time main character. Since the west becam a lot more comfortable with Japanese lead characters as anime became more mainstream.

Excellent video

Guile looks like a GI Joe character while Charlie Nash looks like a Residetn Evil character.

I remember guile in the animated street fighter 2 movie hitting a tree with his sonic boom when bison steps aside. Then i would always think some kind of shit like this in my head : "the Tree went home and became a family man"

Chun Li & Guile father-daughter relationship is so wholesome ❤

Love the content

Back - forward - back - heavy kick/punch = invisible throw

*Guile was born on december 23 1960 hes currently 62 years old in street fighter 6*

@KenMasters.

Ай бұрын

SF6 canonically takes place in 2008, the year of where the SFIV game was released in real life. • Guile is currently 47 and went from being a Major to a Colonel. • Mel Masters is now 14. • The story of SF6 takes place a decade after the 1998 events of 3rd Strike.

who wants to go home and who wants to go with ME?!

Where did Cammy hide that package? 😳

@Speculativedude

3 жыл бұрын

I would say, "You don't want to know." But I think we all want to know.

Crazy is that I've met people who never played street fighter but they knew about guile's theme

Guile is my personal favorite character I feel like I'm alone on this lol

sonic boom!!!(love guile being paired with captain falcon in super smash bros. ultimate's spirit battle.) still love that he got a big push during 2's u.s.a days when chun li,ryu and even his friend charlie are more closer to being the main stars(and for a while just being a question of if charlie was alive until 5.) but loved him in the animated movie(the closest i'd say to him being the star as it was him and chun li's story alongside ryu & ken.) & 2 v where he's the reason ryu and ken go on their journey(and his badass moments fighting zangief and almost helping the 2 take on m. bison after tanking his psycho power for a bit.). and even if he's dialed it back storywise his theme still rocks.(especially the version in the commercial for the game based on street fighter 2 the animated movie.:3).

Think it's fair you landed one X move bounce them off the wall and you could land a special move after that but I think it's not fair if you can continue to do that for the next 20 seconds just because you have the meter even though it would look way cooler maybe they could have additional molds were outside of the normal game that allow these kind of possibilities to occur

Benimaru Nikaido, was also inspired by Polnareff. My Brother and I had always thought Guile, and Chun-li were the main characters in SFII, whereas I think Ryu was more the main in the first game. In the third game, it is Alex.

Haa! 3:20 i still have my Sonic Boom Tank from all those years ago, just can't remember what happened to Guile. 😅👍

The moment Guile was removed was the moment I stopped playing Street Fighter

@NewGabeOrder

2 жыл бұрын

If you watched Hi Score Girl, the main character had to select Guy in Street Fighter Alpha due to being familiar with the character in Final Fight. This happened due to Guile getting cut.

I loved seeing the picture of you as a kid. On a technical point, Guile’s Sonic Boom comes nowhere near exceeding the speed of sound.

@armyofninjas9055

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe it's rotating quickly and the rotational motion is breaking mach 1.

The picture of him doing to Jean claude van Damme fighting stance is epic

@KenMasters.

3 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: The only time Van Damme did a Guile impression was at the end of the film.

@Bokeyjr

3 жыл бұрын

@@KenMasters. yep he sure did

He had his own sonic boom soda. It tasted OK.

Dope video as usual and when's Blanka's? I think Guile stopped getting a push in SF ever since the anime movie made its presence. Japan had to reassure folks that in SF1 Ryu was still the MC and has always been. So they got back easternization control with Ryu from the movie. Both western and eastern fans were happy in the end as we have 2 figures for the franchise, Ryu for easterns and Guile and or Ken for westerns.

@TopHatGamingManChannel

3 жыл бұрын

There is a Blanka episode up. It has had over 100k views :)

I like the part with the “Sonic Boom”

guile was the first character I played with. He’s awesome.

It certainly seems that there was a push by Capcom to make Guile the main central character of Street Fighter II. At least in game canon similar to what they would do later with Alex in SFIII. And if there was a ending with more meaning that stood above the others it was Guile's. In canon I always believed it was him who defeated Vega (Dictator) at the games end. However in the canon book Street Fighter II Complete File we learn that it was Ryu who supposedly defeated Vega at the games end. This of course would later be changed to Gouki. Vega however disappears as they find only the dictator's hat lying on the ground after his defeat, the whereabouts of his body are a complete mystery. Guile's design was also influenced by Stroheim another character from JoJo, as well as Narumi from the manga Riki-Oh.

Van Damme himself

As for a Guile Player (in which I am not) has similarities of Wrestling in the game. 1.Air Throw 2. Air Backbreaker 3. Snapmare Toss 4. Suplex

Can someone explain to me the use of sonic boom? You hold back for a few seconds and then throw it. Its like the most telegraphed fireball in all of fighting games.

Guile was also in Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law on the PS2

“True story”? I didn’t even he was real and that those things actually happened... that’s crazy.

Jean- Claude van damme was the perfect actor to play Guile

Thanks!

Top hat. Can you do Dan? I'd love to know more about him. Do every character.

i dont know who got that mixed up but it was always ryu n ken but i can see how guile can be put into thee good guys leader role, like raiden

Don't mess with Guile, got extreme training at Camp Boot under General Mills.

My favorite character growing up Colonel William F. Guile

Street Fighter Red Tape by Pete Holmes is what I remember. First time I played as Guile was back in the early 90s in the arcade.

@PHSDM104

2 жыл бұрын

AMERICA!!

>Phil Aceyo That shout out, lol.