The Entire Terrifying Story of Akuma ! - Street Fighter History (1991-2024)

when it comes to the history of Street Fighter characters few are more enigmatic and quite damn frankly terrifying than that of Akuma this raging demon and master of a dark hadow appearance in Street Fighter 6 sees him emerge older wiser and more powerful than ever however still surging with murderous intent this man will stop at nothing to seek out the most powerful opponents possible this lust for power and desire to take on the universe's strongest opponents has seen this mysterious yet intimidating man take on many different forms and appear in many different games hunting out the perfect adversaries to compete with in fact he is such an absolute gigachad that he is the only fighting game character in history to be Cannon to both the street fighter and Tekken stories alike nothing will stop this fight and obsessed lunatic from hunting out the best scraps that various realities have to offer so with all of this said hello ladies and gentlemen Big Daddy Top Hat here join me today as we take an up close look at Akuma multiversal story and some of the terrifying Transformations he is capable of [Music] yeah the T of Akuma traces back to 1991 with the release of Street Fighter to in the arcades when rayu defeated an opponent his winning quote mention defeating Shen long to stand a chance this sparked curiosity among players leading them to wonder about the mystery character Shen l fans wrote into electronic gaming monthly and the magazine revealed that Shen long was ruing Ken's Master players could fighted him as a secret boss under specific conditions creating the global Legend norori Tua fizu called wind of this and requested akiras suda to design a new character to please fans who fell victim to this April Fool's joke this is how Akuma was born in the fifth arcade iteration of Street Fighter 2 named Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo Akuma appears under specific conditions he challenges the player after obliterated then bison adding to the mystery although these events are non-cannon in Super Street Fighter 2 turbo it is said that Akuma monitored the second World Warrior tournament to find a worthy opponent Akuma makes his next appearance in Street Fighter Alpha Warriors dreams serving as both a hidden opponent and unlockable character this marks the first time he features with his given name within a street fighter title in both Alpha and Super Street Fighter 2 turbo aumar appears of a dark colored ghee physically distinct with his trademark features akuma's fighting style is offensive orientated focusing on dominating the opponent and preventing counterattacks his move set includes powerful haduken like projectiles even midair and diagonally down making him a formidable force apart from Street Fighter Alpha Akuma also appears in Street Fighter the movie the video game in 1995 despite not being in the liveaction movie the game is based on it is reported that his inclusion in the title is simply down to the game designer Alan noon believing that he was a great character ingame text hilariously states that the Kumo plans to rid the world of shen long and all that he stood for February 1996 would see aum's most prominent role yet even being featured on the front of Street Fighter Alpha 2 arcade Flyers the great artwork which also functioned as the cover for the Home Port of the game seems to have been inspired by the promotional shot in a 1995 WWF Survivor Series encounter between Brett the Hitman Hart and Diesel frame similarly to diesel in this shot Akuma looks all the more imposing Alpha 2 marks not only the first Alpha game where Akuma is immediately selectable but also fleshed out C's backstory with more material than ever before playing an integral part in this game's overall story arc if players choose to play as rayu the game outlines that after he won the first World Warrior tournament rayu heads home to Japan it is here that he discovers his master known as Goen who's been murdered soon learning that the culprit is Akuma rayu story eventually culminates with him fighted Akuma on his Island after Tes skill Akuma sinks the island telling rayu to become stronger playing as Ken Builds on these events further in Ken's story after winning the US Martial Arts Tournament during the event of the original 1987 Street Fighter game Ken heads to tell his master goken the good news he Witnesses Akuma murdering his master but is easily knocked down by the redhead Warrior when trying to step in Ken vows to get stronger and avenge his master the next part of the alpha story unfolds in 1998 building on previous events akum returns wanting to seek new challenges as he waits for rayu to reach his true potential during this time frame he sets his sights on defea and then bison a man he believes is an even greater evil home versions of the game include Shin auma a powered up version of the fighter who has Unleashed his power now seeking new victims to defeat particularly evil rayu another new addition to the Home Port whom shinika wishes to fight in a blood match in terms of the Alpha Series while we learn more about Akuma from these games than ever before we perhaps learn the most about this character from comics and other source material that builds on the plot further we learned that rayu and Ken's Master known as gken was in fact akuma's brother and both siblings are at one point students of a man man named go setsu the two brothers would learn a mixture of martial arts skills under his chage including the incredibly powerful shun Goku satsu a lethal technique so powerful it would even put the user in danger later a dispute with arise between the brothers with Goen being unable to accept the violent nature of the satsuo had fighting style Goen would leave to create his own Dojo while Akuma would continue accepting gosu's teaching in to master such a fighting style auma was forced to give up compassion to all other human beings and to continue to hone the techniques further Akuma would begin additional training alone further embracing satat swo had he would soon begin lusting to have fights to the death leading to a death match with his master gosetsu to prove he had surpassed him once and for all after killing his master now believing he was the true Master of the art he took his dead Master's prayer beat and placed them around his neck making up a trademark part of akuma's look until this day a few years later this would eventually lead to an encounter between both brothers with Goen being obviously upset with akuma's actions Goen would win this fierce battle with Akuma telling his brother to kill him Goen refused letting him know he had no intention of murder prompting Akuma to call him weak for sparing his life and declaring that he would return which of course brings us right back around to gokan's murder prior to the events of Street Fighter Alpha 2 now away from the street fighter series itself Akuma had also been making a huge Splash elsewhere as early as of 1994 the year of a character debuted he appeared as a hidden boss in X-Men Children of the atom this appearance proved so popular that it would eventually Inspire the entire Marvel vs Capcom series including appearing as a hidden character once more in X-Men versus Street Fighter and in Marvel Superheroes versus street fight he appears as a playable character and as the game's final boss cyber Akuma a robotically modified version of a formidable fighter Infamous for being one of the tougher Final Bosses in fighting game history continuing to build on akuma's Legacy as one of the baddest men in fighting games in fact on the subject of her old appearances he also features in cyberbots Full Metal Madness aumer is a playable character but this time as a giant Mech he would also appear in super gem fighter minimix or's non-cannon Street Fighter EX series and pretty much all of the Marvel versus Capcom games and the Capcom and SNK crossover series Akuma Mania was running wild brother but in terms of a Core Series entry Akuma would NE surface in Street Fighter 3 second impact in this game like in others rather than entering a tournament he lurked looking for strong competition during this time frame he is challenged by Sha who mistook him for rayu resulting in Akuma easily crushing a young star he successfully manages to pull off a shungo KATU against the tournament sponsor Gil but does not realize Gil has the ability to resurrect himself he also once again challenges Ru to a match asking him to show him his true power still rayu refuses to kill him stating that malicious intent is not the way of a warrior like what is tradition with many games by this point Akuma once again features as a hidden character Akuma reserves in Street Fighter 3 thir strike where between games he is said to have continued to harness his incredible fighting skills including a fight with Oro where both Fighters are said to have tested each other's Powers as we know we would have a large gap in time between the release of this game and Street Fighter 4 with Street Fighter 4 chronologically taking place after two but before three he would feature in multiple iterations of Street Fighter 4 including the animated piece connected to the game Street Fighter 4 for ties to that bind Akuma appears right at the beginning of the movie where he enters ru's mind tormenting and harassing him inquiring how long he intended to resist satsuo had rayu remains adamant that he will never use it prompting Akuma to tell him that he will murder him himself and states that this mundane world is of no concern to him as he grows Stronger by consuming human life sometime before the third world Warrior tournament rayu and Akuma with Jewel with a Cuma dominating the fight as he rebukes rayu about his rejection of the dark had rayu finds the strength to recover and fights back however Ken would interrupt the fight forcing Akuma to leave within Seth's tournament in Street Fighter 4 Akuma notes that sauo had is reemerging within rayu so he sets off to find rayu in person to help him realize his power so that he can kill him in battle once again as a tradition by now Akuma does not enter the tournament but instead lurks in the shadows a revelation during this time frame is that Akuma never actually managed to kill his brother during the Alpha Series but instead simply left him in a deep coma with the man Awakening for the events of Street Fighter 4 rayu encounters Goen who uses the power of nothingness to seal the satsuo had which has hidden away at rayu knocking him unconscious Akuma quickly arrives on the scene to challenge his brother once more to a death match the winner of which will claim the Cub meaning rayu the outcome of this fight is unknown but considering rayu is later seen free of the darkness Akuma obviously was not Victorious on this occasion further to this a new hidden boss can be found in super street fight 4 arcade edition known as Onie this is a form Akuma takes when he has become one with a satsuo had entirely completely losing any shred of humanity has remaining but developers often refer to Oni as Akuma Beyond Shin auma it is said that through his training and meditation Akuma may have suppressed some of the darker aspects of the satsuo had allowing him to control his actions as Onie he finally becomes one with assassino had whose power has now managed to completely overtake him Oni has discarded his remaining Humanity his identity as a Kuma and his prominent moral code as a warrior he will fight anyone to the death regardless of conditions away from the street fighter franchise itself Akuma will continue to make appearances in non Street Fighter games these include Power Rangers Legacy Wars Namco cross Capcom Street figh across Tekken and most surprisingly of all in my opinion as a fighter in Tekken 7 it the first time in history that the character from Street Fighters appeared in a standalone Tekken game but what makes this all the more juicy the events are actually Cannon Akuma over the years has become Mr crossover looking for those strong opponents I guess it's only a matter of time until we see him in Smash Brothers challenging seph off to the death as of Street Fighter 5 a game that occurs chronologically before three but after four he was included as a second wve DLC character in trailers he would be seen fighting against rayu and is depicted with longer hair than usual and more of a lion's man marking his biggest aesthetic change in the series in the prologue to Street Fighter 5 he gets into a fight with Nali who wants akuma's Soul Nali attempts to devour Akuma but Akuma overcomes him he's ster likee obsession with rayu continues though with Akuma defeating rayu in a battle once more this time though he does not attempt to kill him but instead leaves him on the ground questioning himself if anyone can ever match his powers Akuma leaves letting fate determine when B will meet again over the course of all of his appearances it is revealed what a cold and calculating yet powerful Warrior akumar is with a horrifying existence of only being motivated by killing strong foes he is certainly not a man who would pray on the weak but that has nothing to do with good intentions nothing is more serious to him than his training and seeking out powerful adversaries that he could potentially murder he holds a strong belief that only a fellow practitioner of Sato had is truly capable of defeating him in a death match and despises his brother Goen for sealing off the darkness in rayu which he perceives as preventing the Warrior from ever reaching his true level of potential due to his wed set of moral values Akuma does not believe he has ever done anything wrong while he killed his own teacher and assumed he did the same thing to his own brother he did it in combat thus it can be said to have not transgressed on his principles an odd sneak attack on the likes of bison and Gil is fine to him as those individuals were deemed less than honorable to himself so despite all of a darkness that has consumed Akuma he still holds some sort of moral value set whether it to be a horrifying one or not so as you can see from all of this Akuma is literally everywhere appearing in a crazy amount of different fighting games but here's the really part I can get you nearly all of these fantastic games for dirt cheap including over 80% off of some of the street fighter games and thousands of others grab some Bargains and support my work simultaneously by using my instant gaming affiliate link now happy shopping leading into the Evo fighting game Tournament of 2010 street figh 4's producer yoshii Ono was teasing the release of an all new fighting game one of which was largely believed to be the next entry in the dark stalker series just before Evo Super Street Fighter 4 finals on the stage Ono would be confronted by Tekken producer katsuhiro herada teasing a future crossover game at ComicCon later that same year Ono would host a super Street figh 4 panel which would see herada emerge from the crowd and head towards the stage on his way there he would give out three copies of Tekken six which in professional wrestling fashion would receive a mixture of cheers and booze from the street fighter audience once on stage the pair would announce not one but two crossover games Street Fighter cross Tekken to be produced by Capcom and Tekken Cross Street Fighter to be produced by Namco as for Street Fighter cross Tekken the game would see release in 2012 which would see Akuma do battle with characters from Tekken for the first time but obviously this game self-contained story is neither Cannon to the street fighter or Tekken Universe years were passed and as we hit 15 herard would confirm that Tekken cross street fighters development had come a long way however no release date was yet in sight moving into December at the 2015 king of Iron Fist Tekken 7 tournament though we would get another surprise crossover announcement which of course would be that street fighters Akuma was becoming a playable character within Tekken 7 sadly as we now know Tekken Cross Street Fighter itself would never hit store shells but that doesn't mean we won't explore what we know about this mysterious cancel game somewhere in the future on this channel so be sure to subscribe now if you don't want to miss that one but for now let's explore akuma's arrival in Tekken 7 with no better place to start than watching his debut trailer so let's watch it in for now [Music] [Music] [Music] fore fore [Music] fore fore foreign spee [Music] [Music] foreign foreign fore [Music] I [Music] do [Music] fore speech as one might expect fans absolutely lap this reveal up with many even going as far as to dub it the greatest character reveal of all time the trailer indicated that AKA and Tekken would differ from the usual emergence of guest characters in fighting games as it became instantly clear that Akuma was being made part of the main Tekken story rather than simply existing to be playable a street fighter the character becoming part of tekken's official Cannon was a historic moment indeed so let's discuss how he fits in tekken's plot in more detail as the trailer outlines Akuma fits into tekken's story due to being called up by Kazumi the estranged wife of heihachi Mishima he has been summoned to not only kill the legendary Warrior from the Tekken universe but also Kazumi's infamous son kazuya it later transpires that Akuma has a standing de between him and Kazumi as she apparently once managed to save his life inevitably Akuma manages to confront heihachi with the pair doing battle However unfortunately it is interrupted by a jack 6 Army who was sent by kazuya this leads to one of the most epic team ups in history whereby The Duo destroy the Army together following the Skirmish Akuma reveals to heihachi that he was sent by his estranged wife to kill both him and his son which just results in heihachi asking him why has taken him so long to fulfill such a promise Akuma simply replies he was waiting for haachi to become stronger illustrating that akuma's lust to only kill worthy opponents hasn't changed from the time in the street fighter Universe the two then proceed to fight once more of auma emerging Victorious destroying B dojo and seemingly murdering heihachi in the process as akuma's Quest continues he arrives at the top of the G Corporation Tower to take on and kill kazuya allowing the master of the dark had to satisfy his loss to do battle with the strongest around once more with Akuma overpowering heihachi's son this results in him quickly resulting to taking his demon form but the fight is soon interrupted by heihachi Leading us to learn that he has previously faked his own death haachi has been broadcasting kazuya's devil transformation to the entire world thus exposing his dark secret aachi then proceeds to f a powerful laser from a satellite in space destroying the tower but neither Akuma or kazuya are killed despite surviving the explosion the public turned against both kazuya and the g Corporation due to learning of his devil form but kazuya is soon able to reverse the tide of public outrage after he uses his devil Blaster to shoot he Hatchi satellite from the sky causing it to Tumble to Earth wiping out an entire city through this action the world then believes that he Hatchi lost control of his own satellite so support swings in kazuya's favor leading to an eventual rematch between Father and Son inside a volcano the two fight each other to the death exchanging blow after blow ultimately kazuya finally manages to kill his father stopping his heart with one deadly blow to the chest following this he picks up his father's CS then tosses him into the volcanic magma below repeating his father's teachings that all that matters is who is left standing nothing else speaking of those still left standing Akuma returns and confronts kazuya once more resulting in them taking part in a heated battle once again deadlocked kazuya fires a devil Blaster at akuma's haduken leading to a collision so powerful that all of a PA surroundings are destroyed bringing Tekken 7 to an epic close with neither fighter being made to look weak as for using Akuma in combat in such a game he differs from other playable characters in Tek due to possessing elements associated with Street Fighter this means that in contrast to other Tekken 7 combatants Akuma does not possess a rage drive but instead has a separate bar at the bottom of the screen feeling and utilizing the bar can enhance moves which refer to in the game as ex moves referencing previous Street Fighter outings Akuma can also perform super combos a further reference to Street Fighter and Akuma can Dash forward and combo off canell moves just like in Street Fighter 4 while again replicating akuma's past in other games in arcade mode in Tekken 7 Akuma is a secret boss who replaces Kazumi at the abandoned Temple just like in Super Street Fighter 2 turbo back in the day this encounter can be triggered by achieving specific in-game Feats Akuma is far from the only guest character to appear in Tekken games and was not even the first that honor goes to gone a character who starred in a manga series of the same name away from this Tekken 3 Legend snk's geese Howard would join the F bloody noctis from Final Fantasy 15 of all people and even Negan from The Walking Dead Tekken guest characters are a weird selection of individuals indeed but as a collectic as this mix is Akuma Remains the only one of them who got to become part of the actual Tekken Cannon itself which is awesome to say the [Music] least under usual circumstances Akuma abides by his own moral warrior code whereby he fights to improve his skills and defeat powerful opponents it is therefore extremely rare for a cummer in combat to ever need to resort to showing his true strength and most of the time he is merely testing Fighters he deems worthy of having potential to become strong opponents for him later this is Illustrated through his obsession with rayu and his desperation to convince rayu to succumb to the power of the dark had himself that way Akuma can finally achieve what he is lusting for a powerful emotionless opponent who he can truly test his strength against will in the dark had would see rayu take his alternative form which is presented in the video games as evil rayu a version of the fighter that has succumb to the dark hadow but if Akuma was to be in a situation whereby he could truly show off his power that brings us to his legendary Oni form it is said that due to akuma's strict training and meditation regime over the years the fighter has managed to learn to take a huge amount of control over utilizing the satu no allowing him to an extent to be able to control all of his own actions when he becomes Oni on the other hand this is Akuma when he is fully one with the dark hadow with this dark energy completely overtaking his being like his shin auma form before akuma's Oni would show up as a hidden final boss opponent in a reiteration of a Street Fighter game in this instance appearing in Super Street Fighter 4 arcade edition if you play Street Fighter 4 games as Onie his intro sequence States his Roar Echoes through the night and shows that his presence causes the explosion of a nearby tree and the death of a bird he then looks up and proclaims that he is indeed evil incarnate in the onlyi form auma would be depicted looking far more muscular than ever before with his skin changing a strange dark of blue with glowing yellow red eyes spiky hair fangs and a NE short protrusion from the forehead resembling growing horns this terrifying transformation results in the top half of his ghee being blown off by the incredible amount of dark energy that is emanating around him even he signatured prayer beads that he usually wears around his neck break into pieces and instead the pieces float around his body eerily to make this all the more alarming all of his fingers and toes become Claws and his voice takes a demonic tone leading to Onie becoming one of the most petrifying opponents in the whole street fighter universe as for this character's transformation Oni looks so different to akuma's base form that most of the characters within Street Fighter 4 are unable to even be able to recognize that Onie and Akuma are the same person amusingly Zang is one of the exceptions to this Rule and he is very impressed by a akuma's extra muscle mass he has put on hilariously though he is unable to notice any of the even more significant changes to akuma's body further emphasizing the Russian Fighters obsession with bodybuilding bloody quick change the channel outside of this the Street Fighter 4 games would reveal the plot twist that akuma's brother and rayu and Ken's Master known as Goen is not dead and he had survived akuma's attack against him many years ago de Brothers this means that Goen is able to identify who Oni is too which is Illustrated through his wing quote after Akuma has submitted to the full extent of the dark hat to the point of becoming a demon known as Oni in this chaotic form Akuma no longer relies on concrete martial arts techniques like previously but instead fights with unrestrained movements filled with abandon this in turn further emphasizes that Oni is fighting using a terrible B destructive force that is far beyond even akuma's control when fighting against this monster some of akuma's more basic characteristics can still be seen on display but his trademark moves have evolved into less restrain techniques with heavily altered properties Oni can use his special moves to both confuse and terrify his opponents surprising them with extreme speed and using projectiles to control the space around him once Ona has been able to get up close to an opponent it can be game over for the them very quickly especially if he chooses to execute is Shan Goku satu when Rose does battle in the game with this intimidating foe her wi quote reveals even further information about this transformation the quote tells us that it can be presumed that Onie was meant to show up at a later time but not during the present day this gives the implication that Akuma becoming Oni is not a what if possibility but akuma's fate regardless of if you consider his only transformation as part of Street for's main story or not if a player is able to beat the game as Oni his ending shows him standing in the center of volcano with him jumping up and chopping the ground with his hand this results in an instant eruption that engulfs him in lava as the lava explodes out of the volcano Oni flies out of it unharmed laughing maniacally and yelling ferociously further illustrating how powerful akum has become to the point of no longer even being human influence for akuma's final form appears to have been drawn from the Shinto religion and other Asian mythology as on he exist in these stories as fearsome Giants with fangs and horns who terrorize and pillage Villages apart from sharing the name with these demons as you can see On's appearance shares a great deal in common with these mythological creatures too while acting as a cool addition to the Street Fighter 4 games On's place within Street Fighter law can be traced back to an even earlier date more specifically including in aum's ending within the Game Boy advanced game known as Super Street Fighter 2 turbo Revival an interesting handheld reiteration of the classic title in this ending a mysterious Shadow appears and speaks to the Wilder of the dark hadow which many speculate is foreshadowing to Oni akum and his Oni transformation would also emerge as part of the DLC for the Capcom game and as aura's rat as usual obsessing over rayu in the game Akuma executes for demon armor Ed but instead of piercing rayu he launches him so hard that it forces him thr a wormhole back to his original timeline when Akuma learns of the game's protagonist a Zora's name he proceeds to reveal himself to be familiar with the die's background as a being of Wrath and challenges him while fighting Azora Akuma transforms into Oni with the pairing having a fight that lasts for over 500 years an encounter that would even put the length of a battle found in Dragon Ball Zeta Shan in other video game appearances an alternate form of Oni can be seen made out of the power of Pandora in a Kum is ending in street fight across Tekken with a transformation also appearing in the mobile RPG known as Blood Brothers 2 away from the world of video games on would also appear in multiple different comic books these would include the udon published Super Street Fighter series Onie first appears in the comic in a fierce battle involving Akuma rayu and the secret society at some point in this fight rayu takes his evil form and to do battle with him Akuma chooses to transform into Oni preparing begin the epic battle dakum is consistently been fantasizing about for years but it is spoiled by Gil who throws a f at Oni and an ice spere at evil rayu this leads to the pair reverting back to their base forms Oni also shows up in Street Fighter unlimited to a fight with rayu after he has mastered both the satu no had himself along with the opposing power of nothingness leading to him in the comic obtaining ultimate balance rayu of his new found strength is able to overcome akuma's most powerful transformation bringing a happy ending to the toal finally Oni would feature within Street Fighter versus dark stalkers a comic book crossover series after all who could possibly be more demonic than a demon and a being who refers to himself as evil incarnate Donovan from the dark stalkers franchise notes that akuma's powers are comparable to that of dark stalkers so tries to destroy him in his only form Akuma nearly finishes Donovan off but Anita intervenes and stops it in typical Akuma fashion he tells Donovan to heal himself so that he can later seek him out again when he is ready for a true battle it is of note though that this whole appearance is pretty strange as it is fully implied here that while Akuma is Onie he still has perfectly established control over his powers so it is therefore a complete contradiction of his appearances in the games but I guess this is only a comic book so we should try to not lose too much sleap over it although I know you will cuz you're nerds so ladies and gentlemen I guess that just about rounds up everything we know at this point about akuma's terrifying Oni transformation the state that this enigmatic fighter is capable of reaching beyond shinika the video gamees Cannon suggest that if Akuma fully succumbs to the power of a dark hat that the results can be so horrifying that they are even beyond the control of the socalled master of the satu no had if you thought shinuk in Super Street Fighter 2 turbo was an intimidating opponent then he has nothing on Oni as a secret boss fight to begin today's tow we need to take ourselves back to 1997 and the release of mar Marvel Superheroes versus Street Fighter this SE quarter X-Men versus Street Fighter built on the crossover premise by adding other Marvel characters into the mix such as Spider-Man Captain America The Incredible Hulk and more at the end of the previously made X-Men versus Street Fighter Gamers would take on the massive apocalypse as the toughest challenge in this game yet but in Marvel Superheroes versus Street Fighter after apocalypse is defeated an even more powerful opponent weights I of course referring to the insane Warrior cyber Akuma a fighter who is often considered one of the most difficult to compete against in Capcom game history before moving forward though let's talk about how this menacing fighter looks cyber auma is easily recognizable and differentiated from regular Akuma due to his metallic armor plating covering his body and his bright glowing red eyes with cybernetic enhancements but it's not just his appearance that sets him apart from regular Akuma you see cyber Akuma has been modified of all kinds of cybernetic enhancements that make him faster stronger and more powerful than ever before his move set is also heavily influenced by cybernetic enhancements with attacks such as Rockets lasers and energy blades at his disposal the Ki that is associated with cyber Akuma is metsu meaning destruction however unlike the usual denotations it has no hidden spiritual meaning and is simply the order of his master apocalypse one of the most impressive things about cyber Akuma is his ability to fly that's right he can actually hover in the air and rain down Fireballs on his opponents from above this makes him a formidable opponent in any fight as it's hard to get close to him when he's hovering Out Of Reach but that's not all cybera also has a devastating energy beam attack that can wipe out opponents in seconds this attack is incredibly powerful and can take down even the toughest opponents with ease making him a nightmare to deal with away from Marvel Superheroes versus Street Fighter self-contained story though what is it about cyber Akuma that makes him so difficult for gamers to sometimes contend with well let's break down this boss fight further Cyra Kuma differs from other opponents in this crossover firstly down he's incredibly High stun and stamina rating in the game pair these elements with the fact that he has a high speed rating to this illustrates just a few reasons why he offers up such a challenge Beyond in all of this he also has his own variant of the Shang Goku satsu that it's 24 times and is more damaging than when performed by biological Akuma in addition to his other enhanced abilities cyber Akuma can cause all sorts of problems cyber Akuma who debuted in this crossover game is said to be an alternate version of the famous street fighter villain Akuma but what may come as somewhat as a surprise is that cyber akuma's backstory is closer tied to the Marvel comic villain apocalypse than it is any Capcom character in this game storyline apocalypse approaches akum and offers to turn him into the Ultimate Warrior by augmenting his body with cybernetic enhancements Akuma agrees and under goes the transformation becoming this cybernetic monster as a result of the procedure cybera gains enhanced strength speed and durability as well as a variety of new weapons and abilities however despite his new found power cyber Akuma remains loyal to his warrior code and seeks out powerful opponents to challenge in combat according to the game's law he even challenges apocalypse himself but is ultimately defeated overall cyber akuma's backstory is a unique Twist on the Akuma character giving him a powerful and intimidating new form that is heavily influenced by the Marvel universe's iconic villain apocalypse so what makes cyber Akuma such a great villain well it's not just his incredible powers and abilities he still possesses the same intense desire for power and strength that he did before he was modified this makes him an incredibly complex character on the one hand he's a powerful villain with Incredible abilities that make him a force to be reckon with but on the other hand he's still auma with all the complexities and nuances that come with such a character so what does this mean for the street fighter games well it means that cyber Akuma is a fantastic addition to the series he's a character that's both incredibly powerful and Incredibly interesting with a backstory that's full of depth and complexity if Gamers want to play a cyber Ruma within Marvel Superheroes versus Street Fighter fortunately this is possible using an in-game code however to cater for the fact that he is so overpowered you are not allowed to pick a tag team partner if you play as him primarily being created as an OSS sadly playing through the game as cyber Akuma does not result in him receiving a proper ending like with other fighters in the game in the arcade version of a title upon completion players are presented with a picture of a furious Ryu screaming with the message Marvel Superheroes versus Street Fighter coming soon being shown as a placeholder but if you beat a console version of a game Cyra Kuma is given the same ending used by the other secret characters moving past the classic game where cyber Akuma made his debut fortunately we would get to see him in other titles to some degree too interestingly his next couple of appearances would not be in either a Capcom or Marvel game but instead Games published by SNK during the late '90s moving into the early thousands Capcom were in the process of making crossover games with the SNK with the SNK produced SNK versus Capcom car Fighters 2 resulting in the next appearance of cyber auma this highly addictive card game produced in 1999 for the Neo Geo Pocket color would feature a whopping different 240 character cards one of these many cards would of course be everyone's favorite cybernetic wielder of the dark hat on the subject of the card fighter series cyber Akuma would make a return in SNK versus Capcom card Fighters DS released on the Nintendo handheld in 2007 on the Capcom side of things it would be a long time until cyber auma would be mentioned in another of their games but 14 years after the release of Marvel superh versus Street Fighter cyber Akuma would return on the fighting game front well kind of anyway as in Marvel versus Capcom 3 Akuma is one of four unlockable characters in the game fulfilling a regular Trope in the fighters history as featuring as a secret character in Ultimate Marvel versus Capcom 3 Gamers can play as cyber Akuma but unfortunately it's just a costume to make regular Akuma look different the game basically just sees regular Akuma cosplaying as his cybernetic counterpart Street Fighter 5 would later show cyber Akuma the same level of Love resulting in a cyber auma costume being made of available with the game's season 5 premium pass rather than always showing his wings the fighter instead has them withdrawn into his back only appearing During certain attacks this is said to likely be a way of keeping the silhouette readable in competitive play away from the world of video games Cyra Ruma has also appeared in the street fighter udon comics with him actually appearing on a variant cover of issue 9 of Street Fighter Unlimited in this comic series he fights against Ken teaming up with fellow non-canon Oddities such as Mech zangi and zero Akuma this story actually ends up having a very amusing twist as it turns out to just be a plot for a video game being played by Ken and his family within the comic this fictitious video game is a tongue inch reference to the absurdity that was Street Fighter 2010 for the NES as you can see from all of this akuma's history is not only impressive but sprawling in scope and if Street Fighter 6 is anything to go by this Enigma story is not even close to be over yet remember you can grab most of the classics you was featured in along with thousands of other games for dirt cheap using my link down below so happy shopping with regards to that or if you simply want more content then check out my deep dive covering every single Street Fighter final boss now cheerio oh [Music]

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Length: 43min 13sec (2593 seconds)

Published: Thu May 02 2024