Street Fighter 3 . [34] As one of the fighters in Final Fight Revenge, her moveset was expanded heavily, and she was armed with a whip. [28] Poison later appeared as a playable character alongside Hugo in Street Fighter X Tekken with similar goals,[29] and in Ultra Street Fighter IV, in which she combined the concept with a rock band theme in her character ending. Poison was named after the late '80s glam-metal band Poison, known for their effeminate dress sense and use of make up, by an unnamed female employee at Capcom. Her first V-Trigger is the Poison Cocktail where she hits her opponent with Molotov cocktails as her projectile and her second V-Trigger is the Toxic Glamor where she gains access to two new command grabs: Toxic Hold, a fast, short ranged command grab and Toxic Bind, a slow but long ranged command grab. Following those aborted attempts, she ended up appearing as a playable character on Street Fighter X Tekken. Poison makes a few cameos in Sodom's ending in the Street Fighter Alpha, and cameos in Guy's stage in Street Fighter Alpha 2. Other characters were later revealed to have quotes along the same lines, some even worse, including Kuma outright saying Poison smells like a man and doubting she's in any way a woman. Cody tells her that he will hang out with her once his term as mayor is done until the arrival of Lucia who thought that Cody was attacked by a thug which he informs that it was just a "conversation" in the old days. One particular Final Fight Revenge attack, Poison Kiss, has her blow a large heart-shaped kiss at the opponent that travels in a sine wave path. Skills She now has a single black long fingerless gloves on her right and a single black stocking on her left and her high heels are now dark pink. Even during the times when they were still enemies, Poison has a liking to Cody, and this feeling still persists. Commentary about her ending in the game in All About Capcom suggested that the character may have received sex reassignment surgery. 5'9"[3] (175 cm)[1][2] Despite Abigail's defeat, Poison scouts him to replace Hugo for the tour only to be scolded by Roxy for her selfish acts. Poison, as she appears in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition. Poison first appeared as a playable character in Final Fight Revenge. It doesn't seem to work the way they thought, which causes them to argue and leave. In Poison's ending, she somehow manages to convince not just Hugo and Rolento, but also Cody and Guy, to form a KISS-style rock band with her, the "Mad Gears", with Ryu and Ken performing Hadoken pyrotechnics above the stage. Poison sadly leaves after hearing Lucia's words about how she had talked to Cody is how she had talked to Hugo. I felt like I was fighting against a guy..." respectively). Cops[1][2], hot dogs, Mayor Haggar After the flipping axe-kick, Poison can follow this move up with a reverse Frankensteiner (Poison-Rana). It can be seen in concept art for Poison that she was referred to as "ニューハーフ" (roughly translated as "newhalf"), a largely derogatory Japanese term equivalent to "shemale". Poison and Hugo have both a personal and professional relationship. Steve and Hwoarang stop them from fighting each other, but then Poison and Hugo get angry at them for touching her breast (which was an accident). Not much is known about her participation in the events, however, beyond the fact that she fought the heroes. The whip is used primarily in her Cat Claw and Thunder Whip attacks (which are comparable to Shoryuken/Shinryūken styled attacks, respectively), and can be used to steal a weapon from the opponent. After the tournament, she meets up with her former comrade Hugo. All four designs use the same color scheme, belt, and handcuffs. [59] GamesRadar commented "Poison holds a distinction as one of gaming’s first trans characters, which began as a strange choice in localization but has become a part of the character that she wears with pride. In their ending, Hugo is seen not getting angry because their efforts were for nothing while Poison was furious. United States of America[1][2] Lani Minella (Final Fight Revenge)Karen Strassman (since Street Fighter X Tekken), Street Fighter Alpha 2 (Street Fighter debut)Final Fight Revenge (Playable debut)Ultra Street Fighter IV (Street Fighter playable debut). Poison was also planned to appear both in Capcom Fighting All-Stars and Final Fight Streetwise, though the first game was canceled and she was cut from the second. [57], As the exact nature of Poison's status as gender-variant has been left deliberately ambiguous by Capcom,[18] the topic has remained a popular subject for debate among fans and gaming media alike. She retains her skimpy white midriff-revealing tank top, and a pair of skimpy denim "Daisy Dukes" cut-off shorts from her primary outfit as her denim shorts now had pink rips at the edge and right black straps which is connected to her shorts and a black side belt that nearly resembles a black thong. In Street Fighter V Poison wields a long black whip replacing her riding crop as a weapon. [12], Poison was given a secondary outfit for Capcom Fighting All-Stars alongside her primary classic attire. Occupation It can be cancelled from some of her normal attacks and allows for a follow-up strike. - Poison and Hugo's Search For Pandora - Please Subscribe and Thumbs Up. The discrepancy regarding Poison has been addressed more than once in interviews with former and current Capcom employees. Once it hits, she flips into the air and lands with a hard hitting axe kick that stuns the opponent in a prone position. Poison and other Final Fight characters on the cover of Street Fighter II Turbo #6 and #7. After they defeat them, and later Ogre, they finally find the box. [32] Poison has also appeared based on her role as Hugo's manager on cards for SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash and the game's Nintendo DS sequel, as well as the related printed trading card game. [27] In the Street Fighter III series, she reappears working as a wrestling manager for her friend Hugo, who could not find a tag team partner due to his immense strength. Eye color After the Final Fight series, she later appeared alongside wrestler Hugo, acting as his manager, with her schemes revolving around finding a tag team partner for him or developing their own wrestling organization. Manager. December 7[1][2] She reunites with Roxy and Abigail who now owns a scrap metal house, which leads Poison to test his strength. Evil (Final Fight)Neutral (since Ultra Street Fighter IV) [6], Poison's first appearance in Final Fight featured her and a palette swap character named Roxy as recurring minor enemies for the player to fight. [8][19] Poison is shown to be a woman with long, rugged, pink hair. A later appearance by Poison as playable character in Final Fight Revenge, an American-produced 3D fighting game spin-off of Final Fight, portrayed the character in a highly feminine manner and had her romantically interested in Cody. Poison is one of the few people that Rashid is in contact with. Poison can potentially create cross-up situations that can leave opponents reeling; however, her 'dependance' on overhead attacks put her directly in front of the opponent, allowing her overall strategy to be thwarted by grappling opponents such as Hugo and Zangief. Species During the kidnapping of Mayor Mike Haggar's daughter Jessica, Poison was a member of the Mad Gear Gang. [18], Yasuda referenced western fashion magazines for Poison and Roxy's designs, specifically Jeanne Basone's appearance as "Hollywood" in professional wrestling magazine G.L.O.W. Her V-Skill is her Perfume Swing is a swinging strike that can travel one of two distances. Her Whip of Love is now replaced by Avant Line which is a multi hitting whip attack. Since Final Fight Revenge, she usually carries a riding crop that she uses as a weapon. Skills: Acrobatics. She retains her long hair from her previous appearance to show her fringes in each sides and was tied in a high ponytail and wears a pale gold heart-shaped sunglasses. She also has white elbowband on her left elbow. [49], In February 1991, Gamest magazine named her one of the top fifty characters in video games of 1990, placing her twenty-sixth on their list. Final Fight Revenge features her also possessing a whip used in attacks, though the character has not been shown with one in other titles or artwork (other than Street Fighter X Tekken and Ultra Street Fighter IV). She embarks with Hugo to find him a tag-team partner, making several cameos during his match intro and win animations. If you take issue with it, that’s your problem, not hers. In terms of merchandise, an immovable model was being made for the 2008 Capcom Girls Collection line of figurines by Mitsumasa Yoshizawa, using her Final Fight attire and at 1/6 height, standing nearly 11 inches tall. [4], Originally conceived as a female thug in Final Fight and part of the game's antagonist group, Mad Gear, concerns during the game's development about reactions from North American audiences to fighting women led to the character being re-imagined as a "newhalf". [15], Street Fighter IV's producer Yoshinori Ono, when asked in an interview about Poison's gender, stated: "Let's set the record straight: In North America, Poison is officially a post-op transsexual woman. She is voiced by Atsuko Tanaka since the Street Fighter III series[3] and Masae Yumi in SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos. Her fuku is blue with single white linings in each sides and white socks. [22], The concept art section of the promotional comic for Final Fight: Streetwise showcases an unused Poison redesign by Trent Kaniuga for the game. The edge of her dress skirt reaches through her left knee and wears white high pumps. As one of the fighters in Final Fight Revenge, her moveset was expanded heavily, and she was armed with a whip. 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