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But first? Everyone else, starting with the original two Street Fighters. So yeah, I will get to Blanka - who, as it turns out, has the longest and most complicated backstory and might pull from more sources than anyone else in this iconic game, to the point that I decided to collect all of Blanka’s story into its own post. If someone reading this knows of an interview or the like that corroborates an as-of-yet unverified thing, let me know and I’ll update the post. There are a few points where I am pretty sure that we have the accurate backstory but have yet to find a Capcom staffer speaking on the record about it.
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And please do note: Whenever possible, I tried to tie various presumptions, assumptions, and urban legends about this game and its characters to official sources, usually interviews with the Capcom staff that helped make the games. In doing that, however, I ended up learning a lot about the other eleven characters, including some “word of god” facts from the series creators that made me realize my personal headcanon was wrong. In the beginning, I thought I had a decent handle on the origins of all the core Street Fighter II characters except for Blanka, and so I decided to research how Street Fighter II’s strangest character came to be. This post initially started as an exploration of where Blanka got his name. None of the Street Fighter II characters were created “just because.” Their looks, their fighting styles, and even their names exist for specific reasons - and often as a result of a few different pop culture entities colliding together and making something new.