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M. Bison (commonly called Master Bison or Mr. Bison outside Asia, and known in Japan as Vega) is one of the primary bosses of the Street Fighter fighting game series.

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M. Bison's Storylines

Bison's original body as seen in the Street Fighter Alpha series.
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Bison's original body as seen in the Street Fighter Alpha series.

Shadoloo's satellite (featured in Street Fighter Alpha 3) apparently can give the Psycho Drive long distance capabilities, as shown in various SFA3 endings. The location of only two Shadoloo bases have been revealed so far; one located in Brazil, and the other located in Thailand. The Psycho Drive isn't Bison's source of power, however; it is used to channel in all the negative energy of the world. M. Bison then uses his shoulder plates to transfer the energy from the Psycho Drive to his body. This may be a reason why the doll uniforms have shoulder patches, too, but that aspect of the doll uniform is conjecture. The Psycho Drive can channel any negative energy or emotions, but Bison can get more from powerful fighters. To master Psycho Power, Bison had to expel whatever humanity remained in his soul, which formed into the woman called Rose.

Shadoloo came to the attention of Interpol, who sent their special operative Chun-Li to take Bison down. Although Chun-Li defeated him, he flew away, promising to kill her, as he had killed her father, the next time they met. Later, he encountered Rose, who swore to destroy him. Although she apparently succeeded, Bison's Psycho Power was not defeated.

He recovered from his battle, but his Psycho Power started to exceed the limits his body could withstand. Having predicted this event, Bison had his scientists engineer a body that he could transfer his essence to, but that body, Cammy, escaped from Shadoloo's conditioning. Bison then turned his sights to Ryu, one of the most powerful fighters in the world, and the personal of Bison's former underling, Sagat. Bison captured Ryu and subjected him to intense psychological conditioning; when Sagat objected, Bison turned Ryu on him, telling him he could finally have his rematch. While Sagat battled Ryu, Ryu's friends Ken and Sakura fought Bison. Outmatched, Bison retreated to the Psycho Drive, which restored his power.

USAF officers Charlie and Guile teamed with Chun-Li to stop Bison at the cost of Charlie's life; he distracted Bison while Guile and Chun-Li destroyed the base.

Bison's corrupted soul survived the explosion, and took over Rose's body, unifying their fractured essences. He used Rose's body until Shadoloo's scientists could engineer a new one. He took the new body, but his powers were severely drained. He sought revenge by organizing a second World Warrior tournament and sent invitations to those responsible for his crippling defeat. Bison was far weaker during the tournament (no teleportation, flight, lack of muscle mass, giant psycho crusher, etc.) due to the fact that by having his soul whole again instead of just the evil half, his Psycho Power wasn't anywhere near as powerful.

Bison held the second Street Fighter tournament to get revenge against the people who had destroyed the Psycho Drive. His new body was much weaker than the previous, but he was still very powerful. In the end, he was destroyed by Akuma, who killed him with the Shun Goku Satsu and sent his soul to hell.

Appearance

His general attire consists of a red military uniform with large silver shoulder plates, wrist bands, and shin guards; on his cap is the skull insigna of his crime syndicate known as Shadoloo (sometimes referred to as Shadowlaw or Shadaloo). Bison's eyes lack pupils, leaving them a ghastly white color. He sports a grey colored cape in the Alpha series, in which he appears with his original body. In Street Fighter II and the Capcom vs SNK series, he appears with a much slimmer body, and removes his cape before battle.

Actors

In Street Fighter, "General" M. Bison was played by Raúl Juliá, who died shortly before the movie was released. At one point during the movie, Juliá quotes the game with the line "Anyone who opposes me shall be destroyed." In this incarnation, he was an insane dictator who sought to create the "perfect soldier" in order to dominate the world. Although the movie synopsis stated Bison to be Russian, Juliá used a perfect English accent for the role.

In Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie, Bison's voice was provided by Takeshi Kusaka in the original Japanese verion and by Tom Wyner in the English dub. In the Street Fighter Alpha and Marvel vs. Capcom series as well as Namco x Capcom, Master Bison was voiced by Tomomichi Nishimura, who also voiced Akuma. In the SNK vs. series and Capcom Fighting Evolution M. Bison was voiced by Norio Wakamoto.

Name change

When Street Fighter II was released in America, Capcom was afraid of a lawsuit from Mike Tyson over a character with his likeness and a similar sounding name (Mike Bison). They decided to rotate the names of three of the four boss characters in the following manner:
The African-American boxer is known as M.Bison in Japan and Balrog elsewhere.
The Spanish assasin-bullfighter is known as Balrog in Japan and Vega elsewhere.
The evil dictator and head of Shadowloo is known as Vega in Japan and M.Bison elsewhere.
These changes have caused nothing but confusion whenever Japanese and American fans try to talk about Street Fighter.

Trivia

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List of fighting games featuring M. Bison

List of non-fighting games featuring M. Bison

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Street Fighter Characters
Adon – Akuma – Alex – Balrog – Birdie – Blanka – Cammy – Charlie – Chun-Li – Cody – Dan – Dee Jay – Dhalsim – Dudley – Eagle – E. Honda – Elena – Fei Long – Gen – Gill – Guile – Guy – Hugo – Ibuki – Ingrid - Karin – Ken – M. Bison – Maki – Makoto – Necro – Oro – Q – R. Mika – Remy – Rolento – Rose – Ryu – Sagat – Sakura – Sean – Sodom – The Dolls - T. Hawk – Twelve – Urien – Vega – Yang – Yun – Zangief

 

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