Balrog (Mike Bison)

Balrog is the former Heavyweight Boxing Champion, This Shadaloo executive worked his way up from the lower ranks. Armed with the world's strongest punches. His ambition continues.

Height: 6.5 ft
Weight: 225 lbs.
Blood Type: A


History

Balrog is an ex-champion boxer who was banned from the professional ring because he became too violent to contain. He loves money and women and turned to street fighting and gambling to keep his passions accessible. Working out of Las Vegas, he learned of the Street Fighter tournament and decided to compete to increase his worth in the ring.

Once he arrived, M. Bison was impressed with his abilities and quickly recruited him as one of his top henchmen. Balrog accepted his new position with fervour, and rose in the ranks quickly, behind only Vega, Sagat, and M. Bison himself. Touched by Bison's Psycho Power, Balrog has doubled his strength and speed, turning his normal attacks into devastating lunging punches. His punching speed is nearly unmatched, and his insane rage is fearsome.

Note: In Japan, this character is known as M. Bison, but since M. Bison is too close to the name of Mike Tyson, Capcom switched the names around for the American release. Because of this, it is also believed that this character is the same as the fighter named Mike in the first Street Fighter, but this remains unconfirmed.



Outfit Colours

Square: Light Brown with White trim and Black gloves.
Cross: Purple with White trim and Black gloves.
Triangle: Light Blue with White trim and Red gloves.
Circle: Green with White trim and Red gloves.
R1: Grey with White trim and Blue gloves.
R2: Orange with White trim and Blue gloves.



Taunt's

Neutral: Balrog pounds his gloves together.
Back: Same as Neutral.
Forward: Same as Neutral.
Down: Same as Neutral.



Win Pose's

LP/MP/HP/LK/MK: Balrog laughs, turns to the screen and flexes his arms.
HK: Balrog laughs, turns to the screen, rips off his shirt and flexes his arms.



Ground and Air Throws

X A V Head Bomber B/F + PP
X A V Kuuchuu Head Bomber
(Mid-Air Head Bomber) Any Direction Except U/D + PP (In air)



Special Move's

X A V Dash Straight Charge B, F + P
X A V Dash Upper Charge B, F + K
A V Dash Ground Straight Charge B, DF + P
A V Dash Ground Upper Charge B, DF + K
V Buffalo Head Charge D, U + P
A Buffalo Head Charge D, U + P (Reversal only)
X A V Turn Punch Hold and release PPP / KKK
Hold for 0 - 2 Seconds:
Hold for 3 Seconds:
Hold for 4 - 6 Seconds:
Hold for 7 - 12 Seconds:
Hold for 13 - 18 Seconds:
Hold for 19 - 24 Seconds:
Hold for 25 - 30 Seconds:
Hold for 31 - 36 Seconds:
Hold for 37 - 42 Seconds:
Hold for 43+ Seconds: Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
Level 6
Level 7
Level 8
Level 9
Final



Super Combo's

X Crazy Buffalo Charge B, F, B, F + P/K
A Crazy Buffalo Charge B, F, B, F + P
A Lev3 Gigaton Blow Charge B, F, B, F + K



Extra Balrog

This version of Balrog plays similar to normal Balrog, although he uses the same frames for many of his Punch and Kick attacks, just like the arcade version of Balrog. Because of this, he also has no variable attacks in V-ism. furthermore, his Buffalo Head move can only be used as a counterattack. If you've got the message in World Tour Mode saying that he's been enabled (or if you have accumulated over 8 hours of play on the options menu) highlight Balrog, hold L2 and press any button to select him.

Turn Punch Time Counter

Simply pick Balrog or Extra Balrog, then press and hold LK + HP prior to a round beginning. Now, if you charge the Turn Punch (press and hold PPP or KKK), a timer will appear in the corner of the screen beneath your name to inform you what level the Turn Punch has been charged to (1 is Level One, F is for Final Level). If you hold down PPP and KKK, then two counters appear for each Turn Punch.