When Birdie was a
pro wrestler, he occasionally teamed up with rival Titanic Tim (from Saturday
Night Slam Masters) as the "500 Million Trillion Powers." He
turned to a life of crime when his wrestling career ended, doing some street
fighting on the side to add to his income, as well as nightclub bouncing. His
notoriety got him invited to the first World Warrior tournament. He was
suffering from a particularly nasty strain of flu, however, and lost his fight
with Ryu.
Despite this setback, Birdie rose up the criminal ranks. In Street Fighter
Alpha 2, he became aware of an organization called Shadaloo and, tracking
down their leader, M. Bison,
demonstrated his fighting skills to join them. However, Bison only wanted a test
subject, and used Birdie to perform painful and demeaning experiments. Birdie
resolved to get even.
In Street Fighter Alpha 3, Birdie sneaks into a Shadaloo data room and
learns about the Psycho Drive machine, not aware that M. Bison is watching him.
Thinking he can use it to overthrow Bison and become lord of Shadaloo himself,
he set out to find it. Bison sends Balrog
to kill Birdie, but instead, Birdie convinces Balrog to help him by telling him
how the Psycho Drive could make them powerful. Hindered by Balrog's
incompetence, however, Birdie couldn't find the Drive before it exploded.


OTHER
APPEARANCES:
Street
Fighter Alpha, Street Fighter Alpha 2,
Street
Fighter Alpha 3, Street Fighter Alpha 3
Upper, Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max,
Street Fighter 5, Street
Fighter 5: Arcade Edition, Card Fighters
Clash, Card Fighters Clash
2, Card Fighters Clash
DS, Street Fighter Alpha:
Anthology, Street Fighter:
Anniversary Collection, SF:30th
Anniversary Collection
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Birdie's original SF1
appearance wasn't anything special,
but when Capcom reinvented him in the Alpha series, Birdie was bigger, cooler, and
became a truly memorable Street Fighter.
Not every fighting game character should be a martial arts expert, and as a
hulkinh brawler / street punk, Birdie adds awesome diversity to the series.
Birdie was also the first character to ever use the "jump into
throw" technique - such a great move! Birdie was never a particularly "popular" SF character, but
I've always liked him as a design since SFA. Birdie has always been underrated as a design, which is why I was
ECSTATIC to see him return in SFV.
I love everything about his
"washed up" redesign in SFV. Love the art direction. Love the beer belly. Love the new animations... and I love his
SFV playstyle. Oddly enough, SFV Birdie resembles one of my favorite
characters from the Samurai Shodown series, Earthquake,
both in terms of looks and playstyle. Seriously, SFV Birdie almost has
more in common with Earthquake than SFA3 Birdie! lol. No complaints from
me!
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