There's a good reason this ethnically fluid fighter with the cheese-slice mohawk has had a 15-year hiatus from the Street Fighter series. The guy clearly has a serious identity crisis, as his skin colour changed from white in the original Street Fighter to black in Street Fighter III - under the dubious premise that he was 'ill' in the first game. Hmm, okay... With his massive shoulder-pads, elf shoes and strange flat mohican that looks like a lethal weapon unto itself, Birdie was supposed to emulate British 70s punk, but just ended up looking like a perplexing mish-mash of leftover accessories from the Capcom design stockroom. Thankfully, Capcom have refreshed Birdie for Street Fighter V, giving him a bulging beer belly and formidable old-timey beard. The whole washed-up biker/punk look suits him well.
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I'm a writer-editor hybrid whose writings on video games, technology and movies can be found across the internet. I've even ventured into the realm of current affairs on occasion but, unable to face reality, have retreated into expatiating on things on screens instead.
