8 Most Spiteful Video Game Easter Eggs Ever

The Street Fighter series has been kicking around since 1987, beating off the competition to remain one of the top games in the fighting scene. Along the way, countless rival franchises have stepped up to the plate - Tekken, Mortal Kombat - but there's one rivalry that sticks out more than most, for some pretty hilarious reasons.

After Capcom enjoyed massive success with Street Fighter II in 1991, gaming company SNK released a direct competitor called Art Of Fighting, which was led by a character called Ryo. Ryo bore some uncanny design and combat similarities - and of course, naming similarities - to Street Fighter's iconic protagonist, Ryu.

But rather than letting this clear and obvious rip-off pass, Capcom decided to strike back in 1995's Street Fighter Alpha, creating the secret character Dan Hibiki to parody the living daylights out of Art Of Fighting.

As such, Dan is basically a joke character: his default pink attire is a clear mockery of Ryo's obnoxious orange, and he even has a secondary orange costume himself. In addition, Dan is the only Alpha character who can taunt infinitely - just like the Art Of Fighting games - and his fighting style is a parody of Ryo's own moveset.

As if none of these details were direct enough, Dan's return in Street Fighter Alpha 3 sees him mention "I hate the art of fighting" in one of his win quotes (warning: loud volume on the other end of that link!). Dan is hardly the most viable character in the Street Fighter games, but he sure is a fun one - especially if you know his history.