Now Viewing: charlieTag type: General Known in Japan as Nash (ナッシュ, Nasshu), Charlie is first mentioned by name in Street Fighter II and its subsequent revisions, where he is the deceased war buddy of Guile, one of the selectable characters. Guile's motive for entering the Street Fighter II tournament was to avenge Charlie's death, who was killed by the tournament's sponsor M. Bison sometime before the events of the game. Charlie would later be made into a playable character in Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams, a prequel set before the Street Fighter II games, using both of Guile's trademark special moves, albeit with altered animations (he does the Sonic Boom one-handed, and the Flash Kick in reverse). Street Fighter Alpha itself was followed by two sequels, Street Fighter Alpha 2 and Street Fighter Alpha 3. In Charlie's storyline of the Alpha series, he is a first lieutenant in the United States Air Force and is given the duty to track down Bison and uncover corruption within the American military. In his endings in the first two games, Charlie is killed by Bison and his men (he is first struck by Bison from behind in the first game, and in the second game he is shot in the back by his own men and thrown down a waterfall). Both of these endings are considered non-canon. The console version of Alpha 3 introduced Guile as a playable character in the Alpha series and in his ending he and Charlie infiltrate Bison's base to blow up the Psycho Drive, and Guile escapes while Charlie stays behind to hold off Bison; he is presumed dead after the explosion. Guile also wears Charlie's old clothes as an alternate costume in Street Fighter IV. Charlie also appears along with other Street Fighter Alpha characters in X-Men vs. Street Fighter. In Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter an alternate version of Charlie named "Shadow" appears as a hidden character. Shadow's sprite is the same as Charlie's, but with nearly his entire body blacked out, and a white eye shining behind his glasses. He has all of Charlie's moves, but his attacks set his opponent alight with blue Psycho Power flames. Shadow also appears in Marvel vs. Capcom as a "helper" (characters who can assist the player in combat) and in Chun-Li's ending, rescuing her from Bison. In Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Charlie appears as his regular self once again. Outside of fighting games, Charlie also appears a playable character in the shoot 'em up Cannon Spike with fellow Street Fighter character Cammy. Charlie was also one of the characters who was scheduled to be featured in Capcom's unreleased 3D fighting game Capcom Fighting All-Stars. In Street Fighter IV, as well as various English media, such as the UDON comic book version and the English adaptation of the Street Fighter Alpha manga by Masahiko Nakahira, the names "Charlie" (his English name) and "Nash" (his Japanese name) are combined to form the full name of Charlie Nash. Charlie Nash was played by Chris Klein in Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, where he is portrayed as a member of Interpol. In the 1994 film adaptation Street Fighter, Charlie Nash was combined with the character of Blanka to form the character Carlos "Charlie" Blanka, and friend of Colonel Guile and a soldier in his unit who is taken as a POW in Bison's Shadowloo compound. When Bison discovers the friendship between Charlie and Guile through one of Guile's threats, he sends him to be "reprogrammed" by Dr. Dhalsim (who is Bison's unwilling scientist in this film) to become the green skinned, red haired killing machine known simply as "Blanka". Dhalsim, however, secretly changes Blanka's cerebral programming to prevent him from becoming a killer, and so he aids Dhalsim in fighting Bison's soldiers at the film's climax. He chooses to remain behind and perish with Dhalsim in the explosion of Bison's base, but it is revealed that they both survived in the animated series follow-up where, eventually, Dhalsim reverts Blanka to his human form. Other Wiki Information Last updated: 10/19/10 1:20 PM by jedi1357 This entry is not locked and you can edit it as you see fit. |
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