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Character
Birdie
A playable British punk-rocker fighting game character in Capcom's Street Fighter Alpha series.
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About
Birdie is a chain-wielding fighter who debuted as a CPU opponent in the original Street Fighter before being redesigned as a playable character in Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams. He returned in Street Fighter Alpha 2 and subsequent compilations like Street Fighter Collection and Street Fighter Alpha Anthology. In the Alpha storyline, he is depicted as a powerful rogue seeking to join M. Bison's Shadaloo syndicate.
During his transition to the Street Fighter Alpha franchise, the character underwent a dramatic visual redesign, shifting from his original depiction to a towering, dark-skinned British punk rocker sporting a blonde mohawk with a hollow center. In Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams (1995), his fighting style was established around high-damage command grabs, such as the "Bull Revenger," and long-range chain strikes that allowed him to control space.
The character's presence expanded with Street Fighter Alpha 2 (1996), which refined his moveset and deepened his lore through arcade mode interactions with characters like Chun-Li and Gen. These 32-bit iterations were later preserved for home consoles in the Street Fighter Collection (1997) compilation. A downscaled version of his sprite and moveset appeared in the handheld port of Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams (1999). Finally, the compilation Street Fighter Alpha Anthology (2000) collected these appearances, cementing his legacy as a mechanical heavyweight within this specific sub-series.
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