Now Viewing: sagatTag type: Character Sagat (サガット, Sagatto, Thai: สกัด) made his first appearance in the original Street Fighter as the final boss of the game and is characterized as a Muay Thai master who is well-known throughout his country for his incredible speed and power. After the player defeats the eight initial opponents, their character Ryu (or Ken on Player 2's side) is taken to Thailand to face the final two opponents: Adon, Sagat's apprentice, and Sagat himself. After being defeated, he tells the player that he or she is the "strongest Street Fighter in the world". Sagat's next appearance was in Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, where he appears as one of the four Grand Masters, being the third CPU-controlled boss in the single player mode before M. Bison. He appears in this game with a scar across his chest that he received from Ryu as a result of his loss in the first game. Like the other bosses, he became a playable character in the subsequent revisions of the game beginning with Street Fighter II: Champion Edition. Sagat would then appear in the prequel sub-series Street Fighter Alpha. In addition to fleshing out his rivalry with Ryu, a rivalry with his former apprentice Adon is introduced as well, and Dan, a character whose father was killed by Sagat years before, is introduced. The Alpha series also show him to become part of M. Bison's criminal organization, but leaves in Street Fighter Alpha 3 after he discovers that Bison had wanted to experiment on Ryu with his Psycho Power. Sagat is an unlockable character in Street Fighter EX3, where his story has his resentment for Ryu fading. He returns in Street Fighter IV once again as a playable character. As of Super Street Fighter IV, the animosity in his rivalry with Ryu is gone and he even refers to him as a "friend". IGN ranked Sagat at number eleven in their "Top 25 Street Fighter Characters" article, noting him as one of the few characters in the original Street Fighter and adding "The shaved head, the scarred chest, and most of all the eyepatch, they come together to make a guy who means business." Gamespy named him one of the "25 Extremely Rough Brawlers" in video gaming with comments focused on his appearance. GameDaily listed him at number eight on their "Top 20 Street Fighter Characters of All Time" article, citing his role as the first boss in the series and praising his appearance. Sagat also ranked at No. 22 in the list of Best Characters of 1991 from the February 1992 issue of Gamest magazine in Japan. In an interview, Patrick Barry stated that his three heroes were his mother, Mike Tyson and Sagat. Other Wiki Information Last updated: 10/19/10 12:29 PM by jedi1357 This entry is not locked and you can edit it as you see fit. |
     
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