Street Fighter Dan Hibiki is seen as a joke character. Capcom response to SNK take on shotos with Ryo. A gag we keep laughing at since the Alpha series introduced him to us. But one says he might have been more than a joke originally. Noritaka Funamizu who planned SF Alpha did admit Dan was a shot back at SNK but there was more to it than that.

“That might have been the case for the person who designed the character and brought him to me. But I didn’t think of Dan as a mockery of SNK’s characters. I think the person who came up with Dan wanted to put in a character who wasn’t so strong, physically speaking.

The whole idea was you could use this character, and even though he wasn’t very strong, you could use him and win battles — I remember noticing that about the character… I thought it would feel satisfying for more skilled players to win fights with a weaker character like Dan.” Funamizu to Polygon. with Polygon

Dan being more skilled based is a good way to look at him. Ryo is a strong wall of mounting pressure. His normal fireball only helping in short distance with the power making up the rest. Dan isn’t like that most of his moves are jokes. Gags one can use to help win. That in mind you can say he is a little like smash. Some comedic moves and gimicks. But if you dig and work on him his the skill you development with him will make the character hard to contend with. A reminder that a joke should still taken with some bit of seriousness.

Article: https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2024/nov/04/developer-capcom-joke-dan-hibiki/

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