Chun Li's Upsidedown Helicopter Kick [Archive]

dendawg

12-06-2008, 07:11 PM

In Street Fighter 2, Chun Li can do an Upsidedown Helicopter Kick. What does she say when she is doing this move? It sounds like she's speaking japanese.

"Spinning Bird Kick"

jcalder8

12-06-2008, 07:11 PM

I always thought she said: spinning star kick

Red Warrior

12-06-2008, 07:19 PM

It always sounded like "Bean Size Kick!" to me. :|

Daft Punk

12-06-2008, 07:45 PM

"Spinning Bird Kick"

Correct

It almost sound's like spinningabirdokick

Tempest

12-06-2008, 08:06 PM

It's Spinning Bird kick to be sure, but it always sounds like Spinning-Baa-Kit. The voice sampling back then was always horrendous. :)

Tempest

kedawa

12-06-2008, 08:11 PM

In Street Fighter Alpha 3, she says 'spinning tomato kick.'

XYXZYZ

12-06-2008, 08:45 PM

Damn, I thought I was the only person who still said "helicopter kick". And the heel kick was the "pogo stick" and Guile's flash kick was the "rainbow kick". And I remember when Ryu's dragon punch was "Sheng Long".

And back when SF2 was dominating the arcades, I specifically remember EGM telling us that Chun Li said "hau do chi" for the helicopter kick. Of course you can certainly make out "spinning bird kick". I always wondered why she spoke English for that one.

Icarus Moonsight

12-06-2008, 09:04 PM

Next to Kikoken (her prejectile) and Hyakuretsu Kyaku (lightning kick) Spinning Bird Kick seems out of place. You can hear it though.

The 1 2 P

12-06-2008, 11:03 PM

When has a bird ever kicked someone while spinning in the air:?

Famidrive-16

12-06-2008, 11:03 PM

i always think guile says "group hug" when he's knocked out in turbo

Kid Ice

12-06-2008, 11:53 PM

What does she say when she wins? To me it always sounded like "Ya suck!"

Jorpho

12-06-2008, 11:59 PM

What does she say when she wins? To me it always sounded like "Ya suck!"I believe that would be "Yatta!", analogous to "I did it!" Comes up fairly often in anime and suchlike.

savageone

12-07-2008, 04:08 AM

Yes it's most definitely "spinning bird kick", I think this is even the proper name for that particular move.

Now lets try to figure out what Raiden says when doing his "flying torpedo" move in MK1.

emceelokey

12-07-2008, 05:00 AM

Back in the day I used to think she said "Me-Chun-Li". I still like saying that too.

I forgot what Raiden said but it was actually some Tiawanese dialect an it basically translated to the "terrorist are going to attack the twin towers". Made no sense then but now it makes total sense.

Icarus Moonsight

12-07-2008, 06:51 AM

I believe that would be "Yatta!", analogous to "I did it!" Comes up fairly often in anime and suchlike.

Hiro Nakamura anyone? :D

Now lets try to figure out what Raiden says when doing his "flying torpedo" move in MK1.

That came up here once before. My favorite misheard phrase for that is "Your mother's from LA!" Classic. LOL

Scawt

12-07-2008, 10:43 AM

Now lets try to figure out what Raiden says when doing his "flying torpedo" move in MK1.

After careful consideration and countless seconds pretending to listen, I'm going to say he says "blarghblarghblarghblargh."

Nirvana

12-07-2008, 01:07 PM

E.Honda during his hand slaps: HUH HUH HUH

Also, my friends and I always make fun of Guile when you defeat him in Super Street Fighter II. He's like "Ooooh ahhhh ooooh ahhhhh"

dendawg

12-07-2008, 05:33 PM

To continue the topic, show of hands:

How many of us thought Ken & Ryu were saying "Bullshit" instead of "Hadouken?"ROFL

I also thought Ryu said "I owe you a kiss!" instead of "Shoryuken!" ROFL

Rob2600

12-07-2008, 06:32 PM

To me, it always sounded like Chun Li was saying "Ching chong kick!" in SFII for the SNES. I knew that couldn't be right though.

DeputyMoniker

12-07-2008, 06:39 PM

Hiro Nakamura anyone? :D

Of course!
Anyway, "Yatta" and "Kawaii" are my favorite Japanese words.

Icarus Moonsight

12-07-2008, 07:45 PM

I think I can take care of that. LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFxjEy4J-7E

BHvrd

12-07-2008, 07:56 PM

When has a bird ever kicked someone while spinning in the air:?

Must be one of dem pokemans.

emceelokey

12-07-2008, 10:33 PM

To me, it always sounded like Chun Li was saying "Ching chong kick!" in SFII for the SNES. I knew that couldn't be right though.

HA! That just made my day. So racist yet if you told me this before the game came out on SNES back in the day I would probably believe you.

Tempest

12-07-2008, 10:42 PM

Although it's not hard to understand or anything, I always liked the way the announcer says Brazil. It sounds so mean and evil... BRA-zil!

Tempest

Giskard

12-07-2008, 11:08 PM

To continue the topic, show of hands:

How many of us thought Ken & Ryu were saying "Bullshit" instead of "Hadouken?"ROFL

I also thought Ryu said "I owe you a kiss!" instead of "Shoryuken!" ROFL

I always thought that Ryu was saying "Are you Ken?" instead of Shoryuken. I was always really confused. I would have thought Ryu would recognize Ken.

spoon

12-07-2008, 11:30 PM

I always thought during the Dragon Punch they were saying Show-Ryu-Ken instead of Sho-Ryu-ken. I always wondered what it was Ryu needed to be shown by Ken?

SpaceHarrier

12-07-2008, 11:51 PM

To me, it always sounded like Chun Li was saying "Ching chong kick!" in SFII for the SNES. I knew that couldn't be right though.

Well this is as close to mine as anyone has guessed. I had thought from '92 till earlier this year that she was saying "dinkah ding!" which I surmised must be chinese for "inverted thigh attack".. :?

The 1 2 P

12-08-2008, 01:20 AM

I suppose the Japanese developers came up with all this "special move" speak so that us foreigners would make up our own bad Engrish for it. And judging by what most of you "thought" was said---it looks like it workedLOL

emceelokey

12-08-2008, 01:56 AM

Well this is as close to mine as anyone has guessed. I had thought from '92 till earlier this year that she was saying "dinkah ding!" which I surmised must be chinese for "inverted thigh attack".. :?

Dinkah Ding. Ha! This thread is awesome. Funny how so many people heard so many different things but all of them make sense if you were to put it into context of just hearing something that's hard to understand and not seeing it in print.

I alos used to think that "Ha Do Ken" was "Hulk Hogan"

Ponyone

12-08-2008, 06:15 AM

Kind of off topic, and a tad dumb, but when I used to play street fighter with my friend, and my older brother would be in the room (his name is Joe) we'd get dhalsim and then start doing his moves which kind of sounded like "Joe got fired" and "Joe got blamed"

We came up with a "hilarious" routine:

One of us: What happened to Joe?
Dhalsim: Joe got fired!
One of us: Why?!
Dhalsim: Joe got blamed.

It certainly was kind of chuckle-worthy back then. Man how stupid we were.

Icarus Moonsight

12-08-2008, 10:04 AM

I'm surprised no one has brought up the infamous Mai Shiranui win phrase 'Nippon Ichi' heard by westerners as 'Me bouncy'. Wonder if it works both ways? Like a Japanese kid playing Soul Calibur as or against Sophitia would hear her say "I'm sorry!' and think she said Inu Sore! (literal - That Dog!) A chick kicking a guy in the junk and exclaiming 'That Dog!' (or so they think) would be completely understandable to me. LOL

With Spinning Bird Kick you almost have to wonder if you're hearing it right or just they way you want to. Gamers could be conditioned to just write off what they hear as english after so many times being completely wrong.

Xian042

12-08-2008, 12:19 PM

Now lets try to figure out what Raiden says when doing his "flying torpedo" move in MK1.

Me and my friends had a lot of fun saying it was "Your mothers from L.A."

Xian042

12-08-2008, 12:23 PM

also, I always thought Sagat was saying "fiber" instead of "tiger"

SegaAges

12-08-2008, 12:31 PM

Wow, I don't have much to say on this, but this topic has entertained me more than anything in a very long time.

This thread = epic win!

XianXi

12-08-2008, 01:32 PM

also, I always thought Sagat was saying "fiber" instead of "tiger"

Well, they do eat a lot of bamboo. Colon punch.

The Shawn

12-08-2008, 01:35 PM

I'm surprised no one had mentioned Kung lao's spinning air throw..

"Babygottalicken"

Heh, used to laugh our ass off at that when it came out.

Also the only good part of MK4 would have to be the knee smash...

"oohoohmyleg"

Cool topic.

The Shawn

12-08-2008, 01:38 PM

After careful consideration and countless seconds pretending to listen, I'm going to say he says "blarghblarghblarghblargh."

LOL

I always thought he said "Habbidyhabbidyargggh!"

SegaAges

12-08-2008, 01:51 PM

Well, I am going to say something off topic that is funny.

In true crime: streets of la, if you went into bullet time and show somebody in the neck, every once in awhile, they would say, "ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"

It was funny, because I don't know why, but most of the dudes would scream or something, but every once in awhile, you would get the oooooo. Super funny

Gentlegamer

12-08-2008, 02:24 PM

She says, "Spinning Chun-Li!"

DeputyMoniker

12-08-2008, 02:29 PM

I think I can take care of that. LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFxjEy4J-7E

"殺害私今今今今今今今今今今今" is my favorite Japanese paraphrase.

Push Upstairs

12-08-2008, 02:50 PM

also, I always thought Sagat was saying "fiber" instead of "tiger"

So all these years Sagat has been demanding we eat more fiber?

dendawg

12-08-2008, 03:02 PM

also, I always thought Sagat was saying "fiber" instead of "tiger"

Up until the Alpha series, I thought he said "Hyper!" :beaten:

The 1 2 P

12-08-2008, 06:18 PM

What the hell does Bryan Fury say when he's doing attacks in the Tekken series? I've deduced that he's merely making manly grunts but I kept thinking he was saying "righttttttttttt" in a long Australian accent.

Jorpho

12-08-2008, 08:38 PM

While we're on the subject, let's not forget "MY WIFE FOR HIRE!" from Starcraft.

Icarus Moonsight

12-08-2008, 09:22 PM

Straight Zealot spouse pimpin' bay-bee! :pimp:

Hydralisk pimping was slightly less successful. Whores are supposed to swallow not spit. ;)

onReload

12-08-2008, 11:24 PM

I'm surprised no one had mentioned Kung lao's spinning air throw..

"Babygottalicken"

Heh, used to laugh our ass off at that when it came out.

Cool topic.

I've always heard "MAYBE I LIKE IT!" as though he's defending a personal preference. Try it again, you'll see.

I do this kind of stuff all the time, even when it's not really very funny, or if I know what they're saying from my limited Japanese knowledge...

Though in SFIII: 2nd Impact, the English in that is so awkward, I swear Hugo says I'M A MOUNTAIN instead of HAMMER MOUNTAIN which makes...even less sense, actually. I do a lot of 3rd strike ones because I play it the most, but since it's not as well-known I won't bore you

My favorite corruption of Tatusmaki-Senpuu-Kyaku was someone on youtube calling it "The pipes are brrroken!"

and to the guy who mentioned the Dhalsim bit...it's still funny, I was cracking up a bit here and will probably steal that idea.

SegaAges

12-09-2008, 12:28 AM

I think I can take care of that. LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFxjEy4J-7E

I watched that whole thing.

I don't know what to think now.

Should I take a shower and drink some whiskey, or enjoy it and be happy?

kedawa

12-09-2008, 12:49 AM

A few of my faves:

Terry Bogard (Fatal Fury, Sega Genesis): "Corn Beef!"
Geese Howard (CvS2): "I stain my hams wit yo bra."
Guile (CvS2): "Easy abortion," and "Dude, your breast."

onReload

12-09-2008, 02:24 AM

A few of my faves:
Guile (CvS2): "Easy abortion," and "Dude, your breast."

I could never figure out one of his intros (later found out it was "Let's battle"), and so a friend and I would do the arm-winding thing while saying "Rice bowl!"

grolt

12-09-2008, 04:19 AM

Xian042

12-09-2008, 08:54 AM

ok here's one,

I have a buddy that tried to tell us that he got some kind of inside information about the production of Street Fighter II. He said originally the developers had intended Ryu and Ken to say "All You Can!" when they pull a Dragon Punch. I wish you could have seen how serious he was, even when I laughed in his face he insisted he was right and became insulted that we would question him.
He went on to explain that the sound technology at the time was so poor that "All You Can" souned like "SHAR YOO KIN" that they covered it up by saying it was actually "Shouryuken".

*sigh*

Jorpho

12-09-2008, 09:33 AM

He went on to explain that the sound technology at the time was so poor that "All You Can" souned like "SHAR YOO KIN" that they covered it up by saying it was actually "Shouryuken". That's actually believable. One would not think that three syllables could translate to "Rising Dragon Fist".

MachineGex

12-09-2008, 10:32 AM

In Mortal Kombat, whenever Dan Forden would come on screen to do his "Toasty" my brother and I would think he was saying "Whoop Tiddly!" as some sort of eclectic homage to The Three Stooges or something. I think it was because the sound byte was similar to that NES Stooges game. Or maybe I am just crazy. We could never figure it out.

We all thought the guy was saying "Wussy!" Now I finally know. I think I like "Wussy" better.

SegaAges

12-09-2008, 11:32 AM

Yeah, I totally used to think that ken was saying show ryu ken. As in, "Show Ryu how you roll Ken" like he was motivating himself or something like that. Apparently when you are strong enough to throw a fireball out of your hand, you still will have self esteem issues.

Giskard

12-09-2008, 12:24 PM

In Mortal Kombat, whenever Dan Forden would come on screen to do his "Toasty" my brother and I would think he was saying "Whoop Tiddly!" as some sort of eclectic homage to The Three Stooges or something. I think it was because the sound byte was similar to that NES Stooges game. Or maybe I am just crazy. We could never figure it out.

I was involved in a long argument with a friend over this when I was a kid. I was convinced he was saying "Tootsie". At the time it made sense. Why I thought being called a cross dresser by the game designers made sense is beyond me now.

Frankie_Says_Relax

12-09-2008, 12:35 PM

also, I always thought Sagat was saying "fiber" instead of "tiger"

(high fireball) "Fiber!"

(low fireball) "Fiber!"

(tiger uppercut) "Fiber up-your-butt!"

refan

12-09-2008, 12:55 PM

Don't forget about "Tiger"

dendawg

12-09-2008, 03:31 PM

(tiger uppercut) "Fiber up-your-butt!"

No, no, no, you've got it all wrong.

It's "Fiber up-her-butt!" ROFL

Tetsu

12-09-2008, 03:59 PM

LOL

I always thought he said "Habbidyhabbidyargggh!"

No its GET OUT OF THE CAR!!!

(high fireball) "Fiber!"

(low fireball) "Fiber!"

(tiger uppercut) "Fiber up-your-butt!"

Oh man I think I just crapped myself. With laughter.

No, no, no, you've got it all wrong.

It's "Fiber up-her-butt!" ROFL

This has been one of the best threads. ever.

The 1 2 P

12-09-2008, 07:40 PM

This has been one of the best threads.

Yeah but our engrish sucksLOL

emceelokey

12-10-2008, 02:14 AM

The 1 2 P

12-10-2008, 03:28 AM

You should have slapped him.

And not with your hands.....

Nirvana

12-12-2008, 12:43 AM

I could never figure out one of his intros (later found out it was "Let's battle"), and so a friend and I would do the arm-winding thing while saying "Rice bowl!"

XD My friend and I always joked about him saying, "Rice barrel!"

SegaAges

12-12-2008, 09:28 AM

You should have slapped him. Some how the game can count down from 9 to 1, say 18 different countries perfectly, can say sonic boom, yoga fire, yoga flame, ching chong kick, and ooh ahh but for some reason messes up on "All You Can". Slap.

hahaha

Dude, this is the most epic thread ever