Defeating Sheng Long: How a Mistranslation Changed the Canon of a Franchise

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Publication date 19-03-2018
Publisher In Media Res
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  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA)
Abstract One of the most popular video games of the fighting genre, is Street Fighter II (released in 1991). Apart from its revolutionary for the period gameplay, it also accidentaly spawned a rumour that was not supposed to be true, but eventually would become reality.
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Language English
Published at http://mediacommons.org/imr/2018/03/19/defeating-sheng-long-how-mistranslation-changed-canon-franchise
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