Cammy

General CVG character
name=Cammy


caption= Cammy in "Super Street Fighter II", as illustrated by Bengus.
series="Street Fighter" series
firstgame="Super Street Fighter II"
artist=
voiceactor=Debra Jean Rogers ("Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie", "Street Fighter II V")
japanactor=Susan Hart ("X-Men vs. Street Fighter", "")
Akiko Koumoto ("Street Fighter Alpha 3", "Namco x Capcom")
Miki Nagasawa ("Capcom vs. SNK 2")
Yōko Sasaki ("Street Fighter II V", "Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie")
Kotono Mitsuishi ("Street Fighter II" drama CD)
Maya Okamoto (Japanese dub of the "Street Fighter" film)
liveactor=Kylie Minogue
inuniverse=Street Fighter character
nationality = England
affiliation = Delta Red ("Street Fighter II" series), Shadaloo ("Alpha" and "Versus" series)
fightingstyle = Shadaloo assassination techniques (Shadaloo); Special forces training (Delta Red)
specialskill =
likes = Collecting fighting data (Shadaloo); Cats (Delta Red)
dislikes = Sympathy (Shadaloo); Anything when she's angry (Delta Red)nihongo|Cammy|キャミィ|Kyamī is a video game character in the "Street Fighter series". She first appeared in the fighting game "Super Street Fighter II:The New Challengers", which was released in 1993, as one of the "New Challengers", the four new characters introduced in that title. She is the second female fighter in the "Street Fighter" series, following Chun-Li.

History

"Street Fighter" series

Cammy was one of the four "New Challengers" introduced in the fourth "Street Fighter II" title, "Super Street Fighter II". In this game, Cammy is a 19-year-old agent of the fictional Delta Red task force within MI6. In the Japanese version of her ending, she is revealed to have been an agent working for M. Bison in the past, but lost her memories during a past operation. In the English localization of the game, this was changed into revealing that Cammy was Bison's lover.

A younger version would be included in the crossover game "X-Men vs. Street Fighter", which features Cammy as a Shadaloo assassin codenamed Killer Bee. The ending of the game alludes to Cammy's memory loss and her eventual joining of Delta Red.

This incarnation of Cammy would be integrated into the main series: first in "Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold", where she appears as a hidden character available exclusively in the 2-Player and Training Modes (however, this would be rectified in "Street Fighter Alpha Anthology" where she would be fully playable in Arcade mode with a complete storyline and ending), and then in "Street Fighter Alpha 3", where she is a full-fledge playable character. In "Alpha 3", Cammy is revealed to be a clone created from M. Bison's DNA. The Game Boy Advance version of "Super Street Fighter II Turbo: Revival" takes into account this revelation in their version of Cammy's ending.

"Street Fighter IV" producer, Yoshinori Ono, confirmed that Cammy will be a playable character in the console version the game, after she won Capcom’s poll for new characters to be added. [cite web|url=http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3169458|title=Street Fighter 4 Producer Talks Wii, Dimps, and Sheng Long|quote=Ono: As you know, we allowed people to vote on which character they most wanted to see in the console version, and Cammy won, so she's definitely in the game. We have a rough version of her already up and running.]

Other games

Cammy appears in her "Alpha" incarnation as a playable character in "X-Men vs. Street Fighter", "Marvel vs. Capcom 2" and in the "Capcom vs. SNK" games.

Cammy also appears as a playable character in the shoot-em-up "Cannon Spike", where she appears in her "Super Street Fighter II" outfit in her default form and in her "Street Fighter Alpha" outfit as an alternate appearance. In "Namco X Capcom", she appears as a brainwashed enemy character who later joins the player's side as a partner to Chun-Li. In "", a redesigned Cammy appears as one of the underground pit fighters who challenges the player.

Character design

Cammy is a petite girl with many muscles, grown to supplement her thin body. She has long blond hair and usually wears it in two pigtails. She has blue eyes and a scar on her left cheek.

She first appeared in "Super Street Fighter II", she is presented wearing a green leotard, red beret, red gloves and black (sometimes green) boots. She also wears green camouflage stains on her legs. This incarnation is known as Delta Red Cammy and appears in the "Street Fighter II" series of games, in other games such as "Cannon Spike", in the live action movie, in the American animated series, and in several manga and comic adaptations. Delta Red Cammy is about 19 years old.

A different look was introduced in "X-Men vs. Street Fighter". This time Cammy was presented wearing a light blue leotard and a matching garrison cap, red gloves, brown leather boots and a yellow necktie. The camouflage of her legs was replaced with blue stains in the shape of thunderbolts. This incarnation is known as Shadaloo Cammy and appears in the "Street Fighter Alpha" series of games, in the "Marvel vs. Capcom" series of games, in the "Namco X Capcom" series of games, and in several manga and comic adaptations. Shadaloo Cammy is about 16 years old.

Cammy has a totally different look in the Japanese animated series "Street Fighter II V". She is presented wearing black leather pants, a black body fit shirt, red gloves, red boots and a black necklace with a silver crucifix. This incarnation of Cammy doesn’t have a scar on her cheek and doesn’t wear her hair in pigtails, instead she wears it in a single ponytail.

Gameplay

Cammy is a quick, close range fighter. She lacks any projectile or long-reaching attacks, and therefore hurls herself at the enemy relying on speed and priority. For example, her standing hard punch can often cancel an opponent's attack outright, if it connects. Priority such as this makes her one of the easiest characters to use in "Capcom vs. SNK 2". Her original incarnation in "Super Street Fighter II" had trouble evading projectile attacks, so later incarnations involved reworked and additional special moves to evade fireballs with ease.

Techniques

Cammy's anti-air move, the "Cannon Spike" (or "Thrust Kick" in the English versions of "SSF2") causes her to quickly kick one leg upward into the air, twisting her body and flipping backward, putting her at a safe range from the opponent when the move completes. It has very high priority for such a safe move.

Cammy's forward offensive attack, the "Spiral Arrow" (or "Cannon Drill" in the English versions of "SSF2") causes her to lunge forward, feet first, while spinning. Used as a distance-clearing attack, its original versions were still vulnerable to being struck by projectiles. However, her "Spiral Arrow" in "Capcom vs. SNK" travels under most projectiles, and also must be blocked in a crouching position, enhancing the move's usefulness.

The "Hooligan Combination" is Cammy's flying variable attack: while spinning though the air, she can opt to cancel the move for a surprise attack, land with a sliding tackle, or execute a powerful "frankensteiner" throw or its aerial variant. This advancing air throw special move was the first of its kind in the "Street Fighter" series, and is useful for confusing an opponent, throwing if blocked, or striking if counterattacked. The relative difficulty of the command motion for the "Hooligan Combination" prevents it from being over-powered, though. In many games she can also cancel the "Hooligan Combination" into the "Cannon Strike", a downward angled version of the "Cannon Spike". In some games, such as "Marvel vs. Capcom 2" and "Capcom vs. SNK 2", this attack could also be used on its own.

In her "Axle Spin Knuckle", Cammy approaches her opponent by hopping into the air and spinning her back around to the opponent before whipping her fist a full 360° around. If she connects with this move up close, she can hit twice; first with her elbow, and next with her fist.

Cammy's Super Combos are the "Spin Drive Smasher", which is a powerful, multi-hitting "Spiral Arrow" followed by a similarly powered "Cannon Spike"; the "Reverse Shaft Breaker", a vertically executed "Spiral Arrow"; and the "Killer Bee Assault", which has Cammy literally bouncing off the walls of the screen, attacking the opponent with four jump kicks, grabbing the opponent in mid air then slamming them into the ground with a stomp delivered with both feet, afterwards flipping away to a safe distance (this attack is very similar to Spider-Man's "Maximum Spider" from the "Marvel vs. Capcom" series).

In the "Marvel vs. Capcom" series, many of Cammy's special and super moves are endowed with blue flames characteristic of Psycho Power. She also receives the "Cannon Revenge", which is a counter move that has her automatically retaliating against physical attacks with a floating punch or a "Cannon Spike" (this technique was later available to Cammy in "Street Fighter Alpha 3" when using her V-Ism incarnation). In these games, she can also double jump.

In other media

Film and television

Cammy appears as one of the main heroes in the 1994 film "Street Fighter". She is portrayed by Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue. In the film, Cammy is a British intelligence agent that is serving as Colonel Guile's intel officer and right-hand woman in the Allied Nations Army.

Cammy also appears in two Japanese animated "Street Fighter" productions by Group TAC. In "", Cammy appears in a scene early in the movie, where she assassinates a British minister after being brainwashed by Shadaloo. In the "Street Fighter II V" series, Cammy (voiced once again by Yoko Sakaki in Japanese and Debra Jean Rogers in English), Cammy is a former special forces operative-turned-assassin who is hired by Balrog to assassinate Chun-Li's father, but is stopped and defeated by Fei-Long. In both productions, Cammy was voiced by Yoko Sasaki in the originals Japanese versions and Debra Jean Rogers in the English dubs.

In the American "Street Fighter" animated series, Cammy appears in several episodes during the first season and is the central focus of a sub-plot in the second season. She was voiced by Lisa Ann Beley. During the first season, she is an ally of Guile who has a flirtatious relationship with him, and is eventually made part of his team. However, she is brainwashed by Bison and becomes one of his underlings, fighting her former allies (both, Street Fighters and Delta Red) during the remainder of the series. However, she then turned on Bison when she learned that Bison killed her parents.

Literature

In addition to appearing in the manga adaptations of the "Street Fighter" games and anime, Cammy was also the central character in Masahiko Nakahira's 1994 manga "Super Street Fighter II: Cammy"cite book|first=Masahiko|last=Nakahira|title=Super Street Fighter II - Cammy Gaiden|language=Japanese|isbn=4091238017] , which was adapted into English by Viz Communications.cite book|first=Masahiko|last=Nakahira|title=Super Street Fighter II: Cammy|isbn=1569312125] Cammy would appear in Nakahira's subsequent 1996 manga adaptation of "" (predating her appearance in "X-Men vs. Street Fighter" and "Street Fighter Alpha 3")cite book|first=Masahiko|last=Nakahira|title=Street Fighter ZERO|language=Japanese|volume=1|isbn=4881992201] cite book|first=Masahiko|last=Nakahira|title=Street Fighter ZERO|language=Japanese|volume=2|isbn=4881992732] , where she appears as a brainwashed test subject named "Killer Bee", a codename that was adapted in the video game storyline. The "X-Men vs. Street Fighter" depiction of Cammy also appeared in 1997 manga "Sakura Ganbaru!", centering around the character Sakura.cite book|first=Masahiko|last=Nakahira|title=Sakura Ganbaru!|language=Japanese|volume=1|isbn=4881993267] cite book|first=Masahiko|last=Nakahira|title=Sakura Ganbaru!|language=Japanese|volume=2|isbn=4881993666] English adaptations of both, "Street Fighter Alpha" and "Sakura Ganbaru!", were published in 2007 by UDON.cite book|first=Masahiko|last=Nakahira|title=Street Fighter Alpha|volume=1|isbn=1897376502] cite book|first=Masahiko|last=Nakahira|title=Street Fighter Alpha|volume=2|isbn=1897376510] cite book|first=Masahiko|last=Nakahira|title=Sakura Ganbaru!|volume=1|isbn=1897376529] cite book|first=Masahiko|last=Nakahira|title=Sakura Ganbaru!|volume=2|isbn=1897376537]

A two-volume light novel featuring Cammy as the main character, titled "Cammy History", authored Yuka Minakawa that was published in 1995 by Wani Books.cite book|first=Yuka|last=Minakawa|title=Cammy History|language=Japanese|volume=1|isbn=4847031423] cite book|first=Yuka|last=Minakawa|title=Cammy History|language=Japanese|volume=2|isbn=4847031458 ]

Promotion and reception

IGN ranked Cammy at number nine in their "Top 25 Street Fighter Characters" article, noting her sex appeal and unique gameplay, adding "of the four new fighters in "Super Turbo", she's the only one who made a return appearance in future games." However, that statement is false, as Fei Long, T. Hawk, and Dee Jay are playable characters in all console and portable versions of "Street Fighter Alpha 3" and in the updated arcade re-release, "Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper". [ [http://stars.ign.com/articles/895/895029p2.html Top 25 Street Fighter Characters - Day IV] . IGN. Retrieved on 2008-08-15]

Cammy is one of the most popular characters in the "Street Fighter" series. She won Capcom’s only official "Which Character do fans most want in SFIV?" poll, getting almost more votes than all the other characters combined. The poll featured other popular characters such as Sakura and Akuma. [http://www.capcom-unity.com/street_fighter/blog/2008/08/21/juicy_street_fighter_iv_producer_interview?num=5&pg=2]

References

External links

* Cammy's [http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Street_Fighter_II/Characters/Cammy Street Fighter II] , [http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Street_Fighter_Alpha/Characters/Cammy Street Fighter Alpha] , and [http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Marvel_vs._Capcom/Characters/Cammy Marvel vs. Capcom] entries at [http://strategywiki.org/ StrategyWiki.org]