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[RicksNerdLife]

And there is an even more canon explanation that the Shadaloo use these names fluidly, as codenames, in order to throw off enemies.

 

[Niko (protozoalord)]

Nash is looking a lot better in this second look... still lacking the texture that makes Storm's pop so much, but I like how this head sculpt looks a lot more. Chunners still looks really dopey, though.

 

[TheSameIdiot]

Huh. The M. Bison/Balrog thing always made sense to me. Vega by any other name does not. That's Vega. Full stop.

 

[docsilence]

Huh. The M. Bison/Balrog thing always made sense to me. Vega by any other name does not. That's Vega. Full stop.

Vega just FEELS like a Vega. Flipping the other two is like OOOOOOOH that makes more sense!

 

[TheSameIdiot]

Is Vega a Spanish name? No idea, but it feels a hell of a lot more Spanish than BALROG.

 

[Chooch555]

Was Vega for Balrog because he was in Vegas?

 

[Niko (protozoalord)]

Vega can be a name of Spanish origin. However, it's also an arabic name, and its meaning in arabic (referring to a falling/swooping eagle) likely has something to do with why it was given to the dictator fellow with eagles in his design.