Street Fighter 3 - All About Elena

[TheInnerSanctuary]

It feels like none of the other characters were animated nearly as good as she was.

[IsolationInstigation]

Capoeira ftw!!!!

[Samuel115s]

she looks like lisa of DOA but she reminds me of christie montiero of tekken

[enigma2488]

@Samuel115s they should pit the two against each other on Tekken X Street Fighter.

[JuggB]

Well if they put Elena in SF4 they might give her no ass at all like they did Chun Li.

[MisterJonesification]

I remember when I got this and NFL 2K for the Dreamcast for christmas when I was a kid. I thought I would never go back to school lol.

[SirColAmiX]

I dont know. She really does look sloppy and "unnatural". I'm glad that she isn't in Street Fighter IV, she wouldn't fit in very well. :/

[Abesalley]

beats in my head COOL

[animekingz02]

This games brings back so many fond memories of the past. I liked the first 2 versions of SF3 and I still have SF3 game on DC that had the first 2 versions of SF3 now and Elena was always 1 of my favorites characters to use.

[ItachiisThashit87]

Elena for Marvel vs. Capcom 3!

:3

[boru25]

That win pose animation at 1:22 is amazing!

[mattskell]

Elena's pretty ok Speed wise but I think her attacks swings out to wide, could easily counter them

[MetalSamehada]

Elena: "What the hell are you doing with your arms?!"

Dudley: "Excuse me miss, but, what are you doing with your legs?"

[cheezypotatoes]

@MetalSamehada I lol'd, coz each of their fighting styles use one or the other.

Elena = capoeira = kicks

Dudley = boxing = punches.

I'll...I'll shut up now. ;>>

[TheRainz007]

They're probably going to add Elena as either DLC for SSF4 or put her in the 3DS version.

[blurpboyz]

is this ps2?

[Arvoyea]

@blurpboyz

This is on the CPS3 emulator. Google for it.

[facelessred]

all the people writing about sf4 being inferior and whatnot sound so stuck in the past. no one is denying the goodness of the older street fighter titles. but learn the game before you knock it. they have to make new fighting games with new tricks. not the exact same ones. i like SSF4. its awesome. but yes these characters could do with being in ssf4. we shall see in the future i suppose.

[Arvoyea]

@facelessred

I guess you're right. I still don't get it at all though.

[TLJthethird]

They should have put Elena in SSF4. makoto is boring as hell.

[GigaEXE]

I predict a Super Street Fighter IV TURBO with Elena in it. I love Capoeira style.

[fightlover187]

I LOVE ELENA!!!!!

[benign2183]

She should have been in the game but dlc would be nice and for Alex too. All the other lame people that got in like Rufus

[MegaHotFudge]

Ooo Elena<3 What song is this? Got me in the right move to... Dance!

[MegaHotFudge]

@MegaHotFudge Nvm! I didnt realize he was putting the name of the song before each clip :)

[iTzRicky]

Shes definitely going to be DLC sooner or later.

[clue942]

they said they wont be making any more variations of SF4 after this one so hopefully she'll come in a DLC which they said they'll be doing that type of stuff. I dont know that mch about elena but more characters is always a good thing in any game...

[DarkGaaraX]

Meh.. she better be made as DLC then.. If not... then I will be heavily pissed.. Love Elena

[SaviorGabriel]

It's a damn shame she didn't make the cut in Super Street Fighter IV. I would've loved nothing more than having her and Rose together so I can have my two favorite Street Fighter characters in one game. It hurts knowing how close she came to actually making it in. Sadly, we won't be having beats in our heads. :(

[msg360]

i like her

[FistOfKings]

Dudley's rain stage is my favorite Street Fighter stage ever!

[ChupopteraXXX]

elena is a stupid character

[Becool666]

shes not stupid..

[Vladislav187]

so, She uses only her legs(like Balrog/Bison only his fists)?

[Harrybarna]

Elena in Super street fighter iv please

we don't want makoto, Elena forever!!!

[dentonbrowne]

@Harrybarna what? elena is so boring and doesnt have any moves worth re vamping and putting on ssf4, makoto actually has some good moves that would look good on ssf4

[Harrybarna]

maybe you're right, but i'm an elena's fanboy and she's my favorite sf3 character. i hate makoto, elena is much popular than her.

[MadMetalSlayer]

sorry, elena isn't in SSIV. the third strike characters were confirmed as Makoto, Ibuki and Dudley. then there's some other dude named Haken. he's new

[Harrybarna]

yep, unfortunately

[Ruckislx]

@Harrybarna LOL makoto is so boring

[littlerain72401]

@Harrybarna Makoto is someone new and unique....Elena is old and umm i don't even know!!!

[Andre00x]

@littlerain72401

Makoto is ugly...and Elena is new and unique and fresh.

[littlerain72401]

@Andre00x *Gasp* My opinion. I don't really like Elena anymore...

[SupaPoopaScoopa]

@Harrybarna I'd guess that Capcom didn't include her is because she's almost wearing nothing and in 3d it'll all seem to real :p

[incomprehensible14]

If anybody's curious about what Elena's "Spin Scythe" move would be like in real life, just look up a YouTube video called: Official Crazy 20 second Capoeira MMA Knock Out in HD Best Quality. It's on my channel. I hope she'll be in SuperStreetfighter IV as well...

[shikamaru3333]

Elena really needs to be in Super Street Fighter 4. Her capoeira skills would be pretty interesting to see on a next gen Street Fighter game. I don't know why she doesn't have the popularity of someone like Sakura...

[Arvoyea]

It's most likely because not many people don't like SF3. Majority of them are the same people that like SF4, which I'm finding hard to do right now.

[darksidehavok]

why?... sf4 as a whole is awesome.

[Arvoyea]

It's too easy to make a comeback with ultras, shoryuken has a shortcut, you can get grabbed by a character with a command throw when you are getting up, even if you try to hit them. In 3rd Strike, you could actually be safe from that. And it just feels very uninspired really, and the music sucks. And Seth's cheap as hell, WORSE than Gill.

[darksidehavok]

well the ultra's are mean to be a saving grace when your about to lose though i do think the tend to charge to fast. but the grabs can be countered and if you hold down and away they whiff the grab and there are wake up moves that out prioritize grabs. and seth is a boss. all bosses are cheap. u want to see a real cheap boss try azazel from tekken 6.... but who wants to play fighting game where there is no chance of comeback. no fun in that, not much skill needed either. 3 or 4 combo's & win?

[bluelimemonkeys]

for command throws, you can jump or srk (not just srk either, e. honda uses sumo smash, etc. etc.). seth has patterns just like any other AI, otherwise, playing against a human seth, he has awfully low stamina and his risks outweigh his rewards in my opinion.

[bluelimemonkeys]

oh and i believe you can also dash out of it as well..

[whiteguysamurai]

@darksidehavok SF4 is vastly inferior to sfIII.

[harristhesecondcomin]

@shikamaru3333 because my race (black people) like to bitch about every little stereotypical thing.

[sk8terll21g]

i hope they add her in SUPER STREET FIGHTER 4!!!

[oxmis]

thing that makes me mad is sean if from brazil but doesn't incorporate any Capoeira moves

[daOriGinooGrapeBeer]

Brazil is not only known for capoeira, Brazilian ju jitsu is just as culturally relevant. Besides better the capoeira fighter be from Africa(although I dont know why they chose Kenya) because thats where the style' roots are

[oxmis]

yeah true Sean doesn't do any Brazilian jujitsu moves either It would have been nice to see some ya know

[blackharu159]

She's AWSOME! They should have more black people in these games. Elena is great!

[LEAFtea57]

To be fair though there are 3 black characters right from the start. Thats far more than most games.

[blackharu159]

true....can't ask for too much.

[FIGHTFANNERD3]

more then any game realy

[LEAFtea57]

very true elena abit of a rarity as black chicks are still almost non-existent in most games. while most fighters usallay have atleast 1 black guy in there roster the only other black girls i can think of are vanessa from virtual fighter (who skin was really lighten in the sequel) and christie from tekken ( though claiming that can cause alot of arguments on forums)

[FIGHTFANNERD3]

i dont think vanessa is black

[marnerbroman]

sean isn't black though

[bakerboisp]

...

You gotta be kiddin me dude.

Tell me, what race is he then?

[LEAFtea57]

he from brazil yes but hes clearly from african descent.

[FIGHTFANNERD3]

dumbass

[hokagealex]

@marnerbroman lol youre retarded

[Aserikoth]

@blackharu159 FUCK YOU RACIST

[blackharu159]

@Aserikoth how the hell am i racist? i'm saying she's a great character............werido.

[blackharu159]

@Aserikoth Oh wait, I get you now. You thought I was being racist, but I'm black too! I'm just saying that I can't be too picky because there might be some ACTUAL racist person that will complain and say that there are too many black people in the game and as a black person I've herd that a lot. And, the Japanese make these games and idk or think that there's a lot of blacks there. They also tend to make a characters look like them, so saying that they need more black people might offend them?

[Aserikoth]

@blackharu159 no you're racist because you want more black people over other colors

[blackharu159]

@Aserikoth lol what's so bad about wanting more black people? It's not like i said there shouldn't be other races on the games, i was just saying that there needs to be more diversity period. Even though i didn't say it in those exact words, i was implying it.

[Aserikoth]

@blackharu159 you dont want more "diversity", you only want more of your own race and less of the others

[Caine187]

@Aserikoth There's white people all over video games. A few more black people wouldn't hurt lol

[blackharu159]

@Caine187 Thank you, FINALY someome who gets my point!

[bigshiz]

@blackharu159 how come all the black people in sf are villians??? lol jk

[littlerain72401]

@blackharu159 Yup,but some people are so racist it makes me so angry!

[IcyBlue487]

This has got to be the first cheerful character that I really like (I normally go for the characters on the bad side). She is so fun to use and it's rare to see African (or African American) females in video games. I'm not sure if this is wishful thinking but I hope to see Elana in Super Street Fighter 4.

[FIGHTFANNERD3]

hope elena is in Super Street Fighter IV

[kaimisawesome]

i thought that was my mouse covering the video at first

[ShadowtailsST]

Elena is my best to; not to mention she's without a doubt the most awesome Kenyan ever to exist in a fighting game

[FIGHTFANNERD3]

@ShadowtailsST there another Kenyan guy in an anime

[KUSkaraokemeester]

I love Elina, only her hands are very LOL!

[TheYellowScreen]

Thanks for the vid, I loved Elena. I always adored her personality and design. Though probably what I liked best about her was her speed and range, not to mention she was a character I could play without having to know a bunch of combos. She was a good character to use for strategy.

[Ruach]

As far as video game Capoeirists go, even there are really only two (three if you count Christie, which you shouldn't) Elena is by far my favorite. She's also truest to the style.

[brucenatelee]

There is Abiera or something (or his brother) in King of Fighters, a little girl also in King of Fighters, Elena here. And why not mention Christie (or Eddy)? I'll mention them anyway. There is a capoeira fighting flash game good enough to be a real downloadable XBL or PSN game.

[Kokoro562]

or, la moriposa from doa kind of

[duvy1234]

Dude, elena is so cool. SF3>SF4. Anyday.

Elena represent's a great african woman and it's nice to see a woman of color in street fighter. Yay elena!

[bboyRedragon]

I like Elena over all and she kinda reminds me of a tall Halley Berry Bless1 she the best :)

[MasaruKato82]

Well, Elena has white hair and blue eyes, just like Storm (who also grew up in Kenya when she was her age). It's safe to assume that's where Capcom got the inspiration.

Still, it's a good thing. If they ever make a Street Fighter movie (a good one, I mean), Elena's role is pretty much assigned!

Hmm... you know what? Scratch, that. It may take a looong time to make a good SF movie, and Halle Berry isn't that young anymore...

[shadowghostra]

Megan Good, would make a nice Elena......

[FIGHTFANNERD3]

not realy

[shadowghostra]

yes realLy

[FIGHTFANNERD3]

your dumb

[shadowghostra]

Coming from a retarded star trek nerd. LOL, get a life bitch.

[daOriGinooGrapeBeer]

you know thats a good observation, but I always thought that her character select picture looks alot like Stacy Dash. But that doesnt help the movie situation because Dash is even older than Berry

[SeventhSun]

Elena's tune in New Generation in daytime Nairobi was not bad, Second Impact had a deeper night feel to accompany her same stage at night and in Third Strike it even had female vocals too to top it off before the Kenyan sunset!

*Beats in my Head* Yeah baby yeah!!

[Reik45]

Elena"s sprites are a bit 3D-ish , dont ya think

[truendymion]

It almost looks rotoscoped in places.

[Barbe]

Is it me, or do I see the similarity between her and Storm from X-Men?

[Gilgamoosh]

They're both dark and have white hair.. Nope, I see no similarities at all.

[Barbe]

Then you obviously didn't look hard enough. Look at their personal information.

[grassinigrassini]

and from kenya?

[HypaLink]

Well the similarities are only a few, but still obvious.

Both african, have white hair.

That's bout it tho.

[Barbe]

And both come from some form of Royalty.

[dogon80]

well she is supposed to b tall and lanky...at least thats what ive read about her description some where and last time i looked chunlis arse isnt no bigger than elenas...and if elena were to have a big arse, it would look a bit awkard...

[gilgameshida]

ooooo stfu who gives a dam point blank black and sunkissed people look good doing the dam martial art end of story AND we amke kick boxing look good too MAN i love Elanas logn leged ass but she has no Ass for a african female which is too weird XD how da fuck Chun lis ass gona be bigger than hers coem on now

[princeofqueens718]

Why are people so shocked when they see a black woman with no ass?!? I've seen plenty of black girls with no ass. Dammit, thats like saying all white girls have flat asses but that couldn't be anymore false.

[aquarianbabe]

she looks really tall...is she? You can never tell on some games they try to make it realistic.

[paqman67]

Elena is supposed to be 6 ft. tall according to Capcom data base, she's also supposed to weigh ~120 lbs which would make a bean pole as well. Yup, tall & lanky suits her well!

[bloodriotiori]

elena is my secret weapon in third strike. W/e i'm playing someone online and they start to figure me out and get cocky, i use her and they don't know wtf's going on heh.

[Diegolobobranco]

There was other 'capoerista'. The frist in the games. He was Bob Wilson from 'Fatal Fury', but he do not did the ginga when he was Fighting.

About Capoeira and Elena, there is a comon mistake. Capoeira is not a from Africa. Is 100% from Brasil.

See Ya!

[Diegolobobranco]

Sorry!

The Frist was Richard Meyer from 'Fatal Futy 1'. Bob Wilson is from "FF3".

[meaniman]

Capoeira was POPULARISED by african slaves in brazil. There are various forms of capoeira that come from various african locations (usually thought to be former portugese colonial states), but unlike capoeira, they're probably identified differently, perhaps as a war dance, or just recreationally.

[Diegolobobranco]

Shoud have in the past a lot of war dances, but that was not capoeira. Capoeira has borned in Brazil.

If capoeira tivessse born in Africa, why it did not exist in other countries in the period of slavery, not to be in Brazil? And because the records of dances of war (or anything similar to capoeira) are so different from the capoeira?

Sorry for my bad english. I´m from Brasil.;)

[meaniman]

I think you might wanna take a peek at the cultural history of angola/congo brazzaville. I can't atest for brazza, but Angola has been reputed as one of the source locations.

[HernestoMV]

Hi, I'm from brazil too.

Capoeira was really born in brazil , created by slaves that came from diferent countries, specially Angola, it may have used some african fighting stile as a reference, but it was not exactly capoeira, for example, the foot predomination is because the slaves used to be tied up by the hands, so thei could not use them, it was actually diguised as a dance by the slaves, cause it was forbidden for them to learn how to fight.

[Bagface]

true. but many still consider it an Afro-Brazilian art b/c of it's use of african instruments and the african foundational style that you mentioned.

[QueenAnime99]

Capoeira has African and Brazillian influences.

[DBoyNasty]

I love Elena. She is such a bad ass...with a cheerful personality.

[mkfan211]

Eddie gordo >  Elena

[IcyDiamonds]

Elena is gorgeous!

[901budburner]

...omg...elena...get it baby...shit...hold that right there...yeah...ohhhhh...I think i'm finna...SKEET, SKEET, SKEET!!!!

[Arvoyea]

......No.

[DarkZoa1000]

lol

[IcyDiamonds]

LOL!!! You are funny as shit and crazy as hell! But cha damn sure got good taste!

[KayNyne13]

i remember her!! her moves were nice but damn her ginga sucks!!

[DarkZoa1000]

capcom did say however they might put characters from sf3 and alpha. But my guess is that mostly the extra characters their going to add is from alpha possilbly

[DarkZoa1000]

even if she does come in sf4 which is highly unlikly she will be pwned by the other characters like bison

[chisholmjc]

Shes dark skinned and from africa, where capcom has barely made in chars from. I doubt that shes going to be in SF4, and also shes not as popular as cammy and sakura and all those other chicks.

But then again it would be good if they did put her in, i just doubt they will.

[40MuthaFuckinDollaz]

nope shes not in street fighter 4 but i still like they actualy put a capoera character in there

[spongeygirl12]

shes my best charcter! ^^

[DeathzDesciple]

..mabe if you practiced more....

[hippiewerewolf42]

i was wondering if there was a capoeirista in street fighter...then i remembered. so now aside from tekken, there's another game where i get to my style in. except done better than i can at the moment. :(

[angelbattler]

Elena is my BEST character whenever i play 3rd strike, i win most of my fights w/ her.

[Sexykungfudude]

I do capoeira also

[Becool666]

they need to put elena on SF4 cuz she rocks!

she's great, she has style, and she fights capoeira, a brazilian martial arts! Wants a better fighter than that?!

ELENA FOR SF4!!!!

[Lacktardo]

great vid :P i am also an Elena user :P

[khaoz77]

i wanna ply u in SF3 ur good with elena, but i need to sharpen ma skillz, u up for it?

[Arvoyea]

I'm actually not that good, because this was on the CPS-3 emulator and I use the keyboard. But thanks, I'll think about, but I don't how to do online play for emulators.

[khaoz77]

i could teach u if u want, i need ur email adress

[Kinkonesan]

Yay Elena! Yay! Shes one of my favs other than Ibuki, Chunli etc. Yay Street Fighter!

[jettmanas]

Yep- it's all about Elena (I think she's one of the cutest fighting game girls).

2nd Impact is my fav BG music for her.

[Chuckwunoso]

elena's got the best caporera stance (better than eddy gordo and the other ones). Her third strike tune is the best the first and second one had a tendancy to add a

'jungle-ish' type theme just because she was african.

[htownfinest281]

could you do alex and ken next?