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Zangief is a character from Capcom's Street Fighter series of fighting games. Zangief, also known as the Red Cyclone, is a national Russian hero who is always seen fighting for the glory of his country.

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  • Zangief is a character from Capcom's Street Fighter series of fighting games. Zangief, also known as the Red Cyclone, is a national Russian hero who is always seen fighting for the glory of his country.
  • Zangief is a Street Fighter character first introduced in Street Fighter II. He is a Russian professional wrestler whose fighting style is renowned for being powerful and close ranged. Zangief appeared as a playable character in X-Men vs. Street Fighter and then returned for Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter, Marvel vs. Capcom and Marvel vs. Capcom 2. He was also the first fighting game character to introduce the Grappling fighting technique, as most fighters had the standard fireball and uppercut.
  • Zangief, also known as The Red Cyclone, is normally seen as a hero from the popular Street Fighter series, however in some other media related to the games, he is portrayed as a henchman of higher villains or (rarely) a villain in his own right.
  • Zangief is a fictional character from the Street Fighter series. He is Russian fighter for U.S.S.R.
  • Designed by Akira Yasuda, Zangief was initially conceived as a character named "Vodka Gobalsky", planned to be strong in all attributes but extremely slow. Early designs of the character closely resembled the character's finalized appearance, but with the addition of a black tanktop and anchor tattoo on his upper arms. Later in development, his named was changed to Zangief, with the initial storyline that he was banned from professional wrestling for breaking the rules, currently engaging in underground wrestling. As the game's development progressed his backstory was changed entirely.
  • Zangief (also known as the "Red Cyclone") is a video game character created by Capcom. He is part of the Street Fighter series of fighting games, first starring in Street Fighter II. He is a national Russian hero who is always seen fighting for the glory of his country.
  • Zangief (ザンギエフ Zangiefu, Russian: Зангиев) also known as the "Red Cyclone" (赤きサイクロン Akaki Saikuron), is a video game character created by Capcom. He is part of the Street Fighter series of fighting games, first starring in Street Fighter II. He is a national Russian hero who is always seen fighting for the glory of his country.
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