Zangief , often called the Red Cyclone (Japanese: 赤きサイクロン, Hepburn: Akaki Saikuron), is a fictional character in Capcom's Street Fighter series. Considered to be the first controllable fighting game character whose … See more

Designed by Akira Yasuda, Zangief was initially planned for Street Fighter II planned to be a very strong but extremely slow character to … See more

Zangief placed 18th in the Top 50 Characters of 1996 poll in the Gamest magazine in Japan.
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Zangief has always been difficult to use because of his slow speed, lack of projectiles and his best moves require precise timing and difficult input controls. But that was not always the case. When Street Fighter II was being developed, the Capcom team … See more