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Street Fighter's First Filipino Character

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0:00 All right, in some news that's very relevant to me and I'm quite excited about this. There's a new character for Street Fighter and it's Street Fighter's very first Filipino character. >> WOW! >> HAVE YOU EVER SEEN HER? >> I didn't even know. >> Yasmin. What does she do? Sing? >> [laughter] >> She's a nurse. >> Bust out karaoke. >> Yeah, super super cool. >> That's so cool. >> Yeah. And so she's got a ton of like look at the freaking the the flag on the shirt and everything, dude. It's so dope. And then so she fights with the the karambit knife, you know, that's like the Filipino also Indonesian knife. >> Karambit? >> Yeah, karambit. And in her like special moves and her quotes, she actually says a bunch of like Filipino stuff.

0:51 >> Like putang ina mo. >> No, everyone was wanting her to say that, but no, she doesn't actually say that one. >> Put put put put putang ina mo. >> hoping she would cuss. >> Yeah. >> Just like our famous tennis player is. All right, so like >> You're not taking this seriously. >> Wait, that's the real one? [laughter] >> Yeah. She says hoy. She apparently says kuya when she dies. >> Why? >> I don't know. >> Brother? >> Yeah. Right there she says so ma arte. >> What is that? >> Which is like it's like when you're telling someone they're being over dramatic. >> Oh. >> It's like a thing that your parents usually scold you with all the time. >> Yeah. >> She gets >> That's cool. >> she goes when she wins, she says I want some sinigang. >> I love sinigang.

1:41 >> so cute. >> Sinigang is so good. >> Yeah, that's her moves. >> [screaming] >> Super cool, right? >> Yeah, that's awesome. >> Does she fight in like the traditional Filipino martial arts style? >> I don't it's hard to I wouldn't really know because it's so over the top. Like I doubt it, you know, it's not going to be as cool as the top-top sticks guy. >> Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. >> It's not going to be that good, but no, it's really, really good. The design and everything's great. A really cool thing which I didn't even realize cuz I everybody had known about this character for a while, but then um you know, I when I looked up like, "Oh, who's the voice actor for it?" Because, you know, if you're playing the regular Street Fighter, everyone's speaking Japanese regardless of where they're from. You know, so it's kind of like a oh, it doesn't really matter, but then

2:31 when they when they do the global release, they have like different voice actors for it. The voice actor for her is Abby Espiritu, who's um she's a co-producer of like all these huge musicals. It's crazy. Yeah, it's so she's the producer of Lost Boys Death Note musical. Cats, like the new Cats Jellicle Ball. So, it's like really like it's not just some anybody that they got to voice her. It's like an actual person who's like killing it for Filipino Americans, which I thought was like really, really great. >> Freaking awesome. >> Yeah, and she's also a voice on Genshin Impact. >> Oh. >> She's a voice on Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush. She's also on and she's also a voice of there's a game called NBA The Run and it's like a basketball game and there's a Filipino character in that, too. And she's that character as well. >> Dang. >> She's awesome. >> Yeah, super cool and uh

3:22 and it and that's the first she was actually that job where she's voicing that Filipino character in the basketball game, that's the first Filipino Filipino character she ever voiced as well in a game. So, it's like all these milestones and then now she's this character is like super huge. >> Yeah, that's huge. >> I thought that was really cool. >> How do you play this? Is this what what version of Street Fighter is she is she in? >> It's Street Fighter 6, I believe, yeah. >> Oh, ████ >> Yeah, yeah, yeah. >> out with a JK Street Fighter. >> What do you mean? >> If I came out with a Filipino player, it would be a nurse by day, break dancer by night. >> [laughter] >> All the moves would be break dancing. To fight like D like Not DJ, but yeah, they'll be break dancing moves. And then um their special powers like a Hadouken. >> Yeah. >> A Jollibee chicken. >> [laughter] >> Hadouken. That would be tight if >> It would just be different food.

4:13 >> That would be cool if her alternate costume was just the Jollibee. >> Yeah. [laughter] Where she comes into the Jollibee outfit. So many Filipino things that we can do. >> It's funny because like in one lens, some people would be like that's so offensive. It's such like bad stereotypes. But then like Filipinos kind of like that ████ Like they think they have a good sense of humor. >> Best sense of humor. >> We would even have like a whole like lineup of just the like a Street Fighter Philippines, right? And then get all the stereotypes of the Philippines, every Asian country, and then we could put them all together. It'll be Asian Street Fighter of the world. >> Asian Street Fighter of the world. >> Cuz like the there could be like I don't know like a Filipino food stall guy that's like doing ████ what do you call it? Like the like the egg rolls and the pancit all day, right? There could be different Filipino guys

5:05 just all fighting. >> So it'll be Street Fighter Philippines only. So all fighters are Filipino stereotypes. [laughter] >> And then and then we'll have one for every Asian country, right? And then at the end we'll we'll do like a ultimate Asian Street Fighter and we put them together. That's like a thousand fighters. >> King of Fighters like that? >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So we'll have one for every country. >> What do you think of this design? I really appreciated that they didn't do the usual uh I guess like over like hypersexualize it. You know, like with a lot of characters when they're trying to get them to be likable, they just make them so busty and like like kind of like the fit the mold that's always happening. But they like she's 5'4, which is really cool. You know, like it's it's uh she looks like a lot of people I know. >> [laughter] >> I think I always going to like Cammy in a in her in her one-piece and then I think

5:56 >> That's a great outfit. >> nice outfit cuz then when she kicks you can see her underwear. >> I agree. >> So you're disappointed by this? >> I am. I I wish she was in a thong. >> Or maybe it'd be cool like as she gets her ass beat her clothes starts coming off so you always want to see her lose maybe. >> with her. >> Yeah. No. >> But this is just from like a 13-year-old boy's mind. >> It's a hot outfit though. It's not like it's covered up in that way but like I always prefer >> it's more cute than like sexy at least. >> I mean I I still like how she's like buffed. Look at her forearms. >> I also don't know how old she's supposed to be so I don't know. >> Maybe that's why she's a she's a teenager. >> [laughter] >> She's fiction, right? >> Yeah, but I don't know like they they all have like canonical ages and stuff but I don't I don't know what hers is but >> Yeah, but when people do Cammy cosplay it's like one of the best things on Earth.

6:46 >> [laughter] >> Cuz it's the hottest outfit. >> are out. >> Yeah. >> What is this outfit? A camel bathing suit? >> Cammy? >> You might have recognized it. It's world famous. >> Wears a ca- a camel bathing suit with like a beret. >> Yeah. >> This is Street Fighter? >> Street Fighter, yeah. >> I don't know much about it. >> Here's a here's a good example of that if you want to >> If you're if you go to conventions, you'll see. >> So that would basically be your standard Cammy. >> That's crazy, man. >> have the leg paint. It normally has like leg paint and stuff. >> But is this good for you? >> That's what Street Fighter should be. >> [laughter] >> I only know Chun-Li so. >> Chun-Li's hot, too. >> She's the original. >> Yeah. >> She's the She was the only girl in the first set of characters, right? >> In the first set, yeah. >> Yeah, she's the only girl in there. >> Cuz Cammy would be like the second. >> Yeah.

7:36 >> Yeah, Cammy's crazy but then nothing is as crazy as I don't know how familiar you are you are with Mai Shiranui. >> Mhm, I don't know what that is. >> That's over the top. That's like from Fatal Fury. That's like their Japanese um basically like their Japanese thirst trap character. But if I show you this one, you'll probably it'll probably ring a bell for you cuz you're Japanese pervert. Do you remember THAT CHARACTER? >> YEAH. >> [laughter] >> I thought so. >> She basically has like a skimpy kimono. Yeah, and then she fights with fans and ████ >> Do you know who you remind me of? Jiraiya. >> Who's that? >> Jiraiya from Naruto. Oh, you don't watch Naruto? >> Naruto. >> Okay, my bad. >> His personality or he looks like him? >> His personality. >> [laughter] >> I got to watch it though. Everyone tells me like it's the best.

8:26 And then they give me ninja references all the time. And I was like >> It's just nostalgic for a lot of people. >> Oh, yeah, that's probably why cuz it was I was I was too old for that ████ >> Is that him, Jiraiya? >> Yes. >> Jiraiya. >> That's you? Is he like lecherous? Is that what he like? >> What's lecherous? >> You know like like ooh la la ooh ladies. >> Oh yes, yes, yes, he's a pervert. >> I'm not a pervert. >> He writes eroticas. He writes the stories that a lot of the >> don't want to write it. I don't want to write it. I just want to direct porn. >> consume it. >> Yeah. >> No, he goes sneaking on a lot of bath houses in the area. >> Oh, okay. I don't sneak on girls. >> See, he's like the old guy from Dragon Ball Z. The master. >> You can't tell he's a pervert from there though. >> Yeah. >> [laughter] >> You can tell? >> Just like him, you can't really tell. >> He looks like he's like good at martial arts or something. >> Oh, he's a he's a legend. Like he's really strong, too. >> Oh, but he's a pervert.

9:17 >> Yeah. >> Can you tell he's a pervert looking at him? >> [laughter] >> No, but the moment he started speaking, I was like okay. >> But if you knew he was Japanese, then it's like kind of obvious, huh? >> I I don't make assumptions until they start speaking and he started speaking. I was like okay. >> [laughter] >> But then you You yourself that compared to the average Japanese pervert, you're very much lower than that, right? >> Yeah, cuz the average Japanese perversion level is very strong, huh? >> Too much. Too much. They're Dude. If horny was like like let's we could measure horny by how much coffee Japanese people are spilling all the time. That's how horny they are. >> [laughter] >> Too horny, dude. >> show it. That's the difference. Depends. >> Yeah, but some of them like

10:07 they don't give a ████ dude. You'll just be on a train and they'll be a ████ perverted old man just looking at porn openly in public. He don't give a ████ >> That's ████ crazy. >> a ████ >> It's pretty crazy. >> Porn on his phone just on his phone. >> A lot of guys just start busting out their hentai and they look at you weird if you just like if you look at them. >> Yeah, they're like "Excuse me, I'm enjoying my comics." >> That's crazy. >> Here's some more looks at the character. Pretty dope, right? >> Yeah, really. >> Yasmine. >> Yeah, it looks pretty cool. >> how they want to cos play her. She looks so cool. >> cos play is going to look so sick for this, right? >> Looks more Filipino here. >> Yeah, definitely looks more Filipino. Yep, there's your Chun-Li. >> Oh, that's cool. >> Is that her charger? She she charged it up right now? Yeah. >> That was cool how she did that with her hair. >> Yeah. >> And I guess there's like really

10:57 >> Ooh, different colors. >> Yeah, there's some like really um advanced ways you can play her, too, so it's pretty cool. >> going to a Filipino festival in Virginia in October. Maybe I should be him. >> That's Oh my god. >> edited me for the fire was Street Fighter 2. >> Oh. >> cos played as Yasmine, that would be >> That would be sick. >> it. It's over. >> Actually, yeah, no, let me do it. Yeah. >> Oh, stop her there at the festival, it's over. >> Woah, Yasmine versus Yasmine? >> Yeah. [laughter] >> Oh yeah, they could do do do different colors of the versions of the character. >> Is that called karambit or something? What did you Yeah. >> That's the karambit. Hey, why does it just look like Chun- Li's level? >> I think that might be Chun- Li's level. Actually, I don't know. I haven't played Street Fighter in so long or the modern one. >> or something? No, that's Yo, that look That looks like kung fu.

11:47 >> Pants, I think. Yeah. >> [laughter] >> Yeah, they're just exhibiting all of her like different stuff. >> eyes? I can't see. >> Uh >> Yo, she's got like a Goku outfit going on. >> Oh, yeah, cuz maybe or they look like Well, here they look >> Brown. >> They look like dark. >> Dark, though. >> At least. But yeah, it's hard to tell. >> I love Street Fighter. >> [laughter] >> But yeah, I'm glad they didn't Do you think that's a accurate depiction of the way Japanese people see Filipinos? >> Nope. The way Japanese people see Filipinos, they should be working at 7-Eleven or something. >> Jesus, Nasan. >> Or like car washers. >> Car washers? >> No, a lot of Filipinos in Japan, >> Um they're like construction people, right? Like laborers? >> They work uh they work like restaurants and service or um or what do you call it? Uh slipped my

12:38 mind. Nursing. >> Oh, in Japan it's also like that? >> had a program where he would help them get accepted to the nursing programs. >> Yeah, okay. Did you ever meet any Filipinos that spoke perfect Japanese? >> Yeah. >> Oh, yeah? >> Yeah. Sometimes you just forget that they're Filipino cuz they can actually They've been there so long. >> Yeah. >> Their style, too. Their style starts looking Japanese. >> Oh, okay. Like overall, they just start to Cool, man. Well, yeah, this is the new character. I'm really excited about. I think it's really great for Philippines and the Filipino culture. There's obviously there's going to be some neckbeard Filipinos with their sticks in their ass that are pissed about it, but I think overall, this is ████ great. >> cool. >> Great. >> Yeah. >> They should have made her a boxer.

13:28 >> [laughter] >> I hate ████ those neck sharp complainers. It's like when the teachers go like, "We're going to have ice cream." And then someone's like, "I Well, I'm lactose intolerant." or whatever the ████ And they're like, "Just be happy you're having ice cream for ████ dessert." >> I'll eat ice cream and I'll keep the ████ to myself.

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