Street Fighter II/Characters/Fei Long

Fei Long is a tribute to the Kung Fu movie legend Bruce Lee. Not only do the two look alike and come from the same city, Fei Long also lets out similar battle cries to Lee, and is just as furious and fast a fighter. Also, Fei Long is Chinese (specifically Cantonese, Hong Kong's primary dialect) for "flying dragon", as well as a type of kick; Bruce Lee's Chinese screen name was 李 小龍 (Lee Siu-Long) or "little dragon." The background of Fei Long's fighting venue is based on the Tiger Balm Garden in Hong Kong.

In Fei Long's ending in Super Street Fighter II and Super Street Fighter II Turbo, a movie director approaches Fei Long and tries to convince him into returning to make one more movie, but Fei Long refuses. In the English version, he says that "there could never be another legend like the great one and his son", which has been interpreted by many fans to mean Bruce Lee and his son Brandon who died shortly before Super Street Fighter II was released. This reference is not present in the Japanese version.

Background
A youthful and talented action movie star, Fei Long is the master of Hitenryu Kung Fu. While he fought on the streets to sharpen his skills, he caught the eye of a movie director, who got him into the big times and made him an international sensation.

He made a string of action movies until he participated in the second World Warrior tournament. He realized that he preferred the real thing to the staged, choreographed fight scenes in his movies, and gave up his career and disappeared into the streets.

HD Remix Alterations
Control Motion Changes Buffs Nerfs Misc
 * Rekkuu Kyaku motion changed to
 * Rekka Ken motion is a little more forgiving, so it's not as hard to get all 3 in the series.
 * version of Rekkuu Kyaku have additional frames of partial invulnerability, allowing them to go through fireballs at the start.
 * and Shien Kyaku always knock down and can juggle. Because of this, Rekku Kyaku (juggle) -> Shien Kyaku (juggle) is a new standard combo. The total juggle limit shared by Rekku Kyaku / Shien Kyaku is 4 hits. After 4 juggle hits, it's still possible to juggle with a super.
 * Rekka Kens travel a little farther.
 * Super travels farther.
 * Rekku Kyaku have lower priority on first hit, allowing them to be countered air-to-air a little more easily.
 * Rekku Kyaku have 5 additional frames of recovery to prevent them from comboing into stand fierce, rekka x 3. Usually leaves Fei Long about neutral on block (time to flame kick!)
 * Shien Kyaku is no longer safe on block from point-blank range.
 * Fei Long's head is vulnerable during 4th and 5th hits of the super (and can't go through fireballs during that, but still can during first 3 hits).
 * Super meter gains slightly reduced on Shien Kyaku and Rekku Kyaku.
 * After the last hit of the super, it is not possible to juggle further. (You couldn't anyway in ST due to startup time on Rekku Kyaku, but new juggle properties on Shien Kyaku would have allowed this.)