Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25230331-20150926032531/@comment-27171093-20160213032131

MetallicKaiser wrote: I think the Noob, Mob Pyscho, and Cardfight ones are legit, and maybe the Kamiya one? I can't tell if the person asking was just putting words in his mouth.

As a good example of what I consider reference speculations getting out of hand, I've found a Japanese interview (Weekly Famitsu No. 1998/9/25) with Noritaka explaining that Guile was modeled after Polnareff, not Stroheim or Dire. The Street Fighter X Tekken Artworks book also goes a bit into detail with this, explaining that Guile's hair was originally like Polnareff's but was curved by the pixel artist as a joke. The interview also mentions that his name is derived from Polnareff's arch-nemesis at the time, J.Geil. A quick google will show this info is accepted by any Japanese source. w....what? i...WHAT?!?!?! i refuse to accept this, this can't be real!!

Tell me this is a nithmare!! I WANT MUH CYBORG GUILE COSTUME FOR SFV!!!!!!

Edit: seriously doe, where i can read that Street Fighter x Tekken book online?

Edit 2: you know, i remenbered that in Street Fighter x Tekken there would be Tekken charaters confunding Guile for Paul Phoenix (and viceversa), and you know what; those jokes makes more sense now!