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Remy (Street Fighter)

Remy (レミー, Remī) is a character from Capcom's Street Fighter fighting game series.

When developing 3rd Strike, the development team felt the game was missing something and decided they needed to include a handsome male character, particular one that fit the Japanese bikei trope, something that they felt Capcom was not particularly known for. His character designer put together a wide variety of concepts, creating 40-50 character designs which included a doctor, a priest, a prince, and a monster all in that aesthetic, with the priest concept being one of the final designs they considered. Early design traits for his character described him as a "genius that looks down on others" and "cool but with a feminine side".

Standing 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) tall, Remy is a slim man with long turquoise colored hair that often covers his right eye. His outfit consists of red pants, matching shoes and belt, and a zipped up black jacket with the Greek letter omega emblazoned on the upper chest across the zipper. Remy was intended to be a hardcore martial artist in the same vein was fellow characters Alex and Ryu. In terms of gameplay, several ideas were also considered in this regard, before deciding on a character that would use attacks that required to be charged first. While Remy was added late in development, the team was happy his character was able to be completed.

Amongst the multiple character designs considered during Remy's development was a young man with multiple personalities and a Shadaloo symbol on the back of his jacket, referencing the criminal organization ran by Street Fighter II villain M. Bison. This particular iteration of Remy's design would have also been able to poison enemies with his hands. When developing Street Fighter V, Capcom recycled many of these ideas from this concept to create the character F.A.N.G.

Remy is a young French man introduced in the 1999 Capcom fighting game Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike. Seeking revenge on his father for abandoning him, he extends rage towards all martial artists. Driven insane by the death of his sister, he encased her body in ice to preserve her body, keeping it secluded in an underwater cave. By the game's conclusion he realizes despite the battles he feels no different. Putting his sister at rest, he puts his past behind him and feels peace for the first time. In 3rd Strike, he is voiced by Eiji Sekiguchi. In other games, the SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters series also features him as an available card, as does GungHo Online Entertainment's mobile game TEPPEN.

Remy fights using Savate, a form of French boxing.

To support the release of 3rd Strike's Online Edition, player avatar items of the character were released for Sony's PlayStation Network. For Street Fighter 6, costume items based on Remy's appearance for the game's "World Tour" mode were added for players to use on their custom characters.

Since his debut, reception for Remy has been divisive and mostly negative. In particular, he has often been compared to Guile, a character with similar attacks introduced in Street Fighter II. He has often been singled out as one character heavily disliked from the Street Fighter III cast, with Nicholas Tan of GameRevolution stating that while he'd welcome the return of any of the others "Remy can just stay on the sidelines forever as far as I'm concerned". At the same, other media outlets have requested to see the character return in more recent Street Fighter releases as they felt he would fit the aesthetic of the modern series, with Jahanzeb Khan feeling in particular he fit the darker art direction of Street Fighter V and "pulls off his offense with more grace and finesse" than Guile.

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