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Elena
is the princess of an East African tribe which has a cultural tradition of
fighting. He father is chief of the region and a witch doctor, but also
has a PhD in medicine from France. During the third World Warrior tournament,
Elena wanted to travel around the world and meet new
friends. She has a light hearted personality and doesn't take fighting as
seriously as other fighters. She studied as an exchange student in Japan, where
she met her best friend Narumi. She later continued her studies in France. She
didn't do much during the time of the third World Warrior tournament besides
make a lot of friends.
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Updated: June 27th, 2025
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Capoeira
in 2D form never looked this spectacular. The 2D artists at Capcom were simply showing off while animating Elena. Elena made a superb addition to the
"new generation" of Street Fighters in SFIII. While not the most
elaborate or immediately eye-catching character design to come out of the Street Fighter universe,
Elena's unique fighting style and appearance was incredibly innovative in the 2D fighting game realm
when she debuted.
Elena is defined by her cheerful, funny personality and lean, toned physique. She's also an innovative Street Fighter character due to the fact that her "punch" attacks are actually kicks, instead. I remember being wowed by that the first time I played SFIII. I've always
loved Street Fighter characters that represent an authentic martial art,
and Elena does just that, with style. It was nice to see Elena join SF X TEKKEN
and Ultra SF4, but her animation did not translate to 3D as smoothly as I hoped.
Thankfully, her later SF6 model, animation, and the way it recaptures 3rd
Strike's fluidity (and builds upon it) is stunning!
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