Dhalsim
Dhalsim in Capcom vs. SNK 2 (SNK Groove).
Game series	Street Fighter series
First game	Street Fighter II
Voice actor(s)	Yoshiharu Yamada; Eiji Yano (SVC Chaos)
In-Universe Information
Birthplace	India
Fighting style	Yoga
Likes	Curry, Meditation
Dislikes	Sweet food, meat
Special skill	Preaching, Selflessness, Mind reading

Dhalsim (ダルシム, Darushimu^?, based on Malayalam ധല്സിമ്) is a video game character from the Street Fighter series of fighting games, who comes from the land of Kerala, India. Image File history File links Streetfighter_dhalsim_illust. ... Capcom vs. ... Street Fighter ), or commonly abbreviated as SF, is a popular series of fighting video games in which the players pit combatants from around the world, each with his or her own special moves, against one another. ... Street Fighter II: The World Warrior is a 1991 competitive fighting game by Capcom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_India. ... Malayalam (മലയാളം ) is the language spoken predominantly in the state of Kerala, in southern India. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Fictional character. ... Street Fighter ), or commonly abbreviated as SF, is a popular series of fighting video games in which the players pit combatants from around the world, each with his or her own special moves, against one another. ... This article describes fighting games in which opponents face off in a battle. ... , Kerala ( ; Malayalam: കേരളം; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of southwestern India. ...

Story

Generally a pacifist, Dhalsim fights to raise money for his village, but realizes that it might contradict his pacifist beliefs. The only significant part he played in the overall story of the series was to make Cammy self-aware. Pacifism is the opposition to war or violence as a means of settling disputes. ... Cammy White (キャミィ or キャミー・ホワイト) is a video game character in the Street Fighter series. ...

Dhalsim has the power to suspend himself in midair, stretch his extremities in ways beyond the average human, read minds, and sense evil, the latter abilities he uses to locate the sinister M. Bison, and doing his part to aid those who can destroy the villain. He retired from fighting after the second World Warrior tournament, and continued to roam the world helping those in need. A cubical magnet levitating over a superconducting material (this is known as the Meissner effect). ... Mind reading has several meanings: A paranormal practice of telepathy An emerging field in neuroscience where thought processes are monitored using brain imaging An interpersonal communication term that refers to a particular level in a relationship where one person thinks he or she knows the other well enough to be... For the Street Fighter character known as M. Bison in Japan, see Balrog (Street Fighter). ...

Alternate storylines

In the Street Fighter II V, the UDON comic book series, and Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie, Dhalsim is a wise and powerful mystic who aids Ryu in his quest to become stronger and defeat evildoers. Street Fighter II V , pronounced two vee) is an anime series based on the fighting game Street Fighter II. Directed by Gisaburo Sugii, the series first aired in Japan in 1995, from April 10 to November 27, on YTV. The series is a loose adaptation of the games, taking several...

Appearance

Dhalsim is often depicted as having pupil-less eyes. His build is that of a normal man who exercises and weight trains regularly except for his abdomen and waist which appear much out of proportion and emaciated. He wears torn saffron shorts as his only clothing attire as well as saffron wristbands and anklebands. He has three coloured stripes adorning his head, and in the Street Fighter Alpha series, he wears a turban that he removes before battle. The skulls he wears around his neck are those of village children that died during a plague. In palette swap renditions of Dhalsim, his skin is often dark blue or other unnatural colors. He is the oldest of the original World Warriors. The abdomen is a part of the body. ... Emaciation, also known as muscle death or necrosis, is the process of physical degradation in which the muscles of the body, through underuse, grow weak. ... A pandemic (from Greek παν pan all + δήμος demos people) is an epidemic (an outbreak of an infectious disease) that spreads across a large region (example a continent), or even worldwide. ... A red Koopa Troopa from Super Mario Bros. ...

Gameplay

Dhalsim is the original long-range fighter of fighting games. Dhalsim's intense training has given him the ability to contort and extend his limbs in ways that are physically impossible; he can project his arms and legs outward in order to deliver attacks that would be out of the range of normal limbs. Dhalsim's fighting style involves keeping the opponent at bay with distance attacks and projectiles, and optimally, only getting close to strike with a surprise aerial attack or sliding kick. Due to his reach advantage, Dhalsim has both very low offense and defense, making it vital for him to avoid sustaining too many blows from a strong fighter. Dhalsim's sprite, while standing, is actually quite a small target, due to the total number of pixels Dhalsim's sprite occupies while not attacking. Dhalsim becomes a much larger target while attacking. As of Super Street Fighter II Turbo, the player can make Dhalsim do only short range attacks by holding back on the joystick. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Street Fighter II. (Discuss) Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers was the penultimate release of a long string of fighting games in the Street Fighter II series. ...

Techniques

Using the normal moves called the Yoga Spear, Dhalsim can spin through the air at various angles, ideally landing close to his opponent so that he can deliver additional hits or throws.

Dhalsim can project from his mouth a rapid, immobilizing projectile known as Yoga Fire, and a stationary spread known as the Yoga Flame; later games incorporate the anti-air version known as the Yoga Blast. According to the English language Street Fighter II manual, eating spicy Indian curry gave Dhalsim the ability to breathe fire, but this was rewritten to being a gift from Agni, the Indian god of fire. A forest fire Fire is a rapid oxidation process that creates light, heat, smoke, frost, and releases energy in varying intensities. ... Chinese Wood (木) | Fire (火) Earth (土) | Metal (金) | Water (水) Japanese Earth (地) | Water (水) | Fire (火) | Air / Wind (風) | Void / Sky / Heaven (空) Hinduism and Buddhism Vayu / Pavan — Air / Wind Agni / Tejas — Fire Akasha — Aether Prithvi / Bhumi — Earth Ap / Jala — Water Agni is a Hindu and Vedic deity. ...

To escape opponents or otherwise change his physical location, Dhalsim can travel bodily through the astral plane in a form of teleportation, known as the Yoga Teleport. A glitch in the original Street Fighter II caused Dhalsim to disappear from time to time, rendering his long-reaching attacks invisible until the end of the round. While this was an unintentional error, Dhalsim was officially given the Yoga Teleport in Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting. The astral plane, also called the astral world or desire world, is a plane of existence according to esoteric philosophies, some religious teachings and New Age thought. ... Teleportation is the movement of objects or elementary particles from one place to another, more or less instantaneously, without traveling through space. ... Glitch City, a Pokémon programming error that creates a jumble of tiles. ... Street Fighter II: The World Warrior is a 1991 competitive fighting game by Capcom. ...

Dhalsim's super moves consist of the Yoga Tempest (an enhanced Yoga Flame), the multi-hitting Yoga Inferno, the aerial attacking Yoga Volcano and the low-striking Yoga Stream. Certain games also see Dhalsim with an anti-air grabbing super called Yoga Strike, and he is also able to use a multiple-hitting horizonally controlable super version of Yoga Spear called Yoga Drill and a midair combo assault called Yoga Legend in the non-canon Street Fighter EX series. A gameplay image of Street Fighter EX 2 Plus. ...

Actors

The majority of the time, Dhalsim is voiced by Yoshiharu Yamada. In SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom, Eiji Yano voices Dhalsim. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

Dhalsim was portrayed by Roshan Seth in 1994's live action Street Fighter movie. In the movie, Dhalsim was changed from a fighter to a meek doctor working on a "supersoldier" experiment for M. Bison. His science was originally supposed to promote peace but Bison corrupted it to serve perversion instead (as he said so in the beginning). In the end, (after he is burned and altered to look more like the character in the game) he decided to remain in Shadoloo alongside with Blanka (his creation), with last words of "If good men do nothing, that is evil enough." Roshan Seth Roshan Seth (born 17 August 1942) is a British Indian actor. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... Street Fighter is a 1994 action movie based on Capcoms popular fighting game series Street Fighter. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... For the Amalgam Comics character, see Super-Soldier. ... For the Street Fighter character known as M. Bison in Japan, see Balrog (Street Fighter). ... Blanka ) is a video game character from the Street Fighter series of fighting games. ...

Character basis

Dhalsim's abilities resemble those of an Indian fighter in the 1976 movie Master of the Flying Guillotine starring Jimmy Wang Yu. Like Dhalsim, the fighter in the movie used a yoga-based fighting style and had an unnatural ability to extend his limbs to attack. Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the 1976 Gregorian calendar. ... Master of the Flying Guillotine is a 1975 Hong Kong martial arts film starring Jimmy Wang Yu, who also wrote and directed the film. ... Jimmy Wang Yu (王羽 born March 28, 1943, also known as Wong Yu-lung and Wang Yue) is a Chinese actor, director, producer, and scriptwriter. ...

Dhalsim's personality resembles that of an Indian mystic; vegetarianism, spiritualism and meditation, and simplicity, as Dhalsim wears very simple attire. Also Dhalsim is aware that if he uses his power to harm, he may become evil, and frequently questions his decisions to use his powers for fighting. In these respects, he bears a remarkable similarity to Mohandas Gandhi. All forms of yoga are meant to aid a personal journey towards enlightenment and not to harm others. Therefore, Dhalsim is constantly concerned about his fighting style overwhelming his own principles of nonviolence. In contrast, Dhalsim's minimal clothing and necklace of skulls are reminiscent of the medieval Hindu ascetics known as Kapalikas ("skull-bearers") who were often related to macabre imagery such as cannibalism and human sacrifice. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948) (Devanagari: मोहनदास करमचन्द गांधी), called Mahatma Gandhi, was the charismatic leader who brought the cause of Indias independence from British colonial rule to... In Hindu culture, Kapalika means bearer of the skull-bowl. ...

External links

• WikiKnowledge.net’s entry for Dhalsim Previously hosted by Wikibooks