is a video game character in the Street Fighter series. She first appeared in the fighting game Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers, which was released for the arcades in 1993, as one of the "New Challengers", the four new characters introduced in that title. She is the second female fighter in the Street Fighter series, following Chun-Li. Cammy has also appeared in the Street Fighter Alpha games, first as a hidden character and then as a playable character, in Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold and Street Fighter Alpha 3 respectively. Although Cammy did not appear in Street Fighter III as a playable character, she was reintroduced into the series as such in the PC and home console versions of Street Fighter IV, winning a poll put forth by Capcom asking the fans which characters from previous games should appear in the new game's home version.

History

Street Fighter series

A younger version would be included in the crossover game X-Men vs. Street Fighter, which features Cammy as an assassin for Bison's Shadaloo organization, with her codename "Killer Bee" (and in later games described as one of the "Shadaloo Dolls"). The ending of the game alludes to Cammy's memory loss and her eventual joining of Delta Red.

This incarnation of Cammy would be integrated into the main series: first in Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold, where she appears as a hidden character available exclusively in the 2-Player and Training Modes (however, this would be rectified in Street Fighter Alpha Anthology where she would be fully playable in Arcade mode with a complete storyline and ending), and then in Street Fighter Alpha 3, where she is a full-fledged playable character. In Alpha 3, Cammy is revealed to be a clone created from M. Bison's DNA. The Game Boy Advance version of Super Street Fighter II Turbo: Revival and the Xbox Live and PSN remake Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix take into account this revelation in their versions of Cammy's ending.

Cammy is featured in the console and PC versions of Street Fighter IV. Set after the various editions of Street Fighter II (but before Street Fighter III), it depicts Cammy as having come to terms with her past as a brainwashed super soldier from Shadaloo and is now embarking a new mission with her Delta Red comrades (which include Commander Watson, Matthew Mcoy, Colonel Wolfman, 1st Lieutenant Luwanda, and George Ginzu). In the game, she encounters one of the new warriors, Crimson Viper. Cammy confronts Viper to inquire what organization has sent her, while Viper dismisses her and the two are drawn into battle. In her ending in this game, she destroys the BLECE data, thinking that this was what Bison used to brainwash her before. Crimson Viper appears and holds a gun to her head, demanding that she not delete the information. Cammy deletes the info anyway and Viper is forced to reason that the information is gone for good. Cammy thinks she's failed in her mission by destroying the data, but Colonel Wolfman offers her comfort, saying simply "Well done." This is the first time since the Street Fighter II era that Cammy has appeared in her Delta Red depiction as opposed to her Shadaloo depiction, and also the very first time in which she actually speaks with a British accent, though Cammy's actual birthplace is unknown due to her nature as a clone of Bison, despite her official birthplace being listed as Britain. This makes things regarding Cammy's nature more muddled, as Bison himself does not speak with a British accent and very little is known about him at all. The fact that Cammy speaks with a British accent in the film and the fact that her birthplace is listed as Britain is one of the few parts of her backstory that aren't yet fully explained. It is unknown if Cammy's birthplace is listed as Britain because that was where she was found after losing her memories and Delta Red simply assumed this to be the case, or if she always had a British accent, which may have also prompted the belief. In all the games up until Street Fighter IV and the included film, she spoke with either an American accent much like Bison or was voiced by a Japanese voice actress, further confusing the matter. In the update Super Street Fighter IV, Cammy still remembers her time as a "doll" and affectionately refers to the "Dolls" as her sisters, vowing to rescue them from Shadaloo. Her penultimate, "rival" fight is now against newcomer Juri. Cammy swears revenge on Juri for her ill actions towards the "dolls", only for Juri to counter the accusation by bringing up Cammy's dark past. In her new ending, Cammy consoles a recovering former "doll" (similar in appearance to Juni from Street Fighter Alpha 3). This new ending contradicts all previous endings, as Cammy remembered nothing of her past in the Street Fighter II series, nor in any of the other media such as anime, comics, and manga that depicts her with or without her affiliation with Delta Red up until the UDON comic, which depicts her regaining some memory of her time as one of the Dolls, but there is nothing to indicate that her ending in Super Street Fighter IV was in any way influenced by the UDON comics. Cammy lives at Tettenhall road in Wolverhampton.

Other games

Cammy also appears as a playable character in the shoot-em-up Cannon Spike, where she appears in her Super Street Fighter II outfit for her default form and in her Street Fighter Alpha outfit as an alternate appearance (additionally wearing roller skates in both cases). In Namco × Capcom, she appears as a brainwashed enemy character who later joins the player's side as a partner to Chun-Li.

A teaser trailer released for Street Fighter X Tekken confirmed that Cammy would be the eleventh character revealed for the roster.

In , a redesigned Cammy appears as one of the underground pit fighters who challenges the player. She also has her own brand of lager, with advertising posters in the pool hall.

Character design

She first appeared in Super Street Fighter II, where she is shown wearing a green sleeveless thong leotard, red beret, red gloves, and black (sometimes green) boots. She also wears green camouflage stains on her legs. This incarnation is known as Delta Red Cammy and appears in the Street Fighter II series of games, in other games such as Cannon Spike, in the live action movie, in the American animated series, in several manga and comic adaptations, in the home versions of Street Fighter IV and in Super Street Fighter IV. Delta Red Cammy is approximately 19 years old. In an interview with Game On, Capcom Research and development head Noritaka Funamizu stated that her inclusion in Super Street Fighter II stemmed from his feeling the game needed another female character besides Chun-Li.

A different look was introduced in X-Men vs. Street Fighter. This time Cammy was depicted wearing a light blue outfit which was part thong leotard and part turtleneck sweater, a matching garrison cap, red gloves and armbraces, brown leather boots, and a yellow necktie. The camouflage of her legs was replaced with blue stains in the shape of lightning bolts. This incarnation is known as Shadaloo Cammy and appears in the Street Fighter Alpha series of games, in the Marvel vs. Capcom series of games, in the Capcom vs. SNK series of games, in the Namco X Capcom series of games, and also in several manga and comic adaptations. Shadaloo Cammy is approximately 16 years old.

In Street Fighter IV, in addition to the Delta Red attire, her default, Cammy has an alternate appearance which is reminiscent of the Shadaloo version. This consists of her wearing a blue zipped-up fleece thong leotard with matching knee-high boots with woolen trim, a Delta Red garrison cap, midnight blue gloves and armbraces, and blue camouflage on her legs. In the consecutive Super Street Fighter IV, she gains an additional alternate costume based on M.Bison's, mostly by its red color and the shape of the hat and accessories. However, she still wears a thong leotard and camouflage paint on her legs.

Cammy has a completely different look in the Japanese animated series Street Fighter II V. She is presented wearing black leather pants, a black body fit shirt, red gloves, red boots, and a black necklace with a silver cross. This incarnation of Cammy doesn’t have a scar on her cheek and wears her hair in a single ponytail.

Gameplay

Techniques

Cammy's forward offensive attack, the Spiral Arrow (or Cannon Drill in the English versions of SSF2) causes her to lunge forward, feet first, while spinning. Used as a distance-clearing attack, its original versions were still vulnerable to being struck by projectiles. However, her Spiral Arrow in Capcom vs. SNK travels under most projectiles, and also must be blocked in a crouching position, enhancing the move's usefulness.

The Hooligan Combination is Cammy's flying variable attack: while spinning though the air, she can opt to cancel the move for a surprise attack, land with a sliding tackle, or execute a powerful frankensteiner throw or its aerial variant. This advancing air throw special move was the first of its kind in the Street Fighter series, and is useful for confusing an opponent, throwing if blocked, or striking if counterattacked. The relative difficulty of the command motion for the Hooligan Combination prevents it from being over-powered, though. In many games she can also cancel the Hooligan Combination into the Cannon Strike, a downward angled version of the Cannon Spike. In some games, such as Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Capcom vs. SNK 2, and Street Fighter IV, this attack could also be used on its own.

In her Axle Spin Knuckle/Quick Spin Knuckle, Cammy approaches her opponent by hopping into the air and spinning her back around to the opponent before whipping her fist a full 360° around. If she connects with this move up close, she can hit twice; first with her elbow, and next with her fist. When performing this move, Cammy is invulnerable to attacks save for ones that connect with her head.

Cammy's Super Combos are the Spin Drive Smasher, which is a powerful, multi-hitting Spiral Arrow followed by a similarly powered Cannon Spike; the Reverse Shaft Breaker, a vertically executed Spiral Arrow; and the Killer Bee Assault, which has Cammy literally bouncing off the walls of the screen, attacking the opponent with four jump kicks, grabbing the opponent in mid air then slamming them into the ground with a stomp delivered with both feet, afterwards flipping away to a safe distance (this attack is very similar to Spider-Man's Maximum Spider from the Marvel vs. Capcom series). Her Ultra Combo in Street Fighter IV is the Gyro Drive Smasher, an extended Spin Drive Smasher that kicks her opponent into the air, Cammy following them up, and then pulling them back down to earth with a backflip neckbreaker. In Super Street Fighter IV, Cammy gains a new Ultra Combo called CQC (Cammy Quick Combination). Once a player tries to hit Cammy, she jumps onto them and rolls them around on the ground following up with a series of a neckbreakers.

In the Marvel vs. Capcom series, many of Cammy's special and super moves are endowed with blue flames characteristic of Psycho Power. She also receives the Cannon Revenge, which is a counter move that has her automatically retaliating against physical attacks with a floating punch or a Cannon Spike (this technique was later available to Cammy in Street Fighter Alpha 3 when using her V-Ism incarnation). In these games, she can also double jump.

Cultural impact

In other media

Cammy also appears in two Japanese animated Street Fighter productions by Group TAC. In , Cammy, portrayed here as an American (although this may be because all of the characters have American accents, including the Japanese and Chinese characters), appears in a scene early in the movie, where she assassinates British minister Albert Sellers after being brainwashed by Shadaloo. She is later seen being interrogated by Chun-Li. Her status after that is unclear, with Bison's last orders to Sagat being the elimination of Vega and Cammy. In the Street Fighter II V series, Cammy, again seemingly American, is a former special forces operative-turned-assassin who is hired by Balrog to assassinate Chun-Li's father, but is stopped by Fei-Long. After her fight, she realizes that Balrog had tricked her and nearly kills him. In both productions, Cammy was voiced by Yoko Sasaki in the original Japanese versions and Debra Jean Rogers in the English dubs.

In the American Street Fighter animated series, Cammy appears in several episodes during the first season and is the central focus of a sub-plot in the second season. She is voiced by Lisa Ann Beley. During the first season, she is an ally of Guile who has a flirtatious relationship with him, and is eventually made part of his team. However, she is brainwashed by Bison and becomes one of his underlings, fighting her former allies (both Street Fighters and Delta Red) during the remainder of the series. However, she turns on Bison when she learns that he had killed her parents, and switches sides back to her original allies.

In addition to appearing in the manga adaptations of the Street Fighter games and anime, Cammy was also the central character in Masahiko Nakahira's 1994 manga Super Street Fighter II: Cammy which was adapted into English by Viz Communications. Cammy would appear in Nakahira's subsequent 1996 manga adaptation of Street Fighter Alpha (predating her appearance in X-Men vs. Street Fighter and Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold), where she appears as a brainwashed test subject named "Killer Bee", a codename that was later adopted for the video game storyline. The X-Men vs. Street Fighter depiction of Cammy also appeared in the 1997 manga Sakura Ganbaru! (again by Nakahira), centering around the character Sakura. English adaptations of both Street Fighter Alpha and Sakura Ganbaru!, were published in 2007 by UDON.

In UDON's own comic book series relating the Street Fighter story, Cammy's history does not differ greatly from the original version. Cammy starts off as a mysterious girl only going by the codename "Killer Bee". She is the one responsible for the death of Chun-Li's father. She tracks Ryu in San Francisco under orders from Shadaloo until she is confronted and captured by Rose. Rose undoes Shadaloo's brainwashing and leaves her in front of the British embassy in Italy (it is here when she is given the name "Cammy" to identify herself by). She has no memory of anything leading up to that moment but a terrorist attack on the embassy suddenly triggers her latent fighting ability and she defeats the entire squadron by herself. She is confronted by Delta Red, who promptly sign her on as a member. She completes missions with Delta Red, which invariably draw her closer to Shadaloo once more. She pieces together remnants of her memory during this time and does her best to repent for any sins she believes she might have committed in Shadaloo's name. During the second series (entitled Street Fighter II), Cammy takes a leave from Delta Red to find out more about her past. She travels to Mexico with Chun-Li to meet T. Hawk and together they attempt to investigate a chemical company that is supposedly operating for Shadaloo's purposes. However, they are intercepted by M. Bison, who recaptures Cammy and demands he represent Shadaloo in the upcoming tournament he is hosting or her squadron will be killed. She is brought back to Shadaloo where her brainwashing is resumed during the third series (Street Fighter II Turbo). However, before the tournament finishes, Vega frees her from the brainwashing. Deciding that she needs to protect the safety of Delta Red, she acts as though she is still under Bison's command but enlists the help of Chun-Li and Guile, who are present for the tournament. The comic series closes with the successful rescue and evacuation of Delta Red. In the aftermath she has rejoined her squadron and continues to take new missions with them.

A two-volume light novel featuring Cammy as the main character, titled Cammy History, authored Yuka Minakawa that was published in 1995 by Wani Books.

Reception

Cammy artwork was featured on an officially licenced animated Nubytech/UDON joypad for the PlayStation 2, and a Mad Catz wireless joypad for the PlayStation 3.

References

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External links

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