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It doesn't really make sense that soccer star Ronaldo is now a Fatal Fury character, but if you follow the money you can see how it happened (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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You might be wondering why exactly a real-world soccer player is being added to a game whose cast is otherwise made up of more conventional fighting game semi-superheroes with handles like Rock Howard, Vox Reaper, Tizoc, and Kain R. Heinlein. The short answer is, I don't know. If it had been Vinnie Jones, okay, maybe, but Ronaldo? I don't see it.

But there are some interesting connections between the seemingly disparate pieces. The Fatal Fury games are developed by SNK, a Japanese gaming company founded in 1987 that's now almost entirely owned by Saudi Arabia's crown prince Mohammad bin Salman through the Electronic Games Development Company, a part of the Mohammed bin Salman Foundation.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Wish they could've gone with someone who hasn't been paying hush money to silence sexual assault allegations.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Or someone who didn't take sponsorships from companies that ruined lives (herbalife)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe like Renaldo?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

That makes no sense.

He is given a soccer ball to fight with

Okay that makes a tiny bit more sense but still very ridiculous.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago

football *