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Guile
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Year/Event debuted

2007 SCAW Tournament match 1

Championships earned

SCAW Championship
SCAW Tag Team Championship

Guile (ガイル Gairu) is a character in Capcom's Street Fighter series of fighting games. He debuted as one of the original eight characters in 1991's Street Fighter II and appeared in the game's subsequent updates. In the games, he is portrayed as a major in the United States Air Force who is seeking to avenge the death of his Air Force buddy Charlie at the hands of the villainous dictator M. Bison.

One of the most popular characters in the series, Guile has appeared in other Street Fighter games, including Street Fighter Alpha 3 (where he is a playable character alongside Charlie) and Street Fighter IV. He is also a playable character in various spin-off titles, such as the Street Fighter EX, Marvel vs. Capcom 2 and SNK vs. Capcom series.
In addition, Guile has appeared in other Street Fighter media. He is one of the main characters in the 1994 live action Street Fighter film and its animated spin-off, as well as Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie. The character has also been featured in various official comics and merchandise.

His music theme, known simply as "Guile's Theme", has been used multiple times, usually to give a sense of victory.

Guile has been perceived as a unique Street Fighter II characters in both appearance and gameplay. He is noted as having only two signature moves in the game, both of which are performed by first holding a direction on the joystick ("charging") - the Sonic Boom and somersault (or "Flash Kick"). Guile has been well received, with the character often placing highly in various lists of the best Street Fighter characters of all time.

Writing for The Guardian, Ryan Hart listed Guile as the fourteenth-best Street Fighter character, placing Charlie in a higher spot when comparing their movesets. Alongside Hart, UGO Networks's Paul Furfari commented that Guile was one of the most important characters from the series behind Ryu and Ken. They also listed him eleventh on their list of "Top 50 Street Fighter Characters". His movesets were noted for having only two special techniques which required players to take a defensive style with Guile found to be one of the first characters from the franchise with charged moves. For the crossover game Street Fighter X Tekken, GamesRadar listed Paul Phoenix as an opponent they wanted Guile to face owing to their similar hairstyle.

Patrick Hancock of Destructoid dislikes Guile due to being a "charge character". Hancock stated "The quintessential charge character has to be Guile. When I picture Guile, I picture him squatting down, waiting for the opponent to make any sort of move that he can punish with a Flash Kick or one of his strong normals." Hancock praises some of his moves, however.

Championships[]

Championships Event Date Notes Days held
2007
SCAW Championship Internal Conflict 2007 November 14, 2007 defeated Spider-Man, Inuyasha, Santa Claus, M. Bison and Batman in an Elimination Chamber match 78
2008
SCAW Championship Reckless Randomness 2008 February 29, 2008 defeated Batman in a Best of 3 series 70
SCAW Tag Team Championship SCAW Superstar Clash 18 April 10, 2008 (with Captain America)
defeated Darth Vader & M. Bison
29
SCAW Tag Team Championship SCAW Superstar Clash 22 July 31, 2008 (with Captain America)
defeated The NODQ World Order (Jack Sparrow & Michael Myers)
29
2010
SCAW Tag Team Championship 3 Year SCAW Anniversary June 29, 2010 (with Captain America)
defeated Harry Potter & Anakin
78
2011
SCAW Tag Team Championship Internal Conflict 2011 March 16, 2011 (with Captain America)
defeated Jack Sparrow & The Joker
50
SCAW Championship The Great American Smash 2011 July 8, 2011 defeated Homer Simpson 80
2018
SCAW Tag Team Championship Blood, Sweat & Tears X November 30, 2018 (with Captain America)
defeated The 80's Express (He-Man & Optimus Prime)
186
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