Ingrid

Ingrid (イングリッド, Inguriddo) is a video game character from the fighting game Capcom Fighting Evolution and Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX, and was designed by Hidetoshi Ishizawa (Neo_G). She also goes by the alias "Eternal Goddess." Ingrid was originally created for the cancelled fighting game Capcom Fighting All-Stars as one of the original charcters. In said game she had the nickname "Eternal Ray" (most likely relating to a ray of sunshine, given her attack theme).

Her theme song, entitled "Heat Haze", was sung by Maiko Kubo, and contains a series of six notes that resemble part of the opening riff from "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" by Iron Butterfly. This makes her the only Street Fighter character to have a full set of lyrics present in her stage theme, as opposed to vocal samples such as in Elena's theme.

Personality
Ingrid is a powerful other worldly being who has a strong hatred for the Satsui no Hadou which includes the likes of Evil Ryu, in contrast she shows signs of respect for people like Ryu and Rose. Despite her young look, she is also very wise, calling herself the messenger from the stars and also uses her time traveling abilities as a way to attain more knowledge of the universe. The prologue comic book for Street Fighter X Tekken gives her a more cold and power hungry personality, she also seems to enjoy overseeing others ruthlessly battle it out for more power, which is also the reason for her creating Pandora.

Story
Little, if anything is known about Ingrid; however, the PSP version of Street Fighter Alpha 3 gives away some possibilities about her true origins. Apparently, her source of power is derived from Psycho Power, yet it is not purely evil like that of M. Bison; it is likely it is converted into something similar to Rose's Soul Power. Ingrid also claims that she is the true bearer of what is called "Psycho Power", as she constantly tells Bison that Psycho Power is "her power" and that Bison has stolen some of it. It seems that her power is so intense that if given the chance, she could actually break Ryu's madness if he ever succumbs to the evil of Satsui no Hadou.

Ingrid also possesses psychic abilities similar to Rose, as she addressed Ryu and Rose by name even though both never revealed their names to her. Rose, on the other hand, cannot look into Ingrid's future as she did with other Street Fighters.

She states that the core of the Psycho Drive (M. Bison's power enhancer) actually belonged to her in the first place, and she intends to take it back. How Bison came into possession of the item is never exactly explained, though it is similar in appearance to the crests on her head. When Bison is eventually defeated, she comments that a regular human being like him couldn't possibly control that energy, and takes the whole Psycho Drive with her as she leaves. Finally, Ingrid has the power to travel through time, as she mentions heading to the year 201X in order to contact Ryu in her ending (in the English version, that ending was mistranslated and alluded to Ryu becoming a monk in the future, when Ingrid actually simply called him a "kid" (小僧 kozō), yet another indication that she's not as young as she appears to be).

The canonicity of her story is under dispute, due to its contradictory nature (she flies off with the monument that is still present in Sagat's stage in Street Fighter II, and Charlie is officially the one to have killed Bison). Also, her claim to be more powerful than Rose or Bison contradicts much of Bison's displayed power in the Street Fighter canon. It should also be noted that she didn't reappear (along with Maki, Eagle and Yun) in Street Fighter Alpha Anthology, indicating that Capcom may have not intended her to be apart of the storyline. However, the Anthology was a disc of ports of previous releases of the series,and not recent releases (Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max was released a few months before the Anthology collection).

Other Appearances
As revealed in the prologue comic book, Ingrid plays a small role in the background of the non-canon game Street Fighter X Tekken as the creator of Pandora, who sent the box as a gift to Earth and to test the conflict that will rise from its power.

Gameplay
While Capcom Fighting All Stars was never completed, her gameplay in Capcom Fighting Evolution (and later Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX) seems for the most part unchanged, save for her Sun Shot traveling a much farther distance in a sine wave pattern, as shown by video footage.

Trivia

 * Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada has cited Ingrid as one of his favorite Street Fighter Characters and has teased about the idea of her being a rival to Tekken character Lili (whom is similar in appearance).


 * Her model from Capcom Fighting All-Stars was used as a test model in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom.
 * In Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max, when Ingrid finished her opponent by using her Level 3 Sun Delta Super Combo, her midnight bliss pose from Capcom Fighting Jam is reused as a victory pose.

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