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Neo Shadaloo (ネオ・シャドルー Neo Shadorū?) is an organization consisting of Shadaloo remnants, first seen in Ed's character story in Street Fighter V. The group consists of several factions, including a group of former test subjects led by Ed, as well as at least one other faction. In Street Fighter 6, it is revealed that one of the factions of the group seeks to revive Shadaloo with the help of JP, and make Ed the new leader of the organization. However, Ed and his group, despite being considered members of Neo Shadaloo, do not wish to revive Shadaloo, and instead want to help all the test subjects. However, Ed states he would give Neo Shadaloo a chance, as long as he would get to run things his way.

Members[]

Ed's Group[]

  • Ed (leader)
  • Falke
  • Cypher - A man with triangular hairline connecting his beard. He is able to utilize Psycho Power to teleport, and is skilled with knives. He is said to not be very talkative, tending to only give single-word answers.
  • Baba Mwalimu - A anthropomorphic gorilla with glowing blue eyes and glowing marks on his body. He was modified to quadruple his brain matter, which left him with heightened intelligence. He is skilled at hacking.[1] Often accompanied by a golden lion tamarin named Kiki (キキ?), the pet monkey of fellow Doll Santamu.
  • Dobermann - A blond, humongous figure who can alter his body mass, based on data collected from Dhalsim.
  • Goliath - A baby that wields Psycho Power.[2]
  • Amrita - A dolphin with glowing marks akin to the ones of Baba Mwalimu.[2]

Other Members[]

  • Juri (hired assassin)
  • Bosch (test subject) (former)

Overview[]

The organization's goals and intents and their ties to the fallen Shadaloo are, according to Falke's character story, to find and help those who were victims of Shadaloo's experiments, and it has been stressed repeatedly in storylines that both Ed and Falke utterly hated Shadaloo due to both being former replacements for M. Bison. As such, the group is considered to be very much against the original Shadaloo and benign in motivation.

In Street Fighter 6 however, Neo Shadaloo hired Juri to capture Bosch and recover the funds he stole to stop the Suval'hal tournament. As a result, they used Bosch for Psycho Power-related experiments so that he would represent the organization in the tournament. It's unknown what are the organization's goals and intents for this, some even speculate that they simply want to bring back Shadaloo. However, they are unaware that JP knew their movements and manipulated their actions into unknowingly help him reviving Shadaloo's legacy, albeit without F.A.N.G's notice as well, much to the latter's dismay. In Ed's arcade, Ed split up from his group so they can find more people that are part of Shadaloo's experiments hidden away in many unseen hideouts and deal with many people who originally worked for Shadaloo.

Trivia[]

  • M. Bison divided his abilities to each member of Neo Shadaloo. Whether or not he knew he'd confront Ryu one day or that he wants to continue fighting as a fighting king even after death is unknown.[3]
    • Ed inherited M. Bison's ability to eject Psycho Power.[4]
    • Falke inherited M. Bison's ability to inject Psycho Power into objects.[4]
    • Baba inherited M. Bison's wisdom and high intelligence.[4]
    • Cypher inherited M. Bison's ability to teleport.[4]
  • In Swahili, Baba Mwalimu means "father teacher" which ties into the gorilla's wisdom and high intellect.
    • Likewise, the dolphin's name Amrita is Sanskrit for "immortality", which ties into M. Bison's sinister goal to achieve a perfect body that can safely contain his endless amount of Psycho Power and rule the world forever.
  • The visual markings on Baba Mwalimu appear similar to the Pandora effect from Street Fighter X Tekken.
  • The naming of the Neo Shadaloo members is a pun on the first few letters of the alphabet: A (Amrita), B (Baba Mwalimu), C (Cypher), D (Dobermann), E (Ed), F (Falke), and G (Goliath).

References[]

  1. The name of the gorilla is Baba Mwarim. It's insanely smart. (ゴリラの名前はババ・ムワリムといいます。めちゃくちゃ賢いです。) from Nakayama's twitter
  2. 2.0 2.1 A is the dolphin and is "Amrita". G is the baby and is "Goliath". The initial seven, including these two (?), are a little special. (Aがイルカで「Amrita(アムリタ)」Gが赤ちゃんで「Goliath(ゴライアス)」です。この2人(?)を含めた初期七体は少し特別なのです。) from Nakayama's twiter
  3. "There's a reason for splitting up Bison's abilities. Maybe he knew he was going to have a confrontation with Ryu, or maybe he wants to come back in some way and continue as a king of fighting even if his body is destroyed... I hope we can talk about that someday! As for the names, as someone noticed, the initials are B (Baba Mwalimu), E (Ed), F (Falke), and G (I'm reaching Twitter's character limit...). (能力を分けたのには理由があるんです。リュウとの対決がわかっていたとか、ボディが滅びても何かしらの形で復活し格闘王として戦い続けたいとか…その辺はいつか語れると良いですね~。名前も誰かお気づきになってましたが頭文字が「B(ゴリラ)」「E(エド)」「F(ファルケ)」「G(文字数が・・・)) from Nakayama's twitter
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 In fact, the members of Neo Shadaloo (and the companions you may find in the future) have inherited the characteristics of Vega. Falke injects psychopower into a substance, Ed ejects psychopower, and those with knives can warp. So the gorilla is in charge of wisdom. (実はネオ・シャドルーのメンバー(と、きっとこれから見つかるかもしれない仲間)はベガ様の特徴をバラバラに引き継いでいるんです。ファルケは物質にサイコパワーを注入する、エドはサイコパワーを射出する、ナイフ持ってるヤツはワープ出来る、といった特徴があります。なのでゴリラは賢さ担当です。) from Nakayama's twitter
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