Juni and Juli

General CVG character
name=Juni and Juli


caption=Juni and Juli in "Street Fighter Alpha 3".
series="Street Fighter"
firstgame="Street Fighter Alpha 3"
voiceactor=Akiko Koumoto (both characters)
inuniverse=Street Fighter character
birthplace = flagicon|Germany Germany
affiliation = Shadaloo (Bison's Elite Guard)
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dislikes = nihongo|Juni|ユーニ|Yūni and nihongo|Juli|ユーリ|Yūri are a pair of video game characters from the "Street Fighter" fighting game series. They made their first appearance in "Street Fighter Alpha 3", where they are a pair of brainwashed female assassins belonging to nihongo|Bison's Elite Guard|ベガ親衛隊|Bega Shin'eitai|"Vega's Bodyguards" in Japan or "The Dolls." Their names are German for June and July.

Video game appearances

"Street Fighter Alpha 3"

In the arcade version of "Street Fighter Alpha 3", Juni and Juli are a pair of sub-bosses whom the player face prior to the final battle against M. Bison. The player face Juni and Juli at the same time in a two-on-one fight similar to the Dramatic Battle mode in the original "Street Fighter Alpha". The two characters are unlockable in the arcade version, but they have no storyline in the actual game. The characters are actually head-swaps of Cammy (who previously appeared in "X-Men vs. Street Fighter" and "Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold"), with the explanation given that Cammy belongs to the same unit as Juni and Juli (Bison's Elite Guard). However, the characters have their own special and super techniques. There are ten other members of Bison's Elite Guard, but they are non-playable characters. In the single-player mode, Juni and Juli share the same storyline as M. Bison.

In the home versions of "Alpha 3", Juni and Juli are part of the default roster and both characters were given their individual storylines and endings, with Juni assigned to track down Ryu and Juli assigned to track down Cammy. Juli's backstory is also fleshed out in the home versions, with the addition of T. Hawk to the cast. In T. Hawk's storyline, he searches for a missing girl from the Thunderfoot tribe named Julia. Julia is revealed to have become Juli, who was kidnapped by Shadaloo and brainwashed into an assassin.cite web|url=http://www.e-capcom.com/puchi_capu/puchi_capu_023/index.html|title=第23回ZEROから始まる|language=Japanese]

Other games

Juli and Juni appears in the crossover game "Namco x Capcom" released only in Japan. In this game, Juli almost regains her memory by saying, "I am... Juli... a... Hawk?" right before her defeat due to the full effect of her mind control.

Backstory

All of the Dolls were teenage girls of around 16 years old who were captured by Shadaloo and brainwashed to be M. Bison's assassins and bodyguards. Cammy was a female clone of Bison, but was the same age and acted the same way the others, though it was later revealed that she could control the Psycho Drive. They were completely loyal to Bison and acted and talked like robots. Originally the Dolls could not live if Bison had died. The brainwashing corrupted them so much they would have collapsed and died. They were high ranking members in Shadaloo, only lower than Bison and the other Grand Masters: Balrog, Vega and Sagat. Eventually, Cammy broke free from Bison's mind control (apparently with help from Dhalsim) and managed to do the same for the others. When Bison appeared, they collectively attacked him. Bison informed Cammy that she was his clone, and that if he died, she and the other Dolls would die as well. Cammy fought against his psychic probing and rescued the Dolls from Bison's control with the Psycho Drive. Cammy led the Dolls out the Shadaloo base and then fell unconscious, rendering the Dolls in a state of amnesia. Cammy was later found by Vega and taken to the Delta Red H.Q. by him. It is unknown if the other Dolls survived or regained their memories.

The other Dolls

The Dolls are named after the months of the year, in their home country's language. Enero (January), Février (February), März (March), Aprile (April), Satsuki (May), Juni (June), Juli (July), Santamu (August), Jianyu (September), Xiayu (October), Noviembre (November) and Decapre (December).

* - Originally from Spain, she specializes in communications carrying a microphone with her.
* - Originally from France, she specializes in using firearms.
* - Originally from Germany, she specializes in information and recon using her laptop.
* - Originally from Italy, she specializes in skills as a medic. She has a younger brother named nihongo|Maggio|マッジオ|Majjio.
* - Originally from Japan, she specializes in swordfighting.　Her name is the archaic Japanese name of May.
* - Originally from Vietnam, she specializes in spear fighting and is accompanied by a Golden Lion Tamarin monkey. Her name is derived from the Vietnamese word for August, Tháng Tám.
* - Originally from China, she specializes in using a quarterstaff. Her name is derived from Jiuyue' (九月).
* - Originally from China, she specializes in using nunchaku. Her name is derived from Shiyue' (十月).
* - Originally from Mexico, she specializes in fighting with twin hatchets.
* - Originally from Russia, her appearance resembles Cammy with a black mask. Like Vega, Decapre uses claws in hand-to-hand combat, except shorter and in both hands. Her name is derived Dekabr' (декабрь).

Techniques

Although Juni and Juli share the same basic moves with Cammy in "Street Fighter Alpha 3", they both have their unique set of Special Moves and Super Combos. Juni has access to Cammy's Spiral Arrows and Hooligan Combination, as well as a variety of original Special Moves such as the Spiral Arc, the Mach Slide, the Cannon Strike, and the Earth Direct. Juli uses Cammy's Cannon Spike, as well as a Sniping Arrow flying kick and the Axle Spin Knuckle. Juni's unique Super Combo is the "Psycho Streak", a technique in which she summons Bison to perform a Psycho Crusher (a Super Combo used by Cammy in "Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold"}, while Juli's unique Super Combo is the Reverse Shaft Breaker. Both of them can use the Spin Driver Smasher as a Super Combo.

Juni and Juli are the only characters in "Alpha 3" to have access to exclusive moves in Dramatic Battle when they fight together as a pair. Juni and Juli can fill their Super Combo gauge by using the Psycho Charge Alpha and Beta respectively. In A-ism, they can perform two unique Super Combos, the "Psycho Rolling" and the "Death Cross Dance".

In other media

The UDON comic

In the UDON comic, Noembelu and Juli are both being sought after by T. Hawk. Noembelu is a member of the Thunderfoot Tribe whose family is close to T. Hawk. Juli is the daughter of a German doctor who provided care for the Thunderfoot Tribe. The doctor was found murdered and Juli disappeared. According to T. Hawk, Noembelu's name is Little Eagle. As for Juni she was kidnapped directly from Germany. Supposedly her brainwashing is the most complete of all the Dolls and her first mission, ordered by Bison to test her loyalty, is to murder her own family. She accomplished her mission flawlessly. Later on she is seen as an airline stewardess in disguise sent to monitor Ryu's activities.

Xiayu and Jianyu (which is spelled "Yanyu" in the comic) are depicted as Triad warlords who attempt to assassinate Fei Long and Chun-Li. They overthew the Triad gangs in Hong Kong forcibly by murdering various other Triad warlords and unifying the different gangs under their control. By the events of the UDON comic, they are the single most powerful Triad entity operating in Hong Kong and have a small army of thugs and Chinese gangsters at their disposal. They dispatch their forces to deal with Fei Long, Chun-Li and Gen when the trio arrive at their compound. Despite their superior numbers, the three fighters defeat the legion of criminals and send the pair running.

In addition, it is also revealed how similar Decapre is to Cammy in the comic. Supposedly, Decapre was a test subject of sorts to perfect the procedure to bring about Cammy's creation. As a result, Decapre fights as Cammy did when she was "Killer Bee", as Cammy notes when she engages Decapre in a fight at Shadaloo headquarters. In the comic, neither Cammy nor Decapre are given any nation of origin. This is likely in part due to the fact that both are creations of Shadaloo and both were inteded to be vessels for Bison's consciousness. Since Decapre is apparently a failed attempt at this process, the reason she wears the mask - at least in the comic - is because the left side of her face looks as if it has been severely burned.

References

External links

* [http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Street_Fighter_Alpha/Characters/Juni Juni's] and [http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Street_Fighter_Alpha/Characters/Juli Juli's "Street Fighter Alpha 3"] entries at [http://strategywiki.org/ StrategyWiki.org]