E. Honda's first appearance...from Nintendo???

[vealchop]

Thought this was pretty cool. was just surfing around the arcade flyer archives and found this flyer for an Arm Wrestling came made by of all companies.....Nintendo. The crazy thing is the image of what looks like E. Honda as one of the opponents (credited here as "Kabuki")! Usually I would just chalk this up to it being a Japanese company and the fact that their using a sumo wrestler is no big deal, but the fact that he has kabuki make up on as well and the controversy this cause in japan at the time of SFII's release led me to believe this character may have been an influence in E. Honda's design. Note also, the date which the game was made...1985, predating even SFI!

http://www.arcadeflyers.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=1618&image=2

[Flash1087]

Not only is that E. Honda, he's in a game about arm wrestling.

Doesn't anyone think this is a little...Over The Top? 

[FamicomFreak]

Oh sweet that's E.Honda alright? What's the E for???

[Ghegs]

Edmond

[TheSSNintendo]

The masked guy looks a little like Bald Bull.

[UglyJoe]

That's what I was thinking.  He looks like a luchador Bald Bull.

[Doc]

Not only is that E. Honda, he's in a game about arm wrestling.

Doesn't anyone think this is a little...Over The Top? 

That was great. 

[Flash1087]

thank you, thank you. I was hoping someone here got that.

[keiffer01]

Hey Mask X must be Bald Bull! Just look at how he looks! The top of his head is even shaped the same! Take off his mask and I ready to bet it is him! And it is always believable that it is really him because he calls himself Mask X, which from what I know, isn't a real name.

[keiffer01]

I looked all over the net, and Mask X IS Bald Bull. When you arm wrestle him you need to pull off his mask, revealing that he is Bald Bull