"Geez, I don't think feminists are going to approve of a game where you play as a big muscly dude beating up women. I know! Let's make it a big muscly dude being up transgender women! Whew, my conscience is clear." Yeesh. It's like someone trying to put out a fire by dousing it in gasoline. Not that I expected the late '80s to be a great time for transgender awareness. That bit about Fugazi is rad if it's true, though.

As a transgender woman in the middle of my transition I have to say I absolutley love Poison. There are almost no trans characters in the entire video game industry so it's great when she is talked about. Although saying it's okay to beat a trans woman to a pulp in place of a biological woman is beyond ridiculous. Anyhow its great for LGBT gamers to have someone awesome to root for!

They spent way too much time on the whole Poison "controversy" and no time at all on the terrible Final Fight episode of the Street Fighter cartoon.

Yeah. The concept of a guy saving his girlfriend in a dilapidated urban setting had never been done before in video games!

I mean, like, EVER!

Whoever asked that question about the movie influence should be beaten with a sock full of monkeys.

No matter what gender, Poison still looks hot.

Poison's gender has never really been ambiguous. It's always been clear she was a woman. The ambiguousness was whether she was trans or not.

Didn't really look at Poison as a guy. She will always be a woman to me. Interesting stuff, though.

Gross...

Enough of the coy Poison/tranny bit. That plan was never implemented. Capcom just loves to keep silent on teh matter for all the publicity it generates.

i played final fight 3 to death lol