Some people did a supreme amount of Street Fighter research and came up with a humongous FAQ detailing every character's TRUE story that has continuity (e.g. we all know that Dan Hibiki doesn't beat M. Bison in SFA2, but you can make that happen in the game). I don't know where that FAQ is right nowbecause Selvin (remember him?) gave it to me three years ago, and I no longer have it on my PC.
Anyways, while Capcom doesn't like to type it all out themselves what really happens in each game, they did look through the FAQ and confirm it as the true 'canon' storyline.
I'll look around for the document.
Edit: wow. So, so fast... and so, so, so much bigger than last time! DARN IT'S HUGE! Seems my memory was fuzzy on some things... I seem to be somewhat wrong... but Charlie IS dead. Here's the excerpt from that part of the FAQ.
"Street Fighter Alpha 3: Charlie is a First Lieutenant of the American Air Force. His inquiries of drug activity all pointed back to "Shadaloo". He gathered his comrades to form a strike team. His objective: ...end corruption in the army, and punish the man responsible! Charlie teamed up with Interpol officer Chun-Li to go after Shadaloo. Because it was against orders (The army itself being too corrupted to do it), Guile was sent to go after him, but ran into him right when he had found Bison! It was then that Guile realized what was going on and joined up with Charlie to fight Bison and force him to retreat. After that, Guile, Charlie, and Chun-Li to take down Bison once and for all. The three managed to meet up at and infiltrate Shadaloo's headquarters. Chun-Li prepares to plant explosives around the base, while Charlie and Guile head right for the source of Bison's immortality and power, the Psycho Drive. [Conjecture based off in-game storylines]. However, when they went there to plant the explosives, Bison was waiting! Bison was about to kill Guile with a psycho crusher, but then Charlie grabbed Bison out of it! Charlie finally ended up sacrificing himself to hold off Bison while Guile blew up the Psycho Drive that made Bison invincible, and Charlie and Bison were both in the room when it, along with Shadaloo's entire headquarters, exploded [Official].
Where Is He Now: Dead. Capcom officially stated so, too, even if his death was never directly seen. Course, Capcom might decide to change this in the future."
Here's the link to the FAQ:
Street Fighter Plot Guide
In this FAQ, you'll find all things true and confirmed by Capcom, and those things that aren't confirmed are listed as such. The ULTIMATE guide to Street Fighter storylines.
Edited By Dan Hibiki on May 04 2004 at 01:48