"The Warrior King" is the ninth episode in the second season of the 1995 Street Fighter TV series. It is an loose adaptation of another Capcom game, Magic Sword.
Synopsis[]
Evil dragon-riding wizards have turned against the Warriors' World, and a magic orb which sustains life is within their grasp. A mystic tries to persuade the Warrior King that he must enter a portal through time and space and keep the Orb safe until the Mages withdraw or perish. The king is initially reluctant, but the Mages enter the palace. The king bravely fights one off, but the second throws a magic bolt which pushes the Orb into the portal, causing it to vanish. The King has no other choice than to follow it through.
The orb lands in a nation close to Shadaloo, and M. Bison claims it as his own. The orb has the ability to control the weather, and Bison threatens the world with its power. The Street Fighters are assembled, and Chun-Li is the first to confront Bison. The Warrior King magically appears, and fights off Bison's minions with Chun-Li's help. The two quickly fall in love until another vortex appears, and the Warrior King is forced to leave Chun-Li forever.
Behind the Scenes[]
The Warrior King character was a meta-crossover project by USA Network, the channel which broadcast the series, on November 16, 1996. Other series also involved in the crossover were, in order: Savage Dragon ("Endgame"), Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm ("Resurrection"), and Wing Commander Academy ("Recreation"). Out of the four shows, Savage Dragon is the only one based not on a video game, but rather a comic series, while Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm only featured the orb, with the Warrior King making a brief cameo in the shadows at the end of the episode. The character was not used again after the crossover event.
The Warrior King is voiced by Michael Dorn of Star Trek: The Next Generation/Deep Space Nine fame, making him the only non-Ocean Group voice actor to be involved in the Street Fighter TV series.