The San Francisco Surfer Ninja

GALFORD

There had been a noticeable increase in crime recently. Getting suspicious,
Galford investigated a group of related incidents and found that dark
shadows from the demon world were causing those with weak hearts to commit
crime. "Let's go Poppy! We have to kill these demons!"

B: "Let's go and defend the justice, Poppy!"
BM: "Hey! Do you like to challenge my American ninjutsu?"
AM: "Well, I was nearly defeated. Eh, Poppy? 'Woof, woof.'"
BV: "Oh, you also use ninjutsu? OK, let's fight!"
AV: "Even if you are like me, you are only my copy. You can't fight
against me."
IJ: "The evil air is felt clearer and clearer!"
"What a kind of man is he?"
F: "Here we go Poppy. Time for (a) shodown!"
"Taste my sword of justice!"

Notes: No correlating material can be found for Galford, as ninjas didn't
even begin to appear in North America, secretly until the early
nineteenth century.
Also, California was not a state at the time of SS1, and the San
Francisco portrayed here belongs more properly in the mid-to-late
19th century.
Weapon: Ninjato
Full of: Doggy bones
Occupation: Ninja
Nationality: U.S.A.
Voice: Kazuhiro Inage
Ranking: 10
Notes: His dog's name is Poppy (a husky), and she has three pups named
Poppa, Puppa, and Pippa. He has some affection towards Nakoruru.
One of the designer's names can be seen written in the floorboards.
Whether apples or fish are in the barrels seems to be determined
randomly.
Galford has trained under the Koga ninja clan.

SAN FRANCISCO -- NOON

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Standing Far Standing Close

A -- Side Slash A -- One-Handed Down Slash
B -- One-Handed Down Slash B -- One-Handed Down Slash
AB -- Somersault Slash # AB -- Two-Handed Down Slash
C/D -- High Kick
CD -- High Spin Kick

Crouching Far Crouching Close

A -- One- Handed Down Slash
B -- One-Handed Down Slash
AB -- Sweeping Low Slash *
C/D -- Crouch Kick
CD -- Thrust Kick CD -- Tumbling Kick **

Jumping Forward Jumping Other

A -- One-Handed Down Slash
B -- Side Slash
AB -- Two-Handed Down Slash
C/D -- Side Kick
CD -- Down Kick CD -- Side Kick

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Strike Heads (special throw) | Grabs opponent, and twirls into the
| air, dropping back down onto
+ Kick | opponent's head for lightning damage.
*

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Plasma Blade | Throws a concussive wave of electrical
| "blades" at opponent to hit for
+ Slash | lightning damage.
*
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The "Poppy" Attacks
+ ...

Rush Dog : Use Slash * | Dog rams opponent with head for damage.
Machine Gun Dog : Use C * | Dog strangles opponent at neck.
Dog Drop : Use D *H | Dog disappears, drops from sky.
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Shadow Copy | Splits into two "shadows", to confuse
| opponent, reappearing at FAR LEFT for A
+ A or B | and FAR RIGHT for B.

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Head Replicator Attack | Disappears and is replaced by a piece
(Log Trick) | of wood, while true form drops
When struck with weapon, | above opponent, striking with weapon
press B,C, and D together H | extended for damage.
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Rear Replicator Attack | Disappears and drops from above with
(Ninja Drop) | weapon extended to strike for weapon
+ BCD | damage.
H
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Throws:

B or AB Ground slam
D or CD Slam and stab

Air Throw:

B or AB Grab and slam opponent on ground
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Hidden Move:

Ninja Cloak | Turns invisible, reappearing
| only to perform moves. Full reappearance
+ BCD | occurrs when opponent touches you
or after a period of time.
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Super Deformed Transformation:

+ C
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Taunts:

1. AC: Waves finger in "tsk tsk tsk" motion. Poppy yawns.
2. BD: Shakes head and shrugs in disbelief. Poppy yawns.
3. AC(weaponless): Same as 1.
4. BD(weaponless): Same as 1.
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Power Special:

Mega Strike Dog | Poppy: 1) Rams opponent
+ D | 2) Rolls into opponent
| 3) Kicks opponent
| 4) Hauls opponent
| 5) Performs Strike Hez on opponent,
| breaking weapon. "Good Poppy!"
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Poses:

- Bone: Galford throws up a bone and says, "Hey Poppy!" Poppy jumps up and
grabs it.
- Bone and Pups: Same as Bone, except Poppy and her three pups come down.
One of the pups has a bone. Galford shrugs his shoulders.
- Igato: Galford salutes and yells "Igato!"
- Igato and Pups: Three pups come out. Galford yells "Igato!" and all three
pups yip and prance around cutely.
- Yeah: Galford spins his sword and yells "Yeah!"
- Yeah and Pups: Two pups come out, and a third appears on Galford's
shoulder. He salutes and says "Yeah!" and all three pups yip.

First and Second Armed Win:
Up: Yeah, Yeah
Down: Igato, Igato
Left: Yeah, Yeah
Right: Bone, Bone and Pups

First and Second Unarmed Win:
Igato, Yeah and Pups
Igato and Pups, Igato
Igato, Yeah and Pups
Igato, Yeah and Pups
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Notes: Galford can triangle jump.
Multiple Images--if your opponent slashes at the wrong image, a bomb
will appear. After a short delay, it will cause an electrical
explosion hitting a nearby opponent who is not blocking. Kicks and
most Special Moves do not set the bomb off, although "slashing"
Special Moves will.
Galford normally can't attack while Poppy is doing a prolonged
attack, namely the Maul Dog or Mega Strike Dog. However, for six
characters, Galford CAN attack to do extra damage while Poppy is
mangling his opponent! He can do this against: Genjuro, Gen-an,
Kyoshiro, Wan Fu, Earthquake, and Kuroko. Galford can either run
forward and AB his opponent, or do a ninja drop RIGHT after the dog
hits. Note that while he can perform these moves against ANY
opponent, the attack won't hit them unless they are one of
the six listed above.

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Ending:

Galford and Poppy are in the forest. "We made it, Pop!" says Galford, but
then Poppy starts barking at something. "Who is she?" says Galford, and
they run off
They find Nakoruru lying on the ground with Mamaha perchd on her, panting.
Poppy howls, and Galford shouts, "Nakoruru!" Mamaha flies up, waking
Nakoruru. The two face each other rather bashfully. "Galford..." "I was
worried about you..." Galford replies. "Galford, I..." but before Nakoruru
can finish her sentence, a red light permeates the forest. The two go into
guarded stances, as Galford exclaims, "!" Then, Nakoruru jumps on Mamaha.
"Something evil is still destroying nature. I have to go," she says as they
lift up. "My God!" Galford exclaims, and he and Poppy run off.
The scene shifts to Galford and Poppy on the rocky ledge, looking at
Nakoruru who is on a faraway ledge. "Nakoruru!" shouts Galford, but
suddenly Nakoruru is "beamed up" in a pillar of light. As Galford watches
her become transformed into a shining sphere, he shouts "No! No! NOO!" But
it is too late, she has disappeared.
The scene shifts to a close-up of Nakoruru, with Galford grieving in the
corner. "I'm sorry," the voice of Nakoruru says, "I've known how you felt
towards me... But I had no choice but to do this to save them... So please
don't mourn..."
Galford is sitting on the ledge in grief. But he finally says, "OK, I
understand." Putting the best face on things, he gets up and says to
Poppy, "There are still too many bad guys in the world... Let's go, Poppy!"
Galford, Poppy, and the three pups jump away.

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4 Good Reasons to play as GALFORD

--> Lots of moves to use
--> Dog is extremely versatile
--> Strike Hez an extremely effective throw
--> He's a palette switch of HANZO

4 Bad things about GALFORD

--> Strike Hez isn't as powerful as HANZO's
--> Many of his slashes have bad lag times
--> May be a ninja, but looks more like a model