T.Hawk is one of the coolest fighting game characters ever! Here is why 

Long overdue on this video honestly. Time for me to spread the love of T.Hawk to everyone! I am known as a T.Hawk supporter and consider this a stealth way for me to cast a vote for T.Hawk for Street Fighter 6. He's big, he slams people around, for a lot of people that's enough to love a guy but i will also go into some of his cool bits of tech that make him super unique and unlike anyone else in Street Fighter. The tech shown for SF2 and SF4 is just a drip in a raging river but it should give you an idea on why I think T.Hawk is so cool! T.HAWK FOR STREET FIGHTER 6!!! *edit* also give a like on the vid for T.hawk, he deserves it :)

My little sister was a T Hawk main. She would always get so excited seeing me play and ask to join, especially when my fiends were over. She absolutely destroyed my buddy who went to locals with her “button smashing” technique. I’ll never forget that. Rest In Peace Katie. Every time I win in street fighter I dedicate it to you.

I mained Hawk in 4, and got in the top 100 Hawk players on Steam. There are so many tricks people just aren't ready for. The face grab animation never got old.

I think it’s cool that the T stands for Thunder. Thunder Hawk is just a badass name.

T.Hawk's U2 in SFIV is still one of my favorite super animations. It's a shame it was tied to such an obnoxious input while Hugo had a similar Ultra with not only an easier input but better hitbox too.

I think big guys are cool when they're not just a walking lard of muscle/fat, they should have something more going for them, some other aesthetic, like crusader, he's big and hes a priest, those two combined i think make for a dope ass character design

Of course Rooflemonger loves the big grappler that makes opponents go speen with cool moves. But the tech backstory he's had is of course excellently articulated and easy to grasp, as always.

Liked before I even got a minute in. I just love to see this kind of genuine love for a character, no matter who it is! Thank you for such wholesome content (even if it is a grappler)!

I respect someone giving love and loyalty to a character. Especially one with few fans. I cried for oro's absence for more than 20 years and now that he is here i'm really happy. I hope you get T. Hawk in SFVI. Besides, i'm mexican like him

1. He beeg 2. He large 3. He dunk

You might have just convinced me to join the T. Hawk army. This tech sounds straight up evil, especially the negative edge in ST and the jump down medium punch in SF4. I need to try and learn some of this crazy tech.

He's definitely one of the most underrated fighting game characters ever. I loved everything about him in USFIV. And SFV was HIS game, but Capcom missed the chance.

He has always been my favorite Street Fighter. When he first came out the command grab was called the Storm Hammer, not Mexican Typhoon.That name solidified him as my favorite grappler in the series. As much as I'm not that good when it comes to playing him, he is my main whenever he's available.

I'm mostly Mexican so I always thought it was cool to see some Mexican representation in Street Fighter, as it's my favorite game. I do hope if he's brought back they play up some more of his Mexican side and maybe balance it out with his Native side. Either way he's awesome and videos like this are long overdue!

I always liked T. Hawk and thought it was laughable that people just wrote him off as an offensive Native American stereotype (speaking as someone who has Native ancestry himself and was proud to see a halfway decent character from that culture) when his only stereotypical trait is a couple aspects of how he looks. These people better steer clear of Nightwolf then. Anyway.....he was my favorite character in SSFIV, I got a lot of BP just using him and tick throwing endlessly. People didn't know how to react to him. I was hoping maybe he'd be in SFV but he might not have worked so well with the way the game worked. I didn't use him too much in the SSF2 games, but I feared when my friend would pick him. I always liked his story too, especially in A3 and his relationship with Juli. He wasn't so good to play in that game (seriously, wtf is with that stupid Canyon Splitter super), but I still used him sometimes. If SF6 goes back to a more even style of play, I hope Hawk comes back.

Really interesting stuff, I'd love to see more of those featuring other unpopular characters.

I always had a place in my heart for T Hawk for being the first """""Mexican""""" videogame character that I knew of. He may not look the part but he is cool enough for me to not care that much.

T Hawk calls in a bird for his SF4 win pose and that's why you should play him

Things I've enjoyed about T-Hawk over the years in SF4 1- That one time I command grabbed an annoying Yun player (who was new at the time) for over 60% of his health into death. 2- His tournament representative in a player named Native Impact at the time who championed the character against some of the best 3-Landing those condor moves just short of the opponent to bait an attack and respond with a command grab. 4- This video. Ahh the memories of landing that super where you bounce them off the ground a few times before a final slam. Thanks for this.

If there's one reason I love coming back to your channel again and again, its your genuine love and passion for all the cool stuff in fighting games. More people need to be make videos that essentially boil down to, "Dude isn't this cool?" I mean thats why most people started playing games in the first place, it was cool, fun, and interesting! Learning all the tech and practicing your combos to win EVO next year, don't get me wrong that's fun too. Learning about things on a technical level is a huge part of what a lot of people enjoy about fighting games, but I just think there's room too for simply adoring the cool and fantastical side of these games as well. Between this and your last couple of videos on speculating Guilty Gear's future story, and giving a history and synopsis of some of the wackier fighting game characters ever, I just love the passion man and I look forward to more. Bring on the fanboying people!

T. Hawk improved grappling and air mobility in ways never seen before; Fei Long introduced rekka, creating an entirely new character trait; Dee Jay expanded upon the charge move concept, making way for future charge characters to come; Cammy expanded the way kicks work and can be used, improving combat mechanics and becoming one of the most recognisable Street Fighter characters to this day; To the New Challengers, everyone!🥂 And to all they did to the franchise, as well and the entire FGC.

Man, I really wish there were more videos out there like this that discuss niche unique tricks characters have without having to sift through an hour-long video tutorial. I'm an aspiring fighting game developer and learning about stuff like this is great for inspiration purposes. Excellent work!

You didnt convince me to be in the T Hawk army. I was in it since the start! Great video!

wasnt super keen on giving super turbo a try until watching this video, my grappler bloods pumping again after seeing that really cool T.Hawk tech! Safe to say you've got a new member of the T.Hawk army! Keep up the good work dude!

Mained T-Hawk in the SFIV days. Made it into the top 500 on X-Box. I’ve hung up my controller, but T. Hawk made for one of my greatest gameplay experiences ever.

here from jmcrofts, great stuff man

Of course I would love my fellow T, T-Hawk is awesome and this is a really cool video you did here. Hope he comes back in Street Fighter 6 :D

I don't own Street Fighter 4 but the art style of that game is really doing it for me, I may get that game in the future.

Thanks for talking about the Thunderhawk, bro! I'm so tired of people calling him trash or a bad character... People used to call me a troll with him, and I'm like, "Dude, he's a grappler... Same reason you hate Zangief players." You broke it down with the FACTS, and people are just mad because he was broken in the 90s and STILL is OP lol.

He's my favourite too. Nice video!

If I could 360 on any controller without jumping I'd play him in a heartbeat, dude.

Great video. I have always liked T.Hawk, but I didn't know he was so deadly.

Definitely recruited me on this T.Hawk train…it seems he only likes to show up in even numbered SFs👀👀👀

Don't forget how cool he was in the ol SFII animated movie on VHS.

Love this! I want some THawk matches now!

First time I got spammed by Condor Dive, I wasn't even mad. I was impressed. Never seen a charcter like T. Hawk 🇲🇽

My boy T.Hawk, one of my favorite Native characters for sure!

Good video, As a grappler hater no recovery on whiff command grabs is nightmare fuel.

As a T Hawk main in SFIV, I thoroughly enjoyed this video my friend

Vega is my first and final love for fighting games but T. Hawk and E. Honda are up there, very cool 😁

3:27 I was going to ask the same, I had no idea negative edge was this old actually

I love to see T.Hawk make a return I recently started playing him in usf4 and his command grab is broken 😂

And to head this one off at the pass cause any T.Hawk discussion always seems to summon it. Yeah I know T.Hawk is more than a bit of a stereotype. However speaking as someone with Native American ancestry(and Ukrainian too! I am an odd mix) I think its fine. Not all stereotypes are harmful and SF2 specifically the majority of the cast are stereotypes cause that's just how the 90s was and there was never any malice intended. I do hope if T.Hawk ever comes back though they do something more with his Mexican heritage and give him a look more appropriate of Mexican indigenous peoples though. Play up his Mexican background! And also still have him be huge and slam around people smaller and weaker than him.

Haven't seen the vid yet but have to comment, I love T. Hawk and I 'm really sad hes not that pupular. Thx for the video, here's hopin for SF6

In this Mexican Typhoon we'll go over the attacks of T.Hawk.....

Killer video and breakdown. I really appreciate maining him since 2011, he ingrained the reward of playing patiently while looking for the windows of opportunity via tight fireball and grab windows to initiate with a blend of reads and reactions. Lily's really cool too, I actually feel like they purposefully honed/desynced her more into the mobility side so that we could have both in the same game in the future, which would be awesome.

T. Hawk was one of my secret weapons in 4. My nephew didn't even know I could play w/ him. Taught him some strats when he visited me the other day.

I still remember KojiKOG being a madlad and swimming the channel before Mexican Typhooning XSK Samurai

I'd never given him much thought but knowing this crazy tech is really cool, it gives him personality

I might pick up 4 again n try him out, this video made me a believer

I need to say thank you for giving me a lecture on this character, I always thought he was bland but I never knew he was a grapler, I never knew he was such an interesting character, but dude looking at all the stuff he represents, his options and origin man, he’s sooooo cool

I've mostly played Zangief of the big boys in Street Fighter, but My time spent watching your vids and streams made me appreciate T.Hawk more and more. He's a big boy with big pokes, which I like, along with some fearsome gimmicks you mentioned in the vid! I hope for your sake that he returns to SF6! ^^

Something I really want to see from rooflemonger is either a grappler tier list or a grappler top 10. I want to know the top 10 paint eaters!

Omega edition T hawk had some serious sauce

Oh, I hope we get T. Hawk in SF6. Amazing video, you definitely converted some people. Underrated character

He’s one of my favorites. I love his play style

As long life street fighter fan you made me appreciate a character I don't really care for. I plan on picking thawk next time I play usf4 or ssf2 . Great video I liked your thawk video better

Loved the Hawk in SSF4. No one knew how to fight me because the character was so rare lol. Got me into the grappler archetype.

It's so weird, I never really paid much attention to T. hawk before, even when Super Street Fighter 2 first came out, but this video showed me some sincere appreciation for him. I think I really overlooked T. Hawk. I always loved playing Dee Jay (awesome normals!!) and Cammy, but left T Hawk to the wayside. It's a shame, too, because Hawk's got tools. He is quite fast, too, especially for a grappler!!

I became a fan of Thunder Hawk playing super street fighter 4. He was my main for a while and I was an A rank.

love analyzing how different characters have pros and cons over the other like when you compared zangief to hawk. Would love to see more comparisons like that

Watching technical breakdowns like this is always impressive, and more so when its not covering one of the same old top three characters like so many others. T.Hawk may have joined in the final days of II, but he'll always be one of the original World Warriors to me.

"Hey lets give zangief a dp, a dive kick, a dp that can end in a divekick and an airborne green hand."

Always loved T.Hawk simply because of the way he slams you on the ground with all his power...but those gimmicks he has surely seem fun,first time hearing about it.

I am convinced, I didn't care too much about T Hawk before, but man he's actually awesome

Nice to see some love for T. Hawk around here. He's def one of my fave characters to play as. (Hell, the first time I defeated Seth in SSFIV was with him!).

He remained a an underrated character for more than 20 yeara in SF2... Ntil some genius found the gem.

I did not know that down medium didn’t hit…. That’s so sweaty!!!

Nice..love it

T Hawk's "uppercut" was projectile invincible in SSF2, and had massive forward range. Between that and the dive, he was a shoto killer. Which is probably why he lost that invincibility in SSF2T. Can't have a character that destroys shoto-scrubs.

Grappler nightwolf? I'm in.

Hello and thank you for welcoming me. I agree.

My buddy used to tear my ass up with Thawk back in sf4. Good times

Love my native brother in SF2 - he is as scary in PvC as in PvP! Thanks for the video on how great he is ^^

SF4 was the game that taught me to play fighting games as a teenager. Im an Abel guy personally and dream of him coming back in 6 but you have put some respect in Thunder Hawk's name and i do hope he retuns.

I love him because he is Mr Read. Tons of health allows you to just make guesses with less risk, and it's so satisfying. He doesn't have much safe stuff. Opponents on wake-up crap their pants against t hawk

Did you know jmcrofts STOLE your video?! Just kidding. Glad to watch both of your videos. I like how you brought up some of Hawk's SFIV shenanigans as well! (jmcrofts has never even played SFIV and doesn't even know there is a SF title past SFIII:2nd Impact) Great video(s)!

I love landing a blocked standing medium kick into his super in ST and HDR.

T.Hwk is a very underrated character imo Like he's one of my favorites, he's big but at the same time fast and his story is heartwarming for me (especially in sfiv) even to this day i still consider T. Hawk is one of the strongest because he grabs you with just one hand, spins you 3 times while jumping high and slams you to the ground, its more satisfying to see him perform Mexican Typhoon on big characters (Like Hugo) I wish Capcom give more attention to characters like him and the others (Like Fei- long) Maybe on Street Fighter 6

For the longest time I thought T-Hawk was ultra lame (full disclosure: I thought all of the New Challengers of Super Street Fighter II, with the exception maybe of Cammy, were lame). Over time however, I came to appreciate how dorkily cool T. Hawk actually is. I've even come to like Dee Jay and even though Fei Long is so obviously a Bruce Lee ripoff, there's no denying that his Rekkas are one of the most important innovations in fighting game history and has been sorely missed in SFV. I would have loved to see what the SFV design team would have done with T. Hawk and Dee Jay in SFV. Many of the team's redesigns of staple characters have been home runs - not just the visual redesigns, but the move updates as well - and I'm almost certain they would have given those two characters a proper re-imagining as well. It's fascinating to think what T. Hawk and Dee Jay's V-system would have been like - especially if they were later season additions, when the game became a lot more interesting.

Awesome!

So in head canon. Hulk learned that puny god technique from t hawk. Nice 😀

*takes notes* thanks for the tech. I like him more after this video

Once thought as a low tier character, O.thawk has become top tier thanks to technology and research/discovery!

I love T Hawk's motivation

I know his grappler options were super nerfed in SF4O, but honestly he's so fun there, maybe more than Ultra.

God T.Hawk's so fun to play. Wiffing condor dive into mexican typhoon never gets old.

Id loved T Hawk since he came out , as well as Thunder from Killer Instinct. Idk their look as super buffed Indian american really gets my attention

it is about time that t.hawk gets the respect that he deserves.

this showed me a new beauty to super turbo

The animations for T Hawk's command grabs look sick and the dive is a neat move. My only gripe with T Hawk is that his voice sounds way higher than it should be in SFIV. I might give him a try along with Hugo tbh

T Hawk had the grappling intense of Zangief and the aerial style of Vega. A great combination for sure!

T Hawk was my SFIV main, I got that he wasnt exactly strong but I enjoyed playing him, it was usually really intense trying to get up close and create your openings. So much fun to be had with the light spd! And his U2 was easily the most satisfying ultra to land in the entire game.

You should do a speculation video on what Capcom could give T.hawk in SF6 from his USF4 Omega mode variant. Tons of cool stuff they could give him.

T Hawks Ultra 2 in SF4 is one of the coolest grappler supers I’ve ever seen.

What a coincidence after I watched the infamous match of Koji KOG playing T.Hawk Vs XSK Samurai I thought Damn this character is Fun and hilarious and now you uploaded a video about him XD I really love grapplers but dislike the slow movement that comes with the archtype but with T.Hawk flying like an eagle in the whole screen I will be damn sure to not skip him once he hopefully makes it to SF6 !

IMO his alpha 3 sprite is just awesome. One of the reason why i played him so much back then.

FUCK YES ABSOLUTELY Preach your gospel!! Love this dude he's my favorite example of airial adjacent complimentary character!! Cammy ~ T.Hawk Morrigan ~ Jedah SonSon ~ Strider Stuff like that!! Characters both with aerial tech design focus but in similar but not exactly identical senses! Hawk in general is very lovely I love his theme , design , personality. Severely underappreciated and under utilized.

All i can remember about t hawk is kojikog...

I hope he makes his triumphant return in SFVI, either the base roster or dlc :)