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Axel Stone (アクセル) is one of the main protagonists of the Streets of Rage series. Along with protagonist Blaze Fielding, he has appeared in every game of the series.

Biography

Appearance

Personality

Streets of Rage Profile

Axel is shown as the leader of the group, due to his prominence, all-around skills, and "classic beat-em-up look". In SOR3, he plays the role of a slow-but-powerful character, succeeding Max from SOR2 as well as Adam from SOR1.

Story

Streets of Rage

Axel makes his debut in 1991's Streets of Rage as one of the three cops who quit the city's corrupt police force, in order to personally hunt down the syndicate leader themselves. Along with Adam Hunter and Blaze Fielding, he manages to defeat the syndicate leader (later named Mr. X) in his own headquarters.

Streets of Rage 2

One year later on the anniversary of Mr. X's defeat, Axel (who has left the city to run a martial arts dojo/become a bodyguard in the EU/Canada manual) discovers that Adam has been kidnapped by a returned Mr. X, as a lure to bring Axel and Blaze to him in retaliation for his prior defeat. Along with Blaze, He joins up with Max Thunder and Adam's kid brother "Skate" to defeat Mr. X once again and free Adam and the city.

Bare Knuckle III (Japan)

BKIII has Axel rejoining the police force after the events of Streets of Rage 2, and aiding Blaze and newcomer Zan in trying to uncover and prevent bombs hidden throughout the city from detonating, as well as fighting off a new group called Neo-Chaos.

NOTE: This is the original story by Sega of Japan, changed when released in the US/Europe to lighten the tone of the game.

Streets of Rage 3 (US)

In this Sega of America produced version (edited to lighten the game's tone), Axel is still running a dojo outside the city, and is called on by Blaze to assist her, Skate and newcomer and ex-syndicate member Dr. Zan in shutting down a seemingly resurrected Syndicate.

Gameplay

Axel is commonly considered the easiest to use due to his simple multiple hit special attacks. By SOR3, he is still well-rounded, but also quite a powerhouse in many aspects.

Signature Moves

Fighting Style

Axel seems to use a mixture of boxing, karate, kickboxing and street fighting moves to create his fighting style. Flames are used to give some of his moves a visual flare, but are never used to actually burn/immolate his enemies.

Character evolution

Axel in Streets of Rage (much like Blaze) is vastly different than the Axel character in Streets of Rage 2/3. SOR1 Axel lacks any special moves, like the Grand Upper, and most of his standard moves are different than in 2/3 (Flying Knee instead of Jump Kick, Suplex instead of Body Slam, Roundhouse Kick instead of Double Kick, etc.)

His attire also changes throughout the series, going from a muscle shirt with blue/gold gauntlets, to a standard tshirt with red gauntlets, to a sleeveless shirt, red gauntlet look. Despite the changes, Axel is always featured in a white shirt and sneakers with blue jeans and headband (except for SOR3, where he is depicted with a yellow shirt and black jeans, aka the Adam Hunter look).

Axel's general look closely resembles Capcom's Final Fight character Cody Travers.

SEGA Heroes

Axel Stone appears as a playable character in SEGA Heroes. He is a Blue hero and utilizes a few moves from his own games, such as punches.

Moves and ability

Normal attack: Axel rushes forward and attacks with a punch.
MAX Skill - Uppercut: Axel Stone devastates his opponent with an uppercut, knocking them out cold.
Star Skill - Home Run: Axel Stone grabs a bat and smashes his enemy out of the park.
Passive - Brawler: Axel Stone is a tough brawler, ready for any fight!

Game Appearances

Pic axelbkiii — Axel in Bare Knuckle III

Other Appearances

Trivia

During the development of Streets of Rage, his original name was Hawk.
Axel and Zan are the only character named ingame by Mr. X.
His yellow/black look in Streets of Rage 3 (changed for "gender neutrality") is most likely a homage to Adam Hunter's attire.
In the indie game The Takeover, the main protagonist Ethan was inspired by both Axel Stone and Cody Travers from Final Fight. One of his attacks are similar to Axel's Dragon Wing, and an alternate costume that resembles both Axel and Cody. Ethan shares the name "Hawk" with Axel, but it is spelled Hawke.
He is shown sparring with Adam during the ending of SOR3/BKIII, indicating they may be casual sparring partners.
In Streets of Rage Mobile, Axel's legs in the sprites were fixed to make him appear taller than his sprites in SOR2.
In the Bare Knuckle II beta, Axel's specials are quite different. His idle jump kick attack is only the knee attack, much like his jump kick from SOR1, there is no second kick attack afterwards. His Grand Upper was an uppercut, similar to a Tiger Uppercut from Street Fighter, and his Dragon Wing was replaced with a Hurricane Kick, similar to Ryu or Ken's.
The indie game "Let's Get Fiscal", which was also inspired by Streets of Rage, main protagonist Stelven the Accountant, has a combo attack that resembles Axel's combo attack in SOR2/SOR3. He has another attack that resembles Axel's Grand Smash Signature Move.
Depending on the game, Axel's shoe tongue is either outside the pant, or inside (SOR2).
In Fighting Force for the PSX/N64 (originally was to be SOR4), the protagonist Hawk, shares the same name as Axel's middle name.
In SOR4, Axel has made a drastic change in appearance compared to the first 3: Beard, Blue vest and a jacket over his torn pants. The torn pants seem to resemble that of Ryu from Street Fighter.
SOR2 is the only game out of the three he does not have an idle animation, his signature mouth wipe.
Shiva seems to have a personal vendetta towards Axel (shown in White House/City Hall ending).
In Project X Zone 2, Axel appears as a playable solo unit and attacks with many brawling skills, including his Dragon Smash and Dragon Wing.

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+'''Axel Stone''' (アクセル) is one of the main protagonists of the ''[[Streets of Rage (series)|Streets of Rage]]'' series. Along with protagonist [[Blaze Fielding]], he has appeared in every game of the series.
+==Biography==
-'''Axel Stone''' (アクセル) is one of the main protagonists of the ''Streets of Rage'' series. Along with Protagonists [[Blaze Fielding]], he has appeared in every game of the series.
+===Appearance===
+===Personality===
-Axel is commonly considered the easiest to use due to his simple multiple hit special attacks. By SOR3, he is still well-rounded, but also quite a powerhouse in many aspects.
+[[File:sor1_axelinfo.gif|frame|Streets of Rage Profile]]
+Axel is shown as the leader of the group, due to his prominence, all-around skills, and "classic beat-em-up look". In SOR3, he plays the role of a slow-but-powerful character, succeeding Max from SOR2 as well as Adam from SOR1.
 ==Story==
-====Streets of Rage====
+===='''[[Streets of Rage]]'''====
-Axel makes his debut in 1991's Streets of Rage as one of the three cops who quit the city's corrupt police force, in order to personally hunt down the syndicate leader themselves. Along with [[Adam Hunter]] and Blaze Fielding, he manages to defeat the syndicate leader (later named [[Mr. X]]) in his own headquarters.
+Axel makes his debut in 1991's ''Streets of Rage'' as one of the three cops who quit the city's corrupt police force, in order to personally hunt down the syndicate leader themselves. Along with [[Adam Hunter]] and [[Blaze Fielding]], he manages to defeat the syndicate leader (later named [[Mr. X]]) in his own headquarters.
-====Streets of Rage 2====
+===='''[[Streets of Rage 2]]'''====
 One year later on the anniversary of Mr. X's defeat, Axel (who has left the city to run a martial arts dojo/become a bodyguard in the EU/Canada manual) discovers that Adam has been kidnapped by a returned Mr. X, as a lure to bring Axel and Blaze to him in retaliation for his prior defeat. Along with Blaze, He joins up with [[Max Thunder]] and Adam's kid brother [[Sammy Hunter|&quot;Skate&quot;]] to defeat Mr. X once again and free Adam and the city.
-===Bare Knuckle III (Japan)===
+==='''Bare Knuckle III''' (Japan)===
 BKIII has Axel rejoining the police force after the events of Streets of Rage 2, and aiding Blaze and newcomer [[Zan]] in trying to uncover and prevent bombs hidden throughout the city from detonating, as well as fighting off a new group called Neo-Chaos.
 *NOTE: This is the original story by Sega of Japan, changed when released in the US/Europe to lighten the tone of the game.
-===Streets of Rage 3 (US)===
+==='''[[Streets of Rage 3]]''' (US)===
 In this Sega of America produced version (edited to lighten the game's tone), Axel is still running a dojo outside the city, and is called on by Blaze to assist her, Skate and newcomer and ex-syndicate member [[Dr. Zan]] in shutting down a seemingly resurrected Syndicate.
-==Personality==
+==Gameplay==
+Axel is commonly considered the easiest to use due to his simple multiple hit special attacks. By SOR3, he is still well-rounded, but also quite a powerhouse in many aspects.
-[[File:sor1_axelinfo.gif|frame|Streets of Rage Profile]]
-Axel is shown as the leader of the group, due to his prominence, all-around skills, and "classic beat-em-up look". In SOR3, he plays the role of a slow-but-powerful character, succeeding Max from SOR2 as well as Adam from SOR1.
-==Signature Moves==
+===Signature Moves===
+*'''[[Bare Knuckle (Attack)|Bare Knuckle]]'''
-[[File:GrandUpper.png|frame|GRAND UPPAH!]]
+*'''[[Dragon Smash]]'''
-*'''Grand Upper:''' Axel pulls off a (strong) sliding uppercut into the enemy.
+*'''[[Dragon Wing]]'''
-*'''Dragon Smash:''' Axel pulls off a quick barrage of punches followed by an uppercut.
+*'''[[Grand Hook]]'''
-*'''Dragon Wing:''' Axel swings his fist in a circular motion, knocking down surrounding enemies.
-*'''Grand Hook:''' One of Axel's upgraded moves, is essentially a Grand Upper into a 360 degree Dragon Wing. Can be finished off with an uppercut.
-==Fighting Style==
+===Fighting Style===
 Axel seems to use a mixture of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing boxing], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karate karate], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kickboxing kickboxing] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_fighting street fighting] moves to create his fighting style. Flames are used to give some of his moves a visual flare, but are never used to actually burn/immolate his enemies.
-==Character evolution==
+===Character evolution===
 Axel in Streets of Rage (much like Blaze) is vastly different than the Axel character in Streets of Rage 2/3. SOR1 Axel lacks any special moves, like the Grand Upper, and most of his standard moves are different than in 2/3 (Flying Knee instead of Jump Kick, Suplex instead of Body Slam, Roundhouse Kick instead of Double Kick, etc.)
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 Axel's general look closely resembles Capcom's Final Fight character Cody Travers.
+== SEGA Heroes ==
+Axel Stone appears as a playable character in SEGA Heroes. He is a Blue hero and utilizes a few moves from his own games, such as punches.
+=== Moves and ability ===
+* '''Normal attack:''' Axel rushes forward and attacks with a punch.
+* '''MAX Skill - Uppercut: '''''Axel Stone devastates his opponent with an uppercut, knocking them out cold.''
+* '''Star Skill - Home Run:''' ''Axel Stone grabs a bat and smashes his enemy out of the park.''
+* '''Passive - Brawler:''''' Axel Stone is a tough brawler, ready for any fight!''
+<gallery>
+Axel Stone Shard SEGA Heroes.png|''Shard''
+Axel Stone MAX Skill.gif|''Uppercut''
+Axel Stone Star Skill.gif|''Home Run''
+</gallery>
 ==Game Appearances==
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 ===Other Appearances===
 *[[w:c:projectxzone:Project_X_Zone_2|Project X Zone 2]]
+*[https://sega-heroes.fandom.com/wiki/SEGA_Heroes_Wiki SEGA Heroes]
 ==Trivia==
-* During the development of Streets of Rage, his original name was Hawk
+* During the development of ''Streets of Rage'', his original name was Hawk.
+* Axel and [[Zan]] are the only character named ingame by [[Mr. X]].
-* Contrary to many beliefs, Axel says "Grand Upper!" when you execute his >,>,B move in both Streets of Rage 2 and Bare Knuckle III
-* In Streets of Rage 3, perhaps as a homage/in-joke, this was changed to "Bare Knuckle!"
+* His yellow/black look in ''Streets of Rage 3'' (changed for "gender neutrality") is most likely a homage to [[Adam Hunter]]'s attire.
+* In the indie game The Takeover, the main protagonist Ethan was inspired by both Axel Stone and Cody Travers from Final Fight. One of his attacks are similar to Axel's Dragon Wing, and an alternate costume that resembles both Axel and Cody. Ethan shares the name "Hawk" with Axel, but it is spelled Hawke.
-* Axel and Zan are the only character named ingame by Mr. X
+* He is shown sparring with Adam during the ending of ''SOR3''/''BKIII, indicating they may be casual sparring partners.''
-* His yellow/black look in Streets of Rage 3 (changed for "gender neutrality") is most likely a homage to Adam Hunter's attire.
+* In Streets of Rage Mobile, Axel's legs in the sprites were fixed to make him appear taller than his sprites in SOR2.
-* Is shown sparring with Adam during the ending of SOR3/BKIII
-* In the [[Bare Knuckle II (Beta)|BKII beta]], Axel's specials are quite different. His Grand Upper was an uppercut, similar to a Tiger Uppercut from Street Fighter, and his Dragon Wing was replaced with a Hurricane Kick, similar to Ryu or Ken's.
+* In the ''Bare Knuckle II'' beta, Axel's specials are quite different. His idle jump kick attack is only the knee attack, much like his jump kick from SOR1, there is no second kick attack afterwards. His Grand Upper was an uppercut, similar to a Tiger Uppercut from ''[[w:c:streetfighter:Street Fighter series|Street Fighter]]'', and his Dragon Wing was replaced with a Hurricane Kick, similar to [[w:c:streetfighter:Ryu|Ryu]] or [[w:c:streetfighter:Ken Masters|Ken]]'s.
+* The indie game "Let's Get Fiscal", which was also inspired by Streets of Rage, main protagonist Stelven the Accountant, has a combo attack that resembles Axel's combo attack in SOR2/SOR3. He has another attack that resembles Axel's Grand Smash Signature Move.
-* Depending on the game, Axel's shoe tongue is either outside the pant, or inside (SOR2)
+* Depending on the game, Axel's shoe tongue is either outside the pant, or inside (''SOR2'').
-* [[Shiva]] seems to have a personal vendetta towards Axel (shown in White House/City Hall ending)
+* In Fighting Force for the PSX/N64 (originally was to be SOR4), the protagonist Hawk, shares the same name as Axel's middle name.
-* In Project X Zone 2, Axel appears as a playable solo unit and attacks with many brawling skills, including his Dragon Smash and Dragon Wing.
+* In SOR4, Axel has made a drastic change in appearance compared to the first 3: Beard, Blue vest and a jacket over his torn pants. The torn pants seem to resemble that of Ryu from Street Fighter.
+* SOR2 is the only game out of the three he does not have an idle animation, his signature mouth wipe.
+* [[Shiva]] seems to have a personal vendetta towards Axel (shown in White House/City Hall ending).
+* In ''[[w:c:projectxzone:Project X Zone 2|Project X Zone 2]]'', Axel appears as a playable solo unit and attacks with many brawling skills, including his Dragon Smash and Dragon Wing.
 ==Sprites==
+<gallery>
-[[Image:Sor1_axel.png|Streets of Rage]]
-[[Image:Sor2_axelgif.gif|Streets of Rage 2]]
+Sor1 axel.png|''Streets of Rage''
+Sor2 axelgif.gif|''Streets of Rage 2''
-[[Image:bk3_axelgif.gif|Bare Knuckle III]]
+Bk3 axelgif.gif|''Bare Knuckle III''
+AxelPXZ2.png|''Project X Zone 2''
+AxelBKM.png|''Bare Knuckle Mobile''
+Axel Stone Battle Pose SEGA Heroes.png|''SEGA Heroes''
+AxelIdle.gif|''Streets of Rage 4''
+</gallery>
 ==Gallery==
 <gallery>
-AxelStone-Face.jpg|Streets of Rage 2
+AxelStone-Face.jpg|''Streets of Rage 2''
-AxelStoneSoR3.jpg|Streets of Rage 3
+AxelStoneSoR3.jpg|''Streets of Rage 3''
-PXZ2-Axel_Stone.png|Project X Zone 2
+PXZ2-Axel_Stone.png|''Project X Zone 2''
+Axel Stone Portrait SEGA Heroes.png|''SEGA Heroes''
+AxelConceptArt.png|''Axel's concept art sheet for Streets of Rage 4''
 </gallery>
+[[Category:Characters]]
 [[Category:Playable Characters]]
+[[Category:Male Characters]]
+[[Category:Protagonists]]