Galsia

Galsia, also known as Garcia, is a recurring enemy in the Streets of Rage series.

Background

Galsia is a hoodlum hired by the Syndicate. Apart from attacking with punches, they can also assault you with weapons. A standard punk, they are dangerous only in groups.

SoR is the only game where he could spawn and throw knives, grab the player from behind, and use a 3-punch combo ending with a knockdown.

In SoR2, Galsia is the standard street punk with very little life and no special attacks. The knife-wielding version of them can be quite annoying. This counterpart of Galsia has much less moves than he did in the first game. In fact, some of the things Galsia did in the first game can be done by Jack or Storm in this game.

In SoR3, Garcia (Galsia in Bare Knuckle III) in the third installment is like his Street of Rage 2 counterpart, but with more moves (see move list below). He (as well as some other punks) steals food laying on the ground, and he can also be picked up by Bongo/Big Ben and be thrown at the targeted player. In certain stages, he will also try to jump off parts of the level background.

In SoR4 in addition to knives, he can use sais, broken bottles, tasers, and naginatas as well, the latter makes him extremely dangerous because he can use it for charging slash like he does with knives, but with much longer reach. He can now switch between his usual charging attack or normal weapon swinging like Donovan do though he cannot throw weapons or catch weapons in mid air unlike some Donovan variations. Unlike his SOR3 counterpart, he no longer utilize his jumping elbow drop.

During the boss fight with Nora, she can whip Galsia in the room which turns his hair blonde and makes him more powerful and immune to the stun effect of normal attacks though he may still be grabbed.