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==Critical reception== [[IGN]] ranked Vega at number ten in their "Top 25 Street Fighter Characters" article, stating "he deserves all the credit in the world for originality. There's never been a Street Fighter character quite like him since."<ref>[http://stars.ign.com/articles/895/895029p1.html Top 25 Street Fighter Characters - Day IV]. [[IGN]]. Retrieved on 2008-08-15</ref> The original Spanish bullfighting character, [[Human Killing Machine|Miguel]], did not feature on the list. Additionally, he ranked 46th in [[GamePro]]'s "47 Most Diabolical Video-Game Villains of All Time" article.<ref>[[GamePro]] staff (4 February 2008). [http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;338891934;pp;1;secid;772455 The 47 Most Diabolical Video-Game Villains of All Time]. [[PC World (magazine)|PC World]]. Retrieved on 2008-09-16</ref> [[GameDaily]] ranked him at number twelve on their "Top 20 Street Fighter Characters of All Time" article, noting the strength of his aerial attacks.<ref>[http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/galleries/top-20-street-fighter-characters-of-all-time/?page=9 Top 20 Street Fighter Characters of All Time]. [[GameDaily]]. Retrieved on 2008-11-12</ref> [[News.com.au]] named Vega one of the sexiest characters in video games, placing him tenth in their "Top 10" article and stating "part ninja, part bullfighter, Vega's fighting style is definitely one of the most unusual we've seen."<ref>Staff (24 October 2008). [http://www.news.com.au/technology/gallery/0,25793,5035370-5014321-5,00.html Top 10 sexiest game characters]. [[News.com.au]]. Retrieved on 2008-12-14</ref> [[GamesRadar]] noted that while his attire and obsession with beauty was a departure from traditional depictions of ninjas, the features made him "one of the more iconic scrappers in the Street Fighter games".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-top-7-assassins/a-20080205202336643044/p-4 |title=The Top 7...Assassins |publisher=[[GamesRadar]] |author=Reparaz, Mikel |accessdate=2009-06-22}}</ref> They listed him as one of the most outrageous camp villains, stating that a "camp bad guy list" without Vega was like a "cheese sandwich without the cheese or bread."<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Top 7... Outrageous Camp Bad Guys |url=http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-top-7-outrageously-camp-bad-guys/a-20081107102214515048 |publisher=[[GamesRadar]] |accessdate=2010-01-05}}</ref> In February 1992, he was ranked sixteenth on Japanese magazine ''Gamest''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s list of the best video game characters introduced in 1991.<ref name=gamest68>{{Cite journal |journal=GAMEST |issue=68| language=Japanese |page=4 |url=http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~dummy/gamest/magazine/gamest/v068.html|title=第5εγ²γΌγ‘γΉγ倧θ³}}</ref> In contrast, [[UGO.com]] named him one of "The Most Useless Video Game Items", describing him as "the type of character a artist jots on a napkin during a night of office bonding over [[Long Island Ice Tea]]s" and calling him as a cross between [[Freddy Krueger]], [[Jason Voorhees]] and [[Twiggy]].<ref>Frushtick, Russ and Plante, Chris. [http://www.ugo.com/games/useless-video-game-items/?page=3 Thanks but No Thanks: The Most Useless Video Game Items]. [[UGO]]. Retrieved on 2009-04-08</ref>
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