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Well, I'm Puerto Rican, so go figure.

You didn't mention the fact that Ukyo (sp) from Samurai Showdown killed a bunch of people just to win a bouquet of flowers, or for that matter that in that very same game there was a Kabuki performer murdering people instead of being an actor. Or a pirate that was in a showy tournament instead of plundering.

Or that in Street Fighter 2 there was a US Army Colonel that was participating in prize fights instead of going to Desert Storm.

Aside from the fact that luchadores typically have ridiculous names for their moves, just as their american counterparts do, either nationality (not race) typically uses patriotism to rile up the audience, Japanese show-wrestling has taken a lot from mexican show-wrestling so it's not odd that they put such a flamboyant and aerial character into their fighting game. Cooking? Why not? Dhalsim is a yoga master that fights and that makes absolutely no sense whereas wrestlers need to eat (a lot) and probably have a more keen sense for nutrition than taste. Also, cooking is kinda important to any culture, hispanic or not, so a character who has spent his career taking a probable measure of pride in his nationality and origins probably takes a great deal of pride in the food as well. Aside from that, also, those names for the special moves you cite are pretty spectacular.

Edgar was a good king. I suppose your argument that he wasn't is ignoring the fact that HE SAVED THE WORLD, but if you look at his acts as a king he was involved in "international" politics and ultimately sacrificed his own safety for the well-being of his citizens. He instinctually (perhaps just lustfully) appreciated the presence of the one character that was pivotal in the salvation of the planet, so he had it in his blood to make decisions even if you didn't understand that. It's called "subtext."

Edgar could also see that his brother was more of a physical presence than he was, so he let his brother go out and further his athletics despite the fact that he didn't say "I am doing this so that you can learn to fight better which will make you happier than ruling a kingdom." Being that they are twins, and the story is not real, it makes sense that if Sabin was the more physical presence that Edgar would be the engineer which would understand processes and results, i.e. make decisions. Given that he had a fetish for mechanics it is not surprising that he would engineer his house to do something drastic like be able to tunnel into the sand which, actually, turned out to save the "kingdom" when he was asked to surrender and chose not to.

There is the evidence. However, what is a "good king?" Do you have an example of a "good king," let alone evidence?