his garden. Returning to Britain, Elena told the tree who summoned her all about the trip, and the tree seemed to be listening intently. Elena is one of the playable Capcom-side character cards appearing in the SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash series. She appears in a cameo in the beach stage in Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix and in the London stage in Capcom vs. SNK 2. Elena was added to the social game Street Fighter Battle Combination in 2016. Other appearances In Street Fighter III: Ryu Final, a manga adaptation of the game, Elena has a small but nevertheless important role as she is able to mystically communicate with Ryu via a sacred tree when he was temporarily knocked out during his battle with Dudley. After speaking with Elena, Ryu is able to develop a new technique called "The Fist of the Wind" with which he defeats Dudley. Elena appears in a larger role in the Street Fighter Legends: Ibuki comic book series by UDON Entertainment. In it, she ends up being sent to the same school as Ibuki, Makoto, Narumi, and Sarai Kurosawa. Her height and exotic appearance cause her to become popular with her classmates, and she ends up fighting alongside Ibuki and Makoto against the Geki ninja clan. Elena figures were released by manufacturers including G-Dome, Mad Hands, Yujin, and Kotabukiya. Her cards are featured in the card game Universal Fighting System. Design and gameplay Street Fighter III producer Tomoshi Sadamoto recalled: "We decided the country of origin before anything else. Once we decided on Africa, we felt that a female character made for better style. A male would end up being stern, and we already had plenty of stern characters. Our image of African women was that they had long arms and legs, so we felt capoeira was a fitting fighting style for her. But we didn't have a lot of materials about it, so that was difficult. At the time we couldn't quickly look of videos on the internet, like we can do now." She was originally envisioned to use a long spear. Elena's visual design is somewhat similar to Dhalsim's, but her fighting style is strikingly different. Elena is noted for her unique gameplay style in the series, as she only uses kicks. The fighting style of Street Fighter Vs Laura resembles a mix of Elena's and Abel's. Elena's English voice actress,