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"Capcom overworks Ono," says health-stricken Street Fighter boss

Street Fighter head Yoshi Ono has said his recent collapse was from over-work and that he'll "probably get sacked" for complaining about it.

Speaking to Eurogamer, Ono said: "Capcom doesn't allow a trade union or any sort of worker movement you see. So if I complain I will probably get sacked. You have to say it for me, OK? I want you to write: 'Capcom overworks Ono'. That's your headline."

Ono collapsed at home in May and was rushed to hospital.

"I woke up and walked to the bathroom," he explained. "When I opened the door the room was abnormally steamy. Stranger still: the steam was rising. It kept rising, up and up, and I didn't understand what was going on. It was like I was suffocating. Then, when the steam reached my head level I passed out cold and collapsed onto the tiles."

Doctors said Ono's blood pressure was similar to that of a person "who had just finished running a marathon".

Ono said that Capcom "didn't even acknowledge that I had been in hospital" when he returned to work after a week at home.

"When I returned to my desk there was a ticket to Rome waiting for me. There's no mercy. Everyone in the company says: 'Ono-san we've been so worried about you.' Then they hand me a timetable and it's completely filled with things to do."

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Patrick Garratt is a games media legend - and not just by reputation. He was named as such in the UK's 'Games Media Awards', the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award. After garnering experience on countless gaming magazines, he joined Eurogamer and later split from that brand to create VG247, putting the site on the map with fast, 24-hour a day coverage, and assembling the site's earliest editorial teams. He retired from VG247, and the games industry, in 2017.

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