Another Street Fighter sequel (this time for Street Fighter Alpha) adds even more to the classic fighting series.

New characters in this version include Gen (a wise kung-fu master), Rolento (who you may remember from another Capcom classic, Final Fight) and Sakura, a young school girl who follows her hero Ryu so close, she has the same type of moves. Dhalsim and Zangief also return to the fight with some news moves.

The other major difference is the loss of chain-combos and the gain of a custom combo system. Once you reach the required level (which is 1 at the least) you can execute a custom combo by combining any of the buttons (which there are 6 in total) or any of the special attacks (fireballs, etc.)

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Alternate Titles

"Street Fighter Zero 2" -- Japanese title
"Street Fighter Alpha2" -- Windows installation title
"ストリートファイターゼロ2" -- Japanese spelling

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Part of the Following Groups

Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Street Fighter Alpha 2	PlayStation	$4.97
	Street Fighter Alpha 2	SEGA Saturn	$15.01
	Street Fighter Alpha 2	SNES	$16.77
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User Reviews

Arcade goodness, as well as the SNES can do it.	SNES	Fake Spam (94)
The last great game of the SNES and one of SF's best arcade-to-console conversions	SNES	Stsung (52)
Back with a vengeance	PlayStation	Zovni (9426)
A Windows 95 gem forgotten by history.	Windows	Fake Spam (94)

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The Press Says

Digital Extremes	SEGA Saturn	1996	9.5 out of 10	95
Total! (Germany)	SNES	Dec, 1996	1.25 out of 6	95
SEGA-Mag (Objectif-SEGA)	SEGA Saturn	Jan 17, 2008	8 out of 10	80
Nintendo Life	Wii	Dec 11, 2009		80
GamePro (US)	SNES	Feb, 1997	4 out of 5	80
PC Player (Germany)	Windows	Apr 07, 1999	72 out of 100	72
Meristation	Windows	Jul 04, 1998	7 out of 10	70
Computer Games Magazine	Windows	Feb 22, 1999		60
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	SNES	Jan, 1997	5.3 out of 10	53
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Windows	Apr, 1999		20

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Trivia

Despite an admirable effort, Capcom's port of Alpha 2 to the SNES took some serious sacrifices, namely in graphics (characters aren't as detailed, and frames were removed from animations) and sound. There was also a small but annoying load time (?!) at the start of each round, and even then the game was slow, even when the speed was cranked to its highest setting.

Also, in another move in Nintendo's infamous censoring activities, the character 'Sodom' was renamed 'Katana', since 'Sodom' was too close the word 'Sodomy' (taken from an actual city in the Bible called Sodom, where people committed immoral sex acts). Even though Sodom's name (the character) is pronounced 'So-dum', not 'Saw-dum' (the place in the Bible).

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