Street Fighter II

Description

The original Street Fighter II is a famous fighting game. Players select from one of eight characters: Ryu, Ken, Blanka, E. Honda, Zangief, Chun Li, Guile and Dhalsim to do battle with. They must then use their combat strengths to defeat the other seven fighters followed by four boss characters: M. Bison, Vega, Sagat and Balrog. Each character represents a certain country and has their own reasons for wanting to win against the others.

Each character contains his own selection of basic fighting techniques based on three styles of punches and three styles of kicks. The effect of each of these changes depending on the characters orientation (ducking, airborne or standing still). Street Fighter 2 made famous the "button combination" style of gameplay used to unleash powerful moves specific to each character. These include the ability to project fireballs, channel electricity or capture the opponent in a tight suplex.

Street Fighter 2 is one of the most cloned fighting games and its effects on gameplay and fighting games specifically can not be understated. Street Fighter 2 is responsible for making popular several different elements.

Alternate Titles

• "Sutorīto Faitā Tsū" -- Japanese Title
• "Street Fighter II: The World Warrior" -- Arcade/SNES Title
• "SF 2" -- informal abbreviation
• "ストリートファイターⅡ" -- Japanese Spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Games made into comics
• Games made into movies
• Games made into TV series
• Games referenced in film
• Street Fighter series

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User Reviews

The legendary fighting game may be old, but never dated.	SNES	Mumm-Ra (385)
At a time when people thought the S in SNES meant "slowdown", Capcom stepped to the plate.	SNES	Norfolk Starling (369)
The best arcade conversion to Super NES	SNES	Depth Lord (950)
All killer, no filler	SNES	Chris Wright (92)
Serious candidate for the worst port ever made of any game.	DOS	Zovni (9138)
Dragon Punch me into the gutter!	DOS	Fake Spam (94)
Arcade Classic which still pulls the punches!	SNES	Big C (50)

The Press Says

GameCola.net	SNES	Feb 04, 2006	9.4 out of 10	94
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	SNES	Dec 10, 2003	9 out of 10	90
CU Amiga	Amiga	Jan, 1993	90 out of 100	90
Lens of Truth	SNES	Feb 12, 2009	8 out of 10	80
Amiga Joker	Amiga	Feb, 1993	80 out of 100	80
The Video Game Critic	SNES	Sep 29, 1999	B	75
Eurogamer.de	Wii	Jan 31, 2007	3 out of 5	60
Abandonia	DOS	Oct 16, 2004	3 out of 5	60
High Score	DOS	1993	2 out of 5	40
PC Gamer UK	DOS	Jun, 1994	38 out of 100	38

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Trivia

In Zangief's ending former Russian prime minister Mikhail Gorbachev does a cameo.