As a video gains traction I like to redo the pinned comment. This time I wanna reflect on one of my biggest regrets with this video: I probably should have at least mentioned the Rainbow Edition bootleg. There's a lot about the history of Street Fighter that I left out of this video, because the premise of this video literally was just "what's the difference between all these revisions?". However, reading all the lovely comments you've all left (thank you btw!), it's clear a lot of you would have liked if I did delve into that history more and made it more of a full-on retrospective than just a surface-level revision comparison. Some of you did also appreciate the brisk pace and concise explanations too though, so don't worry, I see you! So the reason it didn't come up in the video was because as far as revision history and console ports go, Champion Edition and Turbo/HF kinda just blur together. The two most instrumental home ports, Super NES and Sega Genesis, combined both versions into one game. So I mashed them together into a single section in my script as well, and a lot of the nuance kinda just fell out. (Well, that and I forgot it existed. Oopsie!) But, even though Rainbow Edition isn't an official Capcom product, it and other "turbo bootlegs" were in effect the reason Hyper Fighting was made in the first place - to compete with the bootleggers and meet the demand from players for more Street Fighter II. That's actually a pretty integral part of Street Fighter history and why they busted out two arcade revisions in the same year. They were just keeping up with demand at the time. I also hadn't realised just how prevalent Rainbow Edition was in arcades, to the extent that many of you didn't even know it was a bootleg and not official. It was actually especially prevalent in my own home country of Australia, where importing amusement machines was expensive and arcade operators hardly gave a crap what they were running as long as it was something new and fresh. (See also: all those weird Daytona USA bootlegs, many of which were made right here in Australia due to how long the game stuck around in arcades - hell it's still around. I've definitely seen a lot of modified Daytona USA machines growing up, like the one that turns the cars into "monster trucks", but I just thought the machine was broken lol - hardware failure was definitely a common thing too.)
Also idk if it was clear or not but i actually did rush this video out quite a bit towards the end, hence the haphazard voiceover quality, dodgy writing/pacing and all the mistakes I didn't end up fixing. I'd like think I've improved since then though! I have been on a long term hiatus due to life and health getting in the way, but I am okay! I'm reading all your comments, and I haven't stopped working on _scripts_ for videos at least! I hope to be able to get on top of things again soon and deliver you some fun reviews and documentaries again. 🐑💕✨
vid was really cool even if you didn't go as deep as possible & there were some minor clarification mistakes! the effort you put into it was evident & the feelings were good, even if i wasn't learning anything new it was still enjoyable to watch
While I appreciate SSFIIT HD remix' visuals and musics, it looks like a flash game because of the choppy animations, that's why SFIII still looks visually better to me.
Well, if you mess with the frames it wouldn't be Street Fighter 2 (since it started as a cps1 title, and recieved a slight cps2 upgrade). Yeah, it's weird.
@@ikagura My favorite is alpha 3 upper! The Naomi version! It's a shame that they haven't ported it to the 30th anniversary collection! The Alpha Anthology on PS2 had it!
@@andremalerba5281 Sadly yeah. I liked trying Alpha 3 Max because of the whole SFII X cast being in Alpha but that one psychic girl is annoying to fight against.
12:10 Also of note is Akuma's creation took inspiration from the widespread misconception of a "secret" character called Shen Long. The method to fight Akuma was likely based on the infamous EGM story which detailed how to supposedly challenge Shen Long.
Yeah between that and Rainbow Edition more or less being the reason Hyper Fighting exists, those facts are probably the most criminal exclusions from this video. I wanted to keep it simple and just focus on revisions but I know people would have appreciated that history. Thank you for your comments btw!!
@@h.m.5724 Incredible claims require credible evidence. I just did some "proper research" and found nothing to even remotely support your comment. Unlike you however, my initial comment regarding Akuma's origin was never asserted as a fact.
The "screenshot" of Sheng Long in that EGM article was Ryu wearing a Tengu mask... Mr. Karate in Art of Fighting wears that mask. A decade later, SvC Chaos has Akuma and Mr. Karate as the final bosses. It has come full circle.
Funny you mention poor guile when discussing how everyone got new specials. He must be one of the most flawlessly designed fg characters based on how little change he's seen for 30 years. Which creates a funny scenario where you can hop on sfv and play a sfII guile and get away with it in beginner leagues surprisingly well. 2 specials and a cr.mk have really taken that man places.
@@t0xcn253 The best is the meme of him telling Chun Li to go home and be a family man and the next picture is her ending where she says now I can go back to being a young single female
Got this suddenly recommended to me and this is probably like the biggest question I've always thought to myself yet never wanted to look into the differences, love this lol
Key note about World Warrior: it was the only version of SF2 to not have invincible special moves (reversals). Reversals were added to offset how powerful tic throws are in SF2, but Bison never got one as his main drawback
The biggest difference between the snes and the genesis version gameplaywise is that the genesis version allows the so called cps1 chains which are true to the arcade. Sadly it wont work on the snes as far as i could find out. Cps1 chains basically allows you to chain certain normals into each other which wouldnt normally be possible. For instance you could go for cr short into st Fierce by by pressing short and firece simultaneously. Those were generally removed in new challangers onwards (except anniversary edition, since it had edition select)
Fun fact: The netcode of Super Turbo HD Remix was so notoriously bad, it lead Tony Cannon (the co-founder of Shouryuken and EVO) to program GGPO, aka Rollback Netcode.
4:49 Technically the first time playing mirror matches was possible on the original Street Fighter 2 game, if you put in the capcom code at the right time when the Intro begins. Thank you for this awesome video, you did an amazing job 👍🏼 This was really a lot of work.
Not really. Champion Edition Arcade was released March of 1992. Snes world Warrior was released June of 1992. So, Rex the Sheep is right. CE Arcade is the first time that mirror match was possible.
The SNES version of SFII is probably more playable today than the original arcade version simply because it was developed around the same time as Champion Edition and as such has the capacity for mirror matches with the CE color palettes. Really great game for its time when you take into account everything. SSFIIX for Matching Service on Dreamcast also has the neat feature of being able to select Shin Akuma, with double air fireballs and Raging Demon super.
This just brings back memories of me going to the arcade and seeing a bunch of slightly different versions of Street Fighter 2 all next to each other, with me as a kid having no clue of what was actually different about them. I usually played light gun and racing games back then anyway.
I really wish people talked about Ultra SF2 more, it's in my opinion the most fun version of the game to play and all of the extra content added to it like the dramatic battles, custome colors and way of the hado add a lot of the game. + it has my favorite arrangments of the ost out of all the versions.
Yeah, I bought it today and honestly it's just a lot of fun. My only issues with the game is that it's too expensive and that Violent Ken is busted, but other than that it's a great rendition of Street Fighter.
For me the price was not an issue because I got it on sale but yeah the game really is way too expansive, maybe if the game had more modes such as alpha 3 max's world tour mode the price would be more justified. 25$ should have been the price at most @@theraymunator
Kudos for mentioning Rainbow Edition in an addendum, I don't really mind, but it feels glaringly missing when you mention the gap between Championship and Hyper fighting of 4 months. When I heard the story of the back-and-forth with devs slowly realizing Rainbow edition felt superior, it was like a puzzle piece fit in place that explained everything.
23:51 I can't believe I forgot to thank you. Past June the 30th Anniversary Collection was on sale at Steam and I was unsure about to buy it or not because a lot of reviews complained about many things, almost put it into my "Ignore" list (despite the fact that I'm an SFII fan since 1992) because I had a bitter experience with another two emulated games on Steam that same month (one was Metal Slug), so I was looking for videos about the Collection to decide when your video was recommended to me just in time before the sale ended, and now I'm very happy playing with an arcade stick and enjoying all the museum content. Digital Eclipse did and excellent job indeed. It's sad that not all the games into the collection have online, but for that exist Fightcade 2 ;) I loved every second of your amazing vid (your joke about "The best way to experience SF2 legacy today is... another SF2 game"? is my favorite). Since then I'm subscribed and looking for more of your vids in the future.
The reviews likely talk about certain missing features, limited online play or poor netcode, or input latency. It's all stuff better handled by community efforts like Fightcade, but I still think SF30 is still a great experience for a more "mass market" audience, and IMO the extensive museum content in these Digital Eclipse collections is worth the price of admission alone. I'm really glad you enjoyed the video! And thank you for subscribing. I've had health issues, a sick family member and other life stuff I've had to focus my attention on this year, but I'm not gone for good and I intend to return to TH-cam eventually.
Probably the reason why it’s regaining traction is because not only is it street fighter’s 35th year, it’s also capcom’s 39th and naturally a compilation is being released for each; Capcom fighting collection which is mostly made up of mostly forgotten (at least by capcom) ip’s and capcom arcade 2nd stadium, which is mostly made up of deep cuts and games seen in other compilations a lot of which being from the aforementioned fighting collection
I've still been terribly busy and unwell but the Fighting Collection and even 2nd Stadium will come up whenever I get my Puzzle Fighter retrospective finished, because holy crap, they're even bringing back Pnickies!
Love sf2 one of my best games ever not played in over 20 years. But still remember the cheat when the capcom logo coming with the jingle tune DOWN R UP L Y B X A for street fighter 2 turbo Get more stars 🌟 to speed game play up
Very well made video. I'd just like to point out that in most compilations, the Super Turbo AI keeps its legendary cheapness intact (this is the case when said compilations deal with emulations of the original arcade). I'm mentioning this since the AI factor wasn't brought into focus at any point. Console ports, thankfully tend to be mostly free from this annoyance.
Oh yeah, I always hear people complaining or warning ppl about it in like, the Arcade1Up cabinet or SF30thAC, or Hyper SF2 in the new Fighting Collection.
@@rexthesheep Yeah, in my experience, the versions that have normal (non-input reading) AI are the GBA, Saturn, PS1, 360/PS3 and Switch versions, There is a patch that restores the original AI to the PS2 version of HSF2, too, but that version has a bug in Claw's moves that involve Down, Up charges. Only the rare Capkore version of that fixed this.
@@bloodykenshiro8218 I cannot enjoy New Challengers or Super Turbo due to the unfair A.I. And I’m not a newbie at fighting games, I play SNK fighters, too. I’m pretty good at KOF’98 and the KOF series.
hey there, i don't generally leave comments but i'm in a street fighter obsession phase again, and this video being recommended to me was perfectly timed. like you said in the pinned comment, you didn't cover all of the history but we can see cleary how hard and how much effort was put to make this video happen!! i was always a bit confused with all these versions of the same game, and this video definitely did its job of showing me all the small differences
Hyper anniversary is my favourite version, its just like u say it has everything and it really changes things up when me and my old friend who has played these old different versions, it eliminates the excuse of "oh yeah im just used to the other version..." And I wish they would just do hyper anniversary HD
Now, I mentioned this around the time that Ultra had gotten released, but I have to repeat myself when I state that it is only a matter of time before we get a true Definitive Edition of this title in the form of Ultimate Street Fighter II: The True Challenge, combining virtually every element from every major version (including the console version of Hyper's additions, as well as Akuma's backstory from when he fights Shin Akuma in Super Turbo (Japan) and ST Revival, HD Remix's extra balances, Ultra's Way of the Hado ported without Motion Controls, every soundtrack from every console port (though outside of Modding, this may be a Pipe Dream from an official release), and the official debut of Sheng Long as a playable character): At this point in time, the concept of an Ultimate Street Fighter II is not so farfetched, this is exactly what Capcom needs to do in order to finally deliver the complete experience of this title once and for all in a way that Hyper (Arcade) and Ultra couldn't; whether or not this would make for the Final Version of Street Fighter II to ever see a release is obviously well up in the air, but when the term Ultimate is used to identify a product, you expect there to be a true sense of closure once it is completed, I wouldn't be surprised if the company is a bit hesitant on what such an update to its longest running standalone title would look like but I firmly believe without question nor contest that it will be able to find a way to have everything put all in one place to establish a true end to this part of the franchise, it is north of Thirty Years in the making and wishfully we will get something about this before its Golden Anniversary is celebrated in 204I.
Great video overall, but I'm surprised Rainbow Edition didn't at least get a footnote. Even though it wasn't an official version, it paved the way for Hyper Fighting since it introduced players to faster gameplay.
Recently found out that there is also the Capcom Arcade Stadium on steam that came out around a year ago and in it you can get Super Turbo for only 2€. You can even change it to X: Champion Edition just like on 30th anniversary. Thank god i found out about that because the collection literally never goes on sale plus capcom's pc and console emulators have always been garbage so at least if this one is i don't have to spend 20€
One thing I dislike about the Super versions of the CPS-2 Street Fighter II games was that Vega could no longer climb the cage in his Barcelona stage like he could in the CPS-1 versions, instead in the Super ones he just wall jump like he did every other stages and attempt to get an Izuno Drop or an Air Claw Dive. Such a shame indeed cause that's what made him unique in those games.
Good stuff! I love all the updated versions of Street Fighter 2. I wish Mortal Kombat had done something similar so we can have easier access to the older MK games as well.
Liked the video. SF2 was what got me into fighting games. And until now, SF is my main fighting game, or the fighting game where I am best at. I just want to add something about Violent Ken. When Violent Ken debuted in SVC: Chaos, he wasn't just inspired/copied from Brainwashed Ken in the SF2 Animated Movie. Ken in SVC: Chaos wasn't brainwashed, nor made by Shadaloo. Ken was given Orochi blood by Goenitz (Pronounced as Gaynitz), Leader of the Hakkeshu clan, one of Orochi's Four Heavenly Kings. That's why Ken got purple flames (in the KOF world, purple flames symbolizes Orochi) and that Orochi Skull symbol in his Exceed move. (another symbol for Orochi.) Not sure if Capcom rewrote that for USF2's story, but they did keep his teleport move and purple flames though. 🙂 Anyway, keep up the good work.
Between the SNES and Genesis, I'd have to pick the SNES version as the system came with the standard six button controller. It is true you could buy an upgraded controller for the Gen, but between a new controller or a new game, most would opt for a new game and the standard controller for the Gen was simply not Ideal for that or some other games. Granted the standard SNES controller was not the best way to play either if looking for arcade perfect button placement, but good enough.
This makes me look around my room and realize how much Street Fighter 2 I've got. Besides numerous figures, comics, art, books, game-wise I've got, like, 8 copies. Even got that re-release one that's like a glow in the dark Blanka color for SNES. And here I am today playing the Capcom Fighting Collection, so add another to the list. Great video 😁
The version I had on the SNES was the World Warriors, so when I saw Super Street Fighter with 4 additional characters + the 4 bosses, my mind exploded. I know most people love SSFT2, but for me the best will always be the slower one, SSF2
Very good video, man. I don't know how I ended up here, but I'm glad I did. Back in the day I had to go through this when I saw some old videos of Daigo playing on Super Turbo and not understanding what version of Street Fighter II it was. It seems so simple, yet a lot of people don't know this type of lore. Fun Fact. One of the founders of Evo (biggest fighting game tournament) was very unsatisfied with the netcode of Hyper Fighting on XBL. As a result, he started to develop his own netcode that he called GGPO. This type of netcode is the one that we would come to know as rollback netcode. HD Remix was the first console fighting game to utilize this netcode.
Super Street Fighter II (Snes) was the one I played the most as a kid. I loved it. T Hawk was my favorite addition, and remains one of my favorite characters to this day in all of SF. So does Cammy's ass, coincidentally. I main'd T Hawk even in SFIV back in the day, which a lot of other players seemed to find an odd choice. Apparently he is considered low tier.
You did a pretty decent video here. Very impressed that you mentioned pretty much everything to do with the games. Very well done. I'm not sure but I think Ultra may have been the only SFII game where Akuma is playable as a selectable character, but other then that, very good. :) Do keep up the good work. :)
Street Fighter 2 for the Super NES actually does have mirror match ability with the champion edition colors. You just needed to enter a special code at the “capcom” screen and if done correctly you will hear a chime and you will then be able to play mirror matches.
4:20 - huh, never noticed this subtle difference between the Arcade and Console versions... On the plane's back fin, the Arcade originally had "CAP AF 512," Console has it as "CAP CR 64" I presume Capcom's way of flaunting the specs of the arcade and consoles?
My go-to version is Turbo Hyper Fighting on SNES... Yeah, I know it's not "the best version" or anything, but I've been playing it since I was 6 so like, yeah... I just like that version ok? lol
God bless everyone ❤️✊ Street Fighter 2 Turbo & Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo should both be Olympic sports 💫🏆 Easily the best 2 one on one fighting games ever made 🥇
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Also, please be respectful about any mistakes that have corrections or at least disclaimers in the video. Those mistakes were noticed in the final days of production, and I had to get the video done and move on, so I didn't have time to rerecord new lines. In particular regarding the O.Characters thing, there's literally a message onscreen in the video saying I got it completely wrong, and obviously I know this since I recorded footage of myself doing it correctly. It requires inputting different codes for each character, and there was just no way I could have elaborated on that without overextending myself. Reminder, I am just one person, and this isn't a full-time job for me.
@GAMERS 2 BROS "Ready to Fight! (STREET FIGHTER II' STAFF ROLL)", from the STREET FIGHTER II VOCAL ARRANGE VERSION album. (TL;DR it's a vocal version of the original credits theme)
The street fighter 30th anniversary collection is good as a museum but if you wanna actually play with people online the best option is probably fightcade2
Man, that 3DO footage doesn't do it justice at all. I didn't know it at the time, but happy to have been one of the kids that had a 3DO & SSF2T with the weird half vertical 6 button controller from Capcom.
I loved everything from Street Fighter II: The World Warrior up to Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers as that's what I was introduced to and grew up playing in the arcades and home consoles.
I'm sure many people pointed this out but I didn't immedialy see them so I'll remind everyone of this fun fact. Hyper fighting/Turbo was made in response to a bootleg street fighter 2 hack known as Street fighter 2 rainbow. It was a hilariously unbalanced SF2 on steroids but a capcom dev could not deny how much more fun this illegal version was and convinced the rest of capcom to get working on an official new version with faster speed and other changes inspired by rainbow.
You could sort of count the console ports of Street Fighter: The Movie, as they ran on the same engine as Super Street Fighter 2. But, there's also the Capcom Home Arcade as a way to play the arcade version legitimatly without any PC or console.
the 3DO version of Super Turbo was so good, that even among the competitive Super Turbo community, even in the past few years, Many still believe, Other than the game missing the Old version of the characters, it was arcade perfect. (which as you mentioned it's definitely not). It's still a *very* notable since it has a redone soundtrack made specifically for it, which many argue is the best sounding version -- and they never used that version of the soundtrack in any other port.
The problem is not the game itself but the controller. The 3DO controller only had 5 buttons, 3 on the face and two shoulder buttons, trying to find a good 6 proper buttons controller for it was difficult and the official one they had for it had the Pause button on the face which is annoying.
For me my favorite version of Street Fighter 2 is the SNES version of New Challengers. It plays well, has tournament and time attack modes, the latter being a fun mode against a difficult cpu of your choosing, and you can actually choose the speed of the game. I play it comfortably on my 3ds
Totally makes sense to me now regarding why Ultra Street Fighter 2 seems easier to play. The input delay times tolerances must have been widened just a touch to make the special moves easier to pull off. When I play the older versions on both Switch with a pro controller, or on Steam with a Hori Fight Pad, the moves have tighter input delay requirements.
That alone makes Ultra my favorite edition of the game. I still love Super Turbo and I will probably keep challenging randos on Fightcade till I die, but for casual fun Ultra is the way to go. Too bad it's on Switch and costs like 40 bucks
11:54～12:22 Gouki (Akuma) is the one who defeated Ryu and Ken's master Gouken and killed his own brother, GouTetsu, who trained with Gouken. It is unknown if GouTetsu will appear in future Street Fighter series, but if he does, it will be because he was defeated." SUPERSTREETFIGHTERⅡMode(NO.SUPERGAGE) Immediately after deciding on a character, input the following command corresponding to that character, then press Weak-P or Weak-P and Weak-K simultaneously. RYU「→→→←」 KEN「←←←→」 E・HONDA「↑↑↑↓」 CHUN-LI「↓↓↓↑」 BLANKA「→←←←」 Zangief「←→→→」 Guile「↑↓↓↓」 Dhalsim「↓↑↑↑」 T. Hawk「→→←←」 Cammy「↑↑↓↓」 FEILONG「←←→→」 Deejay「↓↓↑↑」 Balrog(M. Bison.)「→←←→」 VEGA(Balrog)「←→→←」 Sagat「↑↓↓↑」 M. Bison.(VEGA)「↓↑↑↓」 (↑、→、←、↓:Lever input operation)
My main concern is getting the maximum amount of content. This was a great and really helpful video, but I think I’m still confused on if certain features are included in certain versions. Like, does Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers include the option to view intros and endings from across the SFII series like the Anniversary Edition does? Let’s say I want EVERYTHING. Every version of every character, every palate swap, every graphics and sound options, every stage and bonus stage, all of it. What would be the minimum number of games I would need to get in the SFII series to collected ALL the content?
I was about to comment a joke about how you forgot to talk about Rainbow Edition, but it seems the pinned message already talked about it in great length. From an outside viewer’s point of view, maybe talking about Rainbow Edition in the pinned comment was for the best; your video would probably double in length lol Still a very enjoyable video nonetheless! Love me some classic SF history.
@@rexthesheep you are welcome. I recommend looking up the Manga. At very least, for the covers alone. A lot of the most iconic Street Fighter art comes from there. Notable covers: Zangief flexing so hard blood squirts out of his head. This has been referenced a lot. One of his poses in Puzzle Fighter/Gem Fighter is this pose. Awesome Vega cover after a fight where his claws are broken. Nothing really special lore-wise, I just like it. Sagat holding a defeated opponent by the head (either dead or unconscious). Looks like Ryo from Art of Fight with Roberto's head. Orange Gi. This is the first seed of what became Dan Hibiki. This exact pose shows up in certain intro poses in the Alpha series and CvS series. Either against Ryu or Dan depending on the game. This is Go Hibiki, Dan's father.
On a sidenote, Xbox One Series X/S, PS4/5 and Nintendo Switch they all have Capcom Arcade Stadium Volume 1 and 2 and Street Fighter 2 compilation is on both but this time though it has the option to select the region either Western or Japanese.
Yeah that was after I made this video, buuuut they're not substantially different from other emulated arcade versions that existed at the time of the video. So it doesn't fully invalidate it just yet. :P
Guys, he mentioned it in the description abt fightcade. For the casuals that don’t know, it’s just an emulator for arcade games with online play. Personally If I was a casual who wanted to play these games, I would take the time to look up how to set up fightcade. It’s genuinely amazing how good the online play is compared to the 30th anniversary edition and it doesn’t just have sf. U can play the og mk games, kof, and so much more. Even my personal favourite non fighting arcade game, ghosts n goblins. So I think you guys should try to set it up.
Nah, it's a totally fair criticism to say i didn't go into enough detail about emulation in the video, so don't worry about those comments. I appreciate it though! Thank you for taking the time to actually read the description. :P
We always called it Super Nintendo in my neighborhood but in commercials they called it the Super NES and I always thought that sounded cool for some reason
Officially it is "Super NES", but outside of like, using official terms in TH-cam videos, hardly anyone I know uses it in casual conversation. We always called it the Super Nintendo when I was little too.
9:41 True, while there were kiosks that could rewrite data onto special cartridges, and various console modem adaptors, such features weren't widely available.
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As a video gains traction I like to redo the pinned comment. This time I wanna reflect on one of my biggest regrets with this video: I probably should have at least mentioned the Rainbow Edition bootleg.
There's a lot about the history of Street Fighter that I left out of this video, because the premise of this video literally was just "what's the difference between all these revisions?". However, reading all the lovely comments you've all left (thank you btw!), it's clear a lot of you would have liked if I did delve into that history more and made it more of a full-on retrospective than just a surface-level revision comparison. Some of you did also appreciate the brisk pace and concise explanations too though, so don't worry, I see you!
So the reason it didn't come up in the video was because as far as revision history and console ports go, Champion Edition and Turbo/HF kinda just blur together. The two most instrumental home ports, Super NES and Sega Genesis, combined both versions into one game. So I mashed them together into a single section in my script as well, and a lot of the nuance kinda just fell out. (Well, that and I forgot it existed. Oopsie!)
But, even though Rainbow Edition isn't an official Capcom product, it and other "turbo bootlegs" were in effect the reason Hyper Fighting was made in the first place - to compete with the bootleggers and meet the demand from players for more Street Fighter II. That's actually a pretty integral part of Street Fighter history and why they busted out two arcade revisions in the same year. They were just keeping up with demand at the time.
I also hadn't realised just how prevalent Rainbow Edition was in arcades, to the extent that many of you didn't even know it was a bootleg and not official. It was actually especially prevalent in my own home country of Australia, where importing amusement machines was expensive and arcade operators hardly gave a crap what they were running as long as it was something new and fresh.
(See also: all those weird Daytona USA bootlegs, many of which were made right here in Australia due to how long the game stuck around in arcades - hell it's still around. I've definitely seen a lot of modified Daytona USA machines growing up, like the one that turns the cars into "monster trucks", but I just thought the machine was broken lol - hardware failure was definitely a common thing too.)
Also idk if it was clear or not but i actually did rush this video out quite a bit towards the end, hence the haphazard voiceover quality, dodgy writing/pacing and all the mistakes I didn't end up fixing. I'd like think I've improved since then though!
I have been on a long term hiatus due to life and health getting in the way, but I am okay! I'm reading all your comments, and I haven't stopped working on _scripts_ for videos at least! I hope to be able to get on top of things again soon and deliver you some fun reviews and documentaries again. 🐑💕✨
Unless it wasn’t out yet when this video was made, the Capcom Arcade version is the version I actually own, hah!
Great Stuff!
vid was really cool even if you didn't go as deep as possible & there were some minor clarification mistakes! the effort you put into it was evident & the feelings were good, even if i wasn't learning anything new it was still enjoyable to watch
Rainbow version sounds like it's worth a video of its own.
Wait I can still play Daytona usa if I go to Australia
While I appreciate SSFIIT HD remix' visuals and musics, it looks like a flash game because of the choppy animations, that's why SFIII still looks visually better to me.
Well, if you mess with the frames it wouldn't be Street Fighter 2 (since it started as a cps1 title, and recieved a slight cps2 upgrade). Yeah, it's weird.
@@DARS_04 I guess it's for keeping the framedata yeah...
Still prefer Alpha and 3 in this regard.
@@ikagura Yeah man those are on the higher end of street fighter
@@ikagura My favorite is alpha 3 upper! The Naomi version! It's a shame that they haven't ported it to the 30th anniversary collection! The Alpha Anthology on PS2 had it!
@@andremalerba5281 Sadly yeah. I liked trying Alpha 3 Max because of the whole SFII X cast being in Alpha but that one psychic girl is annoying to fight against.
4:26 For the SNES port, the artists apparently redrew all the sprites over using software to rescale the fighters.
Yep. And most fighters lost fingers and toes in the process.
12:10 Also of note is Akuma's creation took inspiration from the widespread misconception of a "secret" character called Shen Long. The method to fight Akuma was likely based on the infamous EGM story which detailed how to supposedly challenge Shen Long.
Yeah between that and Rainbow Edition more or less being the reason Hyper Fighting exists, those facts are probably the most criminal exclusions from this video. I wanted to keep it simple and just focus on revisions but I know people would have appreciated that history.
Thank you for your comments btw!!
@@h.m.5724 Incredible claims require credible evidence. I just did some "proper research" and found nothing to even remotely support your comment. Unlike you however, my initial comment regarding Akuma's origin was never asserted as a fact.
Well, you had to defeat him to stand a chance, so we were all very eager to stand a chance
The "screenshot" of Sheng Long in that EGM article was Ryu wearing a Tengu mask...
Mr. Karate in Art of Fighting wears that mask.
A decade later, SvC Chaos has Akuma and Mr. Karate as the final bosses.
It has come full circle.
Funny you mention poor guile when discussing how everyone got new specials. He must be one of the most flawlessly designed fg characters based on how little change he's seen for 30 years. Which creates a funny scenario where you can hop on sfv and play a sfII guile and get away with it in beginner leagues surprisingly well. 2 specials and a cr.mk have really taken that man places.
Sending home family men for 30+ years
@@t0xcn253 The best is the meme of him telling Chun Li to go home and be a family man and the next picture is her ending where she says now I can go back to being a young single female
Got this suddenly recommended to me and this is probably like the biggest question I've always thought to myself yet never wanted to look into the differences, love this lol
Key note about World Warrior: it was the only version of SF2 to not have invincible special moves (reversals). Reversals were added to offset how powerful tic throws are in SF2, but Bison never got one as his main drawback
The biggest difference between the snes and the genesis version gameplaywise is that the genesis version allows the so called cps1 chains which are true to the arcade. Sadly it wont work on the snes as far as i could find out.
Cps1 chains basically allows you to chain certain normals into each other which wouldnt normally be possible. For instance you could go for cr short into st Fierce by by pressing short and firece simultaneously.
Those were generally removed in new challangers onwards (except anniversary edition, since it had edition select)
Those were never in World Warrior, in the Super NES version of Turbo they work just fine.
@@VOAN There is no world warrior on sega.
Fun fact: The netcode of Super Turbo HD Remix was so notoriously bad, it lead Tony Cannon (the co-founder of Shouryuken and EVO) to program GGPO, aka Rollback Netcode.
4:49 Technically the first time playing mirror matches was possible on the original Street Fighter 2 game, if you put in the capcom code at the right time when the Intro begins.
Thank you for this awesome video, you did an amazing job 👍🏼 This was really a lot of work.
Not really. Champion Edition Arcade was released March of 1992. Snes world Warrior was released June of 1992. So, Rex the Sheep is right. CE Arcade is the first time that mirror match was possible.
The SNES version of SFII is probably more playable today than the original arcade version simply because it was developed around the same time as Champion Edition and as such has the capacity for mirror matches with the CE color palettes. Really great game for its time when you take into account everything.
SSFIIX for Matching Service on Dreamcast also has the neat feature of being able to select Shin Akuma, with double air fireballs and Raging Demon super.
This just brings back memories of me going to the arcade and seeing a bunch of slightly different versions of Street Fighter 2 all next to each other, with me as a kid having no clue of what was actually different about them. I usually played light gun and racing games back then anyway.
I really wish people talked about Ultra SF2 more, it's in my opinion the most fun version of the game to play and all of the extra content added to it like the dramatic battles, custome colors and way of the hado add a lot of the game. + it has my favorite arrangments of the ost out of all the versions.
Yeah, I bought it today and honestly it's just a lot of fun. My only issues with the game is that it's too expensive and that Violent Ken is busted, but other than that it's a great rendition of Street Fighter.
For me the price was not an issue because I got it on sale but yeah the game really is way too expansive, maybe if the game had more modes such as alpha 3 max's world tour mode the price would be more justified. 25$ should have been the price at most @@theraymunator
Kudos for mentioning Rainbow Edition in an addendum, I don't really mind, but it feels glaringly missing when you mention the gap between Championship and Hyper fighting of 4 months. When I heard the story of the back-and-forth with devs slowly realizing Rainbow edition felt superior, it was like a puzzle piece fit in place that explained everything.
Yeah, rest assured, that's one of my biggest regrets by far. Thank you for actually reading the pinned comment though! Most people just ignore it.
23:51 I can't believe I forgot to thank you. Past June the 30th Anniversary Collection was on sale at Steam and I was unsure about to buy it or not because a lot of reviews complained about many things, almost put it into my "Ignore" list (despite the fact that I'm an SFII fan since 1992) because I had a bitter experience with another two emulated games on Steam that same month (one was Metal Slug), so I was looking for videos about the Collection to decide when your video was recommended to me just in time before the sale ended, and now I'm very happy playing with an arcade stick and enjoying all the museum content. Digital Eclipse did and excellent job indeed.
It's sad that not all the games into the collection have online, but for that exist Fightcade 2 ;)
I loved every second of your amazing vid (your joke about "The best way to experience SF2 legacy today is... another SF2 game"? is my favorite).
Since then I'm subscribed and looking for more of your vids in the future.
The reviews likely talk about certain missing features, limited online play or poor netcode, or input latency. It's all stuff better handled by community efforts like Fightcade, but I still think SF30 is still a great experience for a more "mass market" audience, and IMO the extensive museum content in these Digital Eclipse collections is worth the price of admission alone.
I'm really glad you enjoyed the video! And thank you for subscribing. I've had health issues, a sick family member and other life stuff I've had to focus my attention on this year, but I'm not gone for good and I intend to return to TH-cam eventually.
Probably the reason why it’s regaining traction is because not only is it street fighter’s 35th year, it’s also capcom’s 39th and naturally a compilation is being released for each; Capcom fighting collection which is mostly made up of mostly forgotten (at least by capcom) ip’s and capcom arcade 2nd stadium, which is mostly made up of deep cuts and games seen in other compilations a lot of which being from the aforementioned fighting collection
Oh yeah. The first big spike in recommendations this year happened when SF6 was announced!
I've still been terribly busy and unwell but the Fighting Collection and even 2nd Stadium will come up whenever I get my Puzzle Fighter retrospective finished, because holy crap, they're even bringing back Pnickies!
My favorite version Street Fighter 2 was the Game Boy Advance version and the PS2 Anniversary Collection version
Love sf2 one of my best games ever not played in over 20 years. But still remember the cheat when the capcom logo coming with the jingle tune
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the way of the hado section made me lose my mind, motion controls followed by the warioware punchline was great. thank you so much
Very well made video. I'd just like to point out that in most compilations, the Super Turbo AI keeps its legendary cheapness intact (this is the case when said compilations deal with emulations of the original arcade). I'm mentioning this since the AI factor wasn't brought into focus at any point. Console ports, thankfully tend to be mostly free from this annoyance.
Oh yeah, I always hear people complaining or warning ppl about it in like, the Arcade1Up cabinet or SF30thAC, or Hyper SF2 in the new Fighting Collection.
@@rexthesheep Yeah, in my experience, the versions that have normal (non-input reading) AI are the GBA, Saturn, PS1, 360/PS3 and Switch versions, There is a patch that restores the original AI to the PS2 version of HSF2, too, but that version has a bug in Claw's moves that involve Down, Up charges. Only the rare Capkore version of that fixed this.
@@bloodykenshiro8218 I cannot enjoy New Challengers or Super Turbo due to the unfair A.I.
And I’m not a newbie at fighting games, I play SNK fighters, too. I’m pretty good at KOF’98 and the KOF series.
@@chronology556I mean fighters are best enjoyed with a group of friends anyways idk 🤷🏿♀️
@@bloodykenshiro8218When you say Switch version, you mean the Super Turbo in the anniversary collection or Ultra?
Puzzle Fighter 2 retrospective when?
Jokes aside loved the video! It was worth the wait.
hey there, i don't generally leave comments but i'm in a street fighter obsession phase again, and this video being recommended to me was perfectly timed. like you said in the pinned comment, you didn't cover all of the history but we can see cleary how hard and how much effort was put to make this video happen!! i was always a bit confused with all these versions of the same game, and this video definitely did its job of showing me all the small differences
As a lifelong SF fan, i really enjoyed this. Fantastic video!
Hyper anniversary is my favourite version, its just like u say it has everything and it really changes things up when me and my old friend who has played these old different versions, it eliminates the excuse of "oh yeah im just used to the other version..." And I wish they would just do hyper anniversary HD
The arcade version of HSF2 will be on modern consoles later this month at least, in the Capcom Fighting Collection. :)
Great material, respect for gathering all this details about each version - pretty impressive!
Now, I mentioned this around the time that Ultra had gotten released, but I have to repeat myself when I state that it is only a matter of time before we get a true Definitive Edition of this title in the form of Ultimate Street Fighter II: The True Challenge, combining virtually every element from every major version (including the console version of Hyper's additions, as well as Akuma's backstory from when he fights Shin Akuma in Super Turbo (Japan) and ST Revival, HD Remix's extra balances, Ultra's Way of the Hado ported without Motion Controls, every soundtrack from every console port (though outside of Modding, this may be a Pipe Dream from an official release), and the official debut of Sheng Long as a playable character): At this point in time, the concept of an Ultimate Street Fighter II is not so farfetched, this is exactly what Capcom needs to do in order to finally deliver the complete experience of this title once and for all in a way that Hyper (Arcade) and Ultra couldn't; whether or not this would make for the Final Version of Street Fighter II to ever see a release is obviously well up in the air, but when the term Ultimate is used to identify a product, you expect there to be a true sense of closure once it is completed, I wouldn't be surprised if the company is a bit hesitant on what such an update to its longest running standalone title would look like but I firmly believe without question nor contest that it will be able to find a way to have everything put all in one place to establish a true end to this part of the franchise, it is north of Thirty Years in the making and wishfully we will get something about this before its Golden Anniversary is celebrated in 204I.
Great video overall, but I'm surprised Rainbow Edition didn't at least get a footnote. Even though it wasn't an official version, it paved the way for Hyper Fighting since it introduced players to faster gameplay.
One sentence: 6-button controller = win.
Recently found out that there is also the Capcom Arcade Stadium on steam that came out around a year ago and in it you can get Super Turbo for only 2€. You can even change it to X: Champion Edition just like on 30th anniversary. Thank god i found out about that because the collection literally never goes on sale plus capcom's pc and console emulators have always been garbage so at least if this one is i don't have to spend 20€
One thing I dislike about the Super versions of the CPS-2 Street Fighter II games was that Vega could no longer climb the cage in his Barcelona stage like he could in the CPS-1 versions, instead in the Super ones he just wall jump like he did every other stages and attempt to get an Izuno Drop or an Air Claw Dive. Such a shame indeed cause that's what made him unique in those games.
if I'm nit mistaken, he can climb the cage wall back in USF2
@Ivan Huang Affirmative, just use 3 kicks instead of one. But yeah, in the Super arcade versions, he can't.
Sir, good job! That's a ton of Street Fighter 2, hopefully we get a full remake for its next anniversary.
Good stuff! I love all the updated versions of Street Fighter 2. I wish Mortal Kombat had done something similar so we can have easier access to the older MK games as well.
Your sona/avatar thing is cute i like it
Thank you! I really really appreciate it. 😊✨
Liked the video. SF2 was what got me into fighting games. And until now, SF is my main fighting game, or the fighting game where I am best at. I just want to add something about Violent Ken. When Violent Ken debuted in SVC: Chaos, he wasn't just inspired/copied from Brainwashed Ken in the SF2 Animated Movie. Ken in SVC: Chaos wasn't brainwashed, nor made by Shadaloo. Ken was given Orochi blood by Goenitz (Pronounced as Gaynitz), Leader of the Hakkeshu clan, one of Orochi's Four Heavenly Kings. That's why Ken got purple flames (in the KOF world, purple flames symbolizes Orochi) and that Orochi Skull symbol in his Exceed move. (another symbol for Orochi.)
Not sure if Capcom rewrote that for USF2's story, but they did keep his teleport move and purple flames though. 🙂 Anyway, keep up the good work.
SO MANY ANSWERS THANK U
I still refer to the buttons as Jab Strong Fierce Short Forward Roundhouse.
Between the SNES and Genesis, I'd have to pick the SNES version as the system came with the standard six button controller. It is true you could buy an upgraded controller for the Gen, but between a new controller or a new game, most would opt for a new game and the standard controller for the Gen was simply not Ideal for that or some other games. Granted the standard SNES controller was not the best way to play either if looking for arcade perfect button placement, but good enough.
This makes me look around my room and realize how much Street Fighter 2 I've got. Besides numerous figures, comics, art, books, game-wise I've got, like, 8 copies. Even got that re-release one that's like a glow in the dark Blanka color for SNES. And here I am today playing the Capcom Fighting Collection, so add another to the list. Great video 😁
25:31 CPU cheat non-charged Guile's flash kick.
Yeah it'll do that
CPU is OP please Capcom nerf them
The version I had on the SNES was the World Warriors, so when I saw Super Street Fighter with 4 additional characters + the 4 bosses, my mind exploded. I know most people love SSFT2, but for me the best will always be the slower one, SSF2
4:20 the sound is actually better on the snes version, every type of sound
Very good video, man. I don't know how I ended up here, but I'm glad I did. Back in the day I had to go through this when I saw some old videos of Daigo playing on Super Turbo and not understanding what version of Street Fighter II it was. It seems so simple, yet a lot of people don't know this type of lore.
Fun Fact. One of the founders of Evo (biggest fighting game tournament) was very unsatisfied with the netcode of Hyper Fighting on XBL. As a result, he started to develop his own netcode that he called GGPO. This type of netcode is the one that we would come to know as rollback netcode. HD Remix was the first console fighting game to utilize this netcode.
Good vid i would mention the added throw escape too
Ah bugger, that's a good point and idk how I missed that. Thanks for letting me know. 💕
This video helped me understand which version of Street Fighter 2 I needed to buy to get the experience I was looking for. Great work!
This was an awesome video and really helpful for a more casual fan like me. :D
Super Street Fighter II (Snes) was the one I played the most as a kid. I loved it. T Hawk was my favorite addition, and remains one of my favorite characters to this day in all of SF. So does Cammy's ass, coincidentally.
I main'd T Hawk even in SFIV back in the day, which a lot of other players seemed to find an odd choice. Apparently he is considered low tier.
This is a quality video, I really appreciate the breakdown!
Bro, the amount of work that went in to making this is very much appreciated. Fantastic vid man 💪🏾
what an epic video to come back with! you're doing the work of god Herself 🙏🏽
You did a pretty decent video here. Very impressed that you mentioned pretty much everything to do with the games. Very well done. I'm not sure but I think Ultra may have been the only SFII game where Akuma is playable as a selectable character, but other then that, very good. :) Do keep up the good work. :)
Street Fighter 2 for the Super NES actually does have mirror match ability with the champion edition colors. You just needed to enter a special code at the “capcom” screen and if done correctly you will hear a chime and you will then be able to play mirror matches.
22:05 violent Ken was actually introduced in the street fighter 2 animated movie, but if we’re off of actual video games then you’re correct
I mean, i did kind of say that, I guess.
@@rexthesheep yeah true.
22 versions of Street Fighter II? My favourite number!
As someone in the process of becoming a bit of a Street Fighter scholar this video is exactly what I needed thank you for making it
4:20 - huh, never noticed this subtle difference between the Arcade and Console versions...
On the plane's back fin, the Arcade originally had "CAP AF 512," Console has it as "CAP CR 64"
I presume Capcom's way of flaunting the specs of the arcade and consoles?
awesome vid, it'd be cool to see you cover more street fighter. sorry for all the nasty comments you get btw
It's alright, they're honestly a small minority compared to nice comments like yours. ^^ Thank you!
Hyper is my favorite
My go-to version is Turbo Hyper Fighting on SNES... Yeah, I know it's not "the best version" or anything, but I've been playing it since I was 6 so like, yeah... I just like that version ok? lol
I'll always love playing street fighter 2 it's a huge part of my childhood
Nice one, great video!
What kept SF alive was the arcad SF vs X-Men. Still their best game!
Hear hear!
SF2 Rainbow Edition was the reason the player one stick was broken at my local video store. Good days
God bless everyone ❤️✊
Street Fighter 2 Turbo &
Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo
should both be Olympic sports 💫🏆
Easily the best 2 one on one fighting games ever made 🥇
Great video! So much work to manage all of that! And cool montage too. Deserves move views and likes for sure!
Honestly I'm still staggered that it has as many views at it does! Thank you. ^^
I love those cheesy ass 90s commercials☠️
Cool video, well done!
This is s perfect video....I been wanting to know the diffrrence of all editions of street fighter 2 thank u
Great video I been a fan of SF since I first played it on arcade back in 92 and on snes keep up the good work
What have I learned?: capcom likes the number 2 a lot
Mega Man 2. Resident Evil 2. Marvel vs Capcom 2. This endless cycle of amazing sequels needs to stop!
God, I'm so nervous about this video. Both about how it'll perform and the general mixed quality I feel like it has. Please give it love and share it around!
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So, apparently "CP System" doesn't actually stand for anything. Except maybe just "Capcom".
Also, please be respectful about any mistakes that have corrections or at least disclaimers in the video. Those mistakes were noticed in the final days of production, and I had to get the video done and move on, so I didn't have time to rerecord new lines.
In particular regarding the O.Characters thing, there's literally a message onscreen in the video saying I got it completely wrong, and obviously I know this since I recorded footage of myself doing it correctly. It requires inputting different codes for each character, and there was just no way I could have elaborated on that without overextending myself. Reminder, I am just one person, and this isn't a full-time job for me.
Hey quick question what's the name of that song in the outro?
Also I'm a new subscriber to the channel and I'm glad that I run into this great video .
@GAMERS 2 BROS "Ready to Fight! (STREET FIGHTER II' STAFF ROLL)", from the STREET FIGHTER II VOCAL ARRANGE VERSION album. (TL;DR it's a vocal version of the original credits theme)
The street fighter 30th anniversary collection is good as a museum but if you wanna actually play with people online the best option is probably fightcade2
Man, that 3DO footage doesn't do it justice at all. I didn't know it at the time, but happy to have been one of the kids that had a 3DO & SSF2T with the weird half vertical 6 button controller from Capcom.
i never understood what Hyper Street Fighter 2 was until this video explained it. Thank you.
I loved everything from Street Fighter II: The World Warrior up to Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers as that's what I was introduced to and grew up playing in the arcades and home consoles.
I'm sure many people pointed this out but I didn't immedialy see them so I'll remind everyone of this fun fact. Hyper fighting/Turbo was made in response to a bootleg street fighter 2 hack known as Street fighter 2 rainbow. It was a hilariously unbalanced SF2 on steroids but a capcom dev could not deny how much more fun this illegal version was and convinced the rest of capcom to get working on an official new version with faster speed and other changes inspired by rainbow.
Yeah, I did mention that in my pinned comment, but thank u.
You could sort of count the console ports of Street Fighter: The Movie, as they ran on the same engine as Super Street Fighter 2.
But, there's also the Capcom Home Arcade as a way to play the arcade version legitimatly without any PC or console.
Hi Larry! 😊
I just got into Street Fighter 2 and saw all the playable versions, and I just knew there'd be a video out there like this one haha
Holy crap that was such a good video!!!
the 3DO version of Super Turbo was so good, that even among the competitive Super Turbo community, even in the past few years, Many still believe, Other than the game missing the Old version of the characters, it was arcade perfect. (which as you mentioned it's definitely not). It's still a *very* notable since it has a redone soundtrack made specifically for it, which many argue is the best sounding version -- and they never used that version of the soundtrack in any other port.
The problem is not the game itself but the controller. The 3DO controller only had 5 buttons, 3 on the face and two shoulder buttons, trying to find a good 6 proper buttons controller for it was difficult and the official one they had for it had the Pause button on the face which is annoying.
25:30 ahhh the impossible backward-walking flash kick that only the CPU can pull off 😂
SF2 really was the Godfather of CPU cheese lol
For me my favorite version of Street Fighter 2 is the SNES version of New Challengers. It plays well, has tournament and time attack modes, the latter being a fun mode against a difficult cpu of your choosing, and you can actually choose the speed of the game. I play it comfortably on my 3ds
A really good video, it's great to see a retrospective in order that's so detaiWAY OF THE HADOU
Totally makes sense to me now regarding why Ultra Street Fighter 2 seems easier to play. The input delay times tolerances must have been widened just a touch to make the special moves easier to pull off. When I play the older versions on both Switch with a pro controller, or on Steam with a Hori Fight Pad, the moves have tighter input delay requirements.
That alone makes Ultra my favorite edition of the game. I still love Super Turbo and I will probably keep challenging randos on Fightcade till I die, but for casual fun Ultra is the way to go. Too bad it's on Switch and costs like 40 bucks
It's $20 on Switch for another 10 days or so.
11:54～12:22
Gouki (Akuma) is the one who defeated Ryu and Ken's master Gouken and killed his own brother, GouTetsu, who trained with Gouken.
It is unknown if GouTetsu will appear in future Street Fighter series, but if he does, it will be because he was defeated."
SUPERSTREETFIGHTERⅡMode(NO.SUPERGAGE)
Immediately after deciding on a character, input the following command corresponding to that character, then press Weak-P or Weak-P and Weak-K simultaneously.
RYU「→→→←」
KEN「←←←→」
E・HONDA「↑↑↑↓」
CHUN-LI「↓↓↓↑」
BLANKA「→←←←」
Zangief「←→→→」
Guile「↑↓↓↓」
Dhalsim「↓↑↑↑」
T. Hawk「→→←←」
Cammy「↑↑↓↓」
FEILONG「←←→→」
Deejay「↓↓↑↑」
Balrog(M. Bison.)「→←←→」
VEGA(Balrog)「←→→←」
Sagat「↑↓↓↑」
M. Bison.(VEGA)「↓↑↑↓」
(↑、→、←、↓:Lever input operation)
My main concern is getting the maximum amount of content. This was a great and really helpful video, but I think I’m still confused on if certain features are included in certain versions. Like, does Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers include the option to view intros and endings from across the SFII series like the Anniversary Edition does?
Let’s say I want EVERYTHING. Every version of every character, every palate swap, every graphics and sound options, every stage and bonus stage, all of it. What would be the minimum number of games I would need to get in the SFII series to collected ALL the content?
I was about to comment a joke about how you forgot to talk about Rainbow Edition, but it seems the pinned message already talked about it in great length. From an outside viewer’s point of view, maybe talking about Rainbow Edition in the pinned comment was for the best; your video would probably double in length lol
Still a very enjoyable video nonetheless! Love me some classic SF history.
I gotta say I appreciate this comment a whole lot more than the 50 identical "u forgot rainbow edition lol" ones. Thank you! 🐑✨
This needs more views, this is so well made! And informative
It does NOT need more views, I'm already overwhelmed! 😭 jk thank you.
Good job! I wouldn't have thought I'd watch a half hour video on SF2, but here I am 😅
Violent Ken actually first showed up in a Street Fighter II manga prior to the movie and prior to Evil Ryu.
Great content.
Oh cool! I actually didn't know that so thank you. 💕✨✨
@@rexthesheep you are welcome.
I recommend looking up the Manga. At very least, for the covers alone. A lot of the most iconic Street Fighter art comes from there.
Notable covers:
Zangief flexing so hard blood squirts out of his head. This has been referenced a lot. One of his poses in Puzzle Fighter/Gem Fighter is this pose.
Awesome Vega cover after a fight where his claws are broken. Nothing really special lore-wise, I just like it.
Sagat holding a defeated opponent by the head (either dead or unconscious). Looks like Ryo from Art of Fight with Roberto's head. Orange Gi. This is the first seed of what became Dan Hibiki. This exact pose shows up in certain intro poses in the Alpha series and CvS series. Either against Ryu or Dan depending on the game. This is Go Hibiki, Dan's father.
I remember it very clearly in school my favourite game ever.
Just the video i was looking for. thanks for the in depth explanations!
On a sidenote, Xbox One Series X/S, PS4/5 and Nintendo Switch they all have Capcom Arcade Stadium Volume 1 and 2 and Street Fighter 2 compilation is on both but this time though it has the option to select the region either Western or Japanese.
Yeah that was after I made this video, buuuut they're not substantially different from other emulated arcade versions that existed at the time of the video. So it doesn't fully invalidate it just yet. :P
Nice work!! I really enjoyed that! Thanks!
Guys, he mentioned it in the description abt fightcade. For the casuals that don’t know, it’s just an emulator for arcade games with online play. Personally If I was a casual who wanted to play these games, I would take the time to look up how to set up fightcade. It’s genuinely amazing how good the online play is compared to the 30th anniversary edition and it doesn’t just have sf. U can play the og mk games, kof, and so much more. Even my personal favourite non fighting arcade game, ghosts n goblins. So I think you guys should try to set it up.
Nah, it's a totally fair criticism to say i didn't go into enough detail about emulation in the video, so don't worry about those comments. I appreciate it though! Thank you for taking the time to actually read the description. :P
We always called it Super Nintendo in my neighborhood but in commercials they called it the Super NES and I always thought that sounded cool for some reason
Officially it is "Super NES", but outside of like, using official terms in TH-cam videos, hardly anyone I know uses it in casual conversation. We always called it the Super Nintendo when I was little too.
Fun Fact: When Tyson learned about his likeness when being compared to the boxer, he was actually honored
Neat that Hyper SF2 is coming back in Capcom Fighting Collection wooop woop!
as a old head this was a great watch thanks for the video quality content
Best memories was the new challengers on snes and the movie on import vhs.
Now I got 30th anniv on switch and the movie in Blu-ray.
Superb video. Thanks!
9:41 True, while there were kiosks that could rewrite data onto special cartridges, and various console modem adaptors, such features weren't widely available.