I was a teenager when street fighter 2 came out & it was the reason I purchased a SNES. I'm now about to turn 50 years old & this game still has a place in my heart.
I thougt it was to demonstrate how impressivly powerful the character is against a meassurable object. Everyone knows how difficult it would be to completely destroy a car with bare hands in real life.
Simple- The Lexus LS400 / Toyota Celsior is arguably the most indestructible car ever made, built like a bank vault with some over 1 million miles on the original V8 1UZFE engine/transmission. These cars have stood the test of time and to destroy one is a formidable task hence why it was chosen for SF2
Them Toyota 1UZ-FE engines are strong as fuck, variations of the 1UZ-FE were manufactured for over 20 years. The reason they are so durable is it’s over square bore/stroke ratio allows it to reach high RPM and it has 6-bolt main bearings, it’s basically a racing engine. 20+ years ago I helped my friend put one of these Toyota V8’s in his HiLux, it doesn’t surprise me one bit that people have got a million miles on a stock 1UZ-FE, the con-rods and crank shaft are forged steel and the pistons are hypereutectic. Toyota made some great engines during the 1990’s like this V8, the 2JZ and the 1JZ they were great engines with a turbo or naturally aspirated they were bullet proof.
It might be. He likely sends in an insurance claim afterwards. Otherwise, it's a publicity stunt for the company,.because even if 100 people fail, that's only 1k, not enough for a car even in the 90's.
I remember as a kid, I went through a spell of not hitting the car on the bonus stage. I remember explaining to friends that, it was unfair on the person who had parked at the docks and would come back to find his car destroyed...
Back in the 80s and 90s Japanese cars were kicking the American auto industry's ass. This lead to a trend called "Japan bashing," where U.S auto workers would smash up Japanese cars with sledgehammers as a public display of their anger over losing their jobs. I remember this being a recurring news story just shortly before SF2II came out. Though I can't prove it for sure, I always assumed that the Japanese were aware of this and that they were kind of having fun with it by putting it in the game. This theory always seemed to make sense to me given the fact that the car's license plate was "JAPAN," at least in the english language version of the game anyway. It seemed it was really important to the game makers that the players understood that it was specifically a Japanese car that they were smashing. As the narrator of this youtube video points out, you smash up the car in what appears to be Ken's stage, which is, of course, meant to be in the United States; arguably, this further supports my theory this bonus stage is meant to reference the American Japan bashing trend of the early 90s. Within just a few short years of SFII's release, Japan bashing had faded from the public consciousness and people no longer understood the real life reason behind the bonus stage. What do you think, does this sound like a reasonable theory?
I think we need to go back further than Final Fight. The original Street Fighter had bonus stage, that used timing, and strength to give you a final score, they are based on bonus stages from the first arcade 1 v 1 fighting game Karate Champ.
Tournament Organizer: Every third match you'd like the contestants to destroy a car. Bison: It is a test of strength! Organizer: Yeah, it is cool... Does it have to be, for budgetary reasons, a fully loaded Mercedes S-Class? Bison: Yes! We must have all the additional options! GPS navigation, walnut trim steering wheel, DVD players for the kids! Organizer: Ok, if you wanna destroy a car, why not destroy a used Volvo? Bison: THE CAR EVENT STAYS! Orgainzer: Thank you for hearing me.
Car owners proudly thinking- "I'll park in this sensible quiet safe spot as Im a responsible owner with exorbitantly high insurance excess premiums" ....nek minute😅😅😅
“Test your might!” The bonus stages helped me with the rhythm of the attacks. How soon you could input a new command after the last was finished. Didn’t really get the barrel stage unless I played in the arcade or the Street Fighter collection released way later. Easiest with the car was Ryu or Ken. Low punch Dragon Punches hit twice while the other attacks take longer to recover or only hit once.
There is a haunting hard to pin down beauty to the philosophy and lore in old school street fighter games,anime. Something that i can not easily articulate but feel the loss of as time leaves it behind 😅
Well the real reason we have that stage is because sf2 was originally going to be final fight. I assume the car stage was a holdover idea, as it appears in both games, and is basically identical to one another, and both series take place in the same universe.
I used to play this game so much growing up in Asia, that I would have reoccurring fever dreams of me being on one side of this stage and Bison on the other side of the car. He would then flip the car over and pinning me underneath the car. This dream would reoccur decades later after I have stopped playing and moved to the U.S.A. Last time I had the dream was in 2017, and the last time I played that game was probably mid 90’s.
Super Nintendo was so much fun playing. Kids today really should try out the old Gen systems and games especially if their parents have those still. I still got all of my systems
4:25 - the "Oh, my car" line comes from the US SNES Final Fight. In the Arcade and Japan Super FC releases, Brett says, "Oh, my God." So, thank Nintendo of America, and Howard Lincoln.
The show version of Final fight was called Street Fighter 89. Capcom America wanted Capcom Japan to make Street fighter part 2 so they made Final fight but it was not something Capcom America expected so they made it Street fighter II instead. So besically, Final fight was meant to be a part of Steeet fighter series, which is probably why it has the car bonus stage.
It's amazing what kind of videos have been watched 240,000x more than anyone's read my series of books (~600,000 words and 350+ non-A.I. illustrations). 💪😎✌️ This is one example, baby! Destroying cars with 90's martial arts cartoons is bloody awesome.
I was there at the arcade in CA where combos were 'discovered' a literal week before the first international Tournament, EVER. They were terrified because we had also discovered 'RE-DIZZYS' You could basically stun-lock your opponenet, EVERY time. impromptu rules had to be made after the first round of the tournament when they noticed we were all using REDIZZYS. It would become grounds for disqualification form round 2 on.
Breaking objects like wooden boards, bricks, blocks of ice, etc. have been part of traditional martial arts. I think the bonus stages were added to reflect this and as a way to earn more points. I also think they added a car to show the characters power level. Breaking a few bricks looks impressive. Destroying a whole car makes the character look superhuman.
I always wondered about the bonus stages myself. But I guess its mainly to add more points to your overall score. But now I know the in depth reason behind them. Thanks for the explanation! 👍👍
The bonus stage reminds me of straightaways in motor racing, whereby the straight road gives a brief respite from the myriad corners of the racing circuit.
I wished the final boss that you knock out the highrise window in Final Fight would've landed on another car for that guy to get upset about. "Oh... Not again!"
In that 90s 3D Street Fighter game, I think it's called Street Fighter EX? Well in that they take the car destruction bonus stage and take it to the extreme. Instead of a car, you have to beat up and destroy and frigging SATELLITE in space! Apparently it's a lot of fun, that game, but it doesn't play anything like normal Street Fighter. It's a real shame it's not included in any Street Fighter game collections. Because game preservation is incredibly important.
@@negativeindustrial They are still part of our history and culture. Imagine if games like chess were lost to time because it was no longer profitable to publish them.
its because it was programed by Arika, probably because they were more experienced in 3D games than Capcom at that time and Capcom needed something to fight tekken, virtual fighter, Soul edge/calibur, etc. Legal agreement is that Arika can use SF name and characters just for that saga for a fixed period. So Arika cant remake that game because they dont own SF characters or name. Capcom cant release that because all game, code mechanics and EX original characters belong to Arika.
Legend has it, that the guy who made Bruce Lee's personal training equipment was starting to out-source to junkyards for materials, because Bruce was too hard on weaker fare.
Nice video, thanks for making it. There’s also a destroy the car stage in Namco’s Point Blank 2 ( ガンバリ in Japan) The car is falling towards you in front of some buildings that are reminiscent of the buildings in the SFII intro I wonder if that was put in as an intentional homage to Capcom.
Bonus stages were such a nice respite for players that arcade operators hated them and Capcom removed them for Super Turbo. Gotta keep the flow of quarters coming into the machines, and bonus stages slowed the process.
You THINK it's Bison's car... Bison can't drive, never saw the appeal since he can kinda fly... but some poor guy parked in Bison's spot and everyone assumed it was his car... 😂
In car terms, Lexus didn’t exist before 1990 in the North America. So this is one of the 1st games with there only car in it. It’s automotive product placement possibly.
I've grown to think it's a Yujiro Hanma-esque show of strength, there's no benefit to destroying objects, save the knowledge that even the strength of something considered Strong is breakable under your might.
Isn't Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 2? With all the transformations as separate characters? MKA has 62 +your created character, which is huge, but DBZBT2 (or was it the 3?) Had a lot of "extra characters"...
The casket bonus stage never was too hard to me, but it always played the same, strong kick to one side, then strong kick to the other side, repeat until all caskets are destroyed, always when the timer reaches 0.
The iron pipe weapon in Final Fight's bonus stage is here for Haggar who is the slowest character and permits him to challenge with faster Cody and Guy.
Its because early games that influenced Street Fighter, like Kung Fu (Spartan X) and Yie Ar Kung Fu, had bonus stages in them. You were hitting fruit or dodging weapons in them though. So more of agility tests. Capcom beat em up Tenchi O Kurau 2 (Warriors of Fate) had EATING minigame and MK later would have Test Your Might.
'Member back in the day when used car lots and radio stations would team up and hold events where the last person touching a car would win it?....oh. Yeah, me neither!
At least for those people that don't have a car yet can experience the stress relief of destroying a car over the costs and repairs and responsibilities of actually owning a car. Only on Fighter Verse!
It just comes off as a way to explain away the most likely and plausible reason which is that this is simple product placement. It's also likely that Toyota Executives knew that this was going to be a car sold in America soon (1997 is when Lexus came to America) and it could have been just a way to get people to see it for the first time.
I was a teenager when street fighter 2 came out & it was the reason I purchased a SNES.
I'm now about to turn 50 years old & this game still has a place in my heart.
Were getting old...
"Ken, it says here in the packet your opponet isn't E. Honda, it's a Honda!!"
E Honda is unlocked after you destroy A through D Honda
Lol! 😂🤣
I'm fighting a car?!
"...I'm fighting a car?"
If I remember correctly, during the development stage of Street fighter II, E Honda was called Sumo.
I thougt it was to demonstrate how impressivly powerful the character is against a meassurable object. Everyone knows how difficult it would be to completely destroy a car with bare hands in real life.
Well the characters can breath fire, defy gravity and throw fireballs so I think we’d have assumed they were immensely strong regardless.
That’s what I thought too, or it was Bison’s car 😂
Love these Lexus es300 1990 why hurt them 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Simple- The Lexus LS400 / Toyota Celsior is arguably the most indestructible car ever made, built like a bank vault with some over 1 million miles on the original V8 1UZFE engine/transmission. These cars have stood the test of time and to destroy one is a formidable task hence why it was chosen for SF2
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Them Toyota 1UZ-FE engines are strong as fuck, variations of the 1UZ-FE were manufactured for over 20 years. The reason they are so durable is it’s over square bore/stroke ratio allows it to reach high RPM and it has 6-bolt main bearings, it’s basically a racing engine. 20+ years ago I helped my friend put one of these Toyota V8’s in his HiLux, it doesn’t surprise me one bit that people have got a million miles on a stock 1UZ-FE, the con-rods and crank shaft are forged steel and the pistons are hypereutectic. Toyota made some great engines during the 1990’s like this V8, the 2JZ and the 1JZ they were great engines with a turbo or naturally aspirated they were bullet proof.
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My 96 Avalon has 240K. Everything still works (except the after market radio, of course).
Or it could be that it was a bonus stage in final fight.
That car knows exactly what it did....
Did you see what it was wearing?
🤭😁😄😆😅🤣😂😭💀☠️
"You must defeat my car to stand a chance."
" Vroom-vroom"
Lol! 🤣😂
I thought it was to help someone commit insurance fraud haha
😂😂😂
Makes sense
Me too, to fund the tournament!
Medical malpractice when the doctor snips the end off his pecker.
It might be. He likely sends in an insurance claim afterwards. Otherwise, it's a publicity stunt for the company,.because even if 100 people fail, that's only 1k, not enough for a car even in the 90's.
0:26 without further HADUKEN
I remember as a kid, I went through a spell of not hitting the car on the bonus stage.
I remember explaining to friends that, it was unfair on the person who had parked at the docks and would come back to find his car destroyed...
Oh My God..................
@@chrisstallard2835 final fight was worse...it showed the reaction of the one having his car destroyed...
Oh my car! @@alexojideagu
Lol! 🤣😂
So curious, if you did this as kid, what did you end up pursuing as a career?
Back in the 80s and 90s Japanese cars were kicking the American auto industry's ass. This lead to a trend called "Japan bashing," where U.S auto workers would smash up Japanese cars with sledgehammers as a public display of their anger over losing their jobs. I remember this being a recurring news story just shortly before SF2II came out. Though I can't prove it for sure, I always assumed that the Japanese were aware of this and that they were kind of having fun with it by putting it in the game. This theory always seemed to make sense to me given the fact that the car's license plate was "JAPAN," at least in the english language version of the game anyway. It seemed it was really important to the game makers that the players understood that it was specifically a Japanese car that they were smashing. As the narrator of this youtube video points out, you smash up the car in what appears to be Ken's stage, which is, of course, meant to be in the United States; arguably, this further supports my theory this bonus stage is meant to reference the American Japan bashing trend of the early 90s. Within just a few short years of SFII's release, Japan bashing had faded from the public consciousness and people no longer understood the real life reason behind the bonus stage. What do you think, does this sound like a reasonable theory?
I'm sold seems most legit to me
You are correct I always believed this was why myself.
This "bashing" also happen to Japanese electronics in USA 😂
That Lexus is an icon of the game.
I think we need to go back further than Final Fight. The original Street Fighter had bonus stage, that used timing, and strength to give you a final score, they are based on bonus stages from the first arcade 1 v 1 fighting game Karate Champ.
I wonder if MK using it has anything to do with it never returning?
Ohhh my car
thank you
i felt that the SF1 bonus stages were a big omission in this video
or Art of Fighting
Drop the vid!!!! Jk… unless you gonna do it 👀
Tournament Organizer: Every third match you'd like the contestants to destroy a car.
Bison: It is a test of strength!
Organizer: Yeah, it is cool... Does it have to be, for budgetary reasons, a fully loaded Mercedes S-Class?
Bison: Yes! We must have all the additional options! GPS navigation, walnut trim steering wheel, DVD players for the kids!
Organizer: Ok, if you wanna destroy a car, why not destroy a used Volvo?
Bison: THE CAR EVENT STAYS!
Orgainzer: Thank you for hearing me.
Reminds me of the Pete Holmes skit about M Bison 😅
@@testshietchannel lol. Thats because it is my friend. Verbatim.
GPS? It was the 90s young thundercat!
GPS was available for some cars in the 90s. Wasn’t the Middle Ages, bro
I kind of like the car. It's a shame we must destroy it
Well, you don't really have to destroy it. You just won't get extra points.
But go ahead and leave it as a statement just to say "screw you, capcom" 😅
You don't have to.
Why. It's a ls400. If it was an Acura/Honda Legend it would be a travesty.
A lot of times, we just continued fighting each other.
Be cool if you could hop in and drive away
Okay Ryu, for your next round you'll be fighting E. Honda.
Ken, you will be fighting a Honda.
Car owners proudly thinking- "I'll park in this sensible quiet safe spot as Im a responsible owner with exorbitantly high insurance excess premiums" ....nek minute😅😅😅
I think it's a fun and great way to show their strength. This was to show the players HOW STRONG these characters really are. They are super human.
“Test your might!”
The bonus stages helped me with the rhythm of the attacks. How soon you could input a new command after the last was finished. Didn’t really get the barrel stage unless I played in the arcade or the Street Fighter collection released way later. Easiest with the car was Ryu or Ken. Low punch Dragon Punches hit twice while the other attacks take longer to recover or only hit once.
There is a haunting hard to pin down beauty to the philosophy and lore in old school street fighter games,anime. Something that i can not easily articulate but feel the loss of as time leaves it behind 😅
Well the real reason we have that stage is because sf2 was originally going to be final fight. I assume the car stage was a holdover idea, as it appears in both games, and is basically identical to one another, and both series take place in the same universe.
I used to play this game so much growing up in Asia, that I would have reoccurring fever dreams of me being on one side of this stage and Bison on the other side of the car. He would then flip the car over and pinning me underneath the car. This dream would reoccur decades later after I have stopped playing and moved to the U.S.A. Last time I had the dream was in 2017, and the last time I played that game was probably mid 90’s.
I like how it shows us how strong the fighters are. The car is kind of an anchor/baseline for powerschaling
Super Nintendo was so much fun playing. Kids today really should try out the old Gen systems and games especially if their parents have those still. I still got all of my systems
This particular YT channel won’t ever run out of content. lol I never even considered this subject before. I just smashed the car.
So many memories ❤ I love this channel. Great work
Thank you so much!
Enjoyed this very much!! Some cool addt’l insight, on top of the “Why break the car” part 👍🙏😁 Thank you
4:25 - the "Oh, my car" line comes from the US SNES Final Fight. In the Arcade and Japan Super FC releases, Brett says, "Oh, my God." So, thank Nintendo of America, and Howard Lincoln.
The show version of Final fight was called Street Fighter 89. Capcom America wanted Capcom Japan to make Street fighter part 2 so they made Final fight but it was not something Capcom America expected so they made it Street fighter II instead. So besically, Final fight was meant to be a part of Steeet fighter series, which is probably why it has the car bonus stage.
It's amazing what kind of videos have been watched 240,000x more than anyone's read my series of books (~600,000 words and 350+ non-A.I. illustrations). 💪😎✌️ This is one example, baby! Destroying cars with 90's martial arts cartoons is bloody awesome.
I was there at the arcade in CA where combos were 'discovered' a literal week before the first international Tournament, EVER. They were terrified because we had also discovered 'RE-DIZZYS' You could basically stun-lock your opponenet, EVERY time. impromptu rules had to be made after the first round of the tournament when they noticed we were all using REDIZZYS. It would become grounds for disqualification form round 2 on.
Wow! What a story. Those were some crazy times!
Damn I haven’t thought about this part of the game since the 90s but I clicked immediately
Which game had the evening at the harbor bonus stage???
Breaking objects like wooden boards, bricks, blocks of ice, etc. have been part of traditional martial arts. I think the bonus stages were added to reflect this and as a way to earn more points. I also think they added a car to show the characters power level. Breaking a few bricks looks impressive. Destroying a whole car makes the character look superhuman.
"Do you see what happens, Larry? Do you see what happens when YOU FIND A STRANGER IN THE ALPS???!??!?"
I always wondered about the bonus stages myself. But I guess its mainly to add more points to your overall score. But now I know the in depth reason behind them. Thanks for the explanation! 👍👍
You can say for the players point of view that is a mini game too
No 1 feels bad for Bred in Final Fight ? Pretty sure that his car 🚗
Oh my god.........snes version edit oh my car......lol
Same in snes final fight
The bonus stage reminds me of straightaways in motor racing, whereby the straight road gives a brief respite from the myriad corners of the racing circuit.
I wished the final boss that you knock out the highrise window in Final Fight would've landed on another car for that guy to get upset about. "Oh... Not again!"
In that 90s 3D Street Fighter game, I think it's called Street Fighter EX? Well in that they take the car destruction bonus stage and take it to the extreme. Instead of a car, you have to beat up and destroy and frigging SATELLITE in space! Apparently it's a lot of fun, that game, but it doesn't play anything like normal Street Fighter. It's a real shame it's not included in any Street Fighter game collections. Because game preservation is incredibly important.
“Game preservation” is not “extremely important” at all. They’re called “games” for a reason.
@@negativeindustrial They are still part of our history and culture. Imagine if games like chess were lost to time because it was no longer profitable to publish them.
its because it was programed by Arika, probably because they were more experienced in 3D games than Capcom at that time and Capcom needed something to fight tekken, virtual fighter, Soul edge/calibur, etc. Legal agreement is that Arika can use SF name and characters just for that saga for a fixed period. So Arika cant remake that game because they dont own SF characters or name. Capcom cant release that because all game, code mechanics and EX original characters belong to Arika.
Arika released 2 modern EX games (without any capcom stuff) for PS4 and Switch
I'm actually really surprised the "beating up a car" didn't make some kind of cameo or appearance in the Street Fighter movie...
Legend has it, that the guy who made Bruce Lee's personal training equipment was starting to out-source to junkyards for materials, because Bruce was too hard on weaker fare.
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Thanks and welcome
Nice video, thanks for making it.
There’s also a destroy the car stage in Namco’s Point Blank 2 ( ガンバリ in Japan)
The car is falling towards you in front of some buildings that are reminiscent of the buildings in the SFII intro
I wonder if that was put in as an intentional homage to Capcom.
Dam i completely forgot about the Final Fight bonus and the Gary crying about his car 🤣🤣
Used to love this, but was too young to play so I could just watch hoping ONE DAY
Beating up a Toyota is peak Alpha
Bonus stages were such a nice respite for players that arcade operators hated them and Capcom removed them for Super Turbo. Gotta keep the flow of quarters coming into the machines, and bonus stages slowed the process.
It’s true, those bonus stages were short and sweet but too easy to clear!
Who was best at the car stage, Chung Li or E Honda? lol
I think Honda...since he's named after a car brand 🤔😊😊
Blanka was really good
Blanka was legit too.
Blanka
Blanka
E Honda smashing a rival brand car makes sense.
The barrel stage was NOT a safe space.😅
I always thought it was funny to play "Oh! My car!" repeatedly in the Final Fighty sound test.
I like to do a save state on these bonus stages so i can play them anytime i want.
I never had and may never have a Lexus in my life. But I enjoyed breaking it many many times.
You can literally go from punching and kicking E. Honda to punching and kicking A. Lexus😎
that car is a national menace and it must be destroyed at all costs
It was M. Bison’s car.
Spent too much money on costumes had to buy a reasonable car you know?
More sagat than bison 😊
You THINK it's Bison's car... Bison can't drive, never saw the appeal since he can kinda fly... but some poor guy parked in Bison's spot and everyone assumed it was his car... 😂
I always took pride in breaking it fully 😁
In car terms, Lexus didn’t exist before 1990 in the North America. So this is one of the 1st games with there only car in it. It’s automotive product placement possibly.
How does this stage compare to Mortal Kombat's 'Test your Might' stage?
This started in Final Fight. "Oh my GOD" became "Oh my CAR" when they were worried about 'offending' people
Lol! Bred, oh my car! And he cries like a baby! 😂🤣
I've grown to think it's a Yujiro Hanma-esque show of strength, there's no benefit to destroying objects, save the knowledge that even the strength of something considered Strong is breakable under your might.
Random question:
What fighting game has the biggest roster?
Thanks
Mk armageddon
Isn't Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 2? With all the transformations as separate characters? MKA has 62 +your created character, which is huge, but DBZBT2 (or was it the 3?) Had a lot of "extra characters"...
The casket bonus stage never was too hard to me, but it always played the same, strong kick to one side, then strong kick to the other side, repeat until all caskets are destroyed, always when the timer reaches 0.
What’s the name of the song at the end of the video
Final Fight was a classic especially w/Haggar!
Cool, it's a nice bonus.
God bless Street Fighter's father.
Sure is!
Cool subbed
I felt like the "Car Stage" is a CAPCOM trademark, and they should have included it into more games as easter eggs.
The bonus stages were always my favorite. The barrel stage is by the most fun stage.
i didnt realise it was a mystery until this video :p
If it was a Mustang - I would’ve understood as child - but a Lexus always felt bad.
Bred: "Oh my car..." *Sobs*
The iron pipe weapon in Final Fight's bonus stage is here for Haggar who is the slowest character and permits him to challenge with faster Cody and Guy.
I thought it was a sponsorship from Lexus Toyota 😂
the real reason: wouldnt it be cool if our fighters could destroy a car just by punching it?
I used the love that little break down the car thing lol
What about the bonus stage with the flaming barrels or pyramid of bricks? What was the point of those ones..
The fighter verse: why did we break the car in the bonus stage
Me: f u n
Oh my god there are documentaries about everything
And I'm watching them all
I always thought it was a Legend, but turns out that was in-Acura-te. thank you.
i thought there was a way to keep blanka rolling from left to right & back again.. is this possible?
Bonus stages used to be quite common, especially in arcade games.
I like the music!
"You must defeat my Toyota to stand a chance!"
"Here comes a new Lexus!"
"What are you?" "I'm Toyota made Hilux. Fell how weak you truly are!"
They should create a character whose sole purpose is to get revenge on those who destroyed his car.
Wait! Are you telling me that wasn't why Guy was created? 😂
i think it was the appeal of "destroying" a "virtual" car in the late 80's early 90's
✨✨Final Fight ✨✨2:34 🤗🎮
Which movie was it at 1:22?
The way she says sedan is amazing
"I'm so badass and strong I can break the World! Look at this car!!!"
So did M. Bison/Vega own that Lexus LS400 in game?
Its because early games that influenced Street Fighter, like Kung Fu (Spartan X) and Yie Ar Kung Fu, had bonus stages in them. You were hitting fruit or dodging weapons in them though. So more of agility tests. Capcom beat em up Tenchi O Kurau 2 (Warriors of Fate) had EATING minigame and MK later would have Test Your Might.
'Member back in the day when used car lots and radio stations would team up and hold events where the last person touching a car would win it?....oh. Yeah, me neither!
Its still a thing in some parts of asia.
At least for those people that don't have a car yet can experience the stress relief of destroying a car over the costs and repairs and responsibilities of actually owning a car.
Only on Fighter Verse!
Bonus stages were means of demonstrating, what fighters are capable of, and recording fight data for Shalloo scientist To make the perfect soldier
I like The Punisher bonus stage, you shoot barrels that fall.
I'm just here to tell you all that Ken and Akuma are the best characters in street fighter!💯😤
It just comes off as a way to explain away the most likely and plausible reason which is that this is simple product placement. It's also likely that Toyota Executives knew that this was going to be a car sold in America soon (1997 is when Lexus came to America) and it could have been just a way to get people to see it for the first time.
It was so cathartic to smash it. Dopamine is good.