

If you’re using a computer or a tablet you’ll be fine, but if you’re reading this on mobile and that arcade poster above messed up the text it might be best to read it in landscape/horizontal mode, even though that may go against everything you believe in. Housekeepingīefore we get started, there’s a couple of things I want to point out, just to avoid potential confusion and comments later.įirstly, this is an image-heavy article and the site is a bit funny when looking at right-aligned images on a mobile in portrait/vertical mode (which is something I’m working on). In preparation for the release of the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection next week, then, enjoy the largest article I’ve ever written as we travel through the entire history of Street Fighter in true Tired Old Hack style: 27,000 words, one page, no ads or slideshows for your reading convenience. How do I know? Because I’m the mad bastard who’s tried to list every single one of them below.
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The main series is just the tip of the Street Fighter iceberg, though – the antenna on the smashable car, if you’d rather – because since that first game in 1987 there have been nearly 150 different Street Fighter games, spin-offs, movies, TV shows and cameo crossovers with other games. What’s impressive about it is that, its dated first game aside – hey, we’ve all got to start somewhere – more or less every main entry in the Street Fighter series refuses to age, and continues to be immensely playable while other, often younger, games start to feel practically prehistoric. Their voice actors from the original series (except Ken) was change a bit.The Street Fighter series is currently in its 30th year, and what a three decades it’s been.Ĭapcom’s one-on-one (and sometimes 2-on-2 and 3-on-3) fighting series has consistently entertained die-hards and occasional dabblers alike, from its ‘10p a go’ arcade days (yes, I’m old enough to remember when arcade games cost that) to its bombastic modern-day console offerings.The home version also brings back Hayate as a secret character. The PlayStation features a standard arcade, versus and practice modes, along with an all new "director mode" and a "bonus game". North American cover artwork of the PlayStation version.Ī home version of Street Fighter EX2 Plus for the PlayStation was also released in 1999, released a few months shortly after the arcade version. The player can now connect a basic move or special move into the same move instead of being limited to a different move. The Excel Combo system from the original EX2 was also slightly revised. While the previous EX games feature characters who had Lv.3-only Super Combos, in EX2 Plus it became a standard feature for all the characters, with each character having at least one Meteor Combo. In addition to the Super Combos and Excel Combos in the original EX2, EX2 Plus also features "Meteor Combos", more powerful Super Combos which can only be performed filling up all three stocks of the Super Combo gauge. A non-selectable version of Bison named " Bison II" appears in the game as a final opponent in the single-player mode.

Sagat makes his debut in the EX series along with new characters Vulcano Rosso (an Italian martial artist) and Area (a young girl equipped with a large mechanical arm). Bison, along with Pullum Purna and Darun Mister, who were all excluded from the original Street Fighter EX2, returned in EX2 Plus.

Nanase now serves as a regular character in his place. The game retains all the characters from the original game, with the exception of Hayate, who was removed from the game. Arcade Īn enhanced version, titled Street Fighter EX2 Plus, was released for the arcades a year after the original Street Fighter EX2. A gameplay image of Street Fighter EX 2 Plus.
