Street Fighter II
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Street Fighter II (Sutoriito Faitaa Tsuu), called SFII for short, is the hugely successful sequel to Street Fighter, first released by Japanese company Capcom in 1991. It is widely regarded as revolutionary, thanks to its sophisticated controls and skill level. It has an ESRB rating of T.
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Gameplay
The controls for SFII include an eight-direction joystick and six buttons. The joystick moves the fighter, with pressing it up resulting in a jump, and blocking attacks by pushing it back. The buttons are divided into three punch buttons and three kicks, each a different strength. A combination of the joystick movement with a button does a special move.
On the playfield it is a one-on-one match. There is a score for the player, which increases with each successful hit against the opponent, and a vitality gauge for each combatant. The time limit is 99 seconds. When a combatant's vitality gauge is exhausted during the fight, the other fighter standing is the winner. There are also three bonus rounds, where the fighters break a car, barrels, and flaming oil drums to increase their score.
Story
A few years after the first World Warrior martial arts tournament, M. Bison, leader of the international crime syndicate "Shadoloo", holds a second tournament to see who the greatest fighter in the world is.
Characters
- Ryu - A Japanese martial artist who lives for the fight, and nothing else. He enters in search of stronger opponents. He is a master of a fictional martial art called Ansatsuken.
- Ken Masters - Ryu's American friend and sparring partner, he enters for glory and money. Having trained with Ryu, he uses the same fighting style as his friend.
- Guile - An American Air Force Lieutenant who enters the tournament to get revenge on Bison, who killed his friend Charlie.
- Chun-Li - A Chinese officer from Interpol also looking for revenge on Bison, who killed her father.
- Edmond Honda - A Japanese sumo wrestler who wants to prove that sumo is the greatest sport in the world.
- Zangief - A Russian professional wrestling who is out to prove the superiority of "Mother Russia."
- Blanka - A green skinned Brazilian wild man out to search for his mother.
- Dhalsim - A Hindu mystic who enters the tournament to raise money for his impoverished village.
- Balrog (M. Bison in Japan) - An African American boxer and henchman to Bison: the first boss in the game.
- Vega (Balrog in Japan) - Another henchman to Bison, he is a Spanish masked bullfighter who fights with a claw. He is the game's second boss.
- Sagat - Returning from the first game, he is a Muay Thai kickboxer who wants to get revenge on Ryu since he scarred him in their previous fight. He is the third boss.
- M. Bison (Vega in Japan) The evil leader of Shadoloo, he holds the tournament to find stronger opponents.
The similarities between Mike "M" Bison and Mike Tyson resulted in the name shuffle of characters between the American and Japanese versions.
Versions
The first version, SFII: The World Warrior, was released in 1991. Following the success of The World Warrior, Capcom released SFII': Champion Edition, which offered the chance to play as the four bosses. Soon, hacked, bootlegged versions of this game started popping around, having faster game speed and the chance to switch characters mid-round. Capcom sued the hackers and won, and produced their own official ROM revision of Champion Edition: SFII' Turbo: Hyper Fighting. This introduced new special moves to most of the fighters and was much faster, hence the "Turbo" in the title. This version is regarded as the best of all versions of SFII to date by most players.
