The first was "Street Fighter II - The World Warrior" more commonly referred to as 'Street Fighter II'. * There were only ever THREE official Capcom versions of SFII, at least until the switch to the CPS2 system was made. Capcom had neither confirmed nor denied the Sheng Long story - obviously spotting the increase in revenue the mythical character could generate - and it was only much later that EGM themselves admitted that it was just an April Fools' joke.
When the EGM issue came out, thousands of gamers spent hours pouring money into SFII machines, trying to get to this non-existent character. His style was essentially a mix of Ryu's and Ken's styles, but was much faster and inflicted far greater damage. Should you achieve this, Sheng Long would apparently appear and kill Bison, and the player would then fight him instead. To reach him, according to EGM, the player had to survive a number of matches against M. The story relates to a supposed secret character in SFII his name was Sheng Long, the 'master' of Ryu and Ken.
SFII was already very popular in the arcades when the April issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) came out. * Fans of Street Fighter are well accustomed to the story of 'Sheng Long'. To avoid further litigation Capcom gave Ken a surname. * With the rapid success of SFII, it was rumored that Mattel, the makers of Barbie, sued Capcom for using the name Ken - insisting that people would confuse the Street Fighter character with that of Barbie's boyfriend. Just like the world map of the final version, the island would scroll on-screen to show the next destination, culminating at the top of the island. At this time, eight prototype characters and an Island design was drawn. Any fighting game that has appeared after SFII is influenced - to a greater or lesser degree - by the Capcom legend.ĭuring the development of SFII (and before the release of "Final Fight"), the very first free-hand drawing was done in the fall of 1988. Within just weeks of release, its place in gaming history was assured. So innovative was the game, that many of the game-play elements that fighting fans now take for granted, appeared HERE first. SFII was the fighting game that changed the face of video-games forever. = > LK (Short), MK (Forward), HK (Roundhouse) Street Fighter II is a fighting game in the truest sense of the word, with deceptively deep and strategic gameplay ensuring that experienced players would destroy simple 'button mashers' with relative ease. These special moves, while being difficult to execute due to the complexity of the joystick and buttons combinations required, allows the fighter to inflict huge amounts of damage on their opponent. One or two players can choose from eight selectable World Warriors and must defeat the other seven, before finally taking on four non-selectable 'boss' characters.Įach fighter is as distinctive in feel and fighting style as they are in physical appearance, with each protagonist possessing several fantastical 'special moves' (the first genuine example of such in the fighting genre) to accompany the usual array of kicks, punches and throws. Street Fighter II - The World Warrior is the legendary fighting game that defined the fighting game genre. Street Fighter II - The World Warrior (c) 1991 Capcom. Play your favorite classic games and more with the GameEx front end.
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