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Street Fighter 2

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Street Fighter II Turbo for Super Nintendo

Street Fighter 2: The World Warrior (1991) was a popular arcade game created by the Japan-based company Capcom. It centers around two characters, Ryu and Ken (the two main characters from the original Street Fighter), facing the evil villain M. Bison (Vega in the japanese version).

Street Fighter 2 is widely considered to be the "Grandfather" of the fighting game genre, since it revolutionized a less-than-popular game category. It is still considered by many purists to be the finest example of the genre, relying more on control and playability than graphics and flash, like its fighting counterparts Mortal Kombat and Killer Instinct. Karate Champ and Street Fighter I were two one-on-one fighting games which preceded Street Fighter 2.

Legacy

This popular video game inspired several sequels:
Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo is the last of the Street Fighter 2 spin-off's, but by no means the last Street Fighter game. It featured enhanced speed and difficulty, while still applying the gameplay and characters from Super Street Fighter 2.

Capcom, received much criticism from fans for releasing yet another re-hash of a dated game instead of the long awaited Street Fighter 3.See also:The Killer List of Video Game's entry on Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo

Many of these were both arcade and console video game hits.

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