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This is my fourth time trying to put up this thread due to computer/smashboard problems. I will update it later.
Yes, the title says it all....
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What is Street Fighter?
Yes, the title says it all....
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What is Street Fighter?
Street Fighter is a long-running 2-D based fighting game series from Capcom. The first game, Street Fighter, came out in 1987 on arcade and home consoles such as Atari and Commodore 64. This was the precedent for the Street Fighter character and led to staples such as Ryu, Ken, Sagat, Adon, Gen, and many others.
The next installment was Street Fighter II in 1991 and included other staples such as Chun Lee, Dhalsim, E Honda, Guile, Zangief, Balrog, Vega, and Blanka. Characters such as Zangief, Chun Lee, and Guile became world famous after the game. Street Fighter II: New Challengers included T. Hawk, Fei Long, Dee Jay, and the infamous Cammy.
After Street Fighter II, Capcom put out the Alpha series, in 1995, which are prequels to the first Street Fighter. Characters such as Sakura, Rolento, Birdie, Karin, Juni, Juli, Guy, Charlie, Dan, Rose, and many others.
Following the Alpha series was the EX series between 1996-2000. This saw a slight shift from the 2-D to a integrated 3-D fighter but still kept the 2-D elements. In my opinion, the EX characters were not as well received (Skullomania) but it was still a positively reviewed game.
Next came Street Fighter III in 1997 and was a vast departure from the Street Fighter series in both play style and the roster. Ken and Ryu were the only characters to appear in Street Fighter III while newer characters such as Ibuki, Sean, Alex, Yun and Yang, Oro, and Dudley made appearances. These characters became fairly popular in appear every now and then in Street Fighter/Capcom games.
Capcom then began to embark on VS. titles by teaming up with well known companies to produce crossover fighting games. You can say this was the start of the Crossover craze and that Capcom was the catalyst for this new gaming fad which is still popular today and even helped influenced the Smash series to an extent. In 1996, Capcom released X-Men vs Street Fighter which pitted the Marvel franchise, X-Men with Street Fighter. This was one of the first crossover games in gaming history. After X-Men vs Capcom, Capcom produced Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter in 1997 which expanded the Marvel roster to include characters such as Ironman and The Hulk. The next year, Capcom finally put out Marvel vs Capcom which opened up a new franchise. The game opened the Capcom roster to include mascots such as Stryder, Megaman, Roll, etc.
In 2000, Capcom came out with Marvel vs Capcom 2 which was critically acclaimed and still is played by dedicated fans. Additionally, Capcom helped produce a crossover game with SNK Playmore. The first game, Capcom vs SNK, was released in 2000, Capcom vs SNK 2 in 2001, and Capcom vs SNK EO 2. However, there were no fighting crossover games between 2003-2008 until Tatsunoko vs Capcom was released in December of 2008. It was positively received in Japan which led to a interest in bringing the game to the West. While it looked dim, the game was finally released a year later. The game pitted Capcom's finest with the Tatsunoko superheroes like Ken the Eagle and Casshern. Capcom has intended to have Tatsuno vs Capcom help revitalize the crossover franchises.
In 2011, Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds was released and immediately became the hottest game. Capcom has since released an expansion pack adding new characters such as Stryder, Frank West, Phoenix Wright, Doctor Strange, Nova, and Rocket Raccoon.
Just recently, Capcom released one of the more anticipated titles, Street Fighter x Tekken, a Namco series. It was also revealed that Namco would produce a Tekken x Street Fighter.
In 2008, Capcom released the next of their Street Fighter series, Street Fighter IV which was widely received by critics and gamers alike. It is not hard to see that this game helped mold the later Crossover games such as Street Fighter x Tekken. To this day, Street Fighter IV remains a very popular game in the fighting game community
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Characters
Chun-Li (SSBCanidates)
What is this Thread About?
This is the Street Fighter support thread! Instead of making individual character support threads, I decided to combine them all into one fan-based support thread. That way, we can cover Street Fighter characters in the Smash universe without too much hang up likeliness in being in Smash.
I want this support thread to be entirely ran by fans of the Street Fighter series and characters. That being said, I would like to invite everyone to create a character post of a Street Fighter character. Each post should include:
- Character's name
- Descriptions
- Pictures
- Move Set
- Play style information
- Why YOU think this character would fits/deserves a chance in Street Fighter
Basically, you create a your own character post! Members and guests can provide comments/feedback/advice in crafting your character. In addition, members and guests can provide additional information, move sets, costumes, palette swaps, etc. It is your responsibility to update your character profile. I will be adding information in the OP's as the thread gets bigger.
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Why Street Fighter?
This might be the question everyone is asking themselves when they view this thread? Why Street Fighter? I hope to present some arguments as to why a Street Fighter character can be added to Smash regardless if it's Ryu, M. Bison, Ken, Chun-li, Akuma, etc.
Capcom and Street Fighter
Street Fighter is one of the main franchises belonging to Capcom along with our beloved Blue Bomber, Mega Man, Resident Evil (Biohazard in Japan), Devil May Cry, Monster Hunter, Onimusha, Lost Planet, Dead Rising, Phoenix Wright, and Lost Planet with a host of other minor franchises. As well, Capcom has created a horde of iconical character that span between decades and consoles. That being said, many of these iconical characters come from the Street Fighter series such as Ryu, Chun-li, Sakura, Ken, Blanka, Akuma, Cammy. M.Bison, and many others. It wouldn't be far to say that Street Fighter is one of it's most successful series. Especially since it's mascot, Mega Man, has yet to be featured in a major game release.
Chances for Street Fighter
How can I become a Street Fighter?