Capcom takes the wraps off its new Street Fighter compilation.

[CitznFish]

Capcom takes the wraps off its new Street Fighter compilation.

In preparation for the upcoming Tokyo Game Show, Capcom has held a brief meeting to discuss a handful of its upcoming games. One of those games is a new Street Fighter II compilation, which is planned to release as a part of the 15th anniversary of the original Street Fighter II.






Rather than merely compile all of the Street Fighter II games onto one disc and release it as your basic arcade compilation, Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition will combine all the different versions of each Street Fighter II character and place them into one game. The game will use the character sprites found in the last game to bear the Street Fighter II name, Super Street Fighter II Turbo. But you'll be able to go back and choose, say, Ken from the original Street Fighter II, before his dragon punch had its additional reach and his hurricane kick performed multiple hits. The character select screen, also modeled after SSF2T, will first ask you which game you'd like to choose from, offering the choice of World Warriors, Champion Edition, Turbo, Super, and Super Turbo. From there you'll select your character. Icons will appear on screen in place of the Super Turbo installment's super meter, denoting which version of a character you've selected.

In addition to the fighting itself, Hyper Street Fighter II will also feature a gallery mode, which will contain artwork, opening and ending sequences from all the games, and credits for the various installments. Background information on the Street Fighter II games will also be available, as will a complete anime feature, which was originally released in 1994.

The game's producer, Kenji Itsuno, was on hand to show off the upcoming PlayStation 2 title, and he also stated that a separate strategy DVD, showing off all the different combos and tricks found throughout the series, is also in the works. Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition is currently scheduled to be released to the Japanese market in December.

[Nailz]

15th Anniversary?  The article says it came out in 1994... either way, a long time ago, didn't realize it was that old.

[DAmnb]

15 years, is everyone over at gamespot doing crack?
Their own article says it was released in 1994 (1994+15=2009) man I must have gotten really drunk last newyears if I passed out and missed a whole six years?!

Street Fighter II was released in 1991 and Street Fighter in 1987, man those crazy fools over at gamespot    

Still its good news if you like me love SF (and hate gamespot )

[u_rebelscum]

15 years, is everyone over at gamespot doing crack?
Their own article says it was released in 1994 (1994+15=2009) man I must have gotten really drunk last newyears if I passed out and missed a whole six years?!

Street Fighter II was released in 1991 and Street Fighter in 1987, man those crazy fools over at gamespot    

Still its good news if you like me love SF (and hate gamespot )

Maybe their number came from the Street Fighter date of 1987, since 1987 + 15 = 2002.  Much closer, but still off. [shrug]

[mkdevo]

hmm... well, the 1994 mentioned is referring to the original release of the 'complete anime feature', not the original release of SFII... still odd though..