Street Fighter II

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Street Fighter II
(ストリートファイターⅡ Sutorīto Faitā Tsū?) is
a1991 fighting game produced by Capcom originally released
as an arcade game. A sequel to Street Fighter, Street Fighter
IIimproved upon the many concepts introduced in the first
game, including the use of command-based special moves
and a six-button configuration, while offering players a
selection of multiple playable characters, each with their own
unique fighting style and special moves.
Street Fighter II is credited for starting the fighting game
boom during the 1990s. Its success led to the production of
several updated versions, each offering additional features and
characters over previous versions, as well as many home
versions. Some of the home versions of the Street Fighter
II games have sold over millions of copies, with the SNES
port of the first Street Fighter IIbeing Capcom's best-selling
consumer game of all-time as of2008.
Game play
Street Fighter II follows several of the conventions and
rules already established by its original 1987 predecessor. The
player engages opponents in one-on-one close quarter combat
in a series of best-two-out-of-three matches. The objective of
each round is to deplete the opponent's vitality before the
timer runs out. If both opponents knock each other out at the
same time or the timer runs out with both fighters having an
equal amount of vitality left, then a "double KO" or "draw
game" is declared and additional rounds will be played
until sudden death. In the first Street Fighter II, a match could
last up to ten rounds if there was no clear winner; this was
reduced to four rounds in Champion Edition and onward. If
there is no clear winner by the end of the final round, then
either the computer-controlled opponent will win by default in
a single-player match or both fighters will lose in a 2-player
match.
After every third match in the single player mode, the
player will participate in a "bonus game" for additional points.
The bonus games includes (in order) a car-breaking event; a
barrel breaking bonus game where the barrels are dropped off
from a conveyor belt above the player; and a drum-breaking
bonus game where drums are flammable and piled over each
other. The bonus games were removed from the arcade
version of Super Street Fighter II Turbo.
Like in the original, the game's controls uses a configuration
of an eight-directional joystick and six attack buttons. The
player uses the joystick to jump, crouch and move the
character towards or away from the opponent, as well as to
guard the character from an opponent's attacks. There are
three punch buttons and three kick buttons of differing
strength and speed (Light, Medium and Heavy). The player
can perform a variety of basic moves in any position,
including grabbing/throwing attacks, which were not featured in
the original Street Fighter. Like in the original, the player can
perform special moves by inputting a combination of
directional and button-based commands.
Street Fighter II differs from the original due to the selection
of multiple playable characters, each with their distinct fighting
styles and special moves. Additionally, the player can also
"cancel" during animation by performing another move,
allowing for a combination of several basic and special moves.
Both of these features would be expanded upon in
subsequent installments.

Charector
 The original version of Street Fighter II featured a roster
of eight playable characters that could be selected by the
player. Ryu andKen, the main characters from the
original Street Fighter returned along with six new characters
from different nationalities: E. Honda, a sumo wrestler from
Japan; Blanka, a beast-like man from Brazil;Guile, a former
special forces operative from the United States of
America; Chun-Li, a female martial artist from China; Zangief,
a pro wrestler from the USSR; and Dhalsim, a Yogi from
India.
The single player tournament mode also features four
CPU-controlled opponents whom the player faces after
defeating the other main characters. The bosses in the
game: Balrog (M.Bison in the Japanese version), an American
boxer; Vega (Balrog in Japan), a Spanish claw-welding
matador; Sagat, a one-eyed Muay Thai master and the former
champion from the original Street Fighter; and M. Bison (Vega
in Japan), a mysterious military commander. The African-
American boxer was named M. Bison in Japan (with the "M"
being an initial for "Mike"), since he was designed after real-
life boxer Mike Tyson.
When Street Fighter II was released overseas, the names of
the bosses were rotated, fearing that the character of "M.
Bison" resembled Mike Tyson to the point of likeness
infringement, but also because Capcom USA's marketing team
believed that "Vega" was a "weak-sounding name" for the
game's final opponent.
From Champion Edition and onward, the boss characters
became playable, expanding the selectable roster to twelve
and the player could now face against an opponent who used
the same character. This meant that the player faced all
twelve characters, including a clone of their own, during the
single-player tournament.
Super Street Fighter II introduced four new characters from
previously unrepresented nationalities to the pre-existing
roster: T. Hawk, an indigenous warrior from Mexico whose
ancestral homeland was taken from him by Shadaloo; Cammy,
a 19-year-old member of the Secret Intelligence Service from
England with a mysterious past tied to M. Bison; Fei-Long, a
martial arts movie star from Hong Kong; and Dee Jay, a
kickboxing musician from Jamaica. The new characters were
designed by Capcom's internal artists in Japan except for Dee
Jay, whose original design was contributed to the game by
American designer James Goddard. The character roster was
now increased to sixteen, although the player still faced only
twelve opponents, including the original four bosses, in the
single-player tournament.
Super Street Fighter II Turbo featured another new
character whom the player faced (upon meeting the required
conditions) in the game's final match instead of M. Bison. This
character, who was unnamed within the actual game, was
officially referred as Gouki in Japan and as Akuma in the
English version and the different names were stuck in those
territories. Akuma becomes selectable only by entering a
special cheat code in the character selection screen.

Count
Name Appearance Summary
ry

Akuma debuts as a secret character

in Super Street Fighter II Turbo. He
is fought under certain conditions
and is playable via cheat. Akuma is
Akum widely considered to be "broken", or
Japan
a rather, unbeatable when used in the
hands of a skilled player, and is
very tough when the computer
controls him as well. He unofficially
entered the tournament.

Balro Ameri Balrog, also known as Mike Bison in

g ca Japanese versions of Street Fighter
II, is a boxer employed with M.
Bison of Shadaloo. He fights purely
with fists. In the original version of
SF2 he was a boss computer-only
opponent but has been playable
 since Street Fighter II: Champion
Edition.

Blanka is a Brazilian man whose

body has been infected green with
Blank too much chlorophyll in the jungles
Brazil
a he lives in. He is famous for his
electrical attack, Electric Thunder,
and rolling attacks.

Cammy is a character introduced

in Super Street Fighter II. She is
notable for being the second
Cam Engla
playable female character in the
my nd
game. Cammy has some mysterious
ties with M. Bison, but little else is
known in Street Fighter II's storyline.

Chun-Li is well known for not only

being first playable female character
in the Street Fighter series, but in
the whole fighting genre. Chun-Li,
Chun-
China while not as strong as the rest of
Li
the cast, is very agile and quick.
She enters to get revenge on M.
Bison. Her most recognizable attack
is theLightning Kick.
 Dee Jay is a Jamacian fighter
introduced in Super Street Fighter II.
He is a singer who has taken
Dee Jamai
interest in the tournament to gain
Jay ca
popularity. Dee Jay rarely does not
smile. Dee Jay is a close-up fighter
with a diverse moveset.

Dhalsim is one of the most

memorable fighters of the cast not
only for his unique personality, but
Dhalsi
India for his long reaching body stretching
m
moves and flaming attacks. He
formally was a pacifist, but entered
to raise money for his poor village.

E. Honda is a sumo-wrestler from

Japan. He enters to prove that
E.
sumo wrestling is the best style in
Hond Japan
the world. E. Honda is known for
a
hisHundred Hand Slap and Sumo
Headbutt.

Fei Hong Fei Long is an action movie actor

Long Kong who first appeared in Super Street
(China Fighter II. He is a tribute to Kung-fu
) legend Bruce Lee. As such, he has
a similar appearance and battle
 cries. He joins for a fighting
experience outside of being
choreographed and scripted.

Guile was a fighter specifically made

to appeal to American audiences.
Guile's very stage is in a United
States Air Force Base. He enters to
Ameri put M. Bison into custody for the
Guile
ca murdering of his best friend Charlie.
He is very well known for his
glitches, excellent combo ability, and
ability to launch Sonic
Booms and Flash Kicks.

Ken is a "clone character" of Ryu.

That is to say, they fight in a very
similar style, but have some
Ameri differences in later iterations of the
Ken
ca game, as well as different storylines.
Ken enters when Ryu encourages
him to join. Ken is well known for
his flaming Shoryuken.

M. Thaila M. Bison is the leader of the

Bison nd criminal organization Shadaloo. He is
the one who organizes the very
tournament in the game. Bison has
 a very bad and shady background
and is the enemy of various fighters
in-game. Initially he was a secret
computer controlled boss but later
became a playable character
in Street Fighter II: Champion
Edition.

Ryu is a Japanese fighter who

enters to tournament to test his
skills. Ryu is considered a
"beginner" character, that is a
character who is easy to master.
Ryu Japan Ryu is very famous for
his Hadoken and Shoryukenattacks
(though the latter isn't as strong as
Ken's). Ryu previously won the first
world warrior tournament, defeating
Sagat

Sagat Thaila Sagat is a fighter returning from his

nd defeat in the first world tournament.
He enters to get revenge against
Ryu for giving him his scar and
eyepatch previously. Sagat is also a
member of Shadaloo. Sagat is well
known for his Tiger Shot projectile.
 As with M. Bison and Balrog, he
was a secret computer-controlled
boss in early versions but became
playable in 'Champion Edition.

T. Hawk is a Native American

T. Mexic fighter. T. Hawk enters to get
Hawk o revenge on Bison for destroying his
native land.

Vega is a Spanish fighter under

employment of Shadaloo. He uses a
mixture of bullfighting and ninjutsu.
Vega is famous for his fast, long
ranged claw attacks and for his
Vega Spain mask, which has confused many
fans over his gender (the mask
completely hides his face and only
his ponytail). He is also a "boss"
character who became playable in
'Champion Edition.

Zangi Russi Zangief is a Russian bear-wrestler.

ef a Zangief uses powerful close up
attacks and his famous Spinning
Piledriver. He enters to represent
Russia in the tournament. However
he does not get very far canon-
 wise.

Referance
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter_(video_game)
http://www.gametrailers.com/user-movie/streetfighter-x-tekken-gameplay/347773?
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