Lets see....Street Fighter II, Super Street Fight II, Street Fight II Turbo Edition, Super Street Fight II Turbo Edition, Hyper Street Fight II, Street Fighter II: Champion Edition, Hyper Turbo Street fighter II: Special Champion XD Platinum Alpha Players Choice Game of the Year Edition Plus....Ah, here we are, Street Fight II Special Champion Edition. Always as abundant as the Mega Man games, this game was considered one of the best fighting game franchises ever made. Made famous for it's simple yet strategic fighting game play and of course, the "Hadoken" and "Sonic BOOM" special moves. I'm not sure it'll ever beat Super Smash Bros. but I'm sure it's a fun game. So lets get in the  middle of the action and see how this game fairs.

So the story is that several fighters from around the globe are competing to be the worlds greatest fighter. Not much of a story, but if you complete the game in 4-6 star difficulty, you'll get that characters special ending, which adds replay value and story at the same time. So each character has his own set of moves and own combination of moves. I don't see why they have to have a completely different way of  executing a move. Wasn't the same combination good enough to make different moves happen with different characters? So I have to   learn all the different sets to become the true master? Oh wait, some characters have the same combination, or very very similar, but the  do the same thing as well.....I'll just stick with one character. The much loved  Ryu. He has three special moves (four in Hyper Mode, more on that  later), so I suppose the others have that as well. These are probably  the easiest to preform. Simple Down, Down-right, Right, Punch for a  Hadoken. There are some more, but I'll look at those later, lets play!

The graphics are not that bad, but why is that guy green? Now he's yellow-green when I'm fighting him. The music is pretty nice, but why do the voices sound like they are talking in front of a fan? I'm going to say Sonic BOOM next time I see a fan. So there are two Styles of  playing, Normal Mode and Hyper Mode. Hyper mode is simply Normal Mode,  only played as a faster rate. This is good after you played the game  once, and want a faster paced game. The normal mode is like a a story  mode, just beat everyone and your the champion. Each style is  split up into three modes, Single Player, Vs. and Group Battle. Single player is simply beat everyone, one by one. Vs Mode is you play  against another character, but you can also disable certain moves from those characters.Group Battle is exclusive to this edition, as you get to fight Five Vs.Five, how insane.....

So as you fight, you have a life bar. If that goes down completely, you've lost. You need to win two our of three rounds to win the fight, and advance to the next character. In this game, the boss characters are now playable characters, which is pretty sweet. Always wanted to  player as M.Bison? You can now. So the game play is a little stiff, you gotta learn to do the specials right, other wise, when you want to do them when you need to most, you won't be able to. And that could result in a lose. You can jump backwards, which is cool, and is a lot faster than walking backwards. Some characters can slide to attack, some can grab in mid-air, and some can stomp on you. So there's a lot of variation with the moves here.

There are two types of attacks, Punching, and Kicking. You have three types of punches and Kicks. Light, medium, and heavy. Each dealing their own amount of damage. Light and medium are helpful to preform throws, and heavy are good to deal high amounts of damage. The  power of the kick or punch also determines the speed of your special. The heavier the attack, the faster the special. There are also bonus  rounds you will come across, where you have to beat up a car, break some barrels, and smash some bricks. The car one is the hardest,  but these are just to increase your score. An odd thing about this game is that when you get a game over, you keep your score, and 1 point  added for every game over you have. I was able to get up over a million points before I was able to complete the game.

Some characters are harder than others to defeat. E.Honda is probably one of the hardest.....The Sumo wrestler in case you didn't know.  The differently for four stars is pretty balanced out, some are easy, some are really hard. But M.Bison at the end is just....He is the  hardest. You would have thought that four stars would make it feasible. But no, it's almost impossible. At first, it was a great challenge, but  after 50 continues, it's just stupid! I.....oh......um......Remember when I skipped on learning Ryu's other moves.....Yeah, you should always  learn their full set of moves. It turns out punching, kicking, and doing Hadokens isn't enough. Apparently learning is Hurricane Kick helped me defeat M.Bison very quickly. Well, what do you know? I feel pretty silly now for getting angry about that. But now I can't stop thinking of this game! It's like an addiction. Although I am pretty tired of the game. I'll give it a rest and continue fighting another day.

Overall, I give this game a 8.2/10 This game is very challenging and is good if people want a challenge. I wouldn't say it's the best fighting  game out there, but I would say for it's time. The game is enjoyable, but can be frustratingly addictive if you keep losing. Just learn all their moves and your set. If you like fighting games, you'll love this game, and it's a good place to get people into fighting games. But I prefer  Super Smash Bros. because of the simpleness of it all. I mean, press B for a Special Attack, each character has a unique special, and  your done. Is that so hard? Well, this game makes it harder for people to do that, so I suppose this is for the pros. Happy Fighting!