Capcom Announces Hyper Street Fighter II X

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Capcom Announces Hyper Street Fighter II X

Posted by simoniker on Monday September 15, 2003 @07:51PM from the turbo-alpha-plus-rainbow-versus dept.

Thanks to ShackNews for pointing out Capcom's announcement of Hyper Street Fighter II X for PlayStation 2, which is due out this December in Japan, and will be properly showcased at the Tokyo Game Show later this month. Since Capcom are celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Street Fighter series, it's likely the game will sport a best-of character roster - although, as ShackNews notes, "...you gotta admire Capcom's ability to create ever-more-ridiculous Street Fighter names (although personally, my favorite is still Street Fighter EX 2 + Alpha)." While awaiting the official unveiling, you can check out the original series via classic RePlay arcade magazine scans from SNK-Capcom.com.

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...3? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-15 20:05 · Score: 2, Interesting

Has Capcom ever come out with a Street Fighter 3?
1. Re:...3? by mishac · 2003-09-15 20:09 · Score: 3, Informative
  
  Yes they did. It was actually a pretty good game, but didn't have enough of the classic SFII characters to keep me interested. I muched preferred Street Fighter Alpha III, which I still play regularly with MAME. SFAIII included not just Ken and Ryu, but many of the characters from SFII (including Chun-li, Blanka, E Honda, Zangief, Dhalsim, Vega, MBison, and more), while still having newer characters.
  
  SFIII just didn't seem accessible to a casual arcade fan like myself, when I had no clue how to use 9/10s of the characters.
2. Re:...3? by sconest · 2003-09-15 21:26 · Score: 3, Informative
  
  Yes, they released 3 of them.
  
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3. Re:...3? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-16 08:43 · Score: 0
  
  Just something to add to the other reponses: Yes, Capcom did make SF3 (and later a second and third version of it), but it was only ported to the Dreamcast. Not one current console has a port of any version of the game. Ignoring the Vs. series, the only Street Fighter to be released so far for the home systems is Street Fighter EX3 on the PS2.
4. Re:...3? by jenoazrael · 2003-09-16 13:37 · Score: 0
  
  What about Street Fighter 2 & Super Street Fighter 2 released for the SNES? And Street Fighter 2 for the Sega Megadrive?
  
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Favorite SF Name by Mitaphane · 2003-09-15 20:57 · Score: 5, Funny

My personal favorite name was "Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game." As a game it was horrible but the there was something so funny about it's genesis: They took a good fighting game, turned it into a shitty movie, then turned it into a more shitty game based on said movie about game.

It amazing how ludricious CAPCOM has gotten with all it's incarnations of Street Fighter. I tried searching gamefaqs.com for "street fighter" to see how many games there have been but there were over 50 hits. Does anyone know how many has there been?

And of course the oblibligatory crazy amalgamation of the street fighter games:

*deep breath*

Super Street Fighter EX Zero II Alpha Upper-Turbo-Gold Plus: Special Hyper-Rainbow-Dash Championship Edition X: W Double-3rd Strike Impact: The Movie Vs. X-Men Vs. Marvel Super Heroes

*whew*

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1. Re:Favorite SF Name by Luigi30 · 2003-09-15 23:13 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Is that on the X-Cube PlayTendo GameBox?
  
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2. Re:Favorite SF Name by tankdilla · 2003-09-15 23:13 · Score: 2, Insightful
  
  here's what IGN came up with as a list of all the street fighter games.
  
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3. Re:Favorite SF Name by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-16 06:17 · Score: 0
  
  The word "Rainbow" is only used for unofficial ROM hacks, so that one's out.
  
  And you forgot to include some subtitles. That would add a few words: World, Warrior, Fighting, Tournament, and last but not least, ' (dash, sometimes just written "Dash," the same way "Upper" is always written that way instead of drawing a crazy upwards-sweeping arrow as in the title screen of Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper for GameBoy Advance)
4. Re:Favorite SF Name by zachdms · 2003-09-16 09:41 · Score: 1
  
  That list is wrong, since you searched by "Street Fighter". :)
  
  It leaves out:
  Marvel vs Capcom 1
  Marvel vs Capcom 2
  "Sammy vs Capcom" (upcoming GGXX vs Capcom game, produced by Sammy)
  Capcom vs SNK
  Capcom vs SNK 2
  SNK vs Capcom (produced by SNK)
  
  This list is more accurate but has too much. That being said, almost all use the SF fighting game engine. If you want JUST Street Fighter games on this list (no Darkstalkers, no Marvel-exclusive games), you'll count about 25 unique "Ken and Ryu" based arcade games (excluding the SNK-produced and Sammy-produced new Vs series games).
  
  There was a Puzzle Fighter
Street Fighter Zero by cloudless.net · 2003-09-15 20:57 · Score: 4, Funny

"...you gotta admire Capcom's ability to create ever-more-ridiculous Street Fighter names (although personally, my favorite is still Street Fighter EX 2 + Alpha)."
In Japan it is even worst, because the "Alpha" series is called the "Zero" series. For example the "Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper".
1. Re:Street Fighter Zero by cbirdsong64 · 2003-09-16 11:27 · Score: 1
  
  I seriously thought this was a joke from the headline.
Triple Paul Newman finish by cL0h · 2003-09-16 00:47 · Score: 4, Funny

When SFII first came out in my town someone decided that when Ryu or Ken do a dragon punch, the "sho-ryu-ken" sounds like "Paul Newman".
So everyone started calling dragon punches Paul-Newmans to this day.

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SFII & Derivatives by Metroid72 · 2003-09-16 03:17 · Score: 1

I wonder if someone will ever put a price on all the time that has been wasted playing SFII and derivatives. Even today, old friends of mine get together to play fighting games and they end up playing the same old game: Street Fighter II Turbo.

I personally wasted a couple of years playing SFII, Turbo and Alpha (among other Fighting games), to realize that I was missing out on many other great games.

I think CAPCOM isn't showing any thread of creativity by making ANOTHER SFII game to commemorate the 10 year anniversary. CAPCOM, here are some ideas:

Why not try to get it right on 3D? (Not the crappy games that they have released), work with Sega AM2 or NAMCO's Soul Calibur team and use the SF Characters, simultaneously,
Release faithful compilations on all major platforms (old formula, but usually sells),
Work with Square/Enix to make a great RPG based on the SF Universe and
Finally, to finish it up, Make a beat'em'up Final Fight style game (quest) with all characters ->beat up bad guys (Bison's henchmen with proper attire according to the stage), to reach the boss (other character), then switch to SF mode battle.

Any other ideas??
Capcom can count... by Kyouryuu · 2003-09-16 03:34 · Score: 2, Funny

The really goofy part about the whole thing is that, as we saw with the Mega Man games in particular, Capcom can count beyond 2. At this point, I have to suspect they realize it's silly to keep it at 2 and do it as an ongoing joke. ^_^
1. Re:Capcom can count... by Incoherent07 · 2003-09-16 04:09 · Score: 1
  
  Apparently the name Street Fighter II has more name recognition than just Street Fighter.
  It's kind of like playing an RPG where you get the Giant Shiny Adamantine Razor-Edged Poison-Tipped Whiffle Bat of Godlike Ultimate Strength of Poseidon. No matter how many extra names they add to it, it still looks like a whiffle bat.
  
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SFIIX by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-16 04:26 · Score: 0

Street Fighter 2 X Hyper is what SSFIIT was called in Japan. They released this on Dreamcast two or three years ago. It's probably just a port of the old arcade game and all these news site, who link back and forth amongst each other, are just getting it wrong.
1. Re:SFIIX by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-16 06:06 · Score: 0
  
  No, in Japan that game was called "Super Street Fighter II X." For overseas versions, the "X" was changed to "Turbo," that's all.
  
  A few other changes from Japanese naming convention:
  
  Zero - Alpha
  Dash (actually a simple apostrophe) - has been changed to "Gold" for the home release of SFZ2', or simply dropped in old arcade versions
  Upper - dropped from overseas GBA:SFA3 title
Hyper Street Fighter II X? Pffft... by borg1238 · 2003-09-16 04:35 · Score: 2, Funny

...I'm still waiting for Super Hyper Street Fighter Alpha Beta Zero Turbo X III.
Super Street Fighter? by MMaestro · 2003-09-16 07:52 · Score: 1

What about Super Street Fighter 2? Why not just merge all the sidenames Capcom has picked up along the way and mash it all together? Like...

Super Turbo Hyper Street Fighter Alpha vs Marvel Super Heroes vs SNK 3 Tournament Edition.
1. Re:Super Street Fighter? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-16 08:50 · Score: 0
  
  You forgot "EX", "Champion", "Warrior", and the new one: "vs Sammy". Oh yeah, and the "II" which will inevitably be appended to the title.
2. Re:Super Street Fighter? by Melchior_of_wg · 2003-09-16 09:11 · Score: 1
  
  When they come up with titles (actual game, btw) like this for themselves, we don't really need to do that; Super Street Fighter II X Grand Master Challenge for Matching Service
Okay, enough naming jokes, it's getting old... by Man+In+Black · 2003-09-17 05:29 · Score: 1

Please people, making fun of the Street Fighter game names got old about 10 years ago.

The Street Fighter 2 games were always very fun, and if they can make a PS2 version worthwhile, then I think it's worth a try. If they include stuff like the World Tour mode from Street Fighter Alpha 3 for the Dreamcast, or a huge art gallery like Soul Calibur (Hell, there has to be enough SF2 art out there to fill the disc!).

Still, I'd prefer to see a Street Fighter 4 with some new character... I'm getting sick of all the Ken/Ryu clones.

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1. Re:Okay, enough naming jokes, it's getting old... by borg1238 · 2003-09-17 15:39 · Score: 1
  
  The naming jokes are getting old? How about the games themselves? The preposterous names are simply an example of the lack of innovation the series has had over the years.
  
  Sure, there were a couple decent SF games over the years, but nothing amazing or genre defining (like Soul Caliber for the DC). I hope when a title comes out with a name I can remember (SF4?!), it'll be a sign that Capcom has spent some time innovating, rather then simply cranking out the next sequel & watering down a already bland franchise.