Another Street Fighter sequel (this time for Street Fighter Alpha), which adds even more to the classic fighting series.
New characters in this version include Gen (a wise kung-fu master from the original Street Fighter), Rolento (who you may remember from another Capcom classic, Final Fight) and Sakura, a young school girl who follows her hero Ryu so close, she has the same type of moves. Dhalsim and Zangief also return to the fight with some new moves.
The other major difference is the loss of chain-combos and the gain of a custom combo system. Once you reach the required level (which is 1 at the least) you can execute a custom combo by combining any of the buttons (of which there are 6 in total) or any of the special attacks (fireballs, etc.)
1. brooks83
30 Oct 2009, 20:58 GMT
Capcom, I'll pass on this one. I know you have better games you can release.
2. StarBoy91
30 Oct 2009, 21:13 GMT
Hoho, more Street Fighting games heading on the VC's way. Me like!!!
3. marktheshark
30 Oct 2009, 21:52 GMT
Where's the arcade version?!
4. cheetahman91
30 Oct 2009, 22:09 GMT
Yawn. More Street Fighter. Pass
5. Tony
30 Oct 2009, 22:49 GMT
I'm not sure how this port is. I never played it but the Arcade and Saturn version of this game are phenominal.
6. Bass X0
30 Oct 2009, 22:54 GMT
Its a poor port. Graphics are downgraded compared to the arcade and 32-bit versions. Only arcade and Vs. modes. And worse of all, terrible load times before each round.
7. Ristar42
30 Oct 2009, 23:12 GMT
Think I'll keep my Saturn version as it goes... This game is a little too much for the SNES.
8. StarBoy91
31 Oct 2009, 01:07 GMT
And I'm in the minority again... I never considered whether or not if it was as playable as the arcade game (which I haven't yet played).
How's SFA2? I only played SFA3 (on the PSP).
9. Super Smash Bros. Fan1999
31 Oct 2009, 01:59 GMT
I remember playing this game as a child and I'm so glad it's coming to the Virtual Console. I cannot wait for it's Virtual Console release. Thanks Capcom for finally deciding to release the game on the Virtual Console!
10. brooks83
31 Oct 2009, 05:03 GMT
Don't get me wrong, I'm happy to see it being added to the VC (the more the merrier) but like Bass said, it's a bad port. The load times are awful.
11. KeeperBvK
31 Oct 2009, 10:44 GMT
Every new SF release on the VC leads us to a possible end of Capcom releasing them, so I'm happy to see this coming.
12. StarBoy91
31 Oct 2009, 17:00 GMT
Does that mean that Capcom will one day release Street Fighter 3 on VCA? o-o
13. motang
31 Oct 2009, 18:37 GMT
I had this on the SNES, but now I have the SF Alpha Anthology on the PS2.
14. wAmbAm
01 Nov 2009, 10:18 GMT
Hmm it was ambitious effort but it lost a lot to the impact of the 32bit consoles pushing out near Arcade perfect games. I would still say it was a decent game but obviously not a patch on those near perfectly ported Sega Saturn and PS1 / PS2 Anthology versions.
However I know people that only had a Snes at the time and they loved this game not having played the much Superior Arcade version
15. Bass X0
01 Nov 2009, 12:13 GMT
Does that mean that Capcom will one day release Street Fighter 3 on VCA? o-o
Capcom has yet to release any games on the VCA and Street Fighter III may be considered too large to be put onto the Virtual Console.
16. StarBoy91
01 Nov 2009, 22:33 GMT
Okay, well, that was a thought.
17. StarBoy91
02 Nov 2009, 00:46 GMT
And don't Ryu and Akira look great on that box cover? Not to mention, can you spot Sakura in the background (if at all that is her)?
18. brooks83
02 Nov 2009, 06:24 GMT
By the time Capcom gets around to releasing SFAIII, the successor to the Wii will probably be out. So there is a chance!
19. Angelic Lapras King
02 Nov 2009, 16:17 GMT
Yes yes YES! I ve been waiting of this! Okay, its not the best version, but I m happy to see some Sakura on the VC reguardless!
20. Bass X0
02 Nov 2009, 17:24 GMT
#17 - Akuma not Akira. And its presumably a young Ryu in the background rather than Sakura. Although I too did believe it was Sakura for the longest time.
21. StarBoy91
02 Nov 2009, 20:43 GMT
I looked up on Wikipedia today that the graphics were decompressed for the SNES port, which causes loading delays.
...Still, what's to keep me from playing the SNES port someday?
22. Angelic Lapras King
02 Nov 2009, 22:34 GMT
Yeah, better then blowing £30-40 on a cart copy of the game...
23. vio
03 Nov 2009, 23:23 GMT
Lame. Release the arcade versions and start with the first game in the trilogy Capcom!
24. SmaMan
03 Nov 2009, 23:50 GMT
There's really no point to releasing the first Alpha game, since this improves on it in every way, using basically the same engine with minor improvements.
If you can get past the loading times in this game though, it's pretty fun, but pretty easy. I still remember my first try through 4 star difficulty and I didn't lose a single round.
25. EDSHOT8
04 Nov 2009, 20:08 GMT
looking forward to this game coming out
26. DarkEdi
08 Nov 2009, 14:00 GMT
They can fix the load times, but no... they want "classic" fun.
27. Bass X0
08 Nov 2009, 18:25 GMT
#23 - Er, this was the finale of the SNES Street Fighter games. They're releasing this because it was the last SNES SF game not because they really wanted to put a version of SFA2 on the VC.
28. vio
09 Nov 2009, 13:01 GMT
@SmaMan I know this is superior to the first one, but I'm a completist. For this reason I was happy to see the original Street Fighter make it to VC even though it's a pretty crap game.
And hell, if anything I would still prefer the arcade version of Alpha 2 here. This port is very impressive for a 16-bit SNES game, but the load times are pretty annoying.
Capcom is really going nuts with the SF releases in general lately. After this is released, the only home console version of SF left to release on VC is Super Street Fighter II for the Genesis/MD. And frankly, I really hope they leave that one in the vaults since we already have the much better SNES version.
29. StarBoy91
09 Nov 2009, 22:15 GMT
Has anyone else noticed how all four Street Fighter games for the SNES end with the number 2? I can see a pattern now:
Of course, that's me nitpicking again.
30. Bass X0
12 Nov 2009, 12:35 GMT
There weren't even any nits to pick there.
31. StarBoy91
13 Nov 2009, 03:07 GMT
Well, I'm rather observant, and I thought that it was interesting how all SNES SF titles ended with the number two.
For a moment there I thought I had nitpicked. Guess not.
32. Badknux
16 Nov 2009, 04:29 GMT
I like the way the sprites look on this particular version.
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