The second Street Fighter tournament is held by the mysterious M. Bison. He invites 8 warriors from around the world to enter. Ryu enters the tournament to prove that he is still the best. Ken enters to see if he can defeat Ryu. The only other character returning from the original game is Sagat who is now M. Bison's second in command and next to the last boss in the game. M. Bison is the last boss.
Street Fighter 2 was released in 1991 at a time when the arcade industry was about to die in the United States. It used Capcoms CPS1 arcade technology. Street Fighter 2 was the first game in which players could battle each other in a best 2 out of 3 rounds match. It created a new genre of videogames which has become known as the fighter genre. Player 1 would pick one of the 8 characters and Player 2 would pick another and they would have a fight. Each fight cost a quarter. The winner would remain and the loser would have to put another quarter in and try again. Street Fighter 2 also featured an innovation in controllers, each player had 6 buttons to use for moves in the game. Three buttons are for punch and three buttons are for kick. Each button has a different strength so you can vary your offense and keep your opponent guessing.
The new characters in Street Fighter 2 are:
Blanka - a mutant from Brazil.
Chun Li - a girl from China. She is the only female
character in the game.
Dhalsim - a yoga master from India.
E. Honda - a sumo wrestler from Japan.
Guile - a soldier from America.
Zangief - a wrestler from Russia.
The four bosses are: Balrog - an African American boxer from America. Vega - a Spanish ninja, he fights with a claw on one hand. Sagat - the original boss from Street Fighter, he still has the scar on his chest that Ryu gave him. M. Bison - the mysterious final boss who wants to take over the world.
Ryu vs Ken
Ryu vs M. Bison
Street Fighter 2 Champion Edition - added the 4 boss characters as playable characters as well as same character vs same character feature, for example Ryu could now fight Ryu.
Street Fighter 2 Turbo - added speed and new moves.
Super Street Fighter 2 - added 4 new characters as well as new animations and backgrounds. It used Capcoms CPS2 arcade technology which had better graphics and sound capabilities than the CPS1 technology..
The new characters are: Cammy - a female soldier from England, she is only 19 and can't remember any of her past. Dee Jay - a singer from Jamaica. Fei Long - a tribute to Bruce Lee, he is from Hong Kong. T. Hawk - a Mexican grappler.
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