Street Fighter is a fighting video game franchise that was developed and eventually published by Capcom. It has a compilation of series and the first one being released in 1987 and the other five main series fighting video games followed suit. There was also the inclusion of several spin-offs as well as crossovers. There were also several appearances in lots of other media and the best-selling was the 1991 street fighter 2, which is one of the NetEnt Slots with a high RTP. This is because of several conventions of the one-on-one fighting genre. Street Fighter is by far amongst the highest-grossing all-time video game franchises. It is also one of the flagship series by Capcom with its sales reaching a total of 44 million units in the entire world by December 31, 2019.
Street Fighter (1987)
This street fighter video game was designed by Takashi Nishiyama together with Hiroshi Matsumoto. Its debut was in 1987 and the player takes the martial artist Ryu character. Ryu participates in a tournament of martial arts which spans a total of five countries together with 10 opponents. There is an opportunity for the second player joining the play and takes the position of Ken who is Ryu’s American rival. In this game, the player has the potential of doing the kick attacks and the three punch. Each of them has varied speed and strength. There are also the three special attacks that include the Shoryuken, Hadouken, and the Tatsumaki Senpukyaku which are all performed through the execution of a combination of special buttons. The game was ported to most of the popular computer systems used in homes by then. It was then released on NEC Avenue TurboGrafx-CD console in the year 1987 as Fighting Street. It was later on featured in the Capcom Classics Collection. This was the remix for PlayStation Portable as well as Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 2 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
Street Fighter II (1991)
Street Fighter II: The World Warrior was released in 1991, which was after the efforts of branding beat ‘em up game Final Fight of 1989 as Street Fighter sequel collapsed. Street Fighter II was designed by Akira Nishitani alongside Akira Yasuda who was also behind Forgotten Worlds and Final Fight. It was amongst the oldest arcade games for CP System hardware by Capcom.
This game became the ever first one-on-one fighting video game with players having chances to choose from different characters of players associated with a variety of moves with subsequent varied matches. There was a unique playing style for every player comprising of around more than 30 different moves. This also featured the latest grappling moves and throws by then. It also featured two or even three special attacks.
There was the original version of Japanese Street Fighter II which had the African-American boxer boss with the same characteristic of real-life boxer famous Mike Tyson. Capcom then released Street Fighter Collection in 1997 for PlayStation as well as Sega Saturn. It included Super, Super Turbo, and Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold as well as Street Fighter Alpha 2. Street Fighter collection 2 then followed. Capcom also made a release of Super Street Fighter II X for Matching Service which was exclusively in Japan. Capcom then released Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition in 2003 for arcades in both Japan and Asia as a commemoration of their 15th anniversary.
Street Fighter II has an RTP of 96.06% with medium to high variance. It is like the original arcade classic video slot. It has the layout of 5×5 and once you pick a warrior, you will only get a single regular win so that you can reach the first four bosses which give out Free Spins which are not limited. A multiplier multiplies according to the boss defeated.
The highest value symbol in this game depends on the fighter picked and who you fight with. There are two victory version symbols for every fighter and 2 defeat symbols for each fighter. The 4 premium symbols have values of 30x for each cluster of 16+. A player can also land premium symbols in a form of 2×2 mega symbols which is a clear guarantee of a win.
Like the arcade game, a player in this game has to choose a favorite fighter that will be used to travel with in the world. There is a total of 8 original characters to select from with each character having a different RTP and wild features as well. Like seen in the original game, there is a total of 4 bosses that are to be defeated and they have increasing win multipliers. Balrog has a 2x multiplier, Vega has a 3x multiplier, and Sagat has a 5x multiplier while M. Bison has a 10 x multiplier.
Street Fighter Alpha (1996)
This is a fantastic port of arcade fighting game by Capcom. It has good looking graphics with excellent control. It also has impressive backgrounds. It has a similar character design used by Capcom in Darkstalkers as well as X-Men: Children of the Atom. The character designs are highly influenced by Street Fighter II. It has a total of 10 playable characters with 3 unlockable fighters. Street Fighter has all-new stages with music as well as endings for certain characters. Street Fighter two also features the 13 characters experienced in the original with the addition of 5 more. There is also the Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha which is a bit enhanced arcade. Street Fighter Alpha 3 features 3 fighting styles to choose from and has a total of 28 characters.
Street Fighter EX
This Capcom’s series was developed by Arika and had the gameplay of the standard Street Fighter 2D but now in 3D with some new characters onboard. The original of this game did not perform well in arcades until it was revised it is when it received an amazing audience on the PlayStation. Street Fighter EX Plus was an immediate upgrade that was released in 1997 and it came with extra characters onboard. Street Fighter EX2 became a sequel and was released the following year, 1998, and was for ZN-2 hardware. The following year there was an upgrade of Street Fighter EX2 which came in as Street Fighter EX2 Plus. Street Fighter EX3 was the third game featured in the series and was launched in 2000 for PlayStation 2. The game featured the tag team system whereby a player has the potential of fighting a maximum of three opponents at the same time. There was also a mode that allowed a player to give Ace, the new character, an option of super and special moves that were bought using expensive points. The list of characters was more compared to the former game.
Street Fighter III
This is a New Generation game that was debuted in 1997 in the arcades. Street Fighter III eliminates some of the characters that are seen in previous games but maintain Ryu and Ken. There is the introduction of new characters and grappler Alex is the most common character here. Gill replaces Bison as the main antagonist of the game. There is the Super Arts as the selection system and there is the ability of a player parrying an attack by an opponent. There was also the introduction of Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact with few adjustments. There was the introduction of two new characters and we see Akuma return to be used as a playable character. We also see the introduction of Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike which was released in 1999 which was the final of Street Fighter III. This introduces four new characters and Chun-Li comes back.
Street Fighter IV
This game has had three different versions: the vanilla SFIV, Super Street Fighter IV, and the newer version Ultra Street Fighter IV. The Ultra Street Fighter IV is the $15/£12 upgrade of SSFIV: AE. This was perceived to be an immediate sequel of Fighter II games especially the Super Street Fighter II Turbo. It features the introduction of six new characters with twelve world warrior characters, and Akuma appears as a hidden character. It features a complex 2D fighters making it a hard game to master. The game requires to be played several times so that the entire character list is unlocked. This is also played in a very special way, and just like any other game in the series, you can carry out super combinations but without the air blocking as well the parrying styles. There is the Super Street Fighter IV that has ten extra characters with other two new which are new. The online experience is improved and includes the latest modes of play. It was launched in 2010 for PlayStation 3 as well as for Xbox 360. The Ultra Street Fighter IV was another version of Street Fighter IV which was released as an arcade game in 2014.
Street Fighter V
Street Fighter V is a video game that was released in 2016 exclusively for PlayStation 4 as well as PC for cross-platform gameplay. There was a major update of the game with the introduction of Street Fighter V Arcade Edition in 2018 and the subsequent Street Fighter V Champion edition that was released in 2019. The street fighter V champion edition was released on February 14, 2020.
