I was a ryu giy originally these days between the two its definitely ken i feel like they rounded him out better as a fighter. Always good to see you btw!
@@geekstorian yeah when I got it on snes I learned to play all the characters. I remember playing it all the time with a buddy and 2 arcade stick controllers. In later versions I still only wanted to play red Ken. No other colors lol.
Yeah i think it was for most of us honestly. I dont recall seeing many of them in the arcade or on home console till that one then the gates kind of flew open and there were tons of them!
Hadoken! I first encountered SF2 in a mom and pop movie rental store, oddly enough lol. Being a kid, barely tall enough to press the buttons-the characters were so big! And the crushing sound effects of a hard leg kick! The music 🎶 too! I’d say SF2: Turbo is my favorite street fighter followed by SFA 3, and SF2: the new challengers. Turbo cause it was such a leap forward from World Warrior, and also, I just like how fighting games back then were alot shorter than fighting games of today Ryu was my favorite character-not just cause he was the easiest to learn, but because of his personality “ceremony means nothing to him. The fight is everything” Thanks for the vid, Geeks!
Yeah I can see digging that about Ryu I think mine was Chun Li initially and eventually out of the original cast I think it became Ken because he could keep up and often surpass ryu but had a family and was successful!
I've recently been playing Street Fighter Alpha 2 on the Snes and I'll be firing up the saturn later tonight when my S-Video cable comes in for it. Because of this video I'll be playing Street Fighter 2 Super Turbo on Saturn when that cable comes in :D This game helped shape my childhood, it was easily the most prestigious win when on arcade, the person who was the best at Street Fighter was considered the best over all in the arcade.
Yeah there was nothing like unseating someone in the arcade who was wrecking everyone! It was one of those times where even a new player could come in and surprise people and it took real skill to see the patterns and mix it up enough to get the win something I still struggle with today!
Excellent breakdown Geekstorian. Street fighter 2 absolutely defines fighting games as a genre. You can argue MK is more iconic, or that Tekken took things to the next level. But SF2 was first and that deserves recognition. Personally my favorite fighter is Killer Instinct. I just loved how it had the insane combos and unbelievable graphics style. Thanks for the excellent video! 👍
Thanks Hummus glad you liked this one, this was a childhood favorite and got me hooked hardcore on fighting games from that point on! Killer instinct is one of my favorites btw amazing game the 2013 one is INSANELY good if you haven't tried it!
First fighting game I ever played and owned was Street Fighter II on the SNES. To this day I prefer it to modern fighting games because it doesn't have all the extra stuff. Still, MvC is always a favorite of mine too... Not sure I have a favorite character, but I do use the faster ones like Vega and Chun-Li more often.
Yeah i can totally see enjoying the simplicity of the earlier ones for sure. The new ones have so much going on it sometimes becomes a struggle to remember everything you need to be doing! I was also a huge chun li fan never got huge into vega though he was cool lookibg just not a good fit for me.
I was big into Chun Li and Ryu as a kid, I've gotten an affinity for Guile over the years he's super tricky in the right hands! Thanks for hanging out btw!
lol Tekken was huge but I didn't really include it in this one because I tend to rank 3D fighters against themselves I may do one on Tekken later as Virtual fighter kinda started the 3D fighter but I feel like Tekken was the MOST influential 3D fighter overall.
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Ken is my favorite but I can play any of the 8 very well.
I was a ryu giy originally these days between the two its definitely ken i feel like they rounded him out better as a fighter. Always good to see you btw!
@@geekstorian yeah when I got it on snes I learned to play all the characters. I remember playing it all the time with a buddy and 2 arcade stick controllers. In later versions I still only wanted to play red Ken. No other colors lol.
I love street fighter 2
Yeah its a great game!
Street Fighter 2 was my gateway into fighting games ! A classic!
Yeah i think it was for most of us honestly. I dont recall seeing many of them in the arcade or on home console till that one then the gates kind of flew open and there were tons of them!
Hadoken! I first encountered SF2 in a mom and pop movie rental store, oddly enough lol. Being a kid, barely tall enough to press the buttons-the characters were so big! And the crushing sound effects of a hard leg kick! The music 🎶 too!
I’d say SF2: Turbo is my favorite street fighter followed by SFA 3, and SF2: the new challengers. Turbo cause it was such a leap forward from World Warrior, and also, I just like how fighting games back then were alot shorter than fighting games of today
Ryu was my favorite character-not just cause he was the easiest to learn, but because of his personality “ceremony means nothing to him. The fight is everything”
Thanks for the vid, Geeks!
Yeah I can see digging that about Ryu I think mine was Chun Li initially and eventually out of the original cast I think it became Ken because he could keep up and often surpass ryu but had a family and was successful!
Very cool
Thanks Batman!
I've recently been playing Street Fighter Alpha 2 on the Snes and I'll be firing up the saturn later tonight when my S-Video cable comes in for it.
Because of this video I'll be playing Street Fighter 2 Super Turbo on Saturn when that cable comes in :D
This game helped shape my childhood, it was easily the most prestigious win when on arcade, the person who was the best at Street Fighter was considered the best over all in the arcade.
Yeah there was nothing like unseating someone in the arcade who was wrecking everyone! It was one of those times where even a new player could come in and surprise people and it took real skill to see the patterns and mix it up enough to get the win something I still struggle with today!
I have Street Fighter 2 for Super Famicom (I took the two tabs out of the cartridge slot on my SNES so I can play Japanese games).
Nicceee never played the Famicom version!
Great video Geekstorian! SFII is still my favorite fighting game. Ryu is my go to
Yeah Ryu is a solid go to if you can get the dragon punch motion down that was his big hurdle back in the day getting that one motion down!
Street fighter 2 was definitely the game that started the fighting game frenzy. Favorite street fighter character is Ryu. Nice video man
Thanks man glad you liked it and yeah Ryu wss a hugely popular main i thi k my favorite was chun li and later sagat in the SF2 line of games!
Excellent breakdown Geekstorian. Street fighter 2 absolutely defines fighting games as a genre. You can argue MK is more iconic, or that Tekken took things to the next level. But SF2 was first and that deserves recognition. Personally my favorite fighter is Killer Instinct. I just loved how it had the insane combos and unbelievable graphics style. Thanks for the excellent video! 👍
Thanks Hummus glad you liked this one, this was a childhood favorite and got me hooked hardcore on fighting games from that point on! Killer instinct is one of my favorites btw amazing game the 2013 one is INSANELY good if you haven't tried it!
Nice Ryu edit,and loved the game too..pve and pvp got leveled..no more pong,nice vid,new..thank you
Thank you glad you enjoyed this one!
Street Fighter 2 was important because it was one of the first fighting games to do everything right. Still to this day, it's a game worth playing.
absolutely, thanks a ton for coming to hang out btw much appreciated!
First fighting game I ever played and owned was Street Fighter II on the SNES. To this day I prefer it to modern fighting games because it doesn't have all the extra stuff. Still, MvC is always a favorite of mine too...
Not sure I have a favorite character, but I do use the faster ones like Vega and Chun-Li more often.
Yeah i can totally see enjoying the simplicity of the earlier ones for sure. The new ones have so much going on it sometimes becomes a struggle to remember everything you need to be doing! I was also a huge chun li fan never got huge into vega though he was cool lookibg just not a good fit for me.
SF2 is a real game changer. As a kid Guile now Ryu. But I’m not as good as I used to be 😅
I was big into Chun Li and Ryu as a kid, I've gotten an affinity for Guile over the years he's super tricky in the right hands! Thanks for hanging out btw!
My daughter always plays as Chun Li and kicks me to death.
lol that was my bae in the original it was corner punch punch punch into throw repeat or lightning kick! to death lol
Tekken fans on suicide watch right now for not being included when you rattled off important fighting game IPs 😆😆😆😆
lol Tekken was huge but I didn't really include it in this one because I tend to rank 3D fighters against themselves I may do one on Tekken later as Virtual fighter kinda started the 3D fighter but I feel like Tekken was the MOST influential 3D fighter overall.