What has three bonus stages and a terrible promo video? Street Fighter II Turbo for SNES, dudes!! Apparently in the early 90′s, Capcom sent out a viral videotape to players. They encourage viewers to share the VHS videotape with friends. Now, that tape has finally gone viral. It’s pretty awful. Here are some quotes:
Host: “A lot of players think this is the greatest fighting game of all time!” (No citation provided.)
Host: “Did you see that new move!?” Vaguely interested onlooker: “Aww, that was…bad.”
Same onlooker, later: “I can’t wait to play this, man.”
Host: “Actually [looks over shoulder], the Super NES version is better than the arcade version. No lie!” (Possible lie.)
Host: “One of Ken and Ryu’s most famous moves is the Air Hurricane Kick. Here’s the move: make Ken or Ryu jump, then, while in midair, in one continuous motion, push the joystick down, down-backward, backward, then quickly hit any Kick Button.” If you think that’s easy, check out Chun Li’s crazy fireball thing.
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Wow, the Japanese promos were WAY better, for the age.
posted by Alex on 5-27-2010 at 6:07 pm
Holy cow! I had this thing! I totally remember it.
Came in the mail, it was a purple VHS cassette wrapped in a box designed to look like an SNES cartridge.
I watched it once and tossed it in a drawer, where it sat for years before I finally threw it out. I totally should’ve kept it to toss it on youtube.
I miss all the fame.
posted by Jim T on 5-27-2010 at 11:04 pm
I think I still have this VHS tape in a box somewhere. I haven’t thought about it in years.
The video claims that the SNES version is better than the arcade version. Ahhh…no. The arcade versions always had larger characters, better animations, and better graphics in general than any of the SNES versions.
It was nice of Capcom to include the Championship Edition with the Turbo Edition, but they only did that because they new they could only milk SF2 so many times. That being said, I was one of the suckers to buy SF2 on the SNES three times — the regular edition, the turbo edition, and the super edition. Those cartridges were not cheap either. I believe they were around $60. What is that in today’s money — $100?
posted by Ben Osborne on 5-28-2010 at 12:32 pm