A Street Fighter II question
 

Believe it or not, I'm not up to base on my Street Fighter knowledge. I know a few of the characters, know there is a special move that Ryu does that is famous, and that Street Fighter II pretty much created the fighting genre, but I have never really played the games.

Anyway, the Nintento Wii's virtual console has made it possible to go back and revisit this franchise with convenience, but my question is this: Just which of the twenty fucking versions of the game should I get? Which is the best game, the best value, etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Seriously, I'm not asking this to be a dick, but how old are you, Noid?

Cause I'm 20 and this game was like unmissable for my era. You must be 15-17.

Super Street Fighter 2 was the last SF game I owned until Alpha on the Playstation. It was pretty damn awesome.

To be honest, I was never a huge fan of the SNES or Genesis ones and if I were you I would look into emulating the arcade version from your PC in MAME or Final Burn. That is, if you have a joypad for your PC.

The Alpha Series are my favorite. A couple of my friends are super hardcore Street Fighter freaks, one likes 3rd Strike the best and the other likes Alpha 3 the best.

But if you are just talking SF2 then Super is the best.

I never played Alpha 3, but I loved the first two. I also loved playing the Tag Team battle in the first Alpha.

Yeah, Dramatic Battle mode was awesome

On the Wii, then Super is the best. The best SF2 overall is Super Street Figter 2 Turbo: 10th Anniversary Edition

18. I didn't miss the era, per se, I just never got into it, for whatever reason. I remember when the movie came out, and it was apparently crappy, so that may have scared me off a bit, subconsciously. I was always more of a Mortal Kombat kid, myself. I also had a copy of Killer Instinct lying around.

Thank you, all. I think I'll go with Super Street Fighter II.

Explains a lot.

I'LL SHOW RYU, KEN!

Let me guess, you had Clayfighter too? Of all the games in the 2d fighting genre, you skip SF2? Fuck.

K, if you have a PS2 I seggest you spring for Capcom Classics Collection. It's $20, and has 3 versions of SF 2, along with like 15 other classic games. OR get Street Fighter Anniversary Collection, as it's SF 3 and Hyper SF 2 (which is a mash up of every SF 2 version out to date) on 1 disc.

If you want a singular game, I suggest getting Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo. If you have a 360, hold out for SSF2T HD Remix. It'll be the most fluid and beautiful version you can get.

Yeah, if they ever fucking release it.