This may very well be the lamest thing to ever come out of the Street Fighter franchise: a Virtual Reality ride through Bisonopolis. What's the point of putting Street Fighter and VR together if you're not going to use it to zoom up Chun Li's vagina in first person? Florian Eckhardt

You may recall how trivially M. Bison owned the first level of Super Mario Bros. It was rather depressing, actually: those big-eyed waddling mushrooms just couldn't compete with his Somersault Skull Diver.

Well, Zangief's taken a knock at it, and he has a bit more trouble. In particular, despite the fact that he appears to be 200 feet tall, he can't stop from accidentally falling in World 1-1's collection of bottomless pits. Watching this video, it's hard for the avid Street Fighter II player to avoid asking himself one question: just what would it be like to be You Sou Kyakued by Chun-Li if she weren't wearing any panties? Florian Eckhardt

M. Bison's ultimate Psycho Crusher pwns Super Mario Bros. Credit goes to Bane for this retro gaming goodness. Brian Ashcraft

More Here [Mungen Guild]

From The Department of Surname Redundancy Department: Lang Lang is one of the greatest pianists in the world. He also likes to take time out from his ivory to zanily jump around the room, performing pantomime Street Fighter 2 moves. This guy's awesome, go buy some of his CDs. Florian Eckhardt

When Chun Li investigates a sexy kidnapping, she subdues the perps the only way she knows how: by flashing her camel toe at Dhalsim and Honda, then making out with the victim. An edited and work safe selection from a Japanese cosplay Street Fighter 2 porn movie. FLORIAN ECKHARDT

Although Eliza and I have since smoothed out our differences with a beefy handshake and a night at the strip club, our brief conflagration in the McDonald's Interactive thread has infected Crecente and Ashcraft with rabid, Street Fighting bloodlust. Right after 'manly snuggle', this is our second favorite way of settling our arguments here at Kotaku Tower.
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More Chalkboard Street Fighting Photos

Hey, Ryu! Don't you know you don't use water for an alcohol fire? Also, you're supposed to block... forearms beat fire.

Extra props to Dhalsim being three sheets to the wind during the eight second fight. FLORIAN ECKHARDT

In addition to the E3 Live calendar we posted above, the May issue of Power Up Magazine has a list of the upcoming games that will be downloadable through Live Arcade over the coming months.

In addition to who-cares Uno, blah Texas Hold 'Em Poker game and that's-more-like-it Capcom fighter Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting, you can expect the sequel to the excellent Mutant Storm — Mutant Storm Empire — and Cloning Clyde to come to Live Arcade in the Summer of 2006.

You'll need to either already have an XBox.com account or sign-up for one through a Hotmail address to access the magazine. As if you didn't have enough virtual repositories for the unsolicited come ons of Russian child brides.

May Issue Of Power Up Magazine [XBox.com]

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He even goes so far as to imply that Tecmo's Ninja Gaiden for NES is a bit too much like its console compatriot Castlevania. C'mon, Chris, I don't know about that one. I'll give you the Balloon Fight slam, maybe, but Ninja Gaiden? Heresy!

Egregious Plagiarism In Classic Gaming [1UP]

Moore said that by the end of 2006 there would be 50 Xbox 360 games available, that means we can expect another 31 titles this year. More importantly, Moore said that Street Fighter 2 would be coming to Xbox Live Marketplace. Street Fighter 2, how much does that rock? Texas Hold Em will also hitting the marketplace, but that just makes me sad.

HD DVD, Street Fighter II Coming to Xbox 360 [Gamespot]