Street Fighter

Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie, In Gifs

One of the all-time great adaptations was this animated spectacular

The Beauty Of Street Fighter‘s Parry

Hadouken, Shoryuken, Sonic Boom… Street Fighter’s moves are as iconic as the characters that wield them, but one move in particular has had a greater impact on both the Street Fighter series and its competitive gaming history than any of those—the parry. Parrying was introduced in Street Fighter III, which was released way back in…

Capcom Uses Wrong Street Fighter In Tournament, Has To Replay Games

Over the weekend, the NorCal Regionals of Capcom’s Street Fighter 4 Pro Tour ran into a problem: the tournament was accidentally using the wrong version of the game. As The Daily Dotreports, it wasn’t until a bunch of rounds had already been decided that two players noticed the game they were using was the wrong…

Guile’s Theme With Lyrics Could Have Been A Great Cartoon Intro

Even if Guile from Street Fighter looks like a guy who’s been through a lot, and the lyrics are about his eyebrows, Animation Domination‘s latest clip really proves that Guile’s theme goes with everything. They added lyrics and animation—showing Guile and his unique pre-fight ritual—to the background music and made it look and sound just…

Sexy Fighting Game Characters, Redesigned

Anna Nilsson, from Swedish site Svampriket, has some ideas on what some of the “sexier” female fighting game characters should look like. Mostly, this involves putting some damn pants on. Nilsson’s redesigns take two things into account: she’s toned down the more, ahem, exaggerated aspects of their physical design, and made their outfits more practical.…

The First Time Street Fighter‘s Charlie Has Seen Action In A Long Time

Teased late last year during the Capcom Cup Finals, Charlie Nash is the third fighter to take the the ramen-strewn stage in Street Fighter V. He’s looking pretty good for a dead guy. I mean yeah, a large portion of his face is missing, but that’s the sort of thing that happens when you bite…

Street Fighter Comes To Life with Japanese Celebrities

It’s not everyday you can flip on your television in Japan and see major celebrities cosplaying as Street Fighter II characters and talking incessantly about the game. Last week on variety show Ame Talk, a handful of famous Japanese people who are into video games dressed up and recounted their Street Fighter experiences and memories…

MMA Fighter Throws Hadouken At Opponent, Then Beats Him Up

There are so, so few opportunities to throw a hadouken unironically. “During an MMA fight” is one of the preciously rare moments to channel your inner Ryu and feel like a total badass—as long as you’re actually in the fight. Shane Campbell saw such a window during a recent bout with Derek Boyle. Here is…

Street Fighter II Has Somehow Been Ported To Virtual Boy

While it feels like Street Fighter II has been released on every platform ever, that’s not true, as Capcom never blessed Nintendo’s doomed Virtual Boy with the classic fighter. That’s where fans come the rescue, as Hyper Fighting has introduced Street Fighter II to wildly outdated 3D. Homebrew games have existed in the still-active Virtual…

What’s Already Causing Street Fighter 5 Hate

Over the weekend, pro gamers Daigo Umehara and GamerBee put Street Fighter 5 through its paces. According to some, its leisurely paces. Cue the unhappy folks. The recently announced Street Fighter 5 is still early in development. From the looks of this gameplay footage, it sure seems like it. Even with two of the greatest…

I’m Already Sick Of This Street Fighter V Stage

Top-tier Street Fighter rivals Daigo and GamerBee face-off in a Street Fighter V exhibition match during the Taipei Game Show, and I couldn’t be more bored. New background, please. We saw it during the teaser. We saw it in the reveal trailer. We saw it in thefirst exhibition match during the Capcom Cup finals last…

People Destroying Cars Like in Street Fighter. Sort of.

Tough? Wasteful? Dull? A handful of martial arts types try their luck at a real-life version of Street Fighter‘s bonus stage But, I don’t remember Ryu jumping on top of the car like this. This one from Mega64, however, is rather amusing. To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him…

Street Fighter Mod Lets You Kick Ass As Commander Shepard

Who knew that Mass Effect would work so well as a fighting game? Here’s a mod highlighted by PC Best Mods that shows Femshep duking it out with Tali, because video games are amazing and weird. The Shepard has the moveset available to Street Fighter’s Poison, and Tali is technically Cammy, but still! You can…

“If you own a PlayStation, you may have killed him at some point.” Grantland‘s got a great profile of Reuben Langdon, a motion-capture stuntman who’s lent his physical and vocal talents to games like Resident Evil: Code Veronica, Devil May Cry 3 and Street Fighter

Man Draws Cool Sketches Every Day For A Year

Artist Gabriel Picolo has been doing a sketch for every day of the year. He now has one of the best sketchbooks on the planet. While he’s not quite done, he’s almost there, and his collection now includes everything from personal reflections to abstract pieces to, well, a ton of video game pics. His Persona…

The Year In eSports

In 2014, eSports and competitive video games were everywhere. Some games and their finals invaded regular sports channels on TV, filled huge stadiums, and the streams pulled hundreds of thousands of viewers. At this point, it doesn’t look like the eSports craze will end anytime soon. From January to December, here are the best eSports-related…

Until We Get A New Bloody Roar, Ultra Street Fighter IV Animal Costumes

It’s been over 11 years since we last saw Hudson Soft’s bestial battler series in action, and chances of a Bloody Roar revival are incredibly slim. Thank goodness Capcom is here to provide us our anthropomorphic fighter fix with a whopping nine packs of “Wild Costumes” for Ultra Street Fighter IV. Sure, no one’s transforming…

Street Fighter’s Blanka Is a Monster at Trolling Other Video Games

First, he romped through the real world, making people’s lives miserable. Now, he’s showing up in Dishonored, Minecraft and a few other virtual locales to screw things up. Damn you, Blanka. This clever video by Street Troller switches up the formula established by older Blanka trolling clips and plops the green-skinned World Warrior into other…

Watch Street Fighter V Played Live For The First Time

Capcom capped off today’s Capcom Cup finals with a live demonstration of the recently-announced Street Fighter V. Who’ll wind up with a head full of noodles? Watch and see. It’s the same two characters on the same stage we saw during the game’sreveal last weekend, but now there’s real hands making Chun-Li and Ryu do…

Watch Top Street Fighter IV Players Battle For The Capcom Cup

Technically they’re battling for a portion of the $50,000 pot up for grabs in the grand finals of the Capcom Pro Tour circuit, but I’m sure the cup is lovely. Let’s see which of the 16 competitors takes it home. The show’s already started, with a demonstration of the wacky changes coming in the Omega…