Street Fighter

Nearly 20 Years After its Release, Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie is Still the Best Fighting Game Movie I Have Ever Seen

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been thinking a lot about the connection between games and anime and how as a young gamer I would eagerly watch any game adaptation I could get my hands on. Sometimes (many times) I wound up entering a world of disappointment. However, other times I would come across a…

You May Have Already Played A Game Featuring A Beefy, Oiled Up Turkish Wrestler

Yesterday, Buzzfeed published an article featuring Turkish oil wrestling. People took note, because the sport involves men oiling themselves up heavily before wrestling. Winning involves putting your hands down your opponents pants, as you can see in the video above. Probably not something we’d get to do in a game, right? Actually… Fighting games, bless…

Here, Enjoy the World’s Hottest Spin Kick

If you haven’t seen the 2003 Thai action flick Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior, you really, really need to. Here’s one of the film’s most memorable scenes, which just might be the closest we’ll ever get to Fei Long’s shienkyaku Ong-Bak went on to spawn two sequels, Ong-Bak 2 and Ong-Bak 3. The films’ mastermind, Tony…

You Can Now Buy Ryu’s Head. If You Want.

This is a 1:1 scale bust from Pop Culture Shock collectibles. For those who always wanted to see how the size of their head matched up with that of Ryu’s. If the size and design aren’t creepy enough, the eyeballs can be moved, so that he is always watching No word on price or release…

The Craziest Testosterone-Filled Japanese Video Game Characters

When it comes to Japanese developers, creating crazy, nice games isn’t the only thing they’re good at; they also design characters with pumped-to-the-max muscles, half of which don’t even exist in real life and have the size of a truck. And they are all really serious about beating the hell out of everyone around them.…

Proof That Cammy Cosplay Can Be Fantastic Without Having To Flash One’s Butt

Look, I get it, the character design for Street Fighter’s Cammy traditionally calls for a rather revealing lower section. But accuracy isn’t everything in cosplay. Sometimes what looks good on a screen looks… wrong in the flesh, and while authentic Cammy cosplay has its fans, I’ve always found it to be a bit much This…

If Pixar Wants to Make a Street Fighter Movie, They Should Hire This Guy

We’ve shown some of the artwork and character designs that Brazilian artist Victor Hugo Queiroz has been doing for his quirky-cool fan film Street Fighter III – Fuurinkazan. And after a few years in development, he’s released a trailer that pits Ryu against Hugo. Be sure to watch until the very end for a special…

This New Super Street Fighter Graphic Novel from Udon Delivers a Greasy Battle Royale

If you’ve seen an incredibly cool piece of Street Fighter art, chances are it originated from one of the talents at Udon Entertainment. The Canadian artist collective cranks out illustrated works for some of nerddom’s most beloved characters and has been making sharp, stylized interpretations of Capcom’s premier fighting franchise for more than a decade…

The Best Animated Backgrounds Of 2D Fighting Games

The color schemes and the attention to the tiniest details of the backgrounds in classic 2D fighters always fascinated me. Dodgy streets, abandoned buildings, mystical Far Eastern temples: all important elements of these games, just as important as the gameplay mechanics or the featured characters. Here’s our collection of some of the most beautiful animated…

Street Fighter X Mega Man version 2 is out, offering a buffed M. Bison—and a new (secret) challenger.

If Street Fighter IV was a First-Person Game, Here’s What It Would Look Like

Pipoca, the Brazilian animator who brought us First-Person Bomberman, now delivers this concept of Street Fighter IV‘s bonus stage, fought first-person style. It’s a great take, but if the combos are based on your point of view, I’m now completely messed up on how to throw a hadouken. What’s forward? Up? YouTube video uploaded by…

Playing As Bayonetta In Street Fighter

It’s a move you’d only see in fan fiction or mods for the PC version of Street Fighter, so… the fact this is a mod for the PC version of Street Fighter x Tekken probably explains things. It’s just one of a series of great mods that have been under the spotlight this past week,…

Chun-Li vs Tifa In a Brutal Fistfight. Who Would Win?

Sorry if that sounded like an idle fanfic question. I couldn’t care less what your imagination says. What I do care about is videos going to the trouble of dressing up professional stunt people/fighters and having them go at it… in the name of idle fanfic curiosity. Chun-Li vs Tifa (Street Fighter 2 vs Final…

That’s One Heck Of An M. Bison You’ve Got There

The sadly-departed Raul Julia played M. Bison in the terrible big-screen adaptation of Street Fighter. Let’s imagine, though, that instead of Julia, it was another Latin film star in the role. Like, say, Danny Trejo. Bison by Limjaegil [Jaegil Lim @ CGHub, via Blue Dog’s Eyes]

Capcom Announces Street Fighter x Mega Man. Yes, Seriously. And It’s Free.

Two of Capcom’s biggest franchises are celebrating quarter-century anniversaries right next to each other. Street Fighter has enjoyed all sorts of lavish promotions: a fancy chess set and an anniversary edition chock full of games and collectible goodies What’s coming for poor, ol’ neglected Mega Man, though? The poor robot hasn’t had a release in…

This Street Fighter Fan Movie Doesn’t End the Way You Think It Will

Ryu and Ken. Ken and Ryu. Street Fighter’s eternal rivals have been punching and kicking each other for 25 years now. Lots of fan films (and professional ones) have been made about the fighting game series but their real-life versions of their bouts have rarely looked this good. The filmmakers behind Fractured Illusion offered a…

Let’s Share The Horror of a Bizarre 1993 Street Fighter II Comic

There’s been a ton of media based on Capcom’s Street Fighter II series. Some bad movies, some good anime, some decent comics. This is none of those things. It’s a terrible comic. But terrible in a great way. Bad art, bad romance, bad fight scenes… if I’d been 13 when I read this, as I…

There’s a Bizarre Bite-Sized Blitz Version of Street Fighter X Tekken for the iPhone

Sneaking into iTunes today while I wasn’t looking, Street Fighter X Tekken Gauntlet pits Ryu and Kazuya against the entire mobile roster, 30 seconds at a time. Built in the same engine as the full $.99 version of Street Fighter X Tekken Mobile (as evidenced by the lack of iPhone 5 widescreen support), Gauntlet is…

Iconic Street Fighter Artist Illustrates How the Internet Is Full of Jerks

Ever notice how there’s always people online who seem to know everything? That take pleasure in showing they know everything when they notice mistakes? And then others gang up, too? Maybe you are sometimes guilty of that. Maybe I am, too. Maybe that’s the problem. Akiman, best known for his Street Fighter art, does a…

Japan’s Most Talented Pro-Gamer Is Now Appearing in a Japanese Manga

As far as Street Fighter players go, they don’t get much bigger than Daigo Umehara. He has an endorsement with peripheral maker Mad Catz, and he even authored a book. But it doesn’t stop there. He recently popped up in a Japanese manga. But not just any manga! According to this Japanese blog, Umehara is…