The Making Of Street Fighter II

Loopz · Sep 24, 2003

Here's a link to a really cool piece at insertcredit.com about the making of Street Fighter II. I'd seen a few of these drawings in an old ass issue of EGM, but seeing all of these drawings just amazes me...how something that became so insanely huge had such humble beginnings. Fun read.

The Making Of Street Fighter II

Michael Yagami · Sep 24, 2003

Thanks for the link Loopz, great read. Its amazing to think that from those rough sketches came the game that would define the fighting genre for a decade. Capcom should go back and refine some of the unused characters and put out a whole new 2D fighting franchise.

Mike

Buro Destruct · Sep 24, 2003

Interesting. The disparity between the artwork is amazing, it almost feels as though the game became what it was after whomever did the original SF2 art signed on.

FeelGood · Sep 24, 2003

jesus that concept art is bed. the only cool thing is the angry hobo with the segmented staff. wtf didnt he make the cut? fuck u capcom. :mad:

btw im glad they put in average guile for us americans to use. i would have totally ignored the game if his ass wasnt in it. and yeah, he was the first character i used when my school discovered sf2. i later switched over to the other american, ken. u think i'm gonna use some damn japanese char? fuck that.

Decepticon · Sep 24, 2003

I think that Chun-Li with a jacket would be cool as an alternate costume, also that police officer would have fit in the Alpha series, but I believe they should have left Gen in the game, he looks like he could kick some ass with that stick.

Anyone know where to find SNK concept art?

Kid Aphex · Sep 24, 2003

FeelGood said:
jesus that concept art is bed. the only cool thing is the angry hobo with the segmented staff. wtf didnt he make the cut? fuck u capcom.

btw im glad they put in average guile for us americans to use. i would have totally ignored the game if his ass wasnt in it. and yeah, he was the first character i used when my school discovered sf2. i later switched over to the other american, ken. u think i'm gonna use some damn japanese char? fuck that.

Ken is Japanese.

OWNED.

Grandmaster-C · Sep 24, 2003

cool, very interesting to see the making of one of the greatests Beat em up ever

tsukaesugi · Sep 24, 2003

That alternate Vega (M.Bison) with the iron mask is awesome. Too bad the design didn't make the final cut.

'Dick Jumpsey' is also an awesome name. As soon as I read it, I immediately thought of Dudley.

mlloyd · Sep 24, 2003

A turd and a jamma board.....thats about all it took to make Street Fighter II.

Dash no Chris · Sep 24, 2003

tsukaesugi said:
That alternate Vega (M.Bison) with the iron mask is awesome. Too bad the design didn't make the final cut.

On the last page? I believe that's supposed to be Balrog (Vega) [spanish ninja].

--Chris

tsukaesugi · Sep 24, 2003

lol, this is getting confusing...

Dash no Chris said:
On the last page? I believe that's supposed to be Balrog (Vega) [spanish ninja].

--Chris

No, beside that is Vega (M.Bison) with the same iron mask as Balrog (Vega).

To be honest, I think it suits Vega more.

kernow · Sep 24, 2003

I've seen that medievel balrog before, I'd have liked him in, are all these diagrams for sf2 ww? as I see the char select pics on one screen being very close to ssf2x ones, and also theres a cave stage that looks just like oro's in sfIII

Talen · Sep 24, 2003

Dick Jumpsey - Best name ever?

At least that explains how fight fever came about. Someone stole those early sketches from capcom and thought they were genious.

Tehcno · Sep 24, 2003

Wow, some information that I did not know about. Thans for the good read. I'm with the author I love Zangif's old name just like in punch out Vodka Drunkinsky instead of Sodapopinsky or however you spell it.

MilkManX · Sep 24, 2003

LOL! I love the Hokuto no Ken generic guy!

On a side note. Is Ken Japanese or Half-American-Japanese?

Nesagwa · Sep 24, 2003

I always thought he was from the US because he is a white dude and kind of lives here and his map location is USA on SFII.

Blonde japanese guy? Bullshit.

Shingo Hibiki · Sep 24, 2003

MilkManX said:
LOL! I love the Hokuto no Ken generic guy!

On a side note. Is Ken Japanese or Half-American-Japanese?

Ken is 1/4 American and 3/4 Japanese. He also dyes his hair blonde. If you notice, his eyebrows are brown.

Nesagwa · Sep 24, 2003

You mean those catipillars on his face are eyebrows?

SonGohan · Sep 24, 2003

Shingo Hibiki said:
Ken is 1/4 American and 3/4 Japanese. He also dyes his hair blonde. If you notice, his eyebrows are brown.

Where does it say this? I always thought his eye brows were black because they knew he'd look gay with blond eye brows.

Dash no Chris · Sep 24, 2003

tsukaesugi said:
lol, this is getting confusing...

No, beside that is Vega (M.Bison) with the same iron mask as Balrog (Vega).

To be honest, I think it suits Vega more.

I'm not able to find any text on that page to indicate that the sword-wielding masked character is supposed to be Vega (M. Bison) [Shadoloo leader] -- where are you seeing this?

--Chris

Shingo Hibiki · Sep 24, 2003

SonGohan said:
Where does it say this? I always thought his eye brows were black because they knew he'd look gay with blond eye brows.

There is a Street Fighter plot FAQ somewhere on GameFAQs that goes into great detail about the plot, as well as miscellaneous details such as Ken dying his hair. The information was mostly taken/translated from the All About Capcom book. I'll try hunting down the link, it really is an interesting read.

SonGohan · Sep 24, 2003

Post it whenever you find it

Violent Ken · Sep 24, 2003

I hope you find that link about the plot, man. But you could obviously see from the very beginning that Guile was made for americans. I mean look at the two GIANT amercian flags he has on his two arms. Still a cool character, though.

FeelGood · Sep 24, 2003

BULLSHIT!

Ken is a blonde haired blued eyed ALL AMERICAN! he has a hot blonde slut wife and he lives in san francisco. a lot of blondes have dark brown eyebrows. blonde eyebrows look wierd.

btw guile only has the tat on one arm. sprites are just mirror images when they turn around in game so u see the tat on both arms.

Shingo Hibiki · Sep 24, 2003

Took some digging, but I found it. You'll have to copy and paste the URL into your browser.

http://db.gamefaqs.com/coinop/misc/file/street_fighter_plot.txt

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