{"id":2499,"date":"2017-07-31T18:58:33","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T18:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/?p=2499"},"modified":"2017-08-01T06:04:18","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T06:04:18","slug":"street-fighter-30th-anniversary-collection-wishlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/archives\/2499","title":{"rendered":"Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection Wishlist"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It feels as if it were only yesterday I imported Hyper Street Fighter II<\/b> as part of the series’ 15th anniversary. It later came to the US with SFIII: 3S<\/b> as a pretty sweet package. As 2017 is now more than halfway done, I remain curious as to how Capcom plans on celebrating. News started to surface this week that an anniversary collection might be coming. <\/p>\n

As exciting as it might be, a wishlist of what could be<\/i> should be reality-checked. Does anyone remember the Street Fighter Collection<\/B> from back in ’97? After months of hoping for a complete compilation of SFII<\/b> we ended up getting two games<\/b> rather than one. Surely the arcade ROMS couldn’t fit in one collection? <\/p>\n

That may be unfair, as we later got the excellent Fighters’ Generation \/ Alpha Anthology<\/b> which showed Capcom could do it right. But while I should really be cautiously optimistic, I’m going to throw that caution to the wind and express my excitement over the possibilities.<\/p>\n

With Ultra Street Fighter II<\/b> newly-on shelves, I’m not sure that’ll be part of this package and they can’t realistically put out the HD Remake<\/b> if USFII<\/b> is already out. Hyper Street Fighter II<\/b> may be more likely, but both games are just broken from a competitive standpoint. However, either game would be great for the collection and USFII<\/b> may be the easiest to port over. I think a form of SFII<\/b> is almost required for the 30th anniversary.<\/p>\n

As for SFIII<\/b>, a collection of all three versions would be sexy as hell, but I think a 3S Online Edition<\/b> translation would suffice for most purposes. It could be done easily enough as they’ve brought Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3<\/b> and Ultra Street Fighter IV<\/b> over to the current-gen systems.<\/p>\n

Speaking of…I wouldn’t expect any original SF<\/b> or SFIV<\/b> games to be involved. <\/p>\n

So what are we left with? Oh…just my favorite Street Fighter<\/b> series of them all. The Zero\/Alpha games launched as I got into college and the animations, style, sound effects, roster and overall feel remain the best of them all. They hearken to a different time of my life, of gaming, that whole thing. I remember going to the mall to play as Adon in SFA<\/b>. I bought my first Playstation alongside a fight stick and SFA2<\/b>. I imported SFZ3<\/b> and my fascination turned into an obsession. The aforementioned collection of Zero\/Alpha games is so utterly spectacular and complete, I would do anything to have those games playable on the PS4. <\/p>\n

However, that may be a bit too optimistic. That’s an awful lot of upgrading, but I truly don’t think a 30th-anniversary collection would be complete without<\/i> the Zero\/Alpha games. I’m not sure precisely how they could work them into this collection but I think it has to happen. It’s entirely possible we just get one game and as Zero 3 really encompasses everything the series stood for, with its Isms and vast roster, you then wonder what version of SFZ3<\/b> they’d include. The GBA and PSP versions are the most complete, but with a max resolution of 480×272, it’s simply unacceptable on a big screen. That’s a dilemma. I’d prefer not have an incomplete collection all these years later, but a full one might require too much work. Oh, if I could just get Z2A\/A2G, I’d be so friggin’ happy. <\/p>\n

I think we’re above a anything would be better than nothing<\/b>. We’re a far cry from the bare-bones ports and translations of the mid-to-late 90s. There’s no reason this shouldn’t<\/i> be a kick-ass collection. Having bought so many versions of SFII<\/b> (no fewer than 6), SFIII<\/b> (maybe 2?), SFIV<\/b> (vanilla, Super, AE, Ultra, Ultra on the PS4), and now SFV<\/b> (base game + 2 seasons of DLC). Please don’t fuck this up, Capcom. The 30th anniversary should celebrate US<\/b> as much as it should celebrate SF<\/b>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It feels as if it were only yesterday I imported Hyper Street Fighter II as part of the series’ 15th anniversary. It later came to the US with SFIII: 3S as a pretty sweet package. As 2017 is now more than halfway done, I remain curious as to how Capcom plans on celebrating. News started […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,15,4,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-best-worst","category-blog","category-games","category-street-fighter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2499"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2504,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499\/revisions\/2504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}