In the summer of 2013 I went back to the Sega Dreamcast port of Super Street Fighter II X and wanted to see what the real difference was between all three Goukis. As we all know, this game marked Gouki's first appearance in the game. However, as per this old video, there's some awesome things Shin Gouki and Tien Gouki can do. So...what's the difference? How can you play as these behemoths? Things weren't so clear.

As a longtime contributor to GameFAQs, their SSF2X Cheats Page was my first go to. However, their instructions are broken. Of course, upon later inspection, I should've known Kao Megura (RIP) would have a complete and detailed description of these steps. Regardless, I wanted to toss up a section here.

There are several steps to unlock these two fighters. You're going to need to unlock the dip-switch menu. Let's look at the steps with more information than you'll likely need.

Oh...this is a Japanese game only. Do I have to tell you that...

• Vega = M. Bison (Dictator)
• Balrog = Vega (Claw)
• M. Bison = Balrog (Boxer)

Step 1: Beat The Game With All 16 Characters

In order to face Gouki/Shin Gouki, you need to play Arcade Mode and not lose any matches (rounds are OK?) While doing so, you need to get at least 3 perfect finishes.

The easiest way to do this, at least to unlock this whole lot, is to go into the EX Menu first and enable unlimited supers.

• Highlight Options
• Hold the Left and Right triggers
• Press A or Start
• Highlight the first option (1P SP Gauge)
• Change to the third option (as in the image below)

EX Options

Super Meter

Then, go into the regular options menu and choose the first option (gameplay). This is higlighted in red in the first image below.

On this screen change the first line to one start (difficulty), the third line to 1 (for rounds).

Normal Options
First Choice	Lines 1 & 3

Step 2: Beat The Game With The SSF2 Version All 16 Characters

What you'll do here is select a fighter, enter a specific sequence and then press another button. You're going to want to do this quickly. Let's see how it goes!

• Highlight the appropriate character
• Select that character by pressing any attack button
• Enter the following code quickly.
• Press LP for P1 color.
• Press LP + LK for P2 color.

SSF2 Version Codes
Ryu	RRRL	T. Hawk	RRLL
Ken	LLLR	Fei Long	LLRR
E. Honda	UUUD	Cammy	UUDD
Chun-Li	DDDU	Dee Jay	DDUU
Blanka	RLLL	M. Bison (boxer)	RLLR
Zangief	LRRR	Balrog (claw)	LRRL
Dhalsim	DUUU	Sagat	LRRL
Guile	UDDD	Vega (dictator)	DUUD

So, for Ryu, you'll highlight him and select him using any attack button. Then you'll press R, R, R, L and then press LP or LP + LK. You'll hear him say, "Hadouken!" His portrait will change to his standard color (even if you chose the player 2 color) and you'll know it worked. Each character has a different iconic saying.

Step 3: Change Dip Switch Settings

• Highlight Options
• Hold Y and Press Start
• Go into Manual Settings
• Change Dip Switch Settings to 1
  • 3rd Row - 8th Zero (Tien Gouki)
  • 3rd Row - 9th Zero (Shin Gouki)

Dip Switch Settings

Change To Ones

Highlight Manual Setting, hit A and change those Zeroes to Ones!

Step 4: Select Gouki / Shin Gouki / Tien Gouki!!!

How To Select
Gouki	3P	3P + K
Shin Gouki	3K	3K + P
Tien Gouki	MP + HP MK + HK	MP + HP 3K

So, now you're really excited, right? Well, what is the real difference between these versions? Very little, actually.

Shin Gouki has a double air fireball and his hurricane kick hits more/does more damage.

Tien Gouki is really just Shin Gouki but has a super meter and can therefore do his Shun Goku Satsu (Raging Demon). I think they both may be a bit quicker than standard Gouki. They may also dish out more damage. Either way, it's a task, but this is the only form of Tien Gouki (which itself is an unofficial name) in any game.

Success!
There He Is!	Shun Goku Satsu!

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