Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers Review

<p>Released in 1991&comma; <em>Street Fighter II<&sol;em> became the king of fighters and in many ways&comma; opened up the genre for the likes of other fighters such as <em>Mortal Kombat&comma; Tekken&comma; The King of Fighters<&sol;em> and more&period; Originally released as simply <em>Street Fighter II<&sol;em>&comma; it found its life stretched in more ways than any other fighting game&period; First came World Warrior which led to Champion Edition&period; Champion Edition added characters that were previously unplayable such as Balrog and Vega&period; Ready for competitive play&comma; Hyper Fighting was released&period; Years after the original release&comma; fans were treated to <em>Super Street Fighter II&colon; Turbo<&sol;em>&comma; a game still played today&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Now&comma; 25 years later&comma; Capcom has released the final &lpar;but probably not&rpar; edition of the famed fighter&&num;8211&semi;<em>Ultra Street Fighter II&colon; The Final Challengers<&sol;em>&period; This edition brings to the table the fresh HD skin fans were treated to in last generation’s <em>Super Street Fighter II&colon; HD Remix<&sol;em> &lpar;yet another edition of the game&rpar;&period; When it was released last generation&comma; the refreshed visuals were a point of controversy among fans&comma; some welcoming it happily while others thought it an embarrassment and an abomination to the original&period; Personally&comma; I like the HD graphics and updated art&period; For those who don’t fall on this side of the creek&comma; <em>Ultra Street Fighter II&colon; The Final Challengers<&sol;em> allows you to switch to the original visuals&&num;8211&semi;16-bit with a 4&colon;3 ratio&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;126833" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-126833" style&equals;"width&colon; 960px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-126833" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;19103724&sol;USF2&lowbar;ERyu&lowbar;VKen&lowbar;classic&lowbar;sprite&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"960" height&equals;"540" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-126833" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Ultra Street Fighter II&colon; The Final Challengers&comma; Capcom<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">While admittedly I’m not the biggest fan of the genre&comma; Street Fighter has always served me a dish of street brawl I’ve always enjoyed&comma; especially II&period; This game feels just as good as it always has&period; The controls are responsive&comma; intuitive and fluid&period; I always feel in control and the character never betrays my commands&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">In that essence&comma; the game feels like its good &OpenCurlyQuote;ole self&period; For those looking for a reason to buy this game <&sol;span><i><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">again<&sol;span><&sol;i><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&comma; hopefully&comma; two new characters does the trick&period; Well&comma; kind of new&period; They’ve been in games before but they are new to <em>Street Fighter II<&sol;em>&colon; Evil Ryu and Violent Ken&period; Evil Ryu has been corrupted by Satsui no Hado&comma; the same power that Akuma utilizes&period; For obvious reasons&comma; Evil Ryu plays a lot like Akuma&period; Teleporting across the screen&comma; a better fireball and the same super as Akuma&comma; Raging Demon&period; Violent Ken is a brainwashed version of the fabled blondie&period; He fights angrier and adds to his roster of moves a tricky move in the form of a sneaky rush teleportation&period; While welcomed additions to the roster&comma; they don’t add much&period; They&&num;8217&semi;re essentially reskinned versions with a slightly different move-set&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;126832" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-126832" style&equals;"width&colon; 960px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-126832" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;19103716&sol;ultra-street-fighter-II-the-final-challengers-switch-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"960" height&equals;"540" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-126832" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Ultra Street Fighter II&colon; The Final Challengers&comma; Capcom<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">For those looking for something totally different&comma; look no further than the strangely present first-person Way of the Hado mode&period; In this mode&comma; you play as Ryu while using a pair of Joy-Con to throw punches at waves of enemies&period; Frankly put&comma; it’s awful&period; Don’t waste your time&comma; unless you’re looking for frustration and confusion&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;126831" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-126831" style&equals;"width&colon; 960px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-126831" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;19103650&sol;CI&lowbar;NSwitch&lowbar;UltraStreetFighter2TheFinalChallengers&lowbar;Multiplayer&lowbar;WayOfTheHado&lowbar;image912w&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"960" height&equals;"540" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-126831" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Ultra Street Fighter II&colon; The Final Challengers&comma; Capcom<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">While best played with a Pro controller&comma; because of the nature of the Switch&comma; it’s an awesome pick-up-and-play with a friend if you’re fine using a single Joy-Con&period; Surprisingly&comma; it’s not that bad&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">At &dollar;40&comma; its hard to recommend this game to the person who has purchased it 3&plus; times&comma; but&comma; it is a nice addition to the library of Switch games&comma; especially for those who primarily use their Switch as a handheld&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">This version should have come with more but at the end of the day&comma; it’s <em>Street Fighter II<&sol;em>&period; By this point&comma; you should know what you’re getting into&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>A copy of Ultra Street Fighter II&colon; The Final Challengers was provided by Nintendo for the purpose of this review<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;