Bar Check Brr Check

That's what my cousin used to call the 'hurricane kick' that Ken and Ryu did.



This game HAS to be my favourite. As much as I got caught up in FFVII and Super Mario Bros 3, this game actually affects how I think of currency. When I look at prices of items I contemplate purchasing, I STILL to this day think in terms of how many games of Street Fight II that will buy me. I remember waking up during the summer this game first was out, all excited to ride my bike down to the local pizza shop that I knew had this game. Food? Shit, that's like 10 games of SF2, dude! I'll pass!

Guile's handcuffs, air throw.... shit, even his hair! Quarter-circle isn't quarter-circle anymore; it's "fireball" motion. Play fighting with my friends, doing fireballs and shouryukens and shit. We couldn't really do hurricane kicks... heh. Saying though, I remember going to family parties playing this all night. Folks who were good got mad respect. Then when people start cheezing by like jumping in and throwing, everyone would get mad heated and started just HATING. So emotional!

I don't know too many combos that give the some pleasure as a well-executed jumping fierce, fierce, fireball/shouryuken/sonic boom. Then the slow-mo groan and flying laid out when you finally KO your opponent. The shame of getting beat with a leg sweep or a jab... The guessing of which celebration your character will do, and then subsequent mimicking of said celebration.

So good. SF2, my favourite game.