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An accurate port of Super Turbo at a reasonable price would have been enough for me - and I'm sure many Street Fighter fans.īut what claws at my disappointment, dragging it down into angry territory, is how much Nintendo charges for all this. If it had to be a definitive version of Street Fighter 2, it could have been so much better.
As a Street Fighter fan, I would have loved for Capcom to put more effort into the series' debut on the Nintendo Switch. It should be clear by now that I think The Final Challengers is a disappointing game. Here he is, in all his sickening glory: Beware, Street Fighter players, for Zombie Guile is coming for you. I myself used the colour editor to create Zombie Guile as a metaphor for this soulless release. It's fun for a bit, and I can see people messing about with it to create Street Fighter abominations. This is not a costume editor, more a palette swap editor. Here you can change the colour of three sections of each character to create new looks. It's good for killing time on a train with a friend, but little more.Īnd then there's the colour editor. You can actually co-combo, which is nice, but the novelty soon wears off. Here, two players fight against the computer in co-op fashion, sharing a health bar that recovers slightly after each round. Buddy Battle is okay, but again, throwaway. I've already reported on the terrible first-person mode, Way of the Hado, but in short, well, it's terrible. You'd have to be brainwashed by Bison yourself to consider Violent Ken a true brand new Street Fighter character. In practice, he's just a faster version of Ken, with purple fireballs, a dash move and a unique, two-hit overhead (forward + medium kick). Bison and so has a bit of the old Psycho Power at his disposal. Violent Ken is, so the story goes, brainwashed by M. Evil Ryu will be familiar to Street Fighter fans - he is, essentially, the lovechild of Ryu and Akuma, with moves inspired by both characters. Let's move on to the two new characters, Evil Ryu and the hilariously named Violent Ken (because vanilla Ken is such a pacifist). The new style graphics come complete with black borders on the left and right of the screen. Essentially, The Final Challengers is Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo on Switch. But these are tweaks only the fighting game community will care about. For example, grapple breaks have been added, and the combo timing has been adjusted to make it slightly more forgiving. Curiously, Capcom's stripped those out in favour of a few of its own. The Final Challengers does not include the balance changes made by competitive video game expert David Sirlin. Given the game has Udon's HD graphics, you'd think it would basically be Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix ported to Switch, but it's not. You have the option of playing with the original - and best - visuals, or switch to the divisive updated visuals from Capcom's own nine-year-old game Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix, the one with the jerky animations and ugly graphics drawn by Udon Entertainment. There are no bonus stages in arcade mode. Ultra Street Fighter 2: The Final Challengers is billed as the definitive version of Street Fighter 2, but it's best described as a Frankenstein. It's not exactly the most balanced brawler Capcom's ever made (the less said about Sagat the better), but it's a beautifully smooth, intricate and rewarding fighting game that stands up today. Now, the first thing I should point out is that Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo is a fantastic fighting game - perhaps one of the greatest ever. Here's what you get for your money: a bastardised version of Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo - yep, that game from 1994 - two new characters who aren't really new, a god-awful first-person motion control mode, a throwaway two-player co-op mode, a colour editor, online play and that's about it. Ultra Street Fighter 2: The Final Challengers is so outrageously priced that I cannot recommend it to anyone. The question is, is Street Fighter 2 on Switch such a rip-off that I suggest people steer clear of the game? I've come to the conclusion that I have no choice but to do so. Some people wouldn't blink at the thought of forking out £35 for Ultra Street Fighter 2: The Final Challengers on the Nintendo Switch. It means something different for each and every one of us. Street Fighter 2 on Switch is a disappointing release made worse by the rip-off price.