So I wasn’t the biggest fighting game fan back when I was a kid. I would play Smash Bros. and would play party games that were also fighting games based on licensed properties like Billy and Mandy the game, but I never got into the traditional fighting game scene as a kid. This was mainly because the crazy combo inputs you had to do drove me away from it and the fact that it was extremely competitive. However, as I got older, I wanted to experiment with this genre and the game that got me super interested in it was actually Marvel vs. Capcom 3. My friends were talking about it all the time and I really liked the flashiness of the game, so I picked it up and really enjoyed it. This led me to wanting to try out other traditional fighting games and the one we are going to talk about today is Super Street Fighter 2 for the Super Nintendo.
If you know Street Fighter, then you know the stables of the game; beat your opponent and become the Street Fighter champ! There are way too many versions of Street Fighter 2 to count, but this one is my favorite because it stars my main, Cammy. She’s fast, agile, and can sweep kick you for days! She’s fragile, but quick to play. Her story is also pretty interesting out of all the other characters in the game, so whenever I play this game, I usually gravitate towards either her or Chun-Li because of her kicks as well!
Now since it’s a fighting game from the 90’s, it is designed to destroy you, and destroy you it does. I have managed to beat the final boss, M. Bison, with Cammy on 6 stars, but not after almost an hour of patience and trying to figure out frame-by-frame attack points. You see, Bison is a jerk and he will expose you if you let your guard down once. You attack, he blocks and then combos you. You try to play defensive and jump away, he combos you from across the screen. You try to block, he throws you and combos you. It is insane, but after you do it, it feels so good.
SSF2 also has a tournament mode which is extremely fun to mess around with. You can do an all tourney with just Ryus on full stars and have them go at it, or all Sagats and hear nothing but “TIGER, TIGER, TIGER, TIGER” for about half an hour. This is a game about experimentation, so go nuts and have fun.
I may have been turned off by fighting games as a kid, but as an adult I love them because it is a great way to strategize and pick apart an opponent match after match.
Oh and here’s the epic opening to the game; it gets you so pumped up and motivated to beat your opponent!