I can’t imagine there being anyone out there that is worse at playing fighting games than me, and despite my sensationally poor ability to defeat the game’s AI, even I have an appreciation for Street Fighter II. It certainly says something about the game’s quality that after nearly two decades, I find myself buying multiple iterations of the game and still fighting to make it through the first few opponents in the single-player. (I’ve given up hope of ever defeating a human opponent without the assistance of their controller spontaneously combusting.) We’ve got a look back at 20 years of Street Fighter II, including 20 things you didn’t know about the game and an episode of Retronauts dedicated to Capcom’s classic.
Today’s highlights:
- That new disc format for Xbox 360 will reportedly increase its storage capacity.
- Operation Raccoon City producer talks about a new direction for Resident Evil.
- The director of Pokemon Black and White values safety above all else.
- Allegedly thieving talent from Ubisoft has led to an injunction against THQ.
- In defense of Zynga’s metrics-driven game design.
- Muramasa developer Vanillaware is bringing out a new RPG called Grand Knights History.
- What’s it take to make a leading JRPG lady?
- Insomniac Games won’t develop NGP games in-house.
- Steambot Chronicles 2 has been canceled.
- JRPG Ore no Shikabane is getting a remake on PSP.
- Insomniac Community Day 2011
And here’s what else happened today:
Super Meat World to Debut “Very Soon”
