Street Fighter Anniversary Collection
I'll split this review in two parts, seeing that there are two games on this disc.
Hyper Street Fighter II:
This game started it all, without it we would not have the 2D fighter genre, or possibly even the entire fighting genre that we have today. Instead of picking one version of the game and sticking it in the package Capcom decided to create a hybrid of all versions of the game and stick them together, a hardcore SFII fan's dream. Where the problem lies though, is that you almost have to use the most recent version of the game's charicters to survive because that is what the computer will use, however if you are extremely expierienced it could be bragging rights to say that you beat the game with the normal SFII version of one charicter, against the entire roster of the Super SFII Turbo cast. It is really nice to see an ultimate version of SFII put together like this, it's very nostalgic, although it is arguable that instead of pumping all versions of the game into one, that Capcom could have included every version, each of them being playable so the progress can be seen over the years.
Street Fighter III: Third Strike
The inclusion of SF III is a very nice addition to the game. It is, in my own opinion, the absolute greatest fighting game of all time. Everything in the game is almost perfect, even the urbanized soundtrack. I don't understand why this game was slept on, but now at least, everyone who buys the game, will be able to see how amazing the game truly is. That being said, it does not mean that the game doesn't have problems, even if they are minor. I think that Capcom could have put in the previous two versions of Street Fighter III, this is a collection focusing on the history of the Street Fighter series, right? We shouldn't have to rely on finding the Dreamcast version of the past two versions, just to play them. The only other problem (a very minor one), is the resolution of the characters is lower than the Dreamcast or arcade version, so they aren't as good looking. Overall for me, SFIII is the real reason I bought this game.
Summary:
This is an excellent package, even if the past couple of versions of SFIII are not present, or every version of SF II is not included along with the Hyper Version. That is what keeps this disc from being perfect, but overall the collection ends up being, very, very solid, and will most likely get you addicted just like you were in the old days.
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