It’s Street Fighter but ANIME | Street Fighter Alpha 1 & 2
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- Опубликовано: 27 май 2023
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Max continues his journey through all the Street Fighter games! With versions of Street Fighter 2 overly saturating the market, Capcom decided to pivot in a new direction...ANIME! This transition to a more "cartoony" style was initially met with backlash, but would end up becoming one of its most beloved series of games-it's Street Fighter Alpha!
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Max you better give the person whos making your legacy intros a bonus.
Whoever makes these thumbnails, too 🔥
And to their parents for both conceiving them, and raising them up to this point.
@@Yarott75 and to their grandparents for conceiving their parents.
Alpha 2 is probably the sf game that holds the dearest place in my heart.
You are far from the only one with that sentiment.
Alpha 2 was the first FG I actually played intensely, and it’s what pulled me into the FG rabbit hole.
Yeah! Street Fighter Alpha 2 absolutely grabbed me immediately.
I loved Alpha 2, that's where my beloved Sakura was introduced.
I like alpha 2 gold
Bryan Cranston as Fei-Long in the SF2 Animated movie is still super funny to me.
Pretty interesting how the movie adaptations of Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat shaped the future of their series.
Yeah, but remember, The Last of Us broke the "bad videogame adaptation" curse.
@DO96 nah according to dwayne "the rock" johnson it was actually Rampage starring him that broke the curse.
@@DarkOverlord96 sonic the movie already a good adaptation
lmao now its the mario movie that broke the curse. how many times can this curse be broken?
@@joedatius there was never a curse to begin with
The input for the raging demon was from Morrigan's Darkness Illusion.
Yup.
Akuma "stole" it from her.
But Akuma's take was definitely the more popular of the two. lol
That command is basically synonymous with those kinds of moves.
I thought the raging demon was first but the input was second since you couldn't do it in sf2.
Actually it was first called “Goukiness Illusion” by Japanese fighting game players back then
God, I hope Sakura can make her way back in 6 somehow. I know 5 felt like it was sort of a coming of age for her, and I know how people feel about "too many shotos" when we already have Akuma coming next year, but Sakura is just such an excellent character for the franchise and one of my favorite in all of gaming. They took a school girl trope and did it RIGHT.
Sakura is 100% gonna come back in 6 at some point it will just be a matter of how will she have grown up
She was kinda boring in 5, hope they make her fun like ryu in 6.
Love the idea of a grown up Sakura who has fully become her own fighter, and is no longer living in Ryu's shadow.
She hot
I hope they redesign her dramatically like Jin from Tekken 3 to 4.
Alpha 2 for the PSX was one of the first fighting games I ever got REALLY into. The presentation, music, and character designs were so dope at the time. I had the strategy guide and everything.
Me to Mr.snipes
I wish they made more Street Fighter games look like Alpha.
Same. Ever since they abandoned that style, Street Fighter has never hit as hard for me. Wish they'd give the series the Arc System Works treatment, tbh...
"In 1994 anime wasn't mainstream or well known at all" lol, it's always really funny and a little off putting as someone from México where we had tons of anime up the ass airing at prime time, especially during the 90s. As a kid I got a pirated copy of Alpha from a random street vendor at a corner, I'll never forget that.
Anime still isn't mainstream. The anime weeb fans, seem to think that anime or manga are this huge thing in the US, but the reality is THEY ARE NOT....In the US manga makes up 2% of comic sales, comics are still massively ruled by Marvel, DC and Image and anime releases are few and far between....When its something you have to track down from a specialty store its not mainstream.
Yep, anime was already huge in latin america during the 90's. Pretty much everyone dude i know around my age (30 years old) grew up watching dbz or/and saint seiya 😄
It's still not mainstream here in the US, just a helluva lot more popular, tho it's getting there.
@@lutherheggs451 but we're talking about our country? Mexico has anime being mainstream since the 90s, the sales are insane over here, not only is it available on open networks and cable, there's tons on stores and manga is sold in pretty much every mainstream store in every corner of our country, sad the USA is so behind this according to you, but that's not the reality in the rest of the world
@@agrippa2012don't forget the older people that also watched Ranma 1/2, Sailor Moon, Yu Yu Hakusho, Rurouni Kenshin (Samurai X in here), Trigun and Gundam Wing.
And the 2000s were wild for kids in that era. DBZ, Pokémon,, Digimon, Bayblade, Yu Gi Oh and so on were plastered everywhere lol.
I remember being blown away by the super combos in X-Men vs Street Fighter. Like Ryu’s hadoken, it became a killer ray of light. Lol
When I first saw it at the mall I probably busted in my pants 😂 I didn’t give af about anything else but fighting games back then
When I saw the supermove pulled off during demo in an arcade when I was younger...🥲beautiful.
Just like how it was with Cyclops doing a super beam. Its what drew me in.
And then DBZ gets localized and shows where that and Super Sonic originally came from. And Nintendo joins the party with Pokémon going overseas, and going back to Capcom fighters and Sonic, the Dreamcast creates a nice stir, however brief. Not to mention all the anime-styled ragtag band RPGs spurred on by FFVII. It truly was the weeb--I mean otaku gaming golden age.
Yeah Xmen Vs SF was revolutionary, the double team supers caught my attention, our local arcade had it running on a projector pointing into a blacked curtained out room EPIC
This is the irony. Street fighter pioneered and paved the way for such archetypes in anime. It's the complete opposite now.
Alpha 3 is etched in my brain, so many memories
World tour mode was crazy!
Arcade? it was ok. It's fun and man is A3 wild when it is competitive.
The Home Port? Looking back, that port is a milestone to every SF game after it. Their is a reason the term "World Tour" appeared again... Capcom has yet to top what they did on the Dreamcast. SF6 seem to looking to try.
same bro, remember coming home from school and grinding arcade mode
Alpha 3 is my favorite too. So good
This comment right here. I LOVE the Dreamcast port of Alpha 3
I grew up with Alpha 2 on the SNES (Yes. The bad version). Lots of great memories. I remember Ken's ending being my favorite due to the music
Alpha 2 SNES may be a bad port by comparison, but it arguably is the best fighter on the SNES cause it was insane the amount of work that went into it
@@cybershroom9240 Yeah I agree. I really love it when I was a kid and the 16-bit music is very memorable to me.
I personally love it, it's slower, but the Gameplay is as sharp, the timing is great for practice, and yet, the game is as hard in the highest number of Stars! 😅😁
The 3DS rerelease of Alpha 2 was really good.
@@venom3421 Same.
There is something charming about 16-bit music.
In some cases those can beat the original tracks from the arcade especially when the composers were creative with the chiptune of the home console (SNES, Genesis)
Example, Kotaro Fuuma's theme in the SNES port of the original World Heroes in much better than the original arcade version. Believe me 🎼🎵
Alpha 2 is one of my favourite games of all time. I started High School in 1999 and down the road from school was a Fish and Chip shop that had a Alpha 2 cabinet. After school dozens of us would crowd around and play till the bus came at 4pm. We did that for 2 years everyday but then the cabinet was gone after some drunk lunatic came in and smashed the screen with a baseball bat.
Cabinet is a cool name, never heard them called that before 👍🏼
i was a freshman in 99 as well
merging Final Fight with Street Fighter was the greatest gift to me as a fan of beat-em ups and Street Fighter.
Here we are again, many years later. Everything comes full circle. Metro City is a place we can interact with in SF6. It took forever to get here, but at least it finally happened
Wish Mike Haggar had made it into the Alpha games as well though, he could have had a cool unique intro vs Zangief or some of the other FF characters.
@@kadosho02 I forgot to mention its connected with Rival Schools too, kinda
@@willh7352 yup there have been numerous crossovers. Akira in V, which was overdue. Could show up again in 6.
@@kadosho02 Dude if they bring Shoma/Batsu/Hinata I'll goddamn cry. I'm about to buy SF6 right fuckin now
I'll always remember getting the PS1 with a copy of SF Alpha 1 as a gift from my Aunt and Uncle in the Summer of '97. I have Cerebral Palsy and had just went through a rather invasive surgery. Gaming definitely helped me pass time and ease the pain. Now I'm stronger because of it!
I directly associate the alpha series with the dan legacy now my absolute favorite from this channel.
Alpha 2 is absolutely my favorite street fighter in terms of style, aesthetic, and atmosphere I love it. It just feels so much like a young, carefree, optimistic, fun loving summer.
I could never get over how SF Alpha felt like living in a middle school era where you have an origin story that had you fighting a rival. I love how every character story expanded before SF2
I remember back in 1996 when I first watched people playing Alpha 2 arcade here in Manaus. They've put the arcade volume so high we almost got deaf every time someone activated the custom combo bars. Awesome!
Nice to see another fellow Manauara here. 😁
The producer of SF6 Shuhei Matsumoto is a huge fan of Alpha 2, which makes a lot of sense given World Tour coming back as a main feature. even though there is alot of third strike DNA when it comes to SF3's aesthetics and tone, there is alot of what made Alpha 2 so great in SF6, with all that focus on character personality.
any source?
@@oshikko3 Street Fighter 6: 118 Rapid-Fire Questions With Nakayama & Matsumoto
The Street Fighter Alpha series are such a fun series of games
I really miss the Dramatic Battle mode
@@brandonwilliams6119 me too
Alpha 2 on PS1 was one of the first games I had on Playstation (along with Tomb Raider and MK Trilogy). Ryu's theme in that game (the arranged/SFA2 Gold version) is embedded into my brain. I still listen to that song on loop when I'm working on projects or at work sometimes. Definitely something I hold dearly in my heart, probably until the day I die.
Alpha absolutely grabbed me immediately. I didn't realise it was Street Fighter at first, but when I did my heart skipped a beat and my jaw dropped.
I thought the same exact thing when i saw SFA in arcade the first time. I was just like "why is it a cartoon now? That's weird as heck." By the time Alpha 3 hit, i was getting up at 5AM to record DBZ episodes and thought SFA3 looked so awesome. The anime hit me really quick 😅
Also, if anyone reading this hasn't experienced Hyper Street Fighter Alpha, maaaaan. You gotta get your hands on it any way you can.
Hyper Alpha is crazy fun with all the new ISM's, Capcom need to remaster it, that and Alpha 3 MAX!
Lies again? Navy Seals National Service
@@NazriB wtf are you talking about?
That's crazy to me because to me sf2 looks like a cartoon
Hello Childhood.
My old friend
This animated movie was amazing, there is also Street Fighter 2 V with some of the same voice actors. The ending of that is awesome to. Super Street Fighter II The Animated Movie was and still is 👌🏼
These games are legendary. My friends and I played them after school and had some of the best fights. Crazy fun.
The one things that's been permanently embedded into my brain from this age of Capcom's fighting games are the sound effects, especially when the attacks connect. Iconic, if I do say so myself.
The intro to Alpha 2 is still the greatest ever in a fighting game, I think. The 90s-style midi riff with the visuals is awesome!
Alpha 2 Gold is the one I remember playing A LOT in the Alpha Anthology. Never got close to defeating Shin Akuma because he was an absolute monster.
Alpha 2 was the spotlight when I first played it. Like the artstyle and gameplay as they took the anime direction. The music was amazing including Kens theme was so smooth and jazzy.
As a semi-newbie to Street Fighter, starting at the tail end of 4 and on again, off again with SFV, I just found about Alpha a month ago and fell in love with the look and series!!
Then you are so going to enjoy the EX series a whole lot
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I remember just getting into anime when this came out, so the Alpha series redesign was exactly what I was looking for. The first time I saw it in a local arcade, it set up on a monster set-up; a literal giant screen monitor with a sit-down bench with a killer sound system that demanded the astronomical (at the time) fee of 50 cents. As soon as I found the Saturn version of it, I snapped that up. Never saw Alpha 2 in the wild, but once again, as soon as it was on Saturn, that got bought and played into the into the ground; so much so, I remember doing a recorded presentation for school on the difference between "polgyon graphics" and "cel animation". Of course, the main events being Virtua Fighter 2 and Alpha 2.
I absolutely love the artwork that came from this series of games. I just got a poster of the Alpha 1 cover for my wall, and I plan to get one for Alpha 2 pretty soon.
I really do appreciate this detailed deep dive into what made these games different and what Capcom was thinking at the time these came out. So much of this series just blends together for ke so I like seeing the distinctions between versions and the reaction to them.
I wouldn't call SFII realistic, both the original SF and SFII look more like the Japanese interpretation of how American action cartoons like He-Man and G.I. Joe looked. Most Japanese developers tried to appeal to American players by changing their artstyles, but it seems like since the mid 90s all games managed to retain their Japanese looks, just compare the promotional N artwork for Final Fantasy IV to VII or the original Fatal Fury to Garou: MoW
PS: I love how on the Japanese version of the Dramatic Battle there's a remix of the vocal theme from the SFII Animated MOVIE
But I'd argue that is a relatively "realistic" artstyle compared to Anime.
Like of you listen to Miyamoto talking about the original Donkey Kong he tried to make Jump Man as realistic looking as possible.
Lile SF6 is the same. It has a realistic flair but you wouldn't actually call Guile or Blanka "realistic" in terms of proportions and design.
I remember getting SFA2 on snes for Christmas. Miracle game indeed 😢
I remember being 7 and walking into a rental store and seeing a big ass poster of alpha 2. I knew who Ryu was, I didn't know who Akuma was. I was scared but also super excited.
Ryu and Ken doing the charged hadoken in the intro are also inspired from when the two do it fighting M bison in the sf2 movie lol.
This was my favorite time for Capcom fighters because of the experimentation not just in Street Fighter Alpha, but in the fighting games in general. You had Darkstalkers and the Marvel series being developed alongside the Alpha games and there was a cross-pollination of elements and ideas that made each franchise stronger. From Darkstalkers came EX moves, chain combos, and guard cancel, which were utilized in Alpha. Even Akuma's Shun Goku Satsu input is from Morrigan's Darkness Illusion. From Alpha, we got the defined super levels 1-3, which made things WAY more versatile and easier to implement. Marvel gave us air juggles and double-button super inputs (and of course the Cammy Killer Bee sprite). It all just felt so good and organic. Even having Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo and Pocket Fighters incorporate the Alpha aesthetics and elements in a fun way made the series more relevant and prevalent than it initially appears.
Alpha 1-3 is my Jam. I love all the SF:III's and everything but yeah Alpha series has the perfect speed and precision to me, personally.
Alpha 2 my beloved
Good thing no one ever uses "this looks like a cartoon/anime" in a pejorative way nowadays, eh?
Yep.
I prefer cartoony and anime style over boring realistic style
I first laid eyes on a Street Fighter Alpha arcade machine at a pizza place in the early 90's. I was instantly enamored by the art style and the presentation. I was already hooked on Street Fighter II at home, but Alpha is what got me wanting to visit arcades as much as possible, where I discovered more Capcom games that were influenced by it, like Darkstalkers and Marvel Super Heroes (my favorite Capcom game of all time). Alpha was a literal game-changer for Capcom's approach to the whole genre.
Played Alpha 2 to death when it was released on home consoles. Even my mom knows what Hadouken was, she heard it all the time while I was Playing.
In all my years in this earth, seeing that artwork of Ryu vs Akuma since childhood, I've NEVER NOTICED F-ING SAKURA IN THE BACKGROUND!!!! 😱💀
The Alpha series (mainly 3) has always been my favorite. It’s anime like artstyle is definitely one of the main reasons (on top of the soundtrack). Bengus’s art illustrations for the characters and even Capcom’s other fighting games during this era like Vampire Savior, X-Men vs Street Fighter, MVC1-2, Power Stone, etc really just adds to that special “aesthetic” of Capcom’s CPS2-Naomi era of their fighting games if that sounds right/makes any sense
Street fighter Alpha 1 is one of my favorites. So many days playing this on my computer.
I enjoy alpha 3 a bit more personally. Plus that was the game that introduced Evil Ryu. That alone puts Alph 3 up there as one of the greats
Evil Ryu is in Alpha 2 but he's a hidden character
K.O.
You lose!
Is etched into my memory.
"SF but anime" is the same kinda funny as "Zelda but anime".
It's been anime since the start. lmao
I love the alpha series, and the sprites look beautiful.
BRUH!!!! The stage Akuma is fighting everyone on is the Coliseum from Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris's fight!!!! AWESOME!!!!
Max has got me back in to fighting games and RPGs so thank you :).
Managed to find the pal snes version of alpha 2 boxed . Can't wait to see the artwork.
Funny because in Europe I got into anime around 1993 & the fact that I was constantly importing games and seeing various anime in magazines so I had the exact opposite reaction when Street fighter alpha came out, I was blown away. To me the game looked like you could play an anime and it was essentially as if the art in a manual come to life (especially in Japanese sfc games) To this day I wish SF would go back to that over 3D dudes that look like their made out of clay. Alpha was the 2nd most played game on my Saturn when it came out.
when i first bought my ps2 i bought a couple of games with it, but the first one that i popped into the console and played was the alpha anthology, had so much fun playing those games, and it was the one game where me and all my siblings would play against each other
I've got about a 3 day age difference from Max and hearing him talk about the reaction to SF Alpha 1 brought me right back to when I first saw the game at SportsWorld in Paramus, NJ. I had been playing SSF2 as well as the Turbo version for years and had every move memorized, so I was super excited to see a new SF in the arcade. At around the age of 12 when I first saw it, not knowing anything about 2D animation or anime, and witnessing the increasing grittiness of the characters from SF2 vanilla to SSF2, my response was exactly the same: "What is this, this looks like a cartoon."
The beginning of the SF timeline story, SF Alpha series and the best moment the legacy of Dan presented by Maximilian Dood.
My favorite SF Alpha games are Alpha 2 & Alpha 3 Max.
Even the Udon Comics follow the Alpha series storyline to connect it Street Fighter 2
Cant wait for the Alpha 3 video, been playing it non-stop since this mini-series started 😎
I played Alpha 1 in an arcade when I was a kid. It was the second SF game I'd ever played, first being Vanilla SF2, and I remember being blown away by the slicker, more dynamic art style. It was a long time between then and the next time I had an opportunity to get back into the series, so Alpha 1 always left a pretty big impression on me.
"The backgrounds for Alpha are kinda uninspired" He says talking over one of the most iconic Street Fighter stages in history
Alpha 2 Gold was incredible. All the extra selectable characters made it a blast. Shin Akuma, Evil Ryu, Alternate Chun-Li (Street Fighter 2), EX Ryu, EX Ken, EX M. Bison, EX Chun-Li, Alternate Sakura, EX Sagat, EX Zangief, and EX Dhalsim
This was definitely an interesting period for fighting games. I loved the art styles
Thank you! I've been asking for this in comments lol. My favorite SF series (1 and 2 especially). Spent SOOOOOOO MUCH allowance at the arcade mastering it prior to console releases
"A CARTOON?!"
Yes. A JAPANESE cartoon. Except actually smooth and lively because video game.
Seriously, the lineless anime look is a beaut. Timeless. And the different levels of super moves are fun to explore. And TWO CHUN-LI LOOKS. And DAN. OYAJIIIIII
I watched that Chun-Li vs Vega fight at her apartment more than a couple times if I’m telling the truth. Also destroyed more than a few socks. *cough*
Same 😊
I still have the disk of SF Alpha 2 and my PS1. And it still works to this day
The fight between ryu and fei long still holds up till this day - the whole movie was perfect tbh
Alpha 2 was my first SF, played on my old XP computer.
On Dreamcast back in 2000 in Super Street Fighter 2 X for matching service you can use Akuma WITH raging Demon Super combo. It was first time in Super Turbo you could play as Akuma with double Air fireball and a super combo bar to execute Raging demon. Dreamcast was fantastic.
I loved Alpha 2 and how the new characters added continued where the first one left off. You get 2 returning SF2 guys (Zangief and Dhalsim), a SF1 guy (Gen), a Final Fight guy (Rolento) and a whole new character (Sakura). Plus having Bison, Dan and Akuma already selectable. It was an amazing roster back then.
Kinda of a bummer that this one is shorter than the rest, but I'm glad you tackle the important aspect of of sf movie and how important the aspect of anime has been to series
Max, looking good on the gains, keep up the good work!
You forget to mention alpha 1 bring one of the most beloved characters in street fighter history, the one and only mighty Adon.
Alpha 2 , SF vs. X-men and SF EX were my jam as a teenager, on my way to high school from the local train station I would walk past a shopping centre/mall with a video Arcade. I'd play Alpha 2 religiously going to and from school. Eventually I could beat the Arcade machine on one life ($1)... good times ❤
Alpha series started remixing character themes for the home versions of the games. Alpha 1 gave you soundtrack options for an original or arranged OST. There was a notable difference in sound quality between the two. Alpha 2 for the home version had a remixed soundtrack by default, whereas the original soundtrack was largely Alpha 1’s music with minor changes. Alpha 3 understandably took a unique approach to character stage themes considering at this point, they made 4 different mixes of these themes (at least for the Alpha 1 characters).
Yeah but I also really love Alpha 3 because of its HUGE roster! I'm surprised ya didn't mention that!
SF Alpha 2 was my first arcade and fighting game in general. I lived in a small town and the only place that had an arcade machine was a bar besides my mom's store, so i played(mashed custom combo) the shit out of that game everyday when i was a kid. Just hearing that intro brings back fond memories.
Alpha 3 Max was the 2nd SF game i played after SF2 and i was blown away!
Love ken stage in alpha seeing other capcom character's chilling at the party is such a vibe
Alpha 3 was my favorite. I still have it
Although I didn't get around to Alpha 2 till way later, I do remember as a kid having Alpha 3 on my GBA and how sick that was being able to play that whenever I went out with my parents
I remember when I first saw screenshots of Alpha 2 in an issue of Gamefan magazine and being blown away at how absolutely beautiful it looked. I think it was the april 96 issue.
I had Alpha 2 on Saturn. No damned good at it but I just loved fucking around and playing the computer.
The poster of Ryu facing off against Akuma is still one of my favorite pictures in history. I unironically look it up from time to time just to appreciate it
That drawing of Ken in the thumbnail is giving me memories of DSP in his "Karen" Masters Halloween costume from last year.
I loved Alpha 1, that intro sequence was fantastic, I loved Rose at first sight, and I remember reading about it coming soon in EGM when it was called Street Fighter Legends. I was immensely hyped for it.
I never forget in 1995 being mesmerized at the graphics of SFA1, Darkstalkers and the Marvel fighters
I couldn’t agree more with your perspective! I’ve always had a special place for Alpha 2! It’s my fav! And the anime, just WOW! I remember the first time I watched it… I was trembling with an excitement.
When I die, I suspect Street Fight will be a part of my life flashing before me as I leave 😂
The merge with Final Fight was them finally linking the series to Street Fighter to conect back to the original Street Fighter 2 concept that changed due to too many ideas being thrown in. And there was the American Street Fighter animation also has a part in it too.
I love seeing this game by game, part by part, deep-dive documentary style legacy, I wished this would also happen to other fighting games franchises as well like Mortal Kombat and Tekken in preparation of their upcoming installments soon. I would also love to see this on King of Fighters as well, the franchise and SNK in general has a rich and very interesting history and it needs to be covered, explained, and recognized more to the people.
I've never played the Alpha series back then, but I've always liked the art style. Glad you're able to play it a bit in SF6
Coming up Street Fighter Alpha 3 in 1998 but anime and japanese hype!
Having tag team vs boss characters was amazing and 10:48 that moment is great🤣
00:38 look like Max was doing VO for Ryu
Alpha 2 was the first game I’ve ever played, when I hear the intro I literally cry, I came a long way from praying for my mom to get me alpha 3, now I just bought SF6
I played alot of street fighter 2 in the arcade. But alpha 2 was my jam! 15 years old getting downright swole from using the arcade stick will always be a great memory for me. I mean my arms were hard after playing that game. My favorite still too this day.
Alpha 1 renewed my interest at the Arcades, and the chain combos made the game feel quicker. SF Alpha 2 was the reason I got a Sega Saturn.
I never noticed Sakura in the Alpha 2 artwork. Crazy!
Played Alpha3 for 150 hours.
Sweet video, sweet high school memories.
Alpha's character design was definitely inspired by Street Fighter II: Movie. The character designs for Vega (Dictator), Sagat, Balrog (Claw), and Bison (Boxer) were lifted directly from the character designs from the movie. Hell, it's the reason why Vega (Dictator) is a shorter stocky muscular character, and Sagat is no longer just a slim muy thai guy like he was in the SF2 games. Even Ken's design in Alpha is taken directly from the flashback scenes in the movie. Come on @Maximilian Dood