

The final boss, named Vega in the Japanese version, was given the M. To avoid a likeness infringement lawsuit, Capcom rotated the names of three of the boss characters for international versions of the game. (The character was originally named "Mike Bison".

The original Japanese version of Street Fighter II introduced an African-American boxer boss character that shared the physical characteristics and likeness of real-life boxer Mike Tyson. As in the original, a second player can join anytime for competitive matches. In the single-player mode, the player character is pitted sequentially against the seven other main characters before confronting the final four bosses, exclusively CPU-controlled. Each player character has a unique fighting style with approximately 30 or more moves, including new grappling moves and throws, and two or three special attacks. Street Fighter II: The World Warrior is the first one-on-one fighting game to give players a choice from a variety of player characters with different moves, allowing for more varied matches. It is one of the earliest arcade games for Capcom's CP System hardware and was designed by Akira Nishitani and Akira Yasuda, who also made Final Fight and Forgotten Worlds. Street Fighter II was released in 1991 following an unsuccessful attempt to brand the 1989 beat 'em up game Final Fight as the Street Fighter sequel. It is in the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection for eighth-generation consoles and Windows.
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Street Fighter was later (Circa 2001) included in Capcom Classics Collection: Remixed for the PlayStation Portable and Capcom Classics Collection Vol. In 1987, it was released on the TurboGrafx-CD console as Fighting Street. Street Fighter was ported to many popular home computers, including MS-DOS. The player can perform three punch and kick attacks, each varying in speed and strength, and three special attacks: the Hadōken, Shōryūken, and Tatsumaki Senpūkyaku, performed by executing special joystick and button combinations. A second player can control Ryu's friendly American rival, Ken Masters. The player controls martial artist Ryu to compete in a worldwide martial arts tournament spanning five countries and 10 opponents. Street Fighter, designed by Takashi Nishiyama and Hiroshi Matsumoto, debuted in arcades in 1987. Main article: List of Street Fighter video games Street Fighter (1987) A Street Fighter arcade cabinet Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers It is the highest-grossing fighting game media franchise of all time at US$12.2 billion, including 500,000 arcade units.
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Street Fighter is one of the highest-grossing video game franchises of all time and is one of Capcom's flagship series with total sales of 53 million units worldwide as of June 2023. Its best-selling 1991 release Street Fighter II established many of the conventions of the one-on-one fighting genre. The first game in the series was released in 1987, followed by six other main series games, various spin-offs and crossovers, and numerous appearances in other media. Street Fighter, commonly abbreviated as SF or スト ( Suto), is a Japanese media franchise centered on a series of fighting video and arcade games developed and published by Capcom.
