street fighter 30th anniversary collection or soul calibur 6

Online functionality is available for four titles in the collection: Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting, Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Street Fighter Alpha 3 and Street Fighter III: Third Strike, (sadly omitting my personal favourite, Alpha 2). Many fans declare SFIII: Third Strike not only the best Street Fighter title, but the greatest fighting game of all-time. Deeply technical, with adrenaline-pumping gameplay and a fighting system that is still being explored over two decades later. Street Fighter III remains the most hardcore game of the entire series.

The Alpha titles are universally excellent, with gorgeous anime visuals, a varied cast of characters, great stages and an amazing soundtrack. Its addictive gameplay, memorable music and nostalgic allure haven’t faltered with age. SFII, particularly in its SSF2T iteration, remains one of the purest, toughest and, in ways, unashamedly busted fighters to date. What can be said about these classic fist-fests that hasn’t been said, read or experienced in the decades since their original release? Street Fighter is still terrible, but at least works as an amusing curio of the time, an ever-present reminder of just how much Capcom birthed a genre with its follow-up.

Street fighter 30th anniversary collection or soul calibur 6