Move Names
After the success of the fan-made mod Street Fighter II: Rainbow Edition, Capcom implemented ideas from it into Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting, including giving Chun Li this Hadoken inspired fireball.
What is Kikoken?
After hearing complaints of how powerful throws were in Street Fighter II, Capcom created this mechanic that aimed to ease the pain of being thrown in Super Street Fighter II Turbo.
What is Throw Tech?
Defeated by a scarring Shoryuken, this character organized the very first known world fighting tournament in Street Fighter history.
Who is Sagat?
In the Street Fighter II animated movie, Chun Li enjoys a steamy shower scene before being attacked by this sadistic foe.
Who is Vega (EN) / Balrog (JP) / Claw (International)?
Dan finally got the chance to prove that he is stronger than the character he is parodying in this 2001 crossover team fighter.
What is Capcom vs SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001?
Inspired by her hero, Ryu, Sakura developed her own versions of his classic moves including the Hadoken, Shunpukyaku, and this Shoryuken-esque move.
What is Shouoken?
For the cost of 2 EX bars, you can perform this advanced technique after performing the universal medium punch + medium kick attack in Street Fighter IV.
What is Focus Attack Dash Cancel(FADC)?
The mystery man known as G garners much attention in the events of Street Fighter V, including being associated with this tarot card after Rose and Menat perform a divination.
What is The Fool?
In the Street Fighter II animated movie, Shadaloo captures and brainwashes this good-aligned character.
Who is Ken Masters?
This crossover fighter features a funky jazz-inspired sound track that is sure to take you for a ride.
What is Marvel vs Capcom 2?
Performed by inputting back or forward plus light kick, the lunging "Knee Bazooka" attack is performed by this character.
Who is Guile?
Introduced in Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact Giant Attack, this mechanic allows players to spend a small portion of their super meter in order to access a stronger version of their special attacks.
What is an EX special move?
Akuma takes the prayer beads of this character, he and his brother Gouken's master, after performing the murderous Raging Demon technique for the first time ever.
Who is Goutetsu?
Wildly accepted as a terrible cartoon, the American Street Fighter II animated series lead to the creation of a meme in which M. Bison (dictator) says this one word phrase repeatedly.
What is Yes!?
Thanks to a slew of issues including on-disc DLC, the predatory DLC gem system, and PS Vita timed-exclusive content, this Capcom crossover fighter's poor reception lead to the indefinite delay of Bandai Namco's own version of the game.
What is Street Fighter X Tekken?
Defying the laws of physics, Oro is the only character in Street Fighter history to be able to perform this hard to predict movement option.
What is Double Jump?
Taking notes from Darkstalkers, the Street Fighter Alpha series is the only mainline series in the franchise that features this defensive mechanic.
What is air-blocking/air-guarding?
Functioning as the weapons division of Shadaloo, the move-stealing Seth was leader and CEO of this side organization.
What is S.I.N.?
The Street Fighter II live action film, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, features the entire cast of characters from Super Street Fighter II with the notable exception of this martial artist.
Who is Fei Long?
Akuma and Geese Howard would eventually have a rematch in this non-Capcom/SNK fighting game.
What is Tekken 7?
Colloquially known as the donkey kick, Ryu finally received this, his 4th special move, in Street Fighter III: New Generation.
What is Joudan Sokutogeri / High Blade Kick?
This difficult technique allows you to charge special moves in chunks with pauses in between, allowing for bizarre occurrences such as executing down/up moves from standing or back/forward moves after a forward dash.
What is charge partitioning?
Speaking in poorly-learned Japanese, this Final Fight originating character is an American Japanophile/weeabo and presents himself as though he were actually Japanese.
Who is Sodom/Katana?
The collector's edition of Street Fighter IV came packaged with a bonus disc featuring this 2009 animated tie-in film.
What is Street Fighter IV: The Ties That Bind?
After going through development hell, this 2004 Capcom character exclusive crossover game tanked and lead to the halting of all fighting game projects until the eventual genre revitalization through Street Fighter IV.
What is Capcom Fighting Jam/Evolution?