Capcom toe-dipped with 3D visuals in the mediocre Street Fighter EX, but the early 2000s basically saw Street Fighter wither away – never quite able to recapture that moment in the sun. Street Fighter III was an extraordinary follow-up, to many people's minds the greatest 2D beat-em-up ever, but it had nowhere near the popular appeal of its predecessor. Street Fighter II had been a worldwide arcade and home console smash, one of the most famous games in history. An unkind soul might observe that Ono was referring to the business model, and the real target was of course numbers. Way back in the day I wrote one of the first cover stories on it, when only Ryu and Ken were playable and director Yoshinoro Ono's talk was all of following the sacred Street Fighter II. The biggest reason I was surprised is because, in my head, Street Fighter IV has been a known quantity for years. I have a long history with Street Fighter IV and thought I knew what to expect – but the World Warriors blew me away again, and that once-dusty stick is now part of the furniture. Out of curiosity as to whether my old 360 arcade stick would work with it I downloaded Ultra Street Fighter IV.
A month or so ago there was a Capcom weekend on Steam, where some of the publisher's finest cuts were free to play for a few days.
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