''Street Fighter Anniversary Collection'' is a bundle of two ''

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'' games: '' Hyper Street Fighter II''and '' Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike''. It was released in 2004 for the

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and

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. Both versions are nearly identical, but the latter version offers online competitive play. The PlayStation 2 version of the bundle was only released in

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, since the PS2 versions of ''Hyper Street Fighter II'' and ''3rd Strike'' were released as separate stand-alone games in

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, with the

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only receiving a separate release of ''Hyper Street Fighter II'' on the PS2. The Xbox bundle was released for Xbox in all three regions, and the Xbox 360 is backwards compatible with the title.

Games

''Hyper Street Fighter II – The Anniversary Edition'' (2003)

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), which included a "Deluxe Versus Mode" allowing two players to fight each other using characters from the first three versions of the game. Initially released as a PlayStation 2 game in Japan, it had a limited arcade release in Japan and Asia. ''Hyper'' allows players to select from up to five different incarnations of the character roster: the original. * ''NORMAL'' ** It features the eight characters from the original ''Street Fighter II'' (1991). If both players choose this version of the game, mirror matches will not be allowed, as the original game did not support them, even lacking different character color palettes. * ''CHAMP'' (''DASH'' in the Japanese version) ** It is based on ''Street Fighter II: Champion Edition'' (1992), and adds the four Shadaloo Bosses as playable fighters. * ''TURBO'' (''DASH TURBO'' in the Japanese version) ** It is based on ''Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting'' (1992), where new moves are added and the game balance is upgraded. * ''SUPER'' ** Adds the four new characters from ''Super Street Fighter II'' (1993), and is also the best mode for players who are beginners. * ''SUPER T'' (''SUPER X'' in the Japanese version) ** It is based on ''Super Street Fighter II Turbo'' (1994), where Super Combos are added, and also features Akuma as both the bonus final boss and hidden playable fighter. Each version of the characters plays exactly as they were featured in said game (albeit minor bugs/changes, such as Super Sagats ''Tiger Shots'' and Vega's ''Wall Dive'' command), including the use of the same animation frames and

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s. Players can pit a character from one version against another version from a different game (i.e.: "Champ" Ken vs. "Super" Cammy, "Normal" Guile vs. "Turbo" Chun-Li). Rules from each game apply when selecting one's roster (for example, one cannot choose the same character as the other player if both are playing on "Normal" or play as the four bosses). In the single-player game, all the opponents faced are in "Super T" mode. The fighting stages use the same backgrounds and graphics from ''Super Turbo'' but restore a few breakable elements not seen since the original ''Street Fighter II'': the

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signs in Ryu's stage; the dual

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s and stack of boxes in Ken's stage; and the lamp from E. Honda's stage. The character endings are the same as ''Super Turbo''. The game also allows the option to set between CPS, CPS II and

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renditions of the game's soundtrack (the arranged versions were originally used for the

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and

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versions of ''Super'' and ''Super Turbo'' respectively). When using the CPS orchestration, CPS-style music from the obscure Japanese

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port of ''Super Street Fighter II'' is used for the "New Challengers" and Akuma, as they were not present in the original CPS ''SFII'' trilogy and thus did not originally have any CPS arrangements. All bonus stages are removed, although curiously, the

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is retained and can be found in the gallery section of the main menu. In addition, the game also includes the opening and ending sequences from all five ''Street Fighter II'' games and an edited version of '' Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'' as bonuses.

''Street Fighter III 3rd Strike – Fight for the Future'' (1999)

The port of ''Street Fighter III 3rd Strike'' is primarily the same as the

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version of the game from 2000, with the added post-match grading system, increased hit detection accuracy with the Progressive Hit Frame System, and other extras over the arcade original. Additionally, the Xbox version could be played online via Xbox Live. In line with other online-enabled games on the

, multiplayer on

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was available to players until 15 April 2010. The game is now playable online again on the replacement Xbox Live servers called

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. (The Dreamcast version featured an online versus mode, but this feature was only available in the Japanese release.)

Special feature

''Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie''

Also known as '' Street Fighter II Movie'' (1994) in Japan, this feature film can also be found on the PlayStation 2 version, as well as the North American and European Xbox versions. Capcom aimed at avoiding to receive the rating of M-for-Mature, by making this version of the film to be more censored than the PG-13 release (originally made during development as an R-rated film) in terms of foul language that mostly came from Ken, Guile, E. Honda, and Dee Jay's dialogues; graphic nudity in Chun Li's explicit shower scene; and contains some other minor cuts to scenes involving intense brutal and bloody violence.

Reception

There is no edition of '' Street Fighter I'' as part of the compilation to complete the original non-

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trilogy, because of the game not receiving the same global popularity as its second installment. The game would instead appear 15 years later on the '' Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection''. The initial Japanese release for Xbox was pulled from shelves within a week of release due to a sound bug. Though initially this was believed to be because the title was discovered to be

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, Capcom confirmed the title's lack of regional lockout was not a mistake, but an intentional decision by the company.

References

External links

Capcom's official site for SFAC
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