The History of Street Fighter 2 & Street Fighter (1994)
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Published 2024-07-25
Street Fighter 2 exploded into arcades back in the early 90's and changed gaming forever. Ken, Ryu, Chun-Li and Guile were suddenly household names.
The Street Fighter 2 roster of characters were even added to the GI Joe line of action figures.
The brand was so hot and so well-known that a movie seemed inevitable. And it was but a funny thing happened on the way to the movie theater.
Street Fighter starring Jean Claude Van Damme and Kylie Minogue opened in 1994 and did... okay.
But the Street Fighter brand? It's done just fine.
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All Comments (21)
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The day Dan Larson uploaded the Street Fighter 2 video was the most important day of your life. But for him, it was Thursday.
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"But for me, it was a Tuesday" was the coldest movie quote in history. RIP Raul Julia
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Raul Julia was the right person to play Bison. He's a great villain. Numerous ppl say he saved the film with his gravitas. But even more, he did it all because his kids loved Street Fighter. He did it because he loved them. It's fitting it was his final film.
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Street Fighter had Kylie Minouge snapping people's necks with her legs. What more do you want from a movie?
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Manga's Street fighter 2: The animated movie was superb. Highly underrated and often forgotten about.
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“Street Fighter is the first G.I. Joe movie.” So if Cobra were lead by Bison they could actually rule the world?
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The live action movie hits the “so bad but good” note for this 90s kid.
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“Are you gonna talk about the Street Fighter movie?” Dan Larson: “Of Course!”
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Raul Julia carried Bison as if it was Richard III. Man really went out like a legend.
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Fun fact, Fatal Fury’s Terry Bogard was technically meant to be the main player character from Street Fighter. Takashi Nishiyama had wanted Street Fighter to have an American lead named Joe (who still appears as the character who punches through a wall on the title screen), but he was nixed in favor of Ryu by the higher-ups at Capcom. When Nishiyama jumped to SNK he brought the idea with him, and Fatal Fury was born.
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I was 11 years old in the summer of 1991 when Street Fighter 2 hit big. My parents had paid my older cousin to babysit me for the summer, and (after making me promise not to tell my parents) he would take me to our local arcade everyday and we'd play Street Fighter 2. Good times.
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“Mistakes have been made” is an excellent summation of the Street Fighter franchise’s long and often rocky history.
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"For You, The Day Bison Graced Your Village Was The Most Important Day Of Your Life. But For Me, It Was Tuesday" Raul Julia was the GOAT
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Raul Julia is missed and his legacy is a treasure
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"Zangief, you are BAD guy, but that does not mean you are bad GUY."
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I'm sorry but Van Damms Street Fighter will always be a guilty pleasure to me. Raul Julia was pitch perfect as Bison. Plus the comedy tickled 9 year old me. "You got...paid?"
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That’s “Overdrawn At The Memory Bank” star Raul Julia. Gotta put some respect on that name.
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Raul Julia will ALWAYS be known as M. Bison. It was like he was born for that role.
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Funny enough, Jackie Chan was the first person to play the role of Chun Li on a live-action movie...
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It was Tuesday is one of the best lines in cinematic history.
