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I'm really amazed by this game's quality!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: July 31, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I've seen the Japanese version of the game in action, and the graphics are really A LOT better than they ever where on the SNES! Game Boy Advance has much better 2D capabilities than the SNES does!, I played my SSFII to compare and the graphics on the game boy version are ten times smoother!! And also the intro is breathtaking believe me! I knew the GBA was good but I didn't know it was capable of this!

The game works very well, and has four different settings of speed. It might have a cheat for even faster fighting like sf2turbo did=) who knows. But It's new artwork will blow anyone away! and some of the levels have been changed a little, to look a little flashier. Guile's stage has a harrier flowting in the backround and it's really impressive, as is Chun Li's stage which I think has really improved in my opinion and is beautiful! Zangief's stage is similar, but has a few changes in the backround. Ken's stage is set in a fast paced city with bilboards. I miss the old stages, but the new ones really are amazing and refresh the game for me anyway.

The sound is really nice, nicer with headphones though. Gameplay is of the finest, so much to master and you can ALWAYS get better! plus you have Akuma to master if you can unlock him. The characters are a lot smoother than on the snes, but you'll have to get used to playing with four buttons instead of at least six=( but that's nothing to moan about!, this is as good as it gets believe me and you'll get used to the buttons. The A and B buttons have the low and med kicks and punches squeezed in, so you have to tap the button for a light attack and hold it down a little for a med attack. Then the L and R buttons are of course the high kick and punch and work normally. You can configur the buttons how you want and choose which buttons share attacks. It's a little annoying I admit, but it's still Street Fighter at the bus stop right? how can you go wrong?! I really prefer this to the snes version, because it really is more of a port from the arcade than a port from the snes, and has it's own original artwork too! Buy it! "sonic boom!"

Shows what the GBA is truly capable of

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: November 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Street Fighter II needs absolutely no introduction, being one of the top fighting games of all time. What does need explaining is how great a transition it has made to the GameBoy Advance. It's a perfect translation of the SNES game, down to the move animations and entire cast of characters. Now added to the gameplay are special points you gain for fighting in the one-player mode. These points go towards unlocking new game options, and are a good addition to the replay value. The only problem with the game is the lack of buttons needed to pull off the classic moves, but after playing for a bit this won't seem like such an obstacle anymore. Capcom shouldn't be blamed for the restrictions of the system. Rather, they should be applauded for bringing such a classic onto the GBA in almost perfect form. Awesome game.

Hadoken! Best portable fighting game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: November 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If you are a Street Fighter Fan, then you should get this game. Why?

Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li (my personal favorite fighter), Guile, Cammy are all present. Unfortunately, Sakura and Dan are not (they don't come until the Alpha series anyway). Controls are a little hard to get used to since two of the attack buttons are above the console, but thankfully it can be remedied with the push of the Select button during game play to make special moves easier to execute.

I like the challenge mode, where you try to defeat 5, 10, 30, and 100 fighters with one life bar. The time attack modes is also great. Now if I can just get the bonus games down pat (without E Honda's hand slaps). You get ALL 17 fighters from the SFII series, including Shin Akuma, which is Akuma on steriods.

No story boards here, but the beautiful graphics and portraits make up for it. But I wish they had the original ending boards.

In short, get this game if you are fighter's fan. (PS, I have the Japanese import)

Excellent Game Even With A Critical Bug!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The game is excellent, but unfortunatelly the QA team has missed a critical bug on it. If you're a good SF player, soon you'll notice that when playing Arcade Mode, if you beat everybody up to Sagat without losing you should be challenged by Akuma, but as soon as Akuma's introductory screen appears and his theme song starts being played, the GBA will freeze leaving you with a messed screen. All you can do is reset the GBA pressing all buttons at the same time.

This bug is pretty annoying, because if you want to actually end the game, you'll have to lose at least one battle (two rounds) so Akuma won't care about you and you will go straight to M.Bison, without bugs. Maybe most players won't even notice the problem since only veteran SF players will get to M.Bison without losing. That's probably why this game has passed the QA team without complaints.

I hope Capcom fix this bug soon and offer some kind of solution for customers who bought this buggy release.

Still, the game is the best thing you can get for the GBA now, the other game modes are perfect, specially the "Grand Master Challenge" which is quite a challenge even for experienced SF players. I still couldn't find out how to play the promised "Team Mode" and "Character Edit" features, but "Time Attack" and "Survival Mode" are the kind of thing a real Street Fighter fan would dream about for years...

Other problems include the boss character's "swears". They have switched the statements of Vega, Balrog and M.Bison. That's probably because these characters have their very names switched from the Japanese release to the USA release. For example, M.Bison says "Handsome fighters never lose battles", which is actually Vega's statement.

And the last problem I have found is the winning icon, which appears only in the next round after the winning. This means you'll never see the two icons from the two rounds necessary to win the battle, you'll only see one icon always. This is not a big problem, but looks ugly for sure.

Thanks for reading this review!!

This game ROCKS!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: July 25, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I played this at E3. It's by far the most amazing fighter ever made for a handheld. Super sweet!!

Dangerously Addictive

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: November 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I can't seemed to put the game away since i got it. Though this game has been around for years, but it is still addictive. graphics are great, and nothing much have changed since its conversion into GBA format. brings back the old memory. the selection screen was given a major facelift, and now one do not have to key in specail code for akuma, unlike the arcade version. However, the heavy puch button is quite difficult to excute, may be i have not gotten used to it. overall this game is great. One word of caution for parents.....KEEP IT AWAY FROM YOUR KIDS DURING EXAM PERIOD, IT IS TOO ADDICTIVE...

Still kickin'

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: November 26, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Wow! I would've never imagined playing STREET FIGHTER on a handheld! The GAMEBOY ADVANCE version of the classic SUPER STREET FIGHTER 2 is awesome. All of the characters are here with all of their moves. At first I found the controlling a little awkward -- espically with the special moves. But with a little practice it's no problem. You can choose all of your fave characters (Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, etc.) and they come equipped with all of their special moves and combos! I was impressed -- even the signature voices and music are all here! The graphics are great. It's crisp and clear -- just like the arcade version! You can choose up to 16 fighters plus 1 hidden (Akuma). Anyway the GBA version is very well put togther and it proves once again that SSF2 is still a top notch action/fighting game.

Only for true SF fans, with much cash to spend

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

well, this game is really great one. the graphics are good looking , with like 3 new stages. the character menu is beautiful. all the old sounds are included in there. 6 battle modes to choose from and a link Vs mode for beating your friends in it. Capcom did a really good job in setting a new system for the old 6-button configuration into a new 4-button setting. But watch out, this game has around 15 glitch, and some of them are premanant, which means they might damage your catridge. Also, you can't reset those since Capcom is using an EEPROM instead of a battery inside, so you can't erase the memory. Major glitch: the game hangs when you fight akuma (no fight lost during game), but then, there are many mistakes which could be considered minor to the akuma glitch in this game. To get around this glitch, you'll have to lose a fight against a character to ensure you can continue to M.Bison and get the endings. Its taken off the shelves now, since Capcom did refund people for this game, and I heard that they're working on a newer imporved version. If you're really crazy about this game, then get the Japanese version since it doesn't hang, but then, you'd be missing the newly-redone endings. Worth your money only you're a true SF2 fan and got some cash to spend on E-auctions. Meanwhile, stick to the new and awful SF games till Capcom finds a way with this one, I hope.

Awesome!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 01, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Super StreetFighter II Turbo Revival is THE fighting game! Some minor details have been reworked to make the game even that much more appealing!! Some examples: When an opponent is hit with a red fireball or yoga flame the character's body isn't all engulfed in flames so when the bigger characters like Zangief and Sagat get hit they don't get shrunken into that fire cocoon thing anymore, their bodies are highlighted with red and flames are a burstin' from their legs or arms much like the alpha series, another example is when the turbo gauged has been accumulated but hasn't been used in that round, the gauge also carries on into the second round, just like in the alpha series (the old Super Streetfighter II turbo didn't do that). Also some new backgrounds have been added like Chun Li's new background is from Streetfighter alpha 2, and the NEW character art alone is amazing once more. Some reviews say that they don't favor the button configuration because of the Gameboy Advance's buttons, but you can press "select" in the middle of the match to activate "easy command" option, but I will tell ya'll this, it is kinda' tricky to pull of a Dragon Punch so if you like Ken, Ryu or Sagat you'd better be ready to play "simon" with your Gameboy advance cuz your hands gon' be all over the place, to get that 6hit tiger uppercut. AAAnyways, even with the same grapics from the olden days and the new lil' tidbits here and there it really makes the game SOoooooo refreshing! MMM MMMM GOOD! If you're Die hard Streetfighter II fan of the original series and not too enthusiastic with the new fighting games out there where there are 4 different gauges and 3 different fighting styles THIS IS THE GAME 4 U!!!

WOW!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: March 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

COOL WOW SUPER FUN SWEET YOU WILL LOVE IT

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