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All-in-one fun The Shoryuken still is king!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 9
Date: April 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I am reviewing the Xbox version, I own the Ps2 one but my Box copy is on the way. I am reviewing the Box version because of the online capability. First things first, no offense to Christpher Johnson but the game is not for noobs or people who think they are going to take this game lightly. When I first started playing it, I got frustrated and whatnot, they made the game for the hardcore Sf'ers out there, this is not yo mama's Street Fightin'...it is tough! I play III a lot more than I do II. II is cool cause instead of putting all 14 variations of the game in there, they let u choose who u want, when u choose Ryu for example, they let u choose SF II, CE, Hyper fighting, etc version of him. So if u are feelin cocky, you can choose the original SF II version of your favorite character and go against a SSF II Turbo version of your friend and see who is still standing after the match. III is a totally different from II. I like the box version here for the Xbox live support. PLUS...theres more....you can play around the world. Not just in the states, if you wanna square off against the best from Japan, Ireland, Australia, etc u can do so. I love the fact that there are no limits there. Let me tell you, u think the computer is hard, some of the competition from around the world will bring you back to reality REAL quick. Believe me, I thought I was the best around my parts, I got put in my place real quick. But it is fun you wanna keeop trying to see if u can best your opponent. If you like challenges you will be on this all day. Either way it is an awesome game, nice comp. of SF games, the megaman one is recommended as well for any Capcom fans. Now if they could just re-do MvC2 and put online into that, we'd have a winner! I definately would pick this up for whatever system you have. Remember, you must defeat my sheng long to stand a chance!!

I love it

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: April 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

My fond memories of playing Street Fighter II at the arcades, but I would probably still say that I love Street Fighter Anniversary Collection even if I hadn't played Street Fighter II before. The game includes Hyper Street Fighter II(a blend of a number of Street Fighter II versions) and includes Street Fighter III. Both of these games are good on there own, and the fact they are together makes this game a must buy. This is a very good port.

A Great Game!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: October 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

My whole family loves this game! It is so much fun-one of the best buys I've made this year!

Finnally the fighter classics on X-box

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 19
Date: September 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

these games are way better than any of the mortal kombats which are pretty overrated, bassicly the best fighter series in my opinion are:
1.soulcalibur 1, another game that should be rereleased on the box
2.the street fighter series[ALL OF THEM!]
3.marvel vs capcom series[great arcade games that still managed to be equally great console games]
4.capcom vs snk[ not as good as marvel, but still does the trick]
5.fight club the game, ok its not out yet, but the movie kicked a** and the effects for this seem great and i hear that there is going to be real-time face deformation, and that just says it all, hopefully itll take the bone breaking idea to its full potential unlike the dissapointing "tao feng", i also sorta put this here to knock mortal kombat outta position, think about it, if mortal kombat hadnt come out, that lieberman pr**k wouldnt have forced the esrb out on us, but then again i geuss that only would have been put off till the days of duke nuke 'em
well anyways, um what was i talking about?

old school fun..

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

this is a great game, there are like 5 or 6 versions of the original SF2 plus you get SF3 as well.. the graphics are crisp and more importantly the gameplay is smooth.. a good buy for sure if you like fighting games..

Great Fighting Game!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: July 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Street Fighter, is a great video game, all the characters are designed with great colur and shape and good fighting styles.

This game is highly recommended because it is very exciting by fighting and use interesting characters with special moves.

Classics with online play

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: February 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Well, it has finally arrived. Street Fighter: Anniversary Edition includes Hyper Street Fighter II: The anniversary edition, Street Fighter III: Thrid Strike, as well as Street Fighter II the animated movie all for a great price of 30 bucks.

The movie version that is included with this game, however, is plain awful. Poorly dubbed ("Ryu, you are so, sen. si. tive!") and sometimes the scene is cut off before the character can even finish the sentence. ("How can I decline that invitat...)

This game was released for the Sony Playstation 2 around summer of 04, but it did not have online capability like the Xbox version does. As soon as you get the game on Xbox Live, you are required to download something (I am being told that it fixes the rematch bug) as people who imported it earlier were having problems with rematches. Hyper Street Fighter II: Anniversary Edition lets you pick between five character versions of SFII that were released. (Note: this does not include all 5 versions of the actual game, just the characters of those versions). Capcom has yet to fix the dropping issue found in Capcom vs SNK 2 EO, which I will not get into here, but most people already know what it is. I was really hoping they would solve that problem, but evidently not. Add in Street Fighter III: Third Strike and this is an excellent addition to your game collection.

15 years and running, still one of the best

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: March 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

OK, quick summation of what this is: It has two games. One is Hyper SF2, which contains all five incarnations of SF2 rolled into one. The other is SF3: 3rd Strike, which is a separate and unique game that was overlooked by most gamers because of the advent of 3D fighters like Tekken. It also has the Street Fighter animated movie, for what that's worth (not much in my view but you might disagree).

Hyper SF2 is just as excellent and playable as you remember it with only two problems. One, as other reviewers have mentioned, is that the AI opponent is very cheap/hard (and it only uses Super SF2 characters). The other is that most Xbox/PS2 controllers do not handle the special moves well. You're not limited by character version; that is, you can pit Original SF2 Dhalsim against Super SF2 Guile. That's 50+ character variations, and while there's not much difference between them, there are a few minor instances of imbalance.

I really like SF3 because it's unique. The parry system is gutsy and helps remove most imbalances (only Yun and Yang are too fast). The characters are well designed, and the animation is the most fluid out of any 2D fighter ever. Sure, the last boss is too hard, but the single-player is not the selling point of a fighting game.

In both games, I found online play pretty laggy, and had to wait a while to find someone to play, which was disappointing. I think that it's way more fun to bring people together physically to play these games, like they used to gather around the arcade machine.

My only other complaint is that they could have included Street Fighter Alpha here, too, but didn't. The PS2 now has the Alpha Anthology, but for those looking for SF Alpha for Xbox or GameCube, your best bet is Capcom v. SNK 2 (but NOT the crappy Capcom Fighting Evolution).

If you like fighting games, get this one. I recommend also getting the SF Anniversary controller (they're $15 and work great with all fighting games) to maximize the control tightness. Then get your friends over and party like it's 1990.

2 of the greatest fighters of all time finally go online

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: April 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

There is little doubt that Street Fighter 2 is one of the most influential games of all time. It is the game that put competetive arcade fighting on the map, created one of the most memorable casts of characters in gaming history, and turned the word "Shoryuken!" into one of the most dreded words in a gamer's vocabulary. Now, after 15 years since the release of SF1, gamers can finally relive the magic in a new format, Xbox Live.
This disk actually contains 2 games, Hyper Street Fighter 2, and Street Fighter 3: Third Strike. Hyper SF2 is an interesting anniversary tribute, in that it allows to to mix and match characters from all 5 versions of SF2. This can lead to a few balance issues, in that the classic SF2 characters still have their redizzy combos, making them overpowered, it still is fun and an excellent conversion of some of the best fighting gameplay around.
To this day, I still consider Third Strike to be the greatest fighting game of all time. Although it is not perfectly balanced, there is a great range of characters and playing styles to choose from that are quite usable in competetive play. The graphics use some of the best animation I've seen in a 2d fighter, and the gameplay is incredibly deep, due to the parry and EX attack systems.
The online play is extremely solid, with very little lag and a nice ranking system. The biggest gripe at this point is the fact that droppers get away scot free. If somebody drops from a match before completion, he or she will recieve no penalty, which causes many people to drop matches they know they will lose out of fear of dropping in ranking. Other than that, if you are a fighting fan with an Xbox Live account, you will want to pick up this game, no question.
-m121akuma

STREET FIGHTER

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: January 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Wow, ever since the sega genesis and the super nes have gone off the market I had forgotten all about the street fighter series. After seeing the anime on television, I had to have the street fighter games. Alas, I have an xbox and I couldn't find a street fighter game for it. But wait, did capcom actually make a six-in-one with a bonus movie. You bet they did. This anniversary series is one of the coolest games I have because it allows me to go back to when I was 12 or something like that and play the Street Fighter series all over.

However, this game does have its downfalls. For one, I can't believe how much I incredibly sucked when playing Street Fighter 2 and its various versions. My god, it almost seemed impossible to me. But I know with practice... Next, the character Gill in Street Fighter 3 is just crazy hard. While I have beaten the game, Gill still remains a challenge all the time with his stupid ressurection special. IF you do not play video games all day every day and are like me who just play video games every once in a while then you will notice what I am talking about. However, if you are a combo making butt kicker then you will probably have no problem.

All in all, this wasn't a bad game. It is just a little frustrating at times. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who wanted to play any of the old Street Fighter's or the new Street Fighter 3.

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