Bears In Games - Street Fighter Mantacular Part 2

We continue our unwanted assault on Street Fighter with Street
Fighter III, which along with Gem Fighter is considered the
pinnacle of 2D fighting. Also, we look at Gem Fighter. Played at
all the events on the Hard Core Tournament Scene.




Street Fighter III: Third Strike is one of Robbie's favorite
games, and all kidding aside is thought of as possibly the
premiere 2D fighting game. It's sheer skill, and the heights you
can reach as a player are pretty crazy. You won't see much of
that here, of course. It's just Johnny and Robbie picking apart
the lack of bears in the game, and Johnny making frequent Streets
of Rage II references which apparently just fly over everyone's
heads. Skate! He's like Skate! So Hugo IS one of the Andore
brothers, which explains the appearance of Poison during his
victory pose. And he's the one bearish guy in the game, but he
looks like a sad combination of FAS and repeated blows to the
head. He's based somewhat on Andre the Giant, who was hot but
never much of a looker.





Gem Fighter makes Johnny uncomfortable. It's based on the cute
Super Deformed versions of the Street Fighter crew from Puzzle
Fighter, but they're back together again for a... fighting game!
And a very playable one, too. It's a little reminiscent of Mighty
Final Fight, the NES SD adaptation of the burly-man filled arcade
hit. So why does it make Johnny uncomfortable? Because they keep
dressing Zangief in vaguely fetish-wear type outfits, except that
it's a cutesy, silly version of Zangief that no sane person
should find attractive. So it's driving Johnny to therapy, you
see.