Bears In Games - Street Fighter Mantacular Part 1

Bears In Games is a year old! And we celebrate with the manliest
game series of all time, Street Fighter! Join Johnny and guest-host
Robbie as they plow through Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix,
Street Fighter EX 3, and the Street Fighter II Anniversary Edition!




Super Street Fighter II HD Remix is the first subject of our
analysis, and we pick apart its Udon take on the Street Fighter
characters. It's a great looking game, though some background
animation perhaps has a little bit too much GI Joe quality about
it, however there's one part of the package that isn't quite up
to par: and that's Zangief's package. Seriously, it looks like he
got some kind of strange groin reduction for this HD version.
Johnny is happy enough with his purchase of the game, simply
because it's great to have a definitive version of the epic 2D
fighter, but Robbie is glad that he didn't spend money on it. Ah
well, there's no pleasing everyone.





Street Fighter EX3, however, is a real head-turner. What looks
like digitized FMV turns out to be "computer graphics" of
"models" based on the 2D Ryu and Ken fighting! Who knew! The
photo-realism is blinding. BLINDING. Also great is the classic
cast of characters, sure to please all Capcom die-hards: there is
Sharon, Skullomania, and of course Doctrine Dark!





Then we head over the the Street Fighter Anniversary Collection,
which enables you to see who would really win in a fight: Street
Fighter II Zangief, or Street Fighter II Turbo Zangief! We've
always wanted to know, now is our chance to check it out.
Seriously, though, it's a great way to see how the character art
and moves progressed over the years. Zangief went from a kind of
deformed troll to the muscle stud that he is today during this
time, so it's worth playing!