Street Fighter Alpha 2

Capcom, I'll pass on this one. I know you have better games you can release.

Hoho, more Street Fighting games heading on the VC's way. Me like!!!

Where's the arcade version?!

Yawn. More Street Fighter. Pass

I'm not sure how this port is. I never played it but the Arcade and Saturn version of this game are phenominal.

Its a poor port. Graphics are downgraded compared to the arcade and 32-bit versions. Only arcade and Vs. modes. And worse of all, terrible load times before each round.

Think I'll keep my Saturn version as it goes... This game is a little too much for the SNES.

And I'm in the minority again... I never considered whether or not if it was as playable as the arcade game (which I haven't yet played).
How's SFA2? I only played SFA3 (on the PSP).

I remember playing this game as a child and I'm so glad it's coming to the Virtual Console. I cannot wait for it's Virtual Console release. Thanks Capcom for finally deciding to release the game on the Virtual Console!

Don't get me wrong, I'm happy to see it being added to the VC (the more the merrier) but like Bass said, it's a bad port. The load times are awful.

Every new SF release on the VC leads us to a possible end of Capcom releasing them, so I'm happy to see this coming.

Does that mean that Capcom will one day release Street Fighter 3 on VCA? o-o

I had this on the SNES, but now I have the SF Alpha Anthology on the PS2.

Hmm it was ambitious effort but it lost a lot to the impact of the 32bit consoles pushing out near Arcade perfect games. I would still say it was a decent game but obviously not a patch on those near perfectly ported Sega Saturn and PS1 / PS2 Anthology versions.
However I know people that only had a Snes at the time and they loved this game not having played the much Superior Arcade version

Does that mean that Capcom will one day release Street Fighter 3 on VCA? o-o

Capcom has yet to release any games on the VCA and Street Fighter III may be considered too large to be put onto the Virtual Console.

Okay, well, that was a thought.

And don't Ryu and Akira look great on that box cover? Not to mention, can you spot Sakura in the background (if at all that is her)?

By the time Capcom gets around to releasing SFAIII, the successor to the Wii will probably be out. So there is a chance!

Yes yes YES! I ve been waiting of this! Okay, its not the best version, but I m happy to see some Sakura on the VC reguardless!

#17 - Akuma not Akira. And its presumably a young Ryu in the background rather than Sakura. Although I too did believe it was Sakura for the longest time.

I looked up on Wikipedia today that the graphics were decompressed for the SNES port, which causes loading delays.
...Still, what's to keep me from playing the SNES port someday?

Yeah, better then blowing £30-40 on a cart copy of the game...

Lame. Release the arcade versions and start with the first game in the trilogy Capcom!

There's really no point to releasing the first Alpha game, since this improves on it in every way, using basically the same engine with minor improvements.
If you can get past the loading times in this game though, it's pretty fun, but pretty easy. I still remember my first try through 4 star difficulty and I didn't lose a single round.

looking forward to this game coming out

They can fix the load times, but no... they want "classic" fun.

#23 - Er, this was the finale of the SNES Street Fighter games. They're releasing this because it was the last SNES SF game not because they really wanted to put a version of SFA2 on the VC.

@SmaMan I know this is superior to the first one, but I'm a completist. For this reason I was happy to see the original Street Fighter make it to VC even though it's a pretty crap game.

And hell, if anything I would still prefer the arcade version of Alpha 2 here. This port is very impressive for a 16-bit SNES game, but the load times are pretty annoying.

Capcom is really going nuts with the SF releases in general lately. After this is released, the only home console version of SF left to release on VC is Super Street Fighter II for the Genesis/MD. And frankly, I really hope they leave that one in the vaults since we already have the much better SNES version.

Has anyone else noticed how all four Street Fighter games for the SNES end with the number 2? I can see a pattern now:

• Street Fighter 2: The World Warrior
• Street Fighter 2 Turbo
• Super Street Fighter 2: The New Challengers
• Street Fighter Alpha 2

Of course, that's me nitpicking again.

There weren't even any nits to pick there.

Well, I'm rather observant, and I thought that it was interesting how all SNES SF titles ended with the number two.
For a moment there I thought I had nitpicked. Guess not.

I like the way the sprites look on this particular version.

I wonder why they ported this to SNES and not Street Fighter Alpha?

Because it has Sakura!

One of the worst conversions of a street fighter game. 10/10 for ambition though

Was originally meant to have a more advanced chip in the game than it ended up having. Might have been a better conversion.

http://www.unseen64.net/2009/09/28/street-fighter-alpha-2-snes-beta/

Oh yes. I remember those screenshots. They were also in one of the Nintendo Magazine System issues around the time.

No more just remembering the game, now I will get it for Christmas. And I'm ain't listening to no review.

I have this cart and it's a fantastic conversion. The one thing I always laughed over is that the Saturn had the best, this one was two, and they actually blew the PSX copy so bad it actually ran, looked and sounded worse than the SNES game.

[I wonder if Street Fighter Alpha/Zero 2 is better than Street Fighter Alpha/Zero 3]

Thanks but no thanks for now Capcom.I may get Mega Man 10 but only after i get Mega Man 9 tho.

I will pass again because i'm happy that USA has Super Mario Kart on the VC.If USA gets SSB before this year is over with that will be my last major VC wishlist game.Everything else after that will be major guesses or never wills.

im @ sf 92 world champion i love street fighter

I just grabbed this yesterday and having played sf2, sf2 turbo and ssf2 on snes, it's actually a good conversion. The graphics and sound might have been compromised a bit, but I seriously didn't notice a huge delay for load times and the gameplay is actually quite smooth.
This one is definitely enough to get me interested in playing the sf games again.

what a load of rubbish,is this the best they can give us for 3 weeks,where is Castlevainia Rondo of Blood and Re-birth.

It plays pretty darn good. Loading time is awkward before every fight, but the gameplay itself is tight and fast.

looks cool

Perfecttt now all i want is xmen vs sf

lol go buy tatsunko vs capcom over this game like me XD

I got Tatsunoko vs Capcom and Super Street Fighter 4
so I'm good

Street Fighter Alpha 2 my favourite in the series would like it if they could release on the Virtual Console Arcade =D