Celebrate The 30th Anniversary Of Street Fighter With This Pricey SNES Cart

Really? It's going to set fire to itself if used properly? HA! Go Capcom

Is that why it's red?

I would have bought one if the UK iam8bit site didn't say they were all sold out already.

That said, I'd have preferred a repo of the Japanese release!

Capcom, always trying to fleece people for very little effort.

Is the fire warning serious?

Is that serious? They're willingly selling a cartridge that is dangerous if used? Why the hell is that even permitted? And why would someone in his/her right mind buy one (even for collecting purposes) when the companies selling it have such disregard towards the customer...? (And I'm not judging anyone, it's just my opinion. Obviously everyone can do whatever they want) It just blows my mind...

$100 for a Bomb ??

It's the 30th Anniversary of Street Fighter and yet this is Street Fighter 2. Would have been happier to see a commemorative version of the right game on a Spectrum tape. Never had one of those catch on fire, as I remember.

I don't think it's any more dangerous than any other cartridge. It's just that Legal Departments nowadays, you know...

Also, the cartridge is only compatible with the American SNES, right?

I must have had the most incredulous looking face as I read that "fire warning".

Thats just what I need, something that may combust when used.

Would have made at least some humorous sense if it had been a copy of Burning Rangers but this? Should have put a warning stating that it may launch out of your SNES and smack you in the jaw.

The fire warning is probably the same thing as the problem with some Flash carts- the system runs on 5v and newly made carts require 3.3v with the mismatch eventually stressing components to failure. I would have hoped they wouldn't have used such cheap parts for a single game repro cart...

I would have preferred if they celebrated the 30th anniversary by knocking 50% of USF2

@BulkSlash but the cartridge would not work in a UK SNES

@Bunkerneath I've never actually owned a UK SNES now that I think about it, I've always imported various Japanese models (I'm currently using an RGB modded Super Famicom Jr).

For US games I've got a bridge adapter that is basically like a half-height Japanese/PAL cartridge with a cartridge slot on top so I can connect US carts. I'm not a fan of cutting the cartridge port to fit US carts!

I'm quite happy with my Super Famicom original cartridge for £5, thank you.

Although I would have liked to have got the glow in the dark copy, just to resell on eBay at £1,000 a month down the line.

@BulkSlash @maruse @PLATINUM7 like @Bunkerneath said this is gonna be to cover themselves due to the power difference.

But I like to think of it as a ploy to stop people from putting the game in their console. As they will be just grabbing cheap naff $1 carts of eBay to then put into the cases they have.

But if there is a risk of damage including fire it would be fun to see where they sit on the legal side as even though they has a disclaimer there is still a legal setting for persons safety. Thus selling something which is designed to be used in a specific way (Even if not recommended) could leave them in trouble. Which could also explain why the one on their UK store is out of stock, EU Health and Safety things etc

And if it doesn't sell 10,000, Capcom might reconsider their support of the Nintendo Switch.

By the way, UK stock's already gone.

The warning is pointless : everyone who will purchase this knows it's supposed to be kept sealed and never opened, like any overpriced collector dustcatcher.

@edhe there was no UK stock. Their site always said out of stock. SO they put the page up but didn't assign any stock to it. But like I said could be due to the whole health and safety legal issue in UK/Europe.

@Bunkerneath

All the cool kids mod their SNES to accommodate NTSC cartridges.

@dystome Street Fighter 2 set the world on fire (no pun intended). Street Fighter 1 was average across the board.

No U.K/Pal release? Typical.

@GauBan

You know that for a fact? It does sound feasible, but you never know - they could have assigned about 5 copies, which sold out almost immediately. Unless that's their policy - to not sell to UK from overseas stock?

It could have been nice to get one, solely for flipping on eBay, but while I have a modded SNES, I was never that keen on Street Fighter anyway. It might be intersting to see how much they turn up for on eBay once they're all out in the wild - particularly the glow-in-the-dark once - assuming they haven't all spontaneously combusted.

@trikxy Agree regarding Guilty Gear rev 2. SSFII Turbo is still king however.

@jswhitfield8 yep. Which would explain them not selling it on their UK site, even if you treat it as display piece there is a risk of someone putting it into a console, thus the small risk of fire. But as the Electrical equipment manufacturers: regulations and responsibilities page on the gov.uk site says "All electrical equipment must be safe - there should be minimum risk that the electrical equipment will cause death or personal injury to any person or domestic animal, or damage to property"

If I recall US laws are a little bit softer and a warning can be good enough depending how good everyone's lawyers are.

@edhe Well as soon as it was announced I had a look and at no point did they have any in the UK store.

you can get one from the US site. It comes to $125 including the shipping to UK. But as all photos, even on UK site, show they are US SNES carts.

Make sure to keep your The Firemen cartridge close at hand in case of an emergency.

@GauBan

Are you sure you were quick enough?

O.K, I believe you. Other people in the thread have brought up the idea that the item might not be sellable under European law, so that's probably the reason.

I already save me $100 by not getting this cause I got the better versions already. Sorry Capcom if it doesn't say Super NES on it then I won't buy it.

It would be better if they released "Championship Edition" instead since it never officially got released on the SNES. Only "World Warrior" and "Turbo"

Street Fighter II is the best counter argument for people who complain about the various versions of Skyrim.

@Menchi187 Yeah I know, and we just had the 25th anniversary of that. But apparently this is to mark the 30th anniversary of a different game. If it's about the amount of time that's passed and they clearly don't want anyone using the product to actually play the game, then why not make it the right one?

I LOVE the idea of remaking carts and would be tempted if for no other reason than to encourage that practice, especially for rare (Earthbound? Hagane?) or unreleased (Starfox 2?) games to get another chance.

A lot of us still play the original hardware. But $100 for a cart of a game that is readily available for $10 on ebay just because it's "collectors"? This is not what I asked for.

@edhe LOL. Nice to know I can be trusted after the evidence has been corroborated by others. ;p

Go on buy a copy, never open it and it could be Schrödinger's StreetFighter it's in the box and you don't know if it's red or glow in the dark.

Or even better it will be both

@speedracer216 you can make your own by sacrificing other carts. People on places like eBay and Etsy sell "reproduction" carts of tons of games including StarFox 2, English translation of Mother and Mother 3 etc.

Or there is a small company that sell programmable game boards for different systems which you dump a ROM onto and then put a shell around.

@jswhitfield8 Last I checked, America is run by a greedy businessman, who cares MORE about Big Businesses, and not about the well-being of the Hurricane Harvey victims; he cares about their money.

I notice that of all the Street Fighter II cover arts, the original World Warrior seems to be the most misleading. In the label artwork you see Blanka appeared doing his cannon ball attack on Ryu but it also seems like he's aiming for Chun-Li. I think that from the picture, it's clear that Ryu and Chun-Li were battling Blanka 2 against 1, a match which is misleading since the Street Fighter series doesn't featured 2-vs-1 battle until Street Fighter Alpha.

They better have ported Evil Ryu and Violent Ken to it for that price!

This is not worth $100 buck more like $20.

I don't actually like that particular choice of red for the cart--it might have been way cooler if it were semi-transparent too--but I love the idea of releasing a physical cart to celebrate the anniversary of the original Street Fighter game. It is overprice though, and the fire warning is a bit ominous.

@EmmatheBest Nope but we will get Unfriendly Ryu and Slightly Aggressive Ken instead. Also a special add-on character of Foot Akuma but no normal Akuma.

Sorry needed to get the foot joke in there.

What. The. Eff??

1: First of all, how is it actually possible to make an SNES cartridge that could "cause the SNES to overheat and catch fire." It's a 25 year old console. No previous games are known to cause the console to combust in that, or any other console. Not even SNES games that included an entire graphics co-processor, the SuperFX chip, inside the game cartridge. How does one make an SNES cart that causes console combustion?

2: This warning is oddly specific, implying they've actually produced this result in testing, possibly more than once. Why would they actually bring the clearly defective cartridge to market KNOWING it's a fire hazard?

3: If you have to retail a product that both highlights risk of fire, and an as-is clause, and actually have to specify to keep fire extinguishing equipment nearby when using, how could your own legal department, or really the UL for that matter, allow this for sale?

It's like Capcom partnered with Mainway Toys.

hmm play an ol' game on my SNES, or set the whole thing on fire? I Like dem odds!

STOP SELLING US STREET FIGHTER II

@retro_player_22 If this is a legit product, they can't legally put the SNES logo on it without Nintendo's approval.

See, this version IS over priced.

I'd rather pay scalpers on eBay for an Snes Classic.

Uhmm oh capcom you are full of suprises

just sounds to me like they're saying your snes is old and can malfunction with any cartridge nowadays.

These will sell out fat I bet.

Hi Capcom, what's that? You want to take loads of my hard earned cash and give me something that will make my console explode? Where do I sign? 😂😂😂

My first games: Super Mario World and Street Fighter II. Oh boy.

Lemme get a cart of street fighter II rainbow edition. I'll pay $100 for that.