Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold (PS1) Challenge Run - Shin Akuma Defeated At 8 Stars Turbo/Difficulty
4This video is a response to @s.r.hadden525 in my Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold (PS1) Playthrough - Akuma Mode - Sagat - Hardest Difficulty
(Link to the video: https://youtu.be/7Nia_B35tjk).
@s.r.hadden525 said: "I have never seen anyone beat him with turbo on max" so i decided to try and do it again as i have done it many years in past before.
The problem with playing at 8 stars of turbo is that the game is sooooo fast that even simple commands like doing a quarter circle may actually drop completely and also not counting the fact that its impossible to react to anything the CPU might do to you as while you are hindered by playing almost like its on fast forward, the CPU is going full force at that speed. This becomes extremely problematic when going up against Shin Akuma who is already the most busted character in the game while pretty much giving 4x speed as its impossible to actually play against it normally on regular turbo speed let alone at freaking 8!
First i tried to approach it just like i did in my video above with Sagat and get a sweep loop going but man...not playing for years and years at 8 star turbo i forgot how quick the damn game actually becomes but i still tried countless times to see if could get it but after about 10 tries i gave up on that.
After that i used the same strategy i used years ago which is to use Dan with "Super Combo" option enabled. This option makes it so special moves like Kadouken for instance will instead be replaced by its super variant (Shinku Kadouken) at no meter cost. Dan's Shinku Kadouken cannot actually be passed by hurricane kicks so the CPU Shin Akuma most of the time will try to Hurricane Kick through it to no avail. You still have to be on your toes if he instead tries to teleport on you but in the end of the day you have to hope the CPU doesnt cheat as bad as it already has the advantage of its cheating AI alongside the increased speed now so using the "Super Combo" option is still fair game.
After i gave up with Sagat it took me only 4 tries to actually pull this off and that completes the challenge. I dont see it being possible otherwise as CPU Shin Akuma doesnt easily fall for tricks without supers other then characters with very long ranged meaty sweeps. Also lets be honest here: who would think that FREAKING DAN of all characters is actually the best choice for this??? He is pretty much the worst character in the game but has the right stuff to exploit Shin Akuma AI (Rolento has it too with his Trip Wire super but that command drops almost everytime on this speed).
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