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Super Street Fighter II Turbo (1994)

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This is a play-through using "Old" Dhalsim (the previous SSFII version of him) in the Arcade version of Super Street Fighter II X: Grand Master Challenge. Read on below for more information...

Old/SSFII Dhalsim is a another version of the regular Dhalsim. He is a hidden playable character.

NOTE: 2 Continues used. 1 continue cut out of the video to save time and reduce video file size.

===== HOW TO SELECT OLD/SSFII DHALSIM =====

On the character select screen, select Dhalsim with any button, and immediately input Down, Up, Up, Up and then press LP or LP + LK.

If you've done it correctly you'll hear Dhalsim's voice and his portrait colours will change into his original ones.

===== MOVELIST =====
Key: QCF = Quarter Circle Forward; HCF = Half Circle Forward; DP = Dragon Punch motion (F,D,DF); RDP = Reverse Dragon Punch motion (B,D,DB); 3P = all 3 Punches together; 3K = all 3 Kicks together

THROWS
-- Yoga Smash: when close, F + MP or B + MP , rotate D-Pad/Stick and rapidly tap attack buttons for more hits
-- Yoga Throw: when close, F + HP or B + HP

COMMAND NORMALS
-- Drill Head: in the air, D + HP
-- Drill Kick: in the air, D + HK

SPECIAL MOVES
-- Yoga Fire: QCF + P
-- Yoga Flame: HCF + P
-- Yoga Teleport Behind: DP + 3P or 3K
-- Yoga Teleport Front: RDP + 3P or 3K

===== OLD/SSFII DHALSIM DIFFERENCES =====

As this is the old SSFII version of him, it means that he does not the Super Combo gauge, which of course means that he does not have the Yoga Inferno. He also does not have the Yoga Blast special move.

Regarding his operation of Normals (basic attacks), he is quite different to the New Dhalsim, such as:

---- He does not have the ability to perform close-up normals whilst being far away through command inputs.

---- He does not have: the new Neutral LK; the new jumping forward/backward MP; the new jumping straight up LP.

---- He does not have the new close-up crouching LK.

---- He does not have the new spinning Drill kicks.

===== ABOUT DHALSIM =====

Dhalsim is one of the staples of the Street Fighter franchise. He has one of the most unique and distinct fighting styles and is the most famous "keep-away" character in fighting games. He has probably reached the "Street Fighter-loses-something-without-him" status.

Dhalsim's story in Street Fighter II is that he enters the tournament to raise money for his village, but realises that his participation contradicts his pacifist beliefs. He retires from fighting after the second World Warrior tournament, and continues to roam the world helping those in need.

===== OTHER INFORMATION / TRIVIA =====

---- Old Dhalsim has two colour palettes. The first is the original World Warrior colours; and the second are unique colours that is specially made for Old Dhalsim.

---- The second unique colour palette is made specially for SSFIIX/SSF2T.

---- There is no instance in the game where the CPU is in control of Old Dhalsim.

---- In SSFIIX/SSFIIT, Dhalsim is the only character to have his main ending image changed from the prequel game.

---- SSFIIX features the first appearance of his wife Sari/Sally, seen in one of his new ending images at 27:55.

---- There is some contradiction to his pacifist mentality regarding one of his winning quotes in which he says "I WILL MEDITATE AND THEN DESTROY YOU!!".

---- Dhalsim got his name from an Indian restaurant called Dhal's, which was located in Osaka near Capcom's office. (Dhal is lentils, shim is Hyacinth beans). The restaurant is no longer running.

---- The lead designer of Street Fighter II, Akira Nishitani, stated in a interview that the concept of Dhalsim's ability to stretch his limbs comes from the Ripple Zoom Punch technique from the manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

---- He is known as the Yoga Master.

---- It has been mentioned before in the past that parts of his design was inspired by ACDC from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, but this is unconfirmed.

===== CHAPTERS =====

00:00 - Intro, Title, Character Select
00:48 - Regular fights
04:57 - Lose, Result, Continue
05:20 - Regular fights
19:27 - vs. Balrog
21:00 - vs. Vega
23:25 - vs. Sagat
25:56 - vs. M.Bison
27:42 - Ending
28:15 - BONUS 1: special credits/staff when no Rounds lost
29:33 - BONUS 2: credits/staff when Rounds lost, but no Continues used

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