The Masterful Pixel Art in Street Fighter II Stage Backgrounds
452Capcom's Street Fighter II is probably the most iconic fighting game ever created, adored by fans of the genre and also known by people who are not regular to video games. A true popular icon that has transcended the boundaries of the video game world.
It has been more than 30 years since its release, in 1991, and its legacy is still undefeated. Its legendary roster of fighters (all of them very recognizable and charismatic), its exquisite gameplay, the unforgettable music, its special techniques (such as hadokens or shoryukens), its graphics full of personality... make it a video game that transcends the passing of the years.
Not to mention its stage backgrounds, with meticulous pixel art brimming with color and splendid details, thanks to the know-how and mastery of Capcom's 2D artists.
This video pays tribute to the latter. To those level backgrounds that we have engraved in our minds and hearts. Through a dynamic animation we cover the excellent pixel art work done in this field, with zooms so you do not lose detail, all fighters sprites and accompanied by a montage with the entire soundtrack of the game.
You don't want to miss it!
Intro and Outro Music
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0:00 Intro
0:08 Ken Stage - Battle Harbor
0:47 Blanka Stage - Amazon River Basin
1:23 Vega Stage - Flamenco Tavern
1:52 Zangief Stage - Big Factory
2:18 Chun-Li Stage - Shopping District
2:51 M. Bison Stage - Temple Hideout
3:23 Honda Stage - Kapukon Yu
3:54 Dhalsim Stage - Maharaja's Palace
4:18 Balrog Stage - Las Vegas
4:53 Ryu Stage - Suzaku Castle
5:30 Sagat Stage - Ayutthaya Ruins
5:59 Guile Stage - Air Force Base
6:47 Outro
Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, also called simply Street Fighter 2 or abbreviated SFII, is a 2-dimensional "one vs. one" (1 vs 1) fighting video game created by Capcom in 1991 for its CPS1 arcade board, as a sequel to its previous Street Fighter, which had barely had any impact in the arcades.
It includes 8 characters selectable by the player, a record number for the time, each one of them with their own abilities, weaknesses and fighting styles. Despite having fighters as disparate as a young Chinese girl, a bestialized man, a gigantic Russian fighter or an agile blond playboy, all of them are very balanced and the shortcomings of each are compensated with other skills, such as greater speed against a discrete strength.
Street Fighter II was so successful worldwide that it didn't take long for "pseudo-sequels", or improvements to the original title, to appear, adding characters, punches, speed and animations, such as Street Fighter II Turbo and later ones.
Street Fighter II's last foray into arcades came in 2003 with the limited-time release of Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition.
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