With Street Fighter Alpha 2, the tradition continues and we now see three new characters, Gen, Rolento, and Sakura, and the return of two classics, Dahlsim and Zangief.
Fortunately, each upgrade does manage to sport enough new characters and enhancements to please the majority of fighting fans.
PC (nov.It seems like every year Capcom releases a new and improved version of Street Fighter.
Sega Saturn (1996) "Street Fighter Alpha 2 " Sega Saturn (sept.30, 1996) "Street Fighter Alpha 2 " Sony PlayStation (sept.30, 1996) "Street Fighter Alpha 2 " Nintendo SNES (nov.1996) "Street Fighter Alpha 2 " Sony PlayStation (dec.1996) "Street Fighter Alpha 2 " Nintendo SNES (dec.19, 1996) "Street Fighter Alpha 2 " Sony PlayStation 2 (2006) "Street Fighter Alpha Anthology" by THQ Sony PS2 (june.13, 2006) "Street Fighter Alpha Anthology " Sony PS2 (jul.7, 2006) "Street Fighter Alpha Anthology " PORTS These are ports released in North America, Europe, and Australia.
Bison: Guiana Highlands - Great Waterfalls, Venezuela Akuma ('Gouki' in Japan): Gokuentou, Japan Dan: Temple Street, Hong Kong Dhalsim: Bank of the Ganges River, India Zangief: Bilsk Steelworks, USSR Gen: Shanghai, China Rolento: New York, USA Sakura: Setagaya-ku, 2-Choume, Tokyo, Japan UPDATES Blue Board revisions: REVISION 1 Bison ('Vega' in Japan): Atop the VTOL, Brazil (Charlie vs.) M. (Character: Stage location) Ryu: Suzaku Castle, Japan (Sagat vs.) Ryu: a big prairie, Australia Ken: San Francisco Bay, USA Chun-Li: Beijing, China Sagat: Ayuthaya Temple Ruins, Thailand Adon: Bank of the Chao Phraya River, Thailand Birdie: London Station Underground, England Charlie ('Nash' in Japan): Detroit Highway, USA Guy: Metro City, USA Rose: Genova City Port, Italy Sodom: Arizona Desert, USA M. Below are the place names that were left out of the non-Japanese versions, translated into English.
Perhaps someone at Capcom USA was too lazy to translate the location-specific text (which is in Japanese) and just used the country name (which is in English). All export versions just tell you which country the stage is in. In the original Japanese version, specific locations are displayed on the 'next stage' screen.
Satsui no Hadou ni Mezameta Ryu is named Evil Ryu. In these export releases: Nash is named Charlie. Blue Board TRIVIA Street Fighter Alpha 2 was released in February 1996 in Europe and in March 1996 in the USA. TECHNICAL Runs on the "CP System II" hardware. For more information about the game itself, please see the original Japanese release entry "Street Fighter Zero 2 ". published 25 years ago: Street Fighter Alpha 2 © 1996 Capcom.