I know you weren’t a big fan of the cursory addition of a color mixer for fighters. There’s no real sense of foresight apparent with this stuff. You have to go all the way out of a game, back to the main options menu, which is both poorly organized and a complete eyesore. Maybe there aren’t enough buttons on the Switch to allow for instant swaps, but there’s not even the option in the game’s pause menu to switch. And since HD Remix came out, there have been big quality of life additions to this kind of release - like real-time graphics switching. It’s 2017, and the idea of a visual overhaul that preserves original mechanics isn’t new. But in a way that feels indicative of the total package and how slipshod Ultra Street Fighter 2 feels, once I realized how much I disliked the updated graphics, I was stuck with them until I quit out of my Arcade Mode playthrough. I won’t hold this against Capcom too much here, because a lot of work was put into making sure the frame data and hitboxes for HD Remix’s sprites and those found in the original game are identical, which is critical to the game’s feel and balance. This review is making me feel older and older by the minute. Of course, I spent all of my time playing Ultra with the classic graphics and sounds: I absolutely cannot stand the new graphics that Udon drew for the HD Remix release nearly 10(!) years ago. I enjoyed toying with those two character variants and revisiting a game I fondly remembered. Namely, it presents an arcade perfect - arguably improved upon - version of a beloved fighting game and tosses in two semi-new characters: Evil Ryu and Violent Ken. And there are plenty of things Ultra Street Fighter 2 does right.
The game costs a staggering $39.99, making it feel like a bold-faced attempt to squeeze a few more dollars out of excitable Nintendo Switch owners looking for a proper fighting game and something new to play on the system.īut value, of course, is subjective. Michael McWhertor: It's also hard not to bring up the price of Ultra Street Fighter 2 from the get-go. To talk about that, this review will take a conversational format between two of the longest-term Street Fighter fans at Polygon, Managing Editor Mike McWhertor and Reviews Editor Arthur Gies, each of whom has been playing Street Fighter 2 in arcades, laundromats and video game consoles since it originally released in 1991.Īrthur Gies: I don’t want to beat around the bush here so I’ll just get to the point, or at least my point - Ultra Street Fighter 2 is a pretty weak version of the game in a lot of ways, and it’s hard not to look at it as a deeply cynical release. As a 23 year old game, there’s not a lot new to analyze or say about Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo, but the question is whether it’s a reasonable option, and how well it works as a Street Fighter game. Capcom’s Ultra Street Fighter 2 for Nintendo Switch isn’t exactly a new game, instead bringing together elements of previous updates to one of the most iconic and beloved fighting games of all time to the new hybrid console.
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