Luigi Mario

Street Fighter: The Movie

Publisher/Developer: Capcom/Incredible Technologies

System: Arcade

:Genre: Fighting

Introduction:

There is a reason why certain movies/games should never be made...(i.e.: THIS ONE)

In 1995, shortly after this garbage wad of a movie came out, Capcom decided to launch this game for the Arcade, which was probably one of the most biggest wastes of time/money anyone could ever imagine. Anyone who's seen the movie has already known, for the longest time, the horrible, offbeat plot to this movie. It was WAY OFF of what the game is truly about, so I won't even bother to make you suffer through it. Let's just hurry and get through the review.

Reviewed by: MattDDR

Graphics: C-

Graphics? WHAT graphics, should be the question here. It doesn't look like they spend much time on them. Basically, it's just a bunch of real-time scenes for the movie, and all the characters are simply the people who played in the movie, except Akuma, and Blade, who weren't even in the movie, but should be glad they weren't. I DID like the scenes from the movie being played in the background in some of the stages, but in others, it was just godawful, and that's the ONLY reason I gave it a C-.

Sound: D+ 

Laughable. From top to bottom, this games sound is just simply pathetic. The music is soooo horrible, and the speaking Characters are even worse...For instance, Ken, who's one of my favorite characters(Ryu being my absolute favorite, both of which they totally screwed up in the movie), doesn't even say Sho-Ryu-Ken, or what the hell ever he says for the Hurricane kick. He just simply says"DRAGON!" For the Dragon Punch, and "HURRICANE!" For the Hurricane Kick, BOTH off which sound gay as they ever could be. All of the speaking roles in this game are just horrible, but one plus to this is that if you push a certain combination, you can hear some of the original Street Fighter music on stages, but remixed. So yeah....that's the ONE good thing about the sound...

Control: F+ 

What.....The......F@$!!!! Seriously. There is no such thing as decent control on this game. I hated the fact that when I do certain moves, they make me do something else. I tried Ryu's Dragon punch, they made me throw out a fireball...WTF??? Anyway, the control is your basic Street Fighter game...three punches, and three kicks, but you have to get used to the control in a WHOLE NEW WAY. You'll just have to see it for yourself, because I'll bust a vein in my head if I talk about it anymore.

Gameplay: F

Now....looking at everything I just mentioned.....What did you THINK I was gonna say about the gameplay!?

N-N-N-NO! I can't stand playing this game for longer than ten minutes. It is nice and easy in the beginning, but the computer AI comes up with all new methods of extreme cheapness as the game goes on. There are things like Escape, which saves you from being thrown onto the ground, once you're thrown, and Counter, which lets you reverse the throw done on you and instead, lets you throw your opponent. I have NO idea how to do either move, though, and the Computer will do this OVER and OVER again once you really get into the game. Another thing I can't stand about the AI, Example: Since when could Chun-Li do an arieal Spin Kick and then IMMEDIATELY go into her Spinning Bird Kick in absolute Mid-Air??? Tell me a human being that can do that crap. On some of the characters, they also reflect the projectiles you throw at them when they block. How??? I didn't really like some of the specials that were done once you used up your special bar. And you only get ONE chance to use it per round, well, pretty much, since it won't hit max, unless you do a butt-load of special moves, or get beaten within an inch of your life.

Some of the moves you do won't have the same effect as they do in the REAL Street Fighter game, either. Like Ryu's Hurricane Kick, it looks just as fast as Ken's and does the exact same thing as Ken's, so, pretty much, the diversity between them is erased, which I hated, because I've always loved them, mostly for the diversity between them. And where are the rest of the fighters? Like T-Hawk, who was in the movie, but never in the game, probably for good reason, too. And Dhalsim? Ok....so....he sucks either way, but since when does he have a friggin' lab? I mean COME ON, PEOPLE!!!! And WHERE THE HECK WAS BLANKA IN ALL OF THIS!? I mean, not ONLY is he in the movie, but he's a playable Character in the home console versions. I should know, because I actually own this peice of crap for Sega Saturn. Just one mistake after another, basically, and that's why this gets an F.

Simply Put: F

This is basically a cross between Mortal Kombat, and Street Fighter, which should NEVER have happened in the first place. There were just too many Cut corners and added bullcrap for this to be a Street Fighter Worthy clone, and I grew up with Street fighter, so I'd BETTER know what I'm talkin' about. Now I see WHY this game wasn't in very many arcades. This seemed like just a quick way to make an even quicker buck, and I guess if that was the intention....well......mission accomplished, guys. Avoid this game ay any and all costs, even if you have to duck your head, just so the cabinet won't see you....In short, this game put Street Fighter to shame. Playing with a friend, MIGHT give you some jollies, but play it alone, and I guarantee you, you'll wonder why you're alive by playing it. Just leave it be and let the dust collect around it so much that it is no longer visible. 'Nuff said.