/vr/ - Retro Games

>>3841567
>>3837510
Welcome to video gaming. First, yes, your favorite games were made in Japan with Japanese audience first in mind. Imagine that. You're probably the same guy who complains about feminine boys in Castlevania, tainting your favorite franchise with some faggy bullshit. But in case you haven't noticed, the popularity for cheesy martial art flicks and Arnie movies ended in the '80s. Japan was no exception.
They just moved on to what was popular at the time. In America, it was grunge, satanism, rave, '70s nostalgia and such. In Japan, it was their anime, manga, j-rock and eurobeat. So, what a surprise, SFA has a girl in a skirt. Japanese should have totally banned that, but not Sailor Moon, Urusei Yatsura and all the PC-98 eroge.
Second, in case you haven't noticed, Street Fighter has long left its "street" roots, and left them to Final Fight. It's pretty much only in the name. If anything, it should've been renamed "World Warrior".
Yes, it's silly and makes no sense… So what? Let me remind you for a second that it's a game where guys throw fireballs at each other, and do a ton of other ridiculous bullshit. SF2 was envisioned as a game of crazy new ideas and characters, in case you didn't know that. You want realism? Play UFC games or whatever. You want gritty street fights? Def Jam or beat 'em ups. You want burly men grappling? Take Saturday Night Slam Masters, all the WWF games, etc.
Street Fighter is not street and it's not real fighting. And it hasn't been for over 25 years. Guess what, people still play every game in the series. Maybe because they liked the game as it was.

>>3359925
>>3361527
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