9th January 2007, 11:02 PM
Quote:There's also SF2 Hyper edition (the collector's edition) which has online play (with pretty much no lag at all, a rarity with fighting games) but only on the XBox. The thing is, they put SF2 TURBO on the arcade, which is the "lesser" version. Collector's edition not only has the very latest iteration of the game, but you can also play with all previous version's characters if you wish. Also it has SFIII 3rd Strike. It would basically blow the SF2Turbo in the Live Arcade out of the water if they would make that one compatible. Plus, every once in a while, I can actually FIND an online match in that game, so there's that! Also, there's Marvel vs Capcom 2.
Yeah, I know someone with a PS2 who likes fighting games... played both of those games. I think I like CvS2 more than either (SFIII or MvC2), though, though of course I don't own them... (one reason I like CvS2 is because it has SNK characters in it -- I almost always play as them, not the Capcom ones...)
Hyper SFII is definitely the best version of that game, no question. I agree that SFII in VC or SFII Turbo in Live Arcade are far behind it and make those releases matter a lot less...
... if I had an Xbox I'd be interested in all of major 2d fighting games, I think... King of Fighters 2002/2003, Samurai Shodown V, King of Fighters NeoWave, SNK vs Capcom, Street Fighter Anniversary, Capcom Fighting Evolution, Guilty Gear X2 #Reload, Guilty Gear Isuka (if that's really a standard fighting game)... I know that SNK vs Capcom and Capcom Fighting Evolution aren't that good (and Samurai Shodown V isn't as good as SSIII or SSIV), but with how low the prices for most of those games are these days, when you see them...