Street Fighter II special moves translation help

GameFreak · 08/06/2011, 08:01 PM

I have SF2 but I have no idea how to do any of the special moves.
Is there a good SF website that might explain it in english?
I have never really played SF on any other systems. I'm sure if I did, I could figure this out. Is there any simple way to figure this out without having someone translate the whole manual for me? I can do the kicks and punches but every time I release the special move it is purely by accident.

Mishran · 08/06/2011, 08:11 PM

Replacementdocs.com has scanned manuals for many different titles on various platforms.
http://www.replacementdocs.com/download.php?view.6684 will take you to a download page for the manual to the Genesis version of SF2. All the moves are exactly the same.

GameFreak · 08/06/2011, 08:17 PM

Amazing! Thank you!

CrackTiger · 08/06/2011, 09:42 PM

Here ya go-

http://www.gamefaqs.com/arcade/583628-street-fighter-ii-champion-edition/faqs

TheClash603 · 08/07/2011, 12:32 AM

Somehow this thread shocks me. At first I thought it had to be a troll...

GameFreak · 08/07/2011, 12:58 AM

Quote from: TheClash603 on 08/07/2011, 12:32 AMSomehow this thread shocks me. At first I thought it had to be a troll...

You thought I was a troll because I never played the english versions of Street Fighter?

Quote from: Mishran on 08/06/2011, 08:11 PMReplacementdocs.com has scanned manuals for many different titles on various platforms.
http://www.replacementdocs.com/download.php?view.6684 will take you to a download page for the manual to the Genesis version of SF2. All the moves are exactly the same.

The Genesis manual works perfectly. I'm playing it now.

SignOfZeta · 08/07/2011, 01:33 AM

Quote from: GameFreak on 08/07/2011, 12:58 AM
Quote from: TheClash603 on 08/07/2011, 12:32 AMSomehow this thread shocks me. At first I thought it had to be a troll...
You thought I was a troll because I never played the english versions of Street Fighter?

I can see how one would think that. Street Fighter II was the most significant game of the 90s. I've played so many fighting games on so many systems I can't remember when or how I actually learned "hadouken" for the first time. I've known every special in SFII for over half my life.

I can't imagine not knowing SFII by heart. It would be like never having seen Star Wars or something. Your entire perspective on games in general would be different, stunted, IMO.

GameFreak · 08/07/2011, 01:54 AM

Interesting perspective.
Everyone has a different point where they learn to do something. Some people learn before others. There was a time when even you didn't know how to do a hadouken...so what?

TheClash603 · 08/07/2011, 10:08 AM

GameFreak, I guess the most important thing is that you know how to do the moves now. SF2 is an absolute classic, and it still holds up today.

SignOfZeta · 08/07/2011, 10:51 AM

Quote from: GameFreak on 08/07/2011, 01:54 AMInteresting perspective.
Everyone has a different point where they learn to do something. Some people learn before others. There was a time when even you didn't know how to do a hadouken...so what?

Don't misunderstand me. I'm not saying your are an asshole for not knowing Street Fighter, I'm just trying to figure out how anyone could pass it over for the last 20 years, even if they wanted to. Did you just escape from The Truman Show or something?

GameFreak · 08/07/2011, 02:32 PM

QuoteDid you just escape from The Truman Show or something?

hehehee
I spent my childhood playing Keith Courage and JJ&Jeff way too much and thinking it was cool at the time

. however I was lucky enough to get to the arcade and dump quarters on titles like Double Dragon, Operation Wolf (gosh, I miss that vibrating uzi!), and 1943.

Yes I'm really liking SF2. This game will motivate me for sure to build a sanwa stick. It really needs a smooth operating joystick to master it.

...*ordering sanwa parts now*

csgx1 · 08/07/2011, 03:08 PM

With so many iterations of Street Fighter out there, spread over the years you managed to avoid all of them?

A bit shocking to me too since you're into PC Engine/Turbo Grafx which is sort of an obscure system that not everyone has heard of or even played.

Well, good for you....I always say, better late then never.

GameFreak · 08/07/2011, 04:32 PM

I did try SF on xbox360 recently. The arcade stick was a little glitchy so I gave up instead of buying a new arcade stick or having it fixed. The only fighting game I played when I was younger was Art of Fighting arcade version. In the past I have only been into adventure platform games and also RPG games.

I was never into fighting games until recently. Now that I'm older, it's harder to kick someones ass in reality, I can enjoy the game version more than I used to. That's probably why I'm recently getting back into sports game also. I never played sports video games when I was younger. I played real sports outdoors though. You can't be young forever.

soop · 08/08/2011, 11:33 AM

I thought the same as the others initially.

But I have to say, I'm slightly jealous that you're experiencing it for the first time, even with the passage of time taking the edge off of what was once cutting edge.

csgx1 · 08/08/2011, 02:53 PM

Quote from: GameFreak on 08/07/2011, 04:32 PM...Now that I'm older, it's harder to kick someones ass in reality...

Lol, ain't that the truth. Some of my friends used to get in real fights because of Street Fighter II.

I remember back in the '90 playing Street Fighter II for hours in the arcade with huge crowds huddled around a single cabinet. A time when rows of quarters were placed on the cabinet that symbolized the next challenger in line. Three hit combos were very impressive and fights would break out for using cheap techniques...like the "short, then throw" technique

Good times, and probably my most fondest memories with video gaming.

VestCunt · 08/09/2011, 03:23 PM

The cool thing about SF2 is that you can pick up and play with almost anyone and they'll have a favorite character and know the special moves. In my neck of the woods, SF2 was one of the three games that absolutely every single kid (girls included) knew how to play (the other two being Super Mario Brothers and Super Mario Kart).

It's important to pass the torch on to whatever this current generation of smartphone zombies are. I've met teenagers who haven't seen Fight Club...now that's scary.

TheClash603 · 08/10/2011, 01:01 AM

Quote from: guest on 08/09/2011, 03:23 PMSF2 was one of the three games that absolutely every single kid (girls included) knew how to play.

My girlfriend and her two sisters loved to play Mortal Kombat as kids, she knows all the moves and is okay at the game. When she first saw me playing Street Fighter, she had no idea what it was... go figure.

Ninja Spirit · 08/15/2011, 07:39 PM

Time to get you up to speed man..

csgx1 · 08/15/2011, 08:22 PM

Quote from: Ninja Spirit on 08/15/2011, 07:39 PMTime to get you up to speed man..

haha...I actually bought this back in the day on VHS tape.

spenoza · 08/16/2011, 10:46 AM

Quote from: VestCunt on 08/09/2011, 03:23 PMI've met teenagers who haven't seen Fight Club...now that's scary.

There are a few adults who haven't seen Fight Club. I'm one of them.

rag-time4 · 08/26/2011, 01:12 AM

Quote from: Ninja Spirit on 08/15/2011, 07:39 PMTime to get you up to speed man..

ninja, great post of the tomo tape. Anyone interested in ryu or ken should look at both the ryu and ken sections of the tape, as both characters are identical in terms of normal moves, other than the kick throw. There are differences between ken and ryu with all three special moves. Tomo Ohira used only ryu and guile in tournaments so that tape has more info on those particular characters than the rest of the cast.

Blanka was also a strong character in hyper fighting. Jeff schaeffer has a brief demo video of blanka, as well as a discussion on Youtube:

If youre playing sfii' on pce, the blanka strategy wont be useful.