Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2742 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Capcom
• Released on: 2004-10-29
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• ESRB Rating: Mature
• Platform: Xbox

Manufacturer's Description
The undisputed world champion has arrived on Xbox

Street Fighter Anniversary Collection brings to you the best of the best in the ultimate beat 'em-up compilation. Hyper Street Fighter II is a blend of five Street Fighter II games-in-one where you get to find out who is the greatest warrior. Street Fighter III: Third Strike is the arcade smash hit, available on a next-gen console for the very first time.

Customer Reviews

It's Street Fighter
Street Fighter

This Street Fighter package contains three things of niceness. Street Fighter Anniversary, a game that has been doing the rounds at the arcades, Street Fighter 3 3rd Strike a game that hasn't been on a home console aside from Segas Dreamcast and the Street Fighter 2 animated movie.
The Anniversary game is the first five Street Fighter 2 games combined. The character you select can be primitive or as advanced as you like. Early versions of characters have less, and different, moves but to compensate there hits take off more energy. The one player game can feel a little weird as a result, as you can beat your opponent while knowing that you're not fighting as well as you should. The sound is pathetic, the graphics a bit garish but this is still Street Fighter and it remains one of the most playable games ever created.
The Animated movie is okay. It is plotless and faithful, nice to look and listen to. But I can't figure out a way to fast forward it though.
3rd Strike is amazing. The animation is superb, the tone of the fresh and new. The implementation of a parry system, (kind of like block and countering) opens up new possibilities for the fights. The new characters are weird, unfamiliar and hard to get used to but 3rd Strike even supersedes the Alpha series as the most advanced Street Fighter around.
Good package and good value.

street fighter 2?
I have been a big fan of th street fighter series since i was about ten. I bought this primarily for an arcade perfect version of street fighter 2 plus the extras. however, if you're hoping to look back on this game fondly, then you may be disappointed. it is disgustingly hard, even on the easiest difficulty setting, with the computer's hits taking about twice as much as yours ever do. the version on this is a rather botched amalgamation of all of the street fighter 2 games and i'd rather have them as separate entities. there is the option to use the world warrior versions of characters etc, but if playing one player, you'll lose horribly either way. the two player mode is still as good as it ever was.

street fighter three is however very good, and if like me you don't want to spend twenty quid on the dreamcast version it's worth the cost of the game alone. this game also does not suffer from being frustratingly difficult either, as capcom presumably realised this was irritating in street fighter anniversary edition. add to this the anime classic street fighter the animated movie (not the duff alpha movie or the positively dire film with kylie) and you have a good package.

overall a the film and SF3 are good, but they might as well not have bothered with SF2 for the amount of use most fans might get. i think i'll dig out the SNES and remind myself how enjoyable street fighter 2 used to be.

Third Strike! At home! At last!
Street Fighter Anniversary Edition features Street Fighter 3: Third Stike, Hyper Street Fighter 2 and the animated Street Fighter movie on one disc.

Hyper Street Fighter 2 is a compilation of all prior versions of the Street Fighter 2 series, blending all 17 characters from "World Warrior" to "Super Turbo" and enabling fighters from different instalments to do battle. The two player game is as balanced and enjoyable as it ever was, but computer opponents have become tough and frustrating, even at lower skill levels. Still, a must have classic.

Street Fighter 3 : Third Strike has all of the balance and playability of Street Fighter 2, with vastly more depth and scope for skill. It adds parrying, dashing, cancelling, EX special moves and vastly improved super attacks to the mix. Every character has a particular niche and style of play that exploit their unique attacks to devastatingly effect. The graphics are colourful and distinctive. Animation in particular is outstanding - each of the 20 characters move with finesse and fluidity. Sadly, while the sound effects are great, they're overshadowed by the terrible music. There are no music volume controls and therefor no way to disable the repetitive, tinny din, witout sacrificing sound effects. Forunately, this is more an issue in the training mode than at other times. This game alone is worth the price tag.

Here's to hoping Capcom release a Street Fighter Alpha compilation too!