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Nintendo Player's Guide (SNES) Street Fighter II Turbo (1993) f '1 \ Y*-— [ |dL/ ^Nintendofy STAFF Publisher M. Arakawa Producer in Chief Hiroyuki Kalo Editor in Chie! Gail Tilden Senior Editor — Pam Salher Scoll Pellard Leslie Swan Jell Balus Editorial Consultants Howard Lincoln Peter Main Phil Rogers Juana Tingdale Tony Harman Cover Design Grilles Advertising Directors ol Production Tsutomu Olsuka Telsuhiko Yoshida Producer Yoshio Tsuboike Project Coordinators Hiroyuki Kurano W. David MeHen Keiji Hamada Emi Toyama Art Director Yoshi Orimo Concept & Design V DESIGN INC. Desu Iwamolo Rilsuko Yamaji WORK HOUSE CO..LTD < ZANGIEF Yukio Yamashila Seiji Sato Hiro Ogawa Kohchan Yoshizu CDHALSIM Angie Junichi Nob Watanabe Hiroki Ida RYL^^ Nob-Rin Takagi Masako Kurosawa Illustrators Akio Nakamura E.HONDA Daisuke Shigoto The Street Fighter II Turbo I layer's Guide is published by Nintendo ol America Inc. in con|unction with Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co.. Ltd. The Street Fighter II Turbo Player's Guide is published at S15 In the U.S.A. ($21 in Canada) only by Nintendo ol America Inc.. 4820-150th Ave NE, Redmond. Washington. 98052 ©1993 by Nintendo ol America Inc All rights reserved Nothing that appears in the Street Fighter It Turbo Player's Guide may be printed in whole or in part wlth- America, copynghl owner Printed in the U S A Color separation by Dai Nippon Printing Co . Ltd. NIN- TENDO is a registered trademark ol Nintendo ol America. STREET FIGFITER II TURBO is a registered trademark ol Capcom TM & © lor game and characters are owned by Capcom. (Nintendo) Nintendo ol America Inc. P.O.Box 957 Redmond. WA 98052 TURBOCHARGED STREET FIGHTING! The premise in Street Fighter II Turbo is very sim- just as important for others. Find out who's who in ple. Two of the 12 World Warriors go at it in a head- Street Fighter II! Whatever the reason may be for to-head, no-holds-barred street fighting brawl. each of the contestants to enter the Street Fighter However, from this starting point, a generous dose of competition, rest assured that eventful and exciting variables enter the picture! Each fighter has his or battles are going to follow! her own set of moves and special attacks. Each fight- All of the Controller functions, moves and cool spe- er has different physical abilities, too. When you mix cial attacks for all of the fighters can be found in this it all up, the outcome is electrifying because with all Player's Guide. Of particular note are the powerful things being equal, any of the fighters has the ability combination moves. To dominate the street fighting to defeat their rival in any given match. This Player's scene, you have to know these moves! This Player's Guide gives you tons of tactics and strategies Guide will help you to elevate your Street Fighter II for every fighter in the game versus every other skills to a whole new level. On page 1 6, you'll find all fighter. of the "Classified Information" for Street Fighter II M. Bison, the final boss and leader of the Shadow- Turbo. It's definitely "Insiders Only" type of material. loo organization, is regarded as the supreme evil be- Consider yourself an armed and dangerous World ing in the criminal world. He's affected the lives of Warrior when you learn and master all of the informa- several of the Street Fighter contestants and they are tion contained within the pages of the Street Fighter II seeking retribution! While revenge plays an important Turbo Player's Guide! Study the fighters, pick your fa- motivational role for some fighters, respect, honor, vorite, and join in on the street fighting fray. We'll greed, vanity, and self-indulgence play roles that are show you the way! LOOK FOR MORE NINTENDO PLAYER'S GUIDES FOR THE MOST COMPLETE GAME COVERAGE FROM THE PROS! (Nintendo^ PLAYER'S GUIDE™ 2 NINTENDO PIA YER 'S GUIDE WORLD DOMINATION? The campaign to become the world's best fighter isn't the only battle going on. Throughout the entire Street Fighter series, the battle between good and evil has always been waged. There's no reason that it should stop now! M. Bison and his three henchmen, Sagat, Balrog and Vega, are on a quest for world domination. Cleaning up in the Street Fighter competition will only help to boost their popularity with the criminal undeiworld. STREET FIGHTER SERIES RETROSPECTIVE HOW IT STARTED There is a great tradition with Capcom's fighting games. Their pop- STREET FIGHTER FINAL FIGHT ularity has steadily increased since In 1987, the original Street A spin-off on the Street Fighter the company's earliest game in the Fighter made its debut in U.S. theme, Final Fight proved to be genre, Street Fighter, was intro- arcades. Ryu starred in the a tremendous arcade success. It duced to the world. The seed was game and Ken joined in for the combined adventure elements sown. People were hooked on Street two-player action. This is why of game play along with the Fighter, but the best was yet to Ken and Ryu's abilities are the obligatory bone-crushing action. come. same. STREET FIGHTER! CHAMPION EDITION Not since the days of Asteroids, Street Fighter II masters wanted Pac-Man, and Donkey Kong has more! Capcom gave it to them an arcade game generated so by letting them choose to play much excitement among play- as one of the four bosses in ers! Intrigued with the theme, Street Fighter II Champion characters and moves, gamers Edition. The upgrade was a rel- steadily flocked to arcades. atively simple procedure. STREET FIGHTERU-SUPER NES The gaming world went nuts once again when Street Fighter II invaded the home market! The Super NES provided the obvi- ous platform for the release of the first-ever 16-meg game. The game was practically a clone of the arcade version. Super NES owners couldn't have been happier! STREET FIGHTER H TURBO Shortly after the Champion Edition version of Street Fighter II hit the arcades, gamers were screaming for more! Once again, Capcom stepped up and unleashed Street Fighter II Turbo upon the masses. Faster action and more moves were the highlights. STREET FIGHTER n TURBO WHAT NEXT? To keep in step with the demands of the Super Street Fighter II is the next arcade crowds, the Super NES version of game in the series that Capcom Street Fighter II Turbo was released to the will unleash upon the masses. public in August of 1993. Matching the ar- Four new World Warriors: cade version, Super NES owners now Cammy, Thunder Hawk, Fei possessed all of the speed, characters, Long and Dee Jay will join in on options and moves that they could handle. the quest to unseat M. Bison and Things are good. the evil Shadowloo organization. 4 NINTENDO PLA YER'S GUIDE wmEumm. STREET FIGHTER1I? FRIENDS AND ENEMIES WHO IS M. BISON? His past veiled in secrecy, Bison is intent on one thing: world domination. Winning the Street Fighter tournament will help him to at- tain this goal. Everyone knows that only the strongest and most worthy fighters get to en- ter the competition and if Bison happens to win, no one will be able to question his strength and powers. Other than his present standing, not much is known about him. MOH TIaT I IA*E DESTROYED B1SOM. When Guile defeats Bison, he finally Chun Li, relieved that she has defeat- As many predicted, Bison retains gets the opportunity to make him pay ed Bison, is one giant step closer to his undisputable rank of 'King of for the pain and suffering he inflicted inner peace. Her father is now Destruction' when he wins the Street upon Charlie, his best friend. avenged. Fighter competition. STREET FIGHTEl V \ ENHANCEMENTS FOR THE TURBO VERSION CHOOSE TO PLAY AS A BOSS In the original arcade and Super NES versions of Street Fighter II, you could only fight against the four boss characters. Those days are long gone. In the Turbo version of Street Fighter II, you may select any of the 12 fighters. Individually, when factors such as strength, speed and agility are averaged out, each character has approximately the same chance of winning a match. Remember, this is on the average. With the skills of two players being equal, certain characters may have a slight advan- tage over others, but things should be fairly matched. The Turbo version has been "fine tuned" to include moves that tend to equalize any defi- ciencies a certain character may have had against another character. NEW SPECIAL ATTACKS! PLAY VS. SAME CHARACTER Some of the competitors in the In Street Fighter II Turbo, you don't have to enter any Turbo version of Street Fighter II special Controller code to have the ability to play same have been granted new moves character vs. same character. Players can select any and abilities. The most notable characters they choose, even if they are the same! The are Chun Li's Kikoken Fireball only differences between the like characters will be the move and Dhalsim's Yoga color of their outfits and any settings you wish to change Teleport. In the original version on the Option Menu screen. of Street Fighter II, the charac- ters shown on the chart below didn’t necessarily have deficien- cies, but they could be attacked in certain ways that were directly related to their inability to attack in a certain manner. Thus, Capcom instigated the new attack moves for the characters. When you try them out, we think you'll agree that the "upgrades" were both much needed and fair.
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