Is Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers Worth $40 on Switch? | Soapbox 

$20 MAX.

Capcom would've been better off leaving the "Way of the Hado" mode out and only charging $20 or so.

I'm only buying because my dad love street fighter 2 and has agreed to pay for half of it if I let him play with me. I have no complaints, I only pay $20 and I have an excuse to play video games with my dad.

They should have gone the Mega Man Legacy Collection route and put extra stuff with the physical version and have the digital version be half the price.

In an alternate universe, Ultra Street Fighter 2 would be a $40-dollar game with 3 visual options: Classic 16-bit, HD UDON Sprites, and 3D Models (MT Framework or Unreal Engine 4 assets). The new 3D Models would have made this a worthwhile $40 purchase, and there wouldn’t be any contention.

Capcom: People are not buying Ultra SFII Turbo Ultimate Championship edition EX Deluxe for the Switch? That must means there's no interest for "hardcore" games, let's pull our support.

$20 max. Anything more is absurd.

Think that's bad? It's $60 here in Australia 😂 fmd

Come on Alex you can't mispronounce Ryu's name in 2017

Give me a reason to play this on my switch instead of playing SF4 on my 3DS

40$ ? fuck no

Sounds like the HD remix that was released a few years ago on the last gen consoles.

I think 40 bucks would be fine for this imo, this game is the same price as a standard 3DS game. Take it on the go and always have a way to play 1v1 with someone. I feel 40 is the bare maximum they can charge for this game, while 35 would be an average price and 30 and below being a "steal" as you would say. All depends on how people look at it I suppose

2021 the resale value has gone up, I am very happy with my purchase

>Violent Ken and Evil Ryu >Way of the Hado mode >Co-op fights >arcade mode >online >color editor >retro and new graphics and sound I say it's worth it because I'm a big fighting game fan and remember, this is an exclusive SF game for the Switch.

I personally feel it is worth the higher price tag. I feel that I'm going to get my moneys worth because street fighter is the perfect game to do a quick round in on the switch with friends. If I'm waiting for a class to start, I'd Happily play this game for a bit with friends, rather than risk a long Mario kart race or bomberman game. I feel this is the game my switch collection really needed right now, as most of my friends have a switch. I have casual games for having fun with friends, but I didn't really have something I could competitively get into with them. Plus I need not worry if one of my friends does not have the game or console. A problem I faced quite a bit with the 3ds version of street fighter, along with other games. while I agree the price tag is steep, for me at least, Its going to be worth it.

Still gonna buy it, it's one of the first 3 games I remember to have played. Together with my cousin, whom I haven't seen for ages (will see him soon again, however, thanks to metal).

He says "It's a really balanced game" while footage of Sagat is playing lol

You can say Violent Ken 1st appeared in the Street Fighter II anime movie back in the mid 90's

I paid $20.00 US and I think it's worth that but not a penny more.

An honest review... As big of a street fighter 2 fan I am. It ain't worth no more than a tenner & it's an obviously cash & grab by Capcom

I'd much rather have a port of Capcom vs SNK 1 and 2 and SVC Chaos.

Very Informative good job!

The only realistic way for them to justify this price (since people already seemed to pre-order it) is to 1. Reduce the price of the digital version by $10 and 2. Announce that they will be adding additional content throughout the summer (with at least one by next week), to include an improved buddy battle 2 v1 mode, where you can actually do 2 v 2 with 4 players and against the entire roster of characters in their respective stages. Another thing they could add, is a demo for an upcoming port of a street fighter 4 complete (with new buddy battle 2v2 mode) and maybe even the SF 2 animated movie with Japanese language and enlglish subtitles. Until I see some sort of announcement for these features, I have decided not to even touch this game.

This game, or Street Fighter 30th anniversary collection. Trying to make a decision on what to buy

well as compared to PS3's HD Remix? i think its worth atleast 45$ since you can play it on the go with those graphics and modern style sf

If online mode were unlocked during the review period, the video of it's review would consist of gameplay footage of you sitting there, waiting for an opponent to show up. You know, because the only people that have the game are the reviewers, so unless you were there the same time as another reviewer, you wouldn't be able to test it.

who replies to these comments alex or someone at nintendo life?

I'm a huge SF fan/competitive player but honestly the price kills it for me. Considering how dirt cheap the Neo Geo fighting games are on the Switch you'd have to be mad to buy this for 35 quid.

I freaking love this game me and my dad play it a ton

I know I’m three years too late, but unless you’re a die-hard SFII fan, just get 30th Anniversary Collection. It has multiple versions of SFII _already,_ not to mention other SF games included. Yes, it has online play as well. Just way more SF for your buck. Even if you _are_ a die-hard SFII fan, I’d really suggest waiting for a price drop.

It’s better then the street fighter 30th anniversary collection. I rather have a street fighter game for switch even if it’s a remaster, instead of a collection of old games

cost 60 in australia

Honestly $30 and no "Way of the Hado" would be fine for me. It's such an iconic game that half the price of a standard game seems fair. I think people arguing $20 are pushing it a bit.

$20 in my opinion... Granted, it's cool that you can alter the SFX, the Graphics, and the Color Schemes, but we're talking about a game that's been out for years... Like they did with Thumper and gave the same price of $20 for the Switch. Clearly worth it, and love every moment of that game, but $40? Yeah that's just too much and disappointing since I'm a Street Fighter Fan.

or just spend 20 dollars more to get tekken 7

Where did you get the canvas art? They look amazing!

What sucks is the controllers. I tried both the Pro Controller and my 8bitdo wireless ones but cant seem to execute the moves as well when compared to my PS3 controllers.

I’m 6 years late but I just bought Ultra Street Fighter 2 on Switch although I didn’t pay £40 for my copy but I paid £31 although that’s probably still too much but I love Street Fighter 2 so I’d probably have paid its original retail price on Switch if I had got it back at launch.

Ones experience cannot put a price on anything. You either pay or pass

it's about as deep as Street Fighter 5 in all reality, and it was 60$

I just picked up Tekken 7 with a beautiful steel book and an additional character for 47.99$. I'd love to have a great fighting game on my Switch so based on that I'm willing to spend up to 6.99$ for Street Fighter.

I still play this regularly! Buttery smooth edition. b

It’s 50% off right now!

Worth every penny

Sad truth to this is 40$ is actually low for Capcom. The prices they come up with for costumes in other Street Fighter games are way higher than that. I remember back when Super Street Fighter IV had a load of costume downloads and just 2 bundles came to over £40! And for reference, the game itself was only £25 so I guess in the eyes of Capcom, costumes are worth more than actual content and gameplay. Street Fighter V is abit better in this regard as many of the costumes are purchasable with fight money which is an in-game currency but even then, it's only abit better. And not even all the costumes can be bought this way, some them you have to pay real money for. So yeah, Ultra Street Fighter 2? No, not worth the cash, go put the money towards something else like Tekken 7 or heck, I'd even say ARMS and that's coming from someone that doesn't even care for ARMS.

Not sure Capcom can claim it's the ultimate version of SFII when it's missing all the bonus levels (according to Eurogamer's review). If it had been cheaper I'd have given it a chance but there's no excuse for charging that much for an Xbox Live game from 10 years ago.

I don't think it's worth it. I do think it's money grabbing/gouging. They are essentially charging $40 for what is a HD port of SSFII HD remix that came out on 360 in 2008 for $15. Everything is relative. Why would I pay $40 for a game that is 20+ years old when I can pick up any one of the ACA Neo Geo Fighters on Switch for $6-7 a piece. Or hell I could get Tekken 7 on Steam for $60.

The question is whether someone should buy it or not: if u have already different platforms on which u have played the game, why would u buy this one? On the other hand, if u have not played this game since it first release decades ago, then 40$ is worth the price.

I had bought this second hand about a year ago. And you’re right, it’s a lot for an old game. I e always loved SF2 since Special Champion Edition on Genesis. My draw to this version was that it is the “definitive version” with that switch between old and new visuals and sound. That Hado mode is just stupid. Tried it once, never again. It’s for fans, simple, and they’ll buy it up. But I’ll admit it, that price was too steep

I love USF2. I play online on it all the time on my Switch. If you have USF2, then you don't need the previous versions of Street Fighter 2.

Why they couldn't add this game on the 30th Anniversary collection this seems like a cash grab and I want it still.

Aww man, I know I'm still going to buy this. I'm a huge street fighter fan also LOVE the graphics/animation style.

i came to Switch late in the game from finally finishing backlog of 3DS... i can't find a brand new version of this game anywhere in 2021 :(

Didn't know seth rogan had a gaming channel.

... Balrog becomes The Hulk ! LOL !

I wasn't even going to buy this game until I played it. Definitely worth the $32 from Amazon Prime.

i think violent ken appeared first in the Street Fighter II Animated Film

The first honest review that I have attn from a popular RU-vid channel. I commend your bravery. Other channels are taking it easy to keep their relationship with Capcom smooth while taking their fans for granted.

*i would pay 40$ for MK Trilogy tho*

I think the last time SF2 got a genuinely significant update was with the GBA version.

Your forgetting the 273 page digital art gallery included on the game cart.

The "Way of the Hado" mode made me cancel my preorder. I wish they just left that mode out and went with a $20 price tag. We all know it will be discounted to that or below shortly anyways...

It’s March 2020 and this game is STILL $40. Even SFV has dropped significantly in price since then. Wtf?

Are you advocating this version is superior to the Japanese only Dreamcast matchmaking service version?

let me just say if you have a switch + Zelda botw wait on your next work check its only 40$ its not that bad don't be so cheap people

what is the background music? i have heard it before but cant remember what it is

What most people fail to realize is, this version is developed bij Capcom, where as the HD remake wasn't. Capcom based this game on Super Turbo and went from there on. They only used the HD remake graphics but at its core this game should blow HD remake out of the water..

60 bucks later and eh, yeah it sure plays like SSF2, but it's all so ugly. They couldn't even scale the sprites correctly in either HD or classic mode... shimmering uneven pixels and annoying, oversized borders in classic mode, and strips of uneven pixels absolutely cover the HD sprites making them hideous and indistinct. The backgrounds are terrible, with screwed up perspectives, lacking animations that even HD Remix had and most objects have aliased edges, making everything look like cutouts, it's embarrassingly sloppy. The ending art too is mostly in blurry low res, except for the new charactewrs for some reason, the HD HUD in classic mode is distracting... every aspect of the presentation lacks a sense of cohesion, it feels duct taped together and half finished. Screw this game, I'm going back to using MAME, where I can play the original version, properly respected. A Wii caliber upgrade of Monster Hunter XX isn't going to cut it either Capcom... this system has good momentum, the least you could do is actually TRY to put some time and effort in before you inevitably cry about not selling 10 million copies of everything.

i just got my siwcth OLED today , i was thinking about getting this game . thanks for the review

Capcom needs to fire their product managers. Between the giant middle finger to customers that was SFV and now this over-priced, repackaged 9 year old game (that cost $15 back in 2008 when it was called HD Remix), Capcom has lost all good faith from consumers. This is garbage. The UDON art makes the game look like it came from Newgrounds and the "Way of the Hado" should have never left the white board.

True. The $40 seems excessive but the great thing is one can take the game with you and play with your friends. I suspect the Switch will be more of a retro gaming console for 3rd party games (i.e. Sega games). If I could get remastered versions of SNES and Genesis titles then I would buy the Switch. Since Splatoon and Mario kart I've no interest in and lately a lot of modern 3rd party developers reject the notion of gaming to the Switch (Destiny 2 being the latest one).

my take is its worth it half off on sale or if you horde nintendo gold coins

Capcom are thick. The amount of friends who really want to play this game but simple cant justify the high price tag is many, including myself. I love Street Fighter 2, a hd version is great. But never ever forthis price. If it was half the price, myself and my friends would have pre ordered and bought day one. Now though im not sure even waiting for it to come down in price will make us buy this game, due to Capcoms now infamous greed.

I love street fighter 2. To me it is worth it. Online is so damn solid.

Violent Ken is a character in SNK vs Capcom SVC chaos (best crossover game), made by SNK. Its also has Dimitri

street fighter HD remix. for ps3. came out like 7 yrs ago. now Nintendo comes up with just 3 extra character. pffff

I'll just play Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD edition for the ps3

We all gonna sleep on Shin Akuma?

It's £28 at Tesco. So tempted..

now its worth about $150 new and sealed lol

I feel that that the roster of the game is not that small but yeah

Ultra street fighter 2 or the sf 30th anniversary? Which is better to buy

Actually Cammy first appeared in Super Street Fighter 2: The New Challengers.

Street Fight 4 on 3DS came out for $40 and had $35 characters. I think the price is too high for this game.

I'd maybe pay $15. maybe.... But if Capcom released Resident Evil 4 HD for the Nintendo Switch on the other hand. I might tap out to that. I mean they've released that game on literally every system ever since it's released.

Can't say 40 but I ordered from Amazon which was a bout 31. I still think it should only be 20 max . But hell this will be adding to my variety of games till arms and Splatoon is out.

ULTRA Street fighter 2 is Switch exclusive. The art is not the same as turbo remix look at digital foundry's video on it. This is the only hardcore 2d fighter with online on Switch and it already sold really well. Blade Strangers is a 2d fighter and it's going to be 39.99 so really USF2 has got value.

I mean, it IS a full remake. This video seems to. . . not really talk about that fact all that much. In fact, the only reference to it (I think) is that you can turn it off! Like, really Alex? If they were just releasing it as - essentially - a virtual console release with those extra features, I would be in total agreement. However, this is a REALLY extensive visual remake. You know, between this, Sonic Mania, and indie games like OwlBoy it's really nice to see that 16-Bit Plus visual style (which has been coined "Hi-Bit") getting more and more popular. I love what can be done now with modern 2D games. There are few games out there where the characters look like they were ripped straight out of the concept art; this is one of them. Is $40 pushing it? Yeah, sure - but so is every AAA remake (looking at you Playstation - porting PS3 games over to PS4 and charging $60 for them, when you should've just had backwards compatibility). As is, I probably won't get it - as I'm not a Street Fighter fan - but for a series fan, this seems like an obvious purchase, even if $30 would probably be more appropriate.

no instruction booklet its worth 30 bucks for physical copy. and a digital download is worth 20 bucks.

As someone who's never played Street Fighter ever I'm going to try this out.

40 pounds for a PERFECT street fighter 2????. well for a start butter it up if you must,it's basically HD remix update,an the animation on the remix ruined the pace due to more frames between combo's which people noticed,meaning games were played old school mode to max out combo's an fluidic pace,,,,,,,at a guess this will be the rebalancing capcom are telling of,,,,,,,,.The two against one idea seems obviously unfair however this should help players not as good as hardcore pro's. The HD remix servers on ps3 an 360 were honestly worse I'd seen from capcom as matching fights relied on nothing but other than here you go 180ms ,,,,,Australia is awake results in very laggy unplayable fights.....yes it worked until servers dried up because the game wasn't great,,,,,,some matches wouldn't link giving a last minute kick due to a poor connection,an if host had a poor connection everyone would suffer , i want this to be good, but ssf2t had a perfect version years ago .evil ryu an ken at a guess are like akuma,,,,,,over powered characters for annoying youths online,,,,,, killer instinct is annoying due to characters like rash an shadow jago,,,,,,,,if ultra went pay for content like ki,,,,,i think people would flip for joy,,,,,,nooooo 40pound for a 25 yo game is wrong ,sf2 is special but we've seen it more than once

For that price. it should include Street fighter 3rd strike and street fighter alpha 3

After street fighter 5 I don't know how they expect people to trust them.

I love playing with shin akuma,his double air fire balls are hard to answer to.

I would rather rebuy the SNES cart

All people do is play Evil Ryu and Violent Ken and zone/shoryu. It's not impossible to get around but it's not fun, that alongside dirt latency makes it kinda bleh. You'll find good matches occasionally but it'll mostly be cheese or rage quitters.

I'll wait for the price to go down to 15$

There selling costs of a 3ds game. Fire Emblem Echos or this? I wonder what I'm going to choose.

I've never played SFII, so I think it'd be worth it for me, but definitely not for everyone.