Johnny vs. The Street Fighter Series 

Fun fact: The composer of Street Fighter II is none other than Yoko Shimomura, the world famous composer of the Kingdom Hearts series, Final Fantasy XV and the Mario & Luigi series. Even back then, her music is still amazing. The best part, she did return to compose remixes of Ryu’s and Vega’s themes in the Super Smash Bros. Series. 😊

"Since 1987...since 1991" I see what you did there, dude

I actually had the pressure plate sensitive Street Fighter 1 arcade at my childhood arcade. The enormous buttons were far too strong for my 6 year old hands

19:31 "here's an annotation for a playlist, it's phenomenal." And then in May of 2017. Annotations were removed.

Fighting Street looks like a Chinese Bootleg

Oh my god, I died with the Chun li having the same voice clip

Its kinda funny nobody knew about street fighter 1 at some point , I mean did they think SF2 was so amazing that it skipped 1

TIGERRRRR. TIGERRRRR. UPPERCUT. TIGERRRRR.

It's kind of funny to remember the Street Fighter vs Mortal Kombat rivalry back in the day. It was almost as heated as the Sega vs Nintendo rivalry. I was firmly a MK kid, but I did like me some Street Fighter when I was over at a friend's house. He was also a Sega kid while I had the SNES. Worlds colliding, man.

I would LOVE to see 'Johnny Vs. The Mario Kart Series'!

SFV definitely deserves a round 2 video, because holy SHIT the amount of changes that the game went through is mind blowing

Booty warrior Ken is forever burned Into my memory

"I'M PRESSING BUTTONS!" "TOO MUCH LAG!" "I'M DOING NOTHING AND I'M STILL GETTING HIT!" ~DSP

Johnny, I can't believe you forgot the most important one: Street Fighter 2010!

My respect for Johnny has increased tenfold, he's played BlazBlue and he knows how to pronounce it...

Somecallmejohnny is my favorite youtuber. Watching him since I was 8. I'm 14 now. Ughhhhhh.

If anyone wants to see more of Fighting Street I recommend MaximilianDood and his boss rage against Sagat

Actually, Oro is the oldest man in the series, being 140 years old. By the time street fighter 4 came out, Gen was in his 70s

*G O F O R I T M A N*

The purpose of the Alpha/Zero series was to emphasize the use of lengthier combos. Alpha 1 had chain combos which allowed lights to connect to mediums, mediums to connect to heavy punches/kicks. At a glance, it seemed rather nice. At best chain combos were absolutely terrifying to exploit because the game lacked two things: damage scaling over time (I forgot the correct term for these) and a downtime from being stunned again after you were previously stunned from the same combo, meaning you can be perma stunned. You can literally die from one combo in Alpha 1. So Alpha 2 had to get rid of the chain combo system in favor of a system that was considerably more linear. This allowed the game to feel more like Street Fighter 2 while allowing the player to use at least half of their super meter to perform custom combos which was somewhat risky but rewarding. Alpha 3's ism system was simplified by allowing 3 styles of play. X-ISM was the representative of Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo which gave you one super meter, more damage given and more damage received with limitations such as no air blocking. A-ISM represented the Alpha series system which allowed you access to the basic Alpha fundamentals from Alpha 2 minus the custom combo meter. The amount of damage given and received was balanced. The last style was V-ISM. V-ISM takes the custom combo system from Alpha 2 and made it more accessible. The damage done and received was low, but this was unmistakably the most popular ISM for most characters in high level play as the damage done from a custom combo was substantial (without being broken).

This is a nice surprise.

John where's that review on Mighty No. 9 lol

Hm... Johnny likes Street Fighter, Caddy likes Tekken... What if they collaborated to talk about Street Fighter X Tekken?

Good news, a year after Street Fighter 5 launched, your views on its content is still perfectly valid! I'm salty as shit because of it.

You have to admit though. For all of SFV's lack of content, the detail in characteristics and somewhat comical designs is enormous, making people like me love every character in the game Edit: I still have a soft spot for SFV, but DAMN SF6 is making them even more expressive. Ironically, their designs are relatively more realistic.

WHAT STRENGTH!! BUT DON'T FORGET THERE ARE MANY GUYS LIKE YOU ALL OVER THE WORLD

Ken: "I came lookin' fo' booty!"

Just when I think Johnny's channel coudn't get anymore awesome, he posts a review on another beloved game franchise. Johnny...you're the man and that's real.

30th Anniversary contains SF1, all iterations of SF2, all iterations of SF3, and Alpha 1-3. Fuck yeah! Never played most of them so I'll play that shit to the ground when it releases.

Street Fighter 2 Turbo is my favorite of the SF2 updates since it's more well balanced and faster paced. I like it.

I was expecting a Mighty No. 9, but this still works. P.S. I have NEVER played a Street Fighter game, yup, call me crazy for being that way.

LMAOOOO at the Sawada slide and the Zangief dance omg lol

4:18 Actually, Ken is playable in single player but you have to use controller 2.

“TIGER!” “TIGER!” “TIGER!” “TIGER UPPERCUT!” “TIGER!” 😂

..... on the subject of capcom... Where's the Mega Man X review?

9:01 Finally, someone understands my pain

Who wants to see Johnny do Fatal Fury or any other SNK games?

How did I just find this video 4 years later?

Johnny mentioned Blazblue again! I really REALLY want them to revisit that series for Smackdown Sundays

The Street Fighter series? More like the Street Fighter II series! Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week. Outdated memes are one of my specialties.

I now want Johnny to either review the Marvel vs. Capcom games (including all pre-MVC1 games)or the BlazBlue series (including Cross Tag)

Johnny, how would you feel if Ken became an echo fighter for Ryu in Super Smash Bros Ultimate?

I can only wonder how your opinion of SF5 would fair now that it's (finally) reached *Arcade Edition* status.

That part with Sagat made me laugh.

9:00 yep that all you use to hear XD

“But Fighting Street is on the Wii Virtual Console.” ...Y- Yeah.

Street Fighter V may be due for a round 2 when all of the DLC comes out.

man dude, thinking back on it now, this video is almost ENTIRELY the reason i got into street fighter, hell ANY fighting games. it's the reason i'm a Ken main, the reason i always use the blue alternate color, the reason i have my preferences for any fighting games 8 years after this video released, thank you john, truly. ❤️

Well, it's been five years since this video. We due for a Round 2 for SFV yet?

Sound in this videos isnt well balanced... Its a little troublesome to change the volume all the time Nice video, tho

Despite the blunders, it's still one of my top 5 favorite game franchises. The gameplay, the characters, and music obviously.

Personally, I'm more of a Mortal Kombat and Super Smash Bros type of guy, but I do appreciate what Street Fighter did.

Johnny sir...you have made me very interested in revisting the Street Fighter series. I only played Street Fighter 2 and Alpha 3 growing up. I love your retrospective vids man.

You really got me with that line about Bison inflating himself with an air pump. I always kinda thought he looked weird in Alpha.

To be honest I'm surprised you made it to Sagat in SF1, I gave up at Adon

Street Fighter V: Round 2 is going to be hilarious. The game has changed a lot but the in game economy is on some Great Depression for a long while now. Tons of content to the point of "free" is a misnomer.

My Street Fighter experience in a nutshell: Zangief in Wreck-It Ralph Ryu and Ken in Smash Bros.

I know I'm a little late but it astonishes and makes me happy that Johnny recognizes and acknowledges how great the Blazblue franchise is, in which its a series of games that are underrated but known and are a joy to play

This video got me to watch the SF2 Animated Movie today, and it's pretty good. Heck, I've never even played Street Fighter and suck at fighting games.

Huh, thought you were gonna bring up the Daigo Counter when you brought up parrying in SF3.

14:48 Wait! if Alpha is a prequel, then why does Chun-li's Spirit in Smash Ultimate evolve into the Alpha version?

Man 5 is such a good game "to play". Chip kills only from super, Vtrigger, Vreversal and Vskills, More damage on throws, gray life on M and H normals. It's got so much... and yet so little. :( 2 years from now it will be the best I'm sure.

I’d love to see Johnny vs. The Blazblue series

"The parry system is hard to pull off" Daigo: LMAO

Hat's off to Johnny for recommending Blazblue

9:00-9:03 Sagat mains in a nutshell

3:24 those fights took me 48 tries to finally beat the game.

I came back to this video to watch only the SF1 segment and ended up watching the entire thing. Why are Johnny’s videos so addicting?

Did anyone else get a sudden feel of nostalgia recognizing that into theme also being used when Elliot once fought that monster during Halloween in 2009?

You're the best reviewer ever, Johnny. Please don't change when you get a million subscribers.

*calmly waits for johnny to talk about akuma*

Speaking of CapCom Johnny you should do some reviews on the Mega Man series on the handhelds such as the GameBoy ones. :D

The first video of yours I've seen, man. Your pacing, editing, and enunciation is on point but most importantly... your information. Looking forward to digging into your back catalog as well as what you've got going forward!

Funny thing about Street Fighter II. Initially, Capcom didn't even WANT to update the game past the Championship Edition, which allowed you to play as boss characters before Turbo/Hyper Fighting. Aside from that, EVERYTHING ELSE WAS THE SAME. No balance tweaks, no additional characters, nothing. It wasn't until a bootleg ROM hack of the Championship Edition, famously as the "Rainbow Edition" began outselling Capcom's proprietary PCB for SFII: Champion Edition did Capcom FINALLY released a legit update to Street Fighter II, Turbo/Hyper Fighting. It has been Street Fighter tradition ever since.

Not gonna mention the infamous chun-li super combo parry?

johnny, you should do a retrospective for the Marvel games too. Or maybe the Vs. series in general like Xmen Vs. Street Fighter.

oh no Johny, please tell me that you didnt pay for your copy of street fighter 5

Fantastic episode, Johnny. I really enjoyed hearing about your personal history with these games.

Most episodes always have that *RIP headphone users* moment

You should have waited one more week to review the Story mode.

You should do a review The King of Fighters and Mortal Kombat

*"Since 1987...since 1991"* < You knew *exactly* what you were saying and what I was thinking. I didn't fathom every game that was released but I can tell you now even Street Fighter II had more replay value than SFV. What I hated the most about the franchise other than it's convoluted story was it having too many characters. I think most of them are fine but the remainder are totally forgettable and shamelessly returning into newer games. Sadly, I even forgot about Rainbow Mika even when the Naruto-like voice acting threw me off. Most importantly, I hate the damn re-releases with "extra content" when they're really just optional DLC that should've already been in the damn game already. Great video once again!

Good shit Johnny, watching your video made me see the series from a more casual perspective, too much competitive play can be toxic for a game and i appreciate the input you gave that brought me to light

I will always remember Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo because of one memory. I was attending a Comic-Con which had a SSF2T arcade cabinet. After seeing some matches and the descriptions given by myself, the hosts asked me to commentate on the match proceedings for 20 minutes. Best 20 minutes of my life. I came up with names like 'Lilac Bison' and 'Blanka the Terminator' due to costume appearances, and was filmed by my dad and others. If you don't believe me, I can upload the video of me at 2017 MCM Manchester Comic-Con commentating on matchups like Bison vs Balrog and Ryu vs Blanka.

Im more of a Blazblue and Smash bros kind of gal street fighter is good but not my cup of tea

Johnny vs metal slug

If you pause at 9:02 you can clearly see ken hits sagat but sagat still manage to pull off tiger uppercut to take all of our money lol

Great series! My friends and I still play tournaments (local multiplayer, ofcourse) on Street Fighter Alpha 2 on the SNES and on Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix on the PS3. Back in the day we used to get crazy about winning. Now, it's just pure fun!

yeah SF3 is definitely one of the most impressive examples of pixel art in video games. Elena’s idle animation is unreal, nearly 70 frames of pure, unadulterated 2D animation and pixel art mastery. most of the animations in that game are completely fucking insane in terms of complexity, and the sprite quality, detail and color choices are all top-notch. SF3 is some fucking *professional* work.

You should do a vs with the KOF series

I hope he does a round 2 for street fighter 5

Oh, Street Fighter Movie the game, the one that took everything you loved from SF2 Turbo, and slowed it down again

been watching somecallme johnny since 8 years old

Mhm, that BlazBlue shout out though! Gosh, do I adore that series so much lol

13:54 dude look like dashiexp

TIGER TIGER TIGER TIGER!

Great video! I'd love to see more series retrospectives like this in one video.

Johnny should do a round 2 for Street Fighter 5 now that the game is finally done with updates.

Johnny do a newer updated version on Johnny Vs Sonic 1, 2, 3 & Knuckles, and CD!

Street Fighter will forever be a series I love, and hate (god damn AI!). So frustrating, so rewarding, so cool. There's nothing like it. Now if only I didn't have to buy a special controller for every system just to keep up with the series....