The Street Fighter Retrospective Returns, and today we're talking about... well, Street Fighter Returning.
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Videos I referenced during the video
Battle Fantasia by GuileWinQuote - • The Forgotten ArcSys F...
Fighting Game Spinoffs by Baberuthless - • NON-Fighting Game Spin...
History of Street Fighter X Tekken by StumbleBee - • The History Of Street ...
Wha Happun? Street Fighter X Tekken by Matt McMuscles - • Street Fighter X Tekke...
Articles I got my info from -
A Brief History of Street Fighter 4 by Eurogamer - www.eurogamer.net/street-figh...
The Rise and Collapse of Yoshinori Ono by Eurogamer - www.eurogamer.net/the-rise-an...
Returning to Round One by GameInformer - www.gameinformer.com/feature/...
EventHubs 15th Anniversary and a Look Back at how Street Fighter 4 reshaped the Community - www.eventhubs.com/news/2022/f...
The Dimps and Capcom Connection by Silconera - www.siliconera.com/the-dimps-...
Street Fighter 4's Japan Location Test by Wired - www.wired.com/2008/06/street-...
EGX 2019 Yoshinori Ono Interview - / 497126943
The Making of Street Fighter 4 by Gamespot - www.gamespot.com/articles/cap...
Street Fighter 4 Flashback from Unseen64 - www.unseen64.net/2009/02/09/s...
Looking Back at Prototype and Prerelease Builds of Street Fighter 4 - www.eventhubs.com/news/2014/d...
0:00 - Intro
3:35 - What were "The Dark Age" of Fighting Games?
19:05 - The Making of Street Fighter 4
37:00 - Street Fighter 4 Arrives
50:00 - New Characters and a New Story
1:10:00 - SF4's Reception
1:21:08 - The 09er Generation and Online Play
1:29:50 - A New Wave of Games
1:35:04 - Super Street Fighter 4
1:49:09 - Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition
1:52:12 - Street Fighter Spin-Offs
1:59:30 - Street Fighter X Tekken
2:24:30 - Ultra Street Fighter 4