All twelve World Warriors from the previous Street Fighter II games return, many with basic and special techniques refined to adjust the overall balance.[2] Some of the characters received new special techniques such as Ryu's Fire Hadōken (renamed Shakunetsu Hadōken in the Street Fighter Alpha series), a flaming Shoryuken for Ken,[3] Zangief's Atomic Buster, and M. Bison's Devil Reverse.
Four newcomers are introduced: T. Hawk, a Native American warrior from Mexico whose ancestral homeland was taken from him by Shadaloo; Fei Long, a Hong Kong movie star who wishes to test his martial arts against real opponents; Dee Jay, a kickboxing musician from Jamaica seeking inspiration for his next song; and Cammy, a 19-year-old female special forces agent from England with a mysterious past tied to M. Bison.[2] Eight opponents are chosen at random, followed by the four Shadaloo Bosses (Balrog, Vega, Sagat, and M. Bison).
Gameplay[edit]
Super Street Fighter II features the following changes from Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting.
Graphics and audio[edit]
The HUD and all of the stages and character portraits feature new graphics. The original opening sequence and unused sequence, which has two generic characters fighting in front of a crowd, was replaced by a new opening featuring lead character Ryu launching a Hadouken projectile toward the screen.[citation needed] . The music and sound effects were remade and a new announcer was introduced, who also recorded new voice samples for Ken, Guile, and Sagat.[citation needed]
Other new features[edit]
Cammy vs. Fei-Long in Ryu's stage. A new scoring system was implemented that keeps track of the number of hits a player performs during a combo.
Super Street Fighter II features a new scoring system tracking combos, first attacks, reversals, and recoveries made by the player, and awards bonus points accordingly.
Players choose one of eight character color schemes: the character's original color scheme, their color scheme from Champion Edition and Hyper Fighting, or one of five new color schemes.
