Question 1

Before the emblematic "Hurricane Kick", Ryu and Ken were supposed to have another third attack : which one ?

Accepted Answer

Fire Kick - It was a forward jumping kick, with fire covering Ryu and Ken's feet as they surged towards their enemy. The vocal sound clip was removed, but the fire graphics were still present in the retail arcade version's rom data.

Question 2

Ryu has emblematic dark brown hair and red gloves. Which color were these in the demo version of Street Fighter I ?

Accepted Answer

brown gloves - Ryu had red hair, gloves and shoes in Street Fighter I. But in the demo version, he had light, tawny wristless gloves, along with the shoes he since lost along his way.

Question 3

Ken had one in the Alpha series, and in the demo version of Street Fighter I, but lost it in the retail version and onwards. What is it ?

Accepted Answer

a headband - Ken, alongside Ryu, had a headband in the original demo version of Street Fighter I, yet lost it - alongside his pair of shoes - in between.

Question 4

The legendary "Hadoken" fireball attack was initially translated from japanese in the retail version of Street Fighter I. What did Ryu and Ken scream upon launching it ?

Accepted Answer

Psycho Fire ! - Sounds unlikely, but this was the initial Hadoken scream in the International version of Street Fighter I, while the japanese original had the "Hadoken" sound clip. This was never translated again since, even in the Movie game, where the Shoryuken attack was translated "Dragon Punch".

Question 5

The retail version of Street Fighter I introduced the "Two out of three rounds" rule for designating the winner of a bout. But what was it in the demo version of Street Fighter I ?

Accepted Answer

Three out of five - This was the initial plan, but it greatly slowed down the gameplay and in turn, the machine's throughput. Hence the switch to two out of three.

Question 6

What was the initial input combination for the Shoryuken ?

Accepted Answer

→, ➘,  ↓, ↙ + Punch - The reason for the imput change isn't known.

Question 7

Street Fighter II developer Akira Yasuda discovered a typo on the Street Fighter II Title Screen three days prior to the game's release, back in 1991. What was it ?

Accepted Answer

"The World Warrier" - Found only three days before the game release, this typo was unfixable through tile edition, something the engine itself couldn't do. Akiman had to copy the tile containing the "o" of "World", then insert one of Guile's tiles in order to fix the cover. This all was corrected on the SNES port.

Question 8

Which of these four emblematic Chun-Li's moves, despite being present in the "World Warrior" data, has been removed prior to release ?

Accepted Answer

Hienshu - The Hienshu (Chun-Li's backhead knee upon jumping above her opponent) was introduced in Champion Edition, yet was present in the data files of The World Warrior. It made it through to test phase, yet was removed out of balance concerns.

Question 9

Which large item was featured on Ken's stage during Street Fighter II development, before being backgrounded out in the release version ?

Accepted Answer

large boat chains - These sprung from the dock bollards visible in the release version, and ran unto the screen's edge, hinting at the presence of another boat right behind the player's viewpoints.

Question 10

What's the name of this street ?

Accepted Answer

Taiping Street - This is the name of the street, as mentioned on a hidden road sign also backgrounded on the release version.

Question 11

The japanese version of Street Fighter II's Continue screen featured something extra, which was removed from the International version. What ?

Accepted Answer

Advice and Tips - These included special move imputs, countering strategies, advice pertaining to getting the best out of a dizzied opponent... The reason for their removal upon internationalization is also unknown.

Question 12

Super Street Fighter II features 16 characters... and 17 names in the data files : What was the 17th name ?

Accepted Answer

Sarah - There's no additional info on her, but an additional unused theme that sounds like it could be her ending theme.

Question 13

As for "The World Warrior", "Hyper Fighting" and "The New Challengers" : what was the subtitle of "Super Street Fighter II Turbo"'s International version ?

Accepted Answer

The Ultimate Championship - Present in early promo material, this subtitle was later broought back in Capcom Arcade Stadium... then into Street Fighter 6. Grand Master Challenge was the subtitle of the Japanese version.

Question 14

Akuma had a specific sprite exclusive to him during the development of Super Turbo, yet ended up borrowing the same as Ryu and Ken in the final product. Which sprite ?

Accepted Answer

Electrocut sprite - Akuma's electrocut sprite featured him with a red outline instead of a yellow one, along with reddish bones and his top-knot's shadow.

Question 15

Which one of these actions could Bison do in the Japanese version of Super Street Fighter II Turbo, yet no longer in the international version ?

Accepted Answer

Fall down after getting Shungoku Satsu-ed - The sprite animation, despite being present in the retail Japanese version of Super Turbo, was removed in the International port, where only the first and last sprites are shown. No info on why.

Question 16

What was Akuma's win quote in the japanese retail version of Super Street Fighter II Turbo ?

Accepted Answer

"My fist has no equal" - written "我が拳に敵なし". He had none in the International version.

Question 17

Which of these four characters never appears in Street Fighter : The Movie, nor the eponymous game ?

Accepted Answer

Sakura - Blanka appears in the movie and the console ports of the video game, while both Akuma & Fei-Long appear in the video game only.

Question 18

Which of these four characters isn't mentioned in the red herrings menu within "Street Fighter : The Movie" ?

Accepted Answer

Scorpion - In hopes of rivaling Mortal Kombat, developers created a secret codes menu similar to Mortal Kombat's Kombat Kodes, including red herrings such as "Akuma found", "Fatalities done", etc. . One was created for each of these, except Scorpion.

Question 19

The background of Street Fighter Alpha's character select screen was blue and green. What color was it in Street Fighter Zero, the original Japanese port of Alpha ?

Accepted Answer

yellow and pink

Question 20

What feature, initially intended as a response to several Neo Geo rival titles, was ultimately scrapped from Street Fighter Alpha II ?

Accepted Answer

"Select your first opponent" - A far cry back from the first Street Fighter and it's "country select" feature, this feature was intended, as prove a sprite in the data with this text. This feature would only see the light of the arcade neons five years later, with "Street Fighter III Third Strike".

Question 21

What feature, sorely lacking in the international release of Street Fighter EX, was in fact present in the original Japanese release ?

Accepted Answer

Character Endings - Although Text-based, these character endings further expanded the characters' lore to a point of meaningfulness. These texts appeared on superimposition over the final win pose, and before the game credits, furthering their backstories and giving most a backbone reason to fight.

Question 22

This bloke had two moves that were censored in the international release of Street Fighter EX, and even were censored in some parts of Japan : Which moves ?

Accepted Answer

slit throat and explosive in throat - Yup. Two of Holger's moves were present in the release Japanese version of Street FIghter EX, but were censored in Niigata & Odawara prefectures of Japan, as well as the International release.

Question 23

What feature was present in the Japanese version of Street Fighter EX + Alpha (the PlayStation port of Street Fighter EX), yet removed from the International version ?

Accepted Answer

Autosave - An autosave feature was present in the Japanese version, yet was removed on international release. Reasons unknown.

Question 24

Which character, officially debuting in the "Second Impact" update, was in fact present and selectable in the arcade release of Street Fighter III : New Generation ?

Accepted Answer

Hugo - Sharing his spot on the CharSel screen with Necro, Hugo was graphically unfinished in "New Generation", had little to no attacks and always faced Gill. He was probably kept hidden due to time constraints.

Question 25

Which character, initially set to debut in "Second Impact", ended up cut from it and only appear in "Third Strike" ?

Accepted Answer

Makoto - As revealed by Third Strike's main planner, Hidetoshi Ishizawa, during an interview to the Capcom Secret File. This also revealed that Remy was the last SFIII character they got out of the drawing board, while Chun-Li the hardest to actually give life to.

Question 26

What was the weird peculiarity of the Prototype demo version of Street Fighter IV ?

Accepted Answer

No sound - Released Sept. 22, 2008, this demo featured no music, no SFX, no voice clips : not a single sound whichsoever.

Question 27

Which character, present in the base roster of Street Fighter V, had two lines of voiced dialogue go completely unused ?

Accepted Answer

Ryu - These two lines said "The answer lies... at the heart of battle" and "Now rise up !" and were both voiced in English as well as Japanese. It's not clear why they both got left out altogether.

Street Fighter Secrets Quiz

2) Ryu has emblematic dark brown hair and red gloves. Which color were these in the demo version of Street Fighter I ?

3) Ken had one in the Alpha series, and in the demo version of Street Fighter I, but lost it in the retail version and onwards. What is it ?

4) The legendary "Hadoken" fireball attack was initially translated from japanese in the retail version of Street Fighter I. What did Ryu and Ken scream upon launching it ?

5) The retail version of Street Fighter I introduced the "Two out of three rounds" rule for designating the winner of a bout. But what was it in the demo version of Street Fighter I ?

6) What was the initial input combination for the Shoryuken ?

7) Street Fighter II developer Akira Yasuda discovered a typo on the Street Fighter II Title Screen three days prior to the game's release, back in 1991. What was it ?

8) Which of these four emblematic Chun-Li's moves, despite being present in the "World Warrior" data, has been removed prior to release ?

9) Which large item was featured on Ken's stage during Street Fighter II development, before being backgrounded out in the release version ?

10) What's the name of this street ?

11) Besides Chun-Li, which World Warrior initially had a specific K.O. sound during the development of The World Warrior ?

12) The japanese version of Street Fighter II's Continue screen featured something extra, which was removed from the International version. What ?

13) Super Street Fighter II features 16 characters... and 17 names in the data files : What was the 17th name ?

14) One of the New Challengers has renamed special moves, unused animation sprites and even a muted line of dialogue in its ending in the arcade version of Super Street Fighter II. Which one ?

15) As for "The World Warrior", "Hyper Fighting" and "The New Challengers" : what was the subtitle of "Super Street Fighter II Turbo"'s International version ?

16) Akuma had a specific sprite exclusive to him during the development of Super Turbo, yet ended up borrowing the same as Ryu and Ken in the final product. Which sprite ?

17) Which one of these actions could Bison do in the Japanese version of Super Street Fighter II Turbo, yet no longer in the international version ?

18) What was Akuma's win quote in the japanese retail version of Super Street Fighter II Turbo ?

19) Which of these four characters never appears in Street Fighter : The Movie, nor the eponymous game ?

20) Which of these four characters isn't mentioned in the red herrings menu within "Street Fighter : The Movie" ?

21) The background of Street Fighter Alpha's character select screen was blue and green. What color was it in Street Fighter Zero, the original Japanese port of Alpha ?

22) Which character went from confidently speaking wrong Japanese to a blood-lusting madman upon translating Street Fighter Zero to Street Fighter Alpha ?

23) What feature, initially intended as a response to several Neo Geo rival titles, was ultimately scrapped from Street Fighter Alpha II ?

24) What feature, sorely lacking in the international release of Street Fighter EX, was in fact present in the original Japanese release ?

25) This bloke had two moves that were censored in the international release of Street Fighter EX, and even were censored in some parts of Japan : Which moves ?

26) What feature was present in the Japanese version of Street Fighter EX + Alpha (the PlayStation port of Street Fighter EX), yet removed from the International version ?

27) Which character, officially debuting in the "Second Impact" update, was in fact present and selectable in the arcade release of Street Fighter III : New Generation ?

28) Which character, initially set to debut in "Second Impact", ended up cut from it and only appear in "Third Strike" ?

29) What was the weird peculiarity of the Prototype demo version of Street Fighter IV ?

30) Which character, present in the base roster of Street Fighter V, had two lines of voiced dialogue go completely unused ?