Street Fighter[a] is a Japanese media franchise centered on a series of fighting games developed and published by Capcom.

Street Fighter is one of the highest-grossing video game franchises of all time and one of Capcom's flagship series, with total sales of 55 million units worldwide as of June 2024[update].

To avoid a likeness infringement lawsuit, Capcom rotated the names of three of the boss characters for international versions of the game.

Hyper Fighting offers faster gameplay than its predecessors, different character costume colors and new special techniques.

Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers, the third revision, gives the game a complete graphical and musical overhaul and introduces four new playable characters.

The original version, Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, was ported to the Super NES in 1992, which is Capcom's best-selling game as of 2008[update].

5 in Japan), also released for the PlayStation and Saturn, which includes the original Street Fighter II, Champion Edition, and Hyper Fighting.

In 2000, Capcom released Super Street Fighter II X for Matching Service exclusively in Japan for the Dreamcast.

A version of Super Turbo, along with the original Street Fighter, was later included in the 2007 compilation Capcom Classics Collection Vol.

[citation needed] An updated version of Super Street Fighter II Turbo came to the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade services in 2008.

The game has several changes which address character balancing issues, but also features the original arcade version gameplay so that players can choose between the two.

The home console versions of Alpha 3 further expands the character roster by adding the remaining "New Challengers" from Super Street Fighter II.

A version of Upper, titled Alpha 3 outside Japan, was released for the Game Boy Advance and added three characters from Capcom vs. SNK 2.

A home version with additional features and characters, Street Fighter EX Plus Alpha, was released for the PlayStation during the same year.

In 1994, Capcom released the Marvel-licensed fighting game X-Men: Children of the Atom, which features Akuma from Super Turbo as a hidden character.

Ryu and Ken are playable in 2012's Project X Zone, a tactical role-playing game that draws characters from various Sega, Namco-Bandai, and Capcom franchises.

[citation needed] Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds was released in 2011 and includes Akuma, Chun-Li, Crimson Viper, and Ryu.

Street Fighter III introduced the "Super Arts" selection system and the ability to parry an opponent's attack.

[citation needed] The first two Street Fighter III games were ported to the Dreamcast as a compilation, Double Impact.

Ports of 3rd Strike were released for the Dreamcast as a standalone game, then included in the compilation Street Fighter Anniversary Collection for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

[citation needed] The arcade version, which runs on the Taito Type X2 hardware, was distributed in Japan in 2008, with a limited release in North America and the United Kingdom.

[31] Street Fighter V was released exclusive to the PlayStation 4 and PC,[32] enabling cross platform gameplay,[33][34] in 2016 with a roster of 16 characters including Ryu, Ken, and Chun-Li.

In 2020, Street Fighter V: Champion Edition was released as downloadable content with several characters progressively added and totaling 46.

The best-selling game in the series is Street Fighter II, with more than $10 billion in total gross revenue from all versions, mostly from arcades.

[11] As of 2017[update], Street Fighter II is one of the world's top three highest-grossing Japan-made arcade blockbusters of all time, after Taito's Space Invaders and Namco's Pac-Man.

During this match, Umehara made an unexpected comeback by parrying 15 consecutive hits of Wong's "Super Art" move while having only one pixel of vitality.

Mike "BrolyLegs" Begum is also a well known "disabled" player who has been ranked as high as 378 in the world and has been featured on ESPN E:60 for operating the game controller with only his mouth.

[162] Street Fighter II has been sampled and referenced video game in hip hop music, including The Lady of Rage, Nicki Minaj, Lupe Fiasco, Dizzee Rascal, Lil B, Sean Price, and Madlib.

According to Vice magazine, "Street Fighter's mixture of competition, bravado, and individualism easily translate into the trials and travails of a rapper.

It became an integral part of BBC Radio 1Xtra DJ Charlie Sloth's Fire in the Booth freestyle segments, using samples such as "Hadouken", "Shoryuken", and the "Perfect" announcer sound.