you don't have to buy a certain game to play a certain character or a fighter you get them all in one game

normally fighting games get boring after a week or two but ive been continually playing up to now it is extremely fun!

The only reason why I bought this was for Street Fighter 3. SF2 is nice especially on the PS2 because it's an arcade perfect port. But already have it on the PS1 and this isn't much different except being able to mix past versions of characters with newer ones. Which seems pointless to me. I would rather be able to play each individual game rather than mixing them.

Street Fighter 3 is where the action is at. The biggest update Street Fighter has seen. Great character animations and the fights are challenging. I would have liked to see more classic Street Fighters in it because it kind of doesn't even seem like a SF game. More like a totally new fighter with 4 classic characters throw in. And I also would have liked a deeper story like Alpha 3 has. But, the fighting couldn't be better. I love this game.

I must say this game has got to in everyone's collection. It has the most balanced system ever established so every character is has the equal potential to be good with. What I love most is the parrying system which takes time to master. Above all the new addition of characters is refreshing. you'll eventually meet necro, urien, dudley, and a few from SF2.
I was just playing it today for a couple hours and I must admit I wasnt bored one bit. by the way if you know what MAME is, they finally have this game playable online! Can't say anymore, so if you truly love the art of mastering fighting games this is for you. If you loved SF2: The New Challangers this if for you. If you love how NPC Ken is cheap in every game then this IS for you. Have fun!

I've always liked the street fighter series, and i like the direction SF3 is taking, but the story line could be a lil bit better. The story is not as good as alpha 3 or the street fighter 2 series, but some dont really play for story do they. The fighting is where the game stands out. I like the new parrying system in sf3, though im still trying to get used to it. I did dislike the fact you cant use all your super moves at will, you basicly pick one when you select your character, so sometimes the move can get a little repetative. The street fighter 2 series is also done well, with every street fight 2 game ever made (besides the moded ones). Plus you also get the street fighter animated movie thrown in for good measure. So for everything you get with this collection the game is a steal. It's worth every penny, especially for the price its going for. I hope my review was helpful

I used to like playing this game years ago at home or at the arcade, so it was great to get it again. Fun to pick up and play now and again.

if you are a street fighter fan this is a MUST HAVE for your collection. this game includes all the street fighter games from: street fighter 2 the world warrior-----all the way to super street fighter 2 turbo. then on top of that you get street fighter 3 as a bonus. this game is a great deal and loads of fun for the true street fighter fan!

i have been playing this game in the arcade. this collection of the two genre is great! love it! a classic hit!

Capcom didn't really do this collection much justice at all. You get only two games in this collection. One is Street Fighter III 3rd Strike. Now for those who owned the Dreamcast version can enjoy this game. It has the same elements as the Alpha series with the power bar and special moves. The only thing is you can choose only one move at the character select screen. I find the controls to be very fluid and responsive. The graphics is the best in any street fighter I have ever seen. The characters both old and new are great to play with. The end boss is the hardest in any street fighter. It also has a very good soundtrack as well. The songs change back and forth after every round. So this is a good game to play with the volume up. This is clearly the best of the collection and the reason to buy this.

Now this is whats disappointing. The SF 2 Anniversary Edition. Everything is wrong with this game except for graphics and control. Capcom for whatever reasons, combined all the street fighters, from World Warrior to Super Hyper Fighting into one game. So forget about playing these games solo. The translation is off by a mile. The music in the character select screen is different, to include the stage music for everyone as well. The best version I've seen for turbo hyper fighting is a part of the SF Collection on the PS1 in my opinion.

Still the game isn't a total dud. 3rd Strike without a doubt is the reason to get this. So I recommend this if your a SF fan.

A lot of reviewers fault this because of the beastly AI of the SFII 1-player mode. If you ask me the AI is acceptable. You just have to get used to it. 2-days of playing on Easy-Medium and I was surviving on Hardest. The extras are note-worthy. The SFII movie was pretty good, the only downside to the movie is not being able to fast forward or rewind. SFIII: Third Strike is just as good as I remembered it when I played it for Dreamcast years back. Only the graphics are crispier and the sound is sharper. Overall, I give this game an A++.

I'd like to think of myself as a collector so I will review this not only on fun but I'll review the game's technicalities. The best thing about this game is what it appears to be, the game itself is not well put together, for a collector's item this is very cheap. The main screen is lame and boring, they took more time back in the day presenting the game and making you excited to play, then. The difficulty in this game is just plain RIDICULOUS! They do not want you to have a good time playing against the computer unless you choose the below novice level and lets face it, everyone who's ever played Street Fighter knows that the game is only worth playing for the endings.

Third stryke is a nice bonus to this, it's not awesome, but after getting my butt kicked so harshly it was refreshing to go and not lose as much on Third Stryke. It's got some secrets which is nice, and a whole bunch of new people (to me at least!).

They didn't put any effort improving the game, Mortal Kombat did a much better job at sharpening their graphics for MK1, MK2 and UMK3 when they re-released them as part of their expansion packages. If you have lots of patience and enjoy hitting start when the continues come up as often as they do, then go for it! I didn't have a good experience with the game but at least I can say I have it, even if it's just sitting with my other unplayed games.

"Street Fighter: Anniversary Collection" is a fitting tribute for one of the greatest fighting game platforms every made. The player gets a chance to pick between the Street Fighter II platform, including every possible variation of the characters within that engine, or the Street Fighter III engine, with all the characters from the arcade faithfully redone to home entertainment.

I must admit, I wish there was a way to combine the characters from II and III, but playing Zangief from Special Edition is good enough for this Street Fighter old schooler....

Street fighter has always been one of my most favorite fighting games.
And 3rd Strike is, in my opinion, the BEST Street Fighter that has ever been made. Also having the original Street Fighter 2 in the package is a plus. But after getting used to playing 3rd Strike, trying to play SF2 is kinda hard. Of course this is my humble opinion.

There are many fighting games out there, but frankly few come close to emulate the technical finesse required to play Street Fighter 3 or 2. Both of which are included here. Sadly the one player mode of Street Fighter 2 is so hard as to be almost unplayable. But the silky smooth visuals of Street Fighter 3 more than make up for it.

A must buy for the fighting game hardcores.

Being a hardcore gamer since my teen years, I spents hundreds of hours playing Street Fighter II (The World Warrior, Hyper, Championship, Super) and after not playing any version of it in about 10 years I thought that I'd own a piece of history by owning this. Much to my surprise and disbelief, it was nothing like I remember. I thought that I would be able to play all the different versions seperately (much like Tekken 5 has the first three installments)however I was not aware that I would be playing Street Fighter II Super Turbo and I could choose my player from all the different Street Fighter games. It is not what I expected and I think that I have wasted money buying this item, the only redeeming quality of this is Street Fighter III (which I never playing prior) and Street Fighter II:The Animated Movie but still drops the ball in terms of editing and dubbing.If you're a Street Fighter fan, use extreme caution before buying, if not then pass this by.

i remember playing street fighter 2 on super nintendo back in the day. and the collection just brought all of those memories and then some. since i no longer have that particular console. i do have playstation 2. so i decide to purchase it for playstation. i was so surpised at how much the game was like the orginal,plus the hyper edition and etc... i feel if you want to go back in time with this game pick the 15th anniversary of street fighter collection. you can't go wrong.

If you're a Street Fighter fan, this is very unique, there were many new (to me) characters.

I was absolutely thrilled when I found this little gem hidden in the cyber world...I hadn't played SFII for over 10 years and I missed it...it's just like I remember :) Yay! The SFIII or whatever is interesting...it's a bit short for one player(arcade) mode...but still fun. I'm very pleased with my copy of "Street Fighter Anniversary Collection"

I have played this game and can honestly say that this is one of the most blatant attempt by a company to make a quick buck. How ever you cut it, it is still Street Fighter II. Same game just rehashed. If you have played SFII then you may as well pass up on this. I mean how many times can you play SFII before it gets boring? I have played SFII and this game bored me to death. I tried all the variations but found nothing to make this worth the purchase. It does have Street Fighter III. But it's still the same game but just with better graphics and added characters. But even the added characters are the same like the old ones. Doesn't Necro remind you of Dhalsim? And yes, they toss in the Street Fighter anime movie which is a pretty lame movie. Add to that the fact that they made the game more frustrating makes you want to throw the controller out the window. This smells like a rushed attempt to get this out and make a quick buck. I was totally disappointed by this game. Do yourself a favor and get Capcom Classics Volume One or Two. Volume one has SFII and volume two has SSFI. For the price you get SFII with a whole lot of other games. Or get Street Fighter Alpha 3. If you are a SFII fan, that's where it's at.

My son loves this game. I ordered it at a very good price. It was recieved in a very timely manner after a lot of people told me that they could not find it anywhere.

As an earlier reviewer noted, this is not much of a collection, but it is an excellent game to have. Street Fighter 3 is probably the "classiest" Street Fighter series ever made - while the action is not as fast-paced as the Alpha/Marvel series of games, it is perfectly balanced and oozes "technique" from its pores.
SF3: Third Strike alone is worth cost of this collection, especially when you consider "the other game" included in the collection.
Hyper SF2 is an amalgamation of the earlier SF2 games (SF2, CE, Turbo, Super SF2, and Super SF2 Turbo) - you get to pick any of the 12 characters (+ Akuma), and you get to pick the exact version of the character, from any of the 5 games (assuming that the character belonged to the game to begin with, of course). So, for example, you could pick SF2 Blanka (from the original game) to fight against SSF2T Fei Long.
While the idea is not a bad one, and the controls work well (unlike the SF games in the Capcom Classics collection), this game is infamously difficult. In fact, unless you resort to cheesy moves (like Blanka's roll attacks), you'll find yourself losing even at the default difficulty level.

Is a mixture of the Original Street Fighter mixed with Street Fighter Alpha and Marvel Vs Capcom. I simply Love it.

While I love to play Third Strike and the Classic Street Fighter, there was something missing from this "collection". Where was Alpha? How can you not have Alpha in the "Street Fighter Anniversary Collection"? What kind of Collection of Street Fighter games is that? Dont get me wrong I love this game, but come on wheres Alpha? Not exactly a collection of all the Street Fighter games, but Third Strike is what makes Street Fighter Anniversary Collection fun to play its arcade perfect. I love it!

I love Street Fighter II, I mean I really love Street Fighter II. I have been playing it since it came out in the arcades, Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis, and I still play them on those systems. I own every version of Street Fighter II with the exclusion of Super Street Fighter II Turbo because I don't own a 3DO. That is the reason why I got this collection because it's included in what is called Street Fighter II: Hyper, which is like a combination of all of the Street Fighter II versions. But I am disappointed in it. Why you ask? I am a really good player, this is my favorite fighting game and I can beat all the others on the hardest settings. But the level of difficulty on this Hyper version is insane. The easiest even is hard!!! Especially if you are fighting T. Hawk and he does that HO thing!!! I want to break the disc!!! But let me say that when you are playing against a human player, all the fun and stradegy of Street Fighter II returns. But what I think is the best thing of the whole deal is the game I didn't buy it for: Street Fighter III: Third Strike. This game is excellent!!! Graphics, Sound, Challenge, and most of all FUN!!! It's all there! So if you want to play Street Fighter II the right way, play it on a Super Nintendo is my suggestion or play it on Genesis, or if your lucky to have the arcade machine around play it (you lucky Bast..), but don't it on the Hyper version and plan on actually have fun against the computer. But do get it!!! Buy it for Third Strike, it is well worth it.

The summary says it is 6 games in one. Really, it's only 2 games in one. Street Fighter III is a blast and one of the most fun games in the series. Loads of characters, new moves, and new locations. This game alone would've gotten a 5.

Then there's supposedly 5 Street Fighter games: Street Fighter II, Championship, Turbo, Super Turbo ... and one other I can't remember because in truth it's not there.
It's hard to explain, but instead of choosing one of the five games to play, you play one game but choose from which game your opponents come from. The game menus are the same, the world map that flies back and forth is the same, everything except what characters you fight.

Also, I still have Street Fighter II for super nintendo. The game is incredibly easy on level 0. So easy that it can be beaten with straight perfects. Level 5 is a challenge. In the Anniversy edition, the "easiest" difficulty level is the same as difficulty 5 on the super nintendo. Which is very annoying.

On top of all that, I bought the game hoping to have Street Fighter Alpha included. Then I thought maybe I remembered wrong and Alpha was really Turbo. Nope, Alpha not included.

But 3rd Strike makes the game worth it. Easily.

I am a huge Street Fighter fan since the beginning. I played every single Street Fighter game out there, and this title is perfect for me, since there are not that many arcades with this machine. I enjoy the original action and gameplay, and not to mention all of the original characters and style they represent.

This title has the origal version, along with the Turbo and Championship version, and not to mention Street Fighter 3, not to mention all of the characters all rolled into one. I like the idea of a original Ryu could fight a more recent Ryu.

The only problem I have with this game is the difficuly of it. I am a good player, yet I still lose to the first person I fight, and that is on the Easiest Mode. Come on, they fight like they are on Hard Mode, I really am ticked off by DeeJay and T-Hawk, they are a pain to fight. I have to resort to basic kick and sweep, and mostly sweep just to beat them. Word to Capcom, make Easiest Mode easy and Hard Mode hard, not Hard Mode all the way.

Overall classic Street Fighter game, with Street Fighter 3 and classic action that we all love, this is a great game for all you fans.

i got a chun li playstation skin from game crazy x and i also seen a street fighter aniversery edition controler they have all kinds of characters on them so i got the one with chun li on it because it mached my playstation 2 skin when i read the instructions it says its made for this game it looks like a sega controler with the six button configuration but has a street fighter character in the center the whole controler in character themed but if you buy this game i sugest buying the controler too
it feels like im playing street fighter on my sega again trust me its worth geting both items and a skin might be cool too
search for street fighter skins on yahoo or google and u will find them if u search the web

For old-school Street Fighter fans, no other fighting game series comes close to matching the greatness of Capcom's flagship fighter. The release of Anniversary Collection on Street Fighter's 15th anniversary should have had Street Fighter fans jumping up and down in delight. Instead, Capcom has delivered a compilation that, while worth the cost, is far from perfect.

Hyper Street Fighter II combines all five of the Street Fighter II iterations into a single game. Had each game been selectable on its own, Anniversary Collection would have been the best fighting game ever released. Unfortunately, all the versions are essentially crammed into a single game's space (think Mortal Kombat Trilogy here), and while human-versus-human battles are as fun as ever, the computer always plays as the Super Street Fighter II Turbo characters with all their super moves and what not. Worse yet, the CPU difficulty is set way too high on this game, so that even expert Street Fighter II players can expect to have difficulties on the easiest difficulty settings.

The addition of Street Fighter III: Third Strike to this package is nice, and anyone who did not pick Third Strike up in its original Dreamcast release should buy Anniversary Collection to add it to their library. Third Strike is practically arcade-perfect, and arguably represents the highest evolution of 2-D fighting games. However, next to the Street Fighter II games, Third Strike seems perhaps too evolved, incorporating too many advanced gameplay techniques and graphical geegaws.

For the price, Anniversary Collection is a must-buy for anyone who likes fighting games. However, fans from the Street Fighter II days who want to relive the old days are advised to track down the old PS1 Street Fighter Collection discs (and suffer through their long load times) for the best old-school experience at home.

Street Fighter II was the game that practically invented fighting games, and Capcom celebrates it's 15th anniversary with this compilation disc. There's Hyper Street Fighter II, which is basically all the different versions of SFII combined, so, for example, who could have the Super SFII Ryu against SFII Champion Blanka, etc. Then there's Street Fighter III: Thrid Strike, which is the best of the SFIII games. Beware though, as only the most experienced SF gamers can possibly learn all the combos and parries to succed. Also included the SFII anime movie, but it's the censored english dubbed version so if you didn't like the american voice actors you won't like them here either (personally I thought they were all right). Anyway-bottom line is this is a great collection although it would have been nice if they had included some more games and bonus features. As it stands though, if you consider yourself an avid Street Fighter player, then by all means get this game!

I think that the game is so much fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
because the graphics are great and the game

I'm a very big Street Fighter fan. When I first heard about Street Fighter Anniversary Collection, I was stoked. You should take the word 'Collection' in the title with a grain of salt though. This is a half baked collection, consisting of really just two games. The two games included here are top notch classics, though. Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition (confusing enough?) is a cool little collection of all the Street Fighter II games in one. However, they're all basically the same with some minor differences, and you'll notice that some of the fun little features found in the original Street Fighter II games, such as the car and brick smashing stages, are absent. Why, Capcom, why? Also, why cant you play these games seperately? And is it just me, or is Blanka's A.I. annoyingly cheap? Still, Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition is great fun, and even more enjoyable if you have a friend to play with you.
The real meat in this "collection" is the vastly underrated Street Fighter III: Third Strike. Although the first two Street Fighter III games werent included (SF III and Double Impact - again, why, Capcom, why? Are you going to milk us for all us gamers are worth? I guess so). Third Strike is a must play for any hardcore fighting fan, although the charecters aren't as good as the original SF II cast. The graphics are also pretty good for a 2D fighter - its a visual whirlwhind of 2D animation. That is what makes this worth owning.
Although this could have been so much more, its a great buy. You may rather want to purchase the Xbox version instead, though, since that includes online play. Now where is Street Fighter Alpha Collection?

You have to play it to believe it.This game is off the hook!!!
You can either play 3rd Strike or Hyper.2 in 1.The graphics are the bombs its like you're fighting for real!!

The game lets you select SF2 or SF3. If you select SF2 you can select what character versions you want (Standaard, Championship, Turbo, Super, Super Turbo, etc..). All the character are included. From the best I can tell all backgrounds are in as well. Overall not bad... untill you start a single player game and that leads to the one unforgivable problem here, there's a bug in SF2 (all versions) that makes the game always play on HARDEST. Making it near impossible to win against the computer (at least for most of us). You can go into options and set it ot EASY, nothing changes.

This bug doesn't effect SF3. On SF3 the difficulty setting seems to work as expected. SF3 is pretty awesome! I've played the Playstation (PSOne) port of the game a long time ago and remember how poor it was compared to the arcade version. On this version Capcom got it right. If you think of this compilation as Street Fighter III with bonus features you'll be happy.

The included SF2 Movie is kind of hidden (you have to go into the gallery on SF2 and you'll find it) the quality isn't as good as the stand alone DVD release, as expected it is the edited version.

Good value. If they would have included the original Street Fighter, the three Alpha series games, and corrected the difficulty problem with SF2 I would have given this *****

first off I would like to say I'm the biggest capcom fan out there,and thats the main reason that anniversary collection got 3 stars if any.
I am not bashing the games or gameplay ,they're awesome but with so many great games out there is a bit dissapointing to see that capcom is not making forth the effort to please the fans.the game has been compress into a 1 disc, instead of the 2 disc japanesse realease with a third dvd packed with goodies , which means that the graphics have been toned down greatly making it look like a bootleg dvd.the anime movie is there as well, sadly is the US version with understandable cut of Chun li shower scened but the fighting aswell? come on they are all pretty mild compare to todays standars they should have rather sacrifice the movie instead of the game graphics so unless you have ps2 only and are longing for third strike,or you are casual gamer go for it.Otherwise stick to sf collection for ps one with alpha2 gold included and third strike for dreamcast, your best bet.believe me I already did the shoping for you

At first i didn't want to buy Street Fighter Anniversary Collection because of old sprites of "street fighter 2". But when i heard that the game had "Street Fighter 2: the animated movie" & Street Fighter 3, i wanted to buy it very badly. I got it the games are alright, i had lots of fun with both street fighter 2 & 3 and i loved the movie (Even if it's the edited version). I give it a 9 out of 10, but i beleive that this game go far.