Street Fighter Animations Canon

Who is the all around best fighter in Street Fighter 2?

There isn't really an answer to "who is the best all-around fighter" in most games. Designers try to balance characters; for every advantage in speed, power, range, special moves, etc. there's a corresponding disadvantage. Players achieve greatest success, not by choosing the 'best character,' but by choosing a character with a style suited to them.That said, one definition of a good all-around character could be that he is the most "balanced" in the game (i.e., he is "average" on most characteristics like power, speed, range, special moves, etc.).  For Street Fighter, that character is almost certainly Ryu or Ken. Both are marquee players of the series (and the only two that came over from Street Fighter I) and have good balance.  They're slower, but more powerful than Chun-Li, less powerful, but faster than Zangief and Blanka (and with better range), less range but more powerful than Dhalism, etc.Ryu, however, probably deserves the title of all-around best since he is the series' most recognizable character.  Just as Nintendo always makes its Mario character balanced, so too is Ryu.

Why would the live action Street Fighter movie and American Street Fighter cartoon make Guile the main protagonist, rather than Ryu as originally intended in the games?

The intention was to turn Street Fighter into a series and toy empire based on GI Joe (Hasbro was doing the animation and toys as well) to do this they needed the main characters to be those who directly targeted the main villain(s) and thus Ryu, who in the Canon of the video games couldn't care less about M. Bison/Vega/Dictator. By making Guile the main character and basing the conflict around good guys and bad guys rather than a roaming vagrant super fighter looking to find the best fighters cause he is a martial artists they could tell a story and sell a fuck ton of toys. They could sell the tank and helicopter toys for the good guys and bad guys rather than just Ryu’s nap sack now with sleeping roll included.The idea was base the story around Guile, Cammy and Chun-Li with a number of other characters along side them as allies like T-Hawk and Blanka. While treating Ken and Ryu kinda like Snake eyes, where they are the coolest most popular characters but aren't always in the thick of it.

Was there ever an anime series based on Street Fighter?

In fact we got a handful of anime/cartoons based on Street Fighter.Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994), an anime movie based on Street Fighter II games. Personally I feel this is the best Street Fighter-related animated work.Street Fighter (1995–1997), a U.S. cartoon series that took reference from the 1994 Street Fighter movie starring Jean Claude Van Damme.Street Fighter II V (1995), an anime series aired on Japanese television. A very loose take on the Street Fighter II games.Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation (2000), an anime movie based on the Street Fighter Alpha games, followed by another movie called…Street Fighter Alpha: Generations (2005). Its story heavily focused on Ryu and Akuma.Street Fighter IV: The Ties that Bind (2008), an anime movie based on the Street Fighter IV game.Happy hunting.

What is the street fighter chronological timeline?

The current timeline is this:Street FighterStreet Fighter Alpha 2Street Fighter Alpha 3 (many events have been retconned, such as Nash’s presence in the game)Ultra Street Fighter IIStreet Fighter IVUltra Street Fighter IVStreet Fighter V/Arcade EditionStreet Fighter III: 2nd ImpactStreet Fighter III: 3rd StrikeNote that the SF canon is very inconsistent and vague at times due to the introduction of prequels and Capcom retconning everything. For example, Charlie Nash’s SFA3 ending has been retconned in SFV in favor of his SFA2 ending, and many events of Alpha 3 in general either have been retconned or are uncertain. Alpha and SFIII: New Generation in their entireties were retconned by Alpha 2 and 2nd Impact, respectively, and none of the endings in USFII are canon; instead, the ending of II is explained in the C. Viper “Aftermath” anime short released shortly before SFIV. The veracity of many events is questionable because some of them were only mentioned in supplementary materials , most of which (e.g. most of the UDON comics) are noncanon. For the most part, only the games themselves, the SFIV “Aftermath” anime shorts, and the SSFIV Juri OVA are canon (unless Capcom says otherwise).

When is the next Street Fighter movie due to be released?

Street Fighter based TV Series The World Warrior Under DevelopmentPlot will focus on Ryu, Ken, Guile, and Chun-LiThe fighting game franchise will be adapted for a TV series, according to the Deadline. The project is being developed by Entertainment One and produced by Mark Gordon, who works with series such as Gray’s Anatomy and Criminal Minds.

Street Fighter: Why does Kens' dragon punch have fire coming out of it but Ryu's doesn't?

Street Fighter 2 CE included a glitch (or an easter egg, depending on who you ask) that caused Ryu’s fireball to turn red from time to time.This didn’t affect gameplay in any way, but it did spawn a lot of rumours along the lines of “The red fireball is stronger and is performed with x secret command” (it wasn’t) and “Ken also has a red dragon punch…it’s the burning dragon punch and is the ultimate attack in the game” (not the case)Since Capcom has a tradition of taking fan theories and rumours and making them true (for example, the “Shen Long” rumour/capcom USA error eventually spawning gouki and Fei Long, and the “Akuma Long” rumour spawning the US-name of Gouki- Akuma) they decided to run with this fan theory and created a flaming dragon punch for Ken in Super SF, and “legitimized” Ryu’s flaming fireball, giving it a special motion in the same game.Sine then, the canon has attempted to explain this from time to time. Depending on which comic/game story/TV show you watch, you’ll get different explanations, but the real-world origins of this difference are nothing more than what you see above.

Would the Shoryuken from the Street Fighter series kill someone in real life?

The original Shoryu Ken that was introduced in Street Fighter I, was nothing but an elevated upper cut.Will a hard hitting upper cut kill another person instantly? Not likely. But it can create serious damage, and the recipient might lose a teeth or two.However, in subsequent editions, we see the shoryuken or more popularly knows as the dragon punch (DP) getting fancy upgrades like fire, multiple hits, etc. Those can be lethal, and might kill someone.But the basic version is similar to the ones delivered by boxers, only in this case, it is elevated.