Lost In Translation/Street Fighter Alpha 2

About The Game
Street Fighter Alpha 2 is a one-on-one fighting arcade video game featuring eighteen fighters and a few Final Fight alumni.

Additional Technical Information
Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 6

= > [1] LP, [2] MP, [3] HP

= > [4] LK, [5] MK, [6] HK

Trivia
Released in March 1996.

This game is known as "Street Fighter Alpha 2" in the United States of America, Canada, and Europe, and as "Street Fighter Zero 2" in all other locations.

Guy, Rolento and Sodom are from Capcom's "Final Fight". Guy as selectable character, Sodom as the second boss and Rolento as the fourth boss in "Final Fight". Guy's and Rolento's music are taken from "Final Fight".

In Guy's stage you will see many familiar faces from "Final Fight". There's Mike and Jessica Haggar, Cody, Poison, Andorre and a few other bosses in the background - most of the Final Fight characters that have gone on to other games are there.

In Rose's battle location there are represented the 'gondola', those typical of Venice. This is clearly a wrong cultural knowledge of Capcom's programmers.

Here is a list of cameo in Ken's Yacht stage :


 * Eliza (It's her birthday after all!)


 * Captain Commando & Sho


 * Strider Hiryu (wielding a teddy bear!)


 * Lynn Kurosawa (from Alien Vs Predator)


 * Morrigan, Felicia, Lord Raptor & Hsien-Ko (these last two are pretty much alive in this cameo, unlike in the Darkstalkers & Vampire Savior games!) :)


 * Michelle Heart (from Legendary Wings as another waitress!)


 * A few thugs from Final Fight (working as waiters?!)

Dan Hibiki, the pink-clad Shotokan fighter, was an attempt by Capcom to make fun of SNK fighting games. Ryo Sakazaki was thought to be so much like Ryu that Capcom had to make a statement. Dan is mainly a hybrid of Ryo Sakazaki and Robert Garcia from the Art of Fighting series. This is most evident in his appearance in which he has Robert Garcia's trademark pony tail and Ryo Sakazaki's black undershirt. His animations were heavily tailored to look like a take on the aforementioned characters. Dan's father was killed by Sagat (This is the man who Sagat hits with a Tiger Uppercut during the Ryu vs. Sagat intro in Alpha 3), so Dan developed his own style of fighting called 'Saikyo-ryuu', which is Japanese for 'strongest style', a poke at the "Art of Fighting" 'Kyokugen' karate style ('Kyokugen" is Japanese for 'extreme'). Fei Long makes a guest appearance in Dan's stage.

The sumo wrestler 'Fujinoyama' that Sodom challenges in his ending had so much of a resemblance to E. Honda that Capcom, for Alpha 3, changed it to E. Honda.

The Australian prairie stage where Sagat fights Ryu is based on the opening scene of the animated 'Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie', in which Ryu and Sagat fight in a prairie during a thunderstorm.

Victor Entertainment released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Street Fighter Zero 2 : Capcom Game Soundtrack - VIZL-24) on 21/06/1996.

Updates
In the Japanese version, specific locations are displayed on the 'next stage' screen. The American version just tells you which country the stage is in. Perhaps someone at Capcom USA was too lazy to translate the location-specific text (which is in Japanese) and just used the country name (which is in English). Below are the place names that were left out of the American version, translated into English: -

After the first release of "Street Fighter Alpha 2", an upgraded version of the game called "Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold" was released in arcades exclusively in Japan (where it was known as "Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha") in 1996 and to home consoles in North America in 1997. It included some enhancements like new moves, a unique variation of Sakura, the survival mode, the dramatic battle and the player was able to fight with Zangief, Dhalsim and Evil Ryu.

Alternate Costume Colours
Highlight a fighter at the character selection screen and press punch or kick for the 2 standard outfits (punch is the original colour). For 2 alternative outfits press 2 punch or 2 kick buttons together.

Alternate Chun-Li Costumes
Hold Start and highlight Chun-Li at the character selection screen. After five seconds, press LP, MP, or HP for a blue costume (without trousers); press LP+MP+HP for a pink costume.

Play As Evil Ryu
Highlight Ryu at the character selection screen, then press Start for 1 second. Then highlight Adon, Akuma, Adon, then return to Ryu. Then hold Start for 1 second, while holding start press any attack button.

Grass Stage
Select two player mode. Hold Start at the character selection screen, then highlight Sagat for five seconds. Then highlight any character, release Start and press any attack button.

Waterfall Stage
Select two player mode. Hold Start at the character selection screen, then highlight M. Bison for five seconds. Then highlight any character, release Start and press any attack button.

Sari In Every Stage
In Dhalsim's stage you may have noticed a girl who cheers for him. That is Sari, his wife. When you play as Dhalsim, its possible to make her appear on every fight by holding down LP+HK before the fight starts (You must do this at the beginning of every round).

Alternate Sodom Stage
An alternate version of Sodom's stage appears every 4096 matches. The artwork on his truck is different. The Japanese text is replaced with English and the man on the side of the trailer is now wearing sunglasses. This alternate version of the stage is the one used in Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold.

Fight Against Shin Akuma
It only works with the characters first colour (means the original colour). Fight through the Game without losing a single round. Get at least 3 perfect wins and 3 super special finishes. Shin Akuma appears as your last boss now.

Series

 * 1) Street Fighter (1987)
 * 2) Street Fighter II - The World Warrior (1991)
 * 3) Street Fighter II' - Champion Edition (1992)
 * 4) Street Fighter II' - Hyper Fighting (1992)
 * 5) Super Street Fighter II - The New Challengers (1993)
 * 6) Super Street Fighter II Turbo (1994)
 * 7) Street Fighter Alpha - Warriors' Dreams (1995)
 * 8) Street Fighter Alpha 2 (1996)
 * 9) Street Fighter III - New Generation (1997)
 * 10) Street Fighter Alpha 3 (1998)
 * 11) Street Fighter III - 2nd Impact : Giant Attack (1998)
 * 12) Street Fighter III - 3rd Strike : Fight For The Future (1999)
 * 13) Hyper Street Fighter II - The Anniversary Edition (2003)
 * 14) Street Fighter IV (2008)

Staff

 * Planner:
 * Noritaka Funamizu (poo)
 * Neo_G
 * Kanetaka


 * Programmers:
 * Cham Cho Choy
 * Pon
 * Arikichi Kiyoko
 * Hard.Yas (-Becret Player-)
 * Shinchan (as 'Hyper Shinchan')
 * Super Sailor (Birdie)


 * Scroll Designers:
 * Konomi
 * Shibata Kayoko
 * Daisuke Nakagawa
 * Y.Kyo
 * Kisabon
 * Ohnishi
 * Tama
 * M.Chiezou
 * Kazu.T
 * Takapon
 * Yoichi Tanoue (Tanopu)
 * Yamamoto.K
 * Megu Megu
 * Buchi
 * Hirokazu Yonezuka
 * Kanno
 * Inoyan
 * Shinnosuke
 * Hooly
 * Fukumoyan
 * Otsuki Teikoku


 * Object Designers:
 * Eripyon.N (Eri-Eri)
 * Ball Boy
 * Yu-Suke
 * Makoto Ishi
 * A. Iwasaki
 * Arahi Juf
 * Seigo Kawakami (Ushi)
 * K.Takechan
 * Alien Pole
 * Kuri Geruge
 * Nasaaki
 * Masayo Tsujimoto
 * Shinya Miyamoto
 * Rumi-Yamaguchi
 * Chimorin Shogun
 * H.I.=rassi
 * Takayuki Kosaka
 * Reiko Komatsu
 * Sagata


 * Visual Planner:
 * Mucchi (Harvo.M)


 * Original Artwork:
 * Holyhomerun


 * All Sound Produced By:
 * Arcade Sound Team


 * Sound & Voices:
 * Hiroaki Kondo (X68K)


 * Music Compose & Arrange:
 * Syun Nishigaki
 * Setsuo Yamamoto
 * Tatsuro Zuzuki (Tatsuro-)


 * Producer:
 * Noritaka Funamizu (poo)

Voice Actors

 * Ryu:
 * Katashi Ishizuka


 * Adon, Gen, Zangief, Birdie & Sodom:
 * Wataru Takagi


 * Chun-Li:
 * Yuko Miyamura


 * Ken & Guy:
 * Tetsuya Iwanaga


 * Dhalsim:
 * Yoshiharu Yamada


 * Sakura:
 * Yuko Sasamoto


 * Rolento:
 * Jin Yamanoi


 * Charlie:
 * Toshiyuki Morikawa


 * Rose:
 * Yuko Miyamura


 * Sagat:
 * Miki Shinichiro


 * Akuma & M. Bison:
 * Tomomichi Nishimura


 * Dan:
 * Osamu Hosoi

Ports

 * Consoles :
 * Nintendo Super Famicom (1996)
 * Sega Saturn ("Street Fighter Zero 2 Dash" / "Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold")
 * Sega Saturn (1996)
 * Sega Saturn (1997, "Street Fighter Collection")
 * Sega Saturn (1998, as "Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha")
 * Sony PlayStation ("Street Fighter Zero 2 Dash" / "Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold")
 * Sony PlayStation (1996)
 * Sony PlayStation (1998, as "Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha")
 * Sony PlayStation 2 (2006, "Street Fighter Alpha Anthology")
 * Sony PlayStation 2 (2006, "Street Fighter Zero - Fighter's Generation")


 * Computers :
 * PC [MS Windows 9x] (1997)