Street Fighter II': Champion Edition (ARC)

Street Fighter II': Champion Edition

Platform: Arcade Year: 1992 Developer: Capcom Co., Ltd.

Street Fighter II': Champion Edition is the first of many updated versions of Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (ARC), released near-exactly a year after the original. (The apostrophe in the title is read as "dash" in Japanese but is left unpronounced in English. Nonetheless, official Capcom material continues to include it when writing the game's name.)

While the core gameplay is largely the same, several changes have been made - both major and minor. The four bosses have now been made playable, the already-playable characters have had their moves' properties altered (and in some cases gained entirely new moves), and "mirror matches" between two players using the same character are now possible. In addition, many graphics are different, including various stages' backgrounds having their palettes swapped and certain endings replacing artwork wholesale.

Screenshots

The title screen. Take your pick from one of these eight twelve fighters. The basic gameplay is the same, though some stages' colors have been changed. You can now fight yourself! Guile fends off his double with his new forward kick. Playing as M. Bison, who could previously only be fought as the final boss.

Music

This iteration of Street Fighter II only has two new songs: one plays after beating the game as any of the four boss characters, while the other now accompanies the credits.

Recording

As the bulk of the soundtrack is identical to Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (ARC), the below list only includes recordings of the two songs introduced in Champion Edition.

Every track name is taken from Street Fighter II The Definitive Soundtrack.

#	Title	Composer	Arranger	Length	Listen	Download
01	Four Devas Ending	Yoko Shimomura	Yoko Shimomura	1:01		Download
02	Staff Roll	Yoko Shimomura	Yoko Shimomura	2:06		Download

Credits

• Ripper: 2ch-H (with adjustments by Valley Bell)
• Recorder: Theand
• Game Credits:
  • Sound: Yoko Shimomura credited as Shimo-P.
  • Sound: Isao Abe credited as Oyaji-Oyaji
  • Uncredited Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

(Source: Credits)

There are two credits sequences: one is obtained by beating the game without continuing, and the other requires winning every round on top of that. Their text is identical, though the latter also features small portraits of the game's staff.

Street Fighter II The Definitive Soundtrack credits Yoko Shimomura and Isao Abe by their real names, confirming their involvement. In particular, it specifically attributes both of Champion Edition's new songs to Shimomura.

Ken's second ending theme is Felix Mendelssohn's Wedding March, though he is not directly credited in the game itself. (While the song is not listed on this page, it is still part of the game nonetheless.)

Albums

Scitron Video Game Music: Best of the Year 1992 1993-02-19 Varth -G.S.M. Capcom 6- 1993-02-19 Street Fighter II Collector's Box 1993-09-17 Street Fighter II The Definitive Soundtrack 2015-11-24

Game Rip

Format	Download
	Download (Info)

This rip only contains the two songs introduced in Champion Edition. The rest of the soundtrack is contained in The World Warrior's rip.

Audio Devices

The game plays all of its sound through the CPS-1's YM2151 and MSM6295 chips.

Releases

Japan Title: ストリートファイターII' -CHAMPION EDITION- (Street Fighter II' -Champion Edition-) Platform: Arcade Released: 1992-03-?? Publisher: Capcom Co., Ltd.     USA Title: Street Fighter II': Champion Edition Platform: Arcade Released: 1992-03-?? Publisher: Capcom U.S.A., Inc.     EU Title: Street Fighter II': Champion Edition Platform: Arcade Released: 1992-03-?? Publisher: Capcom Co., Ltd.

Links

• https://www.mobygames.com/game/8053/street-fighter-ii-champion-edition - MobyGames.
• https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/arcade/583628-street-fighter-ii-champion-edition - GameFAQs.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter_II:_Champion_Edition - Wikipedia.