Ryu shouldn't have won the Street Fighter 2 tournament

While playing Street Fighter 2: Special Champion Edition on the Sega Genesis for my last review, I came to an interesting realization; Ryu winning the Street Fighter tournament was the second worst ending possible.

This may sound like an odd thing to say, but bear with me here. Let's analyze the game's endings.







Worst possible outcome: Bison, Sagat, Vega and Balrog win the tournament

The ending for all four bosses is essentially the same with Shadowloo taking over the world. This is the worst possible outcome and for all intents and purposes we'll consider this as a single ending despite it unlocking for four different characters.

In conclusion:

• Shadowloo takes over the world
• We're all doomed

Neutral Ending: Ryu wins the tournament

Ryu wins the tournament and the Shadowloo organization is stopped, but he doesn't care about any of that. Nothing in his life changed. His sole focus is his training, there was no character growth to speak of. Yes, the world is saved, but none of the other characters had their issues resolved.

In conclusion:

• Shadowloo is stopped
• Ryu doesn't go through any character growth
• All other characters have their issues unresolved

Good Ending: Everyone else wins

Blanka's Ending

When Blanka wins, he stops the Shadowloo organization and is reunited with his mother. Blanka is no longer alone.

In conclusion:

• Shadowloo is stopped
• Is reunited with his mother and finds happiness
• Blanka's character issues are resolved

Chun-Li's Ending

Chun-li stops the Shadowloo organization, avenges her father and can now carry on with her life in peace.

In conclusion:

• Shadowloo is stopped
• Avenges her father
• Finds inner peace

Dhalsim's Ending

Dhalsim stops the Shadowloo organization, returns home and starts a family.

In conclusion:

• Shadowloo is stopped
• Returns to his family
• Has a son and finds inner peace

Guile's Ending

Guile stops the Shadowloo organization, returns to his wife and daughter and finds inner peace.

In conclusion:

• Shadowloo is stopped
• A family is reunited
• Finds inner peace

Ken's Ending

Ken stops the Shadowloo organization and marries Eliza, finding inner peace.

In conclusion:

• Shadowloo is stopped
• Marries and lives happily ever after
• Finds inner peace

Honda's Ending

Honda stops the Shadowloo organization, returns to his students and finds happiness.

In conclusion:

• Shadowloo is stopped
• Returns to his students to share his wisdom and knowledge
• Finds inner peace

Best Possible Ending: Zangief wins

Zangief stops the Shadowloo organization and dances "The Cossack" with ex-USSR President, Mikhail Gorbachev.

In conclusion:

• Shadowloo is stopped
• Seeing Gorbachev dance "The Cossack" is pure win

There we have it. Had anyone else won the tournament other than Ryu or Shadowloo members won the tournament, the final outcome would have simply been better.

Gunscape Review

I reviewed Gunscape over at Tech-gaming.com

" I recommend anyone who seeks to enjoy Gunscape to its fullest to jump in now while they can. Currently, the game features an advanced set of world-building tools for consoles and fun online multiplayer. Once the community dwindles however, all that will be left are dozens upon dozens of recreations of more famous shooters, but with their charm and tight gameplay lost in translation. "

To read the full review, click here.

Banner Special: Old and busted vs. New Hotness

It's been a while since I've done one of these, in fact, the last banner special was almost 3 years ago. The reason being that I simply haven't made any new banners since then.

Well, today I'm glad today I made new banners... sorta. Rather than making new banners, I decided to remake old ones into animated gifs. So with said here's Old and busted, new Hotness gif edition.

Old and busted vs. New Hotness: Duke Nukem 2

Before Duke Nukem became the poster boy for videogame development hell he was one of the FPS genre's greatest icons, and before that, Duke Nukem was just a really good Ms-Dos platformer. Now he's back, with the horizontal black bars being replaced with vertical ones. This was done so the text wouldn't super impose any cool smoke effects.

Old and Busted vs. New Hotness: Legend of Kyrandia 2

Legend of Kyrandia 2 might just be my most nostalgic point and click adventure game. As a kid I would play this over and over before giving up near the end because some of those puzzles were impossibly obtuse for me. This was a fun one to make though I actually had to remove the Brandywine's movement in the upper left corner. Having a purple dragon bobbing her head made the text hard to read.

Old and Busted vs. New Hotness: Dune

Of all the new banners this is my favorite. Chani's subtle movements are exactly what I was looking for when creating these.

Old and Busted vs. New Hotness: Dune 2

Yet another one I really liked. What is it with the Dune series and oddly-proportioned, constantly blinking characters?

Old and Busted vs. New Hotness: Another world / Out of this World

If there ever was a banner that screams "video game blogger" this would be it. I simply had to have this banner with new animations.