I fondly remember going to the old arcade near my house way back in the days when video game systems still came with joysticks and not gamepads, and I clearly remember seeing my very first Street Fighter machine. Not SF2, no, just Street Fighter. I think you could only choose from Ryu and Ken. But here is the amazing thing about that machine was that the normal controls had been replaced by GIANT rubbery buttons that you pounded on with your fist, apparently so you could more realistically simulate street fighting. I've never seen another example of that since. Therefore Street Fighter 1 is my favorite street fighter of all time.

But maybe, just maybe, Capcom is trying to get me to change my stripes by releasing Super Street Fighter 4. SSF IV takes everything from SF IV and adds... well... a few charachters you don't really care about! Check it out!

Super Street Fighter IV features the full roster of 25 characters from Street Fighter IV such as Ryu, Ken, Crimson Viper, Abel, El Fuerte, and Rufus, while adding about eight characters new to the world of Street Fighter IV. The impressive new roster includes classic combatants from previous Street Fighter games like T. Hawk as well as all-new characters such as the mysterious and deadly female fighter, Juri.

Super Street Fighter IV adds new Ultra Combos and advancements to the state of the art online matchmaking and online gameplay introduced in Street Fighter IV with numerous additional features. Super Street Fighter IV takes many of the groundbreaking features introduced in Street Fighter IV and refines everything to deliver the ultimate vision of Street Fighter to fans the world over.

Nope, I think Street Fighter 1 with crazy punchy buttons is still my favorite!