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Similarities between Street Fighter 2 and World Heroes

Mindjack
Thursday, September 15, 2011

When Street Fighter 2: The World Warrior was released in 1991, it set the arcade scene on fire. Before long, other game companies were blatantly copying Capcom's masterpiece.

ADK’s World Heroes “borrowed” numerous features, moves, and character designs from Street Fighter. Here’s a look at some of the most obvious similarities between the two fighting games.


Dhalsim vs. Brocken

Who knew Nazi cyborgs and yoga masters had so much in common? Brocken not only looks like M. Bison, but he also stretches his limbs like Dhalsim.


Dragon's Hyakuretsuken

Chun-Li and Kim Dragon are from China, and both have lightning-fast strikes. Coincidence? You decide.

 

Fuuma's Enryuha

Street Fighter has Ryu and Ken. World Heroes has Hanzo and Fuuma. The blue and red ninjas have the exact same special moves as the Shotokan karatekas, right down to the Dragon Punch.


Did I mention that Brocken looks like M. Bison? The German robot has a “Rocket Jump” that looks much like the Shadaloo leader’s Psycho Crusher. Brocken also has a scissor kick. The futuristic soldier is nothing more than a fancy copy machine.


It is written in the Bible that every fighting game must have a big, burly brute. At first glance, Muscle Power resembles Hulk Hogan; on closer inspection, he’s basically Zangief in American flag-themed underwear.


Hanzo is World Heroes’ version of Ryu. Even the Iga ninja’s victory pose mimics Ryu’s: A magical breeze shakes their fashionable headbands.


Dragon and Fei Long have similar character designs; both pay tribute to legendary martial artist and actor Bruce Lee. But this time, Capcom may have copied SNK: Fei Long made his debut in Super Street Fighter 2 (1993) one year after World Heroes' release.


In many fighting games, scoring consecutive hits on your opponent makes them dizzy, but I can’t remember that gameplay feature before Street Fighter 2, so....


Certain World Heroes stages have fire hazards that engulf characters in flames. The blazing bodies look equally horrific in both titles, and way too similar. Can you tell the games these scorched carcasses belong to?


Chun-Li is, without a doubt, the strongest woman in the world, but she isn’t the only female brawler. Janne looks nothing like the Chinese Interpol agent, but when defeated, both dames do what’s expected of upset women: They cry.


Did I miss any other similarities? Share them in the comments section.

 
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Comments (11)
Default_picture
September 15, 2011

Back in the days of the Genesis and SNES it was common place for developers to copy what worked. Even now it still happens (Quantam Theory and every "God Of War" clone), It doesn't really stop us from enjoying them once in a while, though.

Mindjack
September 15, 2011

I agree. Dante's Inferno stole many gameplay features from God of War, yet I enjoyed every second of it. The unbaptized babies were too much fun to slain.

Default_picture
September 15, 2011

That was so f***** up, but cool. Sorry Samir, I gave May Cry of War a 7 out of 10.

Mindjack
September 15, 2011

That game was hell anyway.

Pict0079-web
September 16, 2011

I still hate World Heroes. Lol. It's one of those games where the developers thought that dangerous walls were cool. I think Dead or Alive was the only fighting game franchise to properly use breakable walls to create multi-story arenas.

Mindjack
September 16, 2011

I rather have walls with hazards than ring outs. Man, I f***ing hate ring outs!

Pict0079-web
September 16, 2011

Yeah, ring outs never made sense. And Sega should have known better than to keep that darned ring system in Virtua Fighter 4. Heck, I wanted my final Dural fight to look epic, but I only won by a lame ring out. Lol.

Sp_a0829
September 18, 2011

Oh, man... the memories!

I remember when me and my friends, as kids, met World Heroes the first time. Back then we didn't know that Neo Geo and Capcom weren't the same thing... So we tought that World Heroes was Street Fighter... IN THE FUTURE!!!

Mindjack
September 28, 2011

Ahh...the innocense of a child. Capcom did give us a futuristic Street Fighter, but it's not exactly what gamers wanted....

Pshades-s
September 28, 2011

Real talk: Both Dragon and Fei Long are shameless rip-offs of BRUCE LEE.

I am partial to World Heroes, but it certainly followed the Street Fighter formula extremely closely. It wasn't until the next game that they introduced new characters who really felt unlike any Capcom creation (Mudman, I still love you).

Mindjack
September 28, 2011

World Heroes Perfect was pretty good, and ADK made a stronger effort to differentiate it from Street Fighter 2. There were a few lame characters, but Mudman made up for that.

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