Street Fighter IV: Even Wall Street is playing it

Wall Street Fighter is a YouTube parody of the hit arcade game in recessionary times.

Once again, in this age of dazzling next-gen graphics and cinematic gameplay, for some reason old school still rules.

Street Fighter

ruled for many of us in our youth and its simplicity in a battle-against-your-mates scenario can't be beaten for wasting idle hours at the arcade.

That magic shines again in the next gen version,

Street Fighter IV

(Capcom, XBox 360, PS3: rated PG) Street Fighter IV which is rendered in hi-def 3D but the game is the classic 2D perspective apart from camera work. Take a look at the high quality trailer

Or check out this humourous mashup of the game to show how Wall Street is playing it to see who should survive!.

The old favourites front up to battle with fine looking characters like Ken and Ryu, E-Honda, Chun-Li and Guile along with some new ones.

So this old favourite staying true to the arcade (without the joystick-button feel) and looking fresh on my PS3, still stands out as an outstanding fighting game. It's not just a hit for nostalgia buffs but anyone who somehow hasn't encountered it before will be instantly hooked by just picking up the controller and throwing some moves.

A couple of decades of the

franchise

has meant the technology is solid, the character personalities well honed and this version not only looks good but plays superb with finger-numbing button mashing combo's in the gameplay.

Now if only every game could get it this right and last for so long.

MadGamer's rating: 9. 5 / 10

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