Street Fighter Timeline: Every Game from 1987 to 2017
This timeline records the primary release of every game set in the Street Fighter universe, along with other titles that feature its characters as cameos or references. Individual ports are mostly left out. Games of the core series are the ones marked here as series, and other entries range from close relatives to spin-offs and distant nods. The cameos named here are explained in the Miscellany volumes.
1987 to 1992
- 1987: Street Fighter (August, series).
- 1988: Fighting Street (December).
- 1989: Final Fight (December).
- 1990: Adventure Quiz 2: Hatena? no Daibouken (March); Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight (August).
- 1991: Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (March, series); Captain Commando (November).
- 1992: Final Fight Guy (March); Street Fighter II’: Champion Edition (April, series); Varth: Operation Thunderstorm (July); Adventure Quiz: Capcom World 2 (September); Warriors of Fate (November); Street Fighter II’: Hyper Fighting (December, series).
1993 to 1996
- 1993: Breath of Fire (April); Final Fight 2 (May); Mighty Final Fight (June); Saturday Night Slam Masters (July); Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers (October); Muscle Bomber Duo and Mega Man X (December).
- 1994: Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom (January); Super Street Fighter II Turbo (March, series); Ring of Destruction: Slammasters II (September); Mega Man X2 and X-Men: Children of the Atom (December).
- 1995: Night Warriors: Darkstalkers’ Revenge and Cyberbots (April); Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors’ Dreams (May, series); Street Fighter: The Movie (June and August); Marvel Super Heroes (October); Final Fight 3 and Street Fighter II Movie (December).
- 1996: Street Fighter Alpha 2 (March, series); Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (May); Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha (August, series); X-Men Vs. Street Fighter (September); Street Fighter EX (December).
1997 to 2000
- 1997: Street Fighter III: New Generation (February, series); Street Fighter EX Plus (March); Vampire Savior (May); Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter (June); Street Fighter EX Plus Alpha and Capcom Sports Club (July); Mega Man X4 (August); Super Gem Fighter Mini-Mix and Breath of Fire III (September); Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact (October, series); Rival Schools (November).
- 1998: Marvel Vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes (January); Street Fighter EX 2 (March); Street Fighter Alpha 3 (July, series); 3D Kakutou Tsukuru (July); Mega Man Legends (August); Fighting Layer (December).
- 1999: Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (May, series); Street Fighter EX 2 Plus and Shiritsu Justice Gakuen Nekketsu Seishun Nikki 2 (June); Final Fight Revenge (July); SNK Vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium and Card Fighters Clash (November).
- 2000: Resident Evil Survivor (January); Street Fighter EX 3 and Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 (March); Capcom Vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 (September); Mega Man Xtreme (October); Cannon Spike (November); Project Justice: Rival Schools 2 (December).
2001 to 2007
- 2001: Technictix (January); Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper (February, series); Fever 4 Sankyo pachinko simulation (March); Final Fight One and Kuusou Daibouken X3 (May); Capcom Vs. SNK Pro (June); Mega Man Xtreme 2 (July); Capcom Vs. SNK 2 (August); Card Fighters 2 Expand Edition (September); Super Street Fighter II Turbo: Revival (October, series).
- 2002: Capcom Vs. SNK 2 EO (July).
- 2003: Super Puzzle Fighter II (March); SNK Vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos (July); Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition (December).
- 2004: Crimson Tears (April); Capcom Fighting Evolution (October); Mega Man X8 (December).
- 2005: Namco x Capcom (May); Slotter Up Core 7: Dekitou da! Street Fighter II (June).
- 2006: Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX (January, series); Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams (January); Final Fight: Streetwise (February); SNK Vs. Capcom: Card Fighters DS (December).
- 2007: Monster Hunter Frontier (June); Perfect KO (November); We Love Golf! (December).
2008 to 2017
- 2008: Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law (January); Street Fighter Online: Mouse Generation (April); Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 (June); Street Fighter IV (July, series); Mega Man 9 (September); LittleBigPlanet (October); Super Street Fighter II Turbo Pinball FX and Super Turbo HD Remix (November, HD Remix is series); Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom and Street Fighter II Uno (December).
- 2009: Flock! (April).
- 2010: Super Street Fighter IV (April, series); Dead Rising 2 (September); Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition (December, series).
- 2011: Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 (February); Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition (February, series); Street Fighter IV Volt: Battle Protocol (June, series); Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition (August, series); Nazo Waku Yakata (August); Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 (November).
- 2012: Street Fighter x Tekken (March); Onimusha: Soul (June); Project X Zone (October); Street Fighter x Mega Man (December).
- 2013: Street Fighter x Mega Man V2 and DmC: Devil May Cry (January); Dead Rising 3 and Street Fighter x All Capcom (November); Oto Ranger (December).
- 2014: Ultra Street Fighter IV (April, series); Super Smash Bros. 4 (September).
- 2015: Street Fighter Battle Combination (March).
- 2016: Street Fighter V (February, series); Tekken 7: Fated Retribution (July).
- 2017: Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers (May, series).
- To be confirmed: Tekken x Street Fighter.
Reading the list
With well over a hundred releases, from the benchmark World Warrior to games with only a thin link, the chart shows how far the Street Fighter name has stretched and how tangled its history is. It does not even cover every console port, nor the films, books, comics and merchandise, which would fill a much larger work.
The name has certainly been used opportunistically at times, but there are gems. Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo is a good example: a light and addictive puzzle game whose charm comes from poking fun at the franchise instead of just cashing in on it.
The core could be narrowed to five games: Street Fighter, Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike and Ultra Street Fighter IV. It would still be a mistake to dismiss the rest. Constant revisions are a common complaint and make the history harder to chart, yet the small tweaks, extra characters and changed dialogue give each version nuance and add up to a history shaped by a search for the definitive edition. The close links with the series also lead many players to discover Final Fight, Rival Schools, Cannon Spike and the better crossovers. Perhaps for every Marvel Vs. Capcom 3, players must put up with a couple of Mouse Generations.
