Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection review — a worthy celebration

I can’t overstate Street Fighter’s impact on the gaming industry: Capcom’s series of 1-on-1 fighters defined an entire genre, redefined competitive gaming, and led multiple companies to create some of their most famous franchises. We measured two entire generations of consoles in part by their ability to faithfully reproduce various Street Fighter games.

As a longtime fan of the franchise, I’d call Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection a dream come true — Capcom and developer Digital Eclipse (the studio behind excellent retro compilations such as The Disney Afternoon Collection) include no-compromises, zero loading time ports of every major Street Fighter arcade title from the 1987 original through the 1999 release of Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike. It’s available for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PCs; I tested the Switch version.