Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The Street Fighter Retrospective Returns, and today we're talking about... well, Street Fighter Returning.
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Videos I referenced during the video
Battle Fantasia by GuileWinQuote - youtube.com/watch?v=hbXkcEZhflA&t=425s
Fighting Game Spinoffs by Baberuthless - youtube.com/watch?v=Fp8xf5t8cXc&t=3529s
History of Street Fighter X Tekken by StumbleBee - youtube.com/watch?v=x-LaOLzj7WI
Wha Happun? Street Fighter X Tekken by Matt McMuscles - youtube.com/watch?v=I7lsM_5wF7M&t=941s
Articles I got my info from -
A Brief History of Street Fighter 4 by Eurogamer - eurogamer.net/street-fighter-anniversary-edition
The Rise and Collapse of Yoshinori Ono by Eurogamer - eurogamer.net/the-rise-and-collapse-of-yoshinori-ono
Returning to Round One by GameInformer - gameinformer.com/feature/2022/12/27/returning-to-round-one-the-history-of-street-fighter
EventHubs 15th Anniversary and a Look Back at how Street Fighter 4 reshaped the Community - eventhubs.com/news/2022/feb/15/eventhubs-15-year-anniversary
The Dimps and Capcom Connection by Silconera - siliconera.com/the-dimps-and-capcom-connection-discussed-in-our-street-fighter-iv-interview
Street Fighter 4's Japan Location Test by Wired - wired.com/2008/06/street-fighte-3
EGX 2019 Yoshinori Ono Interview - twitch.tv/videos/497126943
The Making of Street Fighter 4 by Gamespot - gamespot.com/articles/capcom-the-making-of-street-fighter-iv/1100-6234588
Street Fighter 4 Flashback from Unseen64 - unseen64.net/2009/02/09/street-fighter-iv-flashback-x360ps3-concept
Looking Back at Prototype and Prerelease Builds of Street Fighter 4 - eventhubs.com/news/2014/dec/27/looking-back-prototype-and-pre-release-builds-street-fighter-4
0:00 - Intro
3:35 - What were "The Dark Age" of Fighting Games?
19:05 - The Making of Street Fighter 4
37:00 - Street Fighter 4 Arrives
50:00 - New Characters and a New Story
1:10:00 - SF4's Reception
1:21:08 - The 09er Generation and Online Play
1:29:50 - A New Wave of Games
1:35:04 - Super Street Fighter 4
1:49:09 - Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition
1:52:12 - Street Fighter Spin-Offs
1:59:30 - Street Fighter X Tekken
2:24:30 - Ultra Street Fighter 4
The Street Fighter Retrospective Returns, and today we're talking about... well, Street Fighter Returning.
Big thank you to Tovio Rogers for the amazing thumbnail art. Go support them at twitter.com/TovioR
If you want an early look at these videos and behind the scenes content then join our Patreon at
patreon.com/thorgisarcade
Follow me around the web at
Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/thorgisarcade.bsky.social
Twitch - twitch.tv/thorgisarcade
Tumblr - tumblr.com/thorgisarcade
Twitter - twitter.com/thorgisarcade
Videos I referenced during the video
Battle Fantasia by GuileWinQuote - youtube.com/watch?v=hbXkcEZhflA&t=425s
Fighting Game Spinoffs by Baberuthless - youtube.com/watch?v=Fp8xf5t8cXc&t=3529s
History of Street Fighter X Tekken by StumbleBee - youtube.com/watch?v=x-LaOLzj7WI
Wha Happun? Street Fighter X Tekken by Matt McMuscles - youtube.com/watch?v=I7lsM_5wF7M&t=941s
Articles I got my info from -
A Brief History of Street Fighter 4 by Eurogamer - eurogamer.net/street-fighter-anniversary-edition
The Rise and Collapse of Yoshinori Ono by Eurogamer - eurogamer.net/the-rise-and-collapse-of-yoshinori-ono
Returning to Round One by GameInformer - gameinformer.com/feature/2022/12/27/returning-to-round-one-the-history-of-street-fighter
EventHubs 15th Anniversary and a Look Back at how Street Fighter 4 reshaped the Community - eventhubs.com/news/2022/feb/15/eventhubs-15-year-anniversary
The Dimps and Capcom Connection by Silconera - siliconera.com/the-dimps-and-capcom-connection-discussed-in-our-street-fighter-iv-interview
Street Fighter 4's Japan Location Test by Wired - wired.com/2008/06/street-fighte-3
EGX 2019 Yoshinori Ono Interview - twitch.tv/videos/497126943
The Making of Street Fighter 4 by Gamespot - gamespot.com/articles/capcom-the-making-of-street-fighter-iv/1100-6234588
Street Fighter 4 Flashback from Unseen64 - unseen64.net/2009/02/09/street-fighter-iv-flashback-x360ps3-concept
Looking Back at Prototype and Prerelease Builds of Street Fighter 4 - eventhubs.com/news/2014/dec/27/looking-back-prototype-and-pre-release-builds-street-fighter-4
0:00 - Intro
3:35 - What were "The Dark Age" of Fighting Games?
19:05 - The Making of Street Fighter 4
37:00 - Street Fighter 4 Arrives
50:00 - New Characters and a New Story
1:10:00 - SF4's Reception
1:21:08 - The 09er Generation and Online Play
1:29:50 - A New Wave of Games
1:35:04 - Super Street Fighter 4
1:49:09 - Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition
1:52:12 - Street Fighter Spin-Offs
1:59:30 - Street Fighter X Tekken
2:24:30 - Ultra Street Fighter 4
