Beyond the consoles, Street Fighter is an icon of pop culture, recognizable by its legendary shouts of and a legacy that spans anime, films, and the premier stages of Evo (the Evolution Championship Series).
Launched by Capcom in 1987, the series truly exploded with the 1991 release of . It introduced the "six-button" layout and a diverse roster of world warriors—like the stoic karateka Ryu , the lightning-kicking Interpol agent Chun-Li , and the beastly Blanka . It also famously pioneered the "combo" system, which was originally a coding glitch that allowed players to chain attacks together. Street Fighter
Street Fighter is the definitive king of the fighting game genre, a cultural powerhouse that transformed arcades into battlegrounds and birthed the modern competitive fighting game community (FGC). Beyond the consoles, Street Fighter is an icon