Street Fighter EX2 Plus/FAQ

Should I play Street Fighter EX2 Plus?

Yes! EX2 Plus is a remarkably complex game with lots to like.

With the exception of Honda, EX2+ features all the World Warriors and three of four Shadaloo Bosses. Returning characters have expanded movesets, new Supers, and tremendous combo variety. If you aren't coming from Street Fighter, you can still find your function in one of the game's original characters.

"Akira Who?"

Founded in 1995 by former Capcom employees, Arika is a Japanese game developer and publisher. Lots of talent from Capcom's golden age ended up working under Arika, including the creator of Street Fighter II, Akira Nishitani.

EX2 features Capcom alumns from X-Men: Children of the Atom, Marvel Super Heroes, and Street Fighter Alpha 2. Multiple Namco composers worked on the music.

Who are all these weirdos?

The Street Fighter EX series has always featured strange original characters. As functions, Arika characters are often more outlandish than their Capcom counterparts. EX2+ has a bit of an Arika bias in its Tier List, but being weird isn't entirely a measure of strength.

Among the newcomers, we have:

• Doctrine Dark, a former soldier gone insane from an encounter with Mad Gear's Rolento. D. Dark tosses bombs, chokes his foes with wire, and steals games with devastating setplay.

• Area, a rollerblading inventor with appropriate walkspeed, a robotic arm, and deadly mixups.

• Sharon, a Secret Agent with a Glock.

EX2+ rivals anime games in character variety. It's rare for anybody on the roster not to have some crazy tech attached to them (Dhalsim's Off Axis Jank, Rosso's Infinites), and new stuff is being discovered all the time. Lab Monsters eat good in this game.