Street Fighter: 30th Anniversary Collection
  

  
ABOUT
Street Fighter: 30th Anniversary Collection released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC in May 2018. This compilation package contains 12 "arcade perfect" titles from Street Fighter history (arguably 12 of the all-time best Street Fighter games ever created). The title originally retailed for $39.99.  The game includes Online Mode features (for 4 of the games featured in the collection), as well as Museum, Interactive Timeline, Character Bios, and Save States.

   

if this image doesn't trigger nostalgia, your childhood wasn't as good as mine.

 

Street Fighter: 30th Anniversary Collection
contains 12 of the all time best Street Fighter games, including: Street Fighter
, Street Fighter II, Street Fighter II: Champion Edition, Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting, Super Street Fighter II, Super Street Fighter II: Turbo, Street Fighter Alpha, Street Fighter Alpha 2, Street Fighter Alpha 3, Street Fighter III: New Generation, Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike. By pre-ordering the game, players also received a digital copy of Ultra Street Fighter IV for free.


Online Play - Have the desire to duke it out against fighters around the world? Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting, Super Street Fighter II: Turbo, Street Fighter Alpha 3, and Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike are all playable online! In addition to Ranked and Casual Matches, up to four players can join a lobby where they can play against the CPU while waiting for their next match – a throwback to those days of waiting for a second player to challenge you in the arcades. Each of these titles will have their own global leaderboard to ensure bragging rights can be proved. Online play also features "rewind" technology that provides low-latency matches with the ability to adjust your own input latency via the in-game menu.
 
 

3rd Strike in the house? Sign me up.

  
Museum Bask in the nostalgic feels of Street Fighter in the Museum, a collection of stunning concept art, pitch documents, and little-known facts behind each game's release.
 
 
Interactive Timeline – Who needs time travel when you have the Interactive Timeline where you can browse all 30 years of Street Fighter and see how the series has evolved.
 
 
Character Bios Did you know Chun-Li likes crepes? See how your favorite characters have changed over time by reading up on their backgrounds, stories, and personal traits. You can even view each character’s sprites and animations in each title!
   

Relive all of the Alpha titles! With the exception of SFA2: Gold and SFA3: Max. :(

  
Music Player – You won't just see the history, you’ll also be able to hear it through the Music Player, so sit back and let the retro notes of memorable Street Fighter tracks flow through your ears. Find out if Guile's Theme really does go with everything (it does)!
 
 
Save States – Don't worry about abandoning the fight in single-player modes! You can save your progress and resume at any time for any of the 12 titles.
 
 
The Nintendo Switch version of the Street Fighter 30th: Anniversary Collection contains an exclusive recreation of Super Street Fighter II: The Tournament Battle, a special arcade-only version of Super Street Fighter II which featured the networking of 4 arcade cabinets and allows up to 8 players to compete in a bracket-based tournament.

 

Page Updated: June 20th, 2024
Developer(s): Capcom
Publisher(s): Capcom
Designer(s): Yoshinori Ono     Producer
Artwork By: Shinkiro    Poster Art
Hinanana    Tarot Cards
Platform(s): PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PC
Release Date(s): May 29th, 2018
Characters Ryu, Chun-Li, Guile, Dhalsim, Blanka, Zangief, Ken Masters, E.Honda, Balrog, Vega, Sagat, Bison, Cammy, Fei Long, Dee Jay, T. Hawk, Adon, Guy, Gen, Sakura, Rolento, Charlie, Birdie, Rose, SodomAkuma, Dan Hibiki, Cody, Karin, R.Mika, Juli, Juni, Evil Ryu, Shin Akuma, Dudley, Alex, Yun, Yang, Ibuki, Necro, Sean, Oro, Elena, Hugo, Urien, Remy, Makoto, Q, Twelve, Akuma, Gill
News Links July 2021: SF30th Anniversary Tarot Card Artwork by Hinanana

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Related Games: Street Fighter: Anniversary Collection, Street Fighter Alpha: Anthology, Capcom Fighting Collection, Marvel Vs. Capcom Fighting Collection, Street Fighter 6, Street Fighter V, SFV: Arcade Edition, Ultra SF4, Super SF4: Arcade Edition, Super SF4, Super SF4: 3D Edition, Street Fighter 4, Street Fighter X Tekken, Street Fighter, Street Fighter 2, SF2: Champion Edition, SF2: Turbo, Super SF2, Super SF2 Turbo, Super SF2 Turbo Revival, SSF2T HD Remix, Street Fighter III: New Generation, SFIII: 2nd Impact, SFIII: 3rd Strike, SFIII: 3rd Strike OE, Street Fighter Alpha, Street Fighter Alpha 2, SFA3, SFA3 Upper, SFA3 Max
 

Options / Extras    7.5 / 10
Intro / Presentation    7.0 / 10
Replayability / Fun    7.0 / 10

BOTTOM LINE

   7.4 / 10

   

 

Final Words: Street Fighter: 30th Anniversary Collection is a love letter to lifelong fans of Capcom's timeless fighting franchise. While it's heart is definitely in the right place, there are some considerable flaws for serious players worth knowing about (so continue reading). On the brighter side of things... the Interactive Timeline, Fun Facts, Music, and Art Galleries of SF:30th might make this package an immediate must-own for most "casual" fighting game historians and enthusiasts.


No load times on game start, save states, and various graphical options are excellent "quality of life" features. However, this collection doesn't come without flaws. For starters: A wonky button configuration screen and no online or practice mode for "most" of the featured games. For games that do have online and practice modes, they are mostly functional and feel nearly arcade-perfect to an extent — but the ROM versions are not the highly-preferred ones among competitive players. For the nitpickers... there are some fairly major inconsistencies and the ROMs definitely aren't the best ports available in terms of performance. And sadly, in particular, the SFIII: 3rd Strike port in 30th Anniversary Collection is definitely not as smooth or as solid as SFIII: 3rd Strike Online Edition. As one of the "standout" titles of this compilation, that's bad news.


The first Street Fighter: Anniversary Collection on PS2 was a solid and memorable package for its time (in addition to Street Fighter Alpha: Anthology).
As good as those package were, there was no online mode at all... so you needed to have actual human friends over to enjoy it to the fullest. Those were the days huh? In case your local friends don't play anymore, SF:30th at least lets you attempt to play some of the all-time best Street Fighter titles online with other players from the comfort of your own home. The 4-player battle lobbies are a nice touch and work pretty well. However, the netcode is "not great"... and while it offers a "playable" experience at times, there are currently better ways to play these games with smoother online.


Street Fighter: 30th Anniversary Collection
could and should offer years of replayability, whether it's online and offline, with new and old friends. If you've enjoyed The Fighters Generation website for historical value and nostalgia over the years... you should probably check out Street Fighter: 30th Anniversary Collection for the same reason.
As a Street Fighter fan since the very first arcade title, I'm personally happy that this package exists. If Capcom released an update adding Practice and functional Online Modes to some games (or even adding additional games), this package would be much better. There are indeed some disappointing aspects of this collection, considering its potential... but 30th Anniversary Collection is probably worth owning anyway for most Street Fighter fans or for anyone interested in getting into the series.
 ~TFG Webmaster | @Fighters_Gen
   
  
 
 
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