Haduken!

In my book, you’re not a true gamer unless you know, off by heart, the button combinations to Ryu’s fireball and dragon punch.

Game looks fantastic, great evolution of the anime beat-em-up. Sound effects are equally spot on, with the arcadey synth music doing its bit to keep up a frantic pace.

My fingers are swollen, though, after an hour at it, and the genius XBOX Live instant matches have pitted me against cyberathletes who demonstrate their satanic passion to punish combo amateurs like myself, or show that truly the genre has not aged as I have…

Perhaps claiming to be a product of the Playstation generation isn’t a kudos earning statement anymore, considering it’s a 10 year old platform, that’s hardly surprising I guess.

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