As many people were accustomed to Sheng Long, many people called Akuma erroneously by the name Akuma Long.

Like the joke, Akuma would appear from out of nowhere and kill Bison, and you would fight him, and similarly, Akuma had the moves of Ryu and Ken, and was much faster and dealt much more damage. Ironically, in 'Super Street Fighter II Turbo', parts of this story became true. Only much later was this joke was revealed as such, by Electronic Gaming Monthly themselves. When asked about whether the joke was true, Capcom did not confirm nor deny it as the sudden infusion of money into their machines was driving up business Capcom USA was taken in by the gag, and actually contact Capcom Japan and asked if the Sheng Long thing was legit. Soon after, many fans, believing that the joke was true, flocked to 'Street Fighter II' machines, hoping that they could fight a non-existent character. To make this joke more believable, fake screenshots were made. Sheng Long was supposed to have the moves of Ryu and Ken, but did much more damage and was also faster. Sheng Long would then come out of nowhere and kill Vega, and you would fight him. Bison' outside Japan), the final boss of 'Street Fighter II'. The creation of Gouki comes from an April Fool's joke in Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine where the editors claimed that you could fight Sheng Long in the game by not touching Vega ('M. At the time, fans of Street Fighter II thought that Sheng Long had referred to a person - the supposed master of Ryu and Ken, and not one of Ryu's moves (the Shouryuu Ken). One of Ryu's win quotes in the English version of 'Street Fighter II' said, 'You must defeat Sheng Long to stand a chance'. The kanji used in 'shouryuu' was pronounced as if it was Cantonese. Origins of Gouki ('Akuma' outside Japan): The name 'Sheng Long' comes from the Japanese 'shouryuu', meaning 'rising dragon'. Originally all of the additional features that were added in this game (Gouki, Supers, etc.) were planned for the original SSFII, but were left out due to time restraints. Here are some known Export releases: 'Super Street Fighter II Turbo ' 'Super Street Fighter II Turbo ' 'Super Street Fighter II Turbo ' Also a special 'Rent' version known as 'Super Street Fighter II X - Grand Master Challenge ' has been found. The game is known outside Japan as 'Super Street Fighter II Turbo'. It was known as the 'third bis' video game released for the CPS2 hardware. = > LP (Jab), MP (Strong), HP (Fierce) = > LK (Short), MK (Forward), HK (Roundhouse) TRIVIA Super Street Fighter II X - Grand Master Challenge was released in February 1994 in the Japanese arcade. TECHNICAL Runs on the 'CP System II' hardware. The photograph on the wall now shows Dhalsim with Sagat and Vega (It used to show two generic guys). The picture of Dhalsim and his son is replaced with a new picture of Dhalsim with his wife and son. These are the same kanji that are displayed on the breakable signs in Ryu's stage in 'Street Fighter II - The World Warrior' and 'Hyper Street Fighter II - The Anniversary Edition'. In Ryu's new art, the kanji 'Fuurinkazan' are written on his belt.

After each character's ending, a new piece of artwork is displayed for that character.

The new song is based on the title screen theme of the CPS1 SFII games.

The 'Character Select' screen's background music is changed.

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