{"product_id":"street-fighter-ii-championship-edition-cover-painting","title":"Street Fighter II Championship Edition Cover Painting (Sega Genesis)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1992, the year of its release, \u003cem\u003eStreet Fighter II\u003c\/em\u003e was \u003cem\u003eSuper Nintendo’s\u003c\/em\u003e best selling game. As a result of its success on \u003cem\u003eSNES\u003c\/em\u003e, on March 10th 1993, \u003cem\u003eCapcom\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSega\u003c\/em\u003e entered into an agreement which allowed \u003cem\u003eCapcom\u003c\/em\u003e to develop games for \u003cem\u003eSega\u003c\/em\u003e as an official licensee. Rather than duplicate the \u003cem\u003eSuper Nintendo\u003c\/em\u003e version, \u003cem\u003eSega\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCapcom\u003c\/em\u003e created \u003cem\u003eStreet Fighter II Championship Edition\u003c\/em\u003e, which offered several new features absent from the \u003cem\u003eSNES\u003c\/em\u003e version. Most notable was the ability to compete as one of the four Boss characters — Balrog, Vega, Saga \u0026amp; M. Bison.[1] To appropriately highlight what makes the \u003cem\u003eChampionship Edition\u003c\/em\u003e unique, the Boss of Bosses, M. Bison, is featured on the above cover painting illustrating for viewers one of the lessons learned in game play: the best defense is a good offense, as he inflicts a powerful scissor kick in counter to Guile’s impending Sonic-boom. Street Fighter II was inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame in 2017.\u003cbr\u003e[1] Electronic Games Magazine November 1993\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"artwhirled","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44762096992301,"sku":null,"price":0.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/8000\/6957\/files\/Street_Fighter_2_OriginalCoverArt_Championship_Edition_front_a_white.jpg?v=1775128135","url":"https:\/\/artwhirled.com\/products\/street-fighter-ii-championship-edition-cover-painting","provider":"Art Whirled","version":"1.0","type":"link"}