Talk:Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight

Explanation
Hey, sorry I jumped in there and changed the entire article with no explanation. I am new to Wikipedia and hadn't realized it was poor etiquette. Anyway, I love the game and that's why I was compelled to do it. I have a feeling the whole confusion over 2010 vs. SF2010 stems from the Gamefaqs mislisting. Also, I have heard another story that in the original Japanese version, the hero was not named Ken but was instead a police officer named Kevin. I have no idea whether that is true.

Here is the text before I changed it:

Street Fighter 2010 is a game for the NES. The object is to destroy a series of super-aliens, gather the energy left behind, and jump through dimensional portals in order to chase down a thief who killed the character's friend, Troy. It is a very difficult game, although like Ninja Gaiden, it allows the player infinite continues. The character, Ken, has the ability to grab onto walls, jump, shoot, and gather power-ups.

The Street Fighter Name

Street Fighter 2010 was originally released on the September of 1990. Alternatively, in Japan the game went under the title of "2010". In the United States, "2010" was the name of a novel and movie, the sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey. Capcom USA needed to change the name slightly so as not to present this game as the video game representation of the movie.[citation needed] After [[Street Fighter II] became immensly popular and Ryu and Ken became household names, many believed that the Ken in Street Fighter 2010 was a future version of the Ken in previous Street Fighter games. The US game's backstory mentions that Ken used to be a champion on the Street Fighter circuit who underwent bionic enhancement for this mission, hinting that it was the same Ken from Street Fighter I. Now it is almost undisputed fact that this game and its characters have no connection to the series.

~D_S Street Fighter 2010 was definitely related to the Street Fighter series, even if only minorly. Aside from the fact of it being titled "Street Fighter" and being a Capcom game, the hero is named Ken (and is described as a "retired Street Fighter... turned scientist"), and in the US release it is strongly implied through the cut-scenes that this is indeed the famous Ken from Street Fighter, though it isn't overtly stated. 71.131.184.183

Though a somewhat obscure game, Street Fighter 2010 has one of the best soundtracks i've ever heard. The composer, Junko Tamiya, has composed for other NES titles such as Bionic Commando.

In fact, the game is not related to Street Fighter series. Ken appearing in this game is just other of the bad decisions of Capcom America. Originally the protagonist of the game is Kevin Striker and he is a cyborg(altough is possible that he could be the son of Dr.Joseph)

-Keith~

There was one small element that made it from SF 2010 to SF2: World Warrior... Guile's Flash Kick. As it happens, Kevin Striker was the one to pioneer the attack, even if he did need to pick up a powerup before he could use it.

I wonder... is it somehow linked to Capitain Commendo? The hero have the look, somehow.

Get it straight
This is not the Japanese Wikipedia. This is not the Chinese Wikipedia. This is not the Italian, Spanish, or French Wikipedia. This is the ENGLISH Wikipedia. And on the English Wikipedia, we are supposed to focus on the English-language versions of things like this. So unless someone can give me a good reason why this article should be an exception, I'm going to change it to focus on the English-language version as per the rules. --Unknownwarrior33 (talk) 15:12, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Error
From the article, 2.2 Dr. Joseph: "In the US version of the game, it was he who storyline-wise killed Troy and stole the 'cyboplasm'."

What? In the US version, there is no Dr. Joseph, Troy is the bad guy who comes back at the end, having faked his own death. From the game, just after you landed in the last room:

"Troy?!"

"Of course. Who else could control the Cyboplasm. I can cause pain in all my victims, just as I've been causing pain in you."

Where did you get that Dr. Joseph name anyway? In Japanese he is Dr. ホセ, so "Hose" in romaji, which is more like the Spanish name José. There's no reason to convert the name in English.

--sanjuro (talk) 14:55, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Article rewrite
I rewrote the article since, as indicated by the previous two users above pointed out, focused primarily (almost exclusively) on the Japanese version of the game, and most of it has been inaccurately translated as well. Its Kevin Straker and Dr. Jose, not "Kevin Striker" and "Dr. Joseph" and the two are not father and son, Kevin is simply a "Parasite" constructed by Dr. Jose. Jonny2x4 (talk) 22:16, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Kevin vs Ken
Wikipedia is international. This game was originally released in Japan, with a significantly different plot. Where is it stated that articles about such things must focus on one version over another? I looked through the policies and guidelines, and couldn’t find any mention either way. —Frungi (talk) 00:40, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Spoiler
Shouldn't there be some sort of spoiler listing regarding the reveal that Troy faked his own death. It's clearly meant to be a huge surprise/plot twist for anyone playing the game for the first time.

130.49.177.138 (talk) 20:08, 23 May 2010 (UTC)MAC
 * In short, Wikipedia doesn't care about spoilers. See WP:SPOILER. —151.132.206.250 (talk) 13:13, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

Kevin's last name
Keep in mind that the Japanese last name for Kevin is ストレイカー and not ストライカー, which means that the last name in English would be Straker not Striker, I think this should be changed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.43.141.61 (talk) 22:59, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

Connections to Street Fighter?
If I understand this article correctly, the game is called Street Fighter 2010 in all markets, but only the English localization gives it any kind of connection to the rest of the series. Is this correct? Does the original release have nothing whatsoever to do with the franchise despite sharing its name? —151.132.206.250 (talk) 13:09, 29 June 2023 (UTC)