♪ (old-school video game music) ♪
♪ (Super Street Fighter II theme) ♪
- (Finebros) Today you're gonna be playing this.
- "Street Fighter."
- "Super Street Fighter II."
- Is this the arcade game?
Okay, then I may have played it-- like, an arcade version.
- I've been absolutely terrible at Street Fighter
from the day that I picked up a controller,
but it is my family's game.
It's like a ritual that, whenever we hang out,
we play Street Fighter.
- (Finebros) The Street Fighter series has been around
for over 25 years and is a staple
of the arcade fighter game genre.
And now you get to play it right here against another Reactor.
- (intrigued) Ooh. Yay.
- I'm hella ready. I was born ready, actually.
- I'm already defeated. I'm in my defeated phase.
- Think I'm gonna do... super.
♪ (theme music) ♪
- I'm excited to destroy some people in this game.
First victim. - Yeah. No!
(both chuckle) No-ho-ho.
- All right, let's look at this roster.
All right, I got this Dee Jay right here. - (amused) Dee Jay.
But where's the Russian dude? Here he is.
He's Russian and I'm Russian, so...
- There you go. He's Russian, he chose the Russian character.
I'm black, I chose the black character.
This is why Street Fighter is so popular.
- (Finebros) Each character has special moves
beyond the basic controls.
Why don't you take a minute to check them out?
- (mumbles) Okay.
- "Psycho Crusher. Somersault Skull Diver."
- Ooh, "Double Rolling Sobat."
That's my goal, is to get one of those.
I think I'm good. I'm ready. - Yeah.
- All right, all right. Doesn't matter where you're from.
You're gonna get beat regardless.
- Oh jeez. - What is that?
You got firing fists? - I think I'm humping.
- Oh, is that what-- ooh, ooh yeah.
Hump that air. That's how you do it.
- Okay. - Ooh! Long feet, what's up?
- Oh shit.
- Please tell me that was the shallow whatever throw.
I hope it was, honestly.
- Oh god, when will you stop uppercutting?
- There's no smash attacks in this game, are there?
- No. Apparently not. God.
- Two throws. That's how it's done right there.
All right, all right, watch. Watch this.
Ooh! Ooh! Get that first hit. That's how you do it.
- I need to stop doing the uppercuts. They're not helpful.
- Okay. So we can trip people? There we go.
- Oh. - Now we're grabbing people again?
Oh, I figured it out.
It's not just button-mashing. Let's go!
Basic strategy: jump and kick, jump and kick.
- Wait, did I just-- (scoffs)
- I have maracas, by the way, if you couldn't tell.
- That was short. - Short and sweet, two out of two.
That's how it's supposed to go.
♪ (theme music) ♪
- I might just be Blanka, the green guy.
- I'm picking Ryu, 'cause "Hadouken!"
You know? You can't beat the Hadouken.
I'm just gonna back up, 'cause-- (cracks up)
- 'Cause he's creepy.
- I just want to do a Hadouken.
- You should just forget any combo that you learned.
- (pleading) I just want to Hadouken.
Let me Hadouken, please.
- (Ryu) Hadouken! - I did it!
- No!
- No! I'm in a corner, getting my ass kicked.
- Literally. I'm literally kicking you. - Help! Help!
- (anxiously) Wait, wait. So close.
- No!
(wavering sound effect)
You don't even have any help. - I don't have any help.
♪ (game music) ♪
(in game: buzzing) - Oh god.
- Oh, I don't know what I did. - Don't hurt me.
- I don't know what I did. - Don't hurt me.
I'm sorry. I didn't mean it!
Why you do this?
- I figured out B. That's kick.
- (Ryu) Hadouken! - No-no-no.
Don't fight back. That's not how this works.
- Help! - (Ryu) Hadouken!
- I'm, like, in a corner.
(in game: dying choke) What?!
- Damn! - I just did that! What?
- I hope you forget whatever it is that you learned.
- (Ryu) Hadouken! - Damn.
(overlapping speech)
Maybe not. Maybe not this.
- (Ryu) Hadouken!
- (agitated) What are you doing?
Don't learn things. Don't learn things.
- What was that?
- I'm literally hoping I could push buttons
faster than you right now.
No-no-no. No-no. Don't lose. Don't lose.
Come on, big guy. - WHAT?!
- YES!! Oh my god! I don't know how that happened!
I had no health left twice, and I still won.
- I'm speechless. I mean, you won.
- Fair game. - Congratulations.
- Thank you.
♪ (theme music) ♪
- It's weird being here with someone who isn't my sister.
- There's Mr. T. I'm going with Mr. T guy.
- My school colors are blue and white,
and he is all decked out in blue. So I'm gonna go with that.
- Okay, I can do this. Okay.
- Oh shoot.
- Round one. Go.
- I already don't know what I'm doing.
- Go! Go! Go forward! No! Go forward! What the hell?
- My guy is, like, tippy-toeing around here.
- Okay, you're already winning by a lot.
Why do I suck? Okay. - Is the yellow good or bad?
- Bad. Like, you're good. - I'm tippy-toeing.
- You want the yellow. No, see, I'm dead already.
(in game: body thumping)
- Look at that.
- (groans in frustration) - That guy's going like this
and tippy-toeing around.
- Why do I suck at life?
Okay. Look, I want-- no, don't.
Why? Yes. Yes! ♪ Yes ♪
No! Come on, Chelsea. Come on. You're gonna win this.
(T. Hawk grunts)
- Oh, that's some sort of jump-and-kick.
- You're so good at this. Like how?
- I am pressing the top two buttons. - Come on, Chelsea.
Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.
(fiercely) Yes!! Yes!
Yes! Yes! Come on! Come on! Come on!
Aah! No! No! (shrieks)
- Come on! - Stop!!
(in game: echoing grunt)
(body thumping) - ♪ Tada! ♪
- She's just so good. And look, her arm is hurt,
and she's still better.
♪ (theme music) ♪
- I'm gonna do Phantom of the Opera Wolverine.
- I'm choosing Feilong,
'cause it looks like his character could have some range.
- I'm gonna lose.
I got one hit in, and that's honestly good enough for me.
- No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
(gasps) No, she beat me! Ugh!
- (astonished) No, I didn't. - Yeah.
- My heart is beating so fast right now.
- Now I don't know what I'm gonna do. I'm just gonna spam.
- Oh my god.
No! I'm so scared! Please!
I just want to win. I just want this one thing in my life.
I would NEVER need anything else,
if I could just win this ONE TIME, and I'm not winning now.
I did it once, and it's not gonna happen again.
And I know. I'm aware. I know this, but I'm trying tell mys--
I'm not on my high anymore.
I'm trying really hard not to say really mean horrible
(raising tone) words 'cause you don't deserve it,
but I just want to win. I just really want to win,
more than I want a lot of things.
(growls in frustration) - She's spamming a lot.
- Oh my god! I need to get a little closer!
Oh... please. Please! (shrilly) Please!
No! No, no, no! (both shouting hysterically)
- (chuckles) WOO!
(sighs) Okay. - Did you see how close I was?
- Bring on the next person. Let's do this.
♪ (theme music) ♪
I'm gonna choose Blanka.
- I picked T. Hawk again.
Old reliable.
♪ (game music) ♪
(nervous muttering)
Ha-ha! Your guy just did a back handspring!
- Yeah. My guy has range as well.
- I kneed you in the face, because you're short.
No. Okay, I'm losing.
- No.
(T. Hawk groaning) - What was-- what?
- You electrocuted me. - What was that?
- He electrocuted me. - I need to know that move.
I was just pressing buttons.
- Roundhouse!
Ha, ha, ha, ha.
Never mind. Never mind. Losing-ish.
No, no, no, he's electrocuting me.
Run away. Run away. Run away.
- Uh-oh.
Okay, I think I got that in.
No, no, no, no, NO! - KO'd!
- What? First attack? You got a bonus for that.
I'm starting to figure this out-ish. - Wait, what?
- I'm starting to figure this out! - What?
-I'm starting to figure this out! -What?
- Aah!
No, maybe not. Maybe not.
Okay. Backing up a little bit.
Shit.
- No, no, no! Oh-ho! No, no, no!
No! I... I thought I won!
She had nothing there.
And I put the controller down, thinking that I was good,
and I was about to celebrate.
All of a sudden, she's like, "Wait, no. Boom!"
Punches me in the face.
- This is a fun game! - No, it's not.
♪ (theme music) ♪
- (Shannon) Fight me. - (Everhet) Let's go.
I'm ready. - My hood's bigger.
Where are you?
- I picked Ryu, because I know some combos for Ryu,
and this is semifinals. There's no time to be playing right now.
- I picked Blanka, 'cause I won last time.
Ooh, I'm purple this time. Hello.
♪ (game music) ♪
Stop moving. - I'm trying.
- (Ryu) Hadouken! - Ooh, there we go. That's right.
Come on, give me that one. Give me that one.
- (Ryu) Hadouken! - Yeah!
- Please tell me I survived that. No.
- Like it even matters. - I'm kicking your ass.
I'm going to. I plan on it. I'm not doing that right now.
- Big talk will get you nowhere.
Ooh, can I get a Tatsumaki Senpukyaku?
(disappointed) Aw.
Favorite move of the game. I need it.
There we go.
Tatsumaki Senpukyaku, that's all we need.
- Damn! - And the throw for the finisher.
Throwback to last round.
Ugh! Take me to the finals. - Go away.
♪ (theme music) ♪
- Sister got one hood. This one gets two hoods.
That's how we rollin' today.
- He seems so confident, and it's messing with me.
- I chose Ken. Last round, we went Ryu.
But now we're going the American dream boy, Ken.
- T. Hawk. My school colors-- still going with that.
- That's how it works. - Oh my god, your guy's tiny.
- My guy is exactly the size that he needs to be.
- (Ken) Hadouken! - What?
- See, I told you, right there. - What?
He's got fighter something. - Look, I got kicks too.
You know what? I'm just gonna win with just those two moves.
Honestly, that's the goal right now.
All right, maybe that's not the best choice.
Maybe it is the best choice.
Oh, now I feel cheap.
- Don't worry, my-- what?! Whoa! What?
No, please don't.
- (Ken) Hadouken!
- I'm such a terrible person, honestly.
I feel so bad for being me. - I had no health,
and I still survived a little bit.
(aggressively) Yeah!!
- All right. Right here.
Hadoken. Hadoken.
Give it another one.
Hadoken again. Hadoken one more time.
Another Hadoken.
Another Hadoken. - Stop! That's such cheap shots!
Cheap shots! Cheap! - Tatsumaki Senpukyaku!
- Punch him in the face. - I'ma finish
with the Tatsumaki Senpukyaku. - Punch him in the face.
Punch him in the-- Condor Dive! That was a Condor Dive!
- That was not a Condor Dive.
- Maybe. - That was just a punch in the air.
- No. - I'm wasting all this health
just to get the Tatsumaki Senpukyaku finish.
That's all we needed.
I feel just like I did walking into this.
I knew I was gonna be on top from the very beginning.
- Yeah, good job, bro. - Only the champion champ.
- He memorized the combo.
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