So Capcom makes a franchise, Street Fighter. It's a swell game - popular with the kids. Hollywood takes notice (seems this is the step that takes the concept into a dark alley). Rights are negotiated, and a movie is developed. The end, right?
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NOT EVEN CLOSE. After a kid-friendly movie is produced, corporate logic dictates that companies gotta 'squeeze every last drop from that lemon'. Toys, posters,<a href="http://comicbookrealm.com/series/4582/0/street-fighter-the-battle-for-shadaloo-one-shot"> a comic book</a>, the works. What about a game?
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Really? A game? Based on a movie? Based on a game? Nintendo was smart enough NOT to let the 'Super Mario Bros.: The Movie' get turned into a game. But Capcom? Hmmm...
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Well, if you're gonna do something wrong, might as well do it right. So, like scientists fertilizing human eggs with chimpanzee sperm, a game was made...BY A RIVAL COMPANY. Acclaim Entertainment, Inc., known for its digitization methods for the fighting game series 'Mortal Kombat', a game series positioned as the arch-nemesis of Capcom's Street Fighter, was brought in and, lo and behold, a bastard game was born.
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My friend has this game intact for the Sega Saturn. Do you think it's worth PDFing the actual game manual?