Ultra Street Fighter II will be coming to the Nintendo Switch. Capcom made the announcement following Nintendo’s press conference that showed off the company’s upcoming console last night.
Harrison Young over at Capcom clued us in on just what we expect from this upcoming Street Fighter title by stating, “As announced on the Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 in Tokyo, Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers, is coming to the Nintendo Switch! Capcom and Nintendo have a long history together, going all the way back to Street Fighter II on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1991, so we are happy to bring the newest edition of Street Fighter II to the Nintendo Switch.”
With the release of this new version of the game. Both Evil Ryu and Violent Ken will be playable for the first time. Players will also have the option of switching between the game’s HD graphic which were created by UDON Entertainment and the game’s original Pixel-art graphics. The game will take advantage of the consoles Joy-Con controllers, allowing players to play against each other in an Arcade Mode, or play together against the CPU.
Yoshinori Ono, the Executive Producer for the series appeared on Nintendo’s Tree House Live event today to show off the game. The Nintendo Switch is set to launch on March 3rd.