Like a Hurricane: An Unofficial Oral History of Street Fighter II Special Edition

£75.00

Limited to 250 copies, this slipcased Special Edition of Like a Hurricane is bound in a ultra-matt dark blue covering material and blocked with a holographic foil design. Each edition is individually numbered and signed by author Matt Leone.

Like a Hurricane tells the story of the creation of one of the most important and beloved videogames of all time – Street Fighter II – and its subsequent impact on the industry, its creators, and the game-playing public that so warmly embraced it. The culmination of several years of research by games writer Matt Leone, Like a Hurricane gathers together over 60 voices, spread across continents, disciplines and companies, speaking candidly on the vision, fearlessness, and bold ambition that made Street Fighter II a household name.

Featuring: Takashi ‘Piston’ Nishiyama, Hiroshi ‘Finish’ Matsumoto, Noritaka ‘Poo’ Funamizu, Yoko ‘Shimo-P’ Shimomura, and more than 50 others, including dozens of former Capcom employees, former Gamest magazine editor Zenji Ishii, combo video pioneer Tomotaka ‘TZW’ Suzuki, U.S. Street Fighter box artist Mick McGinty, Incredible Technologies CEO Elaine Hodgson, and former Capcom USA CEO Bill Gardner.

Street Fighter is an intellectual property of Capcom Co., Ltd. This publication contains no intellectual property or licensed material related to the Street Fighter videogame series and is not licensed, approved, or endorsed by Capcom Co., Ltd.