More recently, I've been enjoying Hyper SF2, playing and comparing the different versions of characters.
Notable characters to mess around with are the CPS-1 versions of Ryu and Ken, as they have access to their cr.short > s.fierce chain in WW/CE/HF. Zangief's World Warrior version also is much closer to the opponent after using SPD, albeit he lacks green hand and movement during lariat.
One of the character's that I find the most interesting to me is Sagat:
- O.Sagat found in ST is not identical to SSF2's Sagat. O.Sagat in ST can special cancel the second hits of his s.short and s.forward, but SSF2's Sagat cannot.
- CE Sagat has the best low tiger shots. 37f recovery is incredibly oppressive. Later versions are nerfed. I still personally like playing O.Sagat slightly more because of the cancels I mentioned previously, though.
- Holding Start and selecting Super as your version gives you the O. Version of a character, so O.Sagat from ST and SSF2 Sagat are both available.
- In previous versions of HSF2 before CFC1, O.Sagat's low tiger shot was bugged, having more recovery than intended. This was fixed for the fairly recent CFC1 release.
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Given Hyper SF2's somewhat scattered/undocumented differences, it has been very fun to see how the characters have changed over the various revisions.