Streets of Rage 2 sucker-punches XBLA

Yay for Streets of Rage 2! I love this game. It's just a classic awesome game.

This was by far my favorite game for the Sega Genesis, I'm definitely buying this

to all that complain about pricing on all 3 shall just play these games on old systems for god sake,,, like i said thousand times before 10 dollars even is a good price for all n64 games except gay sport titles. but ya 10 for goldeneye= good deal especally if a its a hard to find game b cost more in real stores ,,, same for super mario 64 my pawn wants 30 $ for it ,, so if i got the dl which i did i also have the cart so i would save 20 $ plus the fact that it will never break ... thats a good price for a game that wont fail ever .. i can not count the times where i had to go get a new goldeneye007 or mariokart 64 but those games costed 20-30 $ at the time the lowest ive seen goldeneye was 12 before the pawn shop raised it to 20

As soon as I saw this, I posted it on the HooplaNet Forums. Everone was happy :P

My cousin and I used to play this when we were kids. I would get really mad and beat him up in real life when he would take my food and beat me in the vs. battle.

what best way spend 5 bucks

soulessblade - you got it in one. SoR3 was one of those "untouchable" games. I never got it when it was out because I was only like 14 - 15 then, and £60 - £70 for ONE GAME was a heck of alot. And what with the Sega Saturn around the corner, and arcades giving out 3d fighters (from Sega!). It was a game I wanted to play, but never did get around to playing it. One day, I found it in Gamestation for £13!!!! £13!!! (it was on eBay for nearly £100 then!). I played it - the music is a real change, and axel wears black jeans and yellow shirt (why?). The punch sounds aren't as clear and "punchy" as this game, and things just do feel unfinished. Enemies do strange things, throws can go weird. But once you get through the music, you really do like it. Its just not "singable" melodies thats all. Now - Thunderforce IV. If there ever was a game that needed the XBL shine, it is this one. With a load of stages (10) and a heck of a challenge and some of the best music in a game (even to this day), this game bleeds style and a unique atmosphere, and every bullet is been carefully plotted and drawn. SoR2 - with its music, battle mode (even though its sparse and the combat can be unfair, its still a good addition) and excellent characters and stages - it beats the heck out of everything. It may not be long, but crank up that difficulty (its more fun this way) and you got a game that rivals castlevania for longetivity. I first played this game when I was 9 years old, and to this day it is just absolute quality. People who haven't played it just need to dedicate some time to it and enjoy it all. It would be good for Microsoft to have sor 1 and 3 together in one pack, the first one had AWESOME music aswell, very catchy and offered a good challenge. But by todays standards, the third one would probably make up for its graphical blandness. Well done Microsoft - XBL got one of the finest games, ever. Now its time to get ThunderForce IV on there, too.

LoL with MarcusFenix715. I used to play SoR2 with my Dad! He always used to pick Skate. He always used to giggle at Blaze's "Verticle Slash" technique. I still have the Mega Drive cartridge! Good times, good times. Awesome 360 version, just downloaded it and fell in love all over again. I personally hope they don't release SoR3. To me it just felt wrong, and kinda unfinished. Plus Zan was just weird. Some love it, just not me. I'd rather see ThunderForce 4 than SoR3. Not related I know, but a damn fine game.

For real the people that are saying not to mess with the classics and not change them have no idea what they are talking about if you want the REAL classic don't play it on your VC, go play it on Sega Genesis and see how it feels.

That's so friggin hilarous Conanfan1, because look at this the XBLA version is $5 and includes better graphics, cooperative multiplayer, online play, leaderboards, achievments, wow and people say that Microsoft is money hungry, trust Microsoft has a ton of money their friggin stuffed.

Damn it. I bought this for $8 on the Wii, and now I'm going to have to pay another $5 for the XBLA version.

Nintendo are greedy they need to lower the price of VC games. NES should be $4, TG16 $5, SNES and Genesis $6 and N64 $8. That would be much better pricing IMO.

you can play online :)... oh yea...

wii 360 hopefully ps3 soon i played this game so much on genesis. im hoping ill soon be able to do it again.

I played the game to death on Genesis

I have this game on Genesis back in the day, and I also have it on VC, but with online multiplayer and smoothing graphics, I really should get this game on Live. Will Streets of Rage 3 be on Live, or VC for that matter? This is one of the best beat em ups ever created IMO.

all i cans say is TRUE CLASSIC. all these XBLA games are bringing back serious memories. a time when games were simple and fun

That game was awesome when I played it last. Did it come out like ten years ago? I think it's good that they're offering these classics on VC and XBLA.

"Graphics smoothing" aka "hq4x" rules!

The Wii VC has been owned!

cool

awwww man this great game had to have them awesome updates then go on the 360! lame

OMFG i still have my genesis cartridge of this game. my mom and i would pwn at this game. yay for the good times!

I'm so glad this finally came out for the 360. Online play + achievements easily make it worth the $5.

aaahhhh the good ol' days. i was 13 yrs old back then and this was all good times

suprisingly easy this time around

This is the best way to spend $5 with online play wow bet bet e up eva'

The online modes sound great, gonna go check this out.

Only a fool would pay $8 for the low-res, offline Wii version of Streets of Rage...the Xbox Live Arcade version for Xbox 360 has high-res graphics, it's online, and it has Achievements, and extra gameplay modes..for only $5!!! Nuff said!!!

Yuzo Koshiro is one of the best VG music composers out there( Rev. of shinobi, SOR1 & 2, and Castlevania Portrait of ruin) Im pretty sure theres more (eswat maybe, gotta research that)

This knocks the sack out of the VC edition. With multiplayer online, achievments, HD widescreen display and $3 less... I only hope that the microsoft version keeps all the original music intact, because the music made the game perfect for me :)

sweet - i will definitely d/l

HOLY COW :shock: thats awesome. adding online play to an old school classic like that is defiantly the way to go

One of my all time favorite games right here; AND also still has the best music of any game ever made.

Nice game.

its awesome. Not quite as awesome as Bombergames' Streets of Rage Remake, but still awesome.

i am in love with the good old days

awesome game, i still own 1, 2 and 3 on the megadrive, saves me dragging the old console out to play number 2, online play is great addition, old look or smoother graphics option, vs play as well, shame about those poor wii owners with their shoddy version for twice the $$

Time for another buy.

SWEET

ok, now do this with streets of rage 3.

The XBLA version is everything the Wii version is with tons more. Online Vs., Online Co-Op, Optional Updated Graphics, Achievements. Anyone with both the X360 and the Wii, would be stupid not to buy the X360 version.

I have never played this game before, and I loved it when I played it for the first time last night. Same for puzzle fighter, except I had no idea what I was doing on that one.

That Virtual console is such a complete ripoff. It's like they are begging people to use emulators! M$ is making all of the right moves, by including graphical enhancements, and online play. They at least give us a reason to buy the game again!

dr venkmen You can play the 360 version of SoR 2 in it's original form as well as with graphic smoothing.

Awesome! Best game in the series and one of the best side scrolling beat em ups of all time

this game is freakin awesome! have for wii V.C. and with online play for only 5 bucks, this game is an absolute steal! If you have a 360 this is a fantastic way to spend that 5 bucks.

XGxAxMxExRX you should never mess with classic games True but most XBLA games have a option to play the game in it's original form i think the exception is prince of persia

downloaded, fantastic, a snip at 400 points

classic.