Street Fighter
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Street Fighter[lower-alpha 1] is a Japanese media franchise centered on a series of fighting games developed and published by Capcom. The first game in the series was released in 1987, followed by six other main series games, various spin-offs and crossovers, and numerous appearances in other media. Its best-selling 1991 release Street Fighter II established many of the conventions of the one-on-one fighting genre.
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Street Fighter | |
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Genre(s) | Fighting game |
Developer(s) | Capcom, Dimps (main series) Arika (Street Fighter EX series) |
Publisher(s) | Capcom |
Creator(s) | Takashi Nishiyama Hiroshi Matsumoto |
Platform(s) | List
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First release | Street Fighter August 30, 1987; 36 years ago (August 30, 1987)[1] |
Latest release | Street Fighter 6 June 2, 2023; 10 months ago (June 2, 2023) |
Spin-offs | Final Fight |
Street Fighter is one of the highest-grossing video game franchises of all time and one of Capcom's flagship series, with total sales of 52 million units worldwide as of June 2023[update].[2] It is the highest-grossing fighting game media franchise of all time at US$12.2 billion, including 500,000 arcade units.[citation needed]