In terms of value, not all gems are created equal. Some are technically ‘precious’, others aren’t. There is no universal grading system, there is no consistency. And if there is something the competitive fighting community values over everything — it is consistency.
At a tournament in 2004, facing near-certain defeat, Street Fighter player Daigo Umehara turned back a hurricane of an attack from another top player Justin Wong.
After Capcom released Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike near the turn of the century, the company pretty much got out of the Street Fighter business. The series faded away for a decade and fighting games, once a marquee attraction became a side show.
I Am 8-Bit started out as an art show about video games, but that doesn’t mean I Am 8-Bit is only an art show. It’s more, far more.
Whether it was the local arcades or the family living room, there have been players—not all—who have thrown down extra scratch to see if being good pays off in more than bragging rights.
At Evo 2009, Capcom community-mans Seth Killian gets cornered about the final undiscovered secret in Mega Man 9 but vows it does indeed exist, and that it is still out there.
