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Maximum magazine reviewed the arcade game, calling it "Capcom's best fighting game to date" and scoring it 5 out of 5 stars.
Though EGM never reviewed the PlayStation version of Alpha 2, in an overview of fighting games released in 1996, Sushi-X commented, "Both the Saturn and PlayStation versions are great, but the Saturn version has a few advantages", citing frames of animation that were missing from the PlayStation version and the Saturn-exclusive illustrations mode.
IGN ranked the game 96th on their list of the "Top 100 SNES Games of All Time", saying it pushed the limits of the SNES and had to make some compromises, and concluded: "But it's hard to fault the effort, and that's why it deserves this rank and recognition.
In 2018, Complex listed the game 71st in their list of "The Best Super Nintendo Games of All Time", saying that it had loading times before the fights and graphics that were not as good as on the other ports, but stating that "Nonetheless, the gameplay was still on point, and the bells and whistles were pretty amazing for an SNES game.
According to Capcom senior planner Shinji Mikami, "When we were trying to get the balance of Alpha 2 right we only concentrated on Alpha 2.
Street Fighter Alpha 2 was first unveiled at the February 1996 AOU show in Tokyo.
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