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Nostalgia can be a powerful force. I should know. I just hooked my up old, dusty NES over the weekend and played Bubble Bobble with my cousin until we both had neck cramps, watery eyes, and a condition that I believe was aptly dubbed “Nintendo thumb.” This was done in a fit of what can only be described as mild insanity. Only the sight of the sun rising in the distant horizon (and perhaps the fact that our motor skills were quickly deteriorating) was enough to force us to go to bed. Naturally, we picked up where we left off as soon as we woke up and beat the game! It was, sadly, über gratifying. I believe we even high-fived one another ... more than once. Yeah. We were feeling pretty damn good about ourselves.

In light of this, you could imagine my excitement when I came across the following comedy shorts on CHTV: CollegeHumor Original Videos. No, it’s not Bubble Bobble, but jump forward about a decade to heyday of the fighting genre in video games. How many hundreds of quarters did you go through trying to beat Street Fighter II? Will the words “Hadouken” and “Yoga Fire” hold a special place in your heart forever? And did you ever wonder what the next iteration of Street Fighter would look like?

Well now you can. We have Street Fighter: The Later Years – Part 1 , Part 2 and Part 3 .

It’s live-action! Or “action” is probably more like it. But don’t worry because it’s nothing like that Jean-Claude Van Damme movie – a sad moment in Street Fighter history. Think of it more as a light-hearted look at the popular franchise á la “Where Are They Now?” meets bad reality TV. Well, except that it’s really neither. Just watch it. If you were ever a fan, you’ll have a good chuckle at the very least.