Oh Street Fighter, how could you possibly be in this section of bad advertising? This was the biggest game of the 1990s; it single-handedly created a brand new genre of games that is still alive and (for the most part) well. But this advertisement doesn't help its cause, it's truly a terrible advert and I'm ready to back it up. You know it's bad when the company decides to go with the lame "American" artwork, the kind that makes all of the characters look even sillier than they do in the game.

But forget that horrible "realistic" artwork; this advertisement is bad because it makes no sense. "Now Genesis Players Can Kick Some (Blank)," it reads. I guess they are looking for us to fill in the blank, but what bad word is 17 letters long?? I counted 17 little dashes where you fill in the blank, 17!! Even the foulest words are only 13 letters long, and that's including a hyphen! What word could they possibly want us to spell??

And while I'm tearing it apart, is it just me or does the name Special Champion Edition make it sound like it's a little handicapped? The Super NES got Turbo Champion Edition, but the Genesis gets "Special"? This isn't a Johnny Knoxville movie, this is Street Fighter II, one of the biggest selling games of the 1990s, give it a little more respect!

FROM: You Bet Your Bad Advertising