Who doesn’t get all nostalgic remembering the afternoons (that turned into late nights) spent playing Street Fighter II at home until your thumbs hurt? Recently we came across a fantastic group of cosplayers that almost made us forget that 1994 Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle and remember what made Street Fighter such a great game with so many iconic characters, such as Chun-Li, Guile and Vega.
Click below to see 15 of the best Street Fighter cosplayers out there as well as some very creative gender-swaps from the classic video game!
These cosplayers are among some of the dedicated we’ve seen (and that also care a little more about detail) and their hard work is unmistakable as they breathe life into these Street Fighter legends. Take a look at these 15 cosplayers below and maybe put on someclassic video game music to heighten the experience.
1. First up is a very spooky Dhalsim as photographed by Paolo Marco Manalc
Image: Deviant Art (big-pao)
2. Next is Japanese schoolgirl Sakura Kasugano played by cosplayer Sarah Fong
Image: Facebook (Sarah Fong)
3. Miss Gidget shows us Chun-Li’s other costume from Street Fighter IV
Image: Facebook (Miss Gidget)
4. Sagat gets a little gender-bent and a very threatening makeover from Miss Sinister
Image: Facebook (Miss Sinister Cosplay)
5. A Spanish cosplayer known as Ivy gets creative and mashes up the terrifying M. Bison with Cammy White
Image: Facebook (Ivy Cosplay)
6. A pretty flawless Vega/Balrog captures our hearts and reminds us to do some ab crunches
Image: Deviant Art (adambomb7)
7. While Nadya Sonika plays a gender-swapped Vega that sweeps us off our feet
Image: Nadya Sonika
8. This cosplayer from the Dominican Republic shows off an impressive Ibuki
Image: Facebook (Caroline Angulo Cosplay)
9. Miss Gidget teams up with another cosplayer to recreate Chun-Li throwing Ryu a meankikoken projectile
Image: Facebook (Miss Gidget)
10. And here’s Italian cosplay enthusiast Leon Chiro as Fei Long
Image: Deviant Art (LeonChiroCosplayArt)
11. We wouldn’t mess with the Ikuy’s very leggy Cammy White
Image: Facebook (Ikuy Cosplay)
12. We could swear this Brazilian cosplayer is the spitting image of American military man Guile
Image: Deviant Art (Joe-Zuko)
13. Crimson Viper as portrayed by Kitsune Kid
Image: Facebook (Kitsune Kid)
14. The cosplayer known as Nethicite shows off Poison in all of her 1980s glam
Image: Facebook (Nethicite Cosplay)
15. Juri Han, Street Fighter’s first Korean character, is brought to life by Artemis Effects
Image: Facebook (Artemis Effects)
“Impressive” doesn’t even come close.