Fighting Shin Akuma in SFA2

Classic Fighting Games Street Fighter Alpha Anthology
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What are the exact requirements for fighting Shin Akuma in Street Fighter Alpha 2?

I know for certain that:

  • you cannot have lost a round when you reach the final boss
  • you need 3 perfects

I’ve tested it numerous times, but things like character’s colour, number of super finishes has no effect whatsoever on fighting Shin Akuma. Can someone verify this for me?

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Actually, upon more investigation, the character’s colour does make a difference. If you’re player 1, you need to have selected your character using one of the punch buttons for Shin Akuma to appear (i.e. 1 punch, 2 punches, punch + auto). If you’re player 2, you need to have selected your character using one of the kick buttons (i.e. 1 kick, 2 kicks, kick + auto).

So that means the exact requirements are:

  • you cannot have lost a round when you reach the final boss
  • you need 3 perfects
  • punch colour for P1, kick colour for P2

Number of super finishes has NO effect. Can someone verify this?

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what version of A2 are you playing? Im assuming Anthology. If you want to take the skill less slacker’s way of fighting him, (this is for the gold version, dunno if it works in O. A2.) Highlight “Arcade mode” in the mode select, hold MP+MK, and then press start to select the mode. Your first fight will be against Shin Akuma. Of course, it’s not as fulfilling as getting there yourself.

From what I know, Super finishes dont play a part like In CvS2.

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this is what I normally do if I want to fight him in arcade mode:

The P1 must use the P1 color (original color), and if you are playing on the 2Pside you must use 2P color (secondary color). And then you must:

Get to the end boss without losing a round.
Get 3 Perfects.
Get 5 Super Finishes or Custom Finishes.

and here is a small video of how you can beat CPU Shin Akuma (level 8) in Alpha 2:

http://www.akumacombos.com/SFA2.zip

have fun with A2 (great game) :wgrin: