List of street fighter rival battles

This is a list of rival battles seen in the *Street Fighter* games.

## *Street Fighter Alpha*

In the original *Street Fighter Alpha*, the final boss will be different depending on which character is being used, though most of them fight M. Bison as their last opponent.

## *Street Fighter Alpha 2*

In *Street Fighter Alpha 2*, in addition to the final boss, there is also a mid-boss that can be fought under certain requirements.

### original

**Notes:**

* Evil Ryu and Shin Akuma fight the same opponents as their normal counterparts.
* Shin Akuma is not playable in the arcade version, but he can be selected in the console versions.
* Cammy is only playable in Arcade Mode in the *Street Fighter Alpha Anthology* version of *Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold*.

## *Street Fighter Alpha 3*

In *Street Fighter Alpha 3*, the fifth and ninth battles are character specific, but the final battle will always be against Final Bison (unless the player is using Bison himself or Evil Ryu). Some characters will also fight Balrog or Juli and Juni before facing Bison.

**Notes:**

* In the arcade version, Balrog, Juli and Juni share the same opponents as Bison (Akuma, Sagat and Ryu), even sharing the same dialogue and ending. They were given unique battles and endings in the console and handheld versions.
* Fei Long, T. Hawk, Dee Jay, Guile, Evil Ryu and Shin Akuma first appear in the console versions.
* Shin Akuma fights the same opponents as his normal counterpart, and so does Final Bison.
* Eagle, Maki and Yun first appear in the GBA version, but they weren't given their own story until the PSP version.
	+ In addition, Maki's fight with Sakura would be called back to in the "Sakura Ganbaru!" manga, which would come out one year after the PSP version.
* Ingrid only appears in the PSP version, although her story didn't get too much positive reception due to a mistranslation involving M. Bison's Psycho Power.
* Evil Ryu is the only character in the game that doesn't have Final Bison as his final opponent.

## *Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact*

Much like in *Street Fighter Alpha 2*, every character has a secret mid-boss. Gill is usually the final boss, but some characters fight him as the second-to-last opponent and have a final boss of their own. If certain conditions are met, every character will fight Akuma as the final boss, who appears by performing Shun Goku Satsu against Gill or the rival. In addition, if Akuma is beaten with a Super Move during one of the rounds against him, he will come back as Shin Akuma.

**Notes:**

* Shin Akuma fights the same opponents as regular Akuma.

## *Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike*

The ninth opponent is character specific. The final boss is always Gill, unless the player uses Gill himself, in which case the final boss will be Alex.

**Notes:**

* There will be a special conversation before the rival battle. Yun, Urien and Gill do not have a conversation with their rivals, having one with their final bosses instead. Akuma and Q however, do not have a special conversation before both their rivals or final boss.
* Gill is only playable in the console versions, and his final boss is Alex.

## *Street Fighter IV* series

Rivals are fought after defeating six opponents, before the battle with Seth. For characters with two rivals, the player can choose which one they want to fight by holding all three punch or kick buttons when the "Fight Your Rival" message appears. If the player do not press any buttons it will default to the 2P character.

Ryu is the most common rival battle, serving as this for 20% of the characters in both *Street Fighter IV* (5 out of 25) and *Super Street Fighter IV* (7 out of 35), and 20.5% of the characters in *Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition* (8 out of 39).

### Unused data

Ultra Combo videos indicate several characters would have been given second rivals in *Super Street Fighter IV*, but ended up keeping solely the same rival they had in *Street Fighter IV*, for unknown reasons.

* Ken's second rival would have been Sakura, similar to their battle in *Street Fighter Alpha 3*.
* E. Honda's second rival would have been Adon.
* Blanka's second rival would have been Dan.
* Zangief's second rival would have been Hakan.
* Dhalsim's second rival would have been Hakan.
* Balrog's second rival would have been Cody.
* Vega's second rival would have been Cammy, similar to how Vega fought Cammy in *Street Fighter Alpha 3*.
* M. Bison's second rival would have been Cammy, similar to how M. Bison fought Cammy in *Street Fighter Alpha 3* as the final boss of Cammy's route.
* Rufus' second rival would have been Ryu.
* El Fuerte's second rival would have been Guy.
* Abel's second rival would have been Juri.
* Akuma's second rival would have been Gen, similar to their battle in *Street Fighter Alpha 3*.
* Gouken's second rival would have been Ken.
* Fei Long's second rival would have been Gen.
* Sakura's second rival would have been Cammy, referencing their friendship in the *Street Fighter Alpha* series manga "Sakura Ganbaru!".
* Rose's second rival would have been M. Bison, similar to their battles in the *Street Fighter Alpha* series.
* Gen's second rival would have been Guy, similar to how Guy fought Gen in *Street Fighter Alpha 3*.
* Dan's second rival would have been Sagat, similar to their battles in *Street Fighter Alpha 2* & *3*.

**Notes:**

* Cody's rival was originally Chun-Li. [*citation needed*]
* Evil Ryu was planned to have a Rival cutscene (VS Gouken) like many other characters, but it was cut for time. The dialogue, however, has since managed to be salvaged on YouTube as of July 2013 by a fan by the name of p3t0p8 (completed by their own animation).

## *Street Fighter X Tekken*

When using an official team in Arcade Mode, the sixth fight will be against a rival team. Single characters can have anyone as their partner. Akuma and Ogre have their rival battle as their final boss battle. In the PlayStation 3 version either Megaman or Pac-Man (alone) could be faced depending on which franchise the point character of the team is from.

### original

**Notes:**

* Despite being boss counterparts, M. Bison and Juri do not fight Jin and Xiaoyu and vice-versa. So they won't be rival team against anyone in sixth fight.
* Mega Man and Pac-Man are only in the PS3 and PS Vita versions. There are, however, unofficial ways to use them on the PC version.
* Cole, Toro and Kuro are not playable in Arcade Mode. They are usable in the PC version by means of unofficial modifications.

## street fighter V

### mario kart 7

#### standard

 cdog, ddog and fdog
 batman

#### zombie/dread saga

 batman
 superman