I thought it might be worth mentioning another point to bare in mind: It's widely known that Capcom originally developed the Street Fighter series for the American consumer market, not the Japanese consumer market. SF2 was not expected to take off as well as it did in Japan. The idea was that Japanese players preferred long involved role playing adventures, while Americans were more interested in bashing each other's heads in. The first Street Fighter sold better in the US than in Japan, so the sequel was aimed at the US market above all else. It's not inconceivable that they tweaked the US version first until they ironed out the kinks, and then proceeded to make a Japanese revision afterward. I'm not saying I know that they did for a fact, I'm just saying that just because Capcom is a Japanese company, and just because the Street Fighter series gained popularity in Japan, doesn't mean you can assume there should be an earlier Japanese revision.
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