Hadouken to Hollywood: The Street Fighter Screen Legacy

A timeline of Street Fighter's uneven journey from arcade phenomenon to screen franchise, from the 1994 Jean-Claude Van Damme film and its intentionally campy reputation through animated series, the 2009 Chun-Li reboot, web adaptations, and the franchise's latest theatrical return. The throughline is the long argument over whether video-game movies should be sincere, silly, or something in between. This timeline was generated automatically by TimeStrands AI from Wikipedia research. Facts are sourced; framing may be imperfect.