“Super Street Fighter II: The Tournament Battle”, Original Japanese Capcom Arcade Poster 1993, Very Rare, B1 Size (72.8 × 103 cm) — 16-Fighter Tournament Line-Up Design

This is an original Japanese B1 arcade promotional poster issued in 1993 by Capcom for Super Street Fighter II: The Tournament Battle, the special tournament variant of Super Street Fighter II.

We regard this as a particularly interesting Street Fighter poster because it does not simply promote the standard Super Street Fighter II release. It represents Capcom’s dedicated tournament-format arcade system, designed around linked cabinet play and competitive elimination. In period terms, this places the poster directly within the early-1990s arcade boom, when Street Fighter II had already become one of the defining forces in competitive gaming culture.

This is the Japanese arcade display design for one of the most distinctive Street Fighter II variants of the period. The Tournament Battle was an exclusive 8-player single-elimination version of Super Street Fighter II, requiring multiple cabinets to be linked together and set to tournament mode. For collectors, that gives this poster special historical interest: it is not only a Street Fighter II promotional piece, but a surviving document of Capcom’s early arcade tournament infrastructure.

About the release

Released in 1993, Super Street Fighter II was Capcom’s major update to the Street Fighter II line, introducing refreshed graphics and four new fighters: Cammy, Dee Jay, Fei Long, and T. Hawk.

By this point, Street Fighter II had already transformed the arcade landscape and effectively defined the modern fighting-game genre. Seen in that context, The Tournament Battle was a natural extension of the competitive Street Fighter phenomenon: a version built specifically around multi-player arcade competition and structured tournament play.

Poster design

The design is all about scale and ensemble impact. The full 16-fighter cast is gathered in a dense upward-looking composition beneath the CAPCOM logo, with Ryu anchoring the foreground and the other combatants pressing in around him.

The pale background, faint curved THE TOURNAMENT BATTLE lettering, and large SUPER / Street Fighter II logo keep the sheet visually clean despite the crowded cast. Along the bottom, the strip of national flags and character names gives the poster the feel of a formal championship roster.

It is a bold, image-led arcade design with excellent wall presence, especially in the large B1 format.

Condition

Very Good. Please review the photos—they show the exact poster for sale.

A genuine large-format arcade example with visible age and storage wear. The display side remains very attractive overall, with strong colour and clean character artwork. There is scattered foxing / age speckling across the lower white field, especially around the faint yellow BATTLE background lettering and the bottom portion of the sheet.

The poster remains a very striking display piece once framed, as the main image area remains bold, colourful, and highly presentable. The round magnets visible in the photos were used only to hold the poster flat for photography and are not part of the poster.

Authenticity

This is an original 1993 Japanese Capcom arcade promotional poster. It is not a reproduction or modern reprint.

It is over 32 years old.

Certificate of Authenticity included.