Alternate way to unlock art gallery
To unlock the art gallery without beating the game on the highest difficulty just get 8000 VS points. The art gallery contains 3 pictures for every character and a few random pictures.

Quicker way to unlock Survival mode...
To unlock Survival mode quicker when you first turn on the GBA and see the CAPCOM logo quickly press
UP,DOWN,LEFT,RIGHT,LEFT,DOWN,UP, B, A, START.

Easy special moves:
While fighting in a single player battle, press Select. This will allows you to pull off special moves with easy movements. For example, as Ryu press Forward + Punch for the Fireball, and the Fireball move now does the Dragon punch. This makes the game much easier to play with the small D-pad.

Alternate costume:
Highlight a fighter at the character selection screen, then press B or R. In the Japanese version of the game, highlight a fighter at the character selection screen, then press A + B.

In game-reset:
Press Select + Start during gane game play select for options to continue, change the button codes, or exit the fight.

Akuma (Gouki):
Accumulate 5000 vs. points.

Super Akuma (Shin Gouki):
Accumulate 9999 vs. points.

Secret modes:
Play single player mode to unlock secret modes such as survival and time attack.

Survival Mode
To unlock Survival Mode a mode in which you can try the barrel stage and the ''car beat up stage'' as much as you want, you have to complete the game once. (Note this may be called something else in the North American Version)

Time attack
To access the time attack, simply obtain around 500-1000 VS points, or beat the game twice

Gallery mode:
Accumulate 8000 vs. points. Alternately, successfully complete the game under skill setting 8 without using any continues. Press R at the main menu to view character art in the gallery.

Akuma: Moves:

Fireball: Down, Down/Forward, Forward + Punch; can be done in air.
Fireball (easy): Forward + Punch; can be done in air.
Dragon Punch: Forward, Down, Down/Forward + Punch.
Dragon Punch (easy): Down + Punch.
Hurricane Kick: Down, Down/Back, Back + Kick; can be done in air.
Hurricane Kick (easy): Back + Kick; can be done in air.
Raging Demon: Back, Forward, Down/Back or Forward, Down, A + B.
Raging Demon (easy): Press A + B.
Shakunetsu Hadoken: Back, Down/Back, Down, Down/Forward, Forward + Punch.
Shakunetsu Hadoken (easy): B + Punch.
Shinku Hadoken: Down, Down/Forward, Forward, Down, Down/Forward, Forward + Punch.
Shinku Hadoken (easy): A + B.
Warp: Back or Forward + A + B.

Super Akuma: Moves:
Fireball: Down, Down/Forward, Forward + Punch (two times in air).
Fireball (easy): Forward + Punch; can be done in air.
Dragon Punch: Forward, Down, Down/Forward + Punch.
Dragon Punch (easy): Down + Punch.
Hurricane Kick: Down, Down/Back, Back + Kick; can be done in air
Hurricane Kick (easy): Back + Kick; can be done in air.
Shakunetsu Hadoken: Back, Down/Back, Down, Down/Forward, Forward + Punch (three times with Heavy Punch).
Shakunetsu Hadoken (easy): B + Punch.
Shinku Hadoken: Down, Down/Forward, Forward, Down, Down/Forward, Forward + Punch.
Shinku Hadoken (easy): A + B.


Select Your Color
There are nine colors in this game for every character, which include nearly every color in the Street Fighter II series.

A: Default color, corresponds to the classic Street Fighter II color or Super Street Fighter II Jab
L: Alternate color, Champion Edition, SSF2 Strong
R: Turbo, SSF2 Fierce
B: SSF2 Short
Select + A: SSF2 Forward
Select + L: SSF2 Roundhouse
Select + R: SSF2 Start
Select + B: SSF2 Secret, also the color you get if you hold down any other button for a few seconds
Start: Super Turbo Jab color

Even Akuma and Shin Akuma have all nine colors, which means they have new colors in this version not in the arcade original