Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo – Cane and Rinse No.716

The Cane and Rinse videogame podcast

Cane and Rinse

Leisure, Video Games, Games, Hobbies

4.8 • 801 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2026

⏱️ 119 minutes

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Summary

Capcom mashed up two of its hit fighting franchises with chibi cuteness and block-slotting arcade action in 1996 with the release of Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (or X). Leon, Leah and returning guest Ben Cartlidge of One Credit Classics - along with input from the Cane and Rinse listeners - discover the joy of interlocking coloured gems and the resulting cacophony of crashing that ensues.

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0:00.0	I'm Hello everybody and welcome to the Canaan Rince podcast, Volume 15, issue 716.
0:32.9	Today we're going to talk about Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo.
0:37.8	Joining me, Leon Cox, in this issue, Leah Hey-Doo.
0:40.8	A lot of words and a title.
0:43.1	And Ben Cartledge.
0:44.5	I'm Akuma.
0:45.5	Also a master puzzler.
0:47.4	You are.
0:49.4	Master of many things.
0:51.6	Welcome back.
0:53.5	Say us, Super Puzzle Fighter 2X in Japan and Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo in the rest of the world
1:00.6	is a 2D versus arcade action style puzzler, developed and published by Capcom at the
1:08.1	arcades, released in, apparently landed in the arcades. Released in, apparently,
1:12.9	landed in European arcades first, May 29th,
1:16.6	1996.
1:18.4	I've never seen an arcade version of this game.
1:22.5	So, yeah, weird.
1:25.5	A couple of days later, it arrived in Japan, supposedly, and then the US units started showing up three weeks later in June 1996. So, yeah, around about 30 years ago.
1:39.7	Reviews are spread across all the various platforms that the games come out for. It sits on a Moby
1:45.8	games average of 78%, but it's worth noting that that comes slightly hit damaged by a, apparently
1:53.9	a very substandard Windows PC version from 1998, which drags the reviews down quite a bit so you can probably assume depending
2:06.0	of which version you play if you look back for example at the satin and playstation versions
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