Street Fighter EX2 [Arcade] - play as CPU Kairi

This is a playthrough using CPU Kairi in the Arcade game Street Fighter EX2. Read on below for more information...

CPU Kairi is a hidden opponent who can be fought against when certain conditions have been met during single-player mode. This version of him is an unplayable character.

===== KAIRI'S STORY =====

Kairi was born to the main house of the Mizukami family, and is the older brother of Hokuto and Nanase. Trained in his family's traditional martial arts, he lost his memories when he fought his own father in a fight to the death. As a result, he spent several years wandering around the world and fighting for no reason.

The only thing that does remain in his memory are the words "you must challenge your limits". These words led Kairi into thinking that the only way to recover his memories was to follow the way of the Shura and fight, replacing his lost memories with the nature of a demon.

As he continued fighting, eventually Kairi fought his younger sister Hokuto in a fight to the death on several occasions. Nanase, the youngest of the siblings, tried to stop them but it was always an unavoidable fate for Kairi and Hokuto.

===== ABOUT SFEX2 CPU KAIRI =====

This is the CPU version of him whom you fight against if certain conditions are met in single-player mode. In the game's data, he is a completely different and separate character to the player Kairi.

There are some differences between him and player Kairi, as follows:

1) CPU Kairi has the pre-fight intro (usually seen when you fight him) whenever he is CPU-controlled. If a human player selects CPU Shadow, you do not get the intro.

2) CPU Kairi recovers slightly faster when he lands from performing his Dragon Punch.

3) CPU Kairi recovers slightly faster after he throws his Fireball.

There are possibly other differences such as his damage infliction and receive values, but I cannot confirm this.

===== ADDITIONAL INFORMATION =====

---- Despite being a separate character in the game's data, he is programmed in a way where if CPU Kairi is already selected by a player, and the other player selects Player Kairi with the same button, it will register Player Kairi with an alternative colour palette. This is required because a human player can choose Player Kairi and meet CPU Kairi in the hidden fight in single-player mode.

---- As CPU Kairi is always used as the hidden opponent, it means that Player Kairi never appears as a CPU opponent.

---- The only instances where a CPU-controlled Player Kairi appears is in the game's intro and in the demo fights.

===== ABOUT SFEX2 =====

The game improves on it's prequel (SFEX+) by offering much better visuals and aesthetics, as well as introducing two new gameplay features in the form of the Excel Combo and Cancel Break. The Excel Combo works similarly to SFA3's V-ISM custom combos, and is the primary new feature of the game.