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Electronic Gaming Monthly #33 & #93

Issue #33 (April 1992) of Electronic Gaming Monthly featured the infamous Sheng Long April Fool's Day prank. Sheng Long either uses Ryu or Ken's sprites as a base.

As you can see, Sheng Long's Shoryuken is engulfed in a transparent flame. A similar effect was later used by Capcom for Ken's fierce Shoryuken in Super Street Fighter II∶ The New Challengers. This has become a staple of Ken's in-game persona ever since.

With the release of Street Fighter III∶ New Generation, EGM would bring back the Sheng Long for their 1997's April Fool's Day issue.

Like the SF II prank, this version of Sheng Long uses Ryu or Ken's sprites as a base. The faux Street Fighter's characters sprites and the artwork used for his versus screen bust were crafted by EGM editor Mike Vallas.