This is a play-through using Akuma in the Arcade version of Super Street Fighter II X: Grand Master Challenge. Read on below for more information...

Akuma is a hidden final boss in this game. A slightly weaker version of him is available as a hidden playable character.

NOTE: 3 Continues used, 1 on purpose and 2 naturally. Most continues cut out to save time and to keep video file size low.

===== HOW TO SELECT GOUKI =====

On the character select screen, do the following:

1) Highlight Ryu and wait for around 3 seconds
2) Highlight T.Hawk and wait for around 3 seconds
3) Highlight Guile and wait for around 3 seconds
4) Highlight Cammy and wait for around 3 seconds
5) Highlight Ryu or Ken and wait for around 3 seconds
6) Now press START and immediately follow by pressing all 3 Punch buttons together

If you've done it correctly, Akuma will replace Ryu's portrait.

===== MOVES =====
Key: QCF = Quarter Circle Forward; QCB = Quarter Circle Back; DP = Dragon Punch motion; RDP = Reverse Dragon Punch motion

THROWS
-- Shoulder Throw: when close, F + MP/HP or B + MP/HP
-- Circle Throw: when close, F + MK/HK or B + MK/HK

SPECIAL MOVES
-- Fireball: QCF + P
-- Air Fireball: in the air, QCF + P
-- Flaming Fireball: HCF + P
-- Hurricane Kick: QCB + K
-- Air Hurricane Kick: in the air, QCB + K
-- Dragon Punch: DP + P
-- Teleport: DP or RDP + 3P or 3K

===== ABOUT AKUMA =====

SSFIIX is of course, the game of Akuma's debut... also technically chronologically, the Arcade version of SSFIIX is his literal first ever appearance in the franchise. After all those Sheng Long rumors, jokes and April fools, Capcom got inspired by it and decided to implement Gouki/Akuma as a hidden boss fight for SSFIIX, as well as making him a playable character via a hidden command. I am sure that the popularity of the hidden characters in Mortal Kombat 2 at the time also played a part in the inspiration too.

Despite being pretty much a head-swap clone of Ryu, he was considered to be a completely new character for the series anyway. Having a new character in the game was also important because it meant that there was something new to draw fans in, seeing as it was coming off the prequel SSFII, which had the exact same cast/roster.

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

---- On the character select, versus, result and continue screens, his portrait image is just a black silhouette.

---- On the result screen, even as the loser, his portrait is still the same one used in the other screens.

---- On the Continue screen, he is the only character in the game with no animation of his portrait image.

---- On the Continue screen if you press Start to continue, he has no voice. He does have the gleam though.

---- Being a hidden final boss, he'll appear as the 12th opponent and replace M.Bison if the player plays through single-player and meets certain conditions.

---- Being a possible boss character in single-player mode, you get to have a mirror match against him if you select him as your character to play as.

---- When the CPU is in control of him, he is able to throw Double Air Fireballs, something the player version can never do.

---- When the CPU is controlling him, he is basically "Shin Akuma", indicated by the Double Air Fireballs.

---- He is of course, a head-swap of Ryu for the most part.

---- He does not have his own voice. Instead, he uses a mixture of the other character's voices.

---- On the character select screen, his portrait is a black silhouette and he does not have a name.

---- In-fight, his icon image is simply a black square.

---- He does not have a Super Combo.

---- The CPU version of SSFIIX Akuma also has some other differences from the player version, mainly in damage infliction, hitboxes/priority, and invincibility frames. (thanks to felineki for this information)

---- In the Japanese version of the game, he has dialogues/quotes in his winning screens, pre-fight cutscenes and endings.

---- He has a special ending for when he defeats CPU Akuma at the end in single-player mode.

---- He is disallowed in tournaments.

---- The CPU difficulty is far easier in the Japanese version of the game (SSFIIX) than the Western version of it (SSF2T).

---- He is known as Gouki in Japan.

===== CHAPTERS =====

00:00 - Intro, Title, Character Select
00:56 - Regular fights
06:09 - Lose, Result, Continue, Character Select
06:43 - Regular fights
16:48 - vs. Balrog (1st boss)
18:34 - vs. Vega (2nd boss)
19:59 - vs. Sagat (3rd boss)
21:28 - vs. M.Bison (4th and final boss)
22:35 - Akuma regular ending
22:44 - BONUS: Mirror match against CPU Akuma and the special ending
25:04 - Special credits/staff

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