Series poster boy Ryu, for instance, is almost entirely motivated by a personal struggle that has nothing at all to do with Shadaloo. Though while the fight with Shadaloo and those that make up the organization serves as the central conflict for the series, and while the paths of most, if not all the major characters do tend to cross with the fight with Shadaloo, it is not the driving force of every single character's story. The main conflict of the series centers around the battle with the villainous crime organization Shadaloo, headed by the equally villainous eco-terrorist (not kidding) M. While there is a central conflict, several different things happen at once that have little, if nothing, to do with each other. While Street Fighter, at the outset, appears to be a little different from other fighting games, its plot is actually quite complex. Thankfully that may not be as difficult to find as some may believe. The only things that are needed are a team, a producer, or, ideally director who understands the material. Perhaps it is because of these failed attempts that no one has dared to try again, which is a shame because the setting of Street Fighter has everything that is needed to make an action-packed and compelling live-action adaptation. Other attempts have been made since, such as 2009's Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li and the short-lived 2014 British web series Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist, but neither were particularly noteworthy, especially since Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li is not only universally hated by fans, but is almost universally regarded as one of the worst movies of all time.
Despite this, the series has never seen a successful live-action adaptation, and no worthwhile attempt has been made to make one after the disastrous 1994 attempt starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia. Street Fighter is a series of fighting games that have been around since 1987, even longer than its contemporaries like Mortal Kombat, whose first release was in 1992, and Tekken, whose first release was in 1994.