Plushy Animals

A strange little side quest

Grombi trivia break for Plushy Animals: Space Invaders, released in 1978, helped push video games into mainstream popular culture. The timeline takes another interesting turn: Street Fighter II, released in 1991, turned head-to-head arcade fighting into a worldwide phenomenon and helped define the modern fighting-game genre. That history is one reason familiar mechanics can still feel new when they are recombined well.