Attract Mode



An Attract Mode is an asthetic feature in Street Fighter games

Description
Attract modes were created in the arcade era of Street Fighter as a means to (as the name states) attract passerbys and get them to play said game. In the arcade games, Cross Overs such as Marvel Vs Capcom and Street Fighter X Tekken also tend to have these features. Attract modes can have the following features Home console versions also tend to have attract modes despite not taking quarters. In these cases sometimes (but not always) extra information is provided. In the Street Fighter II games for 16 bit consoles for example, the attract mode alternates between giving additional information of a character such as height and weight.
 * The game introduction
 * A main title screen stating the name of the game as well as other information (such as copyright)
 * Music intended to be associated with the game or the series.
 * 2 characters fighting to show off gameplay.

Trivia

 * Chun-Li has always had her weight shrouded in mystery in informational attract mode sequences, usually listed her weight as "???" or "Secret". This is also a recurring gag in the games, as characters such as Jack X in Street Figther X Tekken starts listing information about Chun-Li and the text ends after he says "weight" (similarly to his Win Quote against Poison how his text ends after saying "Gender"). This running gag probably comes from the sayng that "you never ask a woman her weight" that was at its height when the Street Figther CPS 1 games were released. Interestingly this has only applied to Chun-Li and no other character after her, including other females.