Win Quote

A win quote is a feature in fighting games that lets the victorious player give a message to their defeated opponent after the fight. In Street Fighter II which allows the victorious player to talk to their defeated opponent left bloody and bruised. While some quotes are mean talking, some quotes may mention other people alike Sheng Long from Ryu misquoted, "You must defeat Sheng Long to stand a chance".

Win quotes are in all versions of Street Fighter and also seen in Street Fighter Alpha 2. Alpha 2 though, does not show the losing fighter's hurt face. The message is stored in a pink box when the player is victorious.

Each character has a certain quote (only one) when they win two rounds of the fight. Win Quotes are supposed to lead to a Game Over if the player is defeated.

In Games.
In the Street Fighter series there is always a quote after a battle. In the very first game Ryu and Ken Masters never said anything but their opponents would all say the same thing. "Well done, but do not forget there are fighters like you all over the world."

Starting in the Street Fighter II Series actual winquotes debuted. Both in the "II" and "Alpha" series characters has universal win quotes like ken's "Come at me if you dare, I will crush you". This did lead to some questionable winquotes such as Guile's "Are you man enough to fight with me?" when he was against Chun-Li.

Starting in Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact, Characters would start adopting character specific win quotes that would not only fit their character, but their opinion on the defeated opponent. Examples include Ibuki commenting on Elena's long legs or Ken telling Sean "You must defeat Ryu to stand a chance". These character specific quotes would revert back to their universal win quote system in Street Fighter III: Third Strike, albeit with more variety than the II and Alpha series.

Starting from Street Fighter IV onward each character would get both universal win quotes and character specific ones. Universal win quotes usually consist of the character mentioning their own power (M. Bison talking about Psycho Power) or their opinion of their defeated opponent. Characters like Necalli and Oni even get a unique animation when they defeat their opponent before their quote appears on screen.

Trivia

 * Losing to the final boss in Street Fighter II does not result in a quote or game over, instead it shows the bad ending.
 * The original Street Fighter was the only game to feature characters that has spoken win-quotes.