Damn this game is looking real good. Much love for Chun-Li and her Kikouken (sp?) pose. Dhalsims Yoga flame expression is looking good too. xD

Dudemeister

I really need to see a video for this because right now I'm totally not jazzed about this title.

It doesn't look quite so awesome in stills, but it seems like it could be amazing in action. Bah! Damn you Capcooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom-PUNNNN!

-CH.

MIKEAWESOME

I think the art is following right on the footsteps of a lot of the character art seen in books like Eternal Challenge. Great stuff.

Also, to anyone complaining about the faces... Have you people ever seen someone's face while in a fight? I mean, come on.

Moonchilde

Words cant explain my excitement for this release.

yashichi8bit

i'm really excited for this... BUT it's kinda like street fighter 2 hyperfighting super turbo 3D.
i would like a couple of surprises, but i know it's kinda hard to balance new stuff, and sticking to what made you big...

yuoma

Chun Li has some massive hands.
I am excited for the game; the art style has grown on me. Also, does anyone know if the view will change dramatically while fighting? In the gameplay videos, it shows the camera zooming in on Ryu's face while he uses a hadoken and when Ken pulls of the three kick throw. The Dhalism pictures have the camera focusing on him too. Is that just for show right now or will they have camera switching during battles?

drweazel

Everything looks great except for the HUD. It's just looking a little rushed at this point. Hopefully they just haven't "designed" it yet.

Robotube

I hope this game gets a ton of hype and does really well. Because that way when I return it, inevitably disappointed that it still looks like shit, I still can get close to retail for the trade.

akzidenzgrotesk

OK...now we're talking. These at least look tons better than the previous images, but I'm still not liking all the primary colors.

ProdigalMoon

EHonda, Blank, Zangief look the best out of all the characters in terms accurate depiction of the original style and visual asetetic.

Worst facials award goes to Ryu.

Chun Li is pretty good too.. but the thighs... ugh..

Starplate

Eww Chun-Li has a package.

aphex242

that kitty needs to be smaller it's too fat makes her look like she has a larger package than the dudes

demonwolf

I think this art style is siiiiccckkkk!
They did great with the facial and muscle animations.
I just hope by summer they have plenty of time to make a lot of arenas and characters! Then in the future add new characters and shit through DLC!

ShareYourTreats

@Cpryd001:

I agree, this looks more like a 3D HD remake of SF2 than SF4. And they are already doing an SSFII Turbo HD Remix so this is confusing...

TheShape

I can't help but feel like this is desperately in search of a style. It seems to be hovering somewhere around Everquest 2 in terms of a rote translation of 2D to 3D. The graphics in SF2 were nothing to write home about (especially compared to the much more artistically interesting SNK brawlers). To see them translated so literally into 3D really seems like a wasted opportunity.

The original trailer in black-and-white with shocks of red was stunning. Why they ventured back to this non-style is a mystery to me. I hope that polish and filters proves me wrong.

seishino

freakin' sweet I hope it plays as good as the original SF2 did in it's day.

Seiven

I am sorry maybe I am to old now to like the new wave of 3d stuff but this game looks horrible to me. I feel like capcom copped out on the hi res 2d style for this. But I guess it will be popular with the new gamers today.

zsavior

all i can really say is WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
yay

batstimpy

Wow, I never really digged SF I was always a Tekken freak but this looks really interesting to me. The 'horrible' exagerated faces I actually like as its different - the whole visual style is very cool...

TurtleSoup

*plays Street Fighter III on his PS2*
me hoping IV is as good as III.
I think Chun-Li's thighs have gotten bigger.
And the Old Schoolers are back.
It doesn't look as pretty as III though.
So far at least..
I'm sure i'll be changing my mind after a while..
but right now..
i'm still waiting to play this.

evilralphwiggum

A) I can't wait to get my hands on Chun Li, big hands or not.
B) Dhalsims Yoga Fire face is priceless.
C) If the camera does that, it better be a little harder to pull of Hadoukens

DexterO

Looks super awesome!

RedFive

Blanka needs fangs!! Where are his pointy teeth? How will we be able to yell "Blanka!! No!! Not the head bite!!" without his fangs?

HighlanderWolf

"Is it Poison in disguise?"
...
I know nuuuuuthing....

Poison

@Bando:

Eh? I'm saying that it's nice- It's starting to look good now (still gotta fix them damn facial expressions though).

Futuresex

Meh, the graphics aren't anything to write home about. Looks like PowerStone 3. Their eyes look like they are going to pop out of their heads.

daschupa

Amazing they've done it!! by any chance would akuma be there? cous that would just make the game over the top!!!

Gbirrueta

@dirkxxdiggler: agreed!! When i first played SFII:Turbo I thought she was hot...I't look's like she went on a fastfood diet since then....

Sinnbox

Now they can work on Powerstone 3(in muy dreams...)

Sinnbox

Ok, am I the only one who looked at Chun Li and said WTF?! Honestly, this game looks incredible, but they went overboard with her this time. She needs the Atkins diet asap!

dirkxxdiggler

Sorry, it reminds me too much of Mortal Kombat 4.

cheeses

@Yossarian:
"and [Capcom] can't do proper 3D character detail."
...Resident Evil... ?

Also, Taki of the Soul series seems to suffer from the same bulging camel toe as Chun-Li. Perhaps it comes from all the jumping around and kicking these girls do?

Maybe a gargantuan crotch on a woman is thought of as sexy in some Eastern cultures? Any Japaneses persons want to clarify?

Cole

I was worried for a minute but this is looking good. Plus, I like Chun-Li.

Sintariot

@slacker164:
I wasn't refering to so much to the size but the way they defined the muscles and the fact that the brown stockings literally make it look like she has horse legs.

Seriously, look at this picture and cover over the front half of her.
[kotaku.com]

Darkest Daze

So...

How long after SFIV's launch will it take for the first E. Honda uptowel videos to start appearing on YouTube?

Intellectualdiot

guile is truly the American Buffness, you see that picture with his sonic boom about to hit Ryu's hadoken? He's gonna walk across right afterwards and do a suplex followed by an upsidedown roundhouse on wakeup

ChrisLionheart

The aura effects are very cool. I'd like to see what two projectiles colliding look like.

Eagle Epsilon [ZTF]

Lookin' good.

Gouki4u

@Cpryd001: I'm actually very happy they decided to take this route. SF in full 3D doesn't work. Also, I just hate full 3D fighters.

Nex Antonius

Not a fan of Chun Li ATM, but maybe she'll look less like Zangief in motion...

TheCleaningGuy: is Maximum Risky

Game is looking very good, I love Chun-li thick thigh style and Crimson Viper looks good also. Now they need to release more of these characters in action.

WolfGod

Pics look pretty decent, but I want to see more of it in action. That's the key for any and all games in this gen if you ask me. Screenshots are for suckers.

DARTH_TIGRIS

Ryu's eyes sure do look like they're popping when Thunder Thighs is giving him the beezneez with her feet.

Trowble (XBL/PSN)

They should have a talk with the artistic director. The colors, and that new character...

Madoc

Street Fighter 4? No.

Street Fighter 2 3D? That's what it looks like.

Cpryd001

@Oceaniax:
If there were any mistakes they'll just release an expansion to fix any errors.

SFIV: 2nd strike or something like that

NiGHTSSTUDiO

@Darkest Daze:
Chun-Li has had the horse thighs for a long time. I'm actually OK with the legs... though they could be toned down a notch, and her calves shouldn't be so big. The legs can be a bit absurd, but that's just part of her character--that her strength is mostly in her legs, and NOT her upper body.

slacker164

@Bando:

I personally don't like the look of this game compared to the old titles. I agree that the facial expressions look simply moronic and they took took badass looking characters and made them look like clunky balloon animals.

Mpalm.

I'm willing to accept ryu's "oh shit" face, but I cannot except chunli as a man...no sell for me if it isn't changed.

nxp3

@Darkest Daze: Actually, those legs look pretty damn sexy to me.

Lezard

To this day, I still don't understand the huge love Chun-Li gets from some people. I guess asking that question is like asking why some people find Renée Zellweger hot or find Paris Hilton as a role model :/

goldwings

Same shots we saw before. Chun-Li looks like a man with giant man hands. No sale unless they fix Chun-Li.

slacker164

@JackTretton:

You're talking about SFII HD... that's something completely different man.

September

@JackTretton:

If one suffers, expect the other too. It's all about equality here <3

sUKi

So is it true about the downgraded XBL version? If so, i will be getting this on PSN for sure.

JackTretton

It's going to be revealed in this series that Chunli is really a man. She had a sex change but wasn't able to afford the testicle operation hence the bulging sac and manly arms. She enters the contest of street fighting to win enough money to complete her transformation.

nxp3

i just hope its good, if not then make a second version, and it that still doesn't work, try for a third, third is the charm since that how sf3 did it.

Mr.DuckSauce

Ohh my Lord... OHh mY lORd!...

....*sP|o0gE*

King Seafoam

I like how it looks, but the one thing that bothers me are Chun Li's legs. If you look at the picture of her tossing the fireball, you can't tell me that her legs don't look like she's wearing 1/2 a horse costume.

Darkest Daze

It looks super amazing :) I'm excited.

Strider-No.9

Ryu looks just as surprised as we all are by that bulging sack on chunli.. look at his Eyes.. they are gonna pop out of his head!

tenske

@resetbutton:

That doesn't look good?

@fatbaldnet:

@Futuresex:

@Yossarian:

God, I know I missed the boat over and over on berating such people, but how many people here have never played Street Fighter, BUT, think they're the damn expert on the games fucking game play/ character style here, ESPECIALLY character style here? "WAH, IS NOT REALISTIX!" Fuck off, srlsy.

And more are being cocked up as I type this no doubt, so please type up more "WAHHH, DOESN"T LOCK LIKE STREEETS FIGHTERS! CHARCTERS LOOAK BAAD LIKE EM GORRILA!"

Where was I, oh yea

RYU MA BOIIIII! YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! WHERES Q? YOU WERE SUPPOSE TO BE WATCHING HIM! NOW HE'S LOST AND ALL ALONE!

Bando

Nice screenshots.

darthmole12

No no no, Chun Li is a woman..don't ruin it..

I mean, c'mon, look at that arch!! Seriously hawt!!

I kid, i kid...

..or do i?

(can't wait to spend a bunch of quarters btw)

JerrD74

I want to seem all these people in motion. Screen shots won't do a game like this justice.

MonkeyBiz

Ladies and gentlemen, get your quarters ready! Seriously it would be like middle school all over again! Call dibs on Akuma...

rzac30

@Yossarian: I couldn't agree more. ChunLi is just way too manly and ryu's eyeball popping out is just insane. Talking about dmc4, I downloaded the demo and played it...terrible camera angle and control. You're running in one direction and the camera changes and you are running the other way...what idiotic system is that...I don't know if the final game is like that, but based on the demo, I won't get it yet.

nxp3

I just cannot get over the absolutely horrid facial expressions.

*please ... please capcom?*
Please drop the "OH" faces ...

brent_w

looking good, but yeah chun-li is packing some serious junk in the southern region..lol i can deal with the legs, but please extract the steroids from her vagina please....thanks capcom.

zanzibarlegend

Looking pretty awesome so far!

brello

@Yossarian: Why do people keep buying their games you ask? Because gameplay > graphics? I hated the camera system in Mario Galaxy but I still collected every star (minus Luigi's) in it. Simply put, if a game is fun I can overlook the cameras. Onimusha 4 used a fixed camera system and I still went through the dark realm with every character. Remember SFIV models are a WIP.

As for the Arcade release, summer '08 is not that bad. Tekken 6 came out last Movember but we've yet to see it come out for consoles. I expect a console release for SF4 around winter '08. They can use the extra time to tweak the gameplay and put in extra stuff like versus mode, training, events, stuff that are absent in the arcade version anyway.

UmeShoryu

Dude, Chun-Li with 2 legs is scary enough. Look at the fear in Ryu's eyes!

MetaKz

is it me or does those hadoukens looks like a refreshing douse of water?

shinko

@MrBionic: jesus where have u been?

zanzibarlegend

Oh my God...Chun Li is a DUDE!? She's kinda developed those thunder thighs over the years but now she has bigass biceps too!?

Dick-Ballistic

E. Honda's foot is messed up in one of the pics. They'll change that though. Overall I don't think I like it a whole lot, but I'll have to play and see. I was hoping for a paintbrush effect like the intro, stolen from Okami but it would have given the game an amazingly gorgeous look and atmosphere. Instead what I see are pale imitations of the old SFII characters. Their personality just isn't there.

Guile should use the new pixelated pattern camo.

fatbaldnet

Hm. This may be the first SF4 post where the good comments outweigh the bad. It's about time.

Nex Antonius

1. shoulder-bicep muscles don't look right

2. Guile's flat-top doesn't look good

3. Chun-li's hands (duh)

It's halfway there to looking awesome I reckon

Futuresex

Im still curious about how will it look on the wii...

TOCATL

Just Epic. I wonder if they can squeeze 1080p out on this title...

Terru

all the characters look good except ryu.

resetbutton

I was really looking forward to this game, and I still am, but I have to see I'm less and less impressed with the graphics the more I see them. The quasi-cel-shaded look is just not flattering, for some reason. Maybe it's better in motion ...

Strangelove

I absolutely love the look of this game and cannot wait to play it. I suck at fighters too.

Sollus

No, Sir. I don't like it.

J.L.Jones

Looks hawt, I love the new character designs...except for Blanka, he doesn't look as good as the rest.

Fuzzba11

this game's gonna be so awesome

sly_madman

I know it's a cartoony sort of game and all, but the proportions feel completely off, and the facial expressions just seem ridiculous. In the history of Capcom, they've only done one thing right in my book - old school SF games. That's it. They can't make a camera work in a 3D world (I'm looking at you, DMC4...though not just you; you're just the latest in a long line of atrocious camera systems), and they can't do proper 3D character detail.

I just don't know why people keep buying the games.

Yossarian

It's a very neat art style, I think... but Chun-Li definitely looks like she's got a surprise hidden down there.

CountChocula

I think it looks great. Summer 2008 for the Arcade release, eh? Maybe they were closer to completion than I thought. Though, if they did rush this...they would just have to face the wrath of enraged Street Fighter fans.

Saint Anima: Kotaku's Poetic Massacre

She can crush a pair of melons and a mans head between those thighs!

NessD12

I don't really like the cell-shading look, personally.. but then, I haven't played a Street Fighter since Street Fighter II on the SNES

MrBionic

This summer? Wow ... that's really close. Close as in worrisome -- well, hopefully they can pull it all together. I won't be convinced until I see Sakura, though :D

jayntampa

Holy crap. Chun Li and Dhalsim both look freaking awesome. Overall, I must say that I'm impressed with how faithful each character appears to be to his/her classic versions.

kevinski

Summer's shockingly close for this big a release, I was sure it was going to be a Q2-Q4 2009'er. I hope it's not being pushed out too quickly.

Oceaniax

It doesn't so look bad. I just won't pick Ryu or ken. But Chun Li sure does look nice.

sUKi