I loved SF3. I liked that they had new takes on old characters. I'm just hoping that the "tiers" aren't so seperated this time around. I hated playing Ken / Chun Li / Yun every time I was at the arcade.

ratba

Really, what the fuck happened to the SF character design team?! They havent had a decent new character since the 4 from super SF2, with the exceptions being the updates to classic characters like adon or eagle or birdie. SF3 had horrendous designs, and crimson viper looks to be just as bad. Absolutely no cohesion with the style/aesthetic of the original characters. Its like a mash-up with shitty reject snk designs.

Thrillhaus

This should be great game as long as i can play as Ryu then im lovin it. as for newcomers i really don't care because this game has gone through so many characters and its still a great game.

MXs219

@Video: There are things called BALANCE and ORIGINALITY, and they die more if there are more characters.
Clone characters in any fighter game is horrible.

suya123

I just hope this Street Fighter 4 have all the characters from all the previous Street fighter games:

Street Fighter
Street Fighter II
Street Fighter Alpha
Street Fighter Alpha 2
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Street Fighter 3 Third Strike
Street Fighter EX and plus
Street Fighter EX2 and plus

The Roster will be big and of course some new characters too.

Video

This has risen my interest in this game from a 6 to a whopping 10 million! This is the smartest thing Capcom has done with this franchise in years.

DontTouchMyDaughterYouFilthyGaijin

Chun Li is a squatting champ apperently.

iamtehawesome

<3 chun li's thighs! and having guile back is awesome..imagine if Charlie was in the game...ugh

toneroni

this reminds me of the childhood days when I would wait for a new EGM that shows a few sneak peeks of SF.

toneroni

this is going to bring back so many friggin' great memories. i hated when my lil brother beat me EVERY time with EVERY character, but it was much fun punching him in the face when my parents weren't lookin, haha

kw4k

Guile is back! Excellent!!

Ali

O.o Chun Li's finally hot... (face)
but her thighs are MASSIVE! O.O

King Seafoam

Chun Li's thighs are love.

Altima NEO

People, they so far only have 9 characters. (including C. Viper) In this day and age I think capcom knows that the average and slightly perfect number of combatants in a fighter game is 18-25. Super Street Fighter had a 13 character roster (including Akuma). I bet capcom will throw in a few Alpha, more new characters, and maybe even one or two 3rd Strike characters (in fact Ibuki, the fan favorite of 3rd strike, starred in a few other fighter games from capcom).

suya123

Geez people, it's already been established that Capcom is trying to initially market this game in a way that appeals to the *massive* fan base SFII enjoyed, so it only makes sense that they would hype it with a lot of pictures of old characters and a revamped old background. They're trying to grab the attention of the people that walked away from the game a long time ago. That doesn't necessarily mean there won't be any other new things in the game. It's just that if a designer goes on and on about an "aerial alpha counter intercept Custom combo initiator" and shows some weird pictures of a 16-year-old Turkish girl they're introducing, then everyone who hasn't played SF for the last 10 years would pass right by the article, maybe without releasing they were skipping info on a new SF. But if they throw up pics of Blanka beating the crap out of Guile, there's a much bigger chance you'll end up with a ton of people who know a new SF is coming out, and it looks like it's going to "kick @$$ like it did back when". I figure that all this old-school stuff is just part of the hype.

I'm also pretty sure that Balrog(US) is going to be in this game, he was one of the most popular characters in SSF2T. Especially in tournaments. I doubt Capcom will leave the fans who stuck through SSF2T hung out to dry.

huph

I want this bad.. Easily one of my most anticipated games of 2008.

weasl

Looks fantastic. And there is nothing wrong with Chun Li. She looks spot on.

Virgil Tibbs

From the looks of the pics they are starting off with the SF2 cast. i wonder who else is going to be on there Cough* Dan Hibiki* Cough

MURDERFACE

Whoo, her thighs. ^_____^

Kikouken

Maybe they will have alternate costumes, as unlockables.

dazyluz

So retro, but so retro that´s lacking originality. Same characters, and same scenarios on 3d.

Call it Street fighter 2 3D edition then.

:p

But I´m sure something new will popup.. like a Sagat with 2 eyepatches.

Wyld

Anybody think part 4 is just a remake of part 2? The one background looks like chun-li's marketplace, and all the characters are starting to look identical to their originals.

i know they figure people don't want change, but aren't we already getting a street fighter 2 remake?

either way... this game still looks awesome. i could care less what it is, i'll still pick it up :P

Desfunk

First off, Sagat better be in this.

Secondly it is a little strange tat they are basically throwing in the original cast of 2 in this. I understand Ken and Ryu (and please Sagat) being in this as they were in the first and second SF games.

I hope there is at least another 8 more NEW characters added.

Zarian

@Giolon: People just don't understand the tight surprise hidden in those massive thighs :(

okenny :)

E.Honda is in it. The only character I could ever play remotely good. My career is saved.

n/a

@ryohazuki: Yeah absolutely. I agree we've had enough games for the nostalgia side of things. This has to hold it's own against today's fighters AND be more than a repainted version of what's come before. High expectations, but if they can't be met then I don't want in.

TearsandScreams

We need some fighters from Alpha for me to be happy ... my choices would be Sakura, Karin, and Gen. And, I agree that Cammy should be in it.

jayntampa

Welcome to Street Fighter 2.9, they should have never given it the title of 4 and kept so many originals from 2. SF 1 to 2, huge roster change. SF 2 to 3, huge roster change. SF 4 is SF 2 roster, that laziness on the designers part and the fact that Crimson Viper is a slightly altered Vanessa from KOF shows they don't have the best man for the job in there.

DasKonstruct

@Steel_Pelican: Nothing can smell as bad as Street Fighter EX

n/a

I'm disappointed. They couldn't even update the character designs a little bit? The graphics look great, but this is starting to smell more and more like Street Fighter EX.

Steel_Pelican

do not get me wrong, i am a big fan of the artwork, but i was so certain i saw this black ink over the top theme somewhere before. finally found it lol. [www.qualityrecords.lavalink.com.au]

yeah yeah i know, but it does look EXACTLY like it, more animated though.

Contra maudi

So freakin' cool!

Mr. Garcia

Chun-Li's thighs are still huge. She could decapitate someone with those.

KM91

Oh man Zangief has gotten even bigger! Now Im scared. D:::

Chun Li <3

n/a

Ahh, make me so happy. Any word on akuma coming back for another go round?

ese_incoherent

Man, they all look great. I'd vote for human thighs on Chun Li too, but it's not a huge deal. I'm going to take this game's release day off from work, whenever that is.

eastx

Those aren't her thighs. The game designers are a bit behind the times and put her in Hammer Pants.

PollockRoc

Dammit, the SF3 "thick thighs" fans totally won out over the SF2 "acceptably bulky but still feminine thighs" fans. In fact, I'd say they look thicker than ever. We were totally lied to by the dev who said he gave a shit about all the complaints about Chun Li's man-thighs. Dammit.

Well, now that the question of enjoying this game for the eyecandy is completely out of the picture, all that remains is whether it'll actually be a decent fighter. If it's just a visual touch-up of SF2, this is going to be a disaster. If it's a clone of SF3, people won't buy into it. This has to be something which holds its own in the current fighter market.

ryohazuki

C.Viper = a mixture of Vanessa and Iori

ChrisLionheart

Nice picture, the one with Chun sticking her ass up in the air after shooting the Kikouken. Vintage SFII. I know this has been said hundreds of times before, but C. Viper really does look like an SNK character in the screenshots. (Not a bad thing, SNK games are great too.)

UmeShoryu

aw man... this is so awesome. Can't wait to fly Honda across the screen with an "E-Hui!" then 1,000 palms for massive chip damage

chrislionheart

My impression on this game as gone up, they've added the Original World Warriors! Fucking awesome! I hope they add Alex, Yun and Akuma and I will really want this game!

rockmanjoey

HOT MOMMA!

Anyway, the two pics 'Chun-Li vs. Ryu' and 'Blanka vs. Zangief' give me a nostalgic feeling of sorts.

This installment didn't spur much interest until saw these.
Could it be? A tiny bit of in hype my tummy?

Malmer

@Erwin: I hated his legs lol

This game look cool, lets hope they fighting is real fun. I have not enjoyed a Street fighter game since street fighter 2 turbo, and that was long ago, lets hope this will be just as good :)

Irenicus-the one and only

I hate how much the logo reminds me of Mario Strikers. I just can't get over it.
Hope it plays well! :)

Rayk2099

uhh, isnt there a whole NEW system for this game... I;m pretty sure there is. No air blocking is fine, no parries? ok... but I'm sure they got some kinda counter system. Whatever it is, I just hope its something refreshing, 3rd strike is getting kinda...bland, dont get me wrong its still fun, just that only parrying isnt cutting it. Maybe I can play CVS2 till SFIV, that game is complicated and hard, but looks fun once you get the hang of it.

thisbeatisbadass

What am sick of, when it comes to SF, is the retro peeps, which doesn't mean every retro person..., that complain about SF4s grafiks and that they look "to new", or whatever. Its like they cant handle that it doesn't look just like SF3 Third Strike...

It would not be SF4 if it looked and played like a SF3 TS clone "you" morons. Be happy something -fresh- is coming to 1on1 2d fighting games.

JojoTheSlayer

In other classic fighter news, SNK and Taito will be (finally) unveiling a video of The King of Fighters XII at the AOU Show next week.

interficium

@ cybereality:
Yeah, you still can. Anyway, no one seems to mention how uninspiring the fighting system is. That's my biggest complaint. WTF, No Air Blocking and No type of counter system....Damn, Capcom, put more thought into the engine. Not asking for 3rd Strike, just asking for something good.

ShinobiFist

man, im starting to come to grips with the new look and all.. .i mean it is the epic "4." but really.. i think 4 shouldnt take place in between games.. thats really starting to bug me being someone thats a big fan of the story. i mean, i just dont see them pulling this off without messing up some of the facts from III. i think they should have made a 2d game that was in between 2 and 3 called street fighter omega or something, and also worked on a street fighter IV that was a continuation. ah well....

shouryuuken

Still doesn't look anywhere near as good as SFIII. Does anyone know if you can play SFIII:3rd Strike for Xbox1 on the Xbox360 over XBLive?

cybereality

Chun-Li's thighs...in 2.5 or 3d, I don't care...I WANTS IT!!!!!!

Phester

I guess if Smash Bros, Tekken and Soul Calibur can get away with recycling/slightly updating a lot of their rosters, so can SF2. Making them look EXACTLY like 3D versions of how they were in SF2, though? That's lazy. I mean, the illustrations at least show a different style, but then they seem to disregard that for the actual game. Look at Zangief's illustration compared to his in-game sprite.

Not that it doesn't all look GOOD. 'Cause it does. I guess there's still the possibility that different costumes will be actually-different costumes instead of just color changes.

MrPerson

I assume when they say it's "2.5D" or whatever that this is going to be like the original DOA? You can't sidestep and the fighting is essentially the same as a 2D fighter except sometimes when you throw someone you throw them to the side and the perspective shifts so you're at a different angle but still fighting in 2D?

dowingba

Right, judging from the katakana written for E. Honda's name it is "Edmund", or 'edomundo'. I never knew that!

new_pornographer

Holy crap, I thought those huge pants she was wearing were just baggy, but it turns out they're literally bulging with leg blubber!

unmarkedone

@HighlanderWolf: C. Viper fits right in with E. Honda, T. Hawk, M. Bison, and R. Mika, if you ask me.

Suzaku

"Leaked scans of the newest issue have already hit 2ch, by way of Korean gaming site Ruliweb..."

Just a note, you got that backwards. Ruliweb got the scans from the Street Fighter IV 2ch thread.

@diablofreak: M. Bison (Vega) won't be back, I'm pretty sure, canonically, he was officially killed off at the end of SFII by Akuma (Gouki). Vega (Balrog), Sagat, and Balrog (M.Bison) all seem like good bets. I'll be happy with just Vega, though, he's always been a favorite.

I'd love to see some of the SFI characters pop up, too.

Suzaku

@HighlanderWolf: Go play Street Fighter III then. I'll gladly take these fighters.

silentbobfan

@rzac30: In the top picture on the page her art is on? That's definitely Crimson Viper.

Grave

Gee. Big whoop. This is ending up more like a new "Street Fighter II". Not what I would expect from a "4". The 8 original characters? They look exactly the same. Mind you, the graphics are beautiful, and the 3D looks great, but the character design is identical. I decry weak sauce.

Let's see some character development. Age these fighters. We're 17 years older, they should be, too. And I'm hoping for more, original characters. With better names than "Crimson Viper". Stooopid.

HighlanderWolf

Chun-li's thighs are hot, anyway, who's that person that she's fighting against her screen. Does not look like Crimson Viper. Is that the "other" person Capcom was talking about they were going to reveal this Friday?

rzac30

Must...see...high-res in game shot of Chun Li

y2kenjination

Hmm, I like the tiny pictures of the character models, but I feel a strong desire to hurt whoever drew that picture of Chun-Li.
We definately need some SF III or even Alpha Characters in IV...
COME BACK DAN!

TheCleaningGuy

@Dave Silva: Yuri Sakazaki parodies Ryu's Shin Shoryuken with her Shin Chou Upper. SNK and Capcom have borrowed character moves from each other for years. Not sure if this is the case, but it damn sure looks like it.

KeroseneClimax

as long as i get at least a dozen new characters they can go ahead and fetishize SFII characters all they want!

108

@Dudemeister: Hey, you try having good posture when you're built like these guys. But no, this appears to be the "saving" attack they were talking about.

Grave

@Dave Silva:

The flash from the punch also makes it look like a Zanretsuken. The posture's all wrong though. :x

Dudemeister

So Street Fighter IV takes place between 2 and 3 and also is a mix of 2D and 3D...

Wut.

Also is anyone else surprised at how freakin huge Zangief is?! Maybe it's just the 3D but... goddam.

Dudemeister

Those thighs! Those THIGHS!

Gustavo

What the

[kotaku.com]

Bottom panels - Ryu STOLE Ryo Sakazaki's Tenchi Ha Oh Ken!

Dave Silva

wow, amazing the in-game shots look like still paintings @___@

iRloading

Aghh..wth is honda wearing shorts??

doctorwily

So the question is, what about the characters from Turbo? Are Balrog, Vega, Bison and Sagat showing up?

Stormrider

@leblackdragon: Very unlikely to happen, considering the game takes place between II and III - and there's no word if any Street Fighter III characters will even make the cut.

DarthHomer

Dang Chun, someone needs to go to Lane Bryant.

daschupa

@shrewd: Story...Street Fighter..? Wut.

KirbySS

One of the beautiful about main Street Fighter games (1,2,3) is we DON'T see many familiar faces throughout each iteration. But since the dramatic roster overhaul in SF3 was panned by many fans during its initial release, it's no surprise Capcom is staying with good old reliables. I just hope the amount of new fighters outweigh the old in SF4. Don't hate seeing old favorites, but I want to have new favorites as well.

Other than that, I'm liking the progress being made; even if those shots are small. Also, Ikeno's artwork of the classic fighters is cool.

KeroseneClimax

@animation-imp: I absolutely agree. Although I liked the idea of a SF2.5, it'd be nice to have some really new stuff in it.
And Chun Li looks as hot as ever. Watch her doing the KiKoKen.

Poison

@leblackdragon: I wish. But since the game takes place between 2 and 3, chances are good that we won't see many, if any SF3 characters. And if they did put Q in, they'd probably try to give him a story and... well, that's just not right!

I guess the majority of comments people are making all over prove that Capcom made the right decision, though. Everybody just wants to play the same shit over again, so why bother with a dramatic new roster anyway? :\

Grave

woo-hoo! the original elite eight are back!!!

jinpei05

Welcome back guys, welcome back!

Kanadwen

I really like the look of this game.

reddevil

Yay! Pre-liposuction imposter Ryu is back!

Trowble (XBL/PSN)

@Giolon: Oh sweet baby jesus. Those thighs are what Wet Nightmares are made of. =p~

3/9/08=Brawl; 3/16/08=Bday...Two Great Days, One Great Week!

good to have classic fighters. i dont care for sagat/balrog(us) but would like bison and vega.

i wont mind cammy, fei long, and if i had to pick some from SF3, it would be Yun/Yang, Hugo and Urien (just because of his name).

diablofreak

PLEASE BRING BACK Q!!!

leblackdragon

@Giolon:

I hate them :(

She's so unsexy

ssjmichael

It's nice to see the classics are back, I hope they updated their moves a little.

P.S. Where's my Cammy?

crosswayboy

Will they make another 2D sprite-based game after III, though? :[ (in terms of storyline)

shrewd

Dhalsim returns! But so do the turkey legs that haunt me so.
(heh, the spell check thought I meant "Falsies" for Dhalsim)

Erwin

@animation-imp: "Innovative" is absolutely a must at this point. The SF2 roster isn't going to be all that interesting if it's just SF2 in 3D. I'm pretty down about the game's place in the timeline and the way Ono seems to be banking on nostalgia to sell a thrillion (a very exciting number, I might add) copies. However, even from those tiny shots, it's easy to see that the game looks a lot better from the proper perspective.

I haven't seen enough to make me really enthusiastic about this yet, but I'm still hoping for the best. Something interesting. Crimson Viper sure as hell isn't that thing, but hey, we've got a long way to go before we see the final product.

Grave

Awesome! I believe that they will actually pull this off and deliver an awesome Street game. It's too bad Mortal Kombat when down the drains after 4... Maybe Mortal Kombat will make a comeback?

Nah!

Rob

<3 Chun Li's thighs!

Giolon

I like the fact they keep it old-school.
Let's just hope it's innovative too.

animation-imp

@suya123: Well I know about Balance and Orinality. There can be Balance and Orinality even if the game have all the Characters from all Street fighter games. Or have you forgotten the King of Fighter games. The difference is that the people who have worked on the King of Fighters work hard to make the game as Balanced as possible with a big Roster. While Capcom have been lazy this last years making their games with LESS CHARACTERS and UNBALANCED. The last game was CAPCOM FIGHTING EVOLUTION... Thanks for answering..

Video

[www.famitsu.com]

DUDE.

Bigger Screens of EVERYTHING.

Check it out now.

( That almost deserves a new blog post! Really! :p )

Futuresex

Blanka = Awesome! Now where is Cammy?!

davrone