This isn't "Street Fighter IV". It's "Street Fighter II: 3D Edition".

lunarworks

@Gladman: You're serious, aren't you?

Please tell me they're at least gonna include a few more new characters... not more "new" characters...

Enigma_20XX

Sagat! Finally!

He looks awesome, but I kind of miss the growling voice...

FancifulUnicorn

yep.. it was m bison in japan.. anyone that has played the first game knows that "mike" that you fought in front of mt rushmore is in fact "balrog" or "mike bison."

anyways.. dudley crushes balrog, balrog is my least favorite boxer in a fighting game. not only is he incredibly boring and stereotypical, his character is really ignorant. it really bugged me when it talked about him coming from the ghetto and just wanting to be rich in sf II. then dudley comes along, and capcom doesnt stop at making him an all around wicked fighter, he's also a wealthy brit. which REALLY blows your mind if you think about it lol. as was said in a post sometime last week, japanese game developers REALLY stereotype americans, and i think its worse for black ppl.

with that said, i am glad to see sagat again, but man... i want to see so many more characters, and i could have done without all of the roster of sfII prior to the super games returning (you know at least vega will be in there, i dont know about bison because akuma killed him in super turbo).

like a couple ppl said, id love to see some cats from the first game, joe or geki. we already saw gen (who would be dead by the time this game takes place), birdie, adon, and eagle. retsu and lee were garbage, so they can stay gone lol, joe wasnt all that, but better than those two. ibuki was dope, so im guessing her father/big brother/clanleader (whatever rumor is true) would be even better.

shouryuuken

Watching 'Gat vs 'Gief, I'm digging the match pacing and speed of the game.
Not as spastic as Hyper, like somewhere in between 3S and Super Turbo.
I can't wait to get my hands on this.

Karoshi

@Gladman: Nope, his tiger uppercut was the most annoying. Whenever I dodged the Tiger shots to get close and land a few blows he comes up with that damn move and knocks me for a loop. And it beats out the Shoryuken.

KM91

Just a few weeks until they announce Vega, Cammy, and Bison.

Americo

cool...any NEW players coming anytime soon?

Datalock

@ManjiKengo: Hey SFEXA (the first EX game) was good but 2 and 3 were crap, although it had 10 million ryu/ken clones and an imbalanced zangief it was fun and i would play it for endless hours with my cousins

KaliKOtt

As much as I'm glad to see Balrog in game I keep wondering if anyone else is a bit disappointed in the fact that not only have all the original SF2 characters returned but that they look exactly the fucking same? It just seems like a cop out to me. Where are the updated looks? Everything just looks a bit too familiar right down to the stages. I mean we haven't seen a single original stage yet--they're all reworkings of classic SF2 backgrounds. What gives?

Dang-fuzz

Sagat looks great. Balrog not so much. Too generic, needs more flair.

Cant wait to see vega and bison...

Thrillhaus

definitely prefer dudley to bison...bummer

wana10

Ahhh, Sagat looks wonderful. After seeing all of the recent videos and playtest reports, I'm really getting hyped for this. On some of the HD videos out there, you can really tell the love and care that they are taking with the visual style, making it look somewhat painted...

Thumbs-up from me so far...

Raidei

I want to see Eagle in the game.....
But thank god that they put Sagat in the game.

Gekopa

@Manok: Sounds like an awesome indie movie title to me. You know, the SF version of 'A Fist Full of Quarters'.

"Coming next Spring, "He Was Always Balrog In The States." :D

sonofnone

he was always balrog in the states.

Manok

@anglon: His name was always Balrog in the U.S. In Japan, his name is M. Bison, but they rearranged the names of M. Bison, Balrog, and Vega partially to avoid any possibility of a lawsuit from Mike Tyson.

Lezard

will his name be balrog in the states?

if i remember correctly was his name M Bison?

anglon

Yeah, because coming up with new characters , is restarted..really, who wants new characters???

burningranger01

@ratba:
No.

Balrog, in his later incarnations, is predominantly a rush-down character with some passable turtling options. Dudley is built around a mix-up game.

Karoshi

I wanna see T. Hawk and Rose in it :(

aelfin

It is funny if you look at their faces and imagine they are on the toilet.

NoStyle

@Shanesan: Funny you should say that (Mike Tyson part, anyway), because in the Japanese version, Balrog was called 'M. Bison', the names got all switched (Bison was originally Vega, Vega was Balrog, Balrog was Bison, iirc), which was presumably a Mike Tyson reverence.

OmegaX123

Second on Vega's inclusion. Actually, Sagat and Vega were definitely my top two players.

cervantes21

Vega and M. Bison announcement in T-minus one week and counting.

Jackablade

Balrog! Bring the pain. Love destroying unsuspecting people w/ Balrog.

Roll3r

@Sawboss:

Dee Jay's not top-tier! :P At least he hasn't been since Super Street Fighter II (vanilla).

SuperMekman

Ahem. These are awful videos. Too many passer-bys, and both characters are getting constantly owned by Zangief. Who, by the way, is immune to Sagat's low fireball while spinning?!?!

Upload beter quality por favor.

Highlander Wolf

@SuperMekman: Speaking of which, where's Dee Jay? Everyone knows the party won't really start until he's part of the line up.

The world will be disappointed unless they just put everyone in. Every character; every SF game. Why not? It's not looking like SF4 is trying to follow canon anyway (assuming you can call what SF had "canon").

Sawboss

Damn it, Dudley or Sakura. Damn. It. Daaamn it. Damn-diddly-doo-dum-de-da-bedop-um-bop-um-bop it... VOTE FOR BOTH! Genius!

Bando

Balrog??? I fear for Capcom's endless malevolence against the black man! It's endless!!! Otherwise, Sagat was a given...

SuperMekman

@Nirolak:

Whats thi, Q! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!?!?!?1/1/1/!?!

Bando

@Gladman:
Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo.

rekenner

@Delano_J: How dare they post about things

Josh*

This game needs Vega!

LittleBigPlaneteer

Street Fighter IV is the new Super Smash Bros. Brawl, apparently.

Not that I'm complaining. :P

With the majority of the original Street Fighter II characters officially known, most of the remaining TBA characters are either going to have to come from one of the other Street Fighter series or be all-new.

I'm still hoping for Sakura and Karin, myself.

Lezard

@Grave:

The interesting thing is that, on Capcom's blog, they have a "who would you like to see return for SFIV" poll. Dudley is blowing away the competition.

I need some fucking helicopter tea is all I'm saying.

akzidenzgrotesk

You know, I was interested in this game until they started announcing the roster. SF2 sports some of the dullest characters in fighting game history. I'm not interested in fighting all the same fights I dealt with back in high school. :P

KOFXII will be a far better game than SF4. I can practically guarantee it, based solely on the roster. Add in the maneuverability options that SF4 seems to grotesquely lack (come on, this isn't 1991... let me move!), and it's all but over before it's even begun. And that's coming from someone who actually likes SF4's aesthetic, and considered it a selling point.

Deuce

@Kirbytheslayer: In-Kirby XMB: That would have been funnier if he stopped after the segment about the car. Funny vid though.

WolfGod

Balrog ... meh; Sagat ... required.

Vega and Cammy would be cool, but Sakara is the one I'm dying for, although it sounds like she's being left for the home version.

jayntampa

Alright good choices Capcom, but I'm still waiting for the Akuma and Cammy announcement. *crosses fingers*

Tenchuu

Nice, Kotaku is now a SFIV fan site.

Delano_J

@Nirolak: Yeah! Let's hope he stays on top and that, uh, this poll actually means something!

Not that I would mind seeing an adult Sakura either, but I'd much rather see Dudley there!

Grave

Another announcement that fails to put the "SF II.5" quips to bed. Just put The New Challengers in and stop dicking people around already.

KeroseneClimax

Well with Balrog adding Dudley would be like having Ryu and another shoto with his move sets... oh wait.

ratba

@Grave: Actually there's a poll on the Capcom Blog about which SFIII character do you want to see the most in SFIV and Dudley is winning followed closely by Sakura.

Look at the right here: [blog.capcom.com]

Nirolak

New characters please? I already played SF2 already.

ratba

do not want.

Zyzex_Remix

wow this took a while to get confirmed, I posted this on kotaku and shoryuken last week after the loc test here...tsk tsk ;)

Proffsso

@etchasketchist: I'd love to see Dudley and Balrog in the same game, but let's not kid ourselves here. We're not going to get a bone thrown our way because they don't give a shit about SF3 fans. We're not where the delicious mainstream money that they want is.

Better than two boxers in one SF game, though? Capcom vs. SNK 3! Remy and Dudley vs. Ash and Vanessa!

sigh :(

Grave

I assume this means no Dudley. Shame. "Gutter Trash" is the best taunt ever.

etchasketchist

Can't wait to see Cammy. :D

shrewd

Awful. these are great chars for high level play, so it's cool to have them in....but it also enforces the lack of sf3 chars.

sim0n

@Fyren: tiger? i always thought he said hyper? oh well thats what u get from snes sound

featherblade360

"Tiger..tiger...tiger UPPERCUT!"

Fyren

jeez, i thought there were gonna be a mix of new characters. Now it just seems like some sort of remake of SF2, the levels are practically remakes of street fighter 2 too.

so long super street fighter 2 turbo HD.

ashjaw

The graphics are certainly eye-catching, but I'm just a bit too young to have been part of the original SFII craze (I was 7), and although I've played the franchise in the past, I really don't find it that enticing. Especially when compared to something like Soul Caliber.

Am I alone here?

vanderblade

@Kirbytheslayer: In-Kirby XMB: Im sorry but i think this does!

+ Watch video

[KU]Shindokie: Just Bought A PSP

i don't think this was the goal of those videos, but they showed me that zangief will be solid. with the delays on balrog's dash and priority over sagat's tiger shot, the pile driver will rule the day. sweet.

thaKingRocka

I always have hated Sagat, not that I didn't want him in the game, but that I just think he's a useless charcter, atleast in SF II, not sure about any other SF games. I just remember saying, "Why is this useless guy throwing these stupid little waves of energy at me?", he is definately my least favorite charcter, but he deserves to be in SF IV in any case. Anybody disagree that he was useless in SF II?

Iz1ck

COOL!!!
I thought they were gonna remove the 4 bosses to balance the game out more or something, but I'm glad to see that Balrog and Sagat are back!
Since this will open up for chances that we'll see a full Super Turbo cast plus some more in action =)

If they go all out and include every SF character ever created, I think this game will be #1 in popularity even if there is something broken about the game. It'd be cool to even see SF1 characters. I started versusing at arcades since SF1! Do shoryukens over and over again to see who would mess up first, or to time a fireball to hit somebody's repeat shorykens... Never played the "Punch the button" SF1 that was released in the US though. Hey Capcom really want to make SF4 old school... ^_-

Dir_en_grey

i'm starting to understand why the smash bros dojo exists... otherwise it's intermittent, inconsistent updates... they should have set up a street fighter dojo, that way it would all be in the same place.
if there are any other games companies out there creating something like this, please make a dojo.

comedy

Waiiiiiiiiiit a second!
SFII never had those "Super" bars!

Gladman

@Josh*: Actually I've noticed in a lot of games the screenshots now seem to look a lot worse than the game in motion. I think it has something to do with how the game's graphics are made to look best when running at 60 fps so the individual frames don't look nearly as good as the end product.

Nirolak

Tiger!

Sagat was awesome. I'm glad he'll be there

LittleBigPlaneteer

@Josh*: Looks SO good honestly. Can't wait to get my hands on this game. The EX series sucked so much...It'll be good to get that taste out of ones mouth.

ManjiKengo

Did anyone actually think these two characters WOULDN'T show up?

ManjiKengo

I must also comment on how great this looks in motion, even in youtube quality. It appears the stills must just be consistently "unlucky" shots.

Josh*

Sagat was the opponent I hated most in SFII, his tiger shots being the most annyoing.

Though did anyone not see these two characters coming to this game? really?

Gladman

This seems wholly appropriate here.

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Kirbytheslayer: In-Kirby XMB

...Mike Tyson and Number Two on steroids?

Shanesan

Hooray!

Oh, and inb4 Bison

Josh*

Will they have slide kicks?

Power_Wrist