So am I the only one who noticed the fact that you can tank hits with a counter-attack? Thats quite an unbelievable mechanic actually. I'm assuming this is the "revenge" system that was mentioned earlier. Quite frankly I'm not sure if I'm going to find this mechanic annoying or fun, but regardless, its quite clever.

@vgerik1234: Now you can die happy.

Furious_Liver

Lovin' it, but eww...what's with the dubbed voices? Here's hoping the NA version will have an option to switch to the Japanese ones. If not, I just might have to import this.

y2kenjination

@zanzibarlegend: I don't comment enough, which should explain the "no friends/followers".

Myst3r1o

Ok game looks nice, but whats up with the simpsons music cue when the trailer starts?

I almost expected to hear a chorus of voices singing
"the Street-fighters" when the vid began.

Game_Munkee

Indeed, the paint strokes look great, while at the same time not overdoing it.

DigiMish

@vgerik1234: Sorry, the above comment was for @Anarchist_Gamer

Myst3r1o

wow my summer from 15 years ago just called...totally wish i could spend another entire summer playing this game at arcades.

i am totally digging the black blood, looks more artistic than the generic you see everywhere else

silent_grass

My thought at 0:30 in: "Wow, Guile has really let himself go."

mwoody

What's up with the long pause after they hit?

AZRoboto

Voice overs must change... or at least have a Japanese voice track for Home versions... cos those were ass-tacular!

Gameplay seems okay... the lack of parries still annoys me. Thought I could get passed it, but I'm not sure now that I've seen how counter-happy everyone seems to be in this trailer.

No Hugo and No Parries makes me a sad, sad SF fan.

thezman

@Fulgurator: Yes, I've been looking forward to the game. Am quite happy so far. We'll see how it plays when it finally arrives.

@vanderblade: Umm... no, I'm definitely not new to Kotaku or to E3 for that matter. I just felt like doing that dumb "first" thing, lol.

But if it pisses everyone off, and I know I don't want that to happen, I will refrain from doing such things in the future.

Myst3r1o

Ooooohhh!!! Now I'm really excited about this game. I can't wait to play it on consoles.

themadman123

I'm trying to figure out what this new feature is but they don't explain it very well. It looks like a Justice Defend but you can use it on offense but you can also charge yourself up on offense mid combo. Then you can unleash a charged up version of a special move? What's going on here lol

outforprophets

I love Dhalsim's jewelry noises. =)

Naia

Awesome graphical style, slick, visceral action, bad voice acting and terrible lip-synching...SFIV is shaping up to be a classic!

danterandal19

Never, ever speak in English again, Ryu. Never.

Mavwick

@ichiban1081: Scoops! Scoops Haagen-Das!

Toasticus

@vgerik1234: please grow up, you're not on Neogaf.

@Myst3r1o: and you are your own friend and follower?
[kotaku.com]
that explains it all.

moving on...

SF4 is looking sweet. i love the fact that they included the paint strokes in the fighting without overdoing it. i hope capcom gives us a release date for consoles with complete roster.

zanzibarlegend

Mmm. Looks epic.

Providence

I'm not sure if I'm happy hearing them speak english. I'm so used to them speaking in either japanese or english. What would totally be cool is if they had every character speak their native languages. Zangief speaking russian would be fantastic.

suya123

@jayntampa: I agree.

Can't wait. Now I wait to pre-order my SFIV/Arcade Stick Combo!

mackincheese

Day 1 purchase.

DigitalVirus

@Ganonmaster: looks like a big step up and improvement from street fighter 3, and it is THE fighting game.

im waiting to play it before i pass any real judgment though but it looks like there making the original street fighter 2 into 3D wich is a great thing.

DaveStampeed

@vgerik1234:
@Myst3r1o:

Are you two new here for E3? We don't do that "first to post" contest. In fact, that pisses us right off.

Game looks surprisingly inked and colorful. I'm not a fan of the series so much, but the visuals prove impressive.

Anarchist_Gamer

As much as I love SF4 so far, from what I've seen , I really don't like the mouth movements; it induces pain.

Sammo21

I like how this is 2D fighting and not 3D. I've never been a fan of the 3D fighting, but that is probably only because I suck at it. :)

Naia

Yep, I am pumped. I'm also hoping the voice acting will be horrible, otherwise it isn't a fighting game.

Thorax

Need more Sakura :P

jayntampa

@moxone: Quality > quantity.

Polychrome

This is gonna kick so much ass. I want more of the old characters to return though.

Gouki4u's avatar has a severe case of Jekyll and Hyde

Argh! New voice overs please! That was disgustingly horrible.

Still an awesome looking game.

Absent Blue

Haha @ the voice acting, other then that the games looking awesome.

toobadmynamewastaken

@ichiban1081: O.o

cZEAL

Meh?

KaboomtownUSA

This just seems like "the average fighting game". It doesn't seem to have many interesting new features as far as I can see. This just doesn't seem good enough as far as I can see...

Ganonmaster

That looks very cool, the gameplay is very reminiscent of the 2d versions. I am also very fond of the effects, that paintbrush stroke especially.

The voices... sound terrible. I hope there is a version that sounds good even if it is all in Japanese.

Homader

WOOO that was so pringles! I cant wait to get my curly mustache on this game.

ichiban1081

@Myst3r1o:
SECOND! and FOURTH! You must be the happiest person in earth.

Anyway. It's looking awesome!

Fulgurator

Awesome, im just waiting on Akuma and Shen Long at this point. Please, Capcom, please!!!!!!!

nip

Very, very cool.

Candlejack

Looks nice. Gotta love that bad voice acting!

jerimas

One of the things about 2D fighters is that no matter how focused it is on 1-on-1 combat, the camera angles and backgrounds always make the screen look a bit too expansive at times. It's the reason why people get confused in games like Smash Bros where the world expands so much as you move away. What I think this game does really well is make the combat seem very close up, the characters taking up a lot of the screen. Combat seems very visceral, and the backgrounds are simple and let the characters almost blend into the art style.

Looks really cool, actually. Want to see a bit more of the game, and I hope it plays a bit better for me than most of the fighters I've played in the last few years.

Also, Chun-Li still looks terrifying.

nick.soapdish

Oh god I came buckets.

Squishy3

I'm liking how it looks so far.

I'm a but unsure on the voices and that weird black graphic effect from the moves been performed though, but it isn't something that would stop me from buying the game.

Emiat

Needs more characters. The number of fighters is a joke compare to other vs games.

moxone

If Street Fighter was a bagel I would smother it in butter

GTA4er

After disappointments at the hands of Sony and Nintendo, this raised my spirits a bit.

Anyone in the New England area, look up Tokyo Game Action. Probably one of the few arcades in the US to get this close to the Japanese release date. See you there!

Setzer IIDX

Scratch that ^^^^

Myst3r1o

Second... oh yeah, and third!

Myst3r1o

I like the style much more than I thought I would.

Heliophage

I'm totally digging the new gameplay system! Can't wait!

Myst3r1o

First! Can't WAit!

vgerik1234

SONIC
FUCKIN'
BOOOOM!!!

kidko

God, I can't wait for this game

graze81

Wow. I haven't been this excited for a Street Fighter game since reading Nintendo Power's original coverage of the SNES version of Street Fighter 2 back in eighth grade. Between this, Megaman 9, Bionic Commando Rearmed, and Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales I'm definitely getting all kinds of giddy gaming nostalgia from various stages of my life as a gamer. Good times.

Now if someone would only localize those Ys 1 and 2 remakes for the DS (and possibly revisit Valis in some way shape or form) I'd be set...

Nightshift Nurse: Mile High Colonic

Nice! Can't wait to buy it!!!

HoxtonHero

Anyone notice how Chun Li looks too manly??

And more disturbed(ably/ebly) is it even a word? How Ken doesn't look "handsome" enough???!!!

Does it make me fruity that I noticed it?

2SBs

Why'd they suddenly break the tradition of letting 1 team of VAs handle all regions, and just let the characters all speak their native language in 1 voice track? I always really liked that.

cornunderscore2x

lulz playboy bunny!

Destrokk

God, I am in love with this game.

Cant f'n wait!

yashichi8bit

Looks unbelievable. Satisfied would aptly describe how I'm feeling after watching this clip.

Koontz

I'm not entirely sold on the look, but the fact is this game looks incredibly fun. I hated the look of Alpha and I still loved that series. Just hope there's a much bigger roster in the console version, a lot of the bigshots are missing.

Rebochan

sf4 came out already in the arcades. according to what one guy i know says, zangief is actually really good in this game (he says its due to the relatively large sizes in comparison to the screen so its easy to get in close)

maraxusofk

Looks like the gameplay is very defensive with the new system. I liked SF3 parrying and how it made it more offensive.

SS Ymer

Looks good, but aside from the nostalgia I don't know how it can compete with Soul Calibur.

Those voiceovers are terrible. Hire someone to re-animate the mouths for English pleeease.

argh

Cant wait! Keep it up, Capcom Japan!

DwindleFlip

Sorry. Total ADD moment and I hit "submit" before I wanted to go back on topic.

The voice acting work is kind of lame, but the pacing and gameplay reminds me of a mix between 3rd Strike and the EX series, which I guess is a good thing.

The look is pretty sweet though. And why the heck does Guile still not have any new moves? Give him that downward dash kick that Remy had! lol

def PD

YES PLEASE!

ejpal

Hmm, I can't wait to play this game at Battle of Destiny =D

Makeda

@Toasticus: lol

MAG-FUCKIN'-NETO

Oh look he got da mango Sentinel. YO I think of New York Knicks!

Yipes is hilarious.

def PD

I can't help but think of Clayfighters.

Also

@Toasticus: OH! OH! OH!

Deft_One

Looks very impressive... I'll wait for a demo to make my final decision.

phextin

This is the first footage i've seen of SFIV that looks HD. I'm more impressed now. I want this game!

Orionsaint

yeah I'm totally loving the style way more than when they first showed it

sc00t420

The answer lies in...not being able to match the right voice to Ryu.

Orionsaint

@whitey9:

Bob from Tekken 6 is just as bad. In fact, he's nearly exactly the same.

man in gauze is king ramses II, silly.

@Ultrasinc: Notice how the pauses only occur during the revenge counter attacks I pointed out earlier. These revenge attacks are most likely going to be key attacks in every fight, so stressing them makes sense. Every attack aside from that has no pauses, as you can see in the second half of the video...in which no revenge attacks are initiated. People don't seem to understand the point of this video.

Furious_Liver

Not usually a fan of the fighting genre, but this game might just end up on my shelf.

Rhawb

@mugenektr: There will be controllers for the 360, you can get a Hori EX2 for $40-50 already...

2008-9 this looks like a banner 12 months for fighters- potentially starting and ending with KOF (UM and XII) , and with SC4, SF4, and Tekken 6 in the middle (though I'll pass on Tekken)

Also- the console versions will have added characters most likely- Capcom doing polls now officially. Cammy most likely. Those chars may make it to arcade.

arstal

Looks pretty fantastic to me. Balrog in particular looks perfectly suited to the style

Sunjammer

Love the art style, and looks fun, but...

WTF is with the pauses at each and every hit??? It's almost another KOF! This is gonna mess with the fluidity and my timing...

And please! No english in fighting games!!! It's not as bad as SC... but still >_<

Ultrasinc

@whitey9: I was just thinking the exact same thing... It was like ANYONE could of designed that with minimal effort.

Lokku

@argh: Street Fighter and Soul Calibur are entirely different fighting games. If you like slow paced, tactical fighting, go with Soul Calibur. If you like fast paced, technical fighting, go with Street Fighter (and several other Capcom fighters). Street Fighter games will always mainly appeal to a hardcore gaming community, as most Street Fighter games are more difficult to pick up and play off the bat than Soul Calibur. Its a matter of taste.

If you're a fighting game fan such as I, picking up both games would be the best route.

Furious_Liver

They show the uses for levels 1 and 2 of focus attacks. This videos gave some hope, maybe I'll like it. Shame they didn't show the level 3 atack.

I just hope there are new new characters on the console versions. Having only 4 new characters is really a joke for a true new iteration of SF.

Lider

The fat round guy is the worst character design I've ever seen. It's like they just stuck little toothpick legs onto a tennis ball, called it good.

whitey9

cant fuckin wait for this game to come out!

Oh, the english voices are not very good, I hope they were just in video only.

Oh yeah, i agree, it needs more charcters...

kablammyman

i just busted...I CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS FRIGGIN GAME. GOTTA GET ME A PS3!! (stupid d-pad on xbox 360!!)

mugenektr

@thezman: Because they're not. And King kicks ass.

Furious_Liver

goddamn, as if i wasn't already excited...this looks amazing. Loving how they integrated the brushstrokes into the hits, i wish they'd incorporate more of that

PATSCRU

Digging the 8-bit old school status music.

Amazed at how much this looks like the old 2-D feel.

It seems that in the next-gen - after running into problems adapting with a 'next-gen' feel - developers are finding the best solution is to try and get as close to the original feel as possible, but with subtle enhancements.

It works and pleases the fans.

sir_carrot

Wow, SFIV is stealing Garou, they stole both Just Defense and Feint Cancel.

Mr.DuckSauce

@whitey9: He's not THAT bad. I mean, he's not as bad as King or 1/2 the cast of Tekken.

Even most characters in Soul Calibur are generic looking characters with generic armor.

Sure, I'm not a big fan... but almost all fighting games have generic or stupid character design. But who cares anyway? If he plays well that's all that matters.

Hell, why aren't you bitching about the fact that Ryu and Ken are almost identical?

thezman

@maraxusofk: Hear Hear! for the 'gief, my favorite male character! Dhalsim looks like he had a good animation makeover too. Other than his normal attacks, for a Yoga master he always moved so slowly and stiffly. I know that clearly was for balance, since he could teleport too, but I loved seeing him literally bend over backwards.

The closer-to-finished product is looking great! Definitely better than I was expecting.

StrikerGold

God... the voice acting is SO HORRIBLE. Because the mouth movements don't fit I'm guessing it was dubbed over the original Japanese.... eww though.. soooo ewww

Siye

@cZEAL:

[kotaku.com]

ichiban1081

@moxone:

Quantity? Go back to playing your Mugen games please.

Radz

Only problem I had with the game was that some of the characters faces looked so........ goofy.......... it was ridiculous. Other than that looks good.

Cheroro

OMG FUCKING YES!

robotleawesome

I really can't wait to play this, it's been too damn long since I've gotten to play good old Street Fighter in some new form.

Kiyosuki

This is the year of the fighters. It's the 90s all over again.

Knuckler

Yay English voice work! The gameplay looks awesome. I hope Akuma makes it in. He'd look awesome in this.

Ryodestined

I love it.

Replica23

To be fair, however, whoever programmed the camera during the super moves at the end deserves a raise. They managed to make even the lamest of supers (ie. virtually all of the ones from the returning SF2 cast) look visually engaging.

Deuce

It's been too long since I've gotten to play good old Street Fighter warmed over and coated with a fine honey glaze.

Oh, wait... no, it hasn't. Yippee, more SF2 lameness. This isn't Street Fighter IV. It's Street Fighter II: Pretty 3D Graphic Style Edition EX + Alpha Gold Premium Schwarzenegger Edition.

I was interested in this game until I found out it was basically the same old thing with a fresh coat of paint. Might as well play HD Remix, and I'd sooner eat linoleum than spend money on that. :P

Deuce

wait wait wait... does this mean the parry system is back? it kinda looks like it. if it is im stoked :D

zgnoud

Jesus man.

Seeing people who actually know how to do these combos lends itself so nicely to the system, instead of all those location test videos on youtube.

I'm am now completely fine with the parry system being replaced.

And this game now definitely looks like it's gunna rule ass.

Junker

Umm.. did they pick Leonardo from the Ninja Turtles to voice Ryu? Geez.

jrleek

Sweet voice overs.

Guile sounds american now, Giefer sounds much more russian... and did you see the blanka bite?

And anyway, i always though Ryu should speak out a lot of languages, since he's a worldly traveler. And we all know he can talk in perfect english.. he hangs out with Ken.

b0ogie

bravo!

waitinthecar

Thank you, Jesus, so much.

Gilbert

@b0ogie: I think we're deaing with a Japanese take on the traditional "Everyone-speaka-de-English" phenomenon so common to American cinema.

Deuce

Ken has Violent Ken's Kuzu-Ryu Reppa!! NICE!

element7

why do they sound like that?

i was satisfied with them all speaking their native languages.

yflow

this looks whack. the hesitation after every hit? wtf is with that? I'd much rather play a fluid game with tons of depth like Tekken. Back in the Tekken3 and TTT days tthe gameplay was so good and fluid that at times it felt like your character was just an extension of YOU instead of someone you were controlling.

sublimnl

gah, to be honest i still can't get used to sf4's art style and i don't think i ever will. the beautiful 2d sprites in third strike worked fine for me. now we're stuck with goofy looking faces and ryu's buldge (and chun li's buldge, too).

Tatsujinken

english v/o ftl

DarkTravesty

looks fantastic visually!

only thing is the figthing seems.. a bit.. slow :S

otherwise great!

NovaBlack

No thanks. I will go with the developer who is NOT lazy, unlike Capcom who took the easy way out with these PlastiGraphics.

Who is this developer?

SNK. Latest King of Fighters. 100% Hand Drawn.

Case closed, game over, SNK 1. Capcom 0.

Vanguarde

Awesome, can't wait, but Vega's (or Balrog, hate that stupid changing names thing) Super looks almost the same as the maximum spider, spidey does in the Marvel vs Capcom games

Soleyu

Nice crappy soulcalibur 2 voiceovers. every time i see this it looks worse and worse. did i really just see ryu combo into a super from a late jump kick with no hits in between?

UltraMagnus

This has to be the best step forward I've seen Capcom take with the series in a long time. I've been hankerin' for some 90's style SF. The HD Remix should tide me over, but this looks just incredible. How many people want to try out the new combo system? The (what looks like) reversals that appear to work much better than Alpha Counters and the like? The only points of concern are those moves that look like chaining and no (currently) available playable Cammy. Have to get my brother to try this out in Japan.

mrpibb79

Epic phail for lack of Akuma or Dan The Man Hibiki.

Rainbow Bright

WTB 10 string combos

JCVD

Whoa, English voices, that's kinda weird, but nice. Though I always loved Guile's engrish. I can't wait to try out Viper and El Fuerte. They look sweet.

Zho

For a second there I thought those blue aura things were parrying, but it seems if you do a move hard enough it breaks through their unfocused attacks without worry about collateral damage to yourself. I wonder how this will play out with coin-op pros.

Tracid

the only dub is at the begin scenes before the fight starts.
the fighting itself is done by japanese voices actors how i know that?
when ken,chun li,ryu used super it sound nothing like the dub.
when chun li,ryu,ken just fights they sound like street fighter 3rd strike.

really i don't see a big problem if only the begin scene is english and yes some characters are fully english but thats because some character are american.

yun

I am buying this.

Surfninja

@Sammo21: The mouth movements are such because they didn't sync them up with English dialogue. They're synched with Japanese. Unless you mean just when they scream or something, I dunno.

Regardless, this game will be bought by many, including me.

Thugmunk

Wow, the gameplay is just so smooth. But...

I was caught off guard with the voices. Didn't seem to match the characters' traditional voices, but we'll probably get used to them. I think it'd be better if characters spoke in their native tongue. Ryu would sound better speaking Japanese.

I know I'm beating a dead horse, but I'm still not warming up to the bulky art direction. It looks like something Street Fighter EX4 would look like. Tatsunoko vs. Capcom--now that's a FINE example of next-gen 2D/3D animation done right! Capcom, why couldn't SF4 have looked like that? =(

@moxone: This is a proper Street Fighter game and NOT part of the VS series. This means no exaggeratedly large fireballs or over-the-top double jumping or 3v3 battles or an endless roster. For that, you'll want to divert your attention elsewhere: [kotaku.com]

Fenris Wolf

Very decent gameplay. I always liked SF series for it's straight-to-the-point combo system and less like Guilty Gear juggle crazy combo. Though any one whose seen Fate Unlimited Codes will find that 3D styled fighters are looking great this year!

Starplate

No blood in Blanka's head bite?

Everybody else seems to bleed black ink?

That stupid fat guy joke character?

I want to like this game but I couldn't fart loud enough to express my opinion on the above.

RonJeremy4Pres

@Deuce: well, i wasn't interested in this game until I found out it was basically the same old thing with a fresh coat of paint. a new, *real* street fighter, ftw.

last comment, i swears it.

pasquinelli

@Vanguarde: i wish it was hand drawn too. but i'm still aching to play it. how can that be, you ask? how can i be disappointed by a superficial detail, yet still excited to play the game? not sure, maybe it's because i'm an adult.

pasquinelli

obviously, this looks awesome.

pasquinelli

this could actually get me interested in the series, which i haven't been since selling my super nintendo in '94.

the only way this would be better is if it were double dragon.

pancakes-mcgee

Just reading other fans comments on the voice overs. Funny thing is, I don't mind it at all. If you notice, maybe it could be an option depending on who you're fighting.

Plus I love the little details..
1) definitely looks like parrying is back "focus attack"
Love the title, but man this is just more streamline
2) And the characters look a bit cleaner. Chun Li looks more gorgeous as always (some are saying she's scary, heh)
3) Crimson Viper's attacks look like another fem me' fatal. I wonder what her fight against Bison will lead up to

Just so much awesome stuff here! =D

kadosho

Lord knows I'll be as terrible at this game as I am at every other fighting game, but I can't wait to watch over someone else shoulder.

Jackablade

@pasquinelli: Personally, I'm just not interested in fighting the same fights I played through back in high school. If they'd axed most (if not all) of the SF2 cast, maybe. That was the best thing about SF3. Too bad Capcom wimped out and put SF2 chars back into it.

Deuce

Just over a week till I can play this game at BoD, I can't tell you how much i'm excited. It's looking very, very cool.

MikoKeZ

I certainly hope they clean up the framerate.
Crimson == Benamaru (or i guess kyotsuke ).
Nice to see they didn't use cheap particle effects like KOF, nice flame effects, the only thing keeping this from looking as good as Soul Calibur are the collisions (makes the action seem discontenuous). FIX RYU'S EYEBROWS. I like SF3's character design better, whats next, Making Chun li charge her kikouken like before?

dacresni

Nice! After enough SF2 it started to feel kind of slow to me compared to SNK games but this looks great. Not really fast, but uh... it looks like it feels fluid and responsive? I'm surprised what a classic vibe I get from it at the same time.

They still charge super gauges, but that's Capcom for you. It's not really bad, but I personally like the simplicity of either doing without, or the balancing effect of desparation moves.

fuchikoma

Why can't they take a risk for once and have the fighters speak their respective languages? Everybody expected to read subtitles anyway. Oh well game looks great can't wait!

Gunloc

DO NOT WANT

Crawl to China

it looks like blanka is giving balrog hickies at 2:32...

the game looks good though. like as hot as ken or ryu's haduken fireballs! :D

anoriel

at first i hated it because i am a huge fan of Streei Fighter 3 Third Strike.

But after each video i see, i'm liking it more and more!!

Cragnous

is it just me or is anyone else bother by the fact that every single character looks way too muscular

UltimateIdiot