We can maybe understand a mouse-controlled version of Dead or Alive Online, keeping one hand free, but this Street Fighter Online Mouse Generation nonsense? Unbelievable. At least you can put a fish head on your character, seemingly its only redeeming feature. That rockin’ soundtrack is also good for a laugh or two.
Sure, everyone’s excited about Street Fighter IV, but what about that other new Street Fighter game? You know, the ugly online one for PCs. You know, the one that is controlled entirely by moving and clicking a mouse. Well! It may look like crapola, but Street Fighter Online Mouse Generation does offer something somewhat interesting: Players can switch out character body parts. So, you can put Chun-Li’s legs on Ryu and have him perform her Spinning Bird Kick. Or put his arms and fists on her and have Chun-Li shoryuken the crap outta her foes! We like the idea of this, just as we like the idea of Frankenstein. (Well, before he frightened the villagers!) SFO Mouse Gen [4Gamer via Arcade Renaissance]
It’s a good thing that Capcom finally got around to announcing Street Fighter IV, because if they hadn’t, today’s revelation of Street Fighter Online: Mouse Generation may have sent some fighting fans over the edge, never to return. The Capcom-licensed, Daletto-developed game for Windows drops six-button and joystick controls for something simpler—mouse gestures and clicks. Street Fighter Online: Mouse Generation is played entirely with mouse controls, with left-clicks for punches, right-clicks for kicks and special attacks performed by mouse movement.
