Nice, even info there on how you can select different taunts and win quotes along with outfit colors. Sounds like E3 trailer music made it into the Volcanic Rim stage, sweet. Really liking the stage bgm, especially the Cruise Ship Stern (Dan vid) and Overpass (Cammy vid, kind of funny how the kids are really into the fight) stages.

There are also a couple more vids available as well. One demoing the Challenge Mode's Trial mode, Ryu's anime intro (kinda boring), and the last one a chat with Seth about the stick/pad options. Gotta get a pre-order down for that Tourney edition stick. Can't seem to bypass the agreement thing for the challenge and ryu intro vids so you won't be able to view them streamed, but you can still download them.

CES 2009: Street Fighter IV Challenge Mode Demo - PlayStation 3 Movies at GameSpot
CES 2009: Street Fighter IV Anime Intro: Ryu - Xbox 360 Movies at GameSpot
CES 2009: Street Fighter IV Specially Created Controllers Report - PlayStation 3 Movies at GameSpot

Turning the discussion back to the sticks, is there any news about there being a possibility to mod the sticks to work for both consoles? And if such a method exists would it be easier to do it from the 360 version's stick or the PS3's? Ideally these questions are directed towards tourney edition, since that's the one I plan on purchasing.

A little more than a month left. Luckily I got reading week during the week of SF4's release so I should be able to go crazy that week (hopefully my profs will be merciful).

Ars Technica spent some time with pads as well:
Mad Catz six button gamepad: the ultimate d-pad has arrived

Kinda aggravating that the tourney stick might not be available in Canada. GO FIGURE.

Word is that it won't be released up here of course, so now we've got hilarity time import fees and bouncing it off yankee addresses!

Still not gonna be 150 pounds like the fucking brits gotta deal with but still SADFACE

Yea, I found that out on Monday when I stopped by to make my pre-order. Lame, I ordered the regular one in it's place. Can't seem to pre-order the Tourny edition from anywhere online now either, not that I will anyway since it would probably end up costing over $200 CAD to import it.

BTW, what ever happend to Chun-li's Tenshokyaku? From the arcade vids I've seen on Youtube, I haven't seen anyone use it. The only times I recall the move being used were in the trailers and the vid of Chun-Li vs Viper at the official site. Did they remove the move? (sucks if they did, cause it's pretty decent anti-air move) Or is it just difficult to execute? Though that shouldn't be the case, right? Unless they changed the move's execution since Alpha/Zero.

Well up until today (or yesterday I guess), most places were giving me the generic answer of "I dunno if we're getting it yet". It seems official now though that we aren't. As far as I can tell from retailers up here, at least.

Which doesn't make any fucking sense. Fuck that.

I'm gonna bounce it off my friendly neighbourhood Daravon, but in the end it's gonna cost mad bank. The next step is getting lucky enough to grab one of the few remaining preorders when those open up on the madcatz online store. Knowing my luck, I'll be in class, at work or taking a dump or some bullshit when they go live and I'll totally miss the fucking boat.

Well, after hearing that they were only making 3000 I had a feeling we were going to get the short end of the stick (heh).

Mad catz is gonna take pre-orders from their site as well? When exactly? Are they only going to be taking pre-orders for any remaining stock? Eg. after all the other game stores have gotten their pre-orders in (imaging there's an unannounced cut-off date). I know Play-asia was actually taking pre-orders during the weekend, but upon checking their site again today they changed the item status to "pre-orders coming soon." The price was ridiculous though, they were asking for $20 more than the retail.

GameShark® Store - Street Fighter IV

I dunno. The UK version of this store (with a .net instead of a .com) is opening preorders tomorrow or something, so I imagine/hope/pray to God that the US one is doing the same.

Play-Asia always charges lawlarity pricing and then fucks with the exchange rate about as much as paypal does so it always results in gigalulz when ordering from there.

Keep in mind the store linked above only ships to continental AMERIKKKA so if you're gonna take a shot at that, best to have some yank's address on hand for the old shipping address horseshit.

I'm not sure if they ship to Canada Skills but you might want to try the wait list on Lizard Lick Amusements - Arcade Machines and Arcade Machine Parts. The guy who runs it actively posts on SRK and it's pretty trust worthy (a lot of custom stick makers buy their parts from there if they don't need to import). MC seems to be dropping hints of a possible reprint though so still keep your head up (or at least, they're beating around the topic). Managed to get my pre-order in at amazon mid December.

Street Fighter 4 Dan Taunt Video PC PS3 Xbox 360 Arcade Gameplay Trailer from GameVideos

The most Super of Taunts.

Ahh, nuts to it then. Maybe something will come up on amazon.ca as the game's release closes in (the only thing I've seen so far is the strategy guide).

Some more english dubs: Ken, Sagat, Ryu, Viper, and Abel. Very disappointing that both Ken and Ryu's VAs couldn't even muster out a "Hurricane" for their Tatsumaki, opting to just make it a sort of battle cry/grunt ("huurrraaahh"). Abel sounds pretty close to his Japanese counterpart, and Viper's english death cry is as crazy as her Japanese one.

Gametrailers.com - Street Fighter IV - 360 Tournament: Ken vs Sagat
Gametrailers.com - Street Fighter IV - 360 Tournament: Ryu vs C. Viper
Gametrailers.com - Street Fighter IV - 360 Tournament: Abel vs Ryu

EDIT: Here's another dubbed one with Blanka and Viper.

Gametrailers.com - Street Fighter IV - PS3 C. Viper vs Blanka Gameplay

Also, can you actually drop your claw if you're Vega? I've never seen that before, the player in the vid looked like he did by his own will. Unless it was just a delay after getting hit by Ken's Tatsumaki.
Gametrailers.com - Street Fighter IV - PS3 Ken vs Vega Gameplay

If you drop your question at SRK they might be able to answer it in the show.

Link at SRK: 1up.com Game Night Jan. 15th: SFIV feat MAGUS1234, A_Rival, R. Li and Haunts - Shoryuken

As for the english dub, I'm so in love with Cammy's voice.

The only thing I'm hoping for is that this stream is better than the last one, where the players all sucked saved for Richard Li's competent play of Dictator/M.Bison.

Blog has been updated with an Abel vs Fei Long match.

Street Fighter IV

Slightly annoying news about having to unlock various characters. Siegfried at SRK posted with some details:

Apparently Siegfried knows his stuff, but having to complete with a character to unlock the alternate VA is something new (I thought I'd heard it was available from the start) and slightly annoying if true.

Speaking of SRK.

Hantei might be appreciative of this.

Canadian SRK’ers: Still Looking For a SF4 Tournament Edition (TE) Stick? - Shoryuken

Important in bold.

Horray...I think. A few weeks of shit pad usage until the TE stick drops, or...well, a few weeks of regular stick usage until the new parts arrive and you upgrade it yourself.

So either or. Most surprising is that THE PRICE is the same as in yankeebucks, I was expecting at least a 30 dollar premium when converted to our holla holla dolla.

That's excellent news, thanks for the share! The best part is definitely the price being the same, but kind of a downer that we may not even get the sticks till April (since pre-orders won't happen till March). Hmm, I think I'll keep with my pre-order of the regular edition till the reviews hit and then decide from there whether or not to drop it and hold out for the TE (really love the larger base on the board). If anything I'll pre-order a TE stick for the 360, whenever EB will start taking orders.

I'm definitely going to keep a close eye on amazon.ca as well, maybe, just maybe, they'll have a few available in time for the game's release.

Yeah, I misread. I was clearly blinded by happiness and thought "preorders and shipments in March" instead of just preorders.

At this point it's probably best if I just order the cheaper stick and do the parts replacement myself. At least in that case I'll have something to use that's not the vomit inducing shitrocket that is the 360 controller in the meantime.

Secondly, I took the 360 SKU above to my EB, showed it to the manager, and she confirmed that it has be changed to "discontinued" as the person spoken to in the above post said would occur. So no sneak in 360 preorders before it was changed. :(

SIDE NOTE OF HILARITY though, the clerk standing next to the manager, looking at the screen, kept telling me "NAH NIGGA THESE AIN'T EVEN IN THE COMPUTER", while the manager was showing both him and I the inventory listing. Took all my willpower not to kick him in the teeth and defecate in his nose while he was down. I swear to God, Southjag has been cloned.

Can you not just ship one over from America?

A decently high weight, plus a faster shipping option so I don't get stuck without it for long, plus that I haven't found a seller who will ship it directly to Canada means I'd have to expensive ship it TWICE, once to a friendly yankee and once from him to me, all while the dollar's low means that'd be an extra 30% tacked to the final cost or so, possibly more.

That's not really an optimal solution. I can wait if it means the price won't change, but the DIY option will be slightly less money at the cost of a little bit of time. 6 button replacements and joystick fix wouldn't take all that long considering how well organized and clean the damn things are though.

Gameplay vids for everyone except Cammy, Fei Long, Rose, and Gen at the link below. You'll also get to see some of the character's victory poses and win quotes (Rufus has got some long ones), the quotes appear to be character specific. I would love to know how to obtain a copy of that trial version.

Pick Your Character | ScrewAttack.com

The Gouken one was probably the best if you were looking for vids of his gameplay. From what I can tell Gouken doesn't have a normal Shoryuken attack, it appears that it's a super/ultra only move. Though his Hurricane kick, and Hadouken, makes up for the anti-air attacks since his version rises vertically. Bleh, and Seth looks like he's going to be a frustrating character to play against. Basically the best moves of all the characters into one.

Ruliweb also has some high res screens of the anime intros, gallery menu, and other stuff. From the screens it looks like Cammy's rival is Viper and that there'll be little cut scene (using the ingame engine) showing their confrontation before the match begins.

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Jesus christ that neck, I can never get over that.

Videos still look awesome as hell, can't wait for my copy~

Videos are awesome, and just make me want to get hands on with this game even more. Why isn't it Feb 20th yet...

I have to say actually, the more I see of this game, the more interested I am in getting it. Is there any sort of decent joystick option that won't cost me £150?

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"HELLO KEN, HELLO KEN!"
"ICANDOAKICK"

Also holy shit the collectors edition costs $200 here. $100 extra for a DVD and toy? Best!

Yeah. You can grab a current Hori EX2 for the 360 for about £40 (I nabbed one for £35 in the end from Play). Or you could grab the Mad Catz SFIV fight pad, which is done in the style of the old Saturn pads, for about £25.