For those that are having trouble unlocking Akuma and Gouken, keep in mind that you MUST be using a character that you already beat the game with to do so.

Yea I talked with my friend, and I have to use Akuma to get Gouken. Makes sense I guess lol.

Anyone on live wanna go a few rounds?

Hint:

you don't have to

If they had the SF Live action movie costumes then it'd be worth the purchase >=D

Well Gamestop fucked up my order (bought online :/) and now I have to wait till tomorrow to get the game since I canceled my order from them but now I'm not getting the collectors edition since I can't find them.
So I guess I'll join the fellow ps3 fighters tomorrow =p

Man, Seth is a such a bitch. I think it took me 15+ times with Abel and Chun-Li on Medium before I finally gave up and just restarted with the very easy setting and 1 round. It's so ridiculous how he keeps spamming teleport and then pile drives you if you're not quick to counter (usually with Chunners I just EX Spinning Bird Kick the second I recover, but that could only save me ever so often).

BTW, anyone try the challenge modes yet? Specifically the Trial stuff? Some of that shit is really difficult to pull off (starting at Level 4 Normal), especially with the charge characters. I can't even get past level 3 normal with Guile or Chun-Li. It's like there's a certain timing to it. Once they start mixing in the EX Focus Attacks, it starts getting pretty frustrating. Though I gotta admit some of the stuff in there does come in pretty handy.

I find it exceptionally difficult to do some of those considering the controller, yeah. I'm hoping to pick up a pad if I can find one to tide me over until the sticks get here, because this is *ridiculous*

The only character I managed to beat Trial Mode NORMAL with was Zangief, but that took forever to do.

Most of the combos are pretty ridiculous. Kinda makes me wish they had some sort of demo thing on how to pull it off... Kinda like what Soul Calibur has.

Plus, progress for me. Managed to get Akuma under the circumstances I posted up earlier. Yay, just Gokuen and Seth remain.

I don't think Akuma requires you to beat the game with all the original cast, though. I got him without doing it.

I got him after unlocking everyone who's not Gouken/Akuma/Seth, and then beating the game getting exactly 2 perfects and 2 ultra finishes with a character I had already beaten it with before.

Gouken, same deal. Only had to beat it with Akuma once, then get 2 perfects, 3 ultras on a character I had already beaten it with (so no go on the initial Akuma run). No continues on both, by the way.

However, Seth requires you to beat the game with everyone, so at least you're working towards that.

Haha, yea I can't even imagine trying to pull them off on a 360 controller. I did mine on the PS3's d-pad, since EB didn't get the sticks in yet (apparently the SE sticks are out next week).

This guy has did all the Trial modes with everyone, and some of them only took him a couple of tries clear.
YouTube - kalelulen4's Channel

Regarding the unlockables, I got Akuma with just the 1 perfect and no continues method in Chaotic's post. Though for Gouken what I did was 1 perfect, 3+ Ultras and no continues(didn't keep track, but I know I did more than 3), I don't think the 1up's 2 Ultras method works.

Seth is definitely a pain in the ass. When I fought him on normal, he kept hitting me with shoryukens and teleporting behind me and using Zangief's spinning piledriver. I ended up beating him with Zangief and his grabs, incidentally. He still wasn't as hard as Akuma on HD Remix on easy.

It still doesn't make it ANY easier to pull some of them off... :(

Yeah, now I gotta figure out Gokuen again since it didn't work for me either...

[EDIT]: GameFAQs redeemed itself. The cheat list was updated and apparently you have to beat the game with Akuma first before you could unlock Gokuen. Did another run with Gief and now I have Gokuen unlocked. One more to go. :3:

I played aracade on Medium setting and there are only three people I had a problem with and thats honda, zangief, and a little bit of seth. I say a little bit with seth because it actually depended on who I was Using, like it took me longer to beat him with bison than it did with someone like ryu. But It's not impossibly hard like I kept hearing here though, don't really know what the fuss was about, yeah it took me a while but to beat him but it's not Impossible.
First round, easy as hell to beat him, then the second is when he starts spamming the crap out of every possible move. If you stand still and wait for him to come, he'll just throw sonic booms so you have to rush to him quickly and him back with something. When he knocks you down, he fucks up your defenses by teleporting all over the fucking screen and getting you with a pile driver or uppercut so what I did was just try to jump out of the way before he could do anything.

I basically just stuck to medium setting so far but in order to get akuma and gouken I know I'm going to go down to easy to succeed.

In case you folks are interested, the Prima strategy guide for this game is downloadable from Demonoid.

This is what it had to say about unlockable characters.
http://upload.jetsam.org/images//unl...characters.png

Is anyone doing the GameStop Street Fighter IV Tournament? My sister signed me and her husband up so we're gonna be there at 11 this morning.

Under the circumstances in which I am ridiculously hungover and have to get rid of some broad who spent the night at my house, this might be a little hard to do but I'll try. :cool:

I'm actually attending that tourney this afternoon as well (ours is at 2 P.M.).

I've never been one to participate in tourneys, mainly because I end up going alone and don't really know anyone. However, after attending Brawl's midnight release / tourney, I've gotten over that minor phobia. It's fun to meet complete strangers that you can chat up for strats, grab a quick bite with, and stuff like that.

With camera in hand, I will be dishing out the Ken. Wish me luck!

I'll be expecting ours to be nothing but Ken and Ryu matchups...

These trial mode challenges are giving me carpal tunnel still.
I don't understand the timing for Chunny's [Heavy Hazanshu > Senretsu Kyaku], and stuff like Crimson Viper's [Focus Attack > c.HP > Thunder Knuckle cancel > Burst Time] and Gen's [MP(Mantis) > c.LK(Crane) > EX Focus Attack > Ryukoha] require crazy reflexes and patience that I don't have. Not to mention the impracticality of some of these combos which I'd never use in the heat of a real battle.

Since I appear to be one of the only people to *not* go through all the hoops to unlock the characters the day the game came out I'll see if this is legit or if the whole "2 perfects 3 dadada" thing is the actual legit way of doing it.

Well I completed the game with Akuma and didn't unlock Gouken. However, I did it again with 1 round matches, 2 perfects, 3 ultras and no continues and did unlock Gouken. It may sound like nonsense, but it's nonsense that has worked.

Also, I'd unlocked Akuma before having completed with all other characters.

It's funny because it's absolutely wrong, but ok.

With Akuma and Gouken you have to beat the game under those circumstances with someone you've already cleared the game with. In Gouken's case, you have to beat it with Akuma first, then again with whoever you want.

Yeah, that is completely wrong. I haven't even touched Cammy yet, and I have both Akuma and Gouken now.

Eh, I don't think I would be good enough to compete in the Fighting game circuit anyway... I haven't had much luck in the arcades playing this game... On top of that, it's my Dad's birthday today, so I would've had to pass it up anyway.

Also did a couple of matches with OP earlier, a lot of fun. If anyone else wants to face me, given I'm not busy, I'm more than willing to go for a couple of matches.

So, on a random note, would anyone be interested in a Gamingforce Tournament for this game? Considering how many people here play it, would be interesting... Although because this is a multi-platform game, there would have to be a PS3 division and a 360 division.. :(

got gouken and akuma now all thats left is seth. Dunno what the complaint was about, easy mode is as easy as it sounds.
Right now I'm just beating the game on medium with all characters. If you see me online on my ps3 feel free to send me an invite since I'm done with a lot of the busy work, can't use a mic at the moment tho since theres no sense of privacy at the moment