Street Fighter 4 - For some reason they're still putting in characters other than Ken
 

Just announced at a Capcom show going on in London. Capcom themselves have been countingdown all week to some kind of megaton via this website (http://www.capcom-unity.com/) and it looks like SFIV was it.

The countdown ends in less than an hour but I'll be work so this is what GamesRadar had to say at the London show:

This would be awesome if it was true. It's just been hyped and hinted at WAY too many times to get my hopes up without something more concrete. I'll just have to wait and see what pops up at around noon and go from there I suppose. Till then...

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What are you talking about? It is true. It's just been announced.

Street Fighter IV - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


It's pretty true. I've known about it from a friend of mine, so I was already well aware. I can only wonder where the game's animation will be. Either way, it's gonna be fun to see what happens in the next couple of months. I just hope one-button throws come back, instead of using LP/LK to throw. lol.

Official trailer:

YouTube Video

I personally don't think the game itself will be in 3D. I think the trailer is in 3D to just show "LOOK PEOPLE, THE GAME YOU ALL LOVE IS COMING BACK". I dont know, I guess we can speculate? lol

Finally....After all these years Street Fighter 4 is finally coming.

I'm a bit afraid of it being totally in 3d, but seeing as how i never played a 3rd street fighter I cant say too much against it. I'd still love it in 3rd but I prefer 2d.

What would be interesting is 3d Chars and scenery but with 2d stages

This looks more like 300 - The Game

Interesting. I actually don't care if it's in 3D so long as it at least mimics the footage shown in the teaser trailer. I can't really see Capcom going back to 2D unless it's of even higher quality than Street Fighter 3, since to mainstream audiences POLYGANZ = SUPERIOR!!!

The teaser trailer alone almost makes up for the disappointment that is Guilty Gear 2: Overture.

Ryu looks like my friend who lives next door O.O. In short, I can't really say shit since there is no gameplay. I just hope it is nothing like Tekken, DoA,SC, SFEX and so on.

@ kurado : Please do not mention overture >.<!

I hear it's supposed to stay a 2D game... I'm just wondering what they're gonna do for character design if they decide to stay true to their formula.

Heh, I'm more concerned about the fighting system, 2D/3D decision, and character line-up than graphics. I've been playing 3rd Strike for almost 2 years now, and since I started, I never went back to SFII. The parry system, the new characters (and old ones that eventually became top tiers), and crazy combos made 3s the best, And of course, the fact that it was 2D.

It's been 8 years since 3rd Strike was released. Something tells me Capcom may be leaning towards an evolution in their fighting games, which frankly, I'm not looking forward to. Just gonna have to wait and see in the upcoming year for updates.

According to Capcom-Unity, they'll have more info on friday.

I'm the same as SimDaddyGT, been playing 3rd strike to death for the past years.

No matter how good SF4 will be, if it's 3D, people will go back to 3rd Strike. The gameplay suffers a lot with this transitions. 2D gameplay in 3D games is pure crap.

Take a look at Kof 2006 for example. It's a decent game and they tried to give it a 2D gameplay, but somehow it didin't work very well. 3D makes fighting games a lot slower.

I have won SF2 and SF3 championships in my country, and i love 2d games if executed well. It will make me really sad if it will be in 3d.

It has to be 2d, and believe me if any company can revitalize spirit of true 2d game its capcom itself, and its capcom who can also fuck up the franchise.
But its SF so they know how fanbase and expectatiosns are like, so i hope they wont fuck it.

Maybe they are testing online and stuff through SFHD, so they can tweak and balance SF4 even more.

Hopefully it won't be another poke fighter. Seriously that Ken/Chun Li/Yun bullshit in 3S is really retarded and I hope they don't like something that bad slip through their fingers again. Say what you want about Tekken, but they at least attempted to balance the T5 series. Dark Ressurection wasn't perfect, but compared to 5.0 Steve or Bryan... well, enough said.

Heh, I get more people complaining to me about Makoto's attack and stun power, not to mention karakusa range, mainly because I use her. But you are right, the Ken/Chun/Yun poking got really annoying after a while, and it still sucks, but now I find Urien's pokes to be worse. He's got too much leg room.

Well, I'm too a Makoto player, but I try not to abuse of karakusa. I don't play on a competitive level, but I can defend myself pretty good.

The Ken/Chun/Yun is true. I grabbed EVO2k5 DVD and it was a total waste of time. Only a couple of videos of Makoto, Urien and Remy (which was one of the worst Remys I've seen in my life) and a whole crap of videos of Ken/Chun/Yun.

That's why I like to see Aruka, RX and J. I love how Aruka humiliates top tier characters with his Ibuki.

That's what makes 3s so good. If you're good, you can win with almost every character (exept Sean of course).

Tekken is the same way. Hell EVO 2K7 winner was a JACK 5 PLAYER! Seriously wtf? His lows are annoying and safe, but just get in on him and he's dead. -_-

I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand, another 2D fighter from Capcom should be a moment of celebration. On the other hand, the parry system is one of the dumbest things Capcom has come up with, and is directly responsible for SF3 being so drastically tiered, but it's very likely to make a return in SF4.

I guess I just have to wait for something other than a spiffy trailer to comment further. Hopefully the roster won't be so wierdo-heavy this time.

d/b+1 ftw!

Evade like in Snk vs capcom 1 and 2 should must return, atleast give choice to select parry and evade like in SvC.
SvC was more balanced effort from capcom than SF3.

The roster of character should also be condensed with more better characters, SF3 had lots of bullshit characters.

SF3's largest weakness was it's characters. While the characters themselves were fine. It didn't have enough of the original cast to make the more casual SF fans not feel alienated.

As for balance it could go either way. Like SF2 where everyone is 100% equal. Or like 3rd Strike where while it's balanced, you have to play to the individual character's strenghths.

But I know, that if it took them this long to feel confident in making a SF sequel, that they must have some wicked ideas to fuel this baby.

It'd be nice if Street Fighter IV is actually just a 3D port of Street Fighter II.

I wasn't really impressed by Street Fighter III, and it'd be nice to see some recurring characters besides Ken, Ryu, or Chun Li.

If SF4 is 3D I am going to kill myself. And for thoes who want it to be 3D, go play SF EX3 and then let's see if you're singing the same toon. Nope, high-res sprites and solid gameplay is all I need. Leave the 3D to the likes of Tekken and Soul Calibur

Anyone else think Ryu is really ugly in that trailer? Looks kind of like a pig to me.

Anyways, this news is great, SF3 was a good game, its downfall the character roster, I don't mind parry or the higher tier characters. I really HATE the character replacements, Dudley>Balrog, Remy>Guile, two of which characters I love to use in games such as SvC2. Although Dudley isn't so bad, I absolutely hate Remy...