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

Alpha wasn't called SF3, so to give another prequel (assuming that's what it is) the title SF4 is a bit odd considering the precedent. Not that I'm saying it should be called SF Beta or anything silly like that, mind.

Originally Posted by Nall

If the game *is* a prequel to SFIII, I wonder what that means for the story? Bison would have been dead, but Gill probably wouldn't have arrived yet, leaving the potential for any number of new villains.

At the end of SF2 the dying Bison was supposed to have transferred a good deal of his psycho power to Vega. His body wasn't able to manage the power though and it eventually turned him into Marilyn Manson for his appearance in Cannon Spike, but he could still be an option. Apart from him, another possibility for the bad guy would be Balrog. He took control of Shadowlow/law/loo/whatever after Bison's death but quickly ran it into the ground. I would expect someone new though.

But anyway, the mere mention of Sheng Long kills any credibility those new screenshots give the source of the info, so I'm not convinced by this stuff either way.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Slayer X

@Bastion
What else were they supposed to call SF4? It takes place between 2 and 3, so you want them to call it 2.5? Who's really going to care anyway? Thoes who do care about the timeline already know when it's taking place, so why do you need some number to qualify what you already know? I'm not trying to attack you, just trying to figure out your and Skill's logic behind all this.

Calling it 4 isn't that big of a deal to me, but like I said they gave the last prequel it's own title to seperate it from the main series so it isn't completely unresonable to have expected them to do the same here. By contrast I'm not bothered by the MGS or DMC numbering systems because they never tried to disguinish their prequels the same way SF did. If Alpha was called 3 then I wouldn't have cared in the slightest if this was called 4 (although it would actually be 5, as 3 would have been 4. Ahem).

Actually, assuming all this new info is true it's sounding more and more like a direct sequel to 2 rather than a game that's a link between 2 and 3, so maybe they'd be better off just calling it Street Fighter II and adding on a new prefix. But like I said, I'm okay with it being called 4, just that for me after Alpha the number implies that it's a new game that continues the story (regardless of how irrelevant it may be), not a throwback targeted at people who ignored 3 because Guile and Dhalsim weren't in it.

Originally Posted by Nall

Bridget though, he's all man.

I heard hermaphrodite.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Does anyone know what the moonspeak on the Japanese SF4 website says about Crimson Viper in the character bios section? Much as I don't like her design I have a responsibility to keep up with the story.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.