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

Ohhh, this was unexpected. But then again, it is the 20th anniversary of SF something big had to happen. Too bad they didn't show any actual ingame footage though, I really wonder how thus entry into the series is gonna play. I'm also hoping for the return of more SFA/SF2 characters.

I also wonder who's involved with this title...

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The articale says that the gameplay will be 2D. Along with returns of Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, and Dhalsim.

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Though the screenshot doesn't answer this question outright, we can confirm that the game's graphics are polygonal but the gameplay is strictly 2D.


Ryu and Ken return along with Chun-Li and Dhalsim, but beyond that the character roster is a mystery.

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I'll definitely be picking up this issue. Heh interesting to note that Ono expresses interest to revive the Marvel vs Capcom and Darkstalker series. Heh, and this is an interesting quote: "If they really want to make a game with 3D gameplay so badly, perhaps we can revisit the idea for Street Fighter VI or VII." This indicating there's no immediate plans for 3D gameplay, but does leave one to wonder if SFV are already in works (eg. early design, direct sequel to 3).

As for numbering of the series, this doesn't bother me the slighest. If there are any complaints about numbering of a series it should be directed DMC, now the numbering and chronology of that seies is messed up (3,1,4,2).

Oh, and here's hoping they retain character themes for the soundtrack instead of stage themes. Even revival of the old Ryu, Ken, etc. themes (updated of course) would please me.

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Pretty sweet, just a shame that they didn't just give us just the raw/untampered gameplay footage. Eg. without the interview, and 1up staff/editor input and the footage being spliced in around it. Heh, would have been nice if they just showed the gameplay footage in its original form of like a 1 round match against Ryu and Ken.

If what I've heard from the vid is correct (from the short viewings of the gameplay footage), then sounds like the game's BGM won't really stand out interms of character themes, which is unfortunate but hopefully changes as production moves along.

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Bleh Chun-Li looks more man than woman in that cap...

Oh and that's great news on a potential return of Sakura, as well as others. Hopefully she'll get a design update, assuming she's no longer in High School.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Her thighs look as big as they were in 3rd Strike.



AEQ Trailer, aftering seeing the pre-rendered fight between C. Viper and Chun Li makes we wonder why didn't go with that approach for graphics. Capcom could have achieved that level of detail (well close to it anyway).

Gametrailers.com - Street Fighter IV - AOU 2008 Amusement Expo English Trailer HD

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Awesome, be interesting to see how they're gonna explain what we saw at the end there. The artwork is reminescent of Ikeno's work. The trailer's music really stood out, sounds like the work of Jamie Christopherson or Hideyuki Fukasawa (probably the latter) as the style is very familiar to that of Shin Onimusha Dawn of Dreams. Love the revival of Ryu's and Ken's theme, man, I really hope they bring back the old character themes for SF4. Actually I also hope Hideyuki Fukasawa provides the soundtrack, love the guy's work.

Is the anime itself a pack in with the game, or is it going to be released on a seperate medium (perhaps a supplement to the game's story)? Can't wait till a soundtrack is released for it.

FELIPE NO

The orchestrated version of Ryu's theme in the TGS 08 trailer was awesome. In regards to the stage music, the temple stage is easily my favorite with the African airbase coming in second. I can't wait till a soundtrack is announced, I'm definitely gonna pre-order a copy.

Here's a really good video of Akuma kicking ass against Ryu and final boss Seth (+ Akuma's Ending). From what I can tell in the video, it looks like a character's theme music will be played when you face them in a "Rival Match." In this instance Akuma's rival is considered to be Ryu, so therefore Ryu's theme (which is awesome) is played during the match instead of the normal stage music.

YouTube Video

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It is two in a row actually. Except one is the super version and the other is the ultra version. Notice the ultra/revenge meter (the red flaming one) during the Seth fight? It depletes after he executed the second raging demon. The execution for the ultra version is that you hit back instead of forward (super version). It should also be noted that ultra combo/moves also have a more dramatic camera angle, hence the different animation from the super used against Ryu and the ultra used against Seth.

Originally Posted by RYU

I need who confirm composer?he is looks by Hideyuki Fukasawa.

That was my guess too when I first heard the orchestrated version of Ryu's theme in the anime sequence they released. The temple stage's bgm sounds like his style too.

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Originally Posted by RYU

new screen:

Gamed.nl - Screenshots Street Fighter IV

Whoa, Gen is in the game now? Wasn't expecting him. Nice to see Cammy is confirmed now.




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^^^ Whoa seriously? Very cool, didn't expect Rose. If anything I thought Karin would have been had been another character they'd add, since Sakura's in.

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Originally Posted by Tokubetsu

Really cool interview with community manager and some footage here:
1UP Show 12/19/08 Street Fighter 4 Preview KeyStone Arcade Pro Player Matchup Video Gameplay Trailer from GameVideos

First sample of the english VA for the game. Jump to 5:07 for Ryu and Sagat, 6:42 for Cammy and Fei Long, and 7:45 for Rufus and Viper. I also noticed there's a new volcano stage, probably Akuma's, at 6:13. Youtube option below.

YouTube Video

The english VA is pretty good IMO, though maybe it's because my tolerance for dubs has changed ever since I've stopped following anime (well, except the occasional CG flicks like Appleseed which I switch to english dubs anyway since I'm too lazy to follow subs). Ryu's voice actor sounds pretty decent when he's not saying "the answer lies in the heart of battle." And it sounds like Tatsumaki Senpukyaku is translated to "hurraaa", lol assuming he supposed to be saying Hurricane Kick or something to that effect, understandable since the Japanese line is quite a mouthfull. Cammy finally sporting a British accent is pretty nice. Now I'm curious as what Abel's VA is gonna sound like, I wonder if he's gonna have a heavy french accent (hopefully not).

I'll be picking up the PS3 version as well, since I prefer the DS3's d-pad over the 360's. The collector's edition including the blu-ray version of animated movie is a plus as well. I might pick up the 360 version with a stick if my uncle ends up buying a copy. Though, so far he's not too interested because it plays almost exactly like SF2 and its numerous versions (which he's grew up playing), and has expressed that he's unimpressed with the graphics/design-style (heh, guess he wanted something more next/current-gen looking).

EDIT: Oops, sorry about that Toku. Didn't realize you posted this vid already. Haven't been keeping up to date with this thread or the game for that matter. The posts at SRK forums mentioned that this vid contained english VA which grabbed my attention. Heh, audio is really the only attention grabber for me when it comes to this game.

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Hmm, Dan's english sounds kinda off. A little younger than I was expecting. And LOL at his alternate colors, Dragon Ball anyone? So far all of the english VA is pretty good, though Cammy's is probably the best so far.

Love Fei Long's finish in his ultra in that new trailer. Haha, what is Cammy supposed to be saying in her intro? Sounds like "Cameron", heh, probably supposed to be "come on"... Ahh, can't wait to pick up the soundtrack, the game's music is really good.

New video on the official SF4 site. A round of Sakura vs Ryu, assuming the stage is Sakura's.

First link under the "Consumer" column.
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Also, 1up has an article about what's being offered for console release. Besides there being Arcade, Training, Versus, and Online there will also be a Challenge mode. The mode is seperated into three categories Time Attack, Survival, and Trial. From the sounds of it Trial is gonna be like a tutorial, where the objective is to perform a certain combo. "A challenge with Blanka asks you to jump in with a heavy kick, follow it up with a crouching medium kick and a light punch, and then finish it up with a heavy rolling attack."

Street Fighter 4 Preview for the Xbox 360,PS3 from 1UP.com


EDIT: Ok, now this is really cool unlockable.

Originally Posted by Siegfried

You can switch JP or EN for every single character, so you can have Ryu in Japanese, Guile in English etc.

http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthre...57#post5937757

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Originally Posted by Rotardblase

console character demos by seth - Shoryuken

Console-only characters being showed off by s-kill at CES.

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).

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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.

FELIPE NO

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.

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Originally Posted by Colonel COOM

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.

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

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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.

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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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Yea, that's what I've read. Pretty much have to beat the game once before getting the option.

The english dub is pretty good IMO, I wouldn't mind just leaving it all in english. In terms of tone, it sounds to be on par with Japanese dub. The only one that bugs me is Akuma, the guy sounds like he's out of breath whenever he spoke. Actually, he kinda sounds like Ocelot (Patric Zimmerman). Sagat sounds like Michael Duncan Clarke, which would be a little odd if it was indeed him since he's supposed to be playing Balrog in "The Legend of Chun-Li". Rose's voice reminds me of Adria from Diablo. Rather surprised they didn't try to give Abel a French accent. I wonder if Gouken says "huuuraaah" for his Hurricane kick as well.

And WTF was up with that exchange between Fei Long and Abel.

Abel: Hey! You're Fei-Long! Will you fight me?
Fei Long: If you insist.
Abel: Seriously?
Fei Long: I WON'T REPEAT MYSELF!

Haha and Blanka's line "You're a bad man!" The cheesy dialogue is probably what made some of the VA come off as bad.

Here's the game's intro video, it aired at the end of that 1up show from last week. Pretty much a collage of the ink trailers. It sounds like they opted for Japanese boyband pop for this entry in the series. The music in the second half is gold, basically the theme of SF4 (used in various trailers and is the stage theme to Volcanic Rim). The first half would have been much better had they done away with the vocals (the instrumental version is actually the character select music).

YouTube Video

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WTF? Now its $40 more? Grrr, damn our weak ass dollar. I really hope this change in price doesn't get transitioned to the regular sticks as well.

I'm definitely gonna be sticking with the regular edition for the PS3 version now, and since its so noob friendly I may just mod it sometime later (if anything I wanna swap out the ball top for a bat instead). But I think I'll still slap down a pre-order for the 360 TE (still cheaper than importing), no way am I using the 360's controller for SF4, since I'm pretty set on picking up a copy of the 360 version sometime later time (whenever my buddy decides to take the blunge into the next gen). If I end up liking the regular edition better, then I'll just swap the TE for the RE instead.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Nice, that reassuring especially after finding out that EB is apparently sold out of the TE sticks already (stopped by a couple hours ago). It seems that they got an e-mail today saying that they're to stop taking pre-orders for them.

The wierd thing is that the girl there said they had been taking pre-orders for the TE sticks for a while now. Now that right there is BS to me, considering I stopped by just 2 weeks ago to make my pre-order, so I assumed that they misheard what I asked about. I reiterated that it was the TE stick I wanted and if they were sure, so the guy (just two clerks on site) there then went to check the computer and noticed there were two sticks (I guess he didn't realize there was 2 different ones) and asked the girl if she was sure. Forgot what was said exactly but I heard something like pre-orders for CE and sticks were done/cut-off. Anyway, both clerks seemed confused now and the guy said he'd let me make a pre-order but said there's no gurantee that I'll actually get one.

So basically, I got to pre-order a TE but may not actually get it and if I wanted regular version I'm shit outta luck. Oh well, I guess the good that comes out of not getting a TE means I'll save myself $200. Hearing that it may not be that hard to mod the sticks to work on both consoles is good news though, means all I'll have to do is just focus on modding the one. I'll still keep checking amazon.ca, maybe I'll get lucky there.

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I'm not really sure anymore. It may have been misinterpretation on my part, and could be just the location that I pre-order at is where they've stopped taking pre-orders for both items (sold out is the word I recall hearing). But yea, if you haven't pre-ordered a regular stick I advise you do it ASAP, cause I definitely recall them saying they couldn't take any more for the regular 360 sticks (again, could have just been my location where they've sold out).

FELIPE NO

Wow, even the pads they've cut-off? So basically they only thing you can still pre-order is the regular edition of the game, and TE stick if you're lucky (yea I'm not expecting to see the TE's till March, must be a mistake on their end). I'm guessing the demand wasn't what they had expected for the game. You know what would be funny? If Futureshop or Best Buy ends up carrying the sticks and pads, in decent stock, on day one. All that trouble with EB for nothing.


On another note, there are a ton of new vids at Gametrailers

Seth Killian showing off the fight sticks once again (regular and tourny editions)
Gametrailers.com - Street Fighter IV - Joystick Demo

Seth K. giving us some gameplay footage of Akuma, Gouken, and Seth. It looks like Gouken's Hadoken's angle is effected by the punch used (jab for the horizontal).
Gametrailers.com - Street Fighter IV - Character Walkthrough: Akuma
Gametrailers.com - Street Fighter IV - Character Walkthrough: Gouken
Gametrailers.com - Street Fighter IV - Character Walkthrough: Seth

Nice collection of EX Moves for the various characters
Gametrailers.com - Street Fighter IV - EX Moves Montage
Gametrailers.com - Street Fighter IV - EX Moves Montage II
Gametrailers.com - Street Fighter IV - EX Moves Montage III
Gametrailers.com - Street Fighter IV - EX Moves Montage IV

Collection of the Supers
Gametrailers.com - Street Fighter IV - Extended Super Moves Montage

Collection of the Ultras
Gametrailers.com - Street Fighter IV - Extended Ultra Moves Montage

And a nice little montage of all the character's faces in agonizing pain to Rose's Ultra, with a WTF at the end (can you actually do that?).
Gametrailers.com - Street Fighter IV - Rose Ultra-Shock Showcase

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Nice montage of all the alternate costumes. Sakura's is a pretty neat one, would have been nice if they had added pants to complete the look. Viper's looks like variant of Dante's (DMC) outfit.

IGN Video: Street Fighter IV Xbox 360 Gameplay - IGN Montage: Alternate Costumes

Plus more english: Vega, Bison, Balrog
You can actually hear Ryu say "Shinkuu Tatsumaki" for the EX Hurricane kick, I wonder why they couldn't do something similar for the regular move.

IGN Video: Street Fighter IV Xbox 360 Gameplay - IGN Montage: Vega
IGN Video: Street Fighter IV Xbox 360 Gameplay - IGN Montage: M.Bison
IGN Video: Street Fighter IV Xbox 360 Gameplay - IGN Montage: Balrog

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