Street Fighter 4 (and some other crap!)

[gaara d. lucci]

I consider myself a 2d hardcore gamer, but this artstyle SF4 has is a nice middleground since it looks 2d (and plays 2d) but it is infact 3d that will please the graphic whore. It's a nice marketing strategy to reach out to the casual and hardcore gamers. Besides that, we still got the inevitable GGXXX and KOF12 to tickle our 2d fancy.

As for the people who think it could look better, we just gotta give em time to spruce the graphics. It's a whole year's off until this game hits, so they have plenty of time to perfect the artstyle and prove why SF4 needs to be 3d.

Oh yeah, Dec. 18, EGM Magazine will have a 14-15 page blowout on SF4 that will reveal gameplay and all that good stuff, so if anybody gets it, please scan it for us kind folk.

And I dig Ryu's stance, I hope that is indeed his new fighting stance. Dying to see the game in motion.

[raj]

see Ryu's face in the first shot if you want the gist of what I think about these new pictures.

[Tsuchirinhon]

Hahahahaha, Ryu's face is like: "… Oh, you goddamn fucker. I'ma gut you."

[Kei]

"Now that I think about it, I did leave my oven on."

[Cap'n Carter]

What the fuck is up with Ken

haha, god.

[Tsuchirinhon]

It's amazing that these spectators are actually watching instead of running away, scared shitless.

[gaara d. lucci]

To add to raj's post, here's the info that was supposed to be attached to those screens:

The graphics aren't the way they are in the teaser that everyone watched. The game's still pretty, but it has nothing of that ink-splashing or anything. Art direction is interesting. Unlike all the other 3D fighters, SFIV is not meant to be photo realistic.

Street Fighter IV runs at 60 frames per second.

Street Fighter IV will have online play.

The game takes place after Super Street Fighter II Turbo and before SFIII. The good news is that the character roster will be made of many old-school brawlers and some entirely new ones. There are two new girls on the list. We will probably not see any SFIII characters.

The stage you saw at 1Up, if you didn't figure out, is Chun-Li's Stage from SF2.

The excellent Parry system form SFIII is gone. The new system seems to be called Saving or Revenge (we're not sure about the name). We don't know exactly how it works, but it's built around cancels. And we do know we'll have another gauge to activate the Saving/Revenge stuff, besides the usual Super Gauge.

Supers are there (although they didn't decide yet if it will be like in SSF2T or SFIII), and now they've put another moves called Ultras. These makes your character throws a auto combo with tons of moves. It's like a custom combo … except by the custom part.

Shen Long may appear in the game. We are NOT kidding.

The consoles are not decided yet, really. But, assuming that SFIV will have online play, we can obviously think of Xbox 360 and PS3 (duh). It's very likely that we'll see an arcade version without online mode too, and our sources told us that Capcom could put some test machines in Japan arcades in Q2 next year.

-No SF3 characters makes me sad
-Takes place before SF3 but after Super 2 Turbo
-Shen Long is supposed to appear (weird)
-Ultra combos in addition to super moves
-Online Play

[Tsuchirinhon]

What the fuck, no Q?

This game sucks now.

[gaara d. lucci]

How do you think I feel? I wanted Alex Urien and Dudley and it saddens me to know they won't be in. Oh well, guess Capcom will save it for SF4 Ultimate X edition plus.

[Cap'n Carter]

No SF3 characters? Shit.

I guess Ryu isn't really using Oro's stance then.

and

Shen Long may appear in the game. We are NOT kidding.

…..this makes me worried.

[gaara d. lucci]

After reading the summary yet again, I have to wonder if the info is actually credible. A guy at SNK-Capcom posted it with the scans, but the problem with that is, like Carter said, Shen Long. Shen Long being in alone just makes me feel that Something just seems off.

And why they not place the game after SF3? I dunno, but maybe I'm just in denial. Guess I'll know on the 18th.

[raj]

It's always likely that we might have been duped, and from the internet of all things!

[Greg]

Street Fighter IV runs at 60 frames per second.

Fuck me.

That confirmation combined with the texture/coloring/lighting on Ryu's arm in that first of the shots raj posted makes me very excited. This should look very, very pretty and you can't beat the 2D controls. Very excited. It's almost like watching Killer Instict 2 characters rendered in real-time.

Fuckin' technology is unreal.

[Cap'n Carter]

How the hell can Shen Long appear since he never existed in the first place, outside of shitty translations and years of dumb-as-hell rumors.

[Tsuchirinhon]

he's wiping the tears from his coat

[gaara d. lucci]

I find it hilarious how fanboys on certain forums want Mel Masters to be in the game like he's done anything significant. I guess Dhalsim's wife is next up to appear as a fighter.

[Tsuchirinhon]

Newcomers: Ibuki's Schoolyard Friends!

[tony-kun]

@Cap'n:

How the hell can Shen Long appear since he never existed in the first place, outside of shitty translations and years of dumb-as-hell rumors.

THis is probably another one of those rumors.

and looking at Ken's face is like reading that Dizzy and Ky have a kid.

but yea, not only is the game not 2D, no street fighter 3 anything?

My anticipation for this game dropped significantly.

Hopefully the fact that it happens before SF3, doesn't eliminate the possibility of SF3 characters making an appearance.

[gaara d. lucci]

I'm honestly choosing not to believe that info. Shen Long just kills it for me. And I can't believe Capcom would completely ignore one of the most respected 2d fighters out there (SF3). I really hope that info is for the most part false.

[tony-kun]

I'd just hate for 4 to be a back step canon wise.

To be honest, I'd be more excited if they just released a new version of 3rd strike at this point.

[Tsuchirinhon]

We don't really need any prequels. Alpha series did its job in that department.

What we need is to see some of these bitches 10 years down the road.

[gaara d. lucci]

Another thing is that Ryu definitely looks older than his SF2/SF3 self. Of course, that may just be the increase in graphical quality tho. And yeah, it'd be nice to see how the characters look 10 years later and what's goin on in the SF universe in the present.

All in all tho, while I'm abit worried, I know that Capcom will release atleast 2 more updates to this game. So I'm still countin on some SF3 and Alpha characters in those.

[tony-kun]

That's no clue though.

I always thought he looked older in SF2 than any other game. Even though he was older in SF3.

and with online, they will probably just release patches (probably at a cost) rather than sell updates.

[RuNa]

To be honest…I think it looks pretty shitty XD;

I guess I'll have to wait for some videos to come out to see how it really is.

On an unrelated note, I hope they [snkplaymore] don't screw up KOFXII (seeing as how they are also redoing all of the characters; these are all redrawn sprites, however…)

[l2agnarok]

@Cyringohn:

What we need is to see some of these bitches 10 years down the road.

Street Fighter:The Later Years is interesting.
Fan made yeah, but it's still good.

[Tizoc]

@Cyringohn:

He pulls out his second arm for his EX Super Art 1, though.

You can see his other arm when you perform ANY of his EX supers in 3S.

..but no Makoto nor super enhanced G-Mutants?!
Waits axnously for Garou V and KoF 12 info

…but seriously tho....why are all the info we're getting coming from Capcom USA and NOT Capcom Japan? I mean heck when it comes to other fighters like Tekken, Guilt Gear & SNK fighters (not sure about VF tho), you mostly get them from Japan and barely or never from the US. Odd...

[Tsuchirinhon]

That's because Capcom USA is actually a pretty dominant and major branch due to Capcom having very strong sales in the US.

Sammy, SNK, and Namco [somewhat] don't really give a high-flying goddamn about US-related shit since they generate almost all their sales from Japan. Especially Sammy.

[COWMAKAZE]

Before I was really a super-advocate of 2D only, just because I really like sprites. However, looking at those screenshots and knowing that they aren't trying to make the 3D photorealistic really makes me happy. This should be a good looking game.

With the revelation of potentially no SF3 characters, though, I'm kind of worried about the game itself. I had really hoped that at least Dudley and Q would come back, potentially Oro and Necro, as those were always my favorites. The cast of Street Fighter is really the only thing that has ever kept me playing it, as they do have one of the most varied and interesting ones of any fighting series, so I hope a least that this game has some good characters in it. Hoping to see some classics return, too, like Zangief and Guile.

[Tsuchirinhon]

Oro is a pretty important story character now, so we'll almost definitely see him again in another game. Others, like Q and Remy, could vanish from the canon and it wouldn't make too much of a difference.

Oh, Q, why must people hate you so?

[Yoska]

As long it has Blanka…

I figured Capcom wouldn't have balls to do this but it looks nice. Glad to be wrong. It's little hard to say from only couple screenshots but with 60 FPS and well done animation and lighting effects it might end up looking great. Animation and FPS are really the keys here. The art style itself doesn't turn me on yet but over time I might learn to love it too. At least it has personality.

[gaara d. lucci]

http://www.capcom.com/BBS/showthread.php?t=23431

Yeah, that shit about no SF3 characters and Shen Long is fake like I figured it was. So there's still hope for Dudley and Alex.

This too:
http://www.capcom.com/BBS/showpost.php?p=439183&postcount=267

[tony-kun]

Thank you!

There is hope for this game yet.

[Cap'n Carter]

That's awesome.

Alex, Dudley and Oro here i come

You know what'd be awesome?

Mike FUCKING Haggar

[Tsuchirinhon]

Oh yeah, forgot about Alex. He's really neat too.

"YOU CAN'T ESCAPE! WAAHHHHHHH!"

[gaara d. lucci]

Mike Haggar, Hugo, Alex and Zangief in the same game. It NEEDS to happen.

Another potentially awesome thing is the possiblity of seeing Ryu's progress after his Oro training. I'd love to see some new Oro style attacks for Ryu.

[HEATXZ]

I would like to see Hugo12Oro
EagleGulieE.Honda
Adon BlankaSodom
and Cammy in Street Fighter 4

[Special K]

The game needs Necro, but with Sim already in, I don't know of his chances.

[Kei]

@Cyringohn:

"YOU CAN'T ESCAPE! WAAHHHHHHH!"

Getting hit out of that super leads to laughter.

"YOU CANT ESCAPE JESUS!"

[Captain Kuro]

@HEATXZ:

I would like to see Hugohttp://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters/hugo-ts-stance.gif
12http://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters4/twelve-ts-stance.gif
Orohttp://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters2/oro-stance.gif
Eaglehttp://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters/eagle-cvs2-win1.gif
Guliehttp://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters/Guile_win_comb.gif
E.Hondahttp://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters/ehonda-winpose-al.gif
Adonhttp://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters/sf-adon.gif Blankahttp://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters/blankafruittoss-3.gif
Sodomhttp://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters3/sodom-bow.gif
and Cammyhttp://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters/cammy-butt-noanim.gif in Street Fighter 4

Cammy is not animated.

[Cap'n Carter]

I would like to see what HEATXZ has against Cammy

[Tsuchirinhon]

Twelve's stance always looked so fucking stupid. Looks like he's tryin' to keep up with the beat while his breakdancing buddies bust a move or two on the ol' cardboard box mat.

[tony-kun]

He probably just wanted us to stare at her ass.

@Cyringohn:

Twelve's stance always looked so fucking stupid. Looks like he's tryin' to keep up with the beat while his breakdancing buddies bust a move or two on the ol' cardboard box mat.

Insert White People Can't Dance Joke

[HEATXZ]

@Cap'n:

I would like to see what HEATXZ has against Cammy

I have nothing against Cammy she's my favorite female character next to Chun Li and Maki and she's so cute I just didn't pick a animated gif

[Captain Kuro]

Here's an animated Cammy to fill the void:

[Cap'n Carter]

I liked how Twelve was like a retarded clone of Necro or something

[Tsuchirinhon]

Yeah, Necro is the prototype to Twelve's experimentation line.

Twelve would be a lot better if they made everything he does not look like Carnage taking a dump.

[RuNa]

@Freeman-12:

…but seriously tho....why are all the info we're getting coming from Capcom USA and NOT Capcom Japan? I mean heck when it comes to other fighters like Tekken, Guilt Gear & SNK fighters (not sure about VF tho), you mostly get them from Japan and barely or never from the US. Odd...

Capcom USA has owned the street fighter franchise for a while now.

They made Capcom Fighting Jam - . -

[Tizoc]

@Cap'n:

Mike FUCKING Haggar

Do no approach the SRK Forums, but still I would LOVE to see Haggar in a fighter.
Ya know all this time I've been getting the Final Fight Revenge vibe from the recent rumors and info, but I hope it will go away after more info come out.
…and RuNa, CFJ was made by CoJ, this I'm sure of...and for it's defense, SPDing dinosaurs never gets old.

[gaara d. lucci]

Not SF4 news but I found this abit interesting. Prototype characters of what could've been SF3.

http://www.arcadeflyers.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=3558ℑ=5
http://www.arcadeflyers.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=3558ℑ=6

[Cap'n Carter]

I love that big burly guy on the second link

I believe his name is "Bert."

edit: actually maybe it's Bart. or Barut.

Burt

fuck I always get those mixed up just a sec