There were a lot of games to play at Capcom’s latest swank-fest in Las Vegas, but one in particular was getting a heavy workout. Capcom flew in two banks of two Street Fighter IV arcade machines for the media. It was like the old arcade days, as people of the press lined up to challenge the winning competitor in Vs. matches.
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All eight original "World Warrior" characters are now in IV, along with half of Street Fighter II's boss camp, Balrog and Sagat. Those ten classic fighters are joined by the aforementioned Crimson Viper, French mixed martial-artist Abel, and luchador El Fuerte. The game plays purely 2D; parries, alpha counters, air-blocking, custom combos, and other such potentially cumbersome elements are being thrown out, forcing the game back to a state more closely resembling down-and-dirty Street Fighter.
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While it's been less than four months since Capcom's announcement of Street Fighter IV, the game's debut today at the Amusement Machine Operators’ Union show in Japan revealed that its development is far enough along for all known characters to be fully playable. Given that, it's not surprising that Capcom already has a good idea on when the game will be ready for the arcades.
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When asked what the most prolific fighting game is of all time, most gamers- at least those not born in the years of the grunge era- will undoubtedly say Street Fighter. We sat down with the game's producers and product managers and talked about all things Street Fighter IV...except what the 'E' stands for in E.Honda.
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nd now, potentially the most important news to come out of the AOU show from the weekend: Street Fighter launch info. It was announced that the arcade version of Capcom's fighter will make its proper public debut on Friday at Plaza Capcom in Tokyo, where it'll remain until February 24. As for the real Japanese launch, that's promised to take place in the summer over two dates:
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The site contains screens which we've already seen, as well as character bios for characters we already know about -- Ryu, Ken, and the recently revealed Crimson Viper. According to translations found on the appropriately named fan-blog, The Street Fighter Blog, the Japanese bio text reveals juicy info on the three characters.
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Capcom's brawler, Street Fighter IV, sold a total of 849,000 copies in the month of February, according to video game sales figures released by the NPD Group.
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"Creating a new iteration in the Street Fighter franchise is no simple matter, with tough decisions to be made choosing an engine and the visual look. Thus, in this in-depth interview Gamasutra talks to Yoshi Ono, general manager of the online game development department and R&D management group of Capcom about his thoughts on the process with Street Fighter IV - which is due for a 2008 Japanese arcade release before moving to home platforms."
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A photo of this week's pre-newsstand Famitsu shows new SFIV character "El Fuerte." Not much is known about him other than he's a Lucha Libre wrestler.
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Let me pose a hypothetical situation. Say that Street Fighter IV were to be ported to home console. I know, I know! Wild stuff, but stay with me. If, in the odd chance that Capcom were to approve such a product, which they officially haven't yet, it could arrive with a stable of new fighters not seen in the arcade release. That's one nearly unbelievable future for Street Fighter IV, says the game's producer Yoshinori Ono in a new Wired Game|Life interview.
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