Capcom announces Street Fighter IV
by Ludwig Kietzmann 
{ Oct 17th 2007 at 11:15AM }
This sort of thing doesn't happen very often, you know. According to Games Radar, a Capcom Gamer's Day event in London has revealed a brand new (and not entirely unexpected) entry in the seminal 2D fighting franchise, Street Fighter. Most notably, this new entry increases the numeral at the end of the title as opposed to the number of Super Hyper Ultra adjectives at the start.
Not much is known about Street Fighter IV at present, save for the fact that its release is more than a year away. Other things you can likely expect while we wait for more details and media to arrive: Ken and Ryu in HD, Hadoukens and extremely pithy victory remarks.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Oct 17th 2007 11:21AM
I swear to god if this game is in 3d I will kill everyone in Capcom. EVERYONE!!!
waynski1457 @ Oct 17th 2007 11:23AM
ill join you should the situation arises. fortunately for them, it doesnt appear that way tho.
Vince @ Oct 17th 2007 11:26AM
count me in as well.
NintendoFanbot @ Oct 17th 2007 11:27AM
Capcom has a Ryu in 3D, but it's for Brawl. Incidentally, it will be the greatest fighter to ever exist, and ironically for Ryu's presence.
But SF4 will do just fine. :P
To be honest, I'm hoping that the UDON guys aren't working on this as well.
FM @ Oct 17th 2007 11:49AM
Oh,I must agree. *grabs an Uzi*
Wonderflex @ Oct 17th 2007 12:13PM
I also agree. Must be 2D, and must not be done by the Udon guys. I personally want the artist from Third Strike to do the work. Also, I wouldn't mind if they mixed things up and did a MVC2 style fighting system; although that flies in the face of standardized Street Fighter games.
Shibathedog @ Oct 17th 2007 12:41PM
Oh for sure.
Plus then I can play it on CPS3 (Emulator) and not have to pay some ridiculous price for it on consoles :D
NukeAssault @ Oct 17th 2007 1:03PM
This is the greatest day of my life! Until it come out that is.
Kye (NDF - Earth Ring) @ Oct 17th 2007 1:23PM
Im all for the killing!
Hold up, did someone just say Ryu's in Brawl?!
*I think I just came.
DeadPlasmaCell @ Oct 17th 2007 1:48PM
Gotta agree with ya, this has to be 2D.. 3D just doesn't work for SF. Just not sure what more they could do with 2D though :/
bm @ Oct 17th 2007 7:29PM
Sign me the fuck up. I'll bring knives.
Werm2002 @ Oct 17th 2007 11:23AM
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FrankTheCrank @ Oct 17th 2007 1:12PM
Yeah, that looked amazing.
Great job Capcom.
It's about time!!!!
ysdarkfact @ Oct 17th 2007 11:22AM
2D it needs to be. I fucking can't wait.
Norm @ Oct 17th 2007 11:23AM
After capcom fighting evolution and the cancellation of CFA, I don't think any of us on SRK really expected this. I'm glad they proved us wrong, for once.
Supino @ Oct 17th 2007 11:24AM
Already looking forward to "Street Fighter 4 Zero Alpha Turbo Remix"
Word of the street(IDF-Digital Ruler). @ Oct 17th 2007 11:33AM
I'm looking forward to Super street fighter 4 Turbo hyper fighting: Champions edition.
Count Noobula @ Oct 17th 2007 11:25AM
I bet its 2d so don't worry. That SSF2THD Remix is probably a test run on a new 2d system they are creating. I just hope that the roster is a lot better than SF3 third strikes was. Who wants to use a character dressed as Dick Tracy with a metal mask (i.e. Q)?
Vince @ Oct 17th 2007 11:27AM
are you dissing 3rd Strike? May the fighting gods smite you down, heathen.
Norm @ Oct 17th 2007 11:45AM
You should be struck by lighting for insulting third strike.
=P
DangerMouse @ Oct 17th 2007 2:25PM
The characters choices in third strike was garbage, although the gameplay was brilliant. It went way too sci-fi for street fighter. Yeah, SFII had blanka & dhalsim, but it ended there and they weren't too over the top. The omega red rip-off, Frankenstein replace ment for dhalsim (i mean really, come on here) & the one armed dude was too bizzare.
Bringing Akuma into the mix was another mistake. I guess he was still popular, but with Ken, Ryu & sean on the roster already, to many shotokan's. It would've been the perfect opportunity to bring Guile back.
Wonderflex @ Oct 17th 2007 4:40PM
Lay off. Q was awesome. The only character I really didn't like from SFIII:TS was Urien. The whole speedo bottoms thing was just kinda creepy.
Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Oct 17th 2007 11:25AM
Now all we need is MVC3. Come on Capcom. Make it happen!!!
Zertoss @ Oct 17th 2007 11:32AM
Seconded. MvC3 would be greatly appreciated! Ryu + Megaman FTW!
Also, Cammy needs to wear a skimpier outfit.
Word of the street(IDF-Digital Ruler). @ Oct 17th 2007 11:37AM
Marvel vs Capcom is a jewel for every arcade gamer out there,a remake would be an instult...unless they include Frank west,Dante,Chris (racist) Redfield,Hunk,Eva,Dr Willy,The guy from Lost planet,Zack and wiki.
Joop @ Oct 17th 2007 11:53AM
CvS > MvC
J.Goodwin @ Oct 17th 2007 12:02PM
Capcom no longer has the Marvel fighting game license. Go ask EA. :(
exit stencil @ Oct 17th 2007 12:28PM
Capcom needs to sub-license Marvel for just one game, or some other legal voodoo.
I think I'll be playing MvC2 long into the NEXT generation of consoles.
samfish (MSDF- Nurse Outfit!) @ Oct 17th 2007 1:25PM
How can you list all those Capcom characters but not list the Clover characters?!
Viewtiful Joe, Ammy & Issun and Gene!
MegaSnort @ Oct 18th 2007 1:43PM
The concept art of Cammy has her wearing 2 pepperonies and a clam shell.
bean @ Oct 17th 2007 11:27AM
fuck. yeah.
giest @ Oct 18th 2007 5:28AM
screw buying SF 3 when i can just download the characters for winmugen and play it for free. or mix in other non-SF characters (like MK or DBZ) and be even better.
hmm ryu vs super man. sweetest battle yet or even better goku vs super man. i better go download them for winmugen to play them.
MasterInsan0 @ Oct 19th 2007 1:52PM
Yeah, except WinMUGEN has some of the most unbalanced and inconsistent gameplay ever crafted. It's obvious why: you're pulling characters from different fighting games that still, for the most part, play like their old games, and mixing them with all sorts of other characters. Some of the mixes work and some don't. Actually, most don't.
Sure, if you're looking to live out dream matches (like hadoken vs. kamehameha or something) MUGEN is great, but for an actual fighting game experience it's nearly worthless unless you actually work to find a balance among the characters you download.
That and it's completely illegal to use.
FOXHOUND @ Oct 17th 2007 11:25AM
-cue "Ren & Stimpy" style delighted squeal-
...IT'S ABOUT FRICKIN' TIME! >:O
Now if they could just bring SF3 to the XBL/PSN/VC...
timnc @ Oct 17th 2007 12:12PM
I'd totally buy SF3 for XBLA
FOXHOUND @ Oct 17th 2007 11:27AM
LoL I used Q to take down turtle-players.
Can't say he was that necessary story-wise unless CAPCOM takes the unbelieveable approach of tying in RESIDENT EVIL with STREET FIGHTER(and thus appease the dumb "Q = Mr. X" fanfics). x_o
FOXHOUND @ Oct 17th 2007 11:29AM
^blegh. Damn refresh on replies.
That was to Count Noobula.
Joshua @ Oct 17th 2007 11:28AM
I don't follow Street Fighter games, so can anyone tell me what makes a new numbered entry in the series any different from a new subtitled entry? They all seem pretty much the same to me.
Joop @ Oct 17th 2007 11:44AM
The non-numbered ones tended to be more about slight to significant variations, while the actual numbers were complete overhauls. 3 was very different from 2, which was completely different from 1. This is also the series proper, not Alpha, not EX, not a collaboration or crossover.
Of course, if you're not a 2D fighting game fan, they will probably all look the same to you, just like people not into FPSs claim they are all the same.
Joshua @ Oct 17th 2007 11:45AM
Ah, I see. Thanks.
sonofnone @ Oct 17th 2007 11:31AM
OMG!!! It happened...it really, really happened! Man, I can't believe they actually announced it. I tell you, a year plus is a pretty long wait, but I'd rather they take the time and get it right (besides, we all know that this means there will be at least 2 other remakes right?).
Just knowing that it's happening has made my week! Thank you Capcom. Thank you.
Martin @ Oct 17th 2007 11:31AM
I'll wait to get excited about this until they come out with a controller with a decent d-pad.
Though if the game is good enough, I just might get used to the analog stick (SSFIILJLFD will get me used to it).
James @ Oct 17th 2007 1:51PM
Classic Controller.
Martin @ Oct 17th 2007 3:08PM
I have a hard time believing this will come out for the Wii. If it does though, then that solves the good d-pad issue, you're right.
monkeypox @ Oct 17th 2007 6:36PM
in that case, you'll want one of these:
http://us.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/code-j/section-games/pid-1004905564/
samfish (MSDF- Nurse Outfit!) @ Oct 17th 2007 11:31AM
YAY!
Can we maybe get a Mega Man 9, too?
Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Oct 17th 2007 11:33AM
9? More like Mega Man 9000.
Wait, its too late! Mega Man is already OVER 9000!!!!!!!
Jerk Face @ Oct 17th 2007 12:02PM
LOL
captain underpants and the bringdown gang @ Oct 17th 2007 6:17PM
get a SNES emulator. there is a Mega Man 9 in japan.
Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Oct 17th 2007 11:33AM
Maybe. I'll only like it if it has the original blue bomber(even though he had an incredibly annoying voice) instead of the edgier(crappier) Mega Man X.