First screens show Street Fighter 2 HD in action, looking good

by Scott Jon Siegel { Oct 24th 2007 at 12:55PM }

When screenshots described as "work in progress" look this good, you know a game's headed in the right direction. It turns out that the version of Super Street Fighter II: Turbo HD Remix shown at Capcom Gamer's Day in London wasn't the most recent build available at the same. To make up for it, the developers decided to post some screen-captures of the game on their blog. The high-res images show off the Ryu and Ken sprites, two of the game's levels, and the character select screen.

Peep the gallery for more images.

Gallery: Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix

Tags: capcom, ssf2hd, ssfii2hd, street-fighter, streetfighter

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Raikage (NDF - PK THUNDER RING) @ Oct 24th 2007 1:09PM

HD is overrated. Famitsu only gave it a 34/40!

Raikage (NDF - PK THUNDER RING) @ Oct 24th 2007 2:13PM

Obviously I didn't explain myself...

I meant High Definition...

It was a joke...

Tough crowd...

xXFenixKnight13Xx @ Oct 24th 2007 1:09PM

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet!!! Ken FTW!!! =)

Raikage (NDF - PK THUNDER RING) @ Oct 24th 2007 1:10PM

Shoryuken!!!

Skeffington @ Oct 24th 2007 1:10PM

Wow, it does look impressive.

alu @ Oct 24th 2007 1:11PM

lookin good..

wish they could do something about the on-fire sprites. that is, have unique on-fire sprites for all of the characters, not just one version.

Evil Closet Monkey @ Oct 24th 2007 1:13PM

Guile's flag tattoo on his left arm is facing the wrong way. He's a communist!

arrrgh @ Oct 24th 2007 1:30PM

HAHAH yea! wtf?

arrrgh @ Oct 24th 2007 1:30PM

hahah yeah! wtf?

arrrgh @ Oct 24th 2007 1:31PM

pwnt by joystiq comments

aka Prof Chaos @ Oct 24th 2007 1:41PM

Good catch! The flag should be depicted so that it appears as if you are running into battle. On a uniform, however, it is only on the right arm. Sorry if somebody already said this. I started this comment and had to go off to do something and it took a while to type out :)

From usmilitary.about.com:

"The rule dates back to the Army's early history, when both mounted cavalry and infantry units would designate a standard bearer, who carried the Colors into battle. As he charged, his forward momentum caused the flag to stream back. Since the Stars and Stripes are mounted with the canton closest to the pole, that section stayed to the right, while the stripes flew to the left."

Hoffy @ Oct 24th 2007 7:35PM

Capcom already explained this. The original programming flips the image depending on which direction Guile is facing. This makes the flag backward on his left arm.

They have stated that they are staying true to the original by keeping the original programming and only upgrading the graphics. This means the original frames and hit boxes stay intact.

B @ Oct 24th 2007 1:14PM

Can't wait for the Chun Li 'Ya-ya-ya-ya-ya'-kick screens! (muahahahah)! You know you are too!

Word of the street(IDF-Digital Ruler). @ Oct 24th 2007 1:31PM

Looks good but fighting games in the Xb360,nah.

BTW is Wednesday that means a new Zero punctuation review
Enjoy
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/2563-Zero-Punctuation-Super-Paper-Mario

exit stencil @ Oct 24th 2007 2:00PM

One a week is not enough.

On topic: This will be the first XBLA game I will buy. More things along this line would be appreciated.

coughcoughMarvelVs.Capcom2coughcough

gonk @ Oct 24th 2007 7:52PM

there are lots of good xbla games. castlevania sotn, puzzle quest, puzzle fighter are the 3 i've bought, but there's seriously hundreds of games there

Sean @ Oct 24th 2007 1:38PM

That looks pretty nice.

WiNG @ Oct 24th 2007 1:39PM

Why is there a superbar? I didn't notice that before. Do they have super attacks a la SF3?

CyrusK @ Oct 24th 2007 1:42PM

They have superbars because the original Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo had super bars

WiNG @ Oct 24th 2007 1:44PM

really? I don't remember that; what the hell did they do? And how did you execute supers?

Martin @ Oct 24th 2007 1:59PM

Double-motion supers. They weren't as flashy as Alpha supers, but they were okay.

Norm @ Oct 24th 2007 4:07PM

Yeah, there were supers. This was the first SF game to have them. Most of them were just double motions like the supers in SF3 or Alpa such as Gief's 720+p, but some were different, like Guile's super which was like Charge DB, DR, DB, UR. I can't do that sh!t to save my life, but maybe I have the input command wrong. =/

mr nimblewick (SegaDF - Jogurt Ring) @ Oct 24th 2007 1:54PM

I just wish it looked as good in motion.

chispito @ Oct 24th 2007 2:10PM

Doesn't actually look that great to me. Maybe it will look better in action.

James @ Oct 24th 2007 3:20PM

Ok since this is HD I'm sure Chun Li's pubes will be visible. Not too many Asians outside of North America...well you know.

Norm @ Oct 24th 2007 4:03PM

Now there is a complicated issue. It was originally made in japan, where there are/were no pubes ever allowed in anime, but its being redone by a USA dev team, so who knows?

I definitely think this is an issue that should be on the forefront of SSF2STHDR discussions.

Derek @ Oct 24th 2007 4:13PM

and no, the original SF 2 Turbo did NOT have super bars. Get your facts straight!

Norm @ Oct 24th 2007 5:14PM

We aren't talking about Street Fighter 2 Turbo. we are talking about Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo. Most people refer to the former as "Hyper","HF" or "hyper fighting", and there were no bars in this version. "Super Turbo" has the bars.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter_%28series%29#Street_Fighter_II_series

Derek @ Oct 24th 2007 4:13PM

oh gimme a break, it's the same game with updated character sprites. Sorry, buy that's not enough to warrant calling it a new game. This high-def crap is really starting to get on my nerves....For christsakes people it's just more pixels! It's not going to change the world!

Norm @ Oct 24th 2007 5:34PM

Unfortunately, you are completely wrong. I really would like the 'same game' to appear on XBL, but instead they are making this. But I'm still excited about it, and it IS a new game, in the same sense that Super Turbo was a new game when it came out.

http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=141368

If you are sick of the HD crap and all of the hype, don't buy it. Don't comment on it. Don't read about it. It'll be one less scrub we will have to put up with.

Blast Processing Megadrive @ Oct 24th 2007 5:31PM

Joystiq, please fix your gallery system. I don't like the way it blows up/shrinks down images. Please show all images at their true resolutions.

John Rios @ Oct 24th 2007 6:20PM

geez derek u sound like u got ur panties in a bunch there

ThornedVenom @ Oct 24th 2007 6:37PM

Burning bodies have never looked any better.

shivr @ Oct 24th 2007 6:45PM

hmm... needs moar muscles.

Hoffy @ Oct 24th 2007 7:44PM

Did anyone else notice that the character select image for Ken looks EXACTLY like Tom Cruise? Creepy....

prateeko @ Oct 24th 2007 8:01PM

I don't understand why people are happy about this. I mean, this is how SF II SHOULD have been released originally (on XBLA). The fact that we (myself included) keep buying a game with sprites that are now too low in resolution is absurd. Capcom shouldn't be praised for doing this, it should be a requirement if you're making games for HD systems.

Sakesaru @ Oct 24th 2007 9:18PM

Dear Trolls,

You're like a pack of emo's or something. Just stop crying.

OH MY GOD! The Street Fighter fans are excited about the new street fighter! How dare they like a retro game from there childhood. THIS IS A CRIME! The game's being re-released with better graphics on a newer platform. ZOMG IT'S A TRAP!

The fact it is exactly the same game with upped graphics IS the appeal. But I guess you guys are little noobs who don't know the value of a classic, am I right?

If you didn't like painting would you go to a painting blog/forum and bitch "the new brushes are just the old brushes but better"? No, you wouldn't would you? So shut up then.

Derek: No game has changed the world, your post fails.

You're all trolls.

Yours Sincerely,
Sakesaru