Classic SFII combos work the same in SFIV
by Kyle Orland 
{ Mar 21st 2008 at 10:45AM }
The video evidence (also available below the jump) highlights the cosmetic differences in the two games while at the same time showing how seemingly identical the basic gameplay is. We can't say this is necessarily a bad thing -- Street Fighter II is a classic for a reason -- but that classic is already available as a Virtual Console download, an upcoming HD remix, and even a PS2 Anniversary collection. Why are we supposed to trudge out to the arcade for a dressed up version of a 15-year-old experience that we can get at home?
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Ghost_Crisis @ Mar 21st 2008 10:53AM
Thats pretty cool IMO....
The REAL question is...Is Blanka still a cheesified electric jerk whom no one can stop?
AkzidenzGrotesk @ Mar 21st 2008 11:20AM
Blanka is one of the worst characters in ST.
SJ @ Mar 21st 2008 11:52AM
Correction: Blanka is AWESOME. Seriously, I love playing with him, even though he is not my favorite character.
Z @ Mar 21st 2008 10:56AM
Why isn't SF4 coming out on Wii? Those graphics just look bad... Still 2d, still same moves- why isn't this a wiiware game?
DangerMouse @ Mar 21st 2008 12:07PM
I poke fun at the Wii for not being able to handle the graphics load, but i believe this game can easily be decent on there. Then if they did went that route, the 360 and ps3 players would be like, "wtf" as to why they made it look crappy when it could've looked better.
This games is getting hyped up a lot, i think many are going to be let down.
Batzarro @ Mar 21st 2008 1:03PM
I believe SFIV can do this game, at least scaled down. BUt I also believe they won't do it bacause, you know, Wii audience and such. I'm not Flamebaiting, i'm trying to get into Capcom's mind.
BIGGEN @ Mar 21st 2008 3:31PM
@Batzarro
read your post again. make sense? thought not.
anyway, i think i just got kinda excited for this game. however, SFII rehashes, can die.
t_m @ Mar 21st 2008 10:25PM
seriously, have you been drinking again Z? This game looks stunning. Go to ve3d and watch the HD trailers.
Obie @ Mar 21st 2008 10:56AM
Dude! I LOVE Combo pretzel snacks. The best ones are the ones with Nacho cheese inside...you LAN party is the same without them!
Oh yeah Street Fighter...meh...gimme Brawl instead.
Or how about Killer Instinct? C-C-Combo breaker!
riggs @ Mar 21st 2008 12:30PM
anybody else bites into a combo and say c-c-c-combo breaker!.....no? anyone?
Mrblonde @ Mar 21st 2008 1:21PM
I likes pepperoni pizza flavor. I think I might buy some today when im out
Obie @ Mar 21st 2008 1:35PM
Yeah this article gave me the munchies....Joystiq is making me fat now...GG Joystiq!
DarkTetsuya @ Mar 21st 2008 2:05PM
Tell me about it! a friend of mine halfway across the country from me said she got some recently, I was jealous... I haven't had those in *years* :(
And those SF4 combos? Yeah they look about spot on.
itsburnsie @ Mar 21st 2008 10:57AM
Great, now I'm stuck at work and hungry for combos. Thanks Joystiq.
FrankTheCrank @ Mar 21st 2008 10:59AM
Capcom and Joystiq, why must you torture me with all this Street Fighter news? Why?!
Capcom, please, please, please, release SF HD now.
Capcom fighting action is like a drug...and I need that junk now!
Shmil @ Mar 21st 2008 11:03AM
meh i would personally like a brand new game with a different set of game mechanics and not allow the pros of SFII to be immediate pros in SFIV
but then again i never did like fighting games so maybe i should just shut my mouth
Sir Fidlious Wong (Zeon Defense Force) @ Mar 21st 2008 11:28AM
I really have to say it...
The more I learn about Street Fighter IV, the more I'm looking forward to SCIV and KOF XII
LeChuck @ Mar 21st 2008 11:31AM
The way Ono made it sound in EGM, Capcom didn't plan to ever make an SF4 until he convinced them they could make one that would fully capitalize on SF2's undying popularity. So sure it'd be nice to have a more "new" SF4 but this may have been the only way to get one at all.
Jhongerkong @ Mar 21st 2008 11:50AM
My guess is that they are gonna have the original cast with all their moves, but have a boatload of new characters with different moves (a la SFIII) so that classic players can play the same but still have some variety.
dizzy @ Mar 21st 2008 11:51AM
As long as Guile has the good old 4-hit fierce combo I'll be happy.
Gewurztraminer (needs more umlaut) @ Mar 21st 2008 12:12PM
Oddly enough, I would go down to the local convenience store to both purchase Combos and play Street Figther II back in '92 or whenever it was. I sucked and was totally pwned before pwned was knwned.
Darcrequiem @ Mar 21st 2008 12:25PM
I like how GamesRadar thought it was great that the old combos work and Kyle Orland tries to spin into a bad thing. For the most part certain bread and butter combos carry over to sequels in just about all fighting game franchises.
Jacksons @ Mar 21st 2008 12:44PM
I'm still much more interested in SSFIITHDR (aren't acronyms supposed to be easy?)!
cantbeatmegaman @ Mar 21st 2008 1:35PM
Ryu could do the same combo in SF3. And Chun-li had her heel stomp too, right? So how is this news? I used mostly the same combos from SF2 for SF3 and they worked.
John McPoop @ Mar 21st 2008 7:57PM
Don't fix it if it aint broken!
t_m @ Mar 21st 2008 10:19PM
"Why are we supposed to trudge out to the arcade for a dressed up version of a 15-year-old experience that we can get at home?"
Because it looks absolutely frickin awesome???
Maybe these guys just know how to do stunning trailers, but i'm so hyped about this game.. and i don't even usually like fighters that much. (apart from soul calibur 2 of course)
Kael @ Mar 22nd 2008 2:33AM
Normally I'm all for nostalgia, but I was hoping Capcom was making a NEW two-dimensional game, because it will take several companies risking that route before people to begin to see 2D as an option in top-tier games and not just what you get when there are strict limitations on file sizes. Capcom's adding some new characters, yes, but the more I hear of the game, the more I see that is lifted from SSF2T unchanged, and that stuff doesn't help bring about the 2D renaissance any faster, it only helps to cement the prevailing, inexplicable opinion that without exception, a game is only modern if it has 3D gameplay. I want that to change.
MasterCKO @ Mar 22nd 2008 6:43AM
and way to make judgments on a game based on a minute of footage of combos that mostly existed in SF3 as well as SF2 in order to say SF4 is going to play exactly like SF2. Seriously, Joystiq (and some of you commenters), this is the best you could do?
fawazr @ Mar 22nd 2008 10:23AM
http://blog.capcom.com/archives/1051
"What they haven’t shown you here — what we haven’t really shown anyone, yet — are the combos that are entirely new to the game. Seth has been quietly mastering a series of combos with Zangief that require skillful use of the Revenge Gauge, Cancel techniques and a fully powered Super Combo meter but results in almost 100% damage."
Zegim @ Mar 22nd 2008 3:21PM
"Why are we supposed to trudge out to the arcade for a dressed up version of a 15-year-old experience that we can get at home?"
Because that's the only way to really enjoy SF.
Anyone who, like me, spent a lot of spare change when SF II was new knows that playing SF in an arcade is where is at.
hvnlysoldr @ Apr 12th 2008 7:07PM
Darn I thought they were going to make them easier.