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Chun-Li's massive hands cause for concern in Street Fighter IV

by Scott Jon Siegel on Apr 21st 2008 7:45PM

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Criticisms of the visual style of Street Fighter IV are a dime a dozen, ranging from gripes about exaggerated facial expressions to attacks on the, erm, girth of Chun-Li's thigh muscles. Now, it seems that the poor Chinese Interpol agent is once again under attack, though this time for the bizarre proportions of her hands.

A few new art shots on Capcom's official Street Fighter IV website have caught the attention of 1UP's Kris Pigna, who's become mono-maniacally focused on the portrayal of Chun-Li's appendages. We have to admit, the above image has given us pause as well. Not only is her one hand abnormally large -- and featuring a bizarre growth between her thumb and forefinger -- but her other hand is downright monstrous, with thick calloused digits and yellowed fingernails. Let's just hope this is an artistic snafu, and not some crazy new backstory about Chun-Li's mutant transformation.

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Tags: capcom, chun-li, sfiv, street-fighter, street-fighter-iv

Reader Comments (106)

WTF.

I'd hate to get into a thumb wrestle with that thing.

It is quickly (and poorly) drawn concept art. If you think its a screenshot or a render. Wow your dumb.

you're = you are (depicting adjective. i.e., "You are weird.")
your = your (depicting ownership. i.e., "Your clothes are red!")
...I don't know how people keep having trouble with that. Sound it out verbally if you have to.

Anyway, any and all hype for SFIV died pretty quick, didn't it? Rightfully so, I'd say. Every one of the characters look like they need to play for the MLB the way they're so HGH-pumped. It doesn't help either that in concept art and in-game visuals, that Chun Li "look-a-like-a-man" with casaba mellons for a chest... a look that Chyna would probably blush at. :\

"It is quickly (and poorly) drawn concept art. If you think its a screenshot or a render. Wow your dumb."

Dude, it's a touched-up in-game model. Wow, you're fucking dumb.

That is what throwing fireballs can do to a thumb long term. Its called Fireball Callous.

Chun-Li can't throw fireballs, GEEZ. Must I always interact with these uneducated plebs?!

*nerd rolling-of-the-eyes*

But then, I haven't played since the SF2 days, so maybe she's picked up some hadoken abilities since then.

:D

@Geist: She did have a fireball move in SF2: CE. Roll Back-to-Forward+Punch I believe. Was nowhere near as powerful as a Hadoken though.

Her hands are manlier than mine.

...on my wall your head!

Ya know guys aren't the only ones using HGH nowadays...

Reminds me of that Uma Thurman movie, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. Crappy movie, but Uma had huge hitch-hiking thumbs.

*sing songy* Ran-dom!

Ya know, I wouldn't mind the callouses and fingernails, shows she actually fights instead of pampers herself all day, and her only move is to knock you off the stage with her chest. Although I think she should have that thumb growth looked at, might be cancerous.

...I want to throw out the "perspective" argument for the size of the right hand, but the glaringly malformed thumb, and the Blanka-foot-passed-off-for-left-hand just sort of kill any form of defense...

lol, and call me dislexic for mixing up left with right. Its almost 5 o'clock (quittin' time), my mind is on the clock xP

They should have kept her looking hot.
Not...muscley.

Crappy art style is crappy.

Overused comment is overused.

Comedic reply is... funny.

Irony is Ironic.

white is this season's black.

Racist, you should go work for capcom.

I could never be with Chun-Li.
She has man hands.

Yea - you should see her when she eats lobster.

You should see her yankin' it.

Thank you BigD145 for ruining this Seinfeld Moment.

LOL! Did she break your hand?

Yea almost. It was after she opened my beer... but it wasn't a twist off.

I had a picture of her, and used to pretend she was my dead wife so models would respect me.

here you've got something on your face... no... there... let me get it for you

Don't worry, I'm sure it's venereal.

You know, even with all the Silent Hill, Resident Evil, Alone in the Dark, and Siren trailers I've seen on this site, that has got to be the creepiest thing Joystiq has put up yet... (ugh) hands down.

"hands down."

tell that to her.

Nah real Mario still wins that contest. Almost put me in a coma =/.

'I am the strongest woman in the world!
Now, let me open your beer bottle for you...'

thats what we call a strong pimp hand...bitch betta have my money!!!

Wonder what other huge growths she is hiding?

I think she was one of the QA testers for the original XBOX.

Tester? More like loading dock worker ... as the forklift for pallets of them.

I prefer more athletic types in my women, but this goes overboard in the opposite direction I'm used to seeing in video games.

laughing target...i believe you missed the point sir.

If she was an Xbox QA tester, her thumbs would be shriveled up. That unit wasn't exactly quality, which goes to assume the QA people did nothing. The analogy doesn't work. Point was taken and rebutted with the unit's legendary weight (she's since gone to lifting heavier PS3s).

Man, Chun-Li's hands are pretty big, but damn that's a huge Xbox!

She needs larger shoulders.

Her dad was Andre the Giant.

Awesome avatar

Thanks lol. There are those who call me... Tim?

You know much that is hidden, oh Tim.

Look at the boooones!

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