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

by Scott Jon Siegel { Apr 21st 2008 at 7:45PM }

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.

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

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)

Benny @ Apr 21st 2008 7:48PM

WTF.

Tiptup300 @ Apr 21st 2008 8:45PM

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

UltimateQ @ Apr 21st 2008 11:51PM

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

FOXHOUND @ Apr 22nd 2008 8:29AM

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. :\

bm @ Apr 22nd 2008 12:04PM

"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.

Leobebes @ Apr 21st 2008 7:48PM

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

Geist @ Apr 22nd 2008 5:13AM

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

capt_carl @ Apr 22nd 2008 8:27AM

@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.

Slayer @ Apr 21st 2008 7:49PM

Her hands are manlier than mine.

Matt B @ Apr 21st 2008 10:43PM

...on my wall your head!

tmacairjordan87 @ Apr 21st 2008 7:49PM

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

gman @ Apr 21st 2008 7:51PM

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

DP @ Apr 22nd 2008 11:46AM

*sing songy* Ran-dom!

dizzy @ Apr 21st 2008 7:53PM

...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...

dizzy @ Apr 21st 2008 7:54PM

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

Aludra @ Apr 21st 2008 7:53PM

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.

Limezor @ Apr 21st 2008 7:54PM

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

Super Cold School @ Apr 21st 2008 7:57PM

Crappy art style is crappy.

Curtis the Claw:XBL - supapaypamawio @ Apr 21st 2008 8:02PM

Overused comment is overused.

Benny @ Apr 21st 2008 8:31PM

Comedic reply is... funny.

Tiptup300 @ Apr 21st 2008 8:45PM

Irony is Ironic.

deadpool @ Apr 22nd 2008 3:37AM

white is this season's black.

Tiptup300 @ Apr 22nd 2008 8:33AM

Racist, you should go work for capcom.

Shmil @ Apr 21st 2008 7:57PM

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

SoulBlade @ Apr 21st 2008 8:11PM

Yea - you should see her when she eats lobster.

BigD145 @ Apr 21st 2008 8:36PM

You should see her yankin' it.

Shmil @ Apr 21st 2008 9:11PM

Thank you BigD145 for ruining this Seinfeld Moment.

Superstar90 @ Apr 21st 2008 10:07PM

LOL! Did she break your hand?

SoulBlade @ Apr 21st 2008 10:45PM

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

FrankDrebin @ Apr 22nd 2008 12:48AM

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

FrankDrebin @ Apr 22nd 2008 12:49AM

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

Superstar90 @ Apr 22nd 2008 8:14PM

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

qbix @ Apr 21st 2008 8:00PM

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

ComicShaman @ Apr 21st 2008 8:01PM

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.

embassy @ Apr 22nd 2008 3:01AM

"hands down."

tell that to her.

Dahk @ Apr 22nd 2008 9:53AM

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

Jonathan Wong @ Apr 21st 2008 8:02PM

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

NOT ME @ Apr 21st 2008 8:03PM

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

playwhutyalike @ Apr 21st 2008 8:09PM

Wonder what other huge growths she is hiding?

Frank @ Apr 21st 2008 8:13PM

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

LaughingTarget @ Apr 21st 2008 8:30PM

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.

elmersglue @ Apr 21st 2008 11:04PM

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

LaughingTarget @ Apr 22nd 2008 6:34AM

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).