New Street Fighter IV trailer looks awesome, sounds not awesome

by Ross Miller { Jan 21st 2009 at 5:28PM }

Capcom, we need to talk -- or rather, you need to talk less. You see, we were watching the new Street Fighter IV trailer and, beautiful though it may be, we had to mute it halfway through. The video, which highlights each of the game's characters, has some pretty cornball material -- we're talking laughing at, not laughing with.

... Then again, once we get our hands on the game, we'll probably be too enthralled to notice. SFIV is set to punch you in the face on February 17.

Tags: capcom, sf4, sfiv, street-fighter-4, street-fighter-iv

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)

mrbigjonstud @ Jan 21st 2009 5:35PM

wow, that does sound awful.....

the game almost looks too cartoony to me, like japanimation style

Jerk Face @ Jan 21st 2009 5:45PM

Every time you say 'japanimation' instead of 'anime' God kills four orphans.

Cody @ Jan 21st 2009 5:46PM

This game would sell more on Wii than on 360 and PS3 combined. Foolish Capcom, and you showed so much love to Wii in other regards!!

At least drop it from 360's undeserving shitbox for goodness sake.

Shmil @ Jan 21st 2009 5:47PM

Welcome to Street Fighter

Jerk Face @ Jan 21st 2009 5:48PM

Dear Cody:

Fail less.

AirIntake @ Jan 21st 2009 5:49PM

Only people that are into anime call it anime. Hell, they probably call it manga. Either way, it's Japanese animation, and I just love the way Japanimation rolls off the tongue.

Zertoss @ Jan 21st 2009 5:52PM

Street Fighter looks anime-style? You don't say!

BPMOmega [gamertag] @ Jan 21st 2009 6:19PM

Manga = Japanese comics... People who call Japanese animation "manga" have no idea what the words they say mean.

And, uh, Street Fighter, a Japanese-developed game, looking like anime? No way! That's impossible!

xeleion @ Jan 21st 2009 8:45PM

So true, Jerk Face.

Anyway, I like how Seth sounds like the dub of Treize Kushrenada. Aside from that, it sounds hella cheesy... oh wait, Cammy sounds sexy.

Totally using that Japanese language option if available... this makes the Soulcalibur dub sound like it could be nominated for an award.

Phi Nguyen @ Jan 21st 2009 10:11PM

I like how M. Bison is helping C. Viper "investigate" her crime scene. LOL.

Max "Tails" Power @ Jan 21st 2009 11:02PM

Calling anime manga? Pardon my French, but LOL! They're two totally different things! Clearly you are not otaku! Get a life, nerd!

Deone @ Jan 21st 2009 11:31PM

Max "tails" Power: HAHAHAHA! You are being sarcastic right? Ironic? Satire perhaps? Just please please please tell me you didn't really call someone a nerd while telling them to get a life for confusing (or not knowing) the difference between Japan-imation and manga.

Wow...

suicycle.com @ Jan 22nd 2009 1:32AM

If Capcom had tried to update the visual style of this franchise too much, they might have alienated some of us that knew and loved the original games. They did add some new moves and the game is not so much of a 2D side-scroller. We'll see how it turns out.

Henry @ Jan 22nd 2009 7:14AM

What a load of crap! How the hell does this make any sense?

"All of mankind holds a power within; the power of life.
This power is fragile but eternal.
Life begats more life and the cycle continues.
This force, this power is what drives it all.
But what is power?
The answer lies in the heart of battle."

Seriously...what??

PentavusSama @ Jan 24th 2009 11:55PM

as a late side-note of the mention that capcom doesnt like the Wii as much as PS3/360, you'd notice that capcom dropped one of their really good selling franchise from the PS banner and is bringing it to the Wii... Monster Hunter. A lot of people were confused by that move and honestly, I'm sure Capcom made more money recently with Monster Hunter franchise then any other franchise.

FNG @ Jan 21st 2009 5:36PM

UGH! Mute button FTW.

whookid @ Jan 21st 2009 5:39PM

It's almost as amazing as a badly dubbed Japanese film. Quite funny, but not exactly material for serious fighting.

KobeBryunt @ Jan 21st 2009 5:42PM

Akuma's voice is pathetic. I expected something more bad ass :(

RIP R.L. Causton - YOU WILL ALWAYS BE MISSED (PSN johnnynumber5) @ Jan 21st 2009 10:26PM

I have to ask though what could anyone expect from a fighting game? I mean the premise doesn't lend itself to serious dialogue. I thought Sagat sounded and looked badass tho.

Strategy_Panda (Pot & Spoon 4 Life) @ Jan 21st 2009 5:43PM

Lovin' that engine.

Jerk Face @ Jan 21st 2009 6:01PM

That's what SHE said.

Deeznuts420 @ Jan 21st 2009 6:36PM

she's a mechanic isnt she

ittybittygirl @ Jan 21st 2009 5:43PM

Well, at least the music kicks ass.

Vcize @ Jan 21st 2009 5:44PM

Yeah, the voices sound pretty lame all the way around from the announcer to even Ryu.

Oh well though, the game still looks 100 kinds of awesome.

capt_carl @ Jan 21st 2009 5:45PM

Seth = Margulis from Xenosaga.

I dunno, some of the voices are pretty fitting. Cammy sounds sexy as hell.

ice~ @ Jan 21st 2009 5:56PM

Cammy IS sexy as hell

Ubiqutous Oxymoron @ Jan 21st 2009 6:27PM

Sakura and Chun-Li's thighs are amazing! just imagine having sex with a woman like that clamping her thighs around your waist while nailing her! she would break your ribs and squeeze your bladder out through your cock.

MC Double Def DP @ Jan 21st 2009 6:43PM

Imagine M. Bison!!!

The Dark Wayne @ Jan 21st 2009 7:28PM

oh...oh...oh God

capt_carl @ Jan 21st 2009 7:31PM

Oh boy...lol.

Ryan @ Jan 21st 2009 10:04PM

Capt_carl: Seth = Cam Clarke who has been in just about every video game in the last 8 years. My friends and I play the game of "find the Cam Clarke" in a new game since there's a high chance of him being in it. I lol'ed hard when Seth spoke and I instantly found the Cam. Still, he does the same voice in every game he's ever been in. The only time he mixed it up was when he was Liquid Snake, we call that British Cam Clarke.

capt_carl @ Jan 21st 2009 10:10PM

@Ryan:

According to the Street Fighter IV wiki page it's Michael D. McConnohie.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_fighter_4#Arcade_roster

The Dark Wayne @ Jan 21st 2009 10:41PM

yeah that guy doesnt sound anything like Cam Clarke. I too make a hobby of recognizing voice actors, and that's definitely not Cam Clarke

Comtar @ Feb 8th 2009 6:49PM

Even better then Seth = Margulis from Xenosaga... is he equals Vampire Hunter D. (the original cartoon, not the from Bloodlust)

SoulBlade @ Jan 21st 2009 5:45PM

are those actual voices from the animated cut scenes? sigh.

RiccochetJ @ Jan 21st 2009 5:46PM

I wonder if what they're saying sounds a lot less cheesy in Japanese.

KobeBryunt @ Jan 21st 2009 5:57PM

Some japanese guy posted on some other blog that they indeed do sound cheesy.

Eggman @ Jan 21st 2009 5:54PM

The game does have both English and Japanese language tracks so if you don't like the English, oh well, just switch it over.

KobeBryunt @ Jan 21st 2009 5:55PM

Sounds like I'll be using the Japanese voices. Although they probably sound just as pathetic I won't be able to understand them :)

PSN: Erdie @ Jan 21st 2009 5:55PM

Haha, that really was awful.

mrbigjonstud @ Jan 21st 2009 5:58PM

wow downvoted because I thought it looked too cartoony?

It's not like I said street fighter 2 sucks, jeez :)

AoE @ Jan 21st 2009 6:17PM

No, probably down-voted because you said that a franchise that has looked really cartoony for the past 22 years still looks cartoony. Oh, and you used a term that anime nerds find really distasteful. Amusingly enough, the term is used in Japan these days however... but don't tell the western anime nerds that ;)

axion22 @ Jan 21st 2009 6:02PM

I have corn poisoning, but I did get to eat the candy through my eyes.

BIGGEN (LIVE-PSN: BIGGEN1103) @ Jan 21st 2009 6:52PM

i kind of understand what you said!

CLShortFuse @ Jan 21st 2009 6:02PM

Try japanese:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8_y3T58ro0

AoE @ Jan 21st 2009 6:19PM

Oh hey, ALSO terrible and over-acted! I guess at least most westerners won't realize that though... especially not the anime-fed ones who think overacting is the norm. :(

KiraXD @ Jan 21st 2009 9:23PM

heh im one of those anime nerds i guess... but i agree.. the japanese is actually really cheesy too... in fact... they sound like the same voice actors just speaking different languages lol.

DangerMouse @ Jan 21st 2009 6:03PM

The ingame footage with the ink style looks great, but the hand drawn animation between those scenes look like garbage. Why they would bother including that when they could just render it with the engine is beyond me.

Yeah, the dialogue is blows, but i don't see how Resident Evil can get away with it with every release, and street fighter gets criticized for it. At least it's still better than Virtua Fighter.