Watch the Street Fighter IV opening cinema

by David Hinkle { Feb 7th 2009 at 9:00PM }

In 10 days, the U.S. will receive Street Fighter IV. It's a game that needs no prefacing of any kind. We just thought that you might want to take a break with us and watch the completely awesome Japanese opening cinematic. Seriously, if you watch one video today, this should be it. It's way better than the last trailer we showed you. Akuma totally fights Gouken. You can find the video past the break.

Gallery: Street Fighter IV: Character Roster

Tags: 2d, capcom, fighter, fighting, street-fighter-iv

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

WINterfang @ Feb 7th 2009 9:04PM

HADOKEN!!!

Wiizer @ Feb 7th 2009 9:27PM

YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG

SHINKU HADOUKEN!!!!!!

You'll never stand a chance against Sheng Long...

WINterfang @ Feb 7th 2009 10:06PM

Rising TACKLE!!!.

Ahmedz @ Feb 8th 2009 4:44PM

Both of you fail!

TATSMAKSANPUUKYAK!!!

ripslymemc @ Feb 7th 2009 9:05PM

WOW. Imagine what that would look like on a 52' HDTV 0_0

Brian @ Feb 7th 2009 10:44PM

How about a 269' TV - http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1899413
:O

Diskoboy @ Feb 8th 2009 2:37PM

I don't have to imagine.

jynxycat @ Feb 7th 2009 9:07PM

I haven't been this excited for a fighting game since SF2 came out on SNES o_O

Urza @ Feb 7th 2009 9:53PM

I know the feeling.

Patrick @ Feb 7th 2009 9:56PM

Really? I thought I was the only one over 20 who read this site (I'm 36).

jorojoserojas @ Feb 7th 2009 10:11PM

Seriously, this is nuts.

I swear, I feel like it's the early 90s again. God damn it, what I wouldn't give for an arcade cabinet!

heyo007 @ Feb 7th 2009 10:24PM

Dude, I know what you guys mean. This 27 year old is feeling like a kid again in anticipation for this game. That video melted my socks due to extreme awesomeness.

Hellstorm|INC @ Feb 7th 2009 11:02PM

QFT!

After a series of Alphas, EX and others, I'm looking forward to a return to our roots accompanied by a new and exciting look. THIS is what I always hoped SF II would look like.

xeleion @ Feb 7th 2009 11:04PM

Haha, I'm 21, and Turbo was my first video game. I'm having a hard time waiting. I keep wanting to knock myself unconscious so that time will pass by faster.

Half Japanese @ Feb 7th 2009 9:09PM

It's a shame they ruined what would have otherwise been a pretty badass video by having the Japanese equivalent of Linkin Park provide the soundtrack.

rohan @ Feb 7th 2009 9:14PM

linkin park? i thought it sounded like the backstreet boys

Temmink @ Feb 7th 2009 10:14PM

No way, the song was great. First time through I thought they were singing:

'Oooh Yeah! Tech Support!' But I think it was actually technical.

I for one would be greatly disappointed if the English version doesn't come with the song in it's original JRock glory!

WiredKnight @ Feb 7th 2009 11:23PM

Let's just be totally honest and say none of you know anything about Japanese music.

Half Japanese @ Feb 7th 2009 11:45PM

I know a bit about Japanese metal, but the JRock stuff seems pretty obnoxious to me for the most part.

LeonSKennedy @ Feb 8th 2009 2:05AM

I was thinking "N-Stink" myself. When did Justin Timberlake become synonymous with Sushi and Sapporo?

doom saber @ Feb 8th 2009 5:50AM

I actually like the Jpop opening and would imagine that Capcom would replace it with the crummy heavy metal that the spike SF4 TV commercial aired between the UFC program they had on. If the dubbed vs subbed SF anime movie has taught us somethin', Street fighter + Heavy Metal song doesn't mix well.

I think I am goin to be flamed here, but I thought that even though the sf3 third strike opening appears to be annoying at times, I liked it since the hiphop song fits well..

Leslie @ Feb 8th 2009 10:07AM

Yeah that song is as bad as Linkin Park. That's one thing about Japan that's actually worse, J-Rock.

There are some good bands though (which when I went to Tokyo no one had heard of) like Mono and Envy.

ryan @ Feb 8th 2009 9:04PM

The Pillows.

Matt @ Feb 7th 2009 9:13PM

And that song just ruined everything for me. Any hopes I had of looking cool while watching this in my living room just exploded in front of me like a poorly made pipe bomb being held by a dear loved one.

Until the second song picks up. After that, everything's A-OK again.

THE WICKER MAN (BWF) (GT: Dalek Prime) @ Feb 7th 2009 9:24PM

blarfff... what a gross intro song. take a cue from ssf2thds menu! CANT WAIT!!!

cafecito @ Feb 7th 2009 9:30PM

Linkin Park is a piece of shit.

That been said, I can't quite understand the half of what's going on there :P

WINterfang @ Feb 8th 2009 1:29AM

Que malo con Linkin Park cafecito?

cafecito @ Feb 8th 2009 5:15PM

Yeah, I'm old enough to know Linkin Park is a piece of shit :P

Un pedazo de mierda de vaca, comprende?

mgsrocks1 @ Feb 8th 2009 11:17PM

There are people who would disagree with you cafecito.

Temidien @ Feb 9th 2009 1:43PM

Cafecito is a closet transvestite.

See, I can make unsupported claims too.

cafecito @ Feb 11th 2009 9:12PM

That's a stupid comeback. There's no unsupported claims here, it's just what I think of the band. And seeing their supporters just makes me hate them more.

Ratfoot @ Feb 7th 2009 9:33PM

Hopefully Street Fighter 5 will be able to use this brilliant ink artwork in the actual game. (One can always dream I suppose)

Red Leader @ Feb 7th 2009 9:34PM

Holy crap. That's pretty awesome.

Was kind of hoping that Street Fighter would be ABOVE the rather blasé JPOP intro song, but the graphics were so pretty that's all I really payed attention to.

Ryan Hamilton @ Feb 7th 2009 9:34PM

Too long and it's not even interesting to look at, it's all muddy and windy and most of it looks alike, no variety, like say a Tekken or SC intro.

Psycho2 @ Feb 7th 2009 9:43PM

Wow, anyone else get a buzz kill when the Japanese part came in?

ugg.tryptophan @ Feb 7th 2009 10:30PM

its freakin street fighter the whole game is japanese, and awesome regardless

Skaz @ Feb 7th 2009 11:04PM

Maybe they'll do what they did with DBZ budokai 3 intro and just take the words out. I was completely fine with that.

damien @ Feb 7th 2009 9:46PM

That was impressive

desmond @ Feb 7th 2009 10:10PM

Anyone know if this game will support custom music(on ps3)? It seems like an obvious thing to put in to me, but hardly any games actually have it(on ps3)

Isaac @ Feb 7th 2009 10:27PM

what kind of pokemon music is this on my sf iv......

Dummy00001 @ Feb 8th 2009 5:22AM

This is how japs are. They are not like us, Westerns: they wouldn't put some depressing thrash/death metal with profanities/obscenities as a cover for the story about good vs. evil. Unless of course they plan for evil to win in the end.

sinergy @ Feb 8th 2009 11:44AM

"Jap" is a derogatory term ~_~

Strategy_Panda (Pot & Spoon 4 Life) @ Feb 7th 2009 11:11PM

still loving the art direction

still not going to buy the game

Churchy @ Feb 7th 2009 11:17PM

Too bad the actual gameplay isn't quite as bold artistically as the cutscene stuff, but whatevers, it still looks entirely awesome.

samik @ Feb 7th 2009 11:28PM

Hmmm.....generic gameplay, doesnt bring anything new to the genre, the story and plot is cliched and uninspiring, poor voice acting, doesnt live up to the hype, looks like a 7 at best - hold on, its not a PS3 exclusive you say? Stop the press...

SoulBlade @ Feb 7th 2009 11:39PM

I'm guessing you posted incorrectly because bringing up plot in a fighter makes a lot of sense..

i would also contend the generic gameplay statement since street fighter has always been a blast to play, especially against people at the same skill level. i'm not sure what makes it generic, but the fighters are diverse enough (sure there are clones, but even they are modified) to make it fun to master each one.

street fighter doesn't need to bring anything new to the 2D fighter genre. it IS the 2D fighter genre.

Kizzle @ Feb 8th 2009 12:38AM

Bringing up plot in a fighter DOES make sense. For all its faults, the one thing Mortal Kombat has all over the Street Fighter franchise is a compelling plot. Show me a SF game that has a plot twist like Bison shockingly killing Ryu at the beginning of the game (see the intro movie for MK Deadly Alliance), and then we're talking.

If they'd throw a coherent plot in the SF series it would be pretty much perfect. As it is, we're loaded down games that are canon but then aren't and out of order sequels.

Jtenma @ Feb 8th 2009 2:28AM

@SAMIK & KIZZLE

I gotta say, I feel sorry for you guys if you think that SF doesn't have a plot. I would go into detail as to why but you should probably WIKI/GOOGLE it for yourselves, because it would take to long to type.

To sum it up though, Sf like SOULBLADE said, CREATED the 2d fighting genre. And arguably the most popular characters in the SF series are RYU/KEN. So I would like to think that whenever someone thinks of a 2d fighter, they think fireball motions and dragon punch motions. So think about it now that SF4 is upon us and the fact that...

THEIR FUCKING MASTER COULD BE ALIVE!

Shattercross @ Feb 8th 2009 3:35AM

Please Kizzle, Mortal Kombat's plot is hardly what anyone would call compelling. If someone likes a game, they get into the plot- regardless of the quality. The death of Lu Kang wasn't brilliant writing, it was a cheap plot device that was thrown away at the end of armageddon.

JohnHype @ Feb 8th 2009 2:39PM

You all are missing samik's point. He's saying that if this happened to be a PS3 exclusive we'd hear about how it's nothing new and adds nothing to the genre. While that's true for this, and 99% of all video games in defined genres, it only seems to come up in reviews/previews when it's a PS3 exclusive, not a multi-console game or 360 or PC exclusive.

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