Unlock every Street Fighter IV character the easy way

by David Hinkle { Feb 13th 2009 at 2:02PM }

If you want to unlock every character in Street Fighter IV without actually earning them, then you'll want to check out this little video put together by MyCheats Senior Editor Mike Nelson. He shows off just how easy it is to cheaply defeat the computer, without having to put in much effort. In fact, you could probably do this without even being in the room. Head past the break to see what we mean.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

wes @ Feb 13th 2009 2:10PM

Ok.... If you want a challenge, don't play on easy. Got it.

Marty @ Feb 13th 2009 2:13PM

"In fact, you could probably do this without even being in the room."

Seeing as all the systems have wireless controllers now, it's pretty easy to control games from other rooms, isn't it? :P

ZapDash @ Feb 13th 2009 2:14PM

THIS IS STREET FIGHTER!
Kick to the Gut!

(Sort of cheap in the same way, but not nearly as awesome.)

Lord Negatron @ Feb 13th 2009 2:16PM

I think i even caught a "Perfect" during the clip. "Easy
setting in SFIV i now consider to be, "Practice mode".

Angel Mass @ Feb 13th 2009 2:34PM

Yeah, poor Chun Li lol

WINterfang @ Feb 14th 2009 9:46AM

That wasn't easy it was easiest.

Which I think it my be like this.

Normal>Easy>Very Easy>Super Easy>Mega Easy>Hyper Easy>Easiest> Practice Mode.

tmmoore_nc @ Feb 13th 2009 2:20PM

I wonder if it'll be that easy to unlock Akuma and Gouken? I doubt it.

Jigga @ Feb 13th 2009 2:38PM

It looked like they had every character unlocked on the select screen. But I didn't get a close enough look.

N3TWORK BURN3R @ Feb 13th 2009 3:34PM

Akuma is on the top right.

Brit Mckay @ Feb 13th 2009 2:26PM

Probably. Entirely trash. I would never do that. I cosign that 'practice mode' statement, though. It's good to have an AI to spar with.

SpikeDelight @ Feb 13th 2009 2:32PM

That is pretty shitty of them to make Easy mode that easy. I prefer the way they handled it in the other recent Street Fighter, HD Remix, where Easy mode was still pretty fucking hard for a newcomer.

Kizzle @ Feb 13th 2009 2:58PM

YEAH! Let's coddle everyone! No hard games are permitted, EVER! We should bottle-feed every consumer out there! If a game is hard, it SUCKS!

Dumbass.

MLS @ Feb 13th 2009 3:05PM

But hard mode is permitted here. You are free to chose it or not to.

Shagittarius @ Feb 13th 2009 3:10PM

Nothing is real. Everything is permitted.

zhine @ Feb 13th 2009 7:43PM

I agree, but can't there be a happy medium?

I'm a Street Fighter noob, and I downloaded SSF2THDR.....and while I can beat it on Easy, I can only do it with about half the characters, and it's pretty difficult.

But yeah, this looks to be waaaaaaaaaaaayyyy too easy.

SpikeDelight @ Feb 13th 2009 8:17PM

Well to be honest with all of you, I was a noob when I got SSF2THDR too but I think it's better to learn on the mean streets like it did with its easy mode than an easy mode that makes you think the game is so shallow you might not even want to play anymore. There is a practice mode, so that's where you can go up against easy or nonexistent AI, but I figure that easy mode in SFIV should be something that inspires a little bit of awe so that you know you should be "at least this good to play". Imagine how many noobs will be online when they hear that THAT is the bare minimum of skill required to play the game. I think the game should project something different onto its users and show a little more class.

Roujin Z @ Mar 12th 2009 12:54AM

I for one am glad for this cheat. I like a challenge, but the AI on Medium is incredibly cheap and Seth in particular makes unlocking characters VERY unpleasant. At least now I can get all the unlocking out of the way and focus on mastering characters. Until now I was spending nearly 2 hours per unlock, a good 40 minutes of that time at Seth.

Angel Mass @ Feb 13th 2009 2:33PM

Any 4 year old could figure this out any day

Professor Lario @ Feb 13th 2009 4:58PM

So how's that 'figuring it out thing' work'n for ya? : )

Angel Mass @ Feb 13th 2009 5:14PM

I hope you could without watching the video, Lario

iDEC @ Feb 13th 2009 4:13PM

too bad u cant do this to unlock akuma seth and gouken ;P gotta have ultras and perfects to fight them at the end. grrr

Balius @ Feb 13th 2009 2:47PM

Unlocking things like characters in a game geared almost entirely to be played multiplayer is a terrible system, and even mashing one button is too much work to gain access to the actual game you bought. If someone comes over and wants to play as Cammy, I don't want to button mash for a half hour to make that happen.

Even Wii Fit has mostly unlockable features, and that should be a pretty clear sign that unlockables need to be evaluated more closely.

cjshrader @ Feb 13th 2009 2:50PM

Have you seen a mirror?

BURN

fil.vina @ Feb 13th 2009 5:26PM

HA! this totally worked for MVC2 as well! you can totally use Dhalsim to earn boatloads of points.

dru @ Feb 13th 2009 2:58PM

So..... get the game and then heavy kick your way through easy mode 16 times?

A baby could beat this on easy mode so why not just PLAY THE GAME?

jynxycat @ Feb 13th 2009 3:01PM

There's 6 difficulty settings, this is the lowest one.

So, on the lowest possible setting, the game is easy ?

SHOCK AND AWE.

Enzemo @ Feb 13th 2009 3:09PM

My thoughts exactly.
Some people just like to kick the shit out of people!
Its the same as putting Guitar Hero on easy to unlock all the songs.

Not everyone is the best at something, if they still have just as much fun on it as you do on Expert, whats the problem? =]

Chase @ Feb 13th 2009 5:07PM

Amen.

Grey Acumen @ Feb 15th 2009 9:27PM

This is my opinion.

Heck, what if you wanted to have a tournament at a friend's house, but he didn't have everything unlocked? This is a quick easy way to unlock everything so everyone can have fun.

If you're the type of person who doesn't want to be cheap, then you're not the type of person that would EVER be playing on the easiest mode anyway.

jynxycat @ Feb 15th 2009 10:43PM

By the way, it's easy to beat the game on the easiest setting by doing almost any move in repetition.

I could make a video of me beating the game with ryu/gouken/akuma just spamming fireballs.

It does take awhile to get Seth unlocked though, as you have to finish the game 15 times or more if you screw up on the unlock conditions for Akuma/Gouken.

Ecks @ Feb 13th 2009 3:08PM

This will only work for Dan, Cammy, Sakura, Fei long, Rose, and Gen. A bit more is required to unlock Akuma and Gouken.

wazzupman3636 @ Feb 13th 2009 10:45PM

You don't start with Sakura? :(

RagingStormX @ Feb 13th 2009 3:10PM

I give joystick/ps3fanboy two thumbs down for posting this....I am talking total weaksauce. #1 couldn't have said it better, ... edited for heavy vulgarity. I should probably stop that.

Dr Jeckyl and Mr ESC. @ Feb 13th 2009 3:30PM

SF is serious buisness.

CannabisPrime @ Feb 13th 2009 3:36PM

Or like..maybe someone who is halfway decent just wants to quickly unlock characters so they can go online and play against real competition?

Zertoss @ Feb 13th 2009 3:37PM

What does f.u.c.k. stand for? Feel Up Chun-Li's Knees? Because that doesn't sound very gay.

Lord Negatron @ Feb 13th 2009 4:36PM

Eyo homeboy, welcome to Joystiq...

David Hinkle just covered the news, he did not come up with the "easy" strategy. Oh, and its not that serious, almost every game has some type of bug/glitch that cheapen the game or lessen difficulty. I guess you rip the code & cheat sections out of all your gaming magazines in disgust eh?

RagingStormX @ Feb 13th 2009 6:28PM

I know David didn't come up with this video...my opinionated statement was due to the surprise that this was good enough for him to post. Sorry David and to all that find this video helpful. I wasn't trying to force my views when it comes to playing games on anyone...just stating an opinion (in my eyes). Once again sorry to the lot I may have offended.

PSN ID: RagingStormX

MLS @ Feb 13th 2009 3:25PM

The bulk of these comments are a telling representation of why i have such contempt for the hardcore gaming community.

Buncha whiny elitists.

mirage @ Feb 13th 2009 7:37PM

Absolutely! Everywhere I go, there are people whining about games being too easy, too dumbed down, yada yada yada, waaaahhh. SHUT UP!!

It is one thing if the game overall is too easy and there are no difficulty options, but when games give you a variety of difficulty options there is certainly no need to whine about the easiest ones. And if the hardest difficulty setting is too easy for you, then why aren't you going "pro" or something.

PSN: Erdie @ Feb 13th 2009 11:18PM

Couldn't have said it better myself, MLS.

Dr Jeckyl and Mr ESC. @ Feb 13th 2009 3:25PM

Oh snap.

Dr Jeckyl and Mr ESC. @ Feb 13th 2009 3:28PM

So you have to beat The Game without losing a single round in order to unlock the characters or just you can unlock them using continues etc in other difficulties?

Mayne @ Feb 13th 2009 3:30PM

That's like on the old-school games how you could use a 2P controller to interrupt your arcade mode, and then you simply beat the non-active character to a pulp.

I'll admit, I used that a few times if I was playing on the harder difficulties, in the cases where a particular CPU opponent just wouldn't die. I shouldn't have had to fight T-Hawk 12 times in a row because, well, he's T-Hawk, and T-Hawk sucks. The game would just get stuck in this loop of cheapness from time to time, as many a game does...

Anyway, I wouldn't bother with that now. I would only do this "cheat" on the new game if a certain character turned out to be absolutely zero fun to play with (I'm looking at Rufus) and I just really wanted to get another character. Now if Rufus unlocks Dan, I just might not even bother at all... haha

Jason @ Feb 13th 2009 3:32PM

What does it take to unlock Akuma and gouken?

I suck @ street fighter so this is good for me but i'll try the other difficulties as well

iDEC @ Feb 13th 2009 4:16PM

for akuma you gotta get 1 perfect and 1 ultra in arcade mode and no continues along the way, and for gouken you need 1 perfect and 3-4 ultra finishes and no continues. im working on getting gouken, got to him once , but he caught me with an ultra while i was getting ready to raging demon him w akuma ;P

Lord_von_Punx @ Feb 13th 2009 3:34PM

that's so stupid that's the fun of the game is unlocking the characters..

but i suppose if those people suck at the game i guess it's good for them :P

iDEC @ Feb 13th 2009 4:16PM

The easiest way to do it what they did, 1 round, set difficutly on easiest, and just go to town, even seth is a punching bad at the end, but i believe u gotta have it set to easy to unlock gouken, i tried on easiest and didnt get him after i beat seth, but u can unlock akuma and everyone else on easiest

foxhound421 @ Feb 13th 2009 4:35PM

come on, look at how many characters are blacked out on that screen! if you had to unlock Gouken or Akuma or Seth, then i could understand that because they're 'boss' characters and we're used to having to unlock them. but i'm actually a little disappointed that it looks like i won't have access to 1/2 the roster the first time i boot the game up. you have to unlock Cammy!? call me cheap or a noob all you want (and i've been playing SF since II hit arcades) but i want those characters from the onset and if i have to spend an hour or so with a book on the RH button to do it, then dammit that's what i'm going to do.