Shadaloo Lounge celebrates 'Legend of Chun-Li' DVD release, awards $2000

by Xav de Matos { Jun 30th 2009 at 12:00AM }

Do not adjust your eyes, you are seeing multiple Chun-Lis. After transforming LA's Chinatown Mountain Bar into M. Bison's favorite watering hole, Mike Ross was awarded $2,000 for placing first in best-of-16 Street Fighter IV tournament. The one-night-only event was organized by Capcom and I Am 8-bit to "celebrate" the DVD and Blu-ray release of Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. We think "celebrate" is the wrong word, but according to Capcom's Unity blog, that's what the party was organized for.

We send our congratulations to Mike for winning the tourney and send our condolences to Capcom for being forced to giveaway nearly all profit* they extracted from the travesty that was Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li.

*For the record, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li made a few million bones, but it was one helluva train wreck.

[Photo Credit: Karaface]

Tags: capcom, i-am-8-bit, street-fighter-iv, street-fighter-the-legend-of-chun-li, tournament

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

ArchiGamer @ Jun 30th 2009 12:05AM

The reason the movie sucked is because they forgot to add Chun-Li's massive arms and hands.

KillaChaos @ Jun 30th 2009 11:08AM

Don't you mean her massive thighs and breasts?

xtremeholymuffin @ Jun 30th 2009 12:06AM

If Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li was billed as a 75%-comedy in the spirit of Drag Me to Hell I would have considered it a masterpiece.

Markez @ Jun 30th 2009 12:42AM

Drag me to Hell? 75% comedy? It's got a shockingly high average score on Metacritic for what I'd perceived to be a horror/thriller flick, is that not what kinda movie it is?

Girlfriend and I love scary movies so we were thinking about hitting it up, but I'd have to pass if it's actually as much comedy as you're suggesting :P

Sly @ Jun 30th 2009 12:56AM

most "horror" movies are comedies now anyways. my bloody valentine? PSSHH.

Markez @ Jun 30th 2009 1:02AM

Yeah if we hadn't gone to see that in 3D it really would've been bordering on untolerable. While My Bloody Valentine was jam packed with typically cliche horror movie gimmicks, I don't think it was necessarily trying to be a comedy.

xtremeholymuffin @ Jun 30th 2009 1:16AM

It's SUPPOSED to be part comedy, you fool! Army of Darkness style!

xtremeholymuffin @ Jun 30th 2009 1:20AM

Oh, my bad, it seems you understand.

HOWEVER, I would like to provide my unconditional recommendation of the masterpiece that is drag me to hell.

You'll jump a few times and laugh your ass off for the rest of the movie. Some parts are fairly intense, though, just due to Sam Raimi's dedication towards pushing the limits of good taste.

whylekat @ Jun 30th 2009 1:51AM

@markez

don't see drag me to hell! It's dumb
*Spoilers* the main evil is a button. There I said it. A friggin button. Sooo stupid!

Markez @ Jun 30th 2009 1:57AM

I never have been able to see the word *spoiler and not read past it. Obviously, I have no one to blame but myself, but thanks a pantload :P

Sly @ Jun 30th 2009 2:18AM

yeah, everytime i see "SPOILERS", i just wanna read past it and spoil everything. i have a thing for spoilers though. like i was on the battle of hogwarts chapter in the last harry potter book and i was getting impacient so i just went on wikipedia are read what happened and then read it for myself. weird right?

U U D D L R L R B A SELECT START @ Jun 30th 2009 9:21AM

Thats why I like giving spoilers that are totally fictitious. That way, when watching if they remember my "spoiler" they keep anticipating it throughout the story.

I have had people come up to me afterward utterly confused assuming they missed something. ^ . ^

Drew -- PS360: uphillbothways @ Jun 30th 2009 12:01PM

A taste of Raimi's previous horror / comedy masterpiece, Bruce Cambell vs. Army of Darkness

"Alright you Primitive Screwheads, listen up! You see this? This... is my boomstick! The twelve-gauge double-barreled Remington. S-Mart's top of the line. You can find this in the sporting goods department. That's right, this sweet baby was made in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Retails for about a hundred and nine, ninety five. It's got a walnut stock, cobalt blue steel, and a hair trigger. That's right. Shop smart. Shop S-Mart. You got that?"

I could keep going with these quotes all day; it's just about as quotable as a movie can get.

xtremeholymuffin @ Jun 30th 2009 12:45PM

THAT'S RIGHT, THE MAIN EVIL IS A BUTTON AND A GOAT-DEMON!!!!!

DO YOU NOT SEE HOW FUCKING AWESOME THIS IS?!?!?!

Saria the Cat @ Jun 30th 2009 1:15PM

I LOVE Army of Darkness.

xtremeholymuffin @ Jun 30th 2009 2:38PM

If you don't mind the distinct lack of Bruce Campbell, you should go see Drag Me to Hell

AvA (ice~) @ Jun 30th 2009 12:08AM

i'm buying the dvd for some laughs

AvA (ice~) @ Jun 30th 2009 12:08AM

I hope it comes with a collection of all the reviews!!!

mcatrage @ Jun 30th 2009 1:34AM

Rent. Even laughing at the movie it isn't worth buying.

EMaster @ Jun 30th 2009 2:00AM

How Dare you! LOL jk. But seriously do not give these people your money. They should be paying you to even consider purchasing this.

Timstew @ Jun 30th 2009 12:15AM

Don't listen to your penis. This movie is terrible, and you should not pay to watch it.

Cheesus(Crust) @ Jun 30th 2009 1:00AM

lol!

HSOL @ Jun 30th 2009 12:17AM

Chris Klein's atrocious performance alone is reason enough for me to see the movie. Nash out!

xtremeholymuffin @ Jun 30th 2009 1:26AM

Chris Klein was my avatar for months after seeing that movie.

Now I switched it over to Michael Clark Duncan as Balrog.

Let me tell you, that gamer picture pack is the gift that keeps on giving.

kentuckyfried @ Jun 30th 2009 12:24AM

Why wasn't this event announced earlier (or was it)?

It helps b/c I can pass on to certain radio contacts I have down in Socal, maximize exposure and all...

Xav de Matos @ Jun 30th 2009 1:03AM

We did write about it before the event. Check the first hyperlink in the story.

Apollo @ Jun 30th 2009 12:56AM

So did he get to keep all the Chun li's after?

tuck @ Jun 30th 2009 1:24AM

The chun li in the middle looks like a guy. The chun li on the right? Shwing!!

EMaster @ Jun 30th 2009 2:02AM

That is a word that needs to come back... SHWING! Is the one in the middle even Asian? I would like to see the rest of the chick on the right in order for me to semi-standup and thrust my hips slightly before I go "Swhing"! Start using the word ppl!

tuck @ Jun 30th 2009 12:53PM

Shwing. A word of epic proportions.

David Smallwood @ Jun 30th 2009 2:07AM

hey thats JESS from allgames interactive on the right. GO JESS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF JOYSTIQ!!!!!!!!!!!!!! allgames.com

David Smallwood @ Jun 30th 2009 2:08AM

oops i mean on the left

TigerClaw @ Jun 30th 2009 12:44PM

Btw, She is no longer a part of http://allgames.com
She's a part of http://gamegirl.com/ now.

Medina @ Jun 30th 2009 4:53AM

Mike Ross is the nastiest Honda in all the land
Good job Mike!

heypaul @ Jun 30th 2009 1:47PM

http://shoryuken.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/mikerossclutchy.jpg

Think Adrian @ Jun 30th 2009 6:58AM

That movie had bad acting, bad (and wrong) storyline, terrible lines, but pretty images.

MaxShrek @ Jun 30th 2009 7:54AM

I was going to ask if the movie was released to theaters yet, but apparently, that already happened?

Cody @ Jun 30th 2009 8:26AM

What a great piece of cinema.

PedoJokerBear (aka Deeznuts) @ Jun 30th 2009 8:32AM

such a huge box for so little money

Sly @ Jun 30th 2009 2:21PM

ugh i hate hookers like that. :P

Gnoll @ Jun 30th 2009 9:01AM

Any one of those Chun-Li's look a thousand times more like Chun-Li than the one in the movie. They are probably equally as good at acting, considering it takes no effort.

I have to admit I had a great time watching Legend of Chun-Li, just because we went on the Thursday after it opened at the earliest screening and NO ONE but me and my friend were there, so we could loudly and openly heckle it the entire time.