Street Fighter IV characters go 2D, revisit the late '90s
by Ben Gilbert 
{ Sep 11th 2009 at 3:15AM } 
The adorable stature of these sprites almost has us wishing for a Smash Bros. meets mini-Capcom game, but let's be realistic -- no one wants to fight Seth ever again. Ever.
Gallery: Street Fighter IV
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
ent11 @ Sep 11th 2009 3:20AM
why is sakura seen twice???
Lukeyo @ Sep 11th 2009 9:29AM
I think the real question here is: Why isn't Cammy shown twice?
whookid @ Sep 11th 2009 12:19PM
2nd drawing has stains all over it..... Dropped some...ink.
CheeziePotato @ Sep 11th 2009 3:20AM
Ultimate WIN
CheeziePotato @ Sep 11th 2009 3:23AM
Crap it isn't a new game. I should really start reading the article before leaving a comment
Lord_von_Punx @ Sep 11th 2009 3:29AM
Seth wasn't hard! But trying to be cheap like him when you unlock him is.
RogueJedi86 @ Sep 11th 2009 3:40AM
Is that Killface(from Frisky Dingo), 4th guy on the bottom row?
THE WICKER MAN (BWF) (GT: Dalek Prime) @ Sep 11th 2009 4:04AM
Seth, SFIV's boss.
Johnny @ Sep 11th 2009 4:05AM
I would say seth is way more of a dick than Gil if he was the boss of 3rd Strike. also, where is my sagat :(
THE WICKER MAN (BWF) (GT: Dalek Prime) @ Sep 11th 2009 4:03AM
Wow. I got excited for a second and thought these would be new skins for SFIV. Now I am sad.
ryohazuki @ Sep 11th 2009 4:36AM
this isnt really anything special. several members of the MUGEN community already created a few SFIV characters from scratch (and of course in 2d)
tung lashor @ Sep 11th 2009 7:15AM
Are you sure about that? A few sprites maybe... and none better than these.
Traceur_Ryuk (PSN: Ryuk_shinigami) @ Sep 11th 2009 12:22PM
Ryohazuki is right, fully playable characters that look pretty much exactly like these, all Hi-res.
I am a big Mugen player, a lot of people don't like it because it's all custom and takes a lot of coding. But when you get the hang of it and know the good websites you can get great characters like these.
Boff @ Sep 11th 2009 4:41AM
These all look pretty good but what's going on with Sakura? (The 2 in the top right corner).
Also Gen & Dan look like they came straight out of SF Alpha 2.
Right I'll stop now cos it sounds like I'm complaining and I'm not!
PN04 @ Sep 11th 2009 5:18AM
They probably DID, they'd be the easiest characters to do and might be there for the sake of reference to the originals.
tung lashor @ Sep 11th 2009 7:11AM
Er... no. The styles are very different - compare and contrast:
http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/2830/alphasf4.png
He's done an amazing job replicating the SF3 style.
TrendGiveAfuck @ Sep 11th 2009 6:58AM
Aw, no character DLC for SSF2THD....
Mazrael @ Sep 11th 2009 8:04AM
Rufus still looks pathetic..
vbshinra @ Sep 11th 2009 8:27AM
man when i see this i just wish capcom would bring street fighter 3rd strike for download on the psn and live.
jynxycat @ Sep 11th 2009 9:14AM
3S is a relic of a game that only held on as long as it did because there wasn't anything else to play :\
The character balance is flat broken, hence why you always see so many 2v2, 3v3 matches, so more chararcters are shown than just yun, chun, and ken.
Dan CiTi @ Sep 22nd 2009 10:23PM
@jynxycat
Maybe think the game is FUN god forbid people ENJOY a fighting game on a non super serious level. Just because tournament players are lame, doesn't mean people who are down to earth only play the best characters.
Skaz @ Sep 11th 2009 8:42AM
Viper looks sexy
captainprotonx @ Sep 11th 2009 9:04AM
This would have made a better SFIII game too.
Fucking freaks. 12? Q? I still wonder what Capcom was smoking.
Platy @ Sep 11th 2009 3:24PM
It was much better when we had only flying indians and eletric amazon monsters ....
Korly @ Sep 11th 2009 10:14AM
Aren't these just the sprites from the XBOX 360 Premium theme?
Jerk Face @ Sep 11th 2009 9:19AM
God, Seth is so fucking cheap. Ha ha..
Korly @ Sep 11th 2009 10:14AM
The theme in question can be seen here: http://img520.imageshack.us/i/img0777hb6.jpg/#q=SFIV%20Premium%20Theme%202
WINterfang @ Sep 11th 2009 9:31AM
My favorites are Dan and C-viper.
Jason @ Sep 11th 2009 10:22AM
Seth doesn't even fit in well with the rest off the darn sf4 cast...
Heyyy today is my birthday! lol
Captain Planet [Planeteer | Power of Captain Planet] @ Sep 11th 2009 11:05AM
Fuck Seth.
Desert Eagle @ Sep 11th 2009 11:06AM
Ha, that's a pretty nice job he did. This makes me wish for a 2D remix of SF4, just like this, as I don't really dig the 3D modelling the game has but eh, just my opinion. I'm too old-school you know.
Chun-Li looks hot like that.
jynxycat @ Sep 11th 2009 11:18AM
After playing SF4 for hundreds of hours, I can't honestly see the game playing the same with a 3S looking theme :\
joe @ Sep 11th 2009 12:20PM
i would play this 2d version rather than the 3d SFIV mess!
ryohazuki @ Sep 11th 2009 12:58PM
well yeah i forget how many are made, but i know i've see a C. Viper like way before SFIV was even out.
I dont keep up with mugen as much as i should, but my friend does alot. he put together a great game with alot of balanced fighters (as balanced as you can get with over 200 people. he could have put more but he wanted not only important people, but characters that were not glitchy, and not retarded crap like nude Cammys and whatnot. lol)
nriveraexpress @ Sep 11th 2009 2:51PM
yea seth was cheese incarnate
xion_one @ Sep 11th 2009 4:07PM
Props to whoever managed to beat Seth on the hardest difficulty. Sure as hell wasn't me...
SlyBeast @ Sep 11th 2009 4:50PM
And this, my friends, is what Street Fighter 4 should've been. EXCELLENT job!
cafecito @ Sep 11th 2009 5:38PM
I think Seth as a character design, is lame. But, he being cheap and all is almost necessary IMO. I love beating cheap bosses, and they have been a staple in the fighting genre for years.
hak @ Sep 13th 2009 11:12AM
I dont get all the Seth hate? he is really easy when you time a heavy low kick and swoop him down after he does his vortex thingy o_0
If you want a quick game just use Zangief and spam triple punch + pile driver. If you time it correctly, it counters seth everytime he wakes up from the floor to attack you... test it for yourself ^_^
I say this game sux thanks to Zangief lol