Shoryuken expect a Street Fighter IV sequel

by Richard Mitchell { Sep 19th 2009 at 2:00AM }

It's not often that we get to post a breaking news, stop-the-presses kind of story about an impending sequel to a beloved franchise. Of course, that adage doesn't really apply to Street Figher, a series with more sequels and spin-offs than the Joystiq staff has fingers and toes. On the Japanese Street Fighter IV blog, Capcom's Natsuki Shiozawa intimated that an announcement regarding a sequel would be made in the near future. With TGS only a week away, we can only hope that such an announcement will be made then.

IGN quite rightly notes that an SFIV "sequel" doesn't necessarily equate to a brand new entry in the series. Given the series' history, it's easily possible that it could end up being an extension of the game, à la Street Fighter II Championship Edition. We might add that an SFIV refresh would be perfect for the impending holiday shopping season.

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

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Premature ejaculation man @ Sep 19th 2009 2:13AM

Street Fight IV: Super High Intensity Tournament Edition

Traceur_Ryuk (PSN: Ryuk_shinigami) @ Sep 19th 2009 2:18AM

Street fight IV: Super mega rad testosterone fireball ejaculating H To the Izzy edition

[wintermute] @ Sep 19th 2009 2:33AM

I see what you did there.

SolidSnakeX @ Sep 19th 2009 6:39AM

why? I played SF4 and I disliked the controls weren't even close to SF2 nice going Capcom advertise it to kids and teens.. Lame the most frustrating would have to be the stupid button jamming with your thumbs hey da hell with cheesy ass combos that's kids play..Zzzzzzz

Imran @ Sep 19th 2009 11:48AM

How about SF IV: Where the online lobby doesn't sucketh edition ?
Instead of making new versions with MINOR changes that they could likely update into the new game, FIX THE DAMN ONLINE in the one that already exists. I hear the same from both ps3 & 360 users!!!

p-diddy @ Sep 19th 2009 12:17PM

I gotta say, the online lobby system is awful. Why can't I just automatically jump into a game with someone after I finish the last one. The repeated match end --> play online --> find a player/create a match is terrible. If I want to spend an hour playing the game, I shouldn't spend 25 minutes of that in the menu system. Yuck.

E.J. @ Sep 20th 2009 1:04AM

I agree with the online lobby comments. Why not have it like it was for Hyper Fighting for XBLA where two people fought, and others were in line putting their token up for their turn, arcade-style?

deadpool @ Sep 20th 2009 1:52PM

hey pdiddy,
play arcade mode with online challenging turned on. it does exactly what you want. its bad boy baby. cant stop wont stop. eh ehh ehh ehh

kmanabe @ Sep 19th 2009 2:15AM

Apparently 10 new characters from all sorts of SF games.

Traceur_Ryuk (PSN: Ryuk_shinigami) @ Sep 19th 2009 2:15AM

We need a sequel to the original Street fighter movie...

Who's with me!?

...*Sound of crickets*

http://loot-ninja.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/street_fighter.jpg

Deadpool @ Sep 19th 2009 5:57AM

Quick! Change the channel!

tr1cky tpr @ Sep 19th 2009 8:09AM

TO make the sequel, they would have to first piss on Raul Julia's grave, and i'm pretty sure he would rise from his grave, looking awesome, and would gain actual M.Bison powers and choke the life out of everyone who was involved in that movie. He would then just for the fans of Street Fighter, call Chuck Norris over and they would both take turns kicking (Chuck Norris roundhouse kicking him of course) the shit out of Jean Claude Van Damme. Raul Julia would then arise to the heavens (again) saying only one line to us all:

"Stop the Akira movie. At all costs."

karmatrom03 @ Sep 19th 2009 2:20AM

thats ok i just gonna wait when gamestop drops the price to 20$ again on SF

CH3BURASHKA @ Sep 19th 2009 2:19AM

SFIV:II?

MechaGamerX @ Sep 19th 2009 3:11AM

The lV-ning

Kayin @ Sep 19th 2009 2:22AM

Holiday season? You're kidding right?

This is a japanese fighting game. It comes out in the arcade, lingers around for 6-9 months and then finally gets a slightly rushed console release.

Even if location testing started NOW, I doubt the game would get released as a finished build in 2010.

Lukeyo @ Sep 19th 2009 10:21AM

Right, but the article said we shouldn't expect a sequel. They're not exactly making a new game, and just because we haven't heard about it yet doesn't mean it's not under development already (of course it is).

heypaul @ Sep 19th 2009 3:56PM

UNLESS, they actually plan on not dicking the fans who already bought the game and release a rebranded character/stage/balancing pack as DLC instead of an entirely new retail release. But then again, that would make far too much sense...

Kayin @ Sep 19th 2009 4:16PM

Still wouldn't be out this holiday season. All this stuff gets tested publically and would still be in Japanese arcades first. =/

I agree that would be awesome though. Japanese arcades get upgrades for free, but the console consumers get boned. I wouldn't mind playing even 30 bucks in DLC if the content was good enough. But another 60? nah.

Tim @ Sep 19th 2009 2:34AM

DON'T NERF SAGAT; save the nerfing for Cable/Sentinel/Magneto/Storm. >_>

Papa Midnight @ Sep 19th 2009 11:37AM

Err... that's Marvel

robert @ Sep 19th 2009 2:09PM

Nothing gets past you, eagle eye.

CJONES22 @ Sep 19th 2009 2:38AM

ditch the ultras and ad a-ism (3 bar super gauges)

done

giving your enemy the best move in the game by punching them in the face is getting lame.

Dan CiTi @ Sep 19th 2009 2:39AM

"Street Fighter IV' 2nd Impact"

I doubt it is coming out this year, but I wish it was. We'll see at TGS.

Solace @ Sep 19th 2009 2:41AM

This is why I hate buying fighting games way to many squeals. SFIV was the first fighting game I bought in a long time and I was happy to play $65 for it at launch because I though there would be no need for some sort of expansion because DLC could cover new characters.

Jimiisama @ Sep 19th 2009 3:26AM

They didn't say it wouldn't be available as DLC. It could be available as an upgrade for an already purchased SFIV game, or simply be available for anyone.

acefondu @ Sep 19th 2009 10:02AM

I'll only pay $30 for a sequel, even that makes me upset...Love SFIV though, great game.

shouryuuken @ Sep 19th 2009 1:02PM

what? why is that limited to fighting games?

street fighter was pretty much the only series to do so many sequels.. and if you really think about it.. it was only really bad in the snes days. tekken, virtua fighter, soul calibur, mortal kombat.. and just about every other fighter besides guilty gear or maybe king of fighters take years between sequels.. just like every other genre.

first of all, its probably going to be dlc, and if it wasnt.. itd probably not come out til at least late next year if not early 2011 (if it was a major update).. which would be like buying any game thats not an rpg or from nintendo.. a sequel is expected within 2 years.

Residentevil72501 (PSN: rankore) @ Sep 19th 2009 3:01AM

I didnt want the first Street Fighter 4 yet alone a Street Fighter 4: Turbo HD UNreal Engine Remix

Mr. Manly ESC Mcbeefington Ferguson The Second @ Sep 19th 2009 12:33PM

"I didnt want the first Street Fighter 4 yet"

Dude we have been playing 3 Alpha for ages now and remixes of SF2 for I don't know how much long now.

It was about time SF:IV was released.

See this as a Tournament/Champions edition.

Back with the SNES you could expect a SF2 remix almost every year.

Jimiisama @ Sep 19th 2009 3:27AM

This is actually very old news... Street Fighter IV Dash was announced months ago.

fbfiveohv3 @ Sep 19th 2009 6:42AM

The Kardashian sisters will be playable characters. Can't wait.

NintendoJunkie @ Sep 19th 2009 11:20AM

Kim's ass will be all the weapon she would need. Who needs to fight by punching or kicking?

Residentevil72501 (PSN: rankore) @ Sep 19th 2009 2:59PM

It is sarcasm peoples sarcasm.

kentuckyfried @ Sep 19th 2009 3:31AM

I really do want to see some Street Fighter 4 Ex plus Alpha action. (I really did like the first entry).

There needs to be a game with Doctrine Dark in it, after all...

emperorzeroxx @ Sep 19th 2009 3:45AM

arrgh.. why can't they just give it to us as dlc instead? I refuse to pay another 60 dollars on the same exact game with like two or three more characters and slightly sped up gameplay

TakeCTRL @ Sep 19th 2009 4:11AM

give me 2D graphics hd style with more characters please! give me Guy.

chaos123x @ Sep 19th 2009 5:08AM

Street Fighter IV: Round Two

Bet on it!

chaos123x @ Sep 19th 2009 5:11AM

Yeah I want Guy too.

Would not mind Hagger, Cody, and Sodom too.

Bowser Rogozhin: England is finished @ Sep 19th 2009 5:32AM

"Yeah I want Guy too.

Would not mind Hagger, Cody, and Sodom too. "

I bet you wouldn't mind some Sodom, amirite?

*rubs knees, Shooting Stars theme pops up

Papa Midnight @ Sep 19th 2009 11:48AM

You can have Guy, personally, I want Sun-burnt Sakura back in addition to Dark Ryu and Dark Ken.

Wouldn't mind Shin Akuma as well.

BraveWind @ Sep 19th 2009 5:34PM

YES!! YES YES YES!!! HooYes!!!

Bowser Rogozhin: England is finished @ Sep 19th 2009 5:29AM

I've spent more money that a logical man should on the arcade version, seeing as I could have bought the 360 game three times over. In fact, I think there was a point where I actually owned the game. Regardless of that, as good as Street Fighter 4 is, the only way I'll be buying a sequel is if they release it on the platforms that matter: DS/Wii/PSP. To ignore the three biggest platforms in favour of the HD sisters is the greatest slap in the face I've seen from Capcom since they decided to shutter Clover.

SolidSnakeX @ Sep 19th 2009 6:42AM

If its like Sf2 then I will buy it but I won't pay $60.00 that's highway Robbery from rich greedy Corporate American companies da hell with you!

SidearmS @ Sep 19th 2009 9:41AM

Well, you are safe then because Capcom is based out of Japan. WHEW!

I am glad to hear this. SFIV is a blast. I host 10-20 matches on the PC just about every day just to play some folks. I have met people from all over the world on this game, and it shows just how much of a video game icon the Street Fighter series is.

I will be glad to give Capcom my money if they do this. They have been really good to the PC community this year - Resident Evil 5 PC is insanely gorgeous looking and you guys should check it out for sure.

GFWL - Remember, while most companies would not give their PC version any polish, Capcom came in and gave us more. That alone deserves support.

Spartan [Planeteer | Power of Sunshine & Lollipops] @ Sep 19th 2009 8:23AM

Please i can has some street fighter alpha 4?

Ian @ Sep 19th 2009 8:46AM

I've felt this way for a while and I'm wondering how you guys and gals feel about this:

I feel as though Street Fighter IV was a huge let down. Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy the game and I've been in love with the legendary pugilist for a long time. Still, I feel it didn't come with the same kind of fresh face, or revolution, as SFIII or even the Alpha series. It simply brought back the old school charm of SFII and retooled it: it just seemed as if Capcom was trying to cash in on nostalgia, while at the same time introducing SF to a new generation.

Granted, the success of the SFIII and the Alpha series is arguable, not receiving nearly the reception that SFIV has garnered. SFIV, having become so widely accepted by most if the gaming world, makes the others seem esoteric in comparison, appreciated by the hardcore fighting audience only. Still, I applaud SFIII and the Alpha series if only for paving the way for its successor.

I think this generation the best new fighter goes to Blazblue. I understand that SFIV and BB are too completely different fighters and hard to compare in some ways. However, I truly respect what BB attempts, and ultimately succeeds, to do. It provides a cast of characters where not a single character plays or feels alike, while providing a system that is both simple to use and fully encompassing. The high-octane, "offense is defense" nature of the game takes a while to get used to, but the strategies are deep and immense.

I never thought I would say that about an Arc System Works game, especially in contrast to Street Fighter... my first love.

How do you guys feel?

Jinsenken @ Sep 19th 2009 9:20AM

I feel like that was a long post

Joshua @ Sep 19th 2009 9:54AM

Street fighter 4 is The best game ever made is how I feel. It's been discussed before on gootecks' podcast, and they're more right than anyone.

Haohmaru (PSN - DimmuBurgerKing XBL - A Real Puppet ) @ Sep 19th 2009 12:53PM

I definitely agree that Blazblue is the better game overall, thanks in large part to its stellar netcode. It definitely raised the bar in terms of online play. I have buddies in Europe and Japan who play and we experience not an inkling of lag when we play matches, which is incredible for a fighter.

As for the fighting itself, I prefer BB's more aggressive approach; "turtling" is one of my pet peeves in SFIV, and BlazBlue downright PUNISHES you for that crap.

Like SFIV, it has its flaws in character balance; in higher level play, Arakune and V-13 (and Rachel, to a lesser extent) dominate the top tiers, but that's all too common in fighting games.

Hopefully, any new SF entry will up the ante in terms of online play. I might even start playing it again.

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