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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 1:33PM vbshinra said

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oh hell yesss
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 1:37PM Wiizer said

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Come on, you have Sakura, you have to Add Karin.

Also, Hugo would be a good addition or someone from Alpha... just not Birdie.
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 1:53PM krlowz said

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well theres a rumor list that says dudley, ibuki and makoto will be added along with a new character named hakan and the list has been spot on with the characters already announced so i guess those are gonna be the characters
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 2:36PM heypaul said

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In the original SF4, Capcom kept similar characters next to one another (e.g. new characters in one row, Alpha characters in one row, Super characters next to each other). Looks to be the case again as Cody and Guy are right next to one another. And next to them is another blank, which I'd assume means another Final Fight character. Hugo would be the obvious choice since they've already got his moveset from SF3, but Haggar would be awesome.
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 2:44PM Kenoji said

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@ krlowz

Well, if the hints and fan assumptions are correct, Dudley, Makoto, Ibuki, and Hakan are pretty much confirmed. Capcom just has to release a second character trailer showing these characters, like the recent trailer that featured Cody, Guy, Adon, T. Hawk, Dee Jay, and Juri.

I know Ibuki is in the game due to the kunai shown in a screen with Guy:

http://www.fightersgeneration.com/np3/game/super4-28.jpg

Also, Makoto is Ibuki's "rival" in 3rd Strike (due to the character intro). And in the portrait next to E. Honda and above Cody, you can make out Dudley's mustache if you look closely.
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 8:33PM Platy said

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And hugo (actualy the official blog call him Andore like Final Fight ) appears in the Metro City stage ... so ..... hugo will appear in the game ... just not as a playable char =P
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Posted: Dec 21st 2009 9:37AM MGarvey said

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Man...watch one of the characters be Rolento from the Final Fight/SF Alpha Series!
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 1:45PM MystileArmor said

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My money is on Haggard, unless they already confirmed him. Cause I don't pay alot of attention most of the time.
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 2:03PM xanderK said

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This has been a "rumor" for months now. However, given the accuracy of that original list, I'd be tempted to call it fact. Nearly everything that list said has been found to be correct.

Still, it's going to be 3 characters from Third Strike and then the new one, Hakan. If you note where the empty spaces are, the lone one is across from where Juri, the other new character sits. Reason suggests this will go to another new character, the rumored and partially seen, Hakan. The other three spaces are grouped, suggesting they are linked somehow, as are the rest of the board. Third Strike is the only game not represented and Capcom has already all but confirmed Ibuki so that's that. The other two characters could be anyone but I'm inclined to believe the original list and say Dudley and Makoto.
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 2:04PM Brunibrun said

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With Ibuki, Guy, Makoto, and Cammy, I'm okay.
Karin and Dudley would be fine too.

Shame that it's not cross-platform. They should add that for the next revision.
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 2:18PM sokennysaid said

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Aslong as they take out the menu music I'd be happy. That song is horrifiying.
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 2:26PM Brunibrun said

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Yeah, either they'll put a new song in, an instrumental of sf4's or the new song, or just some generic menu music.
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 2:49PM xanderK said

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They already said that Indestructible will not be playing in our sleep in SSF4. Capcom confirmed.
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 3:36PM Crusty Magic said

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That would be worth purchasing this alone.
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 2:33PM (Unverified) said

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So basically they're giving up any hope of making a balanced fighter...BlazBlue CS FTW
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 2:51PM xanderK said

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If you're saying BlazBlue is balanced, wow. Nu and Noel? WAY better than the rest of the cast. Sagat is the best character in SF4 and his best matchup is a 7-3. Third Strike had 9-1 matchups all over the place. SF4 is one of the most balanced fighting games ever released. Have you ever noticed the variety of characters that place in tournaments and how infrequently Sagats appear on that list? I trust Capcom to do another great job balancing this one too.
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 11:10PM Deadpool said

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Did you just say BlazBlue was balanced? Did he...? Yes? Nah, he couldn't have.
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 2:42PM laser beams said

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i hope that you don't have to unlock almost all of the character roster, again. with such a lame story mode and a terrible last boss, i felt that capcom was artificially trying to extend the longevity- but that is what online Vs. is for. let us just play with whoever we want, right off the bat!
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 2:48PM xanderK said

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All the characters are unlocked from the beginning. Capcom confirmed that.
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 2:49PM Kenoji said

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It's was confirmed that all characters will be playable from the start. There was another post on here that, in return, they're going to make Seth even tougher to beat.

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/10/20/super-street-fighter-iv-features-a-tougher-seth-all-characters/
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 2:47PM Kenoji said

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Here's how the character screen is broken down, if you guys haven't seen it yet:

http://www.fightersgeneration.com/np3/ssf4-sel2.jpg

Most likely, the "???" section is composed of Street Fighter III characters.
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 2:57PM (Unverified) said

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ANY regrets I had about trading in Street Fighter IV have now well and truly evaporated.

Bring on Super Street Fighter IV Alpha XI HD Remix III with 3^600 new characters.
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 3:02PM krlowz said

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those regrets might come back though
Ono said in an interview there would be some kind of bonus for the people who still have the SF4 disc
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 2:59PM (Unverified) said

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LOL shows how little you know about BlazBlue, Noel is mid tier at best and Nu isn't as IMBA as everyone thinks she's just overrepresented in tournaments because of zoning capabilities which are getting hit with a nerf bat in CS. Also the tier list in BlazBlue doesn't really mean much, anyone who is really good with a character stands a chance, look at the BlazBlue 2008 finals it was Tager the bottom tier character against Nu. Also SF4 is boring!!!
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 3:02PM HighFiveJesus said

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God Daaaamn!

Can anyone help me learn how to play blazeblu? I have it but i just do not understand how it works.
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 5:28PM (Unverified) said

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Congratz you suck at games!
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 6:25PM HighFiveJesus said

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Well you are NOT FUNNY NOT EVER
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 11:38PM Deadpool said

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After being in a BlazBlue tournament I have witnessed the games brokeness at the highest level. The....the....endless combos....they....don't stop! THE COMBO NEVER STOPS! I USE THE BREAKER AND THEY STILL KEEP GOING!

It's madness. o_o
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Posted: Dec 21st 2009 4:36AM Rob Liv said

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Madness?

THIS IS BLAZBLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted: Dec 21st 2009 8:11AM acefondu said

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blazblue is a far easier game to learn than most fighting games. Doing combos in that game doesn't require specific timing at all like most fighting games. Blazblue incorporates a "dial-up" combo system which allows you to just spam the next button in a combo series until it hits, then you move on to the next button. Go to youtube and look up your character to see their bread and butter combos.

Also, while searching forums you should also learn the lingo to understand what the heck they're talking about. They use references to A,B,C,D and numbers 1-9 which are directional inputs correlated to numbers on your computer keypad. So a move could be 214 A which is a quarter circle back A move like Ragna's hell's punch move. Read up at dustloop.com for more info.
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 3:10PM (Unverified) said

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here's a start http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=E02D048530075524
for the rest go to dustloop.com
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 3:11PM Pobthiti said

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hey i sent this to the joystiq crew.... anywho ssfiv ftw! i love sf!!
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 3:12PM (Unverified) said

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for anyone who's never seen Carl's infinite loop you have to watch, it's just too funny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pk9TR9A6ls&feature=related
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 3:21PM (Unverified) said

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It's a new arab fighter named Hakan, and Ibuki, Makoto, and Dudley from 3s.

Dudley FTW.
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 3:27PM giancarlo123x said

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This, the rumor list has been 100% correct so far and these are the last four characters left on the list and theirs 4 spots left.
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 4:01PM garlock said

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So a video showing Super Street Fighter IV with its new characters starts off with a match that's Ken vs Ken.

I just facepalmed so hard, my neighbor probably heard it.
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 4:24PM Brunibrun said

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Yeah, seeing Ken's character select portrait still hurts my soul.
Especially after 100,000+ matches with Ken players online.
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 4:58PM (Unverified) said

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yep we def need 3rd strike chars.. hopin for Ibuki & Hugo.. they were pretty cool.
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 6:28PM NyghtcrawleR said

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More characters is awesome just dont think I'll be shelling out for another version of SHIV
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 6:30PM (Unverified) said

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Awsome, I will be buying this, has capcom said anything about the alt.outfits if they will be in this game if you didn't originaly buy them as DLC?

Also the three missing slots would be cool if they put some Rival School characters there >.< or maybe at like a "REAL" Charlie character since this could be a chance for him to come back.

The three empty slots on the top should go to:
Haggar (so we have the three original F.F characters.)
Charlie (Bring Guile and Adam's story to a close.)
Batsu ( Favorite Rival Schools character.)
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Posted: Dec 21st 2009 1:26AM Jiggity said

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Just say no... this should be a DLC.
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 9:16PM (Unverified) said

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It's a standalone game that adds online lobbies, new characters, and character balance. And you want it as DLC? What if I want to play SSF4 but don't want to buy SF4? Making SSF4 DLC would require you to own the original SF4.

People need to start realizing what can be DLC and what should be DLC. There's a difference.
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 10:48PM jefwif said

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no. burnout paradise changed completely from release to now (arguably even more so than ssIV to sssIV) exclusively through 90% free DLC. this should be DLC.
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Posted: Dec 21st 2009 9:53AM JBGolden said

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Actually, JerJer you're wrong.

Yes, Burnout Paradise had a good deal of free DLC.

But the *main* changes which included new areas and all of those new cars were paid DLC.

Whether you think this should be DLC or not, Capcom decided that it wouldn't be. Not being able to use a certain car is different than being able to use a certain character. And considering the original characters are getting tweaked as well as the main gameplay system they didn't want there to be that big a discrepancy between those that had it and those that didn't. It's all or nothing, not bits and pieces over time like Burnout did.
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 9:21PM bimmy said

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I wish Rolento was one of the characters
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 9:53PM Kenoji said

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As do I.

I have stated this quite a bit, but Rolento Schugerg is my favorite Street Fighter character of all-time. I miss him since CvS 2...
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 11:18PM Deadpool said

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Ono also said that Capcom Fighting Jam was everyones dream come true. I still want Capcom Fighting All-Stars ONO! FINISH IT! >:(
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 11:20PM Deadpool said

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Will this comment section ever work?
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Posted: Dec 20th 2009 11:53PM LiquidSnake said

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Well like they say: "The more the Merrier!"
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Posted: Dec 21st 2009 12:19AM (Unverified) said

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One, or two of those better be Yun & Yang damn it. Otherwise I'll end up buying it anyway.
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