Video: The elusive iPhone Shoryuken

by Richard Mitchell on Mar 10th 2010 10:30AM

The jury is still out on Street Fighter IV for iPhone, but let it be known: You probably won't pull off a Shoryuken -- the "Rising Dragon Fist" -- on your first try. Or the second. Or the third.

We learned this very quickly when trying out the game at Capcom's Fight Club event during GDC. Granted, there is a simplified input configuration -- which we discovered after this video was shot -- but longtime Street Fighter fans could get a tad miffed by all the whiffs.

Should you make the $10 investment for SFIV, on your phone, you'll probably want to spend some time in the game's expansive "Dojo" training mode before hitting the world circuit.

Tags: Apple, capcom, gdc-2010, iPod, sfiv, street-fighter, street-fighter-4, street-fighter-iv, video

Reader Comments (51)

HADOUKEN!

→ ↓ ↘ ↑ ↴ → ↗.........

Hopefully, there's an app for that.

Can you not use the ↘↘ {punch} shortcut that the arcade and console versions of street fighter 4 implement?

http://www.eventhubs.com/guides/2009/may/04/shortcut-motions-shoryukens-dragon-punches-street-fighter-4/

No you can't but there's something similar. It's an easy button config mode which essentially does all the special moves with one button press. And the ultra moves are assigned to a different button.

They really simplified it for iPhone cause the touch controls are so shoddy.

Yes, you can use this shortcut. I hit it every time with this.

So...verdicts on this game? The 5 star rating on iTunes is comforting, but anyone played it here?

I did a 4 star review on iTunes because of the slowdowns, and the animations could use a few more frames. But other than that, it's great. I've had no hitches with actually playing the game yet. BUY IT.

It's actually AWESOME. And I'm playing on a G1 Touch.

Spectacular job, Capcom.

This port was such a bad idea.

I have no doubt it will have huge sales though.

This really makes me want SSF4 to come out since I do not own an iPhone.

This game is awesome! It's a prefect representation of what it's like to play Street Fighter IV while drunk.

That's what they were going for right? If so GotY, if not...sweet Xenu what were they thinking?!

I think that's what they were going for... they figured everyone wants a drunk dial/text preventative measure so they're capitalizing on it!

That's a hilarious vid, watching the player keep trying the same move to no avail :p

This is worse than playing SF on Gameboy.

You sure?

http://www.gamespot.com/gbc/action/streetfighteralpha/

Yes, I actually own that game! It is NOT an 8.2 in my eyes. Have you played it? It's horrible! Emulate it if you can't find the cart, draw your own conclusions.

Silly question...

Why can't this be done on the PSP where controls would actually work?

Capcom probably wants money.

Even at 10 dollars Capcom will probably make more on the App store than on the PSP believe it or not. We live in an age where 99 cent games are pulling in millions of dollars for developers. I mean look at this:

http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/08/never-ending-goldrush-doodle-jump-for-iphone-smashes-through-3-million-sales/

Has Capcom put out anything on the PSP that has surpassed 3 million in sales? It's a terrible state of affairs to be sure. I, for one, would much prefer to play SFIV on an actual controller.

It's already the second highest grossing App on the store at the moment.

@ NaeemTHM
How about 4.4 million copies of monster Hunter Freedom Unite on the PSP? Capcom made a few pennies there at a premium sale price!!

Lets say Monster hunters average price was a shitty $20 (it sold at a much higher price than this initially and still does in many countries!), multiply that by 4.4million you get 88million dollars, lets say its a massive 20 million dollars to develop and sony takes a roughly a third of the sales (so take off roughly 50 million dollars) that leaves 38 million dollars in Capcoms pocket!

Doodle Jump cost $1.......thats 3 million dollars in sales, yer the development costs were nothing in comparison to big games on the psp/laptops etc and i cant see street fighter 4 selling as well as doodle jump with a $9 price difference and shite controls.

but for examples sake lets say street fighter 4 for iphone takes 1million to develop, and sells 1 million copies at $10 each, thats 10 million dollars in sales, you do the math, capcom can make bigger monies elsewhere.

Few Iphone developers gain massive rewards. Its good for the smaller companies but not as good for the bigger companies like capcom.

While I'm sure the controls on this thing suck, how stupid does this guy have to be to not realize that he's never hitting down?

F, DF, F is not a dragon punch, FYI.

Hopefully the guy in one of the video wasn't actually one of the joystiq'ers. If so, I take it back. I meant, errr..."silly", not stupid.

Pretty sure it was.

Getting it to recognize that you *did* press down is harder than you'd think. You could probably get used to it eventually but, as you can see, I had trouble pulling it off on the first try.

And thanks for the Street Fighter history lesson, as though I haven't been playing the series for the last twenty years.

And no worries, BTW. :)

@ NaeemTHM
How about 4.4 million copies of monster Hunter Freedom Unite on the PSP? Capcom made a few pennies there at a premium sale price!!

Funny..... I can't watch an iPhone game video on my iPhone

Lol.

"[Flash] is a bag of hurt."

The iPhone doing what it does best... not being a phone

Poppycock. I can do Shoryukens on my iPhone no problem. Hadoukens are a bit more challenging.

Agreed!

"Should you make the $10 investment for SFIV, on your phone, you'll probably want to spend some time in the game's expansive "Dojo" training mode before hitting the world circuit."

You'll also probably want to spend some time considering the poor choices you've made in your life. Choices such as spending $10 on SFIV for your frigging iPhone.

There's a lot worse things you could spend it on. This game works really well.

Honestly, I haven't found the moves that hard to pull off. I've definitely had issues pulling off super combos, but hadoken's and shoryuken's haven't been too hard. I think I have had to exaggerate the hadoken motion just a bit- but I think I do that with the regular controller, too. It's an incredible port, though.

The first moved I pulled off playing the game was a Shoryuken. To be fair I was trying to do a Metsu Hadouken.

I bought it this morning and I think it's great. Obviously it won't pleasure everyone, it does use an on-screen joystick and buttons, but I think people are missing the point: it's Street Fighter IV on a FREAKING PHONE!

"Pleasure" was meant to be "please."

But the question is: will it pleasure some people? 'Cause then I'll buy it.

This is why real, physical buttons beat out touch screens any day.

mmm... i think hands down physical buttons win if the touch screen tries to emulate buttons. but when you make a general statement that physical buttons beat out touch screens ANY TIME for games, then i think its just wrong.

Actually, I was pulling off a dragon punch, fireball and a hurricane kick on the 2nd or third attempt. Heck, I was able to consistently throw them down pretty easily.
It's admittedly a bit strange and uncomfortable to play on a touch screen, but considering everything, I'm quite happy with the results.

Has the game been pulled? When I try to buy it it says "This item is no longer available"?

Never mind, I got it. The servers are just lagging down as usual.

The simplyfied version transforms street fighter 4 in smash bros .... this is SO DELICIOUS from a nintendogirl point of view xD

...and i liked the fact that you click on the ultra/super bars to do a ultra/super =3

The game is actually very good. Terrible idea that worked out. Also shoryuken is easier than hadoken when playing Ken at least. Not sure why anyone has trouble with it.

I'm waiting for Super Turbo Street Alpha EX Fighter IV HD Remix iphone, alas it looks like the wait will be a long one.

Bizarre Love Triangle ftw

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