Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Final, glistening Super Street Fighter IV character revealed]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/09/final-glistening-super-street-fighter-iv-character-revealed/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/09/final-glistening-super-street-fighter-iv-character-revealed/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/09/final-glistening-super-street-fighter-iv-character-revealed/#commentsCapcom has revealed the final new character for Super Street Fighter IV, and he's ... well, he's a giant dude covered in oil. Like, Hakan actually oils himself up before each round. This has the aesthetic effect of being extraordinarily off-putting, and the functional effect of allowing him to slide across the stage as if it were the Crocodile Mile. And since he's a grappling-type character, you get these really great squishing noises whenever he grabs another character.

See Hakan in action after the break, courtesy of IGN, and just try to imagine the design process behind this guy. Suddenly a green guy who can generate electricity sounds pretty low-key.

[Via PS3Attitude, thanks, Vallanthaz!]

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