Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix Get Newbie Mode
As a die-hard Street Fighter II fan, this comes as some rather depressing news. It turns out that Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, destined for Xbox Live via the Xbox 360, is going to be made a little more friendly for newbies and novices by way of a new control scheme and an “evening out” of abilities.
There are certain special moves that have typically been difficult to execute consistently on a controller d-pad. People who can pull off Zangief’s screw piledriver on a consistent basis are relative gods in the world of fighting games. Sagat’s Tiger Knee can also be a bit of a challenge, because that of that stupid up-forward angle that finishes the control stick rotation. As such, the people working on SSF2THDR (what an acronym!) are including a control scheme that makes those moves easier. The details are still sketchy, but I imagine it’d be like the alternative scheme found in Capcom vs. SNK 2 EO for the GameCube. All you had to do was tilt the C-stick in a certain direction to do a move. Forward was a hadouken, up was a shoryuken, etc. Lame. Utterly and completely lame.
I hope they don’t make it that easy. I guess making Street Fighter more accessible to newbies is a good thing, but it sure minimizes the pride in being an elite player. I’m also not completely sure what this means:
There’s more than a handful of changes to the controls, as “top tier” characters have been slightly nerfed for tournament play. In turn, some underpowered characters have been given a bit of a boost.
So, E. Honda suddenly gains a fireball and Ryu’s fireball doesn’t reach the end of the scrren, or something? WTF. I’ll say it again: Lame. Utterly and completely lame. Am I alone here?
Source: Capcom blog
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April 18th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
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