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Street Fighter IV: Every Ultra Move
Street Fighter IV will be hitting the Sony PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360 in a very short while and I couldn’t be more excited. Having played in the arcade, I’m really starting to appreciate the new art style, as well as the proper introduction of Gouken, the super master who you may know better as Sheng Long. As with some of the other Street Fighter games, Street Fighter IV will get Super Moves, but it’s also got Ultra Moves for each of the characters. These are more dramatic, more powerful, and more awesome.
Ryu got a little shafted with his Ultra Move, because it’s just another big fireball. The same can be said about Dhalsim, but Akuma is as crazy as he’s ever been. The new characters, like Crimson Viper and Abel, get some pretty neat Ultra Moves too. Check them out.
Street Fighter News Update - New Year Edition
Shown above is the movie trailer for Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, the upcoming live action Street Fighter movie starring Kristen Kreuk as Chun-Li. I didn’t have very high hopes for this movie before and those hopes are brought down even further with this trailer. Did you spot Vega? Without some of the characteristic costumes and styles, The Legend of Chun-Li doesn’t even look like Street Fighter. Jean-Claude Van Damme would be disappointed.
I had the opportunity to play Street Fighter IV the other day and I have to admit that it was pretty darn cool. The art style takes some getting used to, but if you’re a diehard Street Fighter fan like me, you’ll fall into line almost right away. The gameplay is familiar and does away with the parry system from Street Fighter III. The complete roster consists of 25 characters, including Sheng Long, Rose, El Fuerte, and more. Here’s where you can play Street Fighter IV.
Speaking of Street Fighter IV, the new box art has been revealed, including the special editions that’ll come with an anime DVD and a figurine. Xbox 360 owners get Crimson Viper, whereas PS3 gamers get a Ryu figurine.
In addition to Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix shattering all sorts of sales records, it seems that Capcom has a few more Street Fighter goodies up its sleeve for us in 2009. The PlayStation Network for the PS3 (and maybe some for the PSP) could see a lot of Street Fighter, including titles from the Street Fighter Alpha series, the Street Fighter Movie game, and even X-Men vs. Street Fighter. Berserker barrage!
Street Fighter IV News Updates
There’s so much going on in the world of Street Fighter IV, especially since we’re inching that much closer to the fighting game’s release on home consoles. Let’s round it all up so we can all stay up to date on Street Fighter IV news.
Release Date
A little while ago, Yoshi Ono said that Street Fighter IV would be ready for home consoles “this winter,” but he didn’t get any more specific than that. It would be wishful thinking to assume that he meant the game would hit the Xbox 360 and PS3 in time for Santa Claus, of course, so should we be expecting an early ‘09 release?
Well, more recent information is pointing toward a February release. I can live with that. We’ve waited for years for an official sequel to Street Fighter III, so a couple more months isn’t going to kill us. It’s only going to frustrate us.
New Character Info
We already know that Sheng Long (Gouken) will be in the game and you can see the fireball master facing off against Akuma (Gouki) in the screenshot above.
A whole whack of screenshots have also been released of the new challengers in Street Fighter IV, including Cammy, Gen, Fei Long, Sakura, and our amazingly useless friend Dan Hibiki. Bruce Lee Fei Long looks particularly impressive.
The other major introduction is a a new boss character named Seth. He’s positively epic with his special moves, including one super move where he inhales his opponent in a vortex, blasting him out to the other end of the arena. The look on Guile’s face as he smushes up against the display is priceless.
More Street Fighter News
Unfortunately, I haven’t had a chance to actually play Street Fighter IV yet, because my local arcade doesn’t import an arcade cabinet. I know. Sucks to be me. At least I’ll know which characters are best when I do get to play the game. A highly unscientific battle array has been drawn up and Sagat is, one again, declared the supreme being of Street Fighter based on his win-loss record against the other fighters.
Since we have to wait until February to get Street Fighter IV, it’s good news that Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix is finished and it’s slated for release this month on Xbox Live and PSN. Pricing hasn’t been announced, but I’m pretty sure I’m getting it at almost any price.
Do you remember Street Fighter: The Later Years? Well, the guys behind the project have just signed on to make a television series out of it. Zangief is leading the project and he discusses the new Street Fighter Reunion (that’s what it’s called) TV show in the interview clip embedded below.
