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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.
The Best Selling Capcom Game of All Time
Capcom has been around for a good number of years and it is home to a lot of fantastic games. From Resident Evil to Onimusha, Duck Tales to Final Fight, Capcom is responsible for a lot of legends. With so many games under its belt, it can be tough deciding which was Capcom’s best of all time. Going strictly by the numbers, however, we see one title that is head and shoulders above all the rest.
The best selling Capcom game of all time also happens to be one of the best fighting games of all time. Capcom’s all-time top seller is none other than the original Street Fighter II. Not Championship Edition, Hyper Fighting, or any number of other variants to SF2.
We’re talking console sales here and not arcade machines. Released in June 1992 for the Super Nintendo (Super Famicom in Japan), Street Fighter II found a happy home in no less than 6.3 million homes, one of which happened to be mine. Coming in at a close third was July 1993′s Street Fighter II Turbo with 4.1 million units sold.
Unfortunately, Street Fighter is not the best selling franchise in the Capcom library. That honor goes to Resident Evil. Mega Man and Street Fighter are the second and third best-selling series in the Capcom family, respectively. For more lifetime sale stats, check out this post on Kotaku.
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe: “Modified” Fatalities
In the first Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe FAQ, I mentioned that there would not be fatalities in this crossover fighting game. It turns out that Ed Boon is back-peddling, saying that he was misquoted on the matter.
What he’s saying now is that fatalities will still be in the game, but thy will be modified from what we’ve come to expect from the franchise. There probably won’t be any decapitations or ripped limbs. Ed Boon says that we won’t be able to these “same kinds of outrageous moves”, but they will be “modifying fatalities. But I have every intention to keep finishers.”
So… babalities and friendships anyone?
Source: Joystiq
