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Super Street Fighter IV: New Characters
All of the characters from Street Fighter IV are fully expected to return for Super Street Fighter IV, but who are the new characters? It seems that ten new combatants will be entering the battle of world warrior supremacy and all but one has been officially announced. That said, we think we know who’s number ten too.
So, who are the new characters for Super Street Fighter IV?
- Dee-Jay
- T. Hawk
- Adon
- Guy
- Cody
- Ibuki
- Dudley
- Makoto
- Juri
- Hakan
Female ninja Ibuki, English boxer Dudley, karate chick Makoto come swarming in from Street Fighter III, joining the ranks of those already coming from Super Street Fighter II and Street Fighter Alpha.
We learned about Juri late last year and she’s the Korean tae kwon do expert with some strange energy force similar to Bison’s Psycho Drive.
Who is Hakan, then? We hear that he’s an Iranian oil mogul and he’ll have more wrestling-oriented moves. No official picture has been released of him yet, but there is a teaser of him in the second Super Street Fighter IV video below.
You’ll also soon be playing on the iPhone and on some new arcade sticks too.
Street Fighter IV Is Here!!!
In case you didn’t notice the hordes of geeks outside EB Games this morning, Street Fighter IV launched today in the United States! Unfortunately for any Canadians in the audience (myself included), our release date isn’t until Thursday the 19th, so we have to wait two more days. However, a quick call into a few gaming stores has revealed that some of them are breaking that promise and they will start selling Street Fighter IV for the PC, Xbox 360, and PS3 tomorrow (Wednesday). I can see the lines forming now…
Oh, and as I mentioned yesterday…
Still the cheapest place to pre-order Street Fighter IV (for Canadians) is on Amazon. The PlayStation 3
and Xbox 360
versions of the game are up for grabs at $59.99, including free shipping. Other retailers are selling it for $70. You can also step up to the PS3 Collector’s Edition
or the Xbox 360 Collector’s Edition
if you prefer, but Street Fighter IV on PC
is, by far, the cheapest option at $44.99.
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix is Out!
The day has finally arrived! We first heard about Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix more than a year ago and it was supposed to be ready for public consumption well before today, but hey, better late than never! If you’re ready to relive some of the greatest fighting game moments from the 90s but in glorious re-imagined high-definition graphics and with some nifty gameplay tweaks, you’ll want to make sure you have the virtual cash kicking around to pick up this title.
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix (or SSF2THDR for short… an acronym that needs an acronym of its own) is available as of today for the PlayStation 3 via the PSN Store for $14.99. Xbox 360 owners, like myself, will have to wait until tomorrow to find the fighting game with the world’s longest title on Xbox Live Marketplace. It’ll sell there for 1200 Microsoft Points, which is effectively the same price as the PS3 version.
There are supposed to be a few minor tweaks to the game to balance out the gameplay. Some people are saying that Dhalsim has been “nerfed”, whereas Chun-Li gains the improvement of an arching spinning bird kick. You know that upside spinning kick that she does? It’s now an arch to jump over fireballs rather than strictly a horizontal move.
I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty stoked. It’ll be crazy fun to play online and get schooled by people half my age. If you want to challenge me to a match on Xbox Live, you can find me there with Gamertag HadoukenOnline.
