Today GameSpot revealed a new feature, Shadow Mode!
 
Basically Shadow Mode will allow players to download AI based on habits and tendencies of Capcom's staff as well as famous players from the competitive fighting scene.  The first pack, scheduled for release in March, will include teams and AI based on producer Ryota Niitsuma, associate producer Akihito Kadowaki, and a QA tester.  Personally I can't wait to get killed by robo-Seth Killian.

Meeeeeeeh it's still AI

I get to test my Felicia against Cylon-Seth's Felicia. Yay!

cool... so its basically like the ghost things you can download in tekken

Is it free? 
 
I mean I guess it probably is... Since Tekken 6 had that kinda stuff for free. 
 
Then again Tekken 6 also had a bunch of outfits and gear for free.... 

This only ends with the development staff giving their AI counterparts vanity upgrades until they're completely untouchable.

Hope to see Justin Wong and Tokido doin some stuff.

This is useless. The AI, in this case, will never be able to mimic the behavior of a human so I don't see what the point is. It means nothing if you beat Justing Wong's shadow and it'll mean nothing if you get beaten by his shadow.

" This is useless. The AI, in this case, will never be able to mimic the behavior of a human so I don't see what the point is. It means nothing if you beat Justing Wong's shadow and it'll mean nothing if you get beaten by his shadow. "

" Hope to see Justin Wong and Tokido doin some stuff. "

Neat...?

So, it's like Ghosts from Mario Kart, but fighting instead of racing or something?

" @FluxWaveZ said:

" This is useless. The AI, in this case, will never be able to mimic the behavior of a human so I don't see what the point is. It means nothing if you beat Justing Wong's shadow and it'll mean nothing if you get beaten by his shadow. "

You can learn their combos? "

Neat idea, but the concept doesn't work for fighters like it does for, say, Mario Kart. It's not just recorded play data it's an AI trying to evoke a real individual's play style. Interested to see how it pans out though.

I have doubts about the execution. I'm guessing if the EVO 2011 champion fights the AI based on him, its a fucking wash, the real guy wins without breaking a sweat. Even if the AI was good I'd still expect the win, I just think it wouldn't even be a close fight. We'll see.

If this is free, or even if it isn't, why dislike it? No one is forcing you to use it and some people might get use out of it. It won't be as good as a real player, it's impossible to mimic how a real player would play. For someone like me who is afraid of getting owned online I can use something like this to at least get an idea of combos that might actually work against someone online or how to counter someones combos.