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Dee Jay And T. Hawk Coming To Street Fighter IV?

Announcer audio featuring some old Street Fighters surfaces. Could new characters be on the way?

By Jeff Gerstmann  |  June 15, 2009

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Earlier today, Capcom released a "benchmark tool" for the upcoming PC release of Street Fighter IV. It's essentially a non-interactive demo of the game that'll run and let you see how well the game will run on your system.

Yeah, I think it's sort of silly, too. But considering this is a game you probably wouldn't want to play at all if you couldn't get it running right, it makes some sense.

More interestingly, some folks have been digging through the audio files and came up with some announcer audio that specifically mentions Dee Jay and T. Hawk, two Super Street Fighters who didn't make it into the original release of Street Fighter IV. As EventHubs points out, the two characters were, at one point, under consideration for inclusion in the game. So this leads to the obvious question: is this leftover audio that just never got cut out of the game files, or is this a sign that additional characters are still on the way?

That's something we'll probably have to wait for Capcom to reveal. Meanwhile, if you're after that benchmarking tool, FileShack's hosting it. It's nearly 400MB.
Filed under: Dee Jay, Street Fighter IV, T. Hawk
76 Comments
ImAaronJon June 15, 2009 at 9:21 p.m.
!!! PLEASE BE DLC!

Oh, and don't make us pay for costumes. That'd be great...
Breadfanon June 15, 2009 at 9:21 p.m.
T-Hawk is a punk
McPaperon June 15, 2009 at 9:27 p.m.
Im surprised how well my PC ran the SF4 benchmark. It managed to retain great visual quality despite not being on the highest settings. Capcom have really optimized the game.
djgekion June 15, 2009 at 9:29 p.m.
Oy...why these two and NOT Ibuki/Karin or ANY other character from Alpha/SF3?
Scooperon June 15, 2009 at 9:32 p.m.
I hate T-Hawk he's a punk ass.
ArbitraryWateron June 15, 2009 at 9:38 p.m.
I'm pretty sure that T. Hawk and Dee Jay are everyone's least favorite Super Turbo characters.
Kou_Leifohon June 15, 2009 at 9:42 p.m.
I never understood the hate for T-Hawk and Dee Jay. Seriously, casuals are just too shallow when it comes to fighting game characters.

And character DLC won't happen.
ImperiousRixon June 15, 2009 at 9:44 p.m.
More characters, plz.
danterandal19on June 15, 2009 at 9:45 p.m.
@ArbitraryWater: I agree with you.

Honestly, I don't really like any of the Super Street Fighter characters- the gameplay, not the characters, drew me to that update.

If T.Hawk and Dee Jay are your thing, and they offer this as DLC, go for it. I'll skip.
Lazyazaon June 15, 2009 at 9:47 p.m.
Cant wait to test this out. Should get a nice consistent 120fps+.
Gambiton June 15, 2009 at 9:49 p.m.
Fuck T.Hawk they can put in dee jay if they want.
vladgdon June 15, 2009 at 9:54 p.m.
im a man who loves me some dee jay.  hopefully this is true, and if they charge for it...please don't be $5.00. 
thegoldencat7on June 15, 2009 at 9:56 p.m.
They're definitely the two worst characters from 2.  So no rush.
Kou_Leifohon June 15, 2009 at 9:56 p.m.
Hopefully SFIII characters will become apart of SFIV.
Bishop113on June 15, 2009 at 9:59 p.m.
NOOOO! If they bring T-hawk in the game will be ruined!
Kou_Leifohon June 15, 2009 at 10:05 p.m.
@Br3adfan said:
" T-Hawk is a punk "
@Scooper said:
" I hate T-Hawk he's a punk ass. "
@danterandal19 said:
" @ArbitraryWater: I agree with you.Honestly, I don't really like any of the Super Street Fighter characters- the gameplay, not the characters, drew me to that update.If T.Hawk and Dee Jay are your thing, and they offer this as DLC, go for it. I'll skip. "
@Bishop113 said:
" NOOOO! If they bring T-hawk in the game will be ruined! "
carlthenimrodon June 15, 2009 at 10:07 p.m.
You couldn't pay me $10 to add Dee Jay and T. Hawk into my game.
Scooperon June 15, 2009 at 10:09 p.m.
@Kou_Leifoh: ;(

I do wanna learn how to play T-Hawk though... I never knew what his moves were.
TripMasterMunkyon June 15, 2009 at 10:13 p.m.
Someone needs to make a T. Hawk page.
whatisdeliciouson June 15, 2009 at 10:16 p.m.
I'm hoping it's just leftover. They've said in interviews that they'll add costumes and other stuff like that where it doesn't split the user base in a meaningful way, but stuff like new characters would be off-limits.

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