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    Street Fighter IV

    Game » consists of 9 releases. Released Jul 18, 2008

    After nearly a decade in hiatus, Capcom's signature mainline fighting game series resurfaces with its fourth main installment, combining the traditional 2D gameplay with modern fully-3D graphics.

    A Special Video Tribute to Street Fighter IV

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    Edited By mrjared

      

       
     On April 27 we say goodbye to a dear friend. Yes, the release of Super Street Fighter IV is most definitely something to celebrate, but we can't ever forget just how much the original Street Fighter IV boosted the fighting game community. From its debut in the arcades to the incredibly successful console release, Street Fighter IV blew the doors off what was once a considerably tough community to crack and I for one am glad for that.

    For as much as I'm praising SF4, it's by no means a perfect game. In fact, at times its a downright silly display of dumb luck and head-scratching nonsense. Super Street Fighter IV fixes a lot of these instances but no doubt, in time we'll discover new quirks in which to ragequit over. But for now, let's take a look back and pay respect to the game that brought us all together. Also, don't forget to stay tuned after the credits!

    Good night, sweet prince; And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. 
     
    (Cross-Posted from iPlayWinner)
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    #1  Edited By mrjared

      

       
     On April 27 we say goodbye to a dear friend. Yes, the release of Super Street Fighter IV is most definitely something to celebrate, but we can't ever forget just how much the original Street Fighter IV boosted the fighting game community. From its debut in the arcades to the incredibly successful console release, Street Fighter IV blew the doors off what was once a considerably tough community to crack and I for one am glad for that.

    For as much as I'm praising SF4, it's by no means a perfect game. In fact, at times its a downright silly display of dumb luck and head-scratching nonsense. Super Street Fighter IV fixes a lot of these instances but no doubt, in time we'll discover new quirks in which to ragequit over. But for now, let's take a look back and pay respect to the game that brought us all together. Also, don't forget to stay tuned after the credits!

    Good night, sweet prince; And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. 
     
    (Cross-Posted from iPlayWinner)
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    #2  Edited By AURON570

    well done. i enjoyed watching it.

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    #3  Edited By lordofultima

    beautiful, man.

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    #4  Edited By Jeffsekai
    @lordofultima said:

    " beautiful, man. "

    WHAT DID YOU DO 
     
     
    Amazing video Jared. Hype will not be forgotten.
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    #5  Edited By Stang

    Good stuff! I actually feel like I am saying goodbye to a friend, SFIV is the first video game that completely connected with me. I know Super will be fucking amazing, but a part of me is still sad that my copy of IV is going to collect dust very soon. 
     
    God I am lame :(

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    #6  Edited By mrjared

    Thanks for the kind words all. FYI: Ultima gets special thanks for keeping me company on AIM while I worked on it. Im so easy to please :)

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    #7  Edited By Jeffsekai
    @MrJared said:
    " Thanks for the kind words all. FYI: Ultima gets special thanks for keeping me company on AIM while I worked on it. Im so easy to please :) "
    knew it
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    #8  Edited By dipstick

    Goodnight,sweet prince.

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    #9  Edited By Kumo

    Great video. Gonna miss SF4 myself, even though I didn't spend all that long actually playing it.

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    #10  Edited By Symphony

    Great video ^^   
     
    SFIV is the game that got me to actually get a gold account on xbox live. I'm sad that it'll be collecting dust but at the same time I played that game to the point the disk is having difficulties being read and flat out crashes to dashboard if someone picks Dhalsim or El Fuerte (and there's no laser burns or big scratches), sooo it's definitely time to move on ^^;

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    #11  Edited By raviolisumo

    Magical.

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    #12  Edited By FluxWaveZ

    Haha, nice video.  I'm excited to get into SSFIV from square one and learn the feeling of utter defeat all over again.

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    #13  Edited By Illmatic

    Street Fighter IV is the first fighting game I got into past simply playing with friends. Sure, my main Sagat is getting rightfully brought down from his absurdly high tier but it will only mean less people I defeat attributing it only to the fact that I use Sagat. Plus I really want to try out Makoto.

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    #14  Edited By Brake

    Post-Round Hits never forget.

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    #15  Edited By killroycantkill

    *Wipes Eyes*
     
    Man, just too touching... Will miss trade DP's... Wait a minute no I won't... Fuck trade DP's. BRING ON SUPER!!!
     
    *Sets original SF4 on fire*

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    #16  Edited By lilbigsupermario

    wow...that was a very touching video...makes me  want to play SF4 all weekend and make most of the time left with my SF4 until SSF4 comes out...

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    #17  Edited By JJOR64

    Great video.  I laughed at the Honda part.

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    #18  Edited By turboman

    I nearly cried at Indestructable.

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    #19  Edited By Scooper

    Wicked sick video Jared. The Sagat damage bit I had to go back and replay to see exactaly how much damage he done and.... damn... Where's my copy of SSFIV.

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    #20  Edited By VicRattlehead

    goodbye indestructable.... you shall never be forgoten.... :'(

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    #21  Edited By NinjaHunter

    I put SFIV back on the shelf for the last time yesterday and I have to admit, I was kind of sad.

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    #22  Edited By HotSauceMagik

    Haha awesome vid Jared.  I almost shed a tear.   
     
    That said,
     
    I look forward to administering the "Saikyo Crusher" to all of you in SUPER.

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    #23  Edited By bagmanforhire

     awesome vid, damn 1200hp  Zangief i will not miss you

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    #24  Edited By animateria

    Amazing vid!
     
    I wonder what shenanigans Super will have in store for us?

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    #25  Edited By ImperiousRix

    Man, gonna miss just spamming a lariat when I get into trouble with Gief. 
    T_T  I have to actually come up with tactics, now....

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    #26  Edited By yetiantics

    I gave my SF4 box & disc a pat on the back and said out... "That'll do pig. That'll do." 
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    #27  Edited By TheLastNeo

    that was great.. lol, thanks for sharing!!

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    #28  Edited By StaticFalconar
    @PantyshotMQN said:
    " I gave my SF4 box & disc a pat on the back and said out... "That'll do pig. That'll do."  "
    Really, cause when Super comes out, I'm gonna take my copy of SF4 to the back shed with a shotgun in my hand. 
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    #29  Edited By AniMoney

    Man you're gonna make me cry.

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    #30  Edited By thegoldencat7

    Near welling up here.
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    @MrJared:  That was fantastically well edited. Shame about some of the stuff that's going, but Super can't come soon enough.
     
    I hold a bit of a special place for SF4. I'd more or less given up gaming by late 2008; I'd pick up the odd title here and there, play for a few hours and ditch it. SF4 reignited my competetive spirit and gave games the chance to be great fun locally again. Never before had I sat spending so many hours reading/watching and even fucking researching a game. My mates and I have invested about 500 hours into it (if not a little more), and I'm pretty fucking grateful. There were tears, fights, spilled beers a plenty; but it was always a total riot. Hitting the Giantbomb threads has been great - through it I've met some awesome players, stepped up my game and had a belter, but it was entirely thanks to this game.
     
    I'm writing a fucking eulogy to a piece of software. Christ on a crumpet...
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    #32  Edited By loldetaerleo

    Doing sagat damage on maskless vega is cheating.

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    #33  Edited By Shadow

    Very good
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    #34  Edited By Keeng
    @GetEveryone said:
      I'm writing a fucking eulogy to a piece of software. Christ on a crumpet... "
    Hilarious. 
     
    Personally, I don't think of this as like the end of SFIV or anything. I plan to hold on to my copy of the game for a little while, at least. Then again, I didn't play it as much as a lot of you guys did. I think I'm barely over 100 hours. Anywho, I really enjoyed the video. I don't think I'm "elite" enough to hate all the things highlighted in it, but whatever. Bring on SSFIV. Bring on the beast.
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    #35  Edited By lordofultima

    Still brings a tear to my eye, even after the 15th view!

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    #36  Edited By zanetsu

    This video is so good. Great work man.

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    #37  Edited By Scooper

    Watching this back again makes me want to go back and play some vanilla SFIV. The obscene damage of everything is quite appealing after playing Super for the past 7 months.

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    #38  Edited By benpack

    I'm just now seeing this for the first time. Bravo.

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