Capcom will show off first official video footage of Super Street Fighter IV's cast later today:
Here lies a sneaky peak...
Info on the new game has come via Famitsu,com and it's interview with SF4 producer Yoshinori Ono.
Super SFIV will build upon the original SFIV story with new characters and gameplay tweaks. Confirmed new characters include T.Hawk and Dee Jay along with completely new fighters like Juri. As far as gameplay changes, while the game retains the Saving Attack and other such systems, the Ultra Combo system will be seeing some currently unspecified changes. (image below - Revenge Gauge)
In addition to the new characters, all 25 characters from the original will be returning. They're all being rebalanced in readiness for the new fighters.
There will be around 8 new additions to the cast, including the already confirmed three. Asked if completely new characters other than Juri would make the cut, he said, "probably", and then laughs.
While avoiding giving details on the new characters, he said "We're selecting characters that as many people as possible would want." He also said that characters who were most desired at the official blog, or who were most written in by fans, would make the cut. I stand corrected, comments clearly do work : /
As far as the rumour that's been doing the rounds, Ono said that he's asked the development team to put in something that old time Street Fighter II fans want but did not make it into the original SFIV. It has something to do with things that roll and fall from above. Coconuts :?
Ono On Juri
Ono provided some insight on the new Juri character. Ono says that there hasn't been a Korean character in Capcom fighting game history before. Apparently during the production of the SFIV arcade game, Capcom Korea's president had asked about the lack of a Korean character in the game. Participants in the Korean preliminaries of Enterbrain's Tougeki Tournament event a few months back, also asked him about the lack of one, pointing out that the King of Fighters and Tekken both have Korean characters. The Korean combatants even went as far to assemble a petition and delivered it to a game journalist. - Ono says the spirit of Super Street Fighter IV is to listen to users, so Juri was given life. I stand corrected, petitions clearly do work : /
Ono's personal vision of Juri is that's she's a Feilong-like Viper. He says that currently she's too strong, as it's apparently too easy to connect attacks. He also states the staff are currently fine tuning her for compatibility into the game. Ono also describes Juri as being a touch on the erotic side, when she does her Ultra Combo he feels she oozes sex appeal.
UPDATE:
Arcade Version Not Ruled - http://www.capcom.co.jp/blog/sf4/nakky_blog/2009/10/01_327.html
The latest update to the SFIV blog sees assistant producer Natsuki Aizawa confirm that the game is planned to come to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 only. She says the game uses "PS3 and Xbox 360 hardware to their maximum in order to offer players a more appealing fighting arena where they can better show their skills to players throughout the world". - online : /
Arcade lovers should take note at what she says next though: "It's not the case that there's definitely not a chance for an arcade version. One thing I absolutely want to get across is, we most definitely haven't given up on the arcade Street Fighter IV."
The official character reveal of Dee Jay is up on the (Official Site) right now:
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Ono has said that Super is being designed to include as many features as fans want to see included.
The staff is conducting tests on how to replicate the excitement of arcade tournaments such as Enterbrain's recent Tougeki tournament. Ono jokes players might end up not going to arcades as a result.
When asked about Online Match viewing, Ono said that he'd like to do this, he'd also like to strengthen the game's replay viewer feature which was added with Championship Mode.
Western press were able to play Super behind closed doors at the Tokyo Game Show, but it appears that the game is still very early in development. Development has just recently started, Ono even jokes that the development staff might have been surprised to hear the Spring release date in Famitsu.
Ono has previously suggested that Juri would not be alone as an original character for the game. He added that the other newcomers may make use of new surprising fighting styles. He recalls Viper's inclusion for the original SFIV and the varying fan opinions that resulted. Now though, everyone has gotten used to the character. He said to expect something similar with this game.
SFIV's home release was accompanied by an anime DVD as a pre-order bonus. For Super, he said that while nothing has been confirmed yet, he would like to do something similar.
On the topic of download contents, Ono confirmed that the game will offer from the start the same arranged costumes that gradually appeared for SFIV. Those who already bought the costumes will not have to purchase them again. He also hinted that new costume arrangements are on the way.
PlayStaton Home avatar items clothing could also be on the way as well. Ono said that he's hoping to have discussions with the various first parties.
One area where Ono would not touch upon is the new design for the Ultra Combo gauge. The site told Ono that there appears to be a "meter" in the gauge. "There's no meter,"replied Ono. Famitsu then asks if the green thing between the "Ultra" and "Combo" words is the letter "I." "Eh? You can also look at it like that?" replied Ono.
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