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Here's All the Stuff Being Added to Ultra Street Fighter IV

"Maybe this will finally be the one that I take seriously enough to get good at," he says to himself while staring at the various other versions of Street Fighter IV he'd bought while thinking the exact same thing.

Dec. 14 2013

Posted by: Alex

In This Episode:

Ultra Street Fighter IV

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dat azz

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Any game featuring Poison is a game worth playing.

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Skies protected.

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Whats the 5th character

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Out before the capcom cup

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I'm excited to see Poison in a proper Street Fighter game. I loved her in SFxT even if that game wasn't the best.

Still wonder who the 5th character is.

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Team Battle mode? Bought.

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Pretty damn good trailer.

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Online practice mode sounds quite handy.

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1. why would i ever not red focus? just absorb all their hits and bam

2. why would i ever use 1 ultra instead of 2

checkmate

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At this point, this shit is not even worth joking about.

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It's pretty much exactly what the people who are still playing SFIV want, isn't the upgrade only like $15 or $20?

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@dilbyo said:

1. why would i ever not red focus? just absorb all their hits and bam

2. why would i ever use 1 ultra instead of 2

checkmate

Red focus costs two bars of meter, using double ultra gives them damage nerfs.

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@dilbyo said:

1. why would i ever not red focus? just absorb all their hits and bam

2. why would i ever use 1 ultra instead of 2

checkmate

Ultra Combo Double scales the Ultras by 60% or something like that. Also it's character dependent. Mainly grapplers will benefit from the Double Ultra.

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@dilbyo:

Red focus costs meter.

The double ultra option means each ultra does less damage. If you are really only going to use one, you should still just pick one.

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Even though I think they've gone on record explicitly that the 5th character isn't Asura, I still think that'd be rad.

Or fuck it, just put Scorpion in there.

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That's all well and good, but I know this would just devolve into me trying to hit people with the Raging Demon over and over.

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I'm holding off for Mega-Ultra Street Fighter 4 Deluxe.

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@hailinel said:

Any game featuring Poison is a game worth playing.

I agree with this. If the new characters were the only difference, I would totally drop the money for it. Street Fighter IV might still be my pick for Game of the Generation, if I was forced to choose one. I didn't understand SF for a long time, but when a friend and I decided to learn SF it had more of an impact than pretty much any other game. I adore it.

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@cwjoe said:

@dilbyo said:

1. why would i ever not red focus? just absorb all their hits and bam

2. why would i ever use 1 ultra instead of 2

checkmate

Red focus costs two bars of meter, using double ultra gives them damage nerfs.

Pretty much that. Armor breaking moves will also still break the focus on the first hit.

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@y2ken said:

@hailinel said:

Any game featuring Poison is a game worth playing.

I agree with this. If the new characters were the only difference, I would totally drop the money for it. Street Fighter IV might still be my pick for Game of the Generation, if I was forced to choose one. I didn't understand SF for a long time, but when a friend and I decided to learn SF it had more of an impact than pretty much any other game. I adore it.

Agreed.

http://www.rockband.com/songs/artists/Poison

If we're talking about Capcom's Poison, I've come to terms with the possibility that she may or may not officially be a he depending on the day of the week. Still crazy easy on the eyes.

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That byline makes my poor, neglected HRAP cry all over again.

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I know I'm gonna get this when it's out, but still only play Makoto. This is my dark curse.

Still, loving their support. Great to see more Third Strike/Alpha guys and having Poison in a good fighting game is never not a good thing. Still want to know about that fifth new character.

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If there was Skullamania in this game I would buy it.

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Can I pretend Poison always was and is a woman?

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GET HYPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Is it just me, or dose the music in this trailer sound like Queens Harbor from Tekken 6?

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Looks sick, I'm in

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Just need to get some decent arcade sticks for my PC. Any suggestions?

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Just need to get some decent arcade sticks for my PC. Any suggestions?

All the console sticks work on PC, too, so just get one from Mad Catz.

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I really enjoyed Street Fighter 4 on 360 but my experience was ruined by my crappy internet connection and the 360 controller - you ever use the d-pad and get less responsive moves, or you use the analog and get blisters on your thumb.

If I bought this version I would get it for PC, but does anyone even play this on PC?

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I'll be protecting the Russian skies with my Gief come Ultra. =)

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@aegon said:

Can I pretend Poison always was and is a woman?

dick move dude

(also she is)

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So what will happen to my GFWL version of ssf4ae? Will they offer upgrade to steam edition?

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I really enjoyed Street Fighter 4 on 360 but my experience was ruined by my crappy internet connection and the 360 controller - you ever use the d-pad and get less responsive moves, or you use the analog and get blisters on your thumb.

If I bought this version I would get it for PC, but does anyone even play this on PC?

I find good matches within seconds (in Europe), the scene is pretty active on PC. I can only imagine it gets better the older these current/last gen consoles get.

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So what will happen to my GFWL version of ssf4ae? Will they offer upgrade to steam edition?

Ultra is separate from AE, its not a free update.

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@animasta: She's confirmed to be a post-op transsexual, right?

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It's not ALL of it :( I've been lied to.

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Now that they added Poison to the roster I can buy it.

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@gaspower: the video showed you could buy the upgrade for SSF4 or buy it separately. With GFW closing shop, i guessing you can't buy the upgrade on GFW? so what happens to those who bought the GFW version of SSF4. do tell me we have to buy full game again. no way i will do that.

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@gaspower said:

@animasta: She's confirmed to be a post-op transsexual, right?

well yeah, but even if she was pre op she'd still be a woman

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@aegon said:

Can I pretend Poison always was and is a woman?

well sure, if you're a gross transphobe who actually has to pretend that trans women are women

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@hailinel: Agreed.

@zhabermann: Except that whole thing was because of a weird localization issue, she was originally a woman.

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I'm a dragon.

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@aegon said:

Can I pretend Poison always was and is a woman?

well sure, if you're a gross transphobe who actually has to pretend that trans women are women

How long have you been a gross phobophobe who actually has to demean people who don't conform to your personal morality?

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@zhabermann said:

@aegon said:

Can I pretend Poison always was and is a woman?

well sure, if you're a gross transphobe who actually has to pretend that trans women are women

Sigh...here we go again.

Poison's first appearance in Final Fight featured her and a palette swap character named Roxy as recurring minor enemies for the player to fight. Named after the band by an unnamed female employee at Capcom, she was designed by Akira Yasuda to contrast against the bigger characters in the game and move about randomly. The characters were originally planned to be normal females, but were changed to transsexual females due to the suggestion that "hitting women was considered rude" in America and the concern that feminist groups would sue.

Link

I can't believe I'm actually discussing the gender of a fictional character but evenmore in people taking offense in that someone pretends she's (according to Capcom) a she.

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@hashbrowns said:

@zhabermann said:

@aegon said:

Can I pretend Poison always was and is a woman?

well sure, if you're a gross transphobe who actually has to pretend that trans women are women

How long have you been a gross phobophobe who actually has to demean people who don't conform to your personal morality?

so sorry for bigotshaming! you're right, i should accept everyone, no matter how shitty and close-minded they are!

Sigh...here we go again.

Poison's first appearance in Final Fight featured her and a palette swap character named Roxy as recurring minor enemies for the player to fight. Named after the band by an unnamed female employee at Capcom, she was designed by Akira Yasuda to contrast against the bigger characters in the game and move about randomly. The characters were originally planned to be normal females, but were changed to transsexual females due to the suggestion that "hitting women was considered rude" in America and the concern that feminist groups would sue.

Link

I can't believe I'm actually discussing the gender of a fictional character but evenmore in people taking offense in that someone pretends she's (according to Capcom) a she.

as if any of this negates the transphobia in the original remark