1- Now that SSF4 has been released, how pleased is capcom with its performance?

We’re very happy.  Super SFIV has been a great demonstration of how fan-feedback can improve even a very popular game and help generate more success (and happy players) going forward.

2- If you can go back in time what would you have done different for SSF4?

There are a few relatively small features I’d like to see, but I’m working right now to get them into some upcoming products, so I don’t want to spill the beans on those yet.  Apart from that, I was pleased with the way it turned out.  I sometimes miss Championship Mode, the menus aren’t optimal for tournaments, and more characters always seem like fun, but overall I thought it turned out great.

3- Balance wise, SSF4 is without a doubt the most balanced Sf game to date, how was this achieved?

To screw up an old phrase, it was probably 20% inspiration, and 80% perspiration.  The QA team is a really strong group, and helped to bring a lot of issues to the surface so they could be fixed.  Balancing can sometimes feel like it’s never really done, but overall I think SSFIV accomplished the goals of maintaining character personality, having a great diversity of fighting styles, and trying to make sure there were no hopeless matches.  Read more...

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Ono san has recently hinted in his twitter account that poison might be added as a playable character in ssf4.

From his twitter account:

Q:  Hey Ono-san - please make Poison looking-good into SSFIV

A: I’ll tell it to Battle Director.

Q2: NASH AND POISON! FOR SSF4 DLC!!!!!!!!!!

A: His whereabouts are unknown. I cant contact to him… ;P  (my note: notice that he did not mention poison but only nash)

Q3:  I’m getting married soon! A great gift from u and Capcom would be the announcement ofPoison inSSFIV!

A: You have my blessing. ;D RT

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Ono san has recently tweeted what appears to be fei long’s 3rd alt costume that will be available to purchase this coming fall. Take a peek:

What do you guys think?

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First things first! the old screenshot from the magazine that showed a skateboard and Rollerblades is NOT fake as previously thought.

Second Ono san has posted a blurry picture of what appears to be the first screenshots showing yu and yang:

As you can see the arcade on the right shows what appears to by yang in the select screen. In the one on the left it looks like Yun knocked down by Cammy. As clear as the sun if you ask me!

In addition to this, capcom has announced a new SSF4 arcade location test for next week-end (11th 12th of Sept) and dropped the following along with the announcemnt:

Which clearely means that Yun and Yang will be playable in that same location test.

What do you guys think? yay or nay ?

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According to SRK forums, an unknown source has posted this image apparently from a japanese magazine, showing what appears to be the first clue of who the extra characters in SSF4 are:

If this  picture is not a fake, then Yun and Yang are indeed making it to SSF4 just as hinted by Ono san last week!

What do you folks think?

Special thanx to fire.tisane

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In his latest blog entry, SSFIV arcade producer Ayano san, promises that next week’s blog post will give away the first hint at who is the extra characters are. One must note that in 2 weeks the yearly arcade expo AM show will be held in Chiba, Japan. While capcom has never mentioned anything about being present at the show, there is still a slight possibilty that a new character will beannounced at the show.

source: SSF4 Dev blog via andriasang

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Madcatz revealed using their twitter account, that Ono san has approved their latest, soon to be released, TE fightstick design featuring the strongest woman on earth: Chun-li. No further details have been given except for a photo of the stick itself held by Ono san

Check it out:

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In his latest blog post, SSF4 arcade producer, Tomoaki Ayano, posted teh infamous character select screen with the 2 extra slots, but this time with silhouettes! The silhouettes were always reagrded as filler spots, but Ayano himself is asking if the fans can recognize one of them (the zoomed one shown underneath) making it sound as if the slots are actual silouhettes.

So who do you guys think this slot belongs to?

source: andriasang

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Ono san is at it again! through his twitter account, the SSF4 producer had this to say when someone asked him about Yun and Yan joining SSF4:

Q: How’s yun and yang coming along?

Ono san’s response: I’m left speechless….

If that is no hint i don’t know what it is. But again, keep in mind that sometimes Ono san’s English gives the wrong impression of what he wants to express. Also, keep in mind that this comment might be a misleading statement so we do not know who are the upcoming characters.

source: twitter

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We are all very excited about the rumor of 6 new challengers joining the SSF4 cast this coming december in the arcade version, and all of us had question on who the might be. well it looks like Ono san has just hinted at one of them!

When asked about the possibility of adding Yun and Yang to the roster of SSF4, Ono san replied:

“Oh!, it’s nice! I want them too. But I really want MIKA ;P”

What do you guys think? is Mika yaya or nay for SSf4? i personally have no objection as long as i get hugo and rolento :p

source: Ono san’s twitter account

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