Archive for July 2009
Talk about a steal! Gamestop is running a special from today the 28th until Friday august 2nd that lets you buy a new copy of Street Fighter IV for both PS3 and xbox 360 for only $19.99 (That’s 40 bucks less that its original price)
If you still did not buy a copy of Street Fighter IV for your beloved game system i suggest you do so now!
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Street Fighter IV dash, the imminent yet to be announced sequel to this year’s best fighting game should be in the works. Ono San and other Capcom emplyees have made it clear that they are listening to us fans and we should let them know what we want in the soon to be announced sequel.
Few Capcom untiy users, including myself, have created some threads asking for some specific additions or modes in SF4 Dash, the most notable one is the “ggpo forsf4 dash” thread weher we are letting Capcom know that GGPO style Netcode is a must for the sf4 sequel. While sf4 is a great game the online is far from perfect especially compared to the awesome lag-free HD Remix netcode.
The second thread is mainly for Street Fighter story lore fanbatics. In it i asked Capcom about adding a detailed story mode a la Blazblue (if you haven’t checked that do so immediatly). While some people disagree i believe Street Fighter series has a great stroline outlined however it was never really fleshed out, except for few points and timelines (sf alpha for example).
A story mode (in addition to the normal arcde mode) will give Capcom the opportunity and medium to flesh out all their characters. Aksys did a great job in terms of storytelling and story mode in blazblue.
Agree or disagree? Make sure to let Capcom know:
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My God….. What have humanity done….. I now finally know somethings were meant to never be tampered with, but at what cost….. at what cost *strugler crying while covering his face with hands*
ps: this horrible sh!t was seen at the Comic con neca booth. Neca actually expect us to buy this as an action figure.
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This awesome video was first shown last sunday and instantly blew everyone’s mind at evo. I will not talk much about i will just let you enjoy it:
What do you think
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We all agree that Street Fighter: The legend of Chun-li movie was a horrible abomination. I personally tied to watch the movie again on blu-ray last week but couldnt go past Chris Klein’s first appearance and i had to turn it off as i slowly started feeling my cells killing themselves the more i kept watching it.
But Gamesradar was barver than me! not only they re-watched the sh!tty movie but they even made a list of the 5 worst things about the legend of chun-li.
From the article: :”
When you say “Chun-Li,” the fifth thing Street Fighter fans usually think of is that she has gargantuan thighs. The fourth thing is that she’s a martial artist, the third is her blue dress and the second is her hairstyle with its dumpling-like buns. The first thing, however, is that she’s Chinese. And while actress Kristin Kreuk is of half-Chinese descent (according to her Wikipedia page, at least), she looks about as Asian as Hugh Jackman.“Sowhat about you dear blog readers? were you able to watch this movie more than once ? if so how was it ?
SPECIAL THANX to our own Fire.tisanes for the head’s up
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Udon comics is at it again! just in time for Comic con, Udon has announced a new Street Fighter Art book to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Street Fighter Series. The Japanese version of the book was released in Japan last march and was praised for featuring never before seen art as well as including cross over art from titles such as marvel vs capcom and Tatsunoko vs Capcom.
From the official press release: “SF20: The Art of Street Fighter gathers over 1,500 illustrations by Capcom’s top artists over the past 20 years. Included are character designs, concept art, rough sketches, game covers, promo artwork, crossover pieces and even some never-before seen artwork from Street Fighter’s past and present. Plus Capcom artists Akiman, Kinu Nishimura, CRMK, Edayan, Dai-Chan, Ikeno, Shinkiro and others give commentary on their favorite pieces and discuss what it’s been like to help forge the Street Fighter legacy. “
Click here to read the full press release and see more pages from the SF20: the art of Street Fighter.
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Over at Capcom Unity, Sven revealed what looks to a limited edition of the highly praised Tournament edition fightstick and fight pads for the PS3 and Xbox 360.
There are only 500 made limited fightsticks (250 for ps3 and 250 for 360) and there will be exclusively available this week end at the San Diego Comic con for the price of $179.99 per unit.
In addition to the stick, capcom also revealed that a limited edition for the fightpad will also be on sale at the event for $49.99.
As you can see from the pictures, the differences between the limited and the regular TE sticks are the art and colors as well as the dust cover that is decorated with hadoken motions.
So what do you think of this new design? Yay or Nay
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If you have missed the Awesome Street Fighter IV evo finals yesterday and you are too lazy to watch the whole finals from the video i posted here are a few of the great great matches that were taking place yesterday. Remember pretty much every match was a great must watch game but i will only post the few exceptional ones that caught my attention.
Dan From Japan:
I will start with a new face that most people who are unfamiliar with the Japanese CVS2 scene would not recognize: Dan from Japan (real name Takashi Hukushi) did a spectacular job using Ryu to reach the final eight. Takashi is Daigo’s close friend and sparring partner. Check out this video of Dan against Mechanica:
Unfortunately for Takashi, he will go ahead and lose against Sanfor Kelly’s amazing Cammy. Some people suggested that a factor that contributed to his lost is the fact that Takashi plays mainly on aracdes and therefore he was unfamiliar of Cammy’s SF4 moves and priorities. check out the Takashi vs Sanford vid:
Ed ma:
Ed ma, known for his ruthless Akuma, also put a great show during Evo 09. He was first able to derat Mike Ross and his undestructible Honda in one of the great games of the 5 on 5 exhibition:
Ed ma ended advancing to the finals only to fight against the beast himself, Daigo Umehara. While Ed ma did pull off a great game he was no match for the Japanese beast and SFIV champion:
Juicebox:
Juicebox was one of the best participants at this year’s EVO. His Abel is definetly the best i have seen and he did not dissapoint and gave the crowds all the reasons to cheer and scream. Plus it was also funny to see Juicebox doing his Karate chops and katas whenever he lands and Ultra or wins a round. Check out his Semifinasl Match against LLoveu-Joe:
Sanford Kelly and Eduardo Perez:
Bonth Kelly and Perez showed great skills during their matches. Notably the Final match where both these guys faced each other in a great Honda vs Akuma:
Ricky Ortiz and Shady K:
Maybe new to a lot of folks including myself, Ortiz is a veteran of the tournaments scene, and it did not takehim long to prove it with his ruthless Rufus. Ortiz ranked number 8 in the overall tournament, and lost to Shady K’s Akuma after a fierce fight:
The Final Match: Daigo vs Wong
In what is considered the greatest game of the whole Evo, Daigo umehara faced Justin Wong (again) in this year’s EVO final match. Justin surprised everyone by playing as Balrog, a bold move that shook Daigo in the beggining. Daigo will quickly recover and get used to Justin’s technique to ultimately defeat him and wins the title of EVO 09 Street Fighter IV Champion:
Definetly a great match that will be remebered in years to Come. I would sum up this Evo finals hilights by saying that all palyers did a fantastic Job. This evo was full of hype and excitement and was really, in my humble opionion, the best evo tournament ever. The players were skilled the crowd was great and the matchups were insane. Congratulations to all the winners and especially Daigo Umehara for getting another SF4 championship title.
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The EVO finals were held yesterady in what appeared to be the most crowded edition of the event. The tournament was full of hype and consisted of great and competitive matches. Both the specators on location and online were at thee dge of their seats in yet what i call the best edition of the EVO champioship. Enough with my excitement that refuses to go away since yesterday, here are the winners for each street fighter tournament:
Street Fighter IV: Daigo “the beast” Umehara
Street Fighter HD Remix: Hung “Afro Legend” Nguyen
Street Fighter III 3rd strike: Justin Wong
Congratulations to the winners and big thanx to Street Fighter IV and Capcom for reviving the fighting game genre.
The main event was definetly the SF4 finals, so If you have missed the great action check out the vid below (forward the vid to about 12 minutes in):
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