Hello everyone!
At the Tohoku Qualifiers, it all came down to the Chiba Team vs the Kanagawa Team. It was a battle of desire and regrets, but in the end Mago pulled it out and everyone got really into it! And when they let me say some words in closing, everyone was really welcoming to me, so I was very happy. Thank you very much!

Well then, on Tuesday we announced the sale date, the special features as well as the Collectors Package. We got a lot of comments, such as “The sale date is too far away!”, “Why only for Xbox 360?” and “Sell the soundtrack!”, so thank you very much! I think I would like to address some of these issues in another Q&A post sometime soon.

On Tuesday’s post, I mentioned that there would be bonuses for ordering through e-Capcom…and it seems that you can already make your pre-orders!
While the details haven’t quite been decided, we’re also getting ahead of ourselves! Both myself and Lil’ Ono have been making various suggestions, such as a special DVD, or a command/combo sheet, as bonuses for pre-ordering. We’re hoping for something that the players really want or will feel that is useful. I think its going to be something good, so you’d better get your pre-order in now.  Read more...

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I had the chance to talk to Seth Killian about the recently announced SSF4 Juri anime and i was able to ask him a couple of questions about the movie as well as the potential of a street Fighter Anime TV series. Check out what killian had to say:

Strugler: could you elaborate on what shizowa said, is this a juri movie? or is it a ssf4 anime movie? Shizowa san said the movie is exclusive to xbox360 is this true or is it just a mistranslation?

Seth Killian: Not sure what the difference btw “Juri movie” and “SSFIV movie” is, exactly, but I would say it’s an SSFIV movie that focuses on Juri, as she is the main character focus of SSFIV. As for exclusivity, Shiozawa’s statements refer only to the Japanese territory.  No decisions have been made for other regions.

Strugler: What are the chances of a street fighter anime tv series ?

Seth Killian: an anime TV series isn’t strictly up to Capcom–we don’t produce tv series, we just license our characters to other groups who produce them.  I’m certain if there were a good opportunity with the right group, Capcom would consider it.  Read more...

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Check out the european box art for Super Street Fighter IV:

As you can see it is almost the same as the Japanese one except that instead of featuring Cammy it features Adon.

Now the US boxart is officially the worst of the bunch!

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First the release date was announced then the exclusive xbox 360 Juri anime and now the box art for the US verison and Japanese verison of the game, behold:

Us Version:

Japanese Version:

My opinion? The japanese version is way cooler. The us verison of the box art looks like a 30 min photoshop job to me. ah well!

UPDATE: You can let your voice heard over at the official capcom unity board where a bunch of people are asking capcom to change the US box art to be the same as the Japanese one. Go here to add your support

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Hello everyone!
I reeeeeally want to write about the Tohoku qualifiers! But as today is a special update, I’ve got something different to talk about!

Today, it also seems that Capcom is announcing a new title for the Xbox 360! To go along with that, I’ve also got some SSFIV news as well. Big news!

First, the sale date has finally been decided!

On sale April 28 (Tuesday) 2010!
The price is 4,990 yen!
What a steal!
(For Xbox 360 and Playstation 3)

Also, the Super Classic Pack of 3rd alternate costumes for Guile, Blanka, Dhalsim, Gen, and Fei Long will be immediately available for free download!
(But, if you don’t get it soon, from 7/1 you’ll have to buy it.)

^This is what you’ll be getting! Fei-Long is just too cool. And I personally like Dhalsim’s Indian look.

But wait, there’s more!
As special content exclusive to the Xbox 360, we’re including a new anime that focuses on Juri! (Only available in Japan) This anime comes from Director Kizaki of “Afro Samurai” fame, and the well-known Japanese animation studio GONZO! Which means, its incredibly high-quality.

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I just received the official Capcom press release about Super Street Fighter IV release date:

“Super Street Fighter® IV will be coming to the Xbox 360®video game and entertainment system from Microsoft® and PS3 system on April 27, 2010 in North America and April 30, 2010 in Europe. The follow-up to the critically acclaimed Street Fighter IV will further redefine the 2-D fighting genre with a host of new features including new characters, new ultra combos, new online modes, the return of the famed bonus stages and retuned online and offline gameplay. Super Street Fighter IV’s new characters include Street Fighter’s first Tae Kwon Do-styled fighter - the deadly female fighter Juri - classic Street Fighters such as Cody, Guy, T. Hawk, Dee Jay, Adon and more to complement the full roster of returning fighters from Street Fighter IV. Featuring all new user-selectable Ultra Combos and advancements to the online gameplay and matchmaking, Super Street Fighter IV is the ultimate vision of Street Fighter.”

So here you go folks April 27th for US and April 30th for europe.

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The official SSF4 website and Nakky Blog have both been updated with the final relase date of SSF4. Super Street Fighter IV will be released on April 27th in North america and April 28th in Japan.

The Nakky blog also seems to announce a collectors edition of the game that will be available in Japan only, hinting that the Us capcom Store will have its own version of the collector’s edition.

the official site has been also updated with a brand new SSF4 Anime trailer featuring Juri. The anime studio doing the cutscnes has been also revealed to be GONZO, the great anime studio behind Afro Samurai.

And while waiting for the full translation of the Nakky Blog update here are the tidbits of  the blog post translated by Azrael:

– Release date will be April 28, 4,990 yen (about $50) for both PS3 and 360

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The official SSF4 website has seen a new update, one that includes a clear look at some new ultras as well as character art for Zangief, blanka, and boxer. The new ultras are all mixed in the video above.

Check them out here

Images source: eventhubs

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