Originally Posted by Fignuts (Post 2750932)

Dude it was from gamefaqs.

That post has zero credibility.

Originally Posted by IGN

T.Hawk makes a welcome return and he's joined by debutant Juri, an employee of Shadoloo. While these are the only two fighters who feature in the leak, expect more to be revealed once the announcement is official. Strong candidates for inclusion include Street Fighter III's Makoto, Ibuki and Dudley, with Final Fight's Cody and Guy also rumoured to star.

Originally Posted by Fignuts (Post 2750936)

I would be kind of upset that dudley was in, instead of Alex/Yun&Yang/Oro/Elena

Originally Posted by Kotaku

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Try and figure out which new character in Street Fighter IV started off as an effeminate little French boy, if you're Abel.

There I go, giving away the punch line. Yes, Street Fighter IV's muscle-bound French fighter Abel might have wound up a small boy with pigtails, according to the game's battle planner Taisaku Okada, who commented on the original design in a post on the Japanese SFIV website. As translated by Andriasang.com:

"With Abel, we wanted to make someone representative of 'the weak can beat the strong,' and so he was originally a small judo character who could be mistaken for a girl."

I would have preferred the smaller look to the one Capcom eventually went with, but then I've always been fond of smaller characters kicking the crap out of bigger ones.

Along with the more feminine Abel, the developer post also takes a look at the difficulties of maintaining character appearance in the newer game, Honda's skeletal structure, and raging staff fights over Street Fighter IV's art direction. It's all in Japanese, so make sure to bring along your closest squiggly-reading friend.

Originally Posted by Kotaku

Super Street Fighter IV wasn't always super.

Initially, franchise producer Yoshinori Ono thought the next iteration of Street Fighter, landing just a year after the release of Street Fighter IV, should get a new number. Maybe not five, but perhaps 4.9.

But Capcom thought that might be too confusing and instead slapped the game with a Super, leap-frogging over Championship and Hyper Fighting editions, said Capcom Community Manager Seth Killian.

While the new game, due out early next year, will include a host of back-end improvements, about eight new characters, new stages, moves and gameplay modes, Capcom is still debating whether to sell the game for the traditional price of console titles or a lower price, Killian said.

Like its inevitable price, the changes and upgrades brought with Super Street Fighter IV are very fan driven.

"This is the most fan-responsive game in Capcom's history," Killian said.

Changes to the game will include balancing tweaks, but at least one famously irritating character won't be made easier to take on, he'll be made harder.

"Seth will be even cheaper and more irritating," Killian said.

And end-boss Seth won't be the only one to get some tweaks, some of the existing characters will get new moves. Killian mentioned Ken as one character who will have something new in Super, though he said it wouldn't be as radical as introducing new techniques like parries.

While Killian wouldn't go into the details of the new online modes that will be introduced with Super Street Fighter IV, he did say that Capcom is very aware of the complaint gamers have about not being able to hang-out in online rooms watching people play one another online.

"That is one of the things we will try to address," he said.

Super will also include a new set of stories for each of the characters, both the original 25 and the eight new characters. This time round the animation will not be done by Studio 4°C, he said.

Capcom declined to let me play the game, though I was able to watch Killian play and he showed off some of the signature moves of the new characters, including returning fighter T. Hawk.

From what I saw the character's animation, including their focus attacks, blended nicely with the existing game's aesthetic.

Originally Posted by Kalyx triaD (Post 2781110)

I don't care if Seth is cheaper, I'll easy mode his ass for the end cutscenes. Good thing we don't need to unlock any characters this time.

And Ryu's gay.

Originally Posted by Kalyx triaD (Post 2782580)

I'll beat Ryu's ass. Matter fact, every game Ryu's in I will a point to shut his ass down.