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Street Fighter IV Officially Announced

Posted by Zonk on from the ready-fight dept.

Along with the announcement of the new-for-modern-consoles Bionic Commando, Capcom has also officially revealed the existence of Street Fighter IV . Other than the fact that it is in development there aren't a lot of details on the game, with little more than a gameplay-less trailer to view. Gamespot reports: "The trailer depicts longtime rivals Ken and Ryu duking it out once more, this time in a moonlit forest. The two friends and frequent rivals exchange, block, and parry blows for about a minute, busting out such familiar moves as the hurricane kick and dragon punch. With neither fighter gaining the advantage, Ryu charges up a fireball that bathes the screen in white before the Street Fighter IV logo appears with a splash of blood, followed by a warning to 'Prepare yourself.'"

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  1. How do you pronounce Ryu anyways? by mark-t · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Is it RHY-oo or REE-oo?

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    1. Re:How do you pronounce Ryu anyways? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

      RYE-you is what you call him if you've never spoken a word of Japanese if your life. It's pronounced REE-you. How would you pronounce Kyoto? KYE-oto? No, it's KEE-yoto. Ryuho, Ryosuke, Kyo, all the same way.

    2. Re:How do you pronounce Ryu anyways? by The+Living+Fractal · · Score: 2, Funny

      I have spoken a few words of Japanese in my life.

      I still think it sounds better as Rye You. It's personal opinion, and I know it's not correct and I sound like an ignoramous. But hey, I'm American, we're *expected* to do this. ;)

      Wakarimasu?

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    3. Re:How do you pronounce Ryu anyways? by hansamurai · · Score: 3, Informative

      It's a very difficult pronunciation for non-native speakers. It is actually pronounced something similar to "dew" but with a softer R-like sound than the straight D. The Japanese is phonetically spelled out as:

      RI(yu)U

      So the (yu) would modify the RI sound. There is a straight RU sound, so there is still some I sound left after the (yu) modification.

      I still say Rye-yu though, because otherwise no one knows I'm talking about.

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    4. Re:How do you pronounce Ryu anyways? by Jaqenn · · Score: 4, Funny

      I have spoken a few words of Japanese in my life.
      The swear words don't count.
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    5. Re:How do you pronounce Ryu anyways? by dloose · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Go back to your anime and stop ruining my childhood memories. Tool.

    6. Re:How do you pronounce Ryu anyways? by mchale · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's pronounced "Ryu".

    7. Re:How do you pronounce Ryu anyways? by dosius · · Score: 2, Informative

      R-yoo. One syllable.

      -uso.

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  2. Number 4 at long last by closetpsycho · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's taken them 16 years to go from releasing Street Fighter 2 to announcing 4. It's almost like they're taking a cue from the Duke Nukem Forever dev team.

  3. Subtitle by lpangelrob · · Score: 4, Funny

    Let's see... it's 2007... will this be the Street Fighter: Retirement Home edition?

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  4. the fanboy in me says.. by netsavior · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "z0mg I can't wait". The synic in me says: Sucks that there is no such thing as an arcade game anymore, only $1 ride on pieces of crap. I would so love to pump quarters into this game... but I will have to settle for sitting on my couch throwing out dragon punches.

    1. Re:the fanboy in me says.. by kevin.fowler · · Score: 2, Funny

      I feel like paying for live arcade is the new pumping quarters. Same quasi-social interactions with people you don't know. Now with less b.o.

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  5. Re:ok by Kilraven · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I don't know, perhaps - and may be I'm reaching here - you don't comment?

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  6. 2D, I hope by tgibbs · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Hopefully, they'll stick with the classic 2D design, with higher resolution art and a higher frame rate.
    And they'd better include Blanka!

  7. 6 months later by kevin.fowler · · Score: 2, Funny

    STREET FIGHTER IV: Ultra Lazer Ham Sandwich Death Combat Edition, with 1 new fighter and 6 new costumes. Only $59.99

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  8. Street Fighter The Later Years by tgibbs · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Let's see... it's 2007... will this be the Street Fighter: Retirement Home edition?


    See it on YouTube:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLrWgVPeCzI
  9. Side view? by The+Living+Fractal · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I really liked the old-school side-only view of Street Fighter.

    It just seemed more playable. And fun.

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  10. Re:What is this game all about? by insertwackynamehere · · Score: 3, Funny

    By hitting the road and getting out of here with your corny ass jokes BOOYA

  11. Pikachu by tepples · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or you can just get Super Smash Bros. Brawl this February and play with a character that has so many of the same moves it might as well be named Blankachu.

  12. Capcom USA vs. Street Fighter by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Akiman announced years ago that Capcom Japan had sold off the Street Fighter license to Capcom USA, and that his team was no longer working with it (other than I believe to complete Hyper Street Fighter II, the commemorative anniversary remix game). I have very little faith in Capcom USA, who now own and control the license to all things Street Fighter. While nothing about the game except the inclusion of two characters (one of which whose face was very oddly designed) can be learned from the trailer, Capcom USA's track record with the parent company's franchises is very, very poor. If they think they can handle all the code themselves and farm out the art to those blasted amateur fanboys at Udon (for example), I really think the end product is doomed to mediocrity. OTOH, if they ease up on the reins and contract a sizable number of the original SF game team members, and also keep those non-existent-muscle-group-drawing-we-can-draw-Japanese-style-too fools at Udon the hell away from the project, I might be worried about nothing at all. Of course, the game would have to rely heavily on 2D gameplay (if not graphics), considering the traditional SF movesets do not translate well to good 3D gameplay (just look at SF EX). Or maybe it's a resurrection of the canceled Capcom Fighting All-Stars engine, and maybe it's 3D done right. Who knows? We'll have to wait for the first in-game shots at least to see how everything might pan out.

    One thing I'd be interested in seeing is whether they continue to alienate new players the way the SF3 games did. SF3 was strictly a tourneytard's game; only existing fighting game players could approach it because high-level technical play was pretty much a requirement. SF2 and SFA offered significantly fewer rewards for the technical player over the casual player, but were far more enjoyable (and therefore marketable) to the casual player as a result. I'm not saying the SF series should be scrubbed down to a stupid level, I'm only curious to see what approach they take, assuming the current team has given the issue much thought.