For the last week, a countdown timer on Capcom's official Web site has been ticking off the seconds, telling visitors simply to "Prepare yourself." This morning, the countdown ended, and was replaced by a teaser video for a game the Capcom faithful have had a decade to prepare for. SFIV Trailer Today, some 10 years after Street Fighter III: The New Generation made its arcade debut (and a host of remakes, upgrades, and spin-offs later), Capcom revealed that it is finally making Street Fighter IV. 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." The trailer appears to have been rendered in heavily stylized 3D, which calls into question what form the fighting in the next Street Fighter would take. Although the Street Fighter series has traditionally focused on 2D fighting, if Street Fighter IV turns out to be a 3D brawler, it would not be the first time the series has hit the third dimension. Capcom enlisted developer Arika to create the Street Fighter EX arcade spin-off in 1996. It spawned a handful of sequels and decently reviewed PlayStation ports, but has been dormant since Street Fighter EX3 helped pad out the PlayStation 2 launch lineup. Capcom's own experience with 3D fighting games goes a bit further, given that it has created the Power Stone, Star Gladiator, Tech Romancer, and Rival Schools series. However, not all of its 3D efforts have borne fruit. Capcom Fighting All-Stars was announced in 2002 as a 3D fighting game with characters pulled from a host of the publisher's series (including Street Fighter, Rival Schools, Strider, and Final Fight), but it was cancelled the following year. As for 2D fighters, Capcom has produced a steady flow of repackaged and compiled Street Fighter games, but the last new 2D fighter from the company was 2004's lukewarmly received Capcom Fighting Evolution. That game was a crossover of multiple Capcom games, including Street Fighter II, Street Fighter III, Street Fighter Alpha, Darkstalkers, and the obscure Red Earth (also known as Warzard). http://www.gamespot.com/news/6181182.html?tag=topslot;title;1&om_act=convert&om_clk=topslot
wow the trailor looks amazing ^^ cant wait to play it... hehe i wonder what improvements they have made to the game play...
im 90% sure the trailer aint got nothing to do with the actual game, instead we should be saying wow that would make a nice anime, not a nice game. lets wait and see. Street fighter only works in 2D, 3D never turn out to well for street fighter, and i dont believe they can make the game in the style of that trailer but if they did then that would be awesome. nothing else can be done for the game, Alpha 3 perfected the game, 3rd strike added technicalities, nothing else can be done. btw im a street fighter fan but a realistic one i suppose :-/
lol finally a new Street Fighter Game! Like master said, I doubt the game will be similar to the trailer, except teh fact that ken and ryu is in it
^a teaser would be the right word but i dunno how street fighter 4 is gonna work cause 2d games/gameplay are so dead if it's on a next gen console, and 3d street fighter never worked out right (what i've heard) so probably should be like advanced cel-shaded style graphics, kinda like the artistic style of okami or something.
^^ isnt a teaser when you show "ACTUAL" content of the game, just enough to get you interested? this is just a short anime..
I agree that the game should be in 2D but cel shaded 3D with artistic elements similar to Okami's style. But before IV comes out, time to take it back to the beginning first....
^ looks like flash, sharp still cell shaded wont look to hot imo, it will be way to cartooney and kiddy. theres not much u can do with street fighter, as i said, alpha 3 and 3rd strike is SF at its best.
