Get ready to earn some virtual cash, Ken lovers. Capcom’s first major Street Fighter IV update, the beefy "Championship Mode" patch thingy, is coming soon. As in April 24, soon. If you’re excited, but haven’t the slightest idea what Championship Mode is, don’t worry. Capcom’s community manager, Seth Killian, recently tossed out some details of what the new mode is all about over at Capcom’s community blog earlier yesterday.
Championship Mode, as we’ve always known, adds two things: a tournament structure and the ability to watch replays of matches. What we didn’t know until today is how exactly how those two things would work. Now, we have an idea.
There will be five different tournament tiers available, each one requiring a certain amount of GP to enter. The base tier requires zero GP. Tournaments are single elimination and bracketed based on player skill as well. You also won’t have to wait around for matches -- it’ll use the same request functionality you may already be familiar (and slightly annoyed) with. Regardless if you win or lose -- unless you’re in the big boy tournaments -- you’ll earn Championship Points. These bad boys act as prize money and really only as a token number to show your fighting superiority.
As for the replay stuff, it’s what you would imagine. Footage is pulled from tournament matches and players are given the option of uploading their footage. The game collects the top 5000 player’s videos and spits them out for your consumption. If you’re on PlayStation Network, you can vote for videos. If you’re on LIVE, you can save them but not rate them.
The "Championship Mode" patch/update is free and it’s sounding pretty hot. I can’t wait to thump you all. Hit the break for a mini-press release about all of this and check out Killian's post for the full details.
Update to Street Fighter IV: Championship Mode comes free!
Capcom is bringing new options to Street Fighter IV with an eye towards serious players. Street Fighter IV’s Championship Mode update expands on the fighting fun by offering players the chance to compete in tournaments and to watch replays of the best tournament matches. Best of all: it comes to you at no cost! The Championship Mode update will be available for both PS3 and Xbox 360 owners on Friday, April 24 (times TBD).
Championship Mode offers you the chance to compete in 5 different grades of tournaments, creating the right challenge for players of every skill level. You’ll score Grade Points (GP) for tournament wins, and as your GP total grows, you’ll become eligible to enter into more exclusive tournaments. Winning tournaments will also net you Championship Points (CP). CP are like “prize money” up for grabs in the tournament. The higher the GP skill of the players in a particular tournament, the bigger the CP prize!
Replay Mode allows you to select and watch the best Championship Mode tournament matches.
On the PlayStation Network, you can rate matches while you watch according to characteristics such as “awesome” or “funny.” Replays are then ranked based on these vote ratings.
On Xbox Live, instead of rating the matches, you can choose to download and save your favorite replays to study the players’ techniques. You’ll also be able to turn on the input commands from both players to be able to review their button and joystick motions in precise detail.
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3:20 PM on 04.17.2009
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For a free update, this is sounding pretty good. I see no note of any way to lose GP like you can lose BP if you lose a match. That makes me wonder if you can actually lose any at all. And prizes to win? I can't go wrong on that.
Also, with a guy named Seth Killian, why name the final dude you fight Seth? Come on, Killian would have been an awesome name for a final opponent.
Ben PerLee - No, I sure as hell wouldn't.
I hope it's just like, a given and they just add it in without telling anyone, in hopes that people will forget they didn't do it in the first place.
I hope I hope I hope.
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It's old, and it was stupid the first time.
I don't mean to be jerk about it, but seriously, I'm not a top level player, and chances are, none of you are either. Just relax and try to enjoy the game.
Too many people play as Ken. Discussion over.
Why does that bother you so much?
and @SephirothX
The experience you get from multiplayer is up to you.
I main as ken and I enjoy when they pick him, I either teach them some stuff or they stop playing him al together. I have had 30 msgs this month just telling me "thx, I never knew you could do that" or "Fag, your ken is cheap!"
That's because he's a generally easy character to pick up when people start playing. Thats like complaining that too many people drive a car with automatic transmission. It's just a retarded argument.
I'm always down to get my ass kicked by an awesome Gen player or E. Honda. Always a more exciting match for me.
This brings me to a question. About 8 times outta 10, while challenging foriegn poeple (or at least people that don't have English as primary) I get kicked out of the "lobby". I understand being kicked out in the other mode cuz people might be waiting for a response from an invite, but BP challenge is completely random! Why would I get kicked out? Am I missing something?
Call me when that happens. Then I'll grab the game.
As far as the update goes, though, it sounds pretty good, especially for free.
I think you get kicked because they consider your signal strength to be too low! Its the only practical reason i can think of :)
I thought of that too... but I have a pretty fast line and my PS3 is wired. Unless they are looking for a "green" connection (I haven't found a person with it yet), they are just foolish.
nice one capcom, i love this game but you really are trying hard to change my mind.