This week's update comes courtesy of Nakky's blog over at the official Super Street Fighter IV website, and teases some big news on the way. Nakky has a screencap of Chun-Li being treated unkindly by someone of unknown identity, and she says there'll be "something huge" announced next week.

Nakky teases, "Chun-Li's getting beat up... but, by who?" Seems pretty safe to assume the big news will be a character reveal, and Nakky says the info will also be published in the 11/26 issue of Famitsu, which goes on sale shortly. This pleases me, because as we all know, Famitsu tends to be ... how shall I put it ... less than watertight with its secrets.

We'll probably know for sure before we're supposed to, but until then, feel free to point at the new stage pictured above and speculate as to whose it might be. In the meantime, Dan Hibiki, El Fuerte and Rufus have been added to the official character profiles page as well.

You might not have heard, but they had to shut down operations at the Large Hadron Collider again. I didn't mention this when it happened a couple weeks ago because it was Nick's birthday and that gave me a good excuse to make fun of him, which is somehing I like to do from time to time. But they did. You know why?

Because a bird dropped a piece of bread on it.

Let's review. Work was halted on the world's largest high-energy particle accelerator, because a passing bird dropped a piece of bread onto a section of exterior machinery. This resulted in significant overheating in parts of the collider, forcing scientists to ...

... you know what, I think they're making this shit up. First there was the coolant leak, then that whole bit about this thing coming back from the future to destroy itself. Now you're telling me they put the brakes on the whole project because a goddamned seagull decided he didn't want that crouton for lunch after all.

They're not even trying to be sneaky about it, they just show up to work and play Animal Crossing or something all day. Then when the benefactors stop by and ask why the collider's not running yet, they cook up these stories and then laugh about it when everyone leaves.

Point is, I should have been a physicist. Those guys know how to Friday.

Carlton, ladies and gentlemen. That's what I'm talkin' about.

Hamza's still off looking at moose, so you're stuck with me again. But that's okay, because I talked to Jim earlier, who's finally gotten to play Raskulls, and he tells me it's a great deal of fun. That's good to hear. Keep an eye out for more on that this week.

Chad shed a manly tear over Mother 3, Ben gave us a look at some hot Monster Hunter action, Niero's showing some college kids how to be awesome like him, I listened to the same Judy and Mary album for six solid hours, and a dog played Tony Hawk: Ride. Doesn't get much better than that, at least not on 11/19/09.

Destructoid Originals:
The Memory Card .76: Brotherly love
Join Destructoid at the University of Miami's Launchpad

Community:
Cblogs of 11/19/09
Forum of the Day: The Bar (OMG so many pages!)

Previews:
Online Lessons 101: Monster Slaying in Monster Hunter Tri

News:
Atlus promises Shiren the Wanderer won't make you cry
Go Internet with PSP multiplayer: AdhocParty app hits
DSi LL got a big ol' butt, spotted in the wild
Huge surprise: Silent Hill 2 movie sounds pretty sketchy
Wait, what? Only 23% of Demigod buyers tried multiplayer?
PSA: Gamefly has a ton of Wii and 360 games for under $10
PlayStation Video Download service launches in Europe
Peggle, Sonic 2, and more getting XBLA discounts
Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce 2 announced
You can do 'the Carlton' in 1 vs. 100 Season 2
Is Modern Warfare 2 now banning legitimate buyers?
Brad Pitt x Capcom to unleash Dark Void film franchise
North America gets some sweet new Mega Man merch
Dragon Age expansion 'Return to Ostagar' announced
Ninja Theory: PS3 exclusivity 'draining' and 'unfair'
The BioShock 2 Special Edition is packed full of goodies
Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition coming to PS3, 360
Halfbrick: Sony's impressing everyone with PS3 and PSP
Sony wants 3D gaming on PS3 by 2010
PSA: PSP firmware 6.20 now available for download
PSN plans premium subscriptions, online play remains free
Saboteur 'sent out to die,' Pandemic closure was 'right'
Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 5 hitting in December
No More Heroes: Hero's Paradise gets site, erotic teaser
Paid subscription coming to PlayStation Network [Update]
Pre-order Aliens vs. Predator, get cool multiplayer skins
Serious Sam HD has seriously gone gold

Offbeat:
Kid reports parents to cops after they take his Xbox
Dog gets and plays Tony Hawk: Ride before we do

Media:
X-play gives us a peek at SSFIV's new India stage
Here's footage of that hidden detonate-the-nuke MW2 mode
3D Dot Game gets Western launch trailer, pants get wet
Joe Madureira draws a horse in new Darksiders video
This what No More Heroes looks like on Xbox 360
Final Fantasy XIII Cactuar GET!
Ten Minute Taste: MAG beta
Mortal Kombat fighters like you've never seen them before

With the DSi LL set to be released in Japan this Saturday, display units have started popping up here and there to help Nintendo promote it. Anoop over at Andriasang got to peep some at the Bic Camera and Tsutaya in Shibuya today, and he confirms what many people seem to have assumed would be the case from the start: It's big and ugly.

None of the display units were playable, so there's no telling if the big screen makes up for the Gina syndrome. It shouldn't be much longer before these beasts start showing up on display shelves stateside, however, so we'll all get to see for ourselves. In the meantime, take a look at some of Anoop's spy photos in the gallery below.

G4's Adam Sessler recently sat down for a chat with Seth Killian of Capcom about Super Street Fighter IV. During their interview, they've given us a look at one of the game's new stages, India.

You can check out the full video after the jump to see for yourself. Not a hell of a lot in the way of new information, really, but it's cool to see the new stage. It looks vibrant and well animated, with elephants doing their elephanty thing in the background like in Dhalsim's old SFII stage. What do you think the next new stage background should be?

[Sup RAB]

Capcom has just announced that it's come to terms with Plan B Entertainment on the rights to a film based on its upcoming game, Dark Void. Plan B Entertainment apparently being Brad Pitt's own production company, it's possible/likely he'll be the one starring in said film.

The project has been billed as a sci-fi action franchise, and I'll let the word "franchise" haunt your imaginations on its own. Capcom calls the movie a "potential starring vehicle" for Pitt, and given he's not such a bad guy, maybe it won't be such a bad movie. Right? Guys? Ehhhh ... *sigh*

Full press release is after the jump.

Capcom has been working with FAB Starpoint on some new Mega Man merchandise so those of us in North America don't have to be so jealous of all the cool stuff they always get in Japan. Kramez over at Capcom-Unity has given us a peek at what to expect when the goods start hitting retailers and Capcom's online shop.

There's a messenger bag, a PSP case, a couple of chain wallets, a journal and a sketchbook to start things off. Some of it is looking pretty rad, and I wouldn't mind having that sketchbook in particular. You can check it all out in the gallery below. See anything you like?

Hi. It's me. I'll be bringing you tonight's recap because Hamza went to Canada for some reason. Maybe to see a moose. It was probably to see some game, but I'm going to pretend it was a moose because that's cooler.

Jim is also out of town this week, and he'll be kicking it with Halfbrick to get a look at their upcoming XBLA game, Raskulls, which looks pretty awesome. Stay tuned for more info and details on the game this week as a product of the aforementioned kicking it.

No More Heroes is coming to the PS3/360, Facebook came to PS3 for some dumbass reason, and other monumental events which will forever change the course of human history transpired, all on this fine day called 11/18/09.

Destructoid Originals:
Halfbrick talks to us about Raskulls and why it rocks
Halfbrick: Getting attention for a new IP is 'balls hard'

Podcasts:
Podtoid 125: Let my people go

Contests:
Grab these Bad Company 2 beta codes while you can!
24 hour contest time GO: Military Madness (XBLA/PSN)

Community:
The wrong thing: Sh*t just got real
Cblogs of 11/18/09

Reviews:
A look at Mad Catz' PS3 MW2-themed wireless headset

News:
PSP Comics detailed and dated ... for Japan
What? Huh? Oh! Neat: The 2010 IGF Student entries
Sega 'considering' a fix for Bayonetta PS3 load times
Sony reveals another bizarre PSP game
The Whispered World gets lucky at German Game Dev Awards
Ain't no objections: Phoenix Wright for Wiiware
Svensson: SSFIV's character roster has long been decided
Valve says digital pricing can change 'without penalty'
Nintendo invades malls for the holidays
Rumor: New studio working on Call of Duty, also MMO
Supreme Commander 2 ups the robots vs. robots ante
Lag 4 Dead 2?
Rumor: Scribblenauts 2 and F.E.A.R 3 coming next year
Midnight Riders teaser site found: Left 4 Dead 2 DLC?
BioShock 2 has 'intense violence' and 'f*cking sodomites'
Rumor: IWNet giving Modern Warfare 2 players viruses
Halo: Reach to be shown off at the Spike VGAs
Spike's Video Game Award nominations are here!
Sony man promises PS3 cross-game chat
PS3 Facebook firmware update drops today
Modern Warfare 2 pulls in $550 million in five days
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days confirmed
Assassin's Creed 2 comes with a crazy thing named 'Uplay'
Xbox 360 failure rate in UK? 60%, says CNET
New EA store sells EA Sports Active, and nothing else
Namco Bandai trademarks Ridge Racer Accelerated in Japan
A Kingdom for Keflings is getting a PC release
Gearbox had the opportunity to make a Blade Runner game
No More Heroes coming to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360

Offbeat:
Lara Croft stripping in Silent Hill!?

Media:
Story: Dante's Inferno has one
See some hot Witcher 2 shaky-cam action

The good folks over at EventHubs have a post up discussing SSFIV's character roster, and according to Capcom's Christian Svensson, the lineup was already decided upon some time ago. When asked on the Capcom-Unity forum if there would be fan polls to choose the added characters, Sven said:

"To set expectations the game is rather far along and one of the FIRST things we did was sort out what the roster would be. While we're happy to accept additional feedback for future titles (if they should exist at some point in the future), the ship has pretty much sailed for Super Street Fighter 4."

Not exactly shocking, but it's still interesting to think about. This means the actual final roster has been known by someone somewhere for quite a while, which does lend some weight to the allegedly leaked info from September. Which, with the exception of the arcade release deets, has been right on the damn money so far, even predicting Juri before she was announced, right down to her fighting style, country of origin and even her backstory.

Point is, don't be so quick to shrug off that alleged info, and don't get your hopes up if your character's not on the list. According to Svensson, it's a bit late for that. So if it's all decided, when are we going to hear something official? Seth Killian says we'll find out about the other fighters before Christmas. 

[Props to RAB, as usual]

Senor Perrito del Burrito says: Podtoid 125 has happened. It's informative. It's offensive. It's got lots of talking.

This week, Aaron Linde hosted as Jim, Samit and I also said things. It was pretty good. You can subscribe to us on iTunes to hear it, or listen to it here. Big thanks to IJHATT for our delightful outtro this week.

Ever vigilant in that department, Siliconera has unearthed another Japanese trademark, this time from Namco Bandai. It seems the company has registered something called Ridge Racer Accelerated, and if I had to guess, I'd say it's probably a new Ridge Racer game. Thanks, scientific method!

Nothing is known about it yet, obviously, but it's certainly been a while since we had a new Ridge Racer title, and I'm pleased to hear it's (probably) coming back. Is it a Wii title? A hot new HD console release? It's Ridge Racer, which is all I need to hear, but you guys feel free to take a guess if you like.

Uh ... yeah, I don't know about that. Look, I like Monster Hunter and everything, and I'm all for merchandising the hell out of it. Some of that stuff is pretty dope. This pillow based on the game's Furu Furu monster, however ...

Well, you might be able to sleep on that. I have enough trouble finding my way to snoozeland as it is. The last thing I need is to have this death snausage lurking in the dark somewhere. What's with that collar thing around its head? I'm guessing that's its head. There are feet and wings too, which doesn't make for a lot of appendages, but it's more than you'll have left when you wake up next to this dude.

The pillow is 105cm long and 28cm in diameter, and the aforementioned collar is easily removed for washing. Capcom says it's there because that's the spot that's most likely to get dirty. (???) Its mouth also functions as "a pocket" for storing your PSP, sleepytime provisions, or whatever body parts it happens to bite off in the night. There's also an equally nightmarish white version available, and both will retail for ¥9,240 starting in January.

[Via Andriasang]

Developer Turn 10 has just announced two new content packs for Forza Motorsport 3, the first being a free Hyundai Genesis Coupe car pack.

This one is available on XBL now to Gold members, free of charge, and includes the Rhys Millen Racing Red Bull Hyundai Genesis Coupe, the HKS Genesis Coupe, and a special Forza 3 edition Genesis Coupe. Three free cars? Sure, why not. And at a base 300 horsepower, the new Hyundai Genesis isn't a bad one, either.

The other offering is called the Hot Holidays Car Pack, and will be available December 8th for 400 spacebucks. This pack includes several purpose-built race cars, including the Ferrari 458 Italia. The rest of the content within has yet to be revealed, but Turn 10 seems pretty excited about it, and will be slowly unveiling the other cars over the next two weeks on Forzamotorsport.net.

To whet your appetite, they're going to offer the new 2010 Audi S4 as a free download when the Holiday pack drops. Sweet! Maye the New Nissan GT-R will be in that DLC pack somewhere. That would be nice. Anything you guys are hoping to see?

Senor Perrito del Burrito says: Anthony and Jim are not here this week.

As such, tonight's episode of Podtoid will be hosted by one Aaron Linde, Esq. instead. Joining him will be Dr. Samit Sarkar, Warrior of the Arctic Brad Nicholson, and me. I don't have a title because I'm a proper failure with no credentials. But I do have a Summer DX version Yotsuba Revoltech, and can the other guys say that? Didn't think so.

Tonight we will be talking about things. Videogame things. If you want to leave us a few questions in the comments so that we have even more things to talk about, that would be fine. We will probably answer some of them. Probably.

All hail Senor Perrito del Burrito. He is all-knowing, and craves chicken teriyaki.