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You've been waiting for it just like I have, and now the moment has arrived. The guys from some website were lucky enough to score a visit to Capcom headquarters in Shinjuku, Tokyo to play Street Fighter IV, and brought plenty of gameplay footage back with them.

Between all the yapping, (which you should nevertheless pay attention to, as it details how the game is played) the above video shows off some clips of a very beefy Ken, fighting some Nicaraguan guy. I won't go into what I think of the art style, but I am very happy to see that the game looks fast. Fast is good. 

I don't want to add to the yapping, so I'll shut up now and let you watch it. Was it everything you hoped it would be? Was it everything you hoped it wouldn't be? What do you think?

[Editor's note: Yes, it's taking forever to load. That's because there are about a zillion people trying to watch it right now. Quit crying.] 


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Mr Wilson's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 14:03
Mr Wilson
NEEDS MOAR WHY PENIS WHY!

I feel weird that i have now said that twice in my lifetime...
Topher Cantler's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 14:05
Topher Cantler
Please keep in mind that the entire internet is watching this right now before you yell at me about it being slow to load like it's my fault. :P
Drbad asH's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 14:07
Drbad asH
boo on 3453645656 people trying to watch it at the same time.
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 14:11
Cheeburga
Load dammit.
Mr Wilson's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 14:13
Mr Wilson
It is your fault you wanted to see me get blue balls....
bottled dark's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 14:16
bottled dark
lol
it worked for me.

i could understand that asian guy without the subtitles.
rubadub's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 14:16
rubadub
what video? all i see is black...
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 14:19
king3vbo
WHY WONT YOU LOAD?

O probably because the whole internet is viewing this video
Dale North's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 14:20
Dale North
most painful buffering ever - and when combined with the horrid opening song I almost want to give up

and I love the thought of a 1UPer reading these responses and HHMPHing at us.
Chad Concelmo's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 14:22
Chad Concelmo
I think it looks pretty cool. Color me excited!
Topher Cantler's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 14:24
Topher Cantler
I feed on the HHMPHS of other websites.
Buster's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 14:24
Buster
i hate gamevideos... why couldnt capcom give the video to gametrailers :(
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 14:25
Holyetheline
this doesn't load for me. hell damnet
Shalashaska's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 14:28
Shalashaska
Once again gamevideos sucks and refuses to load. I need me some SFIV!
vexed alex's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 14:32
vexed alex
LOOOOAD YOU HEARTLESS SON OF A BITCH!

....Fat cunt, internet.
Topher Cantler's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 14:36
Topher Cantler
There's nothing I can do about it. Come back later. :P

vexed alex's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 14:36
vexed alex
I love the 1Up theme song.

Also, I think it would be better to just go directly to the 1Up podcast. I think it's a better quality video and there may be less traffic on it for now.
Kryptinite's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 14:38
Kryptinite
i've been trying to watch this video for the last 10 minutes. I'm five minutes into it so far.
Clockwork's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 14:38
Clockwork
Pretty cool. I'm not that big of a SF fan but hey, looks good to me.
The Johnggernaut's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 14:40
The Johnggernaut
I dunno, I feel like HD Remix is what we are looking for in a very SF2 feel. This is just going to be another version of a game we played so many times. I bought SF2 on XBLA and played it for about a month. I can totally see that happening here, looks like a renter.
mr showtime's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 14:40
mr showtime
I bet those guys get all kinds of chics.
Mauer's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 14:50
Mauer
Looks like crap, bring on Soulcalibur 4.
Neonie's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 14:59
Neonie
I am not impressed.
fishstickz's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 15:00
fishstickz
They make a video they know 400 billion people are going to watch and make it 20 minutes long with the footage people want to see at the end? Are they daft?
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 15:02
Cheeburga
Still nothing.
:[
ShadowXOR's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 15:09
ShadowXOR
This reminds me of the time I got lost and wound up on Fangboner Rd.
Niero's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 15:11
Niero
penis.
Big Z's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 15:26
Big Z
Air juggles and supercombos? Sounds like Marvel vs Capcom all over again =/
vexed alex's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 15:26
vexed alex
Street Fighter 4 looks fucking awesome. I've seen it, guys. It's great. All you haters can put your heads up your ass. PLEZ.
J4RMZ's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 15:28
J4RMZ
It hurts to wait!yes.
vexed alex's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 15:31
vexed alex
@ Big Z

Marvel vs. Capcom was better than your mom.

=/
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 15:32
Sharpless
Actually, it's not even trying to load for me. It just... sits there. Mocks.

Seriously, though, can we please ban using GameVideos? For the past month or two, EVERY SINGLE VIDEO I watch from them takes forever to load. It's weird. It never used to be that way, and most other video sites are fine. Urgh.
ShadowXOR's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 15:32
ShadowXOR
It sounds like Killer Instinct...but I haven't been able to even start the video...
Pepillou2's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 15:34
Pepillou2
Doesn't load ;_; WHY PONIES WHY?!!
Mink Car's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 15:46
Mink Car
Hey, I got a frame to load you guys! Sw33t!
Niero's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 15:47
Niero
Just let the video sit there trying to stream and you'll get 30 second spurts every 10 minues :)

I finally saw the whole thing and still feel like Sheng Long is rolling around in his grave right now.
Vitamin Awesome's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 15:50
Vitamin Awesome
I need to start waking up earlier if this is how it's gonna be. I ought to be able to get my news as it happens, but no.... I'm waking up at 3:30 pm waiting to see what I would assume half of the internet has already seen already and it hasn't even been up that long. Ah well. This better be sweet, and I know it already is, so I'm just gonna.... grab a coke. or make an omlette. or make a coke omlette. mmmmm coke omlette.
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 15:54
Sharpless
You know, it just occurred to me that I really don't fucking care. Nevermind. :)
Dennen's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 16:02
Dennen
Eh it's 20 minutes of the fellows talking with a maximum of about 3 seconds of gameplay footage put here and there. If you're lucky, back to back... I was more expecting... Constant gameplay footage of at least one round.
Topher Cantler's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 16:07
Topher Cantler
Man, a coke omlette sounds fantastic.
Polish Hill's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 16:08
Polish Hill
What a novel idea it'd be if gamevideos actually played videos. Gah whens this gameplay footage hitting gametrailers...
mr showtime's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 16:09
mr showtime
Those penises are much less threatening in motion that they are in the stills.




That Nicaraguan guy must've invested in a decent athletic supporter.
Boolean's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 16:22
Boolean
Fucks sake. After watching the video buffer ever so slowely only to listen to a bunch of editors yap on for 6 hours I just gave up. Nice video ya fucking jerkwads.
ShadowXOR's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 16:23
ShadowXOR
Street Fighter IV reminds me a lot of Space Invaders for some reason...
J Murda's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 16:24
J Murda
wtf those 1up guys don't know what they're talking about. Soul Calibur a more technical game? Those games are broken as hell and no one plays them seriously on a competitive level. Do yourselves a favor and just watch the gameplay footage because listening to the 1up guys' analysis will only make you stupid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-IuPwIKQ1s
ShadowXOR's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 16:26
ShadowXOR
@J Murda:

I agree, 1UP fucking sucks and they never know what they're talking about.
MasterMS's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 16:28
MasterMS
Screw it I'll check this out some other time.
J Murda's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 16:37
J Murda
@shadowXOR yes 1up was extremely ignorant in that vid. I'd like them to take their laid back approach to China Town Fair, Sunnyvale Golfland or Family Fun Arcade and play against any random scrub there in SF. They'll be lucky if they win one round all day.But on the flip side no one is qualified to make any sort of analysis right now. The vid is footage from a game that was said to be 3% done. And SF is such an old franchise and the anticipation for SF4 has been so long that no one can objectively say anything about the game.

In case people didn't see it in my first reply here's the link to the gameplay footage only:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-IuPwIKQ1s
Zacks Destructoid User Name's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 16:41
Zacks Destructoid User Name
I like that they're making the special moves more forgiving and stuff like that. What fighting games are there out there that are easy to learn/difficult to master? There's smash bros, as long as you turn off all the crazy power-ups and pick a symetrical level to make things balanced. Chess is infintiley simple, yet also infinitely complex. No secret rook air juggling combos needed. Heck, if it were up to me, they would only have ONE meter. The life meter.

!!AND THOSE BLACK DUST EXPLOSION VIDEO CUTS!! OMIGAWDZ were those annoying. I presume Capcom gave them the footage like that, and that 1up wouldn't do that on purpose. I wanted to punch the video editor in the stomach every 1.1 seconds.
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 16:47
Cheeburga
I'm just going to go take a nap and come back to it.
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