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New Street Fighter IV character revealed photo

Thanks to Famitsu, we can now clap eyes on another brand new Street Fighter IV character. This guy is a Lucha Libre wrestler known as El Fuerte. That's about all we know for now, but enjoy the picture. He looks pretty cool, certainly not as generic as the last new guy that had been revealed. Reminds me of Rey Mysterio, like all Luchadores. Because of the mask, not because of Mexican racism.

As cool as he looks though, there's a certain fellow with a mask who I am impatiently tapping my foot for. More Vega up in the Street Fighter hizzle, please. I ... do not have a hizzle. Or a shizzle. 

[Via Kotaku]


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Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 06:49
Justice
Yeah Rey Mysterio or that guy from VF5.
odintal's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 07:12
odintal
my spanish is weak but doesn't that translate to "the strong".

maybe a luchador zangeif?
brad drac's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 07:22
brad drac
Half circle, light punch, strong kick to steal ipod.
amalgamut00's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 07:40
amalgamut00
Is he on steroids?
Scape's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 07:41
Scape
It seems that all fighters these days need a Mexican wrestler character.
free touch's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 07:49
free touch
Fuckers... This takes place in the timeline between SF2 and SF3 correct? Then where the hell is the love for some SF3 characters. Younger versions please.
Im OK's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 08:09
Im OK
Damn, I was gonna make the Rey Mysterio ref, but it's been taken already, by the article itself no less. Then I was gonna mention Vega, and that got taken too. So... I got nothing.

adam wolf's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 08:11
adam wolf
nice to see another brand new character.
big filth's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 08:19
big filth
that mask is pretty lame. It seems like putting a mask on a dude is the easy way out.

If you had a to draw a picture and you got to the face, and you couldnt draw very well, what would you do??

its simple. make his face into a mask.



problem solved

..

(I draw like shit)
Up2NoGooD's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 08:23
Up2NoGooD
capcom. stop these silly new characters. well i say new but ive been playing as this guy since VF5 came out.

WHERES M BISON
SourGr8pes's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 08:30
SourGr8pes
That's not a luchadore. Luchadores have COOL masks, and don't look a fraction as generic as this dude does.
HarassmentPanda's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 08:45
HarassmentPanda
So they're just combining character now? This guy looks like Vega + Balrog. Hopefully he plays differently than the other characters.
portastad's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 08:59
portastad
He kind of looks like a mime instead of a luchadore.
foxhound421's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 09:07
foxhound421
as pumped as i am about this game, i've yet to be impressed by any of the new characters. Viper is a KOF knock-off, the other guy (Axel, Abel, ???) looks boring and do we really need another wrestler in SF? every one of these new characters make me less interested in the game.
Tubatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 09:49
Tubatic
So now we need Yoshimitsu. And a guy that fights with a guitar.

And jigglypuff.

Street Fighter 4: Brawl
manasteel88's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 09:50
manasteel88
@Up2NoGood

Wasnt Bison supposed to have die at the end of SF2. So thats where he is.

The luchadore looks silly...best looking one so far is El Blaze from VF5...but I'm sure that he's gonna be polished up design wise much like Viper was.

@foxhound421
Viper is like a mix of Geese Howard and Mai Shiranui move wise and all. Abel has a Flying front kick much the same as Terry Bogard. The similarities of these new characters are all over the place.
Hitogoroshi's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 09:58
Hitogoroshi
Eh. Doesn't feel very Street Fighter to me.
freeman1's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 10:05
freeman1
Why is Rey Mysterio in every fighting game now?
Rucksack's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 10:23
Rucksack
I agree with Hitogoroshi, a lucha just doesn't fit in the with the whole street fighter vibe.
Irvine_frost's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 10:43
Irvine_frost
what about hugo and alex from sf3-3, they´re wrestlers so no problem with the "SF VIBE!"
HideousKojima's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 10:45
HideousKojima
Dear capcom,if you are gonna friggin put a wrestler in SF4,put in Friggin Mike Haggar from final fight,the new characters are ass...Viper:the scary lesbo corrections officer,Abel:the Eurotrash jogger from hell and this guy who looks like a shaolin monk who put on some lady's underwear on his head.
KamikazeTutor's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 10:48
KamikazeTutor
Except for Viper, these new characters look so uninspired...
deiga-the-semivaliant's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 11:10
deiga-the-semivaliant
It seems to me like they're trying to bring SF back to it's more realistic (?) roots... No more unusual characters like Twelve or Necro.

I think that's kind of a shame, because I liked weird characters in my Street Fighter.
Jaren Face's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 11:11
Jaren Face
Personally, I'm really digging Viper and now El Fuerte. Hopefully they'll mix in some characters from SFIII and other Capcom fighters in the same universe. A little more variety is definitely needed.
animateria's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 11:37
animateria
They should put in R. Mika just to have an all wrestling league going on! Yeah!

Then again looking at how all the characters are getting bulked up.R. Mika would probably be quite massive.

I want to see the guy in motion before I judge how he looks btw.
ceark's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 11:40
ceark
...a clown?
imbeta's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 11:53
imbeta
man... this is a GREAT step above T.HAWK for SURE... (you know, the native American Tex mex guy that was apparently from Mexico) - but I am getting annoyed by the luchador names...

why are they always simple translation of boring words... el fuerte (the strong)? really? that's NO luchador name... that's kind of lame... plus, I'd rather him be a flyer than a muscle man... he doesn't even seem stronger than Zangief...

wait...

what does ZANGIEF MEAN???!!! (anyone, anyone?)
jdub28's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 12:01
jdub28
I would have rather had a quick floyd mayweather like boxer than a quick grappler
Cowboy TTop's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 12:21
Cowboy TTop
Come on Capcom, I hope you can do better than this. These lucha fighters have been invading fighting games for a while now (do we really need more wrestlers in the game. Why not a Savate fighter instead?

Where the hell is Gecko?
RAB's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 12:26
RAB
In no way should they consider other capcom characters other than SF fighters that would just be a copout.

It feels like they're going back to SF2, making it 2.5D and they might as well call it "Street Fighter 2: More New Challengers".
They need to bring back the PARRYING system from SF:III 3rd strike. No matter what, parrying always makes games better.
michiyoyoshiku's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 12:37
michiyoyoshiku
Welcome to SF land El Blaze
Novakaine's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 12:54
Novakaine
What? Capcom, you already have a lucha-libre character, and one who is far hotter--R. Mika. Give her a less indignant uniform as well as a better moveset, and you're set. Plus, it'd be less of a sausage-fest....

I gotta say that overall I'm really unimpressed by SFIV so far. It's gotta have the worst character design/art out of any of the official SF games (at least SFIII had Makoto and Ibuki), and the overpowered Ultras look very unbalanced.
MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 13:12
MechaMonkey
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 13:16
Sharpless
Meh. I'm not getting that "future classic" vibe from either him or Abel.
jdub28's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 14:31
jdub28
well they are evolving from a group of racial stereotypes and generic karate men. what makes street fighter characters is their moves.
Cutie Honey's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 15:51
Cutie Honey
@Reaprar
La Mariposa in DOA4 was a ripoff of Rey Mysterio? Seeing as there isn't too many FEMALE luchadores out there, she more original than this guy is.
Orochi Borgieman's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 17:23
Orochi Borgieman
In order for this character to be original he has to have a completely different move set from other Lucha Libre characters. At least in SF you have unusual fighting moves (Hadoken, Spinning Lariat) than in realistic fighting games (VF, DOA). So far though, I am not convinced.
Wedge's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 18:32
Wedge
The only time a luchadore character has been good in a game was Killer 7.
0bshaky's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 22:05
0bshaky
The guy looks like a M.U.S.C.L.E action figure...

AngelsDontBurn's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 22:18
AngelsDontBurn
Doesn't look or feel street fighter at all. Plus he looks no different that El Blaze or whatever his name is in Virtua Fighter 5. All the new fighter game related wrestling characters look too much alike lol.
Pepillou2's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 22:27
Pepillou2
WHY PENIS WHY?!!
c e n o k's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2008 22:52
c e n o k
Hahahaha That means "The Strong".

Pretty lame Capcom, pretty lame.
I just keep getting let down everytime some new info is released.
RAB's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/13/2008 11:02
RAB
seriously guys?

you're comparing him to rey mysterio and el blaze?


Luchadores wear masks, and they fight. All of them do. Then again, when i first played as ELIZA i spat on my television and asked
"Why did they get their EDDY GORDO in my Street Fighter?"
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