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Home Street fighter updates

New Street Fighter IV fighter revealed and first video of El Fuerte in action
11:23 PM on 04.12.2008, Hamza CTZ Aziz 62 comments

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Japan continues to get some major Street Fighter IV loving as evidence by the new Street Fighter IV Arcade testing. This latest build of the game has El Fuerte as a playable character and is said to have Vega and M.Bison as playable fighters as well. Can't confirm Vega and M. Bison returning for sure until we see some pictures or video, but we do have this video of El Fuerte battling it out with Zangief after the jump.

This latest testing of the game has also revealed a new fighter as evidence by this first video above. His name is Rufus and he's fatter than E. Honda. Even though he's obese like crazy, he seems to move pretty fast still.

I wasn't really sure about El Fuerte at first, but seeing him in action has made me like the guy now. His moves look to be extremely quick, kind of like Vega. What do you all think of El Fuerte and Rufus?  

[Via NeoGAF and power-glove's C-Blog] 


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godkow's Avatar
godkow at 04/12/2008 23:41
Rufus's belly physics are amusing.
Shin Oni's Avatar
Shin Oni at 04/12/2008 23:42
outside of Crimson Viper and El...El something, everone else so far is a bleh for me.

and the fact Bison is back (if this is true.) still confuses me. Cause he should be dead.
Boolean's Avatar
Boolean at 04/12/2008 23:43
Jesus, when did Street Fighter turn into World Heroes? I guess soon a demonic football player and a viking is next?
Polish Hill's Avatar
Polish Hill at 04/12/2008 23:47
Rufus and Abel suck but I like Crimson Viper and El Fuerte so far
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Milofo at 04/13/2008 00:12
I'm not feeling Mr. Short Round, but I have to agree that El Fuerte looks fun to play. I think he is getting the same reaction that El Blaze in VF5 got and I think he will probably be accepted like El Blaze as well.
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PaperBowser0 at 04/13/2008 00:15
Man, I want some more HUGE, totally bad-ass characters added, but right now, I guess I'm content with Refus.....jeez.
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MechaMonkey at 04/13/2008 00:17
Rufus = fail

El Fuerte is fine with me, as I refuse to let go of the idea that he is El Toro Fuerte, from the Jackie Chan Adventures.
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Shin Oni at 04/13/2008 00:20
hey but Jackie Chan Adventures was a good show save first 2 seasons. After that it was hell.

I think i'll latch onto El Fuerte only cause I haven't had my fix for El Blaze just yet.
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Teen Idol at 04/13/2008 00:38
I live for any 2-D fighter. ESPECIALLY anything Street Fighter.
I don't care at all for any of the new characters Except El Fuerte. He loox pretty fucking cool. Bison and Vega coming back sounds awesome too. Doesn't make much sense, but as a hardcore SF fan, YES PLEASE.
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s0lesurviv0r at 04/13/2008 00:40
El Fuerte looks awesome, Rufus looks like the failed offspring of Mr. Heart and Cheng Sin Zan.
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Vitamin Awesome at 04/13/2008 00:53
I want this. I want this for the 360/PS3 and I want official Arcade Joysticks. I also want a Mucha Lucha-based 2d fighter while we're at it. Mucha Lucha kicked so much ass.
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Fleet3000 at 04/13/2008 01:12
this might actually make me get into street fighter.

prolly not. but still cool!
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Jaren Face at 04/13/2008 01:16
El Fuerte and Viper are looking mighty fine and are welcomed additions in my book.
...Now Rufus and Abel... not so much.
I don't know, Rufus looks like your typical fat-demon looking-esc character, not really to my tastes.
oh well.
The game's looking sharp though.
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ZekeThePlumber at 04/13/2008 01:24
Meh, the obligatory "fat" character has already been done. It looks they took the globular fat physics engine straight out of DOA.
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Scape at 04/13/2008 01:24
I'm really not liking these new fighters. The older cast needs to be in the game.
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DarkTetsuya at 04/13/2008 01:33
El Fuerte reminds me of ... I forget his name, but he was in Saturday Night Slam Masters (also by Capcom) ... freaking fast like Fei Long, and does piledrivers like Zangief? He's gonna hurt, for sure.
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10pt at 04/13/2008 01:45
El Fuerte looks cool. He might be a little too fast, though...Rufus, I hate how he is designed. It's like a head, a perfectly round big body, and legs sticking out, like a fat guy in an old cartoon. Do not like at all.
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deanhatescoffee at 04/13/2008 02:23
El Fuerte looks badass. Rufus is a doofus. (You heard it here first!) jk

I love how fluid the animation is. COME OUT SOON PLZ
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Justice at 04/13/2008 02:25
El Fuerte looks like he belongs but Rufus sticks out like a sore thumb.
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Rider Chop at 04/13/2008 03:01
YES!
tubbytubbyfatfat is my new main character!
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Kalmah at 04/13/2008 03:07
Rufus is the Bob of Tekken 6. Every fighting game need a Fatass-Matrial-Arts-Expert... expect to see one in Soul Calibur 4. They just haven't announced it yet.
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Samit Sarkar at 04/13/2008 03:11
I’m starting a nickname: Rufus the Doofus. Clever, huh? But El Fuerte looks pretty cool — his special move was bad-ass.
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Uther at 04/13/2008 03:12
NOTHING CAN HURT DA BLOB!
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realyst at 04/13/2008 03:33
I just noticed that Zangief did an attack that showed an inksplash effect....sweet!
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Morrius at 04/13/2008 03:57
Do you think they took Doa's boob physics and made one giant boob for a belly?
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Necros at 04/13/2008 04:19
Rufus is way too agile for a fat guy.
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animateria at 04/13/2008 05:03
Its like a take on boob physics... but on a belly...

Is this a humorous take on 3D fighting trends?
Raymod's Avatar
Raymod at 04/13/2008 06:18
SO is it as you said VEGA and M.BISON or is it M.BISON and BALROG? and to make it a bit clearer you're VEGA and M.BISON is it Jap names or western names? :D
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Orionsaint at 04/13/2008 06:31
Okay Tekken 6 and now SF4? Apparently obesity is in for fighting games?
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power-glove at 04/13/2008 07:09
Western Names
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AlienGuy18 at 04/13/2008 07:36
El Fuerte!

This looks really good so far.
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a_r_p at 04/13/2008 07:43
Digging everything I've seen so far. This can't come soon enough.
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Elrando at 04/13/2008 08:27
Rufus = Hottest use of jiggle physics EVAR!

Rowr.
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Holyetheline at 04/13/2008 08:31
This game looks amazingly smooth, I can't wait to play it.
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Elrando at 04/13/2008 08:31
Also, all these new characters suck even though the game isn't finished and I've never played it before, BAAAAAAAAWWW!
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vishusdelishus at 04/13/2008 08:36
This game is shaping up to be really, really awesome.

And for all the new character haters out there - I felt the same way when T.Hawk was created. They just need some time to fit in and they'll be all good.
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Kiranio at 04/13/2008 08:41
I'm liking El Fuerte.
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Cowboy TTop at 04/13/2008 09:19
Rufus reminds of the fat dude from the Fist of the North Star anime movie (crazy putty guts). Looks like a pretty good character to me.

Either way, Rufus is a welcome edition to have characters of all shape and sizes in a fighting game. Too many japanese games feature too many andro characters, that some games just become a cosplay paradise shop window (here's looking at you Square Enix). Its okay to have some rough looking characters to shake things up.
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free touch at 04/13/2008 10:02
Blah, if this takes place between 2 and 3, I want to see some "younger" versions of the SF3 cast in this game.

And Second the "Bison is dead".

But note that he can clone himself, so maybe this is his true clone, since the one in SF2 was a weaker version of his SFA one.
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Novakaine at 04/13/2008 10:46
Third the "Bison is dead". Dictator is lame, move on plz.

It's obvious Capcom's trying to ignore anything except SF II; and the cast sucks ass. Seriously, why couldn't they have used a buffed Rainbow Mika instead of Rey Misterio? There's only like, two female fighters compared to the ten or twelve male fighters. Not to mention the character design sucks. The overly dramatic moves and animations (don't get me started on the whole revenge system BS, either) are lame, too. Really, it almost makes me think SF IV is a parody of the series, because it's so outwardly stupid.

SF III fans am very cry. =(
Vitamin Awesome's Avatar
Vitamin Awesome at 04/13/2008 10:53
I do have to agree that the obligatory fatman in a figher is very overdone. It was overdone back when Earthquake was shown in Samurai Showdown. I guess there are fads like masked wrestlers, but a fatman is forever.
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fluorescent_grey at 04/13/2008 11:12
i like the SF series, but SF's graphics/effects don't look as dazzling as those of guilty gear blaz blue.
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Crackpot360 at 04/13/2008 12:07
They need to release this in US arcades right now!
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Sharpless at 04/13/2008 12:36
I'm digging on Crimson Viper and El Fuerte, but Rufus and Abel really aren't doing it for me. I suppose two out of four isn't bad. They really ought to add more than one new female character, though.
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unstoppablejuggernaut at 04/13/2008 13:24
honestly i dont see what all the bitchin is about.

1.Its STREET FIGHTER
2.It looks really good
3.You love the original, and this seems to be a pretty faithful recreation but with superb new graphic prowess
4.Who cares if the characters are bulky, as soon as you see the hot females in the game im sure you'll forget about fatty and lard ass gang anyway
5.God cant anyone just be happy that this is being made and it doesnt look like a total piece of shit or is reflective of the STREET FIGHTER movie staring Van Damage!

Seriously this looks friggin sweat and i am eager to play it regardless of all the fat people in the game. Hell do you all go into WalMart and bitch about all the fat fuckers that shop there too?
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0bshaky at 04/13/2008 13:35
To the ppl that say these characters suck... WTF you like then? Dante? Vegeta? The only characters that dont have style are Crimson Viper and Abel which look too generic.


Also, El fuerte = Skullomania from EX
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michiyoyoshiku at 04/13/2008 14:00
Rufus>Bob
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Cowboy TTop at 04/13/2008 14:11
No pleasing some people, perhaps we are all just spoilt fuckers.

Capcom don't do a SF game for ages and we bitch.

Now they are doing not one but two SF games, and still some not happy. The bitching is getting tired.

Respect and power to Capcom. Don't like it, don't buy it, but I know I'll be buying. End of.
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