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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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Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/12/2008 23:28
Cheeburga
God these new characters seem so damn lame. LETS MAKE ALL NEW BIG BULKY CHARACTERS. Why?
TrailerParkJesus's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/12/2008 23:40
TrailerParkJesus
Rufus looks like one of those cannonball-lookin bombs from the bugs bunny cartoons
godkow's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/12/2008 23:41
godkow
Rufus's belly physics are amusing.
Shin Oni's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/12/2008 23:42
Shin Oni
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 - Comment posted on 04/12/2008 23:43
Boolean
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 - Comment posted on 04/12/2008 23:47
Polish Hill
Rufus and Abel suck but I like Crimson Viper and El Fuerte so far
Milofo's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 00:12
Milofo
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.
PaperBowser0's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 00:15
PaperBowser0
Man, I want some more HUGE, totally bad-ass characters added, but right now, I guess I'm content with Refus.....jeez.
MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 00:17
MechaMonkey
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.
Shin Oni's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 00:20
Shin Oni
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.
Teen Idol's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 00:38
Teen Idol
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.
s0lesurviv0r's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 00:40
s0lesurviv0r
El Fuerte looks awesome, Rufus looks like the failed offspring of Mr. Heart and Cheng Sin Zan.
Vitamin Awesome's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 00:53
Vitamin Awesome
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.
Fleet3000's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 01:12
Fleet3000
this might actually make me get into street fighter.

prolly not. but still cool!
Jaren Face's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 01:16
Jaren Face
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.
ZekeThePlumber's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 01:24
ZekeThePlumber
Meh, the obligatory "fat" character has already been done. It looks they took the globular fat physics engine straight out of DOA.
Scape's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 01:24
Scape
I'm really not liking these new fighters. The older cast needs to be in the game.
DarkTetsuya's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 01:33
DarkTetsuya
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.
10pt's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 01:45
10pt
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.
deanhatescoffee's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 02:23
deanhatescoffee
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
Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 02:25
Justice
El Fuerte looks like he belongs but Rufus sticks out like a sore thumb.
Rider Chop's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 03:01
Rider Chop
YES!
tubbytubbyfatfat is my new main character!
Kalmah's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 03:07
Kalmah
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.
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 03:11
Samit Sarkar
I’m starting a nickname: Rufus the Doofus. Clever, huh? But El Fuerte looks pretty cool — his special move was bad-ass.
Uther's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 03:12
Uther
NOTHING CAN HURT DA BLOB!
realyst's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 03:33
realyst
I just noticed that Zangief did an attack that showed an inksplash effect....sweet!
Morrius's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 03:57
Morrius
Do you think they took Doa's boob physics and made one giant boob for a belly?
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 04:19
Necros
Rufus is way too agile for a fat guy.
animateria's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 05:03
animateria
Its like a take on boob physics... but on a belly...

Is this a humorous take on 3D fighting trends?
Raymod's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 06:18
Raymod
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
Orionsaint's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 06:31
Orionsaint
Okay Tekken 6 and now SF4? Apparently obesity is in for fighting games?
power-glove's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 07:09
power-glove
Western Names
AlienGuy18's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 07:36
AlienGuy18
El Fuerte!

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

Rowr.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 08:31
Holyetheline
This game looks amazingly smooth, I can't wait to play it.
Elrando's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 08:31
Elrando
Also, all these new characters suck even though the game isn't finished and I've never played it before, BAAAAAAAAWWW!
vishusdelishus's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 08:36
vishusdelishus
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.
Gyrael's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 08:41
Gyrael
I'm liking El Fuerte.
Cowboy TTop's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 09:19
Cowboy TTop
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.
free touch's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 10:02
free touch
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.
Novakaine's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 10:46
Novakaine
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 - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 10:53
Vitamin Awesome
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.
fluorescent_grey's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 11:12
fluorescent_grey
i like the SF series, but SF's graphics/effects don't look as dazzling as those of guilty gear blaz blue.
Crackpot360's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 12:07
Crackpot360
They need to release this in US arcades right now!
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 12:36
Sharpless
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.
0bshaky's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 13:35
0bshaky
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
michiyoyoshiku's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 14:00
michiyoyoshiku
Rufus>Bob
Cowboy TTop's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 14:11
Cowboy TTop
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.
Novakaine's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/13/2008 15:51
Novakaine
0bshaky: "To the ppl that say these characters suck... WTF you like then?"

Makoto. Ibuki. Cammy. Mika, even. The art style in general I detest in SF IV--the promo art I don't mind, but in-game they're hideous. Seriously, I dare you to say they aren't goofy (look at their expressions, as well as Chun Li's penis thumbs).

If you like what you're seeing from SF IV, then I envy you. I personally just expected Street Fighter IV; not Street Fighter 2 3D remix.

But like I earlier said: If Capcom makes a pair of revisions for SF IV like they've traditionally done, and perfected the gameplay, balance, and added character favorites to those who don't pretend SF II is the only game in the franchise, then there's a shot it could be good.
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