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?
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11:23 PM on 04.12.2008
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and the fact Bison is back (if this is true.) still confuses me. Cause he should be dead.
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.
I think i'll latch onto El Fuerte only cause I haven't had my fix for El Blaze just yet.
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.
prolly not. but still cool!
...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.
I love how fluid the animation is. COME OUT SOON PLZ
tubbytubbyfatfat is my new main character!
Is this a humorous take on 3D fighting trends?
This looks really good so far.
Rowr.
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.
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.
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.
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. =(
Also, El fuerte = Skullomania from EX
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.
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.