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Brazilian gaming blog Blogeek has apparently gotten big news on the upcoming Street Fighter IV game and they are more than happy to share it with the Internets. Check out the translated info below:

The graphics aren't the way they are in the teaser that everyone watched. The game's still pretty, but it has nothing of that ink-splashing or anything. Art direction is interesting. Unlike all the other 3D fighters, SFIV is not meant to be photo realistic.

Street Fighter IV runs at 60 frames per second.

Street Fighter IV will have online play.

The game takes place after Super Street Fighter II Turbo and before SFIII. The good news is that the character roster will be made of many old-school brawlers and some entirely new ones. There are two new girls on the list. We will probably not see any SFIII characters.

The stage you saw at 1Up, if you didn't figure out, is Chun-Li's Stage from SF2.

The excellent Parry system form SFIII is gone. The new system seems to be called Saving or Revenge (we're not sure about the name). We don't know exactly how it works, but it's built around cancels. And we do know we'll have another gauge to activate the Saving/Revenge stuff, besides the usual Super Gauge.

Supers are there (although they didn't decide yet if it will be like in SSF2T or SFIII), and now they've put another moves called Ultras. These makes your character throws a auto combo with tons of moves. It's like a custom combo ... except by the custom part.

Shen Long may appear in the game. We are NOT kidding.

The consoles are not decided yet, really. But, assuming that SFIV will have online play, we can obviously think of Xbox 360 and PS3 (duh). It's very likely that we'll see an arcade version without online mode too, and our sources told us that Capcom could put some test machines in Japan arcades in Q2 next year.

Of course, until we hear something from Capcom or pick up the next issue of EGM, we can't be too sure about this info. So why run with this then? Because Blogeek also provided us with two new screenshots from the game. Looks like a little old blog site got the exclusive before a major publication ... ouch. Of course, there's always that one percent chance that Blogeek has the worlds best Photoshop artist on their team ...

In any case, what do you all think about this latest info? 

[Update: All this is true! Read the new post with updated info on this situation.] 


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bubuli's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2007 20:27
bubuli
i hope that 3/4 vantage point was taken for the sake of a cool-looking screenshot...i'd be really upset if the game plays like that.

as for animation...i hope they have MULTIPLE animations for each hit--i.e., not use the same animation when hit in the face, etc.
007's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2007 20:41
007
dammit, i still don't know why they don't turn this into a 3d fighter. oh well, first they'll need to make this game not look so goofy first. RYU LOOKS LIKE SHIIIIIIT
Barcode's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2007 20:44
Barcode
This is starting to look really crappy.
AngelsDontBurn's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2007 20:46
AngelsDontBurn
Okay, I think it looks good. I'm just anxious to see more of course. Why is everyone saying it's NOT 2D when they said it IS 2D (apparently?) it just has 3D models. So basically you people are complaining because it's not 2D pixels? Yeah, sure that sucks. But I'm definitely not going to talk down on this until I play it. So I definitely won't say anything bad about it, it's way too early.
Nyteshade's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2007 21:01
Nyteshade
It looks a lot like the style they've been using in the DBZ Budokai games, but with more detail. That cell shading/anime style looks like crap in captures, you have to see it in motion to make any real judgement on quality...

but I still wish they would have gone with the Guilty Gear style 2D rather than this, though I'm sure it'll end up looking good. I agree with cautious optimism.
Twisted Imp's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2007 21:43
Twisted Imp
Gonna sound like a noob but, who is Shen Long?
Twisted Imp's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2007 21:45
Twisted Imp
nvm, forget my last comment. It's Sheng Long, btw.
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2007 21:46
Jonathan Holmes
If this were SFEX4, I'd be pleasantly surprised with these shots. But knowing that this is the SF4, the game we've been waiting ten years for, that makes it a bit of a let down.

SF3 actually lived up to the hype, visually at least. SF4 looks like it's not even trying to.
imbeta's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2007 21:50
imbeta
NOOBS! Full on Fail Comic Explanation as to Who Sheng-Long is:

This MUST be Sheng-Long...
GuitarAtomik's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2007 22:05
GuitarAtomik
They better not get rid of the Parry system. They better Fucking not!
assbees's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2007 22:14
assbees
Well, I officially don't give a shit about this game anymore. SF2 is kinda throw away when you stack it next to SF3 third strike. And they're taking all the innovations out of that game. This sounds like a remake of SF2Turbo. Thats fucking gay. Your gay.
free touch's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2007 22:16
free touch
Actually, I'm pretty sure numbers/ additions rewrite cannon.

Like Alpha and Alpha 2 where written out when alpha 3 came into play.
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2007 22:32
Sharpless
Everyone who is complaining about the quality of the graphics, you are idiots. Is the game finished? NO. Is it nearly finished? NO. Wait until you're playing it in your home, before you pass judgment on it. I'm still fairly optimistic about it.
microwavefood's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2007 23:11
microwavefood
I hope it will turn out good, me wants to get in to fighting games again.
hyperwolf77's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2007 23:50
hyperwolf77
lets have a little faith sf fans be should be bless of seeing the first new screens
johnsmith's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/07/2007 11:24
johnsmith
llooll it looks ugly; but SF is so cool, so it's great!
Steel Squirrel's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/07/2007 16:21
Steel Squirrel
Holy shit. That's fucking great! I hope they through in some cool new characters and make a good story to go with it.
I can't wait to Dragon Punch someone in pseudo-3D.
freeman1's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2007 01:02
freeman1
They'd better put this on Wii. There's no way anyone's going to tell me that Wii can't pull off those graphics.
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scampos's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2008 11:10
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I think it would be better to have the game on Wii rather than 360.

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Mechanix's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2008 09:41
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Great stuff..Hope it reaches heights.
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