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Three bad-ass screens of Akuma in Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
5:30 PM on 05.21.2008, Samit Sarkar 45 comments

Three bad-ass screens of Akuma in Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix photo
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For those of you who have been eagerly awaiting Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, like I have, the screenshots attached to this post will surely cause your pants to tent. Capcom has just put out three brand-spankin’-new images of Akuma in all his high-definition glory, and they look just as awesome as all the other screenshots we’ve seen so far.

Just seeing Akuma standing there with Ryu lying at his feet, along with a purple-hued sunset in the background at a tropical resort, has reinvigorated my anticipation for this game. The second image features Akuma flying toward Ryu on Fei Long’s stage, and the third shows Ken flying backward from a two-hit Akuma combo on Zangief’s stage. You can check out all three full-size shots below, or head over to Lost @ Capcom’s Flickr.

[Via Capcom US Blog]


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king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 05/21/2008 17:33
atheistium's Avatar
atheistium at 05/21/2008 17:34
i think im the only one to not think it looks amazing :/
The Amazing Shenazin's Avatar
The Amazing Shenazin at 05/21/2008 17:34
two things I want

1. this game to be released already

and

2. for the Alpha games to be released on XBLA
Too Much Coffee Man's Avatar
Too Much Coffee Man at 05/21/2008 17:38
This game....

i must have it..

my preeecious
MaxVest's Avatar
MaxVest at 05/21/2008 17:41
While I'm definitely looking forward to buying this game yet again, the slightly sloppy placement of Akuma standing in the middle of Ryu in the first pic makes me a little worried about whether the game will remain as tight as ever.
mix's Avatar
mix at 05/21/2008 17:41
Nice! The thing that stands out most to me is how nice the shadows look.
Pacopaco's Avatar
Pacopaco at 05/21/2008 17:44
MaxVest - Good catch, man!

I'm still very eager to see more of this game in action whenever it arrives.
Novakaine's Avatar
Novakaine at 05/21/2008 17:47
Looks absolutely gorgeous.

It's sad that this game looks far more exciting and interesting than Street Fighter IV.
kami's Avatar
kami at 05/21/2008 17:47
Is it bad that I'm more excited for this game than SFIV?
AngelsDontBurn's Avatar
AngelsDontBurn at 05/21/2008 17:48
Lauren, you're crazy. I'm sorry. Compared to WHAT it originally looked like, it looks phenomenal.
PaperBowser0's Avatar
PaperBowser0 at 05/21/2008 17:50
No kami, because I am too...I am too. ;)
Danmartigan's Avatar
Danmartigan at 05/21/2008 17:56
Now if only these two would get it on, we'd be set.
MrSadistic's Avatar
MrSadistic at 05/21/2008 18:20
Akuma is looking RIPPED.
AgentMOO's Avatar
AgentMOO at 05/21/2008 18:24
@ lauren, yeah


DO WANT
keener's Avatar
keener at 05/21/2008 18:26
akuma is one of my alltime favorite fighter characters... pure badassery.
Aertyr's Avatar
Aertyr at 05/21/2008 18:28
Lets be honest Akuma and Chun-Li are the only REAL street fighters. I mean really.
fetusmilk's Avatar
fetusmilk at 05/21/2008 18:31
i agree with both of the previous reply's
almarota1979's Avatar
almarota1979 at 05/21/2008 18:50
Can someone post this on the kotaku thread on the ban of the gamertag "gaywood"? I'm banned... you know, politics.

If microsoft is telling the true about sexuality then why are the following gamertags approved

iamstraight
hetero
setsi
stud

of course if you take them out of context they all don't refer to sexuality (i.e. hetero is from Japan).


http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/invalid.aspx
The Unforgivable's Avatar
The Unforgivable at 05/21/2008 18:52
to the windows to the floor... lol @ king3vbo
DJTyrant's Avatar
DJTyrant at 05/21/2008 18:56
I am really glad I picked up a PS3 now, I have been looking forward to this game for a while and to see more screens come out is nice, now if we could just get a release date!
LongDeth's Avatar
LongDeth at 05/21/2008 19:00
Akuma and Chun Li? Akumas cheaper than hell in Super Turbo.Hopefully the rebalance mode fixes that for online play.
Sharpless's Avatar
Sharpless at 05/21/2008 19:03
Looking good, but MaxVest's observation concerns me. Also, I'm a little rusty on my SF2 history: Is Cammy in this?
LongDeth's Avatar
LongDeth at 05/21/2008 19:09
Yes. She came in on SSF2.
Cheeburga's Avatar
Cheeburga at 05/21/2008 19:17
Sexy
Milofo's Avatar
Milofo at 05/21/2008 19:24
Am I the only one that thinks the art design is complete shit. Apparently HD means making completely wrong proportions for the human body with muscles that don't exist on any person alive or otherwise.
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sinny at 05/21/2008 19:24
Look at the third pic....this game is an insult to the eyes ....
Look at the neck and head of akuma in that pic, how can anybody say it looks good...
Sharpless's Avatar
Sharpless at 05/21/2008 19:46
In that case, I demand screenshots of Hi-Def Cammy!
Brandon Undead's Avatar
Brandon Undead at 05/21/2008 20:54
I just don't care anymore.
Drksan's Avatar
Drksan at 05/21/2008 21:26
Nice. The only thing missing is a guarantee that I will get my ass handed to me by Japanese players instead of local people.
Drksan's Avatar
Drksan at 05/21/2008 21:46
@Danmartigan They had a child called the dualshock 3. Of course the xbox controller knew it was a result of the wii controller was cheating on it. But no one could argue that the child was perfect for playing 2D fighting games.
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TurboHyperFighting at 05/21/2008 23:31
@Maxvest: How is it sloppy? Don't you remember the old SF games? It's simply one sprite set in front of the other. If anything, it's the final frame of an animation set, and the victory pose thereof is out of the set area for normal 'in-game' sprite sets. I'm not worried at all. I mean, it IS capcom after all, and they practically invented the genre, right? (or at least did it best!).

Anyway, This is probably the best news to hit me about this game yet. I was on the fence, but now I'm all in, baby.

I'm gonna Shun Goku Satsu some me some nubs!
I can't WAIT!
Roel's Avatar
Roel at 05/22/2008 01:51
These seem slightly less appalling than the earlier screens, I guess. They're still fugly though.
atheistium's Avatar
atheistium at 05/22/2008 01:57
I just think it looks tooo over drawn. Like you see a picture you like and then you define the lines some more and end up ruining it by drawing over it so much.
That's how it feels to me :(
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kadosho at 05/22/2008 03:53
I'm definitely with Atheistium on this, I'm not excited about this at all. The new screenshots make it seem washed out, and its really dark.

Recently watched an interview with its producer, and it looks just awful(the muscles don't flow too well) *SF3 had more fluid animation than this. Something isn't right here.

Given the amount of time they've spent on this. Maybe they should set it back for awhile.
JohnThEReaper617's Avatar
JohnThEReaper617 at 05/22/2008 09:44
What the hell is taking so long i heard about this game like forever ago and it still isn't out yet? Too long for an XBLA game and with SF4 coming out i kinda wonder which will come out first.?
Too Much Coffee Man's Avatar
Too Much Coffee Man at 05/22/2008 10:53
@Danmartigan

it's a dual release 360 & PS3

Wii, its not obv; it doesnt support 1080p
Ninjajuice's Avatar
Ninjajuice at 05/22/2008 16:38
I'm more concerned with whose stage that is. That must be from a later incarnation.
Batthink's Avatar
Batthink at 05/22/2008 16:50
@ Ninjajuice;

That's because it is DeeJay's stage. You know, the one who appeared in Super SFII: The New Challengers.
KMCC's Avatar
KMCC at 05/22/2008 17:35
This and Soul Caliber are going to be awesome on-line.
phamtq's Avatar
phamtq at 05/23/2008 01:33
@kadosho:

They aren't adding more frames of animation to this. They're taking the current engine and overlaying it with new graphics and some new gameplay touches. If they altered the number of frames that would introduce some unwanted game elements.
TairaShogunate's Avatar
TairaShogunate at 05/24/2008 03:48
@phamtq:
Unwanted gameplay elements? Akuma was NEVER playable in SF2 Turbo, so we've already got those.


Anyways, I think this "HD" game looks pretty goofy. There was nothing wrong with SF2T before, why make it all...ugly as sin? : (
B-Radicate's Avatar
B-Radicate at 05/24/2008 23:10
Yeah, I owned this game back on the Genesis and Akuma was definitely not a playable character. Are they adding other characters to the game that weren't in it before?

I don't know enough Street Fighter history to know who is and who isn't in each iteration anymore.
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