Street Fighter IV vs Iron Chef

Seriously, I can't believe that nobody else has noticed this yet, but Iron Chef America himself (Bobby Flay) has been included as a playable character in SFIV! Add that to the full roster line up, Max!

Dustin

Complete Street Fighter IV Roster Revealed

Some of you may already know the full roster of Street Fighter IV, but some of you may have been in the dark as I was about the full lineup, totaling 25 characters. Although none of the SFIII characters appear (aw!), some from the Alpha series are included (Rose, Gen, Sakura) and almost all of the Street Fighter II: Championship Edition gang are here (save for T. Hawk and Dee Jay, sorry guys). There are also a handful of new characters too. Many of these characters will be console-exclusive and do not appear in the arcade version. Check out the story on Joystiq, as well as their awesome alphabetized character gallery to see the full cast of characters. While you’re there, take a look at all the things being offered in the Collector’s Edition of the game (I usually avoid collector’s editions but whoa, I might have to get this one). I gotta say that with its awesome character line-up, Street Fighter IV is shaping up to be one of my most anticipated post-holiday games!

Max

Games that need to be remade: Fighting game version

with the re-release of Super Street Fighter 2 hyper global mega-net remix HD today on XBLA and PSN, i was thinking of how fighting games are seemingly coming back. i also started thinking about other games that could benefit from the new coat of paint and the HD treatment. non lag online would be a plus as well. rather than write a million words about each game, i figured that i'd scour the annals of youtube for some examples of what face beating could be. maybe this list could inspire you to poke the developers in the side to remake some of these awesome beat 'em ups. and start making some other ones.



Power stone (capcom)




Street Fighter EX series - Capcom (EX3 pictured in video)



Darkstalkers - Capcom



Clayfighter - Interplay



Rival Schools - Capcom



King of Fighters - SNK (2002 version shown)



Samurai Shodown - SNK (i never noticed that it was spelled S-H-O-down. like shogun. sweet.)



alot of capcom games, eh? sure. at one point, capcom was the end all and be all in the fighting game genre. many still think so. sure, tekken and virtual fighter have wowed with the advances in graphics and modes, but i think that the side scrolling fighter will made a comeback after the (upcoming) success of SSF2THDR and SF4. i'm sure we'll see another River City Ransom at some point soon.


Happy Thanksgiving,
J.