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My favorite part of CES 2010 is the fact that Super Street Fighter IV is playable. I've managed to put a good amount of time in with the game at this point so I think it's ready for some impressions. Won't you join me?
Before we get going, however, how about you watch all of the great video I shot off the screen at Capcom's SSFIV Fight Club last night?
For 2 more videos (35 minutes of footage!), check out this blog post… all caught up? Good!
Revealed at CES 2010, every character will be able to select from two different Ultra Combos. A lot of these are situational or useful for specific match-ups. Blanka, for example, has a new 2-in-1 Ultra, with one version that can be used as an anti-air/anti-cross-up and the other used for countering fullscreen fireballs. Chun-Li grabbed a non-charge fireball Ultra that can easily be setup after an EX Lightning Legs, which should help her rise up the tier list a bit.
Balrog has gained a 720-degree command throw Ultra, but I don't know where I stand on that yet. I primarily play Balrog so I have a vested interest in this. Zangief has one of the hardest Ultra setups in the game and Balrog's new attack uses the same motion. This means the new Ultra has to be buffered in a jump, Focus Attack, or on a whiffed dash punch. Compare this to Balrog's original Ultra, which is one of the easiest to hit in the game. The grab also has some start-up, so quick players can easily jump away, unlike Zangief's.
For more impressions, including how the new characters stack up and gameplay details on Ryu's awesome new Metsu Shoryuken Ultra, click the break.
Ryu's Ultra, while flashy, isn't quite as useful as his old one. The damage is about the same off of a Focus Attack Dash Canceled Dragon Punch and the Hadoken is a bit better for chip damage. That's the beauty of the metagame, though. I'm sure once Super Street Fighter IV is out in the wild long enough, players far more skilled than I will figure out exciting new ways to use all of the new Ultra combos.
The new characters are nice, but some of them are currently a bit underpowered. Others, like T. Hawk seem extremely potent. Adon is a bit lacking right now, but Cody and Juri are early favorites among the newcomers. Dee Jay is a bit weaker now that his EX Dread Kick doesn't crumple, which used to be his easiest Ultra setup. Hopefully, the final four characters will be revealed shortly so we can dig into their movesets.
Overall, Super Street Fighter IV is already looking great. The new Ultras mix up a lot of the match-ups and new characters will find their way into the tier list as players pick them up. Keep checking back for more on Super Street Fighter IV as 2010 continues.
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dabos90
Is it me, or did the Zangief/El Fuerte fight look like a scene out of Ultimate Muscle.
Ntanel
Will it be compatible with the saved memory of the original? We should be able to use the DLC and unlocked characters from the previous game if we haved the same memory.
Vesuvian Ast3r1x
Hey G4 where are your illustrious site handlers now? At about 2:09 there's this guy in the background saying something about a mind @#$%, anyway it was an expletive either way you take it. It does'nt matter where i'm concerned but i had a kid in the room at the time my speakers were loud & she heard loud & clear. Now i've had no problem with the way you've run your site thus far. Just next time properly review your vids and apply age gates where needed. Now that that's over & done with, that game looks amazing & the video was pretty awesome, with the exception now being me having to go and explain to a 6 year old girl what a mind @#$% is. Nice job G4.
DanRisen
T Hawk is actually looking pretty horrible right now. Yes he deals big dmg with some of his specials but his priority of his normal attacks and he has almost no combos that are useful. His ultra and Super are the only things going for him right now.
One of the best players in america saying just that http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =uY-RPfpJ1gQ
GreedyMcNasty
I find that the people that complain are the first in line to buy the game. Say what you will I have played it and gazed at the new graphics. I know it is worth the 40 dollars and more. For the love of GOD......Sagat has been toned down and everyone else has been boosted up. That is enough to get the we hate Sagat players to come back to street fighter 4.
Lucifer6972
Luckily for me, I was able to hold off the official release to wait for a price drop(which is nice now) but after learning the annoucement of a new one, it was just meant to be.
I like the original play and with the addition of Super Street Fighter, the waiting makes it worth it and $40? That sounds pretty cool, it sounds alright but I do feel some people who wasted their money on the highly anticipated one since Resident 4 came out an awful long time. It must suck.
Sure looks good and sounds like they added some tweaks to the game, which I'm happy to see. I'll be looking forward to it and by the time is released, that should be enough time for me to have it by then.
I ain't no master or Jedi in the arts in this game...yet and I am debating whether I should just get the original one for practice but maybe I should wait when this comes out. I think it'll suit me best. And I don't know, I prefer playing it on the PS3, does anyone else agree? Controls seem more relaxed, comfortable and reliable. The comfort just seems there. That's just me.
Tekken I've been playing(but not as of late) but that's the game I beat em up for the meantime.
AmbiguousSage
You know what, I part of me wants to not buy this freaking game on principle. I paid like how freaking much for the special ed. pre order. Still have my head band and everything. Now I gotta drop like another freaking 40 bucks for this?! They are milking the crap out of this game. And you know what? I'm going to sell out and buy it because I just have to. And they know they could get away with this. Screw you Capcom, you are victorious yet again! CHUN LI BETTER HAVE HER SPEED AND JUMP ADVANTAGE BACK!
GreedyMcNasty
I was there and loved it. Got to meet Mr. B and asked him if Adam Sessmaster, and Morgan Freeman Webb play street fighter. Then I made fun of SILVER McGURGLEBURG's name then snuck off to take more pics and sneak in some games. Adon is fast but needs something more....needs to hit harder. T-hawk is bad to the bone and hits really hard but his 360 throws seemed weaker than Gief's. Guy is a beast hands down, fast and hits hard. Cody is going to be too much fun and is as deep of a character if not deeper than Gen could be. Dee Jay is feeling like a solid character. Never got to play with Juri but saw her second ultra and do believe it is a three way tie with rose's and cammy's ultra for the worst looking ultra's in the game. Gotta go more info on Capcom-unity.com
TENINCHLUVABOY
JURI SOUNDS LIKE A WASTE OF GOOD MOVES AND IS JUST THEIR AS EYE CANDY LIKE MOST FEMALE SF CHARACTERS NOWADAYS.
The best characters in street fighter will always be men because only men are allowed to have good -excellent health and with a high damage output .
Seth Killian; Juri is a great character ,"why is she a great character Mr Killian" 'cause she is a offensive monster who does little damage and takes lots of damage ,"WOW I CAN SEE WHY SHE IS A GREAT CHARACTER' HAHAHA"
Mr capcom this is not blazblu or a version of the guilty gear series ,this is street fighter and as you can recall combo ability means nothing if the moves themselves do not do much damage solo wise as the damage reduction in the game starts from the third hit thus negating a low damage char' value as a combo whore to zero(sakura ,gen) in comparison to smaller combo's by other characters WITH HIGHER HEALTH.
Highly spammed moves and damaging strings and combos exist for characters with enormous health and damage output in the male category from top to bottom yet you find a problem with a female that has ryu's level of health please do not reintroduced makota into this game ,with your anti-female complex she will have c.vipers health and sakura's combo damage and ultra damage.
XxmushroomkidxX
I hope they give all the people who have street fighter data on their ps3/360 a bonus on super street fighter 4 like a new character or something.
STINKEY PILE OF CACA
I REALLY HOPE THEY DONT
MAKE US BUY THE COSTUMES AS A DLC
OTHER THAN THAT THE CHOICE FOR THE ULTRA COMBOS
SOUNDS AMAZING
Valentinog
They should just keep all SFIV characters unlocked, while we try to unlock new characters for the final version of SSFIV. Hopefully they show the new characters as well, so they could balance out the characters and get ready to release this great fighting game.
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