YES!! YES!! The Street Fighter Thread

[Madmarkus]

Movie not about Ryu?

Then frankly I don't give a sh*t.

[Don Vecta]

so... the long awaited secuel is coming...


... i`ll be honest, i AM afraid...

[DanteLv3]

Well...I insist...I hope they get an advisor for making a true sequel and not some crap....still, I hope the game is being made by Capcom Japan...

Now that I think about it...maybe Hideaki Itsuno is involded since Devil May Cry 4 is almost done (he's producing it), and is not that far away...so his next move is Street Fighter 4 (one can only hope)...

[VampX]

still, I hope the game is being made by Capcom Japan...

Dear Capcom USA, hey its us again, your family in Japan,
say remember when we decided to sell you everything related to Street Fighter?
well eh.. we'd like that back..
yeah.. cause we like SF so much we sold it..

so eh.. please give it back..

cause we like SF again..

i guess we shouldn't have sold it..

yeah..

we were gonna do Resident Evil 5 but we figured, hey why not buy back SF and do something with it?
I mean since we love SF so much that we sold it..

Arigato!

[moonmaster1]

Japan: we're coming over to make sf4 and we're expecting dinner at the ritz. see you then.

because you owe us for butchering storylines and guy,
capcom of japan.

[Mentski]

capcom of japan sold their rights to street fighter in 1998.

This constantly persistent rumour is bullshit.

Capcom USA isn't some kind of separate company, you know. They are a subsidiary of Capcom Japan and although have a large amount of independence, at then end of the day, still have to answer to them.

They didn't "sell the rights" - they gave control of the brand to them, which incidentally, certainly didn't happen as early as 1998, either (Third Strike didn't come out until '99), It was only a few years ago, as Japan was still in control of the IP up until at LEAST Fighting Jam.

Now Street Fighter 4 is being produced by Capcom USA, but unlike Capcom Japan, they don't have much in the way of internal development studios, so they outsource a whole lot of development (which is what they have done with Bionic Commando, and Commando 3, which they are also producing, and of course elements of SSFIITHD are being outsourced, too).

If we are lucky, they have outsourced to a Japanese developer with experience in the genre (rumour is it's Arc System Works or Dimps - It wouldn't surprise me), and managed to get Akiman to work on it (who left Capcom to go freelance a few years ago) - he's been worked on a lot of the designs in SF games except the first, and the look of Ryu in that CGI trailer is very reminiscent of a piece of art he did a few years back, they could do worse than get him to at least come up with the concept work.

Hopefully, they've looked back at recent modern sequels to old games and learned from the mistakes of titles like Final Fight Streetwise.

Aside from ports and localisations, Capcom USA have only been responsible for one "original" Street Fighter title - outsourced to a US developer, was at one point almost going to be Street Fighter III, thankfully the Japanese side seeing sense and vetoing that idea, and by the end of production all but turning their back on it like it didn't happen.

I think anyone with a brain in their head knows which game that was, and what a shambling disaster it was - And this is the story of the man who helped design it

Unlike STTM, though I'd think SF4 will be far too big a deal for Capcom Japan to ignore if it's production is going to shit.

[kufismcka]

And this is the story of the man who helped design it

And just because he's from Chicago doesn't mean everyone from here sucks.

[AxelStone]

Guy wasn't that butchered is Streetwise... All the characters went downhill in their lives, but it was slightly believable. Guy was more like the mediator leader of all the gangs, slightly better then the others, more trying to keep the peace then anything else. Cody, well, not everybody can keep their body's going forever and he DID do a spell in prison, don't forget. Haggar, well... I don't have an excuse, he obviously did that one to himself, because you got zip in the way of details there.

Back on topic, I still can't see America getting it. They tried MK with SFTM and it'll be Tekken with SF4 if they do it, I'd stake my manhood on that.

[DanteLv3]

If we are lucky, they have outsourced to a Japanese developer with experience in the genre (rumour is it's Arc System Works or Dimps - It wouldn't surprise me), and managed to get Akiman to work on it (who left Capcom to go freelance a few years ago) - he's been worked on a lot of the designs in SF games except the first, and the look of Ryu in that CGI trailer is very reminiscent of a piece of art he did a few years back, they could do worse than get him to at least come up with the concept work.

Well...I remember Akiman working on the Super Dragon Ball Z game (Chou Dragon Ball Z), and that game was...above average...

Well....given that statement from Capcom saying that SF4 won't come any time soon (a whole year according to articles), and Arc System Works making the Sengoku Basara X game...maybe they're making it...and I'm still wishing they consult Hideaki Itsuno...

I insist...one can only hope...

[Mentski]

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/26832.html

...and so it turns out:

SF4 is being made by an INTERNAL Capcom team, in Japan, headed by Yoshinori Ono (who produced Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams, Capcom Fighting Jam, and a few others) - told you that "Capcom US owns the SF Franchise" rumour was bull, sounds like Capcom Japan has taken it's baby back.

It still scares me the way that guy umms and ahhs when asked about the direction the game is taking... hopefully it's because its so early in development he doesnt really know.

Because everyone knows 3D is shit.

[Madmarkus]

Really?

Because I don't.

[Saven]

Really?

Because I don't.

Same here. Not all 3D games are bad.

[windsock]

Really?

Because I don't.

Same here. Not all 3D games are bad.

But by the same token, we already have plenty of 3D fighters. I personally want it to be 2D.

[Madmarkus]

No, there are not enough 3D fighters.

Not enough GOOD ones.

[Soulcerer]

Game's gonna be dope, I'm surethey're considering alot goin into the game. m a fan of the series itself, so each game being diffrent doesnt bother me. I still play SF II CE, that's still one of my favorite games. Truth is, the gaming world needs some good 2d Fighting, so it's about damn time lol! Been waitin 8 years for this.