The Street Fighter IV thread

[kupomogli]

I played some more on Championship yesterday and played a few battles in the second rank. The fourth and final match of the next rank was a pretty awesome fight. I uploaded it as my video, but then it didn't show on the rankings. I'll go back today and maybe it'll show.

I also won about six more times and it went back to the main screen saying I disconnected. Bullshit. Then there was one time I lost against the final match and it did it again. One time I played a match against someone and it did it, then he was the same person I just beat and that was only the second match it did it, he asked how I'm fighting him again so quick, told him because of the bullshit that is Crapcom.

[Nirvana]

I'm still trying to get used to the SFIV TE Arcade Stick. TK Cannon Strikes are so much easier to do now, causing more combo possibilities and confused. However, my muscle memory really needs to build using the stick. I've used a pad my entire life, and I'm finally ready to convert.

Seems like to be truly "pro" you have to master using a stick. Kinda like driving...

[XYXZYZ]

I want a TE stick, but I am not paying more than retail. All the goddamn scalpers on eBay buy out the online shops with multiple accounts and flip them at double the price.:mad:

[Mr Mort]

If you're talking about the 360, try the Hori Real Arcade Pro EX.

The stick itself is identical to the one on the TE stick, and the buttons are only a slight grade lower, otherwise the guts of the stick are the same as the TE, and it has a slight angle to the top surface which I prefer. I tried the TE stick, actually liked the HRAP EX better, but it's getting scarce to find also, but not as outrageously expensive as a TE stick. It's an excellent alternative.

[otaku]

I want a TE stick, but I am not paying more than retail. All the goddamn scalpers on eBay buy out the online shops with multiple accounts and flip them at double the price.:mad:

look around forums I've seen them go for retail or less-for instance I sold mine for less than retail to move it quickly when I sold my ps3. Now I'm debating getting one for 360 with SF4 or going hori cause I know I'm going to get SF4 again among other fighters and shmups for 360

[kupomogli]

Wow. This is nice. I'm in G2-E and started playing again today. I just fought seven Sagats in a row, two of those were people I already played before. I guess double blind really doesn't make people stray from the pussy god tier character as Nirvana said. First time got past Sagat on first match, Sagat on second match, and then lost on Sagat on the third match. Second time was the same. Third time I lost against Sagat on the first match.

Infact, I've been playing for atleast an hour and I've fought only three Abels(same person,) a Ryu, two El Fuerte(same person) and the rest were Sagat.

Maybe Crapcom can add some balance to Street Fighter 5 by doing one thing. Putting Sagat as the only character since that's who most everyone is going to use anyways. Maybe put Blanka as a secret character for some variety since 99% of the time I'm only fighting those two(which oddly enough, I didn't fight one Blanka today.) It's just pretty bs how much more overpowered Sagat is on this specific version of Street Fighter than all other titles he's in. The reason I dropped him and then couldn't really come back to playing him is that everyone plays as him, it's like playing Sagat against Sagat every fucking match. Since he's a bit slower and literally everyone who uses him turtles, then it's hard to actually counter turtle them and battles take much longer(I'd rather not throw Tiger Shots all day long every match until there's an opening or until the other person messes up and gets hit with the one I threw or the other way around, because the way everyone plays on here, that's exactly how the matches would be.)

[Nirvana]

Then I must be pretty lucky. Then again, I've said it before and I'll say it again. I don't even give a shit if I keep facing the same character. Only person I really can't stand seeing is other Cammy's, and that's because they don't even deserve to main her. All they do is spam Spiral Arrow/Cannon Spike, and are open to punishment everytime I block one or the other. Then they get amazed and send me a friend request asking if I can teach them combos, then I decline.

Anyway, I really want to start using El Fuerte. I love the wake up games he can play, but I'll have to get 100% used to using the TE stick. Not to mention, I can only land 2 of his Heavy Punches when doing his run-stop-fierce combo. I want to at least be able to land 3, if I do end up using him.

[G-Boobie]

Yeah, El Fuerte is fun to play, though I have serious problems with the Blanka/Fuerte matchup, assuming the Fuerte knows what he's doing. My Blanka is all about weird cross up games on wake up, and a good Fuerte takes that right away from me. It's a problem.

Personally, I've been really enjoying the Championship mode. People play harder, and I've run across far fewer flowchart characters now that I've hit G2.

[Mayhem]

I see a percentage of Sagats at the G2 level, but I've also been getting plenty of Blanka, Ryu, Cammy, Abel, Akuma and Bison. Then there's the occasional Ken, Gouken, Fei Long, Honda and Chun Li. Quite varied overall, by comparison to earlier...

[Sotenga]

Holy crap, it's been ages posting here. I intend to do so more after I'm done with finals in two days (and change my avatar), but I just wanted to mention two things:

A: The all-in-one costume pack is out on the XBLA, and I intend to pick it up soon.

B: Anyone with a 360 and SF4, I await your challenge! My gamertag for XBL is "ContraVania". G-Boobie can attest to my skill; while I'm not the best fighter out there, I intend to give you a good fight nonetheless. :)

[kupomogli]

3500GP on Championship. The reason I keep going back to the game even though I dislike it is the mutiplayer. As for the game itself, I still haven't beaten it with all characters on Medium so I don't even have Akuma or Gouken and doubt I'll ever get them.

It's a miracle. Today I fought very few Sagats and Blankas so raised my rank up considerably. All the Sagats and Blankas that I did face except for one Sagat I beat. I lost quite a few battles because I had a full second lag between button press to when the game actually reacted to it. I think I'm going to run an ethernet cord from my modem instead. On SF4 it seems very noticable on slight occasions, but I can play a game like Unreal Tournament 3 and have absolutely no problem with the lag(why when on Unreal I'm usually playing atleast 10+ people and this is only 1 vs 1?)

[Nirvana]

Something odd happened to my twice. I've been deducted GP somehow. It get this message that I stupidly skip because I am too busy pressing A, wanting to quickly get into another quick match. I got deducted about 700 GP o_O So I went back to G2-E, but now I'm at about 3600 GP. I did pretty well tonight; I beat a couple Balrogs and Guiles, which is pretty damn tough with Cammy.

[ubersaurus]

To anyone living in the Metro Detroit area, the American Fun Center in Oakland Mall has just gotten in two sets of Street Fighter 4 cabinets. If you're looking to play competition in the arcade as god intended, here's your shot! We've got some pretty good players around here...one got 2nd in the big Midwest Championships yesterday!

They also have new versions of Drummania, Guitar Freaks, and Tekken 6 :P

[kupomogli]

I actually started playing again yesterday. Last post was actually last time I touched the game since. I decided to start playing wired on online and I haven't got any lag except one person I played(who I had a good connection with yet it was lagging like hell so I think he was making it lag.)

At 4100GP.

[Nirvana]

I'm at about 21XXX GP right now. Championship mode is a little flawed, as the rankings go by "who has the most time on their hands." With that being said, I understand that it is difficult to find an accurate measure of ranking the players online in this game.

Still using Cammy, and I don't care what the tier listing says. I honestly think I have a fair shot against anyone. E. Honda, Balrog, Sagat, you name it.

On an interesting note, I fought 0 Ryus or Kens today and I played for about an hour and a half. Isn't that interesting?

[Red Warrior]

Just outta curiosity, how many of you SFIV players have actually completed all the HARD trials? I've pretty much given up. My fingers just aren't that fast anymore. :(

[G-Boobie]

Just outta curiosity, how many of you SFIV players have actually completed all the HARD trials? I've pretty much given up. My fingers just aren't that fast anymore. :(

I've gotten through Blanka's, Vega's, M.Bison's, and only need the last two for Honda. I haven't even tried most of the others: I'm a charge character kind of guy.

[Nirvana]

Just outta curiosity, how many of you SFIV players have actually completed all the HARD trials? I've pretty much given up. My fingers just aren't that fast anymore. :(

I did. In fact, I have gotten all of the achievements for SFIV.

The hardest ones were C. Viper, Gen, and Fuerte. It took me a bit to do that damn Fuerte Heavy Punch x3.

Which ones are you having trouble with?

[kupomogli]

I've done Ryu's, that's it. I honestly think the system has been changed in attempts to help noobs pretty much.

I mean seriously. Just frame attacks are fine, it shows skill. However. Street Fighter 4 also memorizes your last button presses on certain occasions. Take it if you're using a character like Ryu or Sagat, doesn't matter as they both have a fireball, and you use a jumping kick and then come back from that with a low punch. You can move the direction forward without hitting the attack button a second time to throw out the fireball(no second punch needed.) If you happen to motion a second time, it still remembers the previous motion still, and using the special if hitting an attack, it'll also use the special. Extremely noob friendly.

Why this is stupid is because all the hard trials consist of just frame attacks and almost every single one of them consists of a ducking attack. Because it captures your previous motion, you have to literally be godlike to release every button and then in a fraction of a second, still do that just frame attack with a Shoruken type attack(still using characters like Ryu and Sagat as examples) and EX cancel. Most of the time the game will still memorize your last buttons and still pull off an attack.

I hate Tekken, but Tekken does it good. You press the buttons in a row and all the attacks come out how you pressed them regardless if you pressed them far before the attack showed on screen or not. Or there are other games that do the just frame attacks but the only time the attack will appear on the screen is during the time you do your current attack. Street Fighter 4 has the shitty concept of including them both.

[DKTheArcadeRat]

I could use some people to fight against so I can boost my Zangief skill against different types. GamerTag is DKTheArcadeRat for the Xbox Live crowd.

[Red Warrior]

I did. In fact, I have gotten all of the achievements for SFIV.

Yeah, I KNOW you did. Your presence at the top of the digital press 360 leaderboards in SFIV pretty much proves that. Unbelievably impressive btw. I guess I should've said "anyone other than Cannon Spook". ;)



The hardest ones were C. Viper, Gen, and Fuerte. It took me a bit to do that damn Fuerte Heavy Punch x3.

Which ones are you having trouble with?

Oh... pretty much all of them. ^^;
It's ok though. I went through some serious hell completing the Normal trials. I ain't about to kill myself trying to do the Hard ones. I've done maybe 7 or 8 (individual trials... not characters) and that's it for me. The others were just too insane for my feeble skills.

[Nirvana]

If it makes you feel any better, more than half of those trials are completely unpractical. It's a fraction of some of the bigger combos that you're more likely to use, as opposed to the whole thing. For example, a lot of those combos require a full Super meter and Ultra meter. Although there are occasions where that will happen, it's not likely that it will happen at a consistent basis.

I did all of the Hard Trials on a fightpad. o_O I look back on that and I'm just thinking about how I can barely even use a fightpad anymore. It's so much easier doing the technical combos with a stick.

Anyway, if anyone wants to do some nice casual matches where it's not our main vs. our main every match, just send me a request. But leave a message saying you're from here, otherwise I will decline, as I'm sure many of you would if you saw a random request ^_^

[G-Boobie]

Nirvana's right, especially when you're playing online and dealing with lag and latency. Link combos don't work very well when you have less than four bars.

[kedawa]

If you're talking about the 360, try the Hori Real Arcade Pro EX.

The stick itself is identical to the one on the TE stick, and the buttons are only a slight grade lower, otherwise the guts of the stick are the same as the TE, and it has a slight angle to the top surface which I prefer. I tried the TE stick, actually liked the HRAP EX better, but it's getting scarce to find also, but not as outrageously expensive as a TE stick. It's an excellent alternative.

This is good advice, but there's one more thing to keep in mind. All of the HRAP sticks with game-specific artwork have soldered connections, while the plain ones have quick disconnects. I have no idea why they do this, but if you want a stick that is hassle-free to mod or repair, stick with the plain sticks.

[Nirvana]

That reminds me, I've been looking into getting custom artwork onto my TE stick. I see that this site has information on making it more convenient for me:

http://www.tek-innovations.com/arthobbies/index.cfm?loc=products&cat=1

I am just looking into how exactly to put the thing on once I get it.

[ubersaurus]

I've been working on getting better with Rufus, and my, that guy is a lot of fun to play. I especially like how not-link-heavy he is compared to some of the other people I play. I definitely need to start hitting up local tourneys again in that game.

Also, I have received word that the local SF4 machines have Akuma unlocked, so that's a plus. I'm also going to shill for the arcade, and point out they also have Tekken 6 and Tekken 6 BR :P

[G-Boobie]

Off the cuff question: how the Hell do you unlock the "Sunny Daze" trophy/achievement? I have 80 hours put into the PS3 version and 50 hours put into the PS3 version: I guarantee I've gotten at least 365 ultra/super finishes. Does it just count online wins? Or do local matches and arcade mode count too?

[Nirvana]

Off the cuff question: how the Hell do you unlock the "Sunny Daze" trophy/achievement? I have 80 hours put into the PS3 version and 50 hours put into the PS3 version: I guarantee I've gotten at least 365 ultra/super finishes. Does it just count online wins? Or do local matches and arcade mode count too?

It counts everything. check how many medals you have. Although it counts arcade mode and versus, it'll give you a rough estimate.

[kupomogli]

I don't have the Sunny Daze Trophy either. I've gotten the other two a really long time ago, too. I'll check my medals though, never knew/thought about that.

[G-Boobie]

It counts everything. check how many medals you have. Although it counts arcade mode and versus, it'll give you a rough estimate.

Actually, the stupid thing just unlocked on the PS3 :). Thanks for the info, though!

[Nirvana]

I wonder if Capcom is going to do anything during the sales of BlazBlue and KOF. I know for a fact there will be a ton of SFIV players jumping ship.

[G-Boobie]

I wonder if Capcom is going to do anything during the sales of BlazBlue and KOF. I know for a fact there will be a ton of SFIV players jumping ship.

I don't think so. Street Fighter is the only 2D fighting game to ever go truly 'mainstream'... Some of the hardcore crowd will jump ship (or at least check out) Blazblue and KoFXII, but there are plenty of people who aren't into fighting games per se: they're into Street Fighter. SF4 sold two million copies or so... There's no way that BB or KoF get even close to that. Capcom doesn't have much to worry about as far as 2D competition goes.

On the other hand, Marvel vs Capcom 2 comes out the same week as Blazblue. It's possible that's intentional... But I doubt it.

[ubersaurus]

I don't think so. Street Fighter is the only 2D fighting game to ever go truly 'mainstream'... Some of the hardcore crowd will jump ship (or at least check out) Blazblue and KoFXII, but there are plenty of people who aren't into fighting games per se: they're into Street Fighter. SF4 sold two million copies or so... There's no way that BB or KoF get even close to that. Capcom doesn't have much to worry about as far as 2D competition goes.

On the other hand, Marvel vs Capcom 2 comes out the same week as Blazblue. It's possible that's intentional... But I doubt it.

Haha, forgetting Mortal Kombat? :P It was definitely more popular than SF during its 2D phase.

BB and KOF will get hardcore fighting game players like they always do, and probably draw in more new players that never gave Guilty Gear or older KOFs a shot. But I don't think there's much chance of them going mainstream like SF4 has.

[kupomogli]

Street Fighter was huge back in the SNES/Genesis days, but from PSX/N64/Saturn onward the Street Fighter series has really stopped selling in comparison to before. Street Fighter 4 is the first game in the series in a very long time to revitalize the series atleast when it comes to sales.

Anyways.

http://theangrypixel.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/fightingarticle_kofxii.jpg

KoF12 is taking a similar look to SF4 in what is most likely an attempt to get more sales(just not as 3d.) I'll buy it if I hear that most people play as Mai.

[G-Boobie]

Haha, forgetting Mortal Kombat? :P It was definitely more popular than SF during its 2D phase.

... Oh yeah. I'm an idiot. :embarrassed:


BB and KOF will get hardcore fighting game players like they always do, and probably draw in more new players that never gave Guilty Gear or older KOFs a shot. But I don't think there's much chance of them going mainstream like SF4 has.

...But yeah. I agree.

[Nirvana]

Street Fighter was huge back in the SNES/Genesis days, but from PSX/N64/Saturn onward the Street Fighter series has really stopped selling in comparison to before. Street Fighter 4 is the first game in the series in a very long time to revitalize the series atleast when it comes to sales.

Anyways.

http://theangrypixel.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/fightingarticle_kofxii.jpg

KoF12 is taking a similar look to SF4 in what is most likely an attempt to get more sales(just not as 3d.) I'll buy it if I hear that most people play as Mai.

Mai isn't playable in the new KoF12 :(

Fighting games are my favorite genre, so I'll definitely be checking out both BlazBlue and KoF12.

http://game.snkplaymore.co.jp/official/kof-xii/character/index.html

[kupomogli]

Thanks to Nirvana, possibly, I finished Sagat's hard trials. Also Ken's and Chun-Li's afterward to go along with Ryu being the only one I've finished the hard trials.

[Nirvana]

Honestly, you'll think they'll be impossible. But just keep going at it. Viper's trials were the ones that made me o_O the most, but they are not that bad once you just sit down and take your time.

I'm so mad I missed the Midwest Evolution event.

[SurfKahuna]

Haha, forgetting Mortal Kombat? :P It was definitely more popular than SF during its 2D phase.

Actually, MK was never as popular as SF in the world domain. Sure, MK had more part-time players (especially in the US), but the true realm of fighting games has always been owned by other titles including SF. Fighting game tournaments around the world have centered on SF for years, including when MK was in its prime.

Speaking of tournaments, was anyone here at Devastation 2009 this past weekend in Phoenix?

[ubersaurus]

Actually, MK was never as popular as SF in the world domain. Sure, MK had more part-time players (especially in the US), but the true realm of fighting games has always been owned by other titles including SF. Fighting game tournaments around the world have centered on SF for years, including when MK was in its prime.

Speaking of tournaments, was anyone here at Devastation 2009 this past weekend in Phoenix?

I would disagree. MK was a huge tournament game up through UMK (which still has hotspots throughout the US, South America, etc.) in arcade and MK Trilogy on console (which is still popular in oddball places like the Caribbean). In Detroit and elsewhere, SF2 peaked with Champion Edition and Hyper Fighting, with Super and ST never really taking off. The major arcades around here back then were wall to wall with MK machines, with a hell of a lot more players than SF was getting. Same with tourneys. It may be true that MK never was very popular in Asia, but do not discredit it.

Part-time players may get mocked, but they're the largest audience for fighters, and games in general.

[kedawa]

As a series, Street Fighter was consistently popular for most of the 90's.
The fact that later games in the series sold fewer copies was largely offset by the increasing number of SF games coming out, so that the series as a whole enjoyed steady popularity.

[kupomogli]

As a series, Street Fighter was consistently popular for most of the 90's.
The fact that later games in the series sold fewer copies was largely offset by the increasing number of SF games coming out, so that the series as a whole enjoyed steady popularity.

The series sold terrible starting on the PSX/Saturn all the way up to the PS2/XBOX. They didn't come close to selling what the Street Fighter 2 series sold. This is probably why they made the fan games Street Fighter vs Xmen, Marvel vs Capcom, etc, etc. To generate sales on a series people were no longer buying.

You know Capcom has already made an announcement of another Street Fighter? Since it's popular again I guess Capcom feels they have to start milking the series for all it's worth again. Whether this is Street Fighter 4 Championship, Super Street Fighter 4, Street Fighter 5, whatever, we're most likely going to see the smallest revision and some character editions. We all know how Capcom loves making one minor change and then releasing the game as a brand new game.


A sequel to the highly-rated Street Fighter IV was ‘practically confirmed’ during Capcom’s latest QA blog.

Capcom dropped a few hints on the sequel, including a couple of new characters and various updates to the game. Remember, there were two sequels to Street Fighter III - 2nd Impact and 3rd Strike, so it’s not really surprising, to say the least.

Here’s the information that Capcom has provided us:

“A new character who is Gouken’s daughter. She is “probably is as strong as Ryu, Ken or Akuma” and “maybe can do a one handed hadouken like his father can.”

Rolento is mentioned as a possible character.

Special intros (Gouken vs Ryu, for example) will probably be added in the next update or next version.

They want to add a ‘diagram’, a tier chart showing the results of each match-up. This was supposedly included with Street Fighter IV at some point during development to help balance the characters.”

Capcom also mentioned a possible survey for Street Fighter IV in order to find out what players want. It’s unknown at this time though if this is meant for Japanese players only, or if it also concerns North American and European players as well.

Stay tuned on PlayStation LifeStyle for all your information on Street Fighter IV. Also, make sure to check out our review here.

[ubersaurus]

Yeah, and Super SF2 sold horribly on SNES and Genesis. The game was pretty overpriced, granted, but compared to the sales of the previous games? Awful. SF3 was terribly unpopular too outside of Japan, up until like, 2004 when Capcom wasn't putting out anything new.

[G-Boobie]

I would disagree. MK was a huge tournament game up through UMK (which still has hotspots throughout the US, South America, etc.) in arcade and MK Trilogy on console (which is still popular in oddball places like the Caribbean). In Detroit and elsewhere, SF2 peaked with Champion Edition and Hyper Fighting, with Super and ST never really taking off. The major arcades around here back then were wall to wall with MK machines, with a hell of a lot more players than SF was getting. Same with tourneys. It may be true that MK never was very popular in Asia, but do not discredit it.

Part-time players may get mocked, but they're the largest audience for fighters, and games in general.

You know, when I'm talking about fighting games to other people who play them regularly, it's like MK never even existed. I literally forget how popular it was/is. Maybe it's my Capcom/SNK elitism taking over my mind.

Ubersaurus, who are you maining now? Still messing around with Rufus? And do you plan to pick up Blazblue?

[ubersaurus]

I'm still fiddling around with Rufus, but my main guys are him, Balrog, and Ryu. Depends on the matchup who I favor. Against Sagat, I almost always pick Ryu, but everyone else I think I'm better off with Rog. Blanka I throw out here and there, and have some decent success, but he's always been my boy since World Warrior, so I can't turn my back on him now. I need to make another trip up to the arcade once I get my car fixed; seems like all the good Detroit competition is playing either there or at gatherings I've never bothered getting the details of. And considering one of our guys got 2nd at Midwest Championships and a spot on our Midwest team at EVO, I'm thinking he'd be a good guy to fight.

I'd say it's more a factor of how MK has been pretty crappy since they went 3D that hardcore players have pretty much turned their back on it. Even with MK vs DC being half decent, it never really had a chance. Fun trivia: One of the best SF players in the state has gone on record as stating he loves the 2D MKs way more than any Street Fighter.

[G-Boobie]

I need to get out there myself. I think I've gone as far as I can playing random folks online. And hell yes Blanka. I ended up maining the green terror, myself... With a little bit of Vega on the side, just so I remember what complete and utter humiliation feels like.

I really enjoyed MK vs DC, but since it was the first MK I'd played since Deception (I think), that was pretty much inevitable. I'll have to revisit the first two or three games and see how they've held up.

[Nirvana]

Championship mode is so bleeeh in G1 since it takes way longer than it should to find a match. I've been doing Player Matches lately.

I'm gonna sift through this thread and look for Gamertags. If you haven't posted it yet, feel free to do so if you feel like playing some friendly games. I'll be sending requests.

[SurfKahuna]

Add me: SurfKahuna on XBL.

I main Rog, and I keep Ryu and Akuma as backups for Sagat matches.

[ubersaurus]

I need to get out there myself. I think I've gone as far as I can playing random folks online. And hell yes Blanka. I ended up maining the green terror, myself... With a little bit of Vega on the side, just so I remember what complete and utter humiliation feels like.

I really enjoyed MK vs DC, but since it was the first MK I'd played since Deception (I think), that was pretty much inevitable. I'll have to revisit the first two or three games and see how they've held up.

Oh definitely. How far are you from the arcade? There's talk from the manager there of getting Blazblue and KOF 12, as well, and I guess they plan on upgrading their vanilla Tekken 6 to turn it into a 2nd Bloodline Rebellion cabinet. Lots of fighters! And yeah, their SF4 machines do have Akuma unlocked. She also was telling me that they have a ton of parts on hand and the knowledge to fix anything that break down quickly.

From my experience, MK1 has aged terribly, MK2 less so. Ultimate MK is still an extremely good game, though, if not very different from practically every other fighter I've played.

[Nirvana]

Add me: SurfKahuna on XBL.

I main Rog, and I keep Ryu and Akuma as backups for Sagat matches.

I think I had you once before, but I was clearing out some of the people I didn't know o_O

I'll add you next time I'm on.

[G-Boobie]

Oh definitely. How far are you from the arcade? There's talk from the manager there of getting Blazblue and KOF 12, as well, and I guess they plan on upgrading their vanilla Tekken 6 to turn it into a 2nd Bloodline Rebellion cabinet. Lots of fighters! And yeah, their SF4 machines do have Akuma unlocked. She also was telling me that they have a ton of parts on hand and the knowledge to fix anything that break down quickly.

I'm actually pretty far away: downtown Grand Rapids. It would have to be a day trip: I'll probably get out there in two or three weeks and check it out. The only problem playing online (lag issues aside) is the lack of decent competition, which teaches you terrible habits that I, for one, find hard to break when you're playing someone of real skill (Blanka slide abuse is something that still haunts me on bad days). Letting some of the arcade guys whup on me for a while might do me some good...


From my experience, MK1 has aged terribly, MK2 less so. Ultimate MK is still an extremely good game, though, if not very different from practically every other fighter I've played.

I'll have to check it out. Thanks for the info.

[dud3ee]

Hello guys, Can you give me some name of 3d fighing game like street fighter,
I really need that kind of game. I played 2d fighting game. But I don't have any IDEA about 3d fighting game.

Please Help......

[kupomogli]

Street Fighter is a 2d fighter. SF4 only has 3d graphics but it's still a 2d fighter.

If you want the best 3d fighter then look towards Virtua Fighter 4, Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution, or Virtua Fighter 5.

[Nirvana]

Virtua Fighter is so amazing. I bought Virtua Fighter 5 awhile ago at Gamestop because it was cheap used, but SFIV has taken so much of my time.

[Nirvana]

Just wanted to bump this ^_^

Anyway, I'm going to be in a tournament on August 1st; it's at Roosevelt University in Chicago. I want to prove that Cammy can be a contender, because deep down I truly believe she is, no matter what people say about the console characters. I've beaten turtlers of all kinds. Main reason I am bumping this is because I want to see if there are any really damn good

- Ryu users
- E. Honda users
- Sagat users
- Guile users

These characters typically give me the most trouble. Well, for every good Ryu and Sagat there are 4 bad ones; it's just that the good ones know how to space me out well. E. Honda is my worst matchup, IMO. And Guile can be annoying too. If anyone would like to spar with me, that'd be great. You can use someone else, too. ^_^

[SurfKahuna]

Cannon Spook? Hey, I have you as a buddy already. I never see you online. I second Ryu, and I believe myself to be decent. However, I'm not as good with Ryu as I am with Rog. I'll play ya next time we're both online.

[Mayhem]

If I wasn't going to be away on holiday for almost all the period coming before the tournament, I'd offer myself up as a Sagat target. I've beaten almost every Cammy player I've faced online so I figure I've got a good nous on dealing with her tricks. Though the potency of the drill does mean being a little cautious out of crouch block :p

One piece of advice I will note, and I don't know if you know this: a blocked ultra against Sagat is pretty suicidal as his ultra can reach her even after the cannon spike part.

[G-Boobie]

Though the potency of the drill does mean being a little cautious out of crouch block :p

Focus that bad boy. Crumple stun > Ultra is the best thing ever.

Add me as well, Nirvana. I play Blanka with a little Vega, so I can't help you TOO much.... But if you want a serious boost to your win percentage, well, I aim to please. :)

[Mayhem]

True, although you have to react to it, which is easier moving the stick than slotting two fingers over the mediums.

[Nirvana]

If I wasn't going to be away on holiday for almost all the period coming before the tournament, I'd offer myself up as a Sagat target. I've beaten almost every Cammy player I've faced online so I figure I've got a good nous on dealing with her tricks. Though the potency of the drill does mean being a little cautious out of crouch block :p

One piece of advice I will note, and I don't know if you know this: a blocked ultra against Sagat is pretty suicidal as his ultra can reach her even after the cannon spike part.

Oh, I definitely know that. Happened to me way too much back in ranked.

I'll add some of you guys in a bit.

[kupomogli]

Actually played Street Fighter 4 again and not just attempting C. Vipers shitty Hard Trial #3 and I was kicking ass all over the place. That is until I fought this Rufus which I should have won. I would have ended with atleast 90,000CP after that battle. It was a good match, but I lost at the end when I was in the corner we both had a hardly any life left, but I was holding block waiting for him to jump. Until he used his special which I was safe, would have survived it, AND WHAT THE FUCK I DON'T BLOCK???? That's fine though.

What pisses me off about the piece of shit game is I got right back in Championship, went through two an Akuma and two Sagats, then I hit okay to enter Championship again and I picked the person I would play against. So the screen goes dark to the "Ready, Not Ready, quit because I'm a pussy screen, etc." As soon as it goes dark it goes right back to the menu and then.

"Match did not finish properly, restarting at the first match."

WHAT THE FUCK!? The bullshit is that it blacked out at the ready screen, so we didn't even start the fucking match. That bitch could have pussied out and just quit or I could have quit if I wanted to, but no, because Capcom has one of the shittiest online services ever, not to mention games for the next gen, I get booted off without even choosing my match, lose what I can guarantee would have been 100+GP and get another disconnect rating. I finally got my disconnect rating back down to 0% and this bullshit happens.

Now I'll admit. It doesn't happen often anymore now that I use a wired connection, how would I have gotten from 3% when originally starting all the way back down to 0% this late after Championship mode was added? But when it does happen it seems it's at the most opportune moments just to piss me off.

[videogameking26]

Finally picked it up today for PS3, heard it was a really tough game and never been that good with Street Fighter but for $20 I couldn't resist, I do like certain fighters like Soul Calibur, Guilty Gear, Mortal Kombat and Virtua Fighter to name a few series. Also picked up Blazblue SE for PS3 so don't really know which to start first?.

[Nirvana]

I expect a couple more people to respond to this since the game is 20 bucks at Gamestop now ^_^

Anyway, I got a tourny this Saturday. Wish me good luck.

[G-Boobie]

Good luck, Nirvana.

[Guru of Time and Space]

Is it the tourny in Des Moines? I might be at that.

-GoTaS

[Nirvana]

It's in Chicago, at Roosevelt University. I'll definitely post the results after it happens.

[Nirvana]

The tournament was awful. The organization couldn't have been worse. The first two tournaments that these guys held were the same way; side tournaments occurring at the same time as the bigger tournaments caused huge delay as we had to wait for players to finish their matches with the side tournys. Although there was a brown out earlier in the day caused more of a delay, it's no excuse because this same stuff happened at previous tournaments; except this time it was worse. The people running the tourny failed to yell out names loud enough, causing my brother to get disqualified from the BlazBlue tournament. He was doing pretty well, too. Not to mention it was the tourny he was training for the most. That ruined my day, to see my brother's training go to waste because of the inability to run a tournament correctly. At least three more people got disqualified because of this.

When Street Fighter IV singles came up, they accidently cleared the bracket on the bracket maker, so they had to re do it. My brother (same one that got DQ'd) was the first match that occurred before the bracket was cleared. For some odd reason, they didn't keep the results for that win. So he had to play another first round match, and he lost. Also, the rules were changed from best two out of three matches with best two out of three rounds, double elimination, to best 3 out of 5, single elimination. I hate how they had to change the rules of the tourny because of time constraints, but like I said, this happened at the two previous tournaments, so why couldn't they schedule less tournaments to help with the time issue? Also, they had this "mystery tournament" you could sign up for, and it ended up being X-Men vs. Street Fighter. My friend and I signed up for it, but my brother didn't. My name wasn't even on the bracket for it, yet my brother Marc's was. It made no sense; how do you get the handle "Cannon Spook" confused with "Marco"? Not to mention, when my friend's match came up for that game, they called it out and went over there. When he reported over at the gaming station, they said to him "Oh, we called out a game at the same time, so just wait here and you'll be up." He was sitting there waiting, as they called out more games. He didn't even give a shit anymore, so he just left that gaming area.

Anyway, I did better than I should have in the BlazBlue tournament. I have about 2 hours worth of playing time in that game and I ended up facing players who just didn't have great fundamentals at all >_> So I just kept spamming Tao's drive and mixed them up with overheads, throws, and low moves. No big combos at all. Not to mention her distortion (I'm gonna beat the crap outta you!) catches people off guard. Well, the not so good players off guard...

When SFIV came, I was completely out of it. I was so upset about my brother getting DQ'd AND for the fact that he earned a first round victory but was forced to repeat it again really made me mad. He is one of the most courteous guys there; he's nice to EVERYONE. And the fact he got screwed over twice just really upset me. Anyway, my first match comes up. My opponent gets DQ'd for not hearing his name in the chaos. Second match comes up. Same thing happens. So I'm in the third round. Great news, right? Wrong. I haven't been able to play for hours since the guys who brought systems for casuals left already, and all the remaining TVs were used for tourny matches. I face a Zangief, who beat me the first two rounds. Then I just said, "Fuck it. The only way I'm gonna win is if I do nothing but cannon spikes." So I just started mashing out cannon spike like a lag spiking Cammy on X-Box live who takes advantage of lag, and I won. I was able to squeek out a victory against this guy without any real strategy at all. Definitely not a great warm up match. Second match is against a Ryu. It came down to the wire, when he blocked a whiffed Cannon Spike and he sweeped me for the win. We both had slivers of health left and I thought the chip damage would take care of it, but unfortunately it wasn't enough. So I lost.

It sucks, because I just didn't feel right the whole tournament. With my brother getting screwed twice, my name not being in the mystery tourny bracket, and the chaos with the brackets and everything, it was just tough for me to focus. Shitty excuse, I know, since the pro players are able to not warm up and all and still put on a show, but I'll be the first to admit that I'm not a pro player. But honestly, all in all those guys had two chances to learn from their mistakes at the previous tournys, I don't understand why they can't get it right the third time.

tl;dr version: God dammit.

[SurfKahuna]

Total bs man. Sorry to hear about that. Shitty tourneys really get you down. All that work for... this?!? Been there...

[Nirvana]

I ended up tying for 9th. Same place as last time. One day I'll win one of these tournaments. Mark my words >_>

[kupomogli]

Not SF4 related, but SF related and really didn't want to start a new thread as it doesn't really seem important enough to get its own thread. Anyways. Zen Pinball, some PSN game, gets a Street Fighter pinball table added to it.


Zsolt from ZEN Studios here! In case you missed yesterday’s memo, I’m here to tell you there’s a new table coming for ZEN Pinball. We’ve teamed up with Capcom and you guessed it, we’re bringing the one and only Street Fighter franchise as the first expansion table for the newly released PSN exclusive ZEN Pinball. As long time Street Fighter fans, we here at ZEN Studios are extremely excited about this collaboration and we can’t wait to get this table out the door to all our fans!

To give you a little idea of what makes this table so unique, we’ve loaded it with all the iconic Street Fighter II characters that revolutionized the fighting genre, from Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, and Guile to Sagat, Evil Ryu, Vega, Balrog and even M. Bison! The locations, missions, and even the tempo of the game capture the feel and look of the Street Fighter brand, so if you’re a fan of the franchise you’ll need to check this table out.

Right now we have a tentative release date scheduled for sometime in August 2009, so stay tuned to this blog, or check out the official ZEN Pinball site for more details.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/08/06/zen-pinball-street-fighter-table/

[Nikademus1969]

Has anyone gotten the PC version of this game yet? I was wondering if there are any major differences between the PC and console versions.

[Nirvana]

Here's a major difference.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBRDQiled6k&feature=PlayList&p=9590C01C591A47D5&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=30

Gotta love those PC mods.

[kupomogli]

Currently at work, but I'm only guessing that's a random character who controls as Blanka. I've seen a Crimson Viper as Blanka.

[c0ldb33r]

Gotta love those PC mods.
heh, not as good as the nude cammy mod :D

[Nirvana]

heh, not as good as the nude cammy mod :D

lol. I've seen em all; and that one is just o_O

Decapre Cammy is the best.