I’m all for more characters in Super Street Fighter IV, especially ones I enjoyed in previous iterations of the series. I always liked DeeJay, so it’s nice to see him making a comeback. Hopefully Capcom will have the characters balances properly when this one drops in a few months.
I think I’m going to buy some new controllers in preperation for Super Street Fighter IV. In an interview with Kotaku, Capcom’s Seth Killian indicated that Seth, the end-boss in Street Fighter IV, will be even harder in the Super edition. Let the controller smashing commence.
Seth will be even cheaper and more irritating.
Great. Just great. I did enough screaming and flailing around when Seth spammed teleports, Sonic Boom’s, and the move where he sucks you into his stomach and spits you out. Now, he’s going to be even worse. At least all the fighters will be unlocked from the start so that I don’t have to worry about beating Seth a crap-ton of times to use them all.
Will knowing this make you less likely to buy the game? How about the fact that Capcom hasn’t settled on pricing for the game and it very well could end up costing you $60? That part annoys me, but the Seth factor won’t change me wanting to get in on some more Street Fighter action.
When Capcom announced Super Street Fighter IV as a standalone expansion and not DLC, a lot of gamers got their panties all in a bunch. My guess is that half of those gamers just want to bitch and didn’t buy SF4 in the first place. While I was a bit disappointed, I can completely understand the need for this to be an entirely new game. With all the under-the-hood changes in addition to the new fighters, new network code, etc., it wouldn’t have been feasible to make this into a downloadable package. However, it’s still a short period of time between Street Fighter 4 and what I’ll call Street Fighter 4.5, which has caused pricing to be at the forefront of all discussions.
A listing on GameStop indicates that we’ll be shelling out $39.99 for a copy of Super Street Fighter IV in March. Sounds about right to me, and I think it’s a fair price for everything you’re getting. Since my SF4 game save wouldn’t transfer to my new PS3 Slim, I lost all my unlocked characters, stats, and all that good stuff (BJ and I both got sad when we fired the game up after Uncharted 2 Wednesday night, remembering after the fact that everything was gone). Getting SSF4, with everything unlocked from the start, will make me a happy camper.
What about all of you? Do you think this is fair pricing from Capcom? Will you be picking up the new version of the game? I’m just hoping the costume DLC I bought (I know, I know) transfers over to Super Street Fighter IV…
[via Destructoid]
I have some strong opinions about Super Street Fighter IV, but I’m reserving final judgment until Capcom divulges a bit more information, namely pricing. Since I lost my PS3 game save for Street Fighter IV anyway, it might be worth me picking up the new version, but I won’t know for sure for a little while. Instead of just sitting here waiting, let’s watch some of the new fighters in the game. T. Hawk, Dee Jay and Juri all look like worthy competitors, especially with all the re-balancing Capcom is doing.
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