SF 4 news 1/7/09

Street Fighter mania is apon us! February 17th is fast approaching and people are already getting a chance to play the console version and giving it great reviews.

"If you aren't keyed into the Japanese arcade scene, Arcadia Magazine is like the New York Times of arcade games-it's THE place to go in Japan for amazingly in-depth and expert coverage of a large amount of titles (and no, I don't write for them anymore!). They also sponsor the awesome Super Battle Opera tournament, so it's safe to say that these guys know what's up.

SFIV wasn't really in the running for any Game of the Year awards in the West, since it's "merely" an arcade game right now, but in the one place on earth where the game is in wide distribution, it's blowing everybody away.

Street Fighter IV won:

-GAME OF THE YEAR

-Best Graphics
-Best Production
-Best Character (Ryu)

I'm not sure a single game has ever been so dominant.

And just in case you thought SFIV was only popular with the Arcadia editors, here is where I tell you it also won the write-in Reader's Choice voting for best game of the year. Beastly!"

IGN's Review

"Having spent an inordinate amount of time with the Street Fighter IV code over the last few weeks there's plenty more questions added to our initial list: can enough be added to maintain interest of single players?; will the online servers hold up to the inevitable strain that's going to be placed upon them?; and how will the likes of Fei Long, Cammy and Rose fare in the brave new world of Street Fighter IV? Thankfully, the answers we do have are resoundingly positive. Yes, this is shaping up to be the game to restore beat-'em-ups to their former glory, and as such that mid-February release window can't come soon enough."

OXM

9.5

Here are 3 screens of NEW levels for the console

Training Stage:

Volcano Stage:

China stage at night:

And Last but not least, here is the new 5 min trailer for Street Fighter 4. It contains all the fighters and mixes in the sweet 3D and anime cut scenes. Enjoy!!

news taken from capcoms blog, shoryuken and the street fighter blog