Street Fighter IV Officially Announced

Along with the announcement of the new-for-modern-consoles Bionic Commando, Capcom has also officially revealed the existence of Street Fighter IV . Other than the fact that it is in development there aren't a lot of details on the game, with little more than a gameplay-less trailer to view. Gamespot reports: "The trailer depicts longtime rivals Ken and Ryu duking it out once more, this time in a moonlit forest. The two friends and frequent rivals exchange, block, and parry blows for about a minute, busting out such familiar moves as the hurricane kick and dragon punch. With neither fighter gaining the advantage, Ryu charges up a fireball that bathes the screen in white before the Street Fighter IV logo appears with a splash of blood, followed by a warning to 'Prepare yourself.'"

How do you pronounce Ryu anyways?

[mark-t]

Is it RHY-oo or REE-oo?

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[The Living Fractal]

I believe it is in fact pronounced "roo". But I don't care and I still pronounce it "rye you", because it sounds cooler IMHO.

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[Anonymous Coward]

RYE-you is what you call him if you've never spoken a word of Japanese if your life. It's pronounced REE-you. How would you pronounce Kyoto? KYE-oto? No, it's KEE-yoto. Ryuho, Ryosuke, Kyo, all the same way.

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[The Living Fractal]

I have spoken a few words of Japanese in my life.

I still think it sounds better as Rye You. It's personal opinion, and I know it's not correct and I sound like an ignoramous. But hey, I'm American, we're *expected* to do this. ;)

Wakarimasu?

Re:How do you pronounce Ryu anyways?

[Jaqenn]

I have spoken a few words of Japanese in my life.

The swear words don't count.

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[kalirion]

I'm pretty sure Japanese doesn't have real swearwords. At least not any with more of an impact than "damn".

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[Knara]

Pick up a book called "Zakkenaiyo" (or pretty close to that) in your local B&N/Borders. Full of useful Japanese slang and profanity. You seem to be under the impression that Japanese society is polite through and through. This isn't the case at all.

Mandarin, however, seems to use words that have double meanings, instead of separate curse words. This does not seem to be the case with Cantonese, however.

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[NoodleSlayer]

http://www.amazon.com/Zakennayo-Philip-J-Cunningham/dp/0452275067/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-0218988-8356053?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1192763964&sr=8-1 [amazon.com]

I have a copy laying around somewhere.

It's not so much a book of swear words, as it is insults.

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[dloose]

Go back to your anime and stop ruining my childhood memories. Tool.

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[dloose]

Wow. The second sentence of my reply couldn't have been more on target.

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[shinma]

Actually, you wouldn't hold the REE, and you'd combine the "ree" noise and the "yoo" to a large extent.

Only Texans pronounce it KEE-yoto. ;P

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[NuShrike]

Except, it's a one syllable diphthong. Your KEE-yo-to looks like 3 instead of 2.

Correctly, it's KEyo-to (2 syllables), or REyuu (one) and sounds more like liuu but with the L pronounced halfway like an R.

You know how they make fun of Asians that say rice like lice. Say RLiuu rike that. :)

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[Greg_D]

ree-you.

The "ee" sound is slightly abreviated.

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[dintech]

Yes, that's the correct pronunciation. My girlfriend's brother is called Ryu and she told me the other night that it means 'dragon'. The same name in mandarin is Long.

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[faloi]

As long as I'm not listening to Jean-Claude Van Damme [imdb.com] pronounce it, I don't care.

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[VTMarik]

It's ree-OO, the Japanese word for Dragon.

Re:How do you pronounce Ryu anyways?

[hansamurai]

It's a very difficult pronunciation for non-native speakers. It is actually pronounced something similar to "dew" but with a softer R-like sound than the straight D. The Japanese is phonetically spelled out as:

RI(yu)U

So the (yu) would modify the RI sound. There is a straight RU sound, so there is still some I sound left after the (yu) modification.

I still say Rye-yu though, because otherwise no one knows I'm talking about.

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[KamuZ]

I have found japanese is really hard to say for english users. Me as a native spanish user, japanese i really easy to say as we practically say it as we read it in romaji.

Of course, english for spanish native users really suck, you just can't give the "latin" accent unless you go to classes to fix the dictation.

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[Abreu]

Indeed, all the vocal sounds in Japanese are the same as in Spanish.

Likewise, a japanese friend of mine tells me that it is way easier for him to speak Spanish than English.

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[El Gigante de Justic]

The best explanation I've seen for how to pronounce the Japanese R is as follows:

1) Place the tip of your tounge against your palate just above your upper teeth - this is the same position it takes for an L or D sound in English
2) Make an R sound

I've heard of it as being described like the Spanish R but without a trill.

In any case, the Japanese know what you mean if you pronounce your R's the English way. Ryu is a single mora in Japanese, so in English pronounciation its like Roo with a little 'ee' sound a

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[Taulin]

I would like to add it is also like "Do you", but pushed together..like "dyu", since the Japanese R sound is actually a cross between an R and a D.

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[alexo]

Is it similar to the Russian ""?

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[alexo]

Where did it go?
There were supposed to be a Cyrillic "R" and a "yu" between the quotes.
Does /. strip non-english characters?

Re:How do you pronounce Ryu anyways?

[mchale]

It's pronounced "Ryu".

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[dosius]

R-yoo. One syllable.

-uso.

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[Turn-X Alphonse]

Re-you

It means Dragon in Japanese. It's quite a common name too.

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[Kilraven]

I don't know, perhaps - and may be I'm reaching here - you don't comment?

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[PopeGumby]

I don't know, perhaps - and may be I'm reaching here - you don't comment? Thats crazy-talk.

Number 4 at long last

[closetpsycho]

It's taken them 16 years to go from releasing Street Fighter 2 to announcing 4. It's almost like they're taking a cue from the Duke Nukem Forever dev team.

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[Abreu]

If you're going to measure distance between games, wouldn't it make more sense to measure from 3 instead? We could measure from the first and then it looks even longer, but it wouldn't really reflect how long the series has actually lain dormant.

Of course, it's still been a decade since 3...

Thats because no one remembers Street Fighter 3 (not fondly, at least)

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[joystickgenie]

Many people in competitive gaming would disagree with you. street fighter 3 (third strike specifically) is a very good game and shows up at many tournaments.

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[empaler]

Could be because SF3 did not really have an impact. None that I recollect, anyway. SF2 is the one to go by, as that was their last achievement. (or, as remarked by AC below, series of achievements)

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[Tetsujin]

Could be because SF3 did not really have an impact. None that I recollect, anyway. SF2 is the one to go by, as that was their last achievement. (or, as remarked by AC below, series of achievements)

Man, your recollection is weak. Not only did it have an impact, it had a second impact too...

(BTW, can we please, please just get beyond Thunderdome already?)

Subtitle

[lpangelrob]

Let's see... it's 2007... will this be the Street Fighter: Retirement Home edition?

Street Fighter The Later Years

[tgibbs]

Let's see... it's 2007... will this be the Street Fighter: Retirement Home edition?

See it on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLrWgVPeCzI [youtube.com]

Mod parent informative!

[Spy der Mann]

Altho the clip is hilarious, i consider it MUCH BETTER than the van-damme movie. It's worth watching, trust me.

P.S. You'll love Blanka's appearance on the third episode.

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[Briden]

damn, i was going to mod that funny. except.. it wasn't.

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[toad3k]

Maybe they'll make a prequel.

http://www.dailymotion.com/search/elephant+larry/video/x1xisq_hadoken-street-fighter-2-live_fun [dailymotion.com]

Re:What is this game all about?

[insertwackynamehere]

By hitting the road and getting out of here with your corny ass jokes BOOYA

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[Orange Crush]

Only if they release a version for the Wii. *ducks*

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[empaler]

Just use the "Classic" controller, you'll be all set.

the fanboy in me says..

[netsavior]

"z0mg I can't wait". The synic in me says: Sucks that there is no such thing as an arcade game anymore, only $1 ride on pieces of crap. I would so love to pump quarters into this game... but I will have to settle for sitting on my couch throwing out dragon punches.

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[kevin.fowler]

I feel like paying for live arcade is the new pumping quarters. Same quasi-social interactions with people you don't know. Now with less b.o.

2D, I hope

[tgibbs]

Hopefully, they'll stick with the classic 2D design, with higher resolution art and a higher frame rate.
And they'd better include Blanka!

Pikachu

[tepples]

Or you can just get Super Smash Bros. Brawl this February and play with a character that has so many of the same moves it might as well be named Blankachu.

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[Glowing Fish]

Not only will it have Blanka, it will have a feedback mechanism that really electrocutes you.

You don't get your head bitten just yet, though.

6 months later

[kevin.fowler]

STREET FIGHTER IV: Ultra Lazer Ham Sandwich Death Combat Edition, with 1 new fighter and 6 new costumes. Only $59.99

If It's Very Much Like SF3

[Apple Acolyte]

Then count me out. I guess I don't like change, but I just wasn't all that impressed by SF3. At least they show Ryu and Ken in the teaser.

Side view?

[The Living Fractal]

I really liked the old-school side-only view of Street Fighter.

It just seemed more playable. And fun.

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[dryueh]

There's nothing to suggest that this new one will be any different. A FMV doesn't mean that the playable game will look anything like the teaser trailer.

In any case, I, along with most other SF fans I've heard chime in, are with you.

Damnit!

[Sage Gaspar]

I was hoping for Street Fighter III Hyper Turbo Championship Edition.

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[Ang31us]

That one's only available on the Wii Virtual console these days. ;-)

Only three...

[Notquitecajun]

There were only three capcom fighting games I liked. SF II; SF vs. X-men; Marvel Super Heroes (based around the Infinity gems). When the SF: Alpha mess got all cartoony, I called it quits.

BTW, Guile rules.

You're the only one

[Datamonstar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeM0rH_4ung [youtube.com]

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[miscz]

You can even emulate it (arcade one) using MAME since June/July. Took some time to break the protection mechanisms on Capcom Play System 3 :)

Capcom USA vs. Street Fighter

[Anonymous Coward]

Akiman announced years ago that Capcom Japan had sold off the Street Fighter license to Capcom USA, and that his team was no longer working with it (other than I believe to complete Hyper Street Fighter II, the commemorative anniversary remix game). I have very little faith in Capcom USA, who now own and control the license to all things Street Fighter. While nothing about the game except the inclusion of two characters (one of which whose face was very oddly designed) can be learned from the trailer, Cap

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[blahplusplus]

"I'm not saying the SF series should be scrubbed down to a stupid level, I'm only curious to see what approach they take, assuming the current team has given the issue much thought."

Street fighter was a technical game, most of the best fighting games are technical games FFS... why would you want a game that required no skill? As far as I'm concerned after SF2, the addition of 50 different versions (hyper fighting, super street fighter, etc, etc) was the problem. They should have just done what good game d

The orginal Streetfighter programers...

[rsilvergun]

made the mediocre Super Dragonball Z... And StreetFighter III played fine if you weren't hardcore. Yeah, the parry system was useless to you, but it was still loads of fun and a joy to watch. Hell, try playing GGX or SoulCalibur or (*shudder*) King of Fighters XI against a tournament grade player and it's brutal. If you think you need to be hardcore to play SFIII, you don't play a lot of fighting games...

3D characters

[MaWeiTao]

I hope Capcom remains faithful to the 2D gameplay. I'm not against full 3D characters, however, if they take an approach similar to Nintendo's New Super Mario Bros on the DS. We're at a point with 3D graphics where characters can be made detailed enough that they could pass for 2D sprites. And this way we enjoy the benefit of extremely fluid animation.

If they do go with 2D sprites I hope we get high-resolution artwork with animation on the level of a good anime. But given the considerable amount of producti

Ahhhhh...

[StikyPad]

Nothing like intravenous Street Fighter. Anyone know if it's gonna be by prescription only? If so, what symptoms should I present? I'm willing to start smoking again if cancer is necessary.

Redundant

[AmiMoJo]

It's hard to see how they can move SF forwards now. A lot of people still play SFII in Japanese arcades, but for fighting games Guilty Gear has mostly taken over. GG is the antipathy of SF in just about every way. Movement is extremely fluid, moves don't mirror each other, combos do less damage the longer they go on etc.

SF experimented with various gimmicks, but in the end hasn't really changed much since SFII.