Over the last couple of months the Plus XP team have been giving you little snippets of Super Street Fighter IV info straight off the press. Now that all the new characters have been announced and confirmed. I thought it would be best to give you the low down on these new additions to the Super Street Fighter IV Roster.
For those of you asking, ‘What is Super Street Fighter IV (SSFIV) offering us that the original Street Fighter IV didn’t?here is al little insight. Well they key fact to note down here is that this game will be packed with tons of extra content. We are looking at 10 new characters, a pile of new stages, bonus stages, new ultra combos, revamped multiplayer online, new challenge modes and the whole games has been returned and re-balanced. I’ll believe the last one when I see it mind, because I heard somewhere that Seth maybe even more of a cheap bastard than last time. But lets forget about that….for now.
One of the biggest things here is the new characters. Which I will now shed some light on, some of these guys will be old Street Fighter fan favorites making a return, others are brand spanking new characters.
T.Hawk
T.Hawk, aka Thunder Hawk is a pretty bad ass, buffed up indian tribes man. Back in Street Fighter II he came to the tournament seeking revenge against M.Bison. Who destroyed his home and killed his father. He then made an appearance in Street Fighter Alpha 3 where M.Bison kidnapped and brainwashed his sister Julia to do his bidding. He now returns to SSFIV, becuase Julia has gone missing again, and assumes Bison is up to his old tricks.
T.Hawk has been compared to the fighting style of Zangeif, lets hope he isn’t as cheap.
Dee Jay
Another fan favorite from Street Fighter II. Back in Street Fighter II He came into the world warrior tournament to seek out a new musical sound. As you can gather by his name, he is somewhat of a musical type, often compared to the likes of Eddie Gordo from the Tekken series.
To his friends and fans Dee Jay has been dubbed ‘the southern comet’ and has quite an unusual kick boxing style that some of you about there are bound to love.
No info has been found as to why he is making an appearance in SSFIV. Maybe it’s because he wants to re-sample some punch sound effects for his next single.
Adon
Sagat’s Pupil makes a return to the street fighter franchise. After his appearance in street fighter alpha 2 and 3. Adon briefly mad an appearance in Sagat’s prologue in the original street Fighter IV. He is now back in full form in SSFIV to prove his teacher wrong and try his best not to be knocked down by a single shinku hadoken from Ryu.
Adon’s fighting style is a lot like Sagat’s but implementing more acrobatic moves, meaning, when used well, this fighter will be a hard one to squash.
Cody
Cody Traves started out his fist fighting life in the game franchise Final Fight. He and another fighter named Guy started life there before being moved to the street fighter Roster in Street Fighter Alpha 3. Cody broke out of Bison in Alpha 3 after a prison riot, He then went travelling where he met up with his good friend Guy. Cutting a long story short the both of them went their separate ways after Alpha 3. Now the prison convict returns to SSFIV with his hands cuffed and his throwing knives in had.
Cody is a hardcore street brawler, powerful yet nimble at the same time, he is a well rounded character with a few nasty tricks up his cuffed sleeves.
Guy
Cody’s partner in crime is Street fighter Alpha 3 and another fighter from the final fight series. But after the Alpha 3, Guy and Cody went their seperate ways. Guy then committed a crime which Cody was later convicted and the two have not spoke since. Is guy’s return to SSFIV his only chance of getting to Cody? Will the two make up or kick off one hell of a fight? I am hoping the latter.
Guy has an interesting fighting style that is a mix on Ninjitsu and Modern Day street brawling. I cannot wait to play as him.
Dudley
Another boxer enters the ring. Dudley hails from the United Kingdom and is a gentle man boxer. His love for violence never overshadows his charm and manner. He made his first appearance in Street Fighter 3 2nd Impact where his fathers empire had fallen after his death and Dudley was left to pick up the pieces.
It is not known why he is making an appearance in SSFIV, But i feel something nasty is going to happen when Dudley and Balrog cross paths.
Ibuki
Ibuki made her first appearance in Street Fighter III, she is a ninja warrior who has been trained from childhood. Her first appearance in street fighter III involved a Project G-File which was responsible for creating something called the Necro and Twelve. But whether this is relevant to SSFIV I am not too sure as the other characters in her story line do not feature in the latest game.
Ibuki uses Ninjitsu and is your classic Ninja warrior, fast agile and ready to kick butt.
Makoto
Makoto first Appeared in Street Fighter III 3rd Strike where her father’s death led to the collapse of the family Dojo where she had been brought up and trained. She then sought out Ryu, and a huge fight broke out, this in turn brought about a huge amount of publicity and d made her Dojo a huge success. She then took on the dojo, her students started to fizzle out after she introduced the new policy of ‘if you can beat me, your in’. She has no students left.
She is specially trained in Rindoukan karate and is a fast technical character, Her addition to Street Fighter IV is not known, but Ryu has to have something to do with it.
Hakan
A brand new character for SSFIV, Haken hales from Turkey. He is the president of the words most renowned edible oil factory. His desire to fight in the tournament is for a bit of fun and to make his wife and seven daughters proud.
Most if not all of Hakens fighting style revolves around how oily is body is, his moves are some of the most unusual in the street fighter Franchise. You have to love greased up comedy characters.
Juri
Last But not least, Juri! Juri is a new character for SSFIV. She has a pretty in-depth story which involves her father going after M.Bison’s company, Shadaloo.Her father was a lawyer and his sole purpose was to prosecute Shadaloo, but he and his family were all kidnapped by the organisation. Juri lost her parents and her left eye through the ordeal. Her left eye was replaced and given the power of the Feng Shui System. Not much else is known about her as yet.
Juri’s fighting style is offensive based using a lot of kicks. She is very powerful and is out for revenge, making this character a very hard one to defeat.
So there you have it, all ten of the new fighter confirmed for Super Street Fighter IV. Now I must save some pennies for the games release next month.
Garv
