It doesn't so look bad. I just won't pick Ryu or ken. But Chun Li sure does look nice.

Summer's shockingly close for this big a release, I was sure it was going to be a Q2-Q4 2009'er. I hope it's not being pushed out too quickly.

Holy crap. Chun Li and Dhalsim both look freaking awesome. Overall, I must say that I'm impressed with how faithful each character appears to be to his/her classic versions.

This summer? Wow ... that's really close. Close as in worrisome -- well, hopefully they can pull it all together. I won't be convinced until I see Sakura, though :D

I don't really like the cell-shading look, personally.. but then, I haven't played a Street Fighter since Street Fighter II on the SNES

She can crush a pair of melons and a mans head between those thighs!

I think it looks great. Summer 2008 for the Arcade release, eh? Maybe they were closer to completion than I thought. Though, if they did rush this...they would just have to face the wrath of enraged Street Fighter fans.

It's a very neat art style, I think... but Chun-Li definitely looks like she's got a surprise hidden down there.

I know it's a cartoony sort of game and all, but the proportions feel completely off, and the facial expressions just seem ridiculous. In the history of Capcom, they've only done one thing right in my book - old school SF games. That's it. They can't make a camera work in a 3D world (I'm looking at you, DMC4...though not just you; you're just the latest in a long line of atrocious camera systems), and they can't do proper 3D character detail.

I just don't know why people keep buying the games.

this game's gonna be so awesome

Looks hawt, I love the new character designs...except for Blanka, he doesn't look as good as the rest.

No, Sir. I don't like it.

I absolutely love the look of this game and cannot wait to play it. I suck at fighters too.

I was really looking forward to this game, and I still am, but I have to see I'm less and less impressed with the graphics the more I see them. The quasi-cel-shaded look is just not flattering, for some reason. Maybe it's better in motion ...

all the characters look good except ryu.

Just Epic. I wonder if they can squeeze 1080p out on this title...

Im still curious about how will it look on the wii...

1. shoulder-bicep muscles don't look right

2. Guile's flat-top doesn't look good

3. Chun-li's hands (duh)

It's halfway there to looking awesome I reckon

Hm. This may be the first SF4 post where the good comments outweigh the bad. It's about time.

E. Honda's foot is messed up in one of the pics. They'll change that though. Overall I don't think I like it a whole lot, but I'll have to play and see. I was hoping for a paintbrush effect like the intro, stolen from Okami but it would have given the game an amazingly gorgeous look and atmosphere. Instead what I see are pale imitations of the old SFII characters. Their personality just isn't there.

Guile should use the new pixelated pattern camo.

Oh my God...Chun Li is a DUDE!? She's kinda developed those thunder thighs over the years but now she has bigass biceps too!?

@MrBionic: jesus where have u been?

is it me or does those hadoukens looks like a refreshing douse of water?

Dude, Chun-Li with 2 legs is scary enough. Look at the fear in Ryu's eyes!

@Yossarian: Why do people keep buying their games you ask? Because gameplay > graphics? I hated the camera system in Mario Galaxy but I still collected every star (minus Luigi's) in it. Simply put, if a game is fun I can overlook the cameras. Onimusha 4 used a fixed camera system and I still went through the dark realm with every character. Remember SFIV models are a WIP.

As for the Arcade release, summer '08 is not that bad. Tekken 6 came out last Movember but we've yet to see it come out for consoles. I expect a console release for SF4 around winter '08. They can use the extra time to tweak the gameplay and put in extra stuff like versus mode, training, events, stuff that are absent in the arcade version anyway.

Looking pretty awesome so far!

looking good, but yeah chun-li is packing some serious junk in the southern region..lol i can deal with the legs, but please extract the steroids from her vagina please....thanks capcom.

I just cannot get over the absolutely horrid facial expressions.

*please ... please capcom?*
Please drop the "OH" faces ...

@Yossarian: I couldn't agree more. ChunLi is just way too manly and ryu's eyeball popping out is just insane. Talking about dmc4, I downloaded the demo and played it...terrible camera angle and control. You're running in one direction and the camera changes and you are running the other way...what idiotic system is that...I don't know if the final game is like that, but based on the demo, I won't get it yet.

Ladies and gentlemen, get your quarters ready! Seriously it would be like middle school all over again! Call dibs on Akuma...

I want to seem all these people in motion. Screen shots won't do a game like this justice.

No no no, Chun Li is a woman..don't ruin it..

I mean, c'mon, look at that arch!! Seriously hawt!!

I kid, i kid...

..or do i?

(can't wait to spend a bunch of quarters btw)

Nice screenshots.

@resetbutton:

That doesn't look good?

@fatbaldnet:

@Futuresex:

@Yossarian:

God, I know I missed the boat over and over on berating such people, but how many people here have never played Street Fighter, BUT, think they're the damn expert on the games fucking game play/ character style here, ESPECIALLY character style here? "WAH, IS NOT REALISTIX!" Fuck off, srlsy.

And more are being cocked up as I type this no doubt, so please type up more "WAHHH, DOESN"T LOCK LIKE STREEETS FIGHTERS! CHARCTERS LOOAK BAAD LIKE EM GORRILA!"

Where was I, oh yea

RYU MA BOIIIII! YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! WHERES Q? YOU WERE SUPPOSE TO BE WATCHING HIM! NOW HE'S LOST AND ALL ALONE!

Ryu looks just as surprised as we all are by that bulging sack on chunli.. look at his Eyes.. they are gonna pop out of his head!

It looks super amazing :) I'm excited.

I like how it looks, but the one thing that bothers me are Chun Li's legs. If you look at the picture of her tossing the fireball, you can't tell me that her legs don't look like she's wearing 1/2 a horse costume.

Ohh my Lord... OHh mY lORd!...

....*sP|o0gE*

i just hope its good, if not then make a second version, and it that still doesn't work, try for a third, third is the charm since that how sf3 did it.

It's going to be revealed in this series that Chunli is really a man. She had a sex change but wasn't able to afford the testicle operation hence the bulging sac and manly arms. She enters the contest of street fighting to win enough money to complete her transformation.

So is it true about the downgraded XBL version? If so, i will be getting this on PSN for sure.

@JackTretton:

If one suffers, expect the other too. It's all about equality here <3

@JackTretton:

You're talking about SFII HD... that's something completely different man.

Same shots we saw before. Chun-Li looks like a man with giant man hands. No sale unless they fix Chun-Li.

To this day, I still don't understand the huge love Chun-Li gets from some people. I guess asking that question is like asking why some people find Renée Zellweger hot or find Paris Hilton as a role model :/

@Darkest Daze: Actually, those legs look pretty damn sexy to me.

I'm willing to accept ryu's "oh shit" face, but I cannot except chunli as a man...no sell for me if it isn't changed.

@Bando:

I personally don't like the look of this game compared to the old titles. I agree that the facial expressions look simply moronic and they took took badass looking characters and made them look like clunky balloon animals.

@Darkest Daze:
Chun-Li has had the horse thighs for a long time. I'm actually OK with the legs... though they could be toned down a notch, and her calves shouldn't be so big. The legs can be a bit absurd, but that's just part of her character--that her strength is mostly in her legs, and NOT her upper body.

@Oceaniax:
If there were any mistakes they'll just release an expansion to fix any errors.

SFIV: 2nd strike or something like that

Street Fighter 4? No.

Street Fighter 2 3D? That's what it looks like.

They should have a talk with the artistic director. The colors, and that new character...

Ryu's eyes sure do look like they're popping when Thunder Thighs is giving him the beezneez with her feet.

Pics look pretty decent, but I want to see more of it in action. That's the key for any and all games in this gen if you ask me. Screenshots are for suckers.