Kotaku: chun-li

First Street Fighter IV Product Announced

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:00:00 MDT

Have a gander at the first Street Fighter IV figurine. That's of course Chun-Li and Chun-Li's thighs — not to mention Chun-Li's massive feet. (You know what they say about girls with big feet? We don't.) It is a rather nice Chun-Li statue. The ten inch figurine will set you back US$100 and is limited to 700 individually numbered pieces. If that's out of your price range, there is also a 4 inch statue as well that goes for $10. Press release after the jump.

SDCC Exclusive Edition STREET FIGHTER IV Chun Li Resin Statue from Capcom LTD.

On behalf of Capcom LTD. (Booth #5113) We are proudly announcing the release of the first exclusive collector rt piece from the highly anticipated hit video game STREET FIGHTER IV SDCC Exclusive Edition Chun Li Resin Statue.

Conceptualized by the creative minds of Capcom, personally supervised by Mr. Yoshinari Ono (Production director of SF IV), sculpted and manufactured by SOTA Toys (Booth #4245), Chun Li as depicted in STREET FIGHTER IV stands 10 inches tall on a highly polished stand with every bit of details captured from head to toe. Limited to 700 individually numbered units, this work of art reflects over two decades of passion we shared for the game that shaped the culture of more than one generation and is now making the greatest come-back in a brand new installment!

SRP = $100.00

SDCC Exclusive Edition STREET FIGHTER IV Chun Li Mini Statuette

Since the supply of the 10" Chun Li is extremely limited and sure to sell out immediately, there is a limited run of (3000)4" Chun Li statuettes produced with every bit the detail and quality as its 10" counterpart for $10.00. Celebrate in the phenomena of Street Fighter IV by purchasing this exclusive Chun Li figure and play Street Fighter IV in person at the Capcom booth during SDCC!

SRP=$10.00

SOTA Toys, Inc.

Prototype shown, actual product may vary.

FIRST LOOK: SOTA TO BRING SF4 CHUN-LI! [Street Fighter Devotion]

Legend of Chun Li Missing Ryu And Ken But Will Have Buns

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 06:00:00 MDT

If you've been passively following upcoming Hollywood flick Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, you've probably already realized that Ryu and Ken are not characters in the film. Why is that? Hrm. According to the movie's producer Patrick Aiello, the filmmakers and Capcom decided to have this film focus on the origin of Chun-Li. Continuing, Aiello adds:

There are just way too many characters in the Street Fighter universe to cram them all into one film. We want to do each one the justice he/she deserves. So, in short, Ken and Ryu will not be appearing in this film. But, that doesn’t mean we wont see our red and white-clad heroes in potential sequels...

If this Chun-Li flick does decent business, just watch as Capcom goes sequel silly. (Not that it's ever done that in the past!) The film's producer does offer interesting insights on how they plan on adapting Street Fighter to the silver screen and stay true to the game's roots:

Now, as a result of this approach, it’d be silly to put Neal McDonough’s Bison in a bright red suit and captain’s hat with a pair of humongous shoulder pads. It works great in the video game, but in real life, it just wouldn’t look intimidating. The same can be said for Balrog. He’s an enforcer. A killer. A take-no-shit brawler to the core. And so, how scary would he be on screen if he beat people up with boxing gloves and a pair of blue short-shorts?

All that said, do not worry. We haven’t turned a blind eye on the game we all know and love. At some point, Chun Li will sport her trademark buns (the ones in her HAIR!) and of course, Vega’s still got the mask and claw, for starters.

Regarding the tone, I’m pleased to say we are certainly not going for camp or cheese or any kind of laughs. A lot of blood, sweat and tears went into the making of this film, and, you’re gonna see a lot of those ON film as well.

If it's done well, people should give the filmmakers room to breathe. It's been that way with comic book films in the past — like look at the respectful liberties Sam Raimi took with Spider-Man.

Street Fighter Movie [Official Site] [Pic]

Variety Tries Dating Street Fighter IV

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:00:00 MDT

Since we don't know when Street Fighter IV's getting released, Variety's game blog The Cut Scene offers up guesstimation when the game is coming out. And hey! It's a pretty obvious, albeit logical, one. According to the Cut Scene:

Here's a wild guess: Variety recently reported that Fox will release the "Street Fighter" movie in the U.S. on Feb. 27, 2009. I'd say right around then makes a lot of sense.

Not only is that a big promotional event for the franchise, but Capcom is an investor in the movie. While I'm sure it hopes to make money on the film, it's obviously investing those millions in part to try and revive public interest in "Street Fighter." As such, Capcom would be crazy to not take advantage of the big (by videogame standards) promotional push Fox will be putting behind the release of "Street Fighter: the Legend of Chun-Li" and have its game on store shelves at the same time.

If by some chance Capcom just can't get the game out by then, around the movie's DVD release (probably in late spring) would be the next logical time to expect it.

Makes sense! And if not spring, then late fall — just in time for Christmas.
Prolly Coming Out With Movie [The Cut Scene]

Chun-Li's Nose Hairs Now Available For Your Viewing Pleasure

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 23 May 2008 18:00:41 MDT

The official Capcom blog confirms what we posted yesterday, that filthy faced Kristin Kreuk is indeed doing her best Chun-Li impersonation in Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. They've killed us in the resolution department though, offering up a massive 4368 x 2912 pic of Kreuk in scowl mode. As the official blog writes, it's "perfect for printing and smooching", as well as determining whether one would "hit it" if given the opportunity. Unfortunately, we have yet to see how sharp her knees are, a very important consideration.

What we did find more interesting than the deep insight into Chun-Li's pores was the (potentially spoiler-ish) jewelry she's rocking.

Spinning bird necklace?! It would appear so. We can't wait for the pausable ~~DVD~~ Blu-ray release fun that awaits us on our lonelier nights.

Get your copy of the pic at the link below.

Kristin Kreuk as Chun Li from SF movie [Capcom Blog]

First Look At Kristin Kreuk As Chun-Li?

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 22 May 2008 16:40:57 MDT

Capcom of Japan released the above photo today from the in-production Street Fighter movie, giving us what appears to be our first, heavily artifacted glimpse of Kristin Kreuk as Chun-Li in Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. It's not the traditional blue outfit we're used to seeing Chun-Li sporting, but she has to put that thing in the wash sometime. Of course, Capcom may simply have a cache of photos of Kreuk looking dirty and disheveled for times like this, so consider this unconfirmed until we get confirmation from Capcom.

Street Fighter Film Writer Won't "Blatantly Sexualize" Chun-Li

Leigh Alexander — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:00:00 MDT

Justin Marks, writer of the Street Fighter: Legend of Chun-Li film, is aware that most gamers have wanted to wed Chun-Li (and possibly worse) since we were yay high, but it looks like we can expect a dignified treatment of the leading lady, played by Smallville actress Kristin Kreuk.

But... but what about the infamous anime shower scene?

No, this is actually a good moment to mention something about Chun-Li's depiction in the movie. Basically there are two factors at work. First, I've never seen a successful action movie (in my mind) that blatantly sexualized its female lead and succeeded for its audience. Catwoman, Elektra, the list goes on and on, and I just get a lot of eye-rolling. Then I think back to The Terminator, or possibly my all-time favorite movie, Aliens, and I think of how Ripley is depicted in that film. She's a tough woman, but not because she came from a place of wearing tight pants and beating up men. She's tough because she had this core emotional story about a life that could have been and never was. To me, that's the way you write a woman in these kinds of movies.

The interviewer actually appears to have enjoyed the Dead or Alive film, classily stating, "I heard that movie was so good every girl that saw that film on the big screen left the cinema pregnant."

But Marks actually has higher expectations for the Street Fighter flick:

Ah yes. Dead or Alive. Another reason why these game adaptations are so beloved...
Hopefully Street Fighter sets a new standard. I certainly believe it will. It's a game adaptation that takes itself seriously, because the material actually deserves to be taken seriously for those of us who were paying attention to the story and the anime series. Of course, there are those out there who just believe Street Fighter is lots of kicking and Hadoukens, and they'll be pleased too because there's plenty of fight sequences. And the fight scenes don't disappoint. I was lucky enough to see a few of them when I was out there a few weeks ago, and Dion Lam, the fight choreographer, has come up with some incredible stuff akin to his work in the Matrix movies.

Perhaps the key to making a decent film adaptation of a video game is developing an understanding of what the material means to its audience - Chun-Li fandom is adoring, not exploitive. At least, that's what I like to think!

Justin Marks on SF [JoBlo via Eurogamer]

There Are Talks of MORE Street Fighter Movies

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:00:00 MDT

They're still making the Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li flick, and yet, there's already talks of sequels! The film's scribe Justin Marks, who's also adapting Voltron and HE-MAN for the silver screen, says:

There are always plans [for sequels]. We've seen this as being a really drawn-out way to explore the Street Fighter world. Start small, then go bigger and bigger, bringing in more characters and eventually spinning it horizontally to explore other threads and origin stories.

Meaning if this movie does halfway decent, we can possibly look forward to the likes of Street Fighter: The Legend of Ryu, Street Fighter: The Legend of Guile and Street Fighter: The Legend of Dan. They probably should've started with Dan. You can only go up!
Justin Marks on SF [JoBlo via Capcom Blog] [Pic]

Street Fighter The Movie's Det. Maya Sunee Revealed! Uh, Who?

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:20:00 MDT

Here it is, the first, long awaited look at Detective Maya Sunee, from the in-production Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. Yes, exactly. Who? According to the official Street Fighter movie blog, she's a Bangkok gangland homicide detective. More specifically, a "no-nonsense, fast-talking, half-Thai cop who rocks a Ducati and a set of gold cuffs."

Coincidentally, I just had a half-Thai lunch! A full sized pic on Ms. Sunee, played by actress Moon Bloodgood, which I wish was my name, is over at the official site.

Swingin' In The Rain [Street Fighter Movie Blog]

Meditations Upon Chun-Li

ogood — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:00:00 MDT

Destructoid dares to ask the question: "Is Chun-Li a post-op transsexual?" Hard hitting and thought provoking, to be sure, but, you know. Meh. Her hands are big? yarly.

But it's as good a jumpoff for me to reminisce about the intersection of Street Fighter, my fraternity in college, and a case study in cognitive dissonance.

This happened back at N.C. State, where I was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon's Beta-Beta chapter. Names have been changed to protect the ashamed, but the frat nicknames are, I swear to God, real. Here goes.

Around 1993, everyone was playing one of two games on their Genesises or Super Nintendoes — Street Fighter or a college football ripoff game that called us "STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA" to skirt NCAA licensing rules. But I digress. Everyone knew Street Fighter is the point, and everyone got their asses handed to them by Evil E, Ton O' Fun, Big Al, or Strap-On, almost always playing Chun-Li or Ken.

My roommate, Queef, and I lived next door on the front hall to a brother, Guy, who was about as shady as they come. Like a few years later, the State Bureau of Investigation was looking into the fact he and some others signed up for free Columbia House CDs under a dog's name, and some other identity shit. In fact, one night we heard a "business partner" stop by and threaten Guy within an inch of his life over, I guess, money that was owed. So Guy had a rep for moving with unclean company, that's important.

One day, and I forget how this unfolded, but Guy's roommate, Cooter, dragged me and Queef into their room to play their answering machine. Cooter got home from class before Guy, hit play, and heard a startling threat from, apparently, a Korean gangster. There was a demand for money, an ultimatum of bodily harm, and a meeting place and time: "[REDACTED] THIS IS ... CHUN LI ... YOU MEET ME ... ELEVEN THIRTY AT ... HOUSE O' PANCAKES ...!"

It was an utterly ridiculous, cartooned, even racist voice, but at the time, none of us had ever lived outside North Carolina. So we fucking fell for it. Cooter and I actually drove out to the IHOP on Hillsborough Street to stake out the encounter, following our chapter rule: "The object is not to fuck your brother, but to get your brother fucked."

Even though intercourse was not on the menu of options, we figured allowing Guy to be murdered by a Korean gangster out to collect a bad debt fell into guilty knowledge or passive allowance of fucking over a brother.

So away we went. We even bought 12-inch sandwiches from Sadlack's Heroes to gnaw on while we waited in the car, the two biggest shithead cops on a two-hour stakeout ever. And neither Guy nor any Korean mafiosi showed up.

And when we got back, Ray White Trash and Grape Ape copped to leaving the prank message.

Evil E said, "I knew it was fake. The Korean language does not produce words that sound anything like Chun Li. That's specifically Chinese."

Gee thanks, asshole.

For the record, my fraternity nickname was Fellatiowen.

Is Chun-Li a Post-Op Transsexual? [Destructoid]

Chun-Li Has Freakazoid Hands

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:00:57 MDT

Gah! Man hands! That's apparently the still-in-progress Chun-Li character image from the location test. Capcom's still finishing up and tweaking the images, sure, but geez, what is up with her hand and her thumb? She get bitten by a bumblebee? Makes her thighs look totally normal.

A blurry version of the completed work is after the jump. Something sticks out like a sore thumb, though. Literally.

Ikeno's Art [Street Fighter IV Blog via 1Up]

First Street Fighter Movie Production Images

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:38 MDT

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li dropkicks an official movie blog. The first update provides a full cast list as well as info about the director ("Relax, you're in good hands"), actor Michael Clarke Duncan ("...this mand does ALL HIS OWN STUNTS...") and cockteasing about who will play GEN ("our first official scoop"). Though, I'm confused, how can the movie's official blog have a scoop? Should that be "first official press release"?

The blog does have some movie storyboards from artist Ted Boonthanakit. There's shooting and running. Don't remember shooting and running from the Street Fighter games, but whatever! Hit the jump for a look.

Street Fighter Movie [Official Site via The Cut Scene]

PansonWorks' Chun-Li Does Unusual Proportions Horribly Wrong

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:20:19 MDT

Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong! Look, if you're going to go to the trouble of making a Chun-Li creation in polyvinyl chloride or ceramic or whatever, there are only a few things one needs to know to make it a success. Thigh circumference is twice that of the widest part of the skull, for one thing, and never make the legs the same height as the hands.The man shoulders—throw those right out, too. We don't have as much of a problem with PansonWorks other super deformed Street Fighter toys—Guile is just adorable—but this is an affront to more than just the license, it's offensive to the entire Peoples Republic of China.

We shan't be pre-ordering, Pansonworks. Good day to you, sirs!

PansonWorks Chun-Li Figure [HobbyStock]

Street Fighter Movie Finds Its M. Bison

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:40:44 MDT

Back in February, we brought word of the Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li movie cast. It went something like this: Michael Clarke Duncan ("Balrog"), Chris Klein ("Charlie Nash"), Rick Yune (Chun-Li's trainer) and Kristin Kreuk ("Chun Li"). While we also knew that the Black Eyed Peas' Taboo would be joining the cast, we didn't know which role he'd be taking. Today, Capcom announced that Taboo will be "Vega," and Neal McDonough (pictured) will play "M. Bison." The movie will be out in 2009.
Cast Confirmed [VideoGamer.com] [Pic]

Chun-Li And Viper Street Fighter IV Smack Down

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 06:00:31 MST

More paint brush brawling, plus some in-game footage. Very purdy stuff!

Street Fighter Movie Cast Expands

Mike Fahey — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:20:56 MST

And so the cast for the upcoming movie Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li begins to round out! Stars Michael Clarke Duncan and Chris Klein, and Rick Yune will be joining Smallville's Kristin Kreuk as Chun Li. Duncan, who you may remember as Kingpin from Daredevil (ugh) will be playing the part of Balrog, who doesn't know how to kick. The unnaturally pretty Chris Klein will be playing Nash, which is the original Japanese name for Guile's war buddy Charlie. In the role of the elderly master assassin Gen who trained Chun Li briefly in her youth will be Rick Yun, who I remember as Johnny Tran in The Fast and the Furious, and who is also playing Edward Carnby in Alone in the Dark II (double ugh.) Rounding out the cast is Journeyman's Moon Bloodgood (hopefully Cammy!), the Black Eyed Peas' Taboo (maybe Dee Jay?), Singapore's Edmund Chen (possible Ryu?), and Hong Kong star Cheng Pei Pei - Jade Fox from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The filmmakers are still searching for the perfect Bison. Unfortunately he died fourteen years ago.

Kreuk, Duncan cruise 'Street' [Variety]

Chun-Li's Chunky Legs Slapped On Ryu? Believe.

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:40:48 MST

Sure, everyone's excited about Street Fighter IV, but what about that other new Street Fighter game? You know, the ugly online one for PCs. You know, the one that is controlled entirely by moving and clicking a mouse. Well! It may look like crapola, but Street Fighter Online Mouse Generation does offer something somewhat interesting: Players can switch out character body parts. So, you can put Chun-Li's legs on Ryu and have him perform her Spinning Bird Kick. Or put his arms and fists on her and have Chun-Li shoryuken the crap outta her foes! We like the idea of this, just as we like the idea of Frankenstein. (Well, before he frightened the villagers!)
SFO Mouse Gen [4Gamer via Arcade Renaissance]

Lana Lang To Play Chun-Li In Street Fighter Movie

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:40:46 MST

ComingSoon is reporting that Chun-Li has been cast in the upcoming Street Fighter movie based on the character and that Smallville actress Kristin Kreuk will star. Guess that squashes those rumors that Jessica Biel will play Chun-Li. It's about the best we could have hoped for, given that Kreuk seems to be able to act. I'm basing this solely on the fact that she's been nominated for "best actress" in the Teen Choice Awards. Given that she's half-Chinese, according to her IMDB profile, makes the casting news even easier to swallow. Hopefully, the thigh prosthetics/computer generated effects will be believable.

Street Fighter: Legend of Chun-Li will be directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak of Doom and Exit Wounds infamy.

Kristin Kreuk is Chun-Li in Street Fighter! [Coming Soon - thanks, Daniel!]

Chun-Li And Ken Battle in 3D Korean MMO

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:00:54 MST

Game site Insert Credit directs our attention to Korean MMO Perfect KO, which has Street Fighter's Ken and Chun-Li as playable and customizable 3D characters. What's more, the game's developer Neowiz is open to including character licenses from other fighters as well! As Insert Credit explains, the game is a 6-or-less simultaneous fighter with 3-on-3 matches and a survival mode. Beta test kicks off December 6th, and Ken will be playable. If more fighters are added, they should really call this fighter Neowiz vs. Capcom vs. SNK vs. SEGA vs. Tecmo vs. Namco.
Chun-Li and Ken MMO [Insert Credit]

Adult Final Fantasy, Chun-Li Cutie, Pac-Man Bra

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 07:00:43 MDT

Hrm. Sure, that kinda looks like Yuna from Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2. But that costume is "Fantasy Heroine" from costume site 3wishes, which also liberally borrows from Capcom's Chun-Li for its "Kung Fu Cutie" outfit. Isn't this kinda stuff copyrighted? Not surprising as this is the same retailer responsible for the naughty Princess Peach outfit as well as the Pac-Man bra. There was a Pac-Man bra? Geez, nobody tells me anything! All that after the jump.

Slightly NSFW Costumes [3wishes via Dark Diamond]

Street Fighter Movie Finds Director

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 04:30:02 MDT

Another game gets another Hollywood movie. *Shudder* This has been long in the works, but like it or not, Capcom hasn't given up on the Street Fighter film adaptations. According to Variety, cinematographer-turned-director Andrzej Bartkowiak (Romeo Must Die, Exit Wounds, and Cradle to the Grave) will take the upcoming movie's helm, and the production will commence early next year. The script is getting a polish by hot scribe Justin Marks (Voltron, Green Arrow and He-Man). Good creds or not, just don't make it suck, 'kay guys? And put Jackie Chan in it. Thanx.
Street Fighter Director [ICv2, Thanks Ming!]

Street Fighter Script Reviewed

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 01:00:45 MDT

The original Street Fighter with Jean-Claude Van Damme was all kinds of suck. That hasn't stopped Capcom from green-lighting another SF flick. While the previous venture featured tons of characters from the game, the new flick revolves around one character: Chun-Li. Yup, no Guile, no Ken and no Ryu. Here's the plot in a duck press: Chun-Li's father works for Bison, who then kidnaps her dad when she's a little girl. She grows up, trains and goes after Bison. Balrog and Vega show up. It takes place in Hong Kong. There are minions. The end. Sounds like every other revenge film ever!

The script is by Justin Marks, who has penned the Voltron flick. Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing. The folks over at movie site Latino Review seem to think the Street Fighter screenplay is alright — well, compared to other game adaptations. According to Latino Review:

Now if they choose to go with this script they could have the potential of breaking the mold of the videogame movie and actually have a franchise. Whoever plays Chun-Li will have a monster role in her hands. The script could have had a few more recognizable good or bad guys but, once again thinking back to the original Street Fighter movie, maybe it's not a good idea.

But Capcom should realize that by focusing only on Chun-Li, they are alienating people who are familiar with the game. Folks will sit there, waiting and wondering when their favorite character is going to make an appearance. Then again, Capcom's game plan might be to give each SF character his or her own movie. In that case, I cannot wait for the E. Honda life-story. That's a gold mine right there.
Street Fighter's Script Review [Latino Review, Thanks Derrick!]

Jessica Biel? Is Chun-Li?

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 08 May 2007 15:40:43 MDT

According to film site Latino Review, early casting rumors are putting 7th Heaven and Stealth star Jessica Biel in the lead to play Chun-Li in the upcoming Street Fighter film adaptation. The movie, scheduled to appear in 2008 from Capcom and Hyde Park Entertainment, will focus on series mainstay Chun-Li and not Colonel William F. Guile like the previous Van Damme vehicle.

While there's little doubt that Jessica Biel can fill the tights of Chun-Li from a fitness standpoint, she's kind of lacking in the Chinese heritage department. And, although I think many of us would welcome Biel's attempts at acheiving Li-style thigh definition, I really hope producers do the right thing and cast a Chinese actor in the role, making this rumor just that, a rumor.

How about Cammy? Or Blanka? The furries would eat that shit up.Michael McWhertor

Casting Scoops [Latino Review]

The Hottest Chun-Li in Ohio

Mike Fahey — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:40:03 MST

Sure, CES is going full steam as I write this, but there were other conventions this weekend that were just as important. For instance, Ohayocon, the largest anime convention in Ohio! That's right, out of all the anime conventions in Ohio, I'm 75% sure this is the biggest one. I'm also willing to bet was the only place in Ohio this past weekend where you could find randomly hot Chun-Li cosplayer, complete with too-small thighs and authentic Asian heritage! Actually that's pretty rare at any anime convention. Generally the hottest girls end up being underage or guys in drag. Or possibly both.

Our friends over at GayGamer have posted a gallery of the more game related costumes from the weekend's festivities. Highlights include an amazing Katamari Damacy cosplay team, Pyramid Head from Silent Hill number 237 (collect the whole set!), Phoenix Wright, Ico, and my personal favorite, Ice Climbers! Note the awesome poses. For those of you unfamiliar with the world of cosplay, only 10% of it is making the costume. The rest is rehearsing your awesome anime pose. Check them out! Michael Fahey

Ohayocon '07 Gallery [GayGamer.net]

Zombie Pikachu, I Choose You!

fdemarco — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 06:51:21 MST

Mmmmmm..BRAINS!

In honor of Halloween, "everything by everyone" website NewGrounds held an art contest. The rules were simple, draw your favorite video game character as a zombie. They ran it for a month and received so many sick submissions that they actually expanded the amount of winners and prizes. I saw zombie Chun-Li with her zombie nipples showing and zombie Lara Croft licking her own zombie nipples stripper style. And these weren't even the winners!

There were two first prizes: The first went to Deks for his truly terrifying zombie Pikachu while the other went to Steven-M for his Zombie Mario. Other winners included a zombie Sam Fisher, the entire zombie cast of Chrono Cross and zombie Sonic, zombie Knuckles and zombie Doctor Robotnik fighting MegaMan a la Army of Darkness.

Check out all the winners at the official contest forum. I would highly recommend checking out the entire thread and seeing all the entries. Believe me, you won't want to miss those zombie nipples! Zombie Flynn De Marco

[via Destructoid]

Capcom Talks Street Fighter Movie Details

Brian Crecente — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:40:54 MST

GameDaily.Biz recently chatted up Charles Belfield, the marketing head of Capcom, about their recent announcement of a new Street Fighter movie.

In the interview Belfield talks about the reasoning behind centering the new Street Fighter movie around a single character and whether that will become the norm for future SF flicks, the future of the game franchise and how Capcom plans to milk the IP with a television show and anything else they can get the kids to buy.

Just so you don't sleep soundly tonight, chances of a Street Fighter movie-game spin-off still loom.

BIZ: The original Street Fighter: The Movie spawned games featuring the digital likenesses of Jean Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia. Will we see new games based on this film?
CB: I can confirm that we have a multi-format strategy for Street Fighter, what, when, how and why we're not talking about. Anniversaries for key franchises are important milestones in the game industry. We have a 20th Anniversary of Street Fighter in 2008 and we'll be developing a number of properties around that for the anniversary.

Brian Crecente

Exclusive: Capcom Talks New Street Fighter Movie [GameDaily Biz]

New Street Fighter Film Coming - Starring Chun-Li

Jason Chen — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:40:45 MST

Studios aren't willing to back the Halo movie but they'll jump on a Street Fighter movie staring some unknown Asian broad? We doubt it. But Variety says Hyde Park Entertainment and Capcom are preparing for another round of Street Fighting—did anybody actually see the first? Poor Raul Julia—hiring Justin Marks as the writer.

The movie should hit theatres like a kick to the teeth in 2008, the 20th anniversary of the Street Fighter series. Now that Ming Na's a bit too old to don the tights, who do you think will star? Kelly Hu? Grace Park? Jason Chen? Jason Chen

Capcom prepara otra pel cula basada en Street Fighter [Meristation]

'Street Fighter' packs Hyde Park punch [Variety]

Super Street Fighter Brothers

Michael McWhertor — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 21:30:05 MDT

Frequent tipster and previously covered talented artiste James "Torokun" Chung updated his deviantArt gallery and fortunately Kotaku reader Garrett was nice enough to let us know about it.

Torokun's recent piece features a fantastic mash up of two groundbreaking series, Super Mario Bros. and Street Fighter II, with Ryu, Ken, and Chun Li as Mario, Luigi, and Princess Peach respectively. Awesome work, but I really would have loved to have seen the Blanka/Goomba blend. And, seriously, those Chun Li thighs—I know they're supposed to be big but those are FREAKY! Check out the gallery for the full-sized version.

Good work as always, James. Michael McWhertor

Super Street Fighter Bros by ~torokun
Torokun's Awesome Metroid Fan Art [Kotaku]

Chun-Li, Real Life Panty Fighter

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:23:07 MDT

This is the only picture we can show you on the top page (the risque NSFW stuff is after the jump). Akihabara's favorite cosplayer ANGELLINE has just released a few photo CD-ROMs that feature her dressed as Street Fighter's Chun-Li and doing an endless series of high kicks. It's not porn per se, but rather, a clinical look at her underpants. And yes, they're blue. Brian Ashcraft

More Here [Akiba Blog]

Street Fighter Anime Re-Released With Chun Li Jubblies

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 07:22:04 MDT

While the Japanese original is universally lauded by anime fans for being a good flick, the American version of Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie gets boos for being sanitized. Out went excess violence and Chun Li's dirty pillows, in went good ol' American censorship and the film was edited down to PG-13. (Because, cartoons are for kids, right?) Anime distributor Manga Video is bringing the full, uncut version to DVD on July 18th. For impatient folks, the infamous NSFW Chun Li shower scene after the jump. Brian Ashcraft

More Here [Analog Medium]