Kotaku: Yoshinori Ono

This Reenactment Won't Win Any Awards, but Neither Did Street Fighter

Owen Good — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:00:00 EST

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Bravo to 1Up for getting Capcom's Yoshinori Ono, producer of the Street Fighter series, to reenact this gem from M. Bison's hilariously awful dialogue in 1994's Street Fighter: The Movie. He dropped by their offices last week to talk Street Fighter X Tekken. More »

Oh Hi Street Fighter x Tekken Gamescom Trailer

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 06:30:00 EDT

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Time for another Street Fighter x Tekken trailer! This one is for Gamescom. More »

Street Fighter's Producer Kiboshes Mortal Kombat Crossover Thoughts. Again.

Owen Good — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 15:00:00 EDT

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Yoshinori Ono, the Street Fighter series producer, has shot down ideas for a Street Fighter vs. Mortal Kombat crossover before. He says he gets them the time "on my Twitter feed and elsewhere." He got a question about it from the PlayStation blog earlier this week. Here's why it ain't gonna be a thing any time soon. More »

When Two Fighting Game Producers Go To War, Asses Get Punctured

Mike Fahey — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:00:00 EDT

Yesterday Owen teased us with tales of the series of bizarre challenges that led up to the epic Street Fighter X Tekken battle between Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono and Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada at Comic-Con 2011. Turns out it's even stranger than he made it sound. More »

Street Fighter's Ono vs. Tekken's Harada: Round One—Fight!

Owen Good — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 23:00:00 EDT

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Context is key. While this video shows Tekken prevailing over Street Fighter in a series of challenges at Comic-Con 2011, what you don't see is what led up to it. More »

Don't Hold Your Breath for Tekken X Street Fighter Just Yet

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 11 May 2011 08:30:00 EDT

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Kotaku's played Street Fighter X Tekken, but from the sound of it, nobody outside Namco will playing Tekken X Street Fighter anytime soon. More »

How Street Fighter X Tekken Controls And Why It's Not Street Fighter Vs. Tekken

Stephen Totilo — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:00:00 EDT

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"Why isn't your game called Street Fighter Vs. Tekken?" I asked Street Fighter X Tekken producer Yoshinori Ono last week in Miami. More »

Street Fighter Needs To Be Like Soccer

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:30:00 EDT

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Well, that's what Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono thinks. And he's even got an analogy to explain why. More »

What A Way To Check Out

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 08:30:00 EST

The nuttiness continues, with Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono "caught" red-handed trying to steal from rival studio, Namco. As see on Katsuhiro Harada's Twitpic. More »

Don't Hold Your Breath For A Nintendo Vs. Capcom Fighting Game, You'll Pass Out

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 09:00:00 EST

Capcom vs. Marvel. Capcom vs. SNK (pictured). Capcom vs. Namco. Know who's missing? Nintendo. And that might not change. More »

When The Going Gets Weird, The Weird Make Fighting Games

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 05:00:00 EST

Don't think of upcoming fighting crossovers as Street Fighter x Tekken (or vice-versa), but rather, one unhinged game producer against another. More »

Street Fighter X Tekken Is Serious Business Indeed

Mike Fahey — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:20:00 EST

Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono takes no chances as he prepares for a visit to Namco Bandai's Sunnyvale offices to talk the Street Fighter X Tekken crossover fighter, as seen on Capcom Unity. More »

You Cannot Make Foreign Friends With Monster Hunter Frontier

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 07:00:00 EDT

Monster Hunter Frontier, Capcom's massively multiplayer online role-playing game, is currently only available in Asia on the Xbox 360 and the PC. But Japanese people cannot play with people in other countries. Here's why. More »

Why Nintendo Made The 3DS So Powerful

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 06:00:00 EDT

The Nintendo 3DS has more graphical umpf than the company's previous portables. It's a high-spec machine. Well, a higher spec one. More »

Piracy Prevents Super Street Fighter IV PC

Mike Fahey — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:40:00 EDT

In an interview with Japanese website 4gamer, Street Fighter series producer Yoshinori Ono says that a strong potential for piracy is keeping PC gamers from getting their own version of Super Street Fighter IV. More »

Street Fighter, Tekken Creators Duel And Hunt Each Other, Ridiculously

Stephen Totilo — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:00:00 EDT

The creators of Street Fighter and Tekken have been squabbling in Germany. They've been battling (playfully, with pranks) over Twitter all week. Who won? Take a look. More »

The Art of Blending Tekken With Street Fighter

Brian Crecente — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:00:00 EDT

One is a fighting game of joystick precision, the other of rhythmic button tapping: Finding a way to meld those two styles is perhaps Capcom's greatest challenge with Street Fighter X Tekken. More »

Street Fighter Creator Shows Off His Worst Best Idea, Hasselhoff Vs. Hasselhoff

Stephen Totilo — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:48:38 EDT

Could the star of Knight Rider pummel the star of Baywatch? Just imagine, David Hasselhoff vs. himself, Hoff vs. Hoff. As shown by Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono at today's Street Fighter X Tekken event in Germany (He was kidding — hopefully!). More »

Super Street Fighter IV Originally Considered For PSP And DS

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:00:00 EDT

When Capcom began planning a portable version of Super Street Fighter IV, the PSP and the Nintendo DS were considered as platform choices. They weren't quite up to snuff. More »

Super Street Fighter IV's Downloadable Wardrobe Expands This Fall

Michael McWhertor — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 23:00:00 EDT

Overshadowed by the reveal of Street Fighter X Tekken, Tekken X Street Fighter and Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition was Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono's commitment to costumes. Yes, there will be more downloadable costumes. These costumes. More »

Street Fighter X Tekken, Tekken X Street Fighter Revealed At Comic-Con

Michael McWhertor — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:33:00 EDT

Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono had his "Street Fighter IV and Beyond" panel interrupted by Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada today, with the rival fighting game makers joining together to announce two Street Fighter versus Tekken collaborations. More »

Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition Announced At Comic-Con

Michael McWhertor — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:20:00 EDT

At today's "Street Fighter IV and Beyond" panel, Capcom producer Yoshinori Ono revealed that he and his team "haven't forgotten about Street Fighter III." As proof, Ono offered an announcement, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition. More »

What Do Japanese Developers Think Of The Nintendo 3DS?

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 06:00:00 EDT

And not *just* Japanese developers, but some of the biggest names in the business. More »

Street Fighter IV Creator Teases Comic-Con Timed Game Reveal

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:00:00 EDT

At this weekend's EVO tournament in Las Vegas, where the world's best Tekken 6, Super Street Fighter IV and Melty Blood players battled it out, the man who made Street Fighter IV teased the unveiling of his next game. More »

Sudden Flush of Interest Led to Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Release

Brian Crecente — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:00:00 EDT

Earlier this month Capcom did an about face, declaring that despite initial intentions, upcoming fighter Super Street Fighter IV would indeed get an arcade release in Japan. More »

His Traveling Companion is 3-Inches Tall

Brian Crecente — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:00:00 EDT

Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono tells Kotaku he takes mini-Blanka with him whenever he travels, snapping pics of the plastic pugilist everywhere he goes. More »

Super Street Fighter 4 Comes With A Tournament Manager, Special Trophies

Brian Crecente — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:00:00 EDT

Super Street Fighter IV will include robust online tournament support, allowing anyone with a copy of the game to host their own, tiered online tournaments. More »

A New Darkstalkers Would Be Street Fighter Producer's Dream Project

Brian Crecente — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:00:00 EDT

The man behind Street Fighter IV doubts that Capcom would want him to work on a Hyper Street Fighter IV after iterative Super Street Fighter IV hits stores this year. Instead Yoshinori Ono has something else in mind: Darkstalkers. More »

Capcom: Seth Will Be Cheaper In Super Street Fighter IV

Brian Crecente — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:00:00 EDT

Super Street Fighter IV wasn't always super. More »

Super Street Fighter IV Is NOT Coming To Arcades

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:00:00 EDT

Next Spring, Capcom is bringing Super Street Fighter IV to game shops. It, however, won't be bringing the game to arcades. More »

If There's Demand, Capcom Could Add More SFIV Characters

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:00:00 EST

Street Fighter IV has a big cast of characters. The Capcom fighting game has old favorites like Ryu and Chun-Li as well as new characters like El Fuerte and Abel. More »

SFIV Producer On Marvel v Capcom, Mortal Kombat v Capcom

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:30:00 EDT

Chatting over tea and buscuits with Das Gamer, Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono was asked about the prospect of some new [something] vs Capcom games coming down the line. Re-iterating stuff that was heard during E3 this year, Ono says "Marvel [are] the best in comics", and that he'd "like to do another Marvel game, a Marvel vs. Capcom." Get on it, son. Asked then about the prospect of another, more fanciful vs game - Mortal Kombat vs Street FIghter - Ono was a little more coy, saying "I think Street Fighter is a different type of game than Mortal Kombat. I think Mortal Kombat vs. Capcom could happen, but Mortal Kombat vs. Street Fighter, um. Question mark". That's right, MK. Capcom don't need the SF cast to kick your ass. They can do it with Frank West and Baby Head. More »

For Console Street Fighter IV, Lag Will Be "Huge Problem"

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:20:00 EDT

Face it, asking for fighting games with online to have zero to no lag is a tall order. Replicating that versus arcade experience is hard. Heck, when Virtua Fighter launched on the PS3 back in early 2007, it didn't have online. (Well, neither did the PS3, really.) Even Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono even admits that lag will be problematic for the home versions. Up front and honest, he tells the Official Xbox 360 Magazine: More »

Ono: No Console Specific Fighters In Street Fighter IV

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:40:49 EDT

Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono fielded questions from the Street Fighter fanbase at Comic-Con this weekend at the inappropriately named "Making of Street Fighter IV" panel. While the majority of the questions and answers were gameplay focused or simply unanswerable, Ono did drop some good news — the console release of the fighter won't follow in the footsteps of Soulcaliburs II and IV. More »

These Japanese Street Fighter IV Posters Are Rad

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:00:00 EDT

That's Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono holding a new Street Fighter IV publicity poster. Quite swanky! (But it does remind me of the GTAIV "IV" — that's because there are only so many ways to do "IV", I guess.) There's another post after the jump. Same basic layout, but different characters in the "IV" and sporting a different color. Kinda like it better, but you go on and judge for yourself. More »

New Details On Street Fighter IV's Home Versions

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:20:00 EDT

Capcom made it official last week that Street Fighter IV was coming home, confirming that the arcade version would be ported to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows-based PCs. Speaking to Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono at Captivate 08, we learned a bit more about Capcom's plans for the home versions. More »

Street Fighter IV May Get Expanded Roster For Console Ports

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:40:16 EST

Let me pose a hypothetical situation. Say that Street Fighter IV were to be ported to home console. I know, I know! Wild stuff, but stay with me. If, in the odd chance that Capcom were to approve such a product, which they officially haven't yet, it could arrive with a stable of new fighters not seen in the arcade release. That's one nearly unbelievable future for Street Fighter IV, says the game's producer Yoshinori Ono in a new Wired Game|Life interview. More »

An Interview With Street Fighter IV Producer Yoshinori Ono

Mark Wilson — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:00:31 EST

On the last day of GDC, while we didn't have a chance to actually participate in our 3-way Kotaku Street Fighter IV Tournament To The Death, we did have a chance to sit down (or more aptly put, stand up) with Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono and translator/assistant producer David Crislip. Even after hours of interviews, he was still boyishly enthused about the game and willing to answer all of Crecente's frothing fanboy questions (like, how awesome will SFIV be, kinda super awesome, or really super awesome?). I was just pleased to hear that we have the same favorite character: Dhalsim. More »