Street Fighter

How Street Fighter‘s Ryu Changed Over The Years

26 years of Street Fighter means a lot of change in graphics and art direction, and what a better way to show this than a huge gallery of the series’ main character, Ryu. Here’s EventHubs‘ visual trip from a simplier 1987 to a detailed present day: The Visual History of Ryu in Street Fighter, Vs.…

Ultra Street Fighter IV Makes a Dramatic Comeback with New Features

Ultra Street Fighter IV will get new characters and new stages when it releases next year, but it’ll also pack in a bunch of gameplay changes. This three minute trailer shows off what you can expect. Is it me, or does this Red Focus Attack thing look like a made-to-order Daigo full-parry comeback? Probably not…

Ultra Street Fighter IV is coming to consoles in June, PC three months later. A post on Capcom’s Unity blog (via Event Hubs) reveals the ultimate version of SFIV will appear as a $15 update for the Xbox 360 and PS3 first, to ensure players have time with the game prior to EVO 2014 in…

Artists at Rovio were asked to mix Angry Birds with other games, and this Street Fighter mashup is what Javier Burgos came up with. Awesome coloring! And he really had to make those birds look upset to avoid mockery. Dayshot is an image-based feature, that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related…

Street Fighter‘s Zangief Has No Respect For Sloppy Drunks

Zangief loves his vodka almost as much as he enjoys punishing those who can’t handle it. Witness him take his frustrations out on the internet’s most amusing drunks. It’s a bit of a stereotype, sure, but what else could be keeping the man warm while he’s doing battle in the freezing cold wearing nothing but…

For a Limited Time, This Cafe Will Kick Hentai Customers

Some cafes serve good coffee. Others have delicious sweets. For the next three days, this cafe will dish out pervert attacks. Located in Akihabara, Tokyo’s geek district, Cure Maid Cafe is being converted into Punishment Cafe (おしおきカフェ or oshioki kafe) for the next three days. This is part of a promotion for iOS game Punishment…

Street Fighter’s Producer Doubts Capcom Would Hire Him Today

If you’re a fan of Capcom’s Street Fighter series, you’ve probably heard of Yoshinori Ono: he’s been the series’ executive producer since Street Fighter IV, which was released back in 2009. But he didn’t start out that way. “At the time, I liked games and was more interested in composing music for them rather than…

A classic fighting game based on Dota 2 and its characters would be a really cool thing, right? Redditor Wykrhm played with this idea, inspired mostly by Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter, and created the edit above. The Anti-Mage and Riki fit right in, but some characters, like Juggernaut, would be OP as hell under…

The Worst Martial Artists In The World

Think of this as the internet’s best collection of the worst Street Fighter bonus rounds. I think one there at the end, where the dude falls down the stairs, is faked. The rest? Embarrassingly, painfully real. Ultimate Martial Arts Fails Compilation 2013 [Uniformedia, via Geekologie]

A Next-Gen Fighting Game For Everyone

Undoubtedly, there are fans who are ecstatic to hear that Killer Instinct, the classic fighting game that came in a snazzy black cartridge back in the early 90’s, is going to come back. But when the game was announced earlier this year, there also seemed to be an air of bewilderment about its revival—loved as…

Sony Viral Teases Something Street Fighter For The PlayStation 4

Packed with references to Capcom’s famous fighting game franchise and tagged with the #4ThePlayers hashtag, this viral video from Sony seems to indicate something Street Fighter is happening on the PlayStation 4, but what? VG24/7 looks to have been the first to post the “Hadouken Cabs” viral this morning, sent to them in an email…

It’s hard to tell who’d win this video game tug of war in digital artist Patrick Ballesteros‘ drawing. The team on the right with all the heavyweight characters or the other group with a curiously evil-looking Princess Zelda. Bonus points for the background characters and for the detailed surronding area. Dayshot is an image-based feature…

According to a Japanese arcade, Ultra Street Fighter IV will be released next April in Japan. Kotaku is following up with Capcom and will update this story should the company comment.

In this iOS Game, You Beat Up Hentai Characters

Has it come to this? I guess it has! In iOS game Punishment Punch Girl, your job is to dish out a beating to pervs. Noritaka Funamizu, who designed and co-designed several Street Fighter games, oversaw the development of Punishment Punch Girl. So, this iOS game does have a pedigree. 女子高生に××されちゃうヘンタイが大集合 [Famitsu via Siliconera] To…

Street Fighter II Facts That May Blow Your Mind…

Street Fighter II was an important video game. It was one of the very first video games I ever fell in love with, and I know I’m not alone. So many of us just have the tiniest details of Street Fighter II embedded in our consciousness. That’s what makes the Twitter feed of Akira Nishitani…

If The Street Fighter Cast Was Gender-Swapped…

Take the Street Fighter crew, and flip the genders around. What do you get? Badassery, that’s what. Of course, maybe we should have all expected that...but still, it’s cool to see this skit of a picnic gone wrong by ReallyCleverAndroids. Don’t mess with Ryu’s rice, man. Also! A female version of Guile needs to happen…

Capcom is making a new fighting game, it seems. On Twitter, Capcom producer Yoshinori Ono tweeted, “I want… no, Capcom wants Game Designer and programer for New Fighting Game. Its location at Tokyo or Osaka Studio.” Ono added that he didn’t know the “target platform” yet.

Cute Martial Arts Kids Made Cuter with “Guile’s Theme”

There’s this idea that everything goes with Guile‘s theme. But sometimes, the Street Fighter character’s music doesn’t just make things better, but also makes them more adorable. Perhaps you’ve seen this classic? It’s even cuter with Guile’s theme. But, you know, there’s some instances when you don’t need to add Guile’s theme. Take the above,…

Street Fighter Takes On Wrestling. It Gets Messy.

Street Fighter was real. At least, it was for one night earlier this year, as Oakland’s wrestling crew at Hoodslam took on Capcom’s fighter and put it in the ring. In case the embed above doesn’t start at the right spot for you, you’ll want to begin at 3:12. Because while some of the action…

Street Fighter Vs. Plants vs. Zombies Vs. Your Eyeballs

Look, you know how this is going to end. A bunch of super-powered martial artists against cartoony zombies isn’t much of a fight. But, oh no! The ranks of the undead are swelling! How will the World Warriors prevail now? Blanka. Good old Blanka. Thanks, buddy.