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These Street Fighter Shirts Aren’t Exactly Intimidating
Clothing company Kineda is the latest in a long line of outlets to try their hand at some trendy Street Fighter t-shirts, their collaboration with Capcom resulting in this sickeningly adorable line. While it’s not for me – my Street Fighter tastes lie somewhere between Triumvir and Meat Bun – it’ll be for someone out…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 4, 2012 -
CultureTotal Recall
Dragon Ball’s Creator Takes on Street Fighter
Akira Toriyama is famous as being the creator of Dragonball, though he’s also worked on video games, most notably doing character design for the Dragon Quest series of RPGs (as well as Xbox 360 RPG Blue Dragon). This antique image, from what looks like an old Japanese magazine, has the legend giving his take on…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 3, 2012 -
Who Knew Turning People Into Squares Made Them So Cute?
I wouldn’t have guessed it, but deviantART artist Theresa Cartwright has a whole gallery dedicated to proving the naysayers otherwise. They don’t just include video game characters, either. Everyone from The Last Airbender’s Aang to Breaking Bad’s Jessie appears in that gallery. Even Jessie’s meth head makeup is somehow, slightly, oddly charming in the squarified…
By Tina Amini Published July 2, 2012 -
You Know What? Ryu Kind Of Sucks.
In today’s Speak Up, Daemon_Gildas confesses that Ryu just flat out sucks. Especially compared to his rivals. Dear Capcom, Listen, I know it’s been a while since we talked. I maybe said some things, and you maybe locked me out of some on-disc content. But I like to think we’ve really grown since then. So…
Featuring Daemon_Gildas Published July 2, 2012 -
Kotaku East
The Feel Good Fighting Game Story of the Summer
The fighting game community gets a bum rap. Sometimes it’s deserved. Often it’s not. There are good people in the fighting game community. People like Daigo Umehara. People like Osamu Ichikawa. And people like the folks at Shoryuken. Osamu has cerebral palsy, a condition he was diagnosed with when he was one. For his whole…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 28, 2012 -
An Advocate Who Believed in His Community, not Just the Games They Bought
Seth Killian’s last day at Capcom was Friday. Community managers and PR types become well known to our readers because they’re so frequently quoted, but their departures typically don’t rate a news item because it usually amounts to no more than insider talk. Seth, whose title was “Strategic Marketing Director, Online & Community” wasn’t really…
By Owen Good Published June 24, 2012 -
Ever Wonder What Happened to all the Street Fighters?
We’ve got one interpretation. And it’s a funny one. But it’s not terribly realistic. Which is why, in some ways, I like this version of “what happened after” for the Street Fighter series a little more. Canadian artist Arman Akopian has done these great images of some of the central characters in the franchise, depicting…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2012 -
Street Fighter X Tekken Coming to iPhones This Summer, Probably Won’t Have On-Disc DLC
That tech demo we saw of the Street Fighter X Tekken crossover running on an iPad earlier this month becomes a real boy, as Capcom shrinks Ryu, Nina, Chun-Li and Kazuya down until they fit inside iOS devices. Street Fighter X Tekken Mobile features the same great fighting action of the console version, only without…
By Mike Fahey Published June 14, 2012 -
Street Fighter Producer Says Capcom ‘Didn’t Even Acknowledge’ His Harrowing Hospital Visit
Popular Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinoro Ono says even after he worked himself to the point of exhaustion and took a terrifying trip to the hospital several months ago, Capcom put him back to work at breakneck speed. Speaking to Eurogamer’s Simon Parkin at Capcom’s Captivate event last month, Ono paints a grim picture of…
By Jason Schreier Published June 11, 2012 -
Street Fighter’s Characters Take a Punch (or Three) to the Face
There was a silver lining to the dark, black clouds of defeat after you lost a Street Fighter II round: the post-game chit-chat. While the after-match quotes and character portraits are a fighting game staple, Street Fighter’s really went to town by showing the loser with a face that looked like a side of chopped…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 10, 2012 -
Wreck-It Ralph‘s New Trailer Features Bowser, Dr. Robotnik, Zangief, Q*Bert and More
We previously reported that Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph would feature cameos of iconic video game villains, but seeing them in an actual trailer is something different. After watching this, I can’t wait for this film to be released. It looks like it could be the greatest video game-related movie ever made.
By Nick Vannucci Published June 6, 2012 -
Pick Your Poison (No, Really.)
Gender-bending Poison is a gaming favorite. And it’s no easy task to pull off her hot pants, whether you are male, female, or somewhere in between. And do folks ever like dressing up in Poison’s skimpy threads. So let’s find out who wore the character best? Regarding the character’s gender, the story goes that Poison…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 6, 2012 -
Kotaku EastTraditional Japanese Art Makes For Beautiful Games
While playing the remake of classic JRPG Walk Over My Corpse on the PSP, I couldn’t help but be dazzled by its traditional Japanese “Sumi-e” art style. Sumi-e, for those of you who don’t know, is a kind of painting where an artist uses nothing but black ink, brush, and rice paper to create a…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published May 29, 2012 -
Culture
We Can Only Hope Next-Gen Street Fighter Looks This Good
Loraine Howard III doesn’t just have the best name of any artist we’ve featured here on our concept art spotlight, he also has some of the most impressive 3D work, headlined by the incredible Balrog you see up top. If next-gen pants don’t look that good I’ll be very disappointed. Loraine has previously worked with…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2012 -
Now THIS is How You Celebrate a Game’s Anniversary
It’s been really disappointing in the last few years watching companies like Nintendo do so little to really commemorate significant anniversaries in the life of beloved game franchises. Mario got a tiny little extras disc while Zelda got even less. Capcom, though, seem to know what long-time fans are looking for with their anniversaries, that…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2012 -
Chun-Li: Who Wore It Best?
As far as video game characters get, few are as iconic as Street Fighter‘s Chun-Li. She’s not only a player favorite, but also a fan one. Many a cosplayer has donned her qipao. But who wore it best? Let’s find out. In the above gallery, there’s a smattering of Chun-Li cosplay. It’s a small sampling.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 23, 2012 -
Capcom Tries to Fix Street Fighter X Tekken, Breaks it Instead
In updating the console versions of Street Fighter X Tekken to fix a few bugs, Capcom has accidentally introduced a new one, which completely breaks the game. Whoops. Anyone updating to 1.04 and using Rolento’s knife to attack a projectile will find that the results are not exactly desirable, in that it locks the game…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 18, 2012 -
A Time-Lapsed Look At One Lovely Street Fighter Mural
Check out this pretty video of a few artists painting a giant Street Fighter mural at their local sushi shop. It’s neat how a wall can transform from a bunch of amorphous smudges to one hell of a drawing. Street Fighter Mural in Time Lapse [YouTube]
By Jason Schreier Published May 10, 2012 -
The Dorkly Weekly: Video Game Real Estate Agents Have it Rough
Filled with rusty meet hooks, jumping snakes, and the odd retractable bridge over a pit of bubbling lava, video game real estate isn’t exactly burning up the market. Well, in some cases it is, but only literally. Bowser’s castle from Super Mario Bros. isn’t a safe place to raise a family, but a good real…
By Mike Fahey Published May 7, 2012
