Video: First Street Fighter IV gameplay

by Dustin Burg { Dec 29th 2007 at 1:15PM }

Tada! Hail fanboys to the very first gameplay footage of Street Fighter IV in all its Street Fighter glory. It's ready for your viewing.

1UP got the exclusive scoop in a 20 minute video interview with SFIV's developers where they learn, laugh and play everything SFIV. Oh, and did we mention the video above is the first footage of the game? Well, it is and we're not sure if we enjoy the overly animated faces or the new art look, but one thing we're sure of is is that it'll be a change on the traditional SFIV formula. Watch the gameplay footage (and the video interview if you have time) then tell us what your SFIV impressions are. Ryu-kick!

Tags: capcom, sfiv, street-fighter-iv

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

VOS @ Dec 29th 2007 2:05PM

Pretty damn sweet looking but those added graphic overlays during fighting might get annoying.

toysh @ Dec 29th 2007 2:08PM

WOW, cannot wait for this. looks amazing

Simon @ Dec 29th 2007 2:25PM

Can't decide if this looks awesome or shitty. Kinda like the animations, but the FX were annoying just after 10 secs. But as staying truthful to the old games it really looks like an greatly updated SF.

Anticrawl @ Dec 29th 2007 10:51PM

And I can't decide if I should thank X3F for keeping us updated or grab my torch and pitch fork to rally a mob for hunting down X3F because of the shitty gamevideos.com embeded video.

I'll stick to the later for now, but I'm watching you X3F *shakes pitchfork angrily* I'm watching you....

Anticrawl @ Dec 29th 2007 10:53PM

Bah, I'll stick to the former I meant, thanks for the update X3F, but I'd hate to have to hunt you down and fork the shit out of you.

a.j. @ Dec 29th 2007 2:26PM

i can hear the purists gathering to rip it apart because of the new look but i personally think it's awesome. things have to evolve.

violenceinhd @ Dec 29th 2007 2:33PM

Those screen overlays aren't apart of the real fighting.

Nooooooobs.

Ian @ Dec 29th 2007 11:26PM

Neither is shooting fireballs out of your hands, or flying upside down spinning....

Ranus Studios @ Dec 29th 2007 2:37PM

Doesn't look bad. Except for the faces; they got mighty silly looking. But then, I've never been much for Street Fighter.

Those big black overlays were transitions between footage, by the way. The only place you'll really see them is menus and the like.

Femric @ Dec 29th 2007 4:27PM

I agree with you. Their faces look strange, I'm not digging it. The new style looks great!

Pete @ Dec 29th 2007 3:25PM

I'm definitely a Street Fighter purist. I definitely love the game already. You guys should "get" the interview that the producer had with EGM. He's all about the old-school Street Fighter experience and he and his team seem to be going to great lengths to keep the classic framework intact. I don't mind the graphical overlay or the new style... I'm just oh so glad that they kept the gameplay 2D, but then again they could make the game cel-shaded in black and white with chibi heads and I'd probably still love it.... Okay maybe not but still haha

MOSCHOPS @ Dec 29th 2007 3:34PM

The characters look shit! They are totally wrong! Whoever has done the character design hasn't done a faithful job at all. Won't be touching this game unless they redesign the characters PROPERLY !!!!!!!!!

Joop @ Dec 29th 2007 4:42PM

RIP Street Fighter. We had a good ride, old friend.

Boff @ Dec 29th 2007 5:22PM

Awww that looks sweet as!
Don't know what everyone is worrying about.
Those transitions are definitely not part of the game, you can easily tell.

Can't wait!

Alex @ Dec 30th 2007 5:46PM

It looks awesome. Looks just like the fight scenes from the Street Fighter animated movie - and those were awesome too.

Etchasketchist @ Dec 29th 2007 6:13PM

Another one bites the dust. Street Fighter was like the final holdout from the Polygon Invaders. I think they shoulda stayed true to their roots. Someone's gotta stick-up for 2-D.

Maci @ Dec 30th 2007 4:41PM

Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD?

gettembuck @ Dec 29th 2007 7:49PM

This game looks terrible. Is it coming out for XBLA? If not, I doubt I would ever play it at all.

I am not one much for living in the past though.

Darkwun @ Dec 29th 2007 7:06PM

speaking as an 80s baby i'm not too pleased about what i just saw, i'm excited, but not too pleased

whocares @ Dec 29th 2007 8:11PM

looks pretty awesone except mabye the faces. And there's that street fighter turbo HD remix thing for the 2D lovers anyway.

joerendous @ Dec 29th 2007 8:05PM

they should've given Ryu his shoes back

Nick @ Dec 29th 2007 9:11PM

HOLY CRAP.

I just watched it for the heck, because I didn't really care.

But zOMG. That looks amazing. Not a sight-unseen buy, but I'm darn sure ready to try that demo out.

I need new pants now!

mahmud @ Dec 29th 2007 9:26PM

i guess it's ok. other than the fact that ryu goes from looking like bruce lee to now looking like a used car salesman.

somemale @ Dec 29th 2007 9:46PM

Will there be a parry system like 3rd strike?

Tony @ Dec 29th 2007 9:54PM

Looks pretty awesome. I just hope they work in some sort of reactions from the people in the background. It's bizarre to see them basically sitting and eating as if no fight is going on.

ZeroCorpse @ Dec 29th 2007 9:58PM

Street SHOOTER.

Looks good, but it was clearly going the way of the last few Capcom games in that it's focusing on the super powers and shooting attacks and not the punching/kicking/ducking/jumping that made SFII worth playing.

This was mostly fireballs and dragon punches. Bleh.

Anticrawl @ Dec 29th 2007 10:54PM

Both characters look like their really constipated and they are straining to shit. Seriously the visuals are incredible but I wanna vomit at the sight of their faces.

Etchasketchist @ Dec 30th 2007 1:34AM

In other Street Fighter news, I totally just rocked a Chun-Li on my Etch-a-sketch:

http://etchasketchist.blogspot.com/2007/12/chun-li.html

ccc @ Dec 30th 2007 4:11AM

Looked choppy and well I hope it shapes up.

Rk @ Dec 30th 2007 8:43AM

This might actually be the game to get me interested in SF :P (Cue screaming hordes of classic SF fans).

Tony @ Dec 30th 2007 11:22AM

Well, it is the first video and special moves are a hell of a lot more exciting to watch than plain old punches and kicks. Who knows what it'll be like in a full, normal match.

Eriq @ Dec 30th 2007 4:14PM

The game looks bad ass except for the faces & facial expressions--Ryu for example looks too American and silly looking. Like a horrible version of American Anime.

And the "black-out explosions" are clearly NOT a part of the game. They're just transition effects added by the person who put the video together.