Super Street Fighter II HD looks slightly less appealing, to some

by Xav de Matos { Nov 30th 2008 at 2:45PM }

Maybe it's just us but Super Street Fighter II HD Remix looks hella pretty. Pretty perfect, actually. Unfortunately some videophiles may not agree as news has come out that SSFIIHDR upscales in-game character sprites and crops backgrounds when played in 16:9 wide screen. According to notorious pixel counters Digital Foundry, SSFIIHDR is scaling characters and cropping backgrounds because the game was developed to be played old school, that is to say using 4:3 aspect ratio. While we like our games pretty we just don't see enough issue and it becomes even less apparent while you're playing the game. Videophiles have a right to know, though.

[via GamersGlobal]

Tags: capcom, pixels, ssfiithd, ssfiithdr, super-street-fighter-ii-hd-remix, xbla

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Donato @ Nov 30th 2008 2:56PM

I tried the trial version, overall the game is very "pretty" but my Xbox is running 16:9 and i do notice some weird black bars/slivers on the side of the screen. Don't know what that's about

Jimiisama @ Dec 1st 2008 1:16AM

I do hope this is sarcasm.

ryan @ Nov 30th 2008 3:01PM

I'd like to see a few more frames of animation thrown into it, but of course this would go against the 'old skool' feel and would look much smoother.

Jimiisama @ Dec 1st 2008 1:17AM

If a move has more startup frames, that's considered a negative thing. It's not just fort he old-school feel.

ryan @ Dec 1st 2008 9:08AM

didn't seem to bother SF3 any did it?

Hoffer @ Nov 30th 2008 3:14PM

They call it HD remix, but the game was designed for an SD TV. :-)

meatee @ Nov 30th 2008 3:59PM

They wanted to stay faithful to the original while adding HD sprites/backgrounds. Allowing the game to play in true 16x9 changes the width of the playable area, which really would affect the gameplay. They made a conscious decision not to widen the playable area in order to stay faithful to the original.

Mazrael @ Nov 30th 2008 3:35PM

no AI on the trial.. no buy.. I've got VF5 & Soul Calibur 1 & 4(newest).. never bothered with online with those..

Espiox @ Nov 30th 2008 3:37PM

I think it actually tells you that the 16:9 backgrounds are cropped, in the options. Besides, it kind of makes sense in the context.

eddyk @ Nov 30th 2008 5:01PM

I've noticed that after buying it and I'm kind of pissed ; the game shouldn't call himself HD remix since it was designed for 4:3 ...
At least the online play is pretty good actually, playing versus the CPU is boring.

Jimiisama @ Dec 1st 2008 1:19AM

HD has nothing to do with widescreen. There are HDTV's that are 4:3 and there are SDTV's that are 16:9. If it has 720 lines, then it is HD; it does not have to be 16:9.

iFester @ Nov 30th 2008 5:31PM

So if it was supped up for for 4:3 screens yet cites it's HD in the title, I call false advertising as HD is synonymous with 16:9.

I'm suing their asses!!! (joke)

DeadPlasmaCell @ Nov 30th 2008 7:08PM

Not sure why people are pissed, this isn't news or anything. This is how they said they'd handle 16:9 if they were going to implement it in the game. (Ironically after people bitched about 16:9 NOT being part of the original plan)

RazLeBoL @ Nov 30th 2008 7:23PM

Of course it's cropped or else it would alter the gameplay. It was in the Capcom release notes, no need for pixel counters...

http://www.capcom-unity.com/jimmyrey/blog/2008/11/24/hyper_mega_post_of_super_street_fighter_ii_turbo_hd_remix_for_your_reading_pleasures

Tony @ Dec 1st 2008 11:19AM

Yeah, I was going to comment last night that they've been totally upfront about this. It's why they weren't going to put in 16:9 in the first place.

Lord_von_Punx @ Nov 30th 2008 8:03PM

i only get the 16:9 black vertical bars issue

when its in native mode on my toshiba lcd 42 lx

177 when i put it in natural its fine.. but its

annoying to have to switch modes when i want

pixel for pixel..

mark @ Nov 30th 2008 8:43PM

what happened to the air force logo on the jet? they're not staying true to the original.

and the announcer sounds like a huge nerd.

i respect capcom for most of their work, but this is not worth $15.

here's hoping street fighter iv isn't a let down. and i hope they put otis in as a secret character. i want to beat the crap out of him.