Street Fighter IV Collector's Edition gets updated

by Xav de Matos { Dec 20th 2008 at 2:30PM }

Yesterday, Capcom unveiled some changes made to the Collector's Edition retail packaging of Street Fighter IV. Originally featuring Chun-Li at the ready for a brawl, Capcom had a total change of heart regarding the cover art thanks to fan feedback. "We had a total re-think on our SFIV packaging," Capcom's PR director, Chris Kramer, wrote on the Capcom-Unity blog. "We have opted to drop the initial Chun-Li packfront in favor of Street Fighter IV art director Ikeno-san's amazing Ryu vs. Ken illustration."

Priced at $79.99, Street Fighter enthusiasts can expect to enjoy a soundtrack CD, hint book with Udon art and a C. Viper figurine -- but we're still hoping they come to their senses and swap that for Akuma or Ken. Not content with leaving Xbox 360 fanboys out in the standard definition dust, Capcom has confirmed the final piece of collector's swag -- a new 65-minute anime movie, The Ties That Bind -- has been encoded on a special game disc (not a standard DVD) which has allowed creators at Studio 4C to output the film at a native 720p resolution.

Finally, Capcom says the collector's edition will also include some "secret additional downloadable content," which GameStop had previously listed as new costumes, but has since revised.

[via Joystiq]

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Tags: capcom, collectors-edition, sfiv, street-fighter, street-fighter-iv

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

ObiWanKennoli @ Dec 20th 2008 3:04PM

I'm not a Street Fighter fan, but I must say the new box art is a lot nicer than the old one.

shane86 @ Dec 20th 2008 3:36PM

The new box art is so much better! I hope they change it in the EU too

bryan t @ Dec 20th 2008 3:46PM

so why do we still get the C. Viper figure then? either change the box art to Viper or give us a ken figure instead (preferred)

NukeAssault @ Dec 20th 2008 4:10PM

Probably cause they already made thousands of them. =P

I personally like it.

ez054098 @ Dec 20th 2008 3:56PM

That figurine is lame. The PS3 collection gets Ryu and we get a chick. Lamo! Give us Ken or Guile or Blanka. Something cool!

NukeAssault @ Dec 20th 2008 4:14PM

Sexy, day one for me! Still gotta get a stick though. SSF2THDR is a pain without one.

JohNey @ Dec 20th 2008 4:33PM

i like the old 1 better cuz my brother is buyin the jap 1 .. and US for myself ... which kind of cool to have different cover ...
for the figure i really think they should change to some 1 else... the thing is i dont even know who that women is ...

Mazrael @ Dec 20th 2008 5:05PM

neither do I..

but with a 65 miute film I'm interested..

(hopefully they fix Ryu's face.. and drop the balloon bloke)

AoE @ Dec 20th 2008 4:34PM

Ah man I'm probably alone in this, but I actually liked the Chun Li box art.

dylan @ Dec 20th 2008 8:02PM

I agree, looking at girls is always better than looking at guys.

Ujn Hunter @ Dec 22nd 2008 8:58AM

I'm with you... I liked the Chun Li box art... glad we still get C. Viper figure... instead of a generic Ryu/Ken figure that is available in all shapes and sizes...

HamalSharatan @ Dec 20th 2008 8:13PM

That movie on a game disc... any chance it will play on other players?

Eric @ Dec 20th 2008 11:29PM

Have you seen many "other players" that play Xbox360 games? Short answer: no.

HamalSharatan @ Dec 21st 2008 9:39AM

Isn't there always a first time for everything?

Eric @ Dec 20th 2008 11:29PM

A movie on a game disc... interesting. That makes me wonder why studios don't do this for normal movies.

Enough people have 360's to make them a viable player.. and the movies could be encoded in DivX since the 360 has no problem with it.. it would open HD movies to a lot of people at no [hardware] cost. I'd buy em.

This would be no worse than UMD movies or those Gameboy advance videos they have for kids. But in the 360's case, many people are using them as an entertainment center anyway.. it kinda makes sense.

ryan @ Dec 21st 2008 9:46AM

They did this mainly to get the same quality as the blu-ray version.

Though, I understand what you are saying, I can't see movie studios supporting only one form of media player when they distribute their titles.

But supporting blu-ray caters to a PS3, Sony, Samsung, Panasonic and many other blu-ray players. There's more profit to be made here.