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The Street Fighter II HD Remix intro that never was

by Richard Mitchell { Nov 3rd 2009 at 4:05PM }

We're sure everyone likes the redrawn, high definition art featured in Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, but did you know that Udon also redrew the original SSFII intro sequence? It's true, and Capcom Unity has the video to prove it. After the break, you'll find the intro movie that Udon created, though it never made it into the actual game. The video features Ryu doing his fireball thing, while Chun-Li poses and Cammy (for some reason) gives everyone a raspberry. Watch the redrawn trailer and the original after the break.

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SFII HD stats site up and running (also punching)

by Richard Mitchell { Apr 21st 2009 at 6:00PM }

Attention all stat-loving digital pugilists, the official stat tracking site for Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix is now live for both the XBLA and PSN versions. The site lets players view plenty of stats that aren't available on the regular leaderboard, including ranking, rating, wins, losses and perfects. It even tracks the number of throws and projectiles used. Stats can be viewed for all characters combined or for individual characters, and you can also compare your stats with another player.

Finally, you can prove to all your friends that they're nothing but turtling, fireball spamming jerks. FYI, it seems like the server is getting hammered by stat fiends right now, as we've been unable to bring up our own stats all day.

[Via Capcom Unity]

XBLA Awards: Braid can't rewind loss to Castle Crashers

by James Ransom-Wiley { Mar 23rd 2009 at 6:52PM }

Castle Crashers recovered from a 4-month gimp to be crowned the Xbox Live Arcade "Game of the Year" in the second annual community voting awards. Somewhat surprisingly, Castle Crashers also managed to nab "Best Co-op Mode" despite being virtually unplayable online for four out of its seven months in release. On its way to top honors, The Behemoth's beat-em-up notably beat out its fellow indie nominee, Braid, which was famously dismissed by an American youth spokesperson.

Braid's losing streak continued in the "Best Single Player Game" category, which was claimed by Orange Box cutout Portal: Still Alive (oh right, it has "exclusive" challenge maps), but Jonathan Blow's timeless effort did mange to win "Best Innovation" amid stiff competition. (We were certain Kefling's innovative "use of Avatars" was a shoo-in.)

The complete list of awards and recipients is posted after the break.

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Capcom not done with HD Remixing

by Alexander Sliwinski { Mar 12th 2009 at 5:30PM }

Capcom's talking about HD remixing some more titles following the success of Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix. Capcom VP Christian Svensson tells VideoGamer that not every game needs it, but the company is going to "potentially" apply the formula to other fighting games in the company's catalog. Next time, however, it plans do it "better, based on what [it] learned" -- which we'll take to mean cutting down development time.

When asked if Marvel vs. Capcom 2 would be HD-ified, Svensson commented that it's probably the title fans request the most, but he has no news to share about that. We know retro Mega Man is en vogue, but an HD remix of Mega Man 2 could be interesting.

Gallery: Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix

Capcom details patch fixes for Street Fighter II HD Remix

by David Hinkle { Mar 5th 2009 at 4:35PM }

If your street fights have been plagued by nasty bugs and glitches -- even the occasional low blow -- we've got some good news: Capcom is on the case. It's working on a patch for SSFIITHDR coming "in the next few weeks" that will deal with a variety of issues.

We're glad to report that details regarding what will be patched are available right now. To keep in line with our New Year's resolution, we're going to keep the front page bullet-point-free and ask you click past the break for the details on what the patch will, uh, patch.

Gallery: Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix

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Street Fighter art exhibition hits California this April

by David Hinkle { Mar 4th 2009 at 7:45PM }

We love art of all kinds, and we're glad to report that Gallery Nucleus and I am 8-bit are teaming up to present a Street Fighter art exhibition in Alhambra, California from April 25 - May 11. There you'll be able to check out some contributions from Udon, the wonderful folks behind SSFIITHDR, and enjoy some of the festivities going down outside of looking at art. These activities include:

Cosplay contest (show up in cosplay, get 15% off store purchases, excluding already discounted goods)
Street Fighter IV tournament hosted by EVO (first place wins a cool $500)
Raffle (free ticket for first 100 guests, $1 each after that)
Free refreshments
Music by Ronikus

Sounds like a good time. We had fun at our last Capcom party, so we're guessing this one will also be a hoot. Will you make it?

Street Fighter II HD coming to Europe this week

by Jem Alexander { Feb 18th 2009 at 9:00AM }

We've just received word from Capcom that the ever-elusive Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix will finally be available in Europe this week. It'll arrive this Thursday during the normal PSN update and will cost you £11.99/€14.99. The high-def remake arrives just one day before Street Fighter IV. Jolly good show.

Considering that IV is such a return to form for the series, is there really any point in grabbing both? Especially when Play.com is selling it for less than £30. Bargain!

EVO 2009 Championship Series coming to Las Vegas in July

by David Hinkle { Feb 3rd 2009 at 12:21PM }

Fighting game fanatics, wonderful news comes courtesy of our good friends at Capcom: EVO 2009 is on! For those of you who aren't in the know, EVO is a huge fighting game tournament open to gamers from around the world. It's also an awesome search term on YouTube. This year's tournament will go down in Las Vegas from July 17 to July 19 and will feature a variety of Capcom games, as well as some other notable fighters like Soulcalibur IV and Guilty Gear XX Accent Core. The Capcom games to be featured include:

Street Fighter IV
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix (single and teams)
Marvel Vs. Capcom 2
Street Fighter III: Third Strike (2 vs 2 teams)
Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom

Sounds like quite the tournament, and we're very glad to see Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom getting some love. We're still holding out hope that it'll get localized some day, as unrealistic as that may be.

[Via Capcom Blog]

Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix patch on the way

by Justin McElroy { Jan 28th 2009 at 2:22PM }

After typing Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix so many times, we finally swore to ourselves that we would never, ever buy the game. But those of you less familiar with digit strain should know that Capcom is working on a patch to eliminate any problems you may have encountered in your purchase.

Capcom isn't currently offering any hints as to what boo-boos it'll be bandaging, but we'd bet you'll see more than a couple of the problems on this fan-compiled list getting Tiger Uppercutted.

Rumor: SCEE blocks Street Fighter HD release due to 'faults and other problems'

by Andrew Yoon { Jan 27th 2009 at 6:15PM }

Go figure. Although American players have been able to enjoy Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix for quite some time now, European PS3 owners have been left in the dark. We've heard the cries before: "blame Sony," they'd say.

thePSN.co.uk had a chat with Capcom UK ~~Leo Tan~~ [Update: Leo Tan has denied making the comments, while thePSN has professed to name-checking "the wrong person at Capcom."] to find out why SCEE is denying release of the game. According to the alleged representative, Capcom has already submitted the game to SCEE twice. However, SCEE is declining release of the game, noting "faults and other problems." Supposedly, the game must be "redone."

Capcom is working on yet another version to submit to SCEE "within three weeks." We find it quite strange that, in spite of a successful release in the US, Sony's European counterpart has become the sole roadblock in this game's worldwide release. Certainly, there must be some reason for the constant delays.

Gallery: Super Street Fighter II HD

[Thanks, Alex E.!]

FanSwag: Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix

by Xav de Matos { Dec 31st 2008 at 5:00PM }

Update: This FanSwag is now closed.

Here it is, the final FanSwag of 2008. We've given away a ton of quality goods and this week is no different. This week we're giving away one copy of Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix for the Xbox Live Arcade. Capcom's latest HD reboot is on the line in our last FanSwag of the year and you can win it. All it takes is one measy comment and you can be the lucky one to nab one of our own picks for XBLA Game of the Year! Here's how you can win:

To win leave a comment and tell us who your Street Fighter II Turbo character of choice is.
You may leave one comment. Posters of multiple comments will be disqualified. We'll accept entries until 5:00PM eastern January 2nd. You must be at least 18 years old to enter. This giveaway is open only to residents of the U.S. or Canada (excluding Quebec).
On January 2nd, we'll pick one (1) winner via a random drawing.
One (1) winner will receive a redemption code for Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, worth $15.
Complete giveaway rules can be found here.

FanPoll'08: XBLA Game of the Year

by Xav de Matos { Dec 26th 2008 at 1:30PM }

This year has brought us a slew of incredible Xbox Live Arcade titles so whittling the list down to five contenders is a difficult task. In the end the top honors went to the five titles we felt delivered on all promises made and showcased greatness, even through their shortcomings.

Read more about these five nominees:
A Kingdom for Keflings
Bionic Commando Rearmed
Braid
Geometry Wars 2
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix

Voting closes at 12:01am on December 30, 2008. Results will be revealed on December 30, 2008.

Street Fighter II HD breaks records, over 250K sold

by Richard Mitchell { Dec 18th 2008 at 5:00PM }

Super Street Fighter II HD Remix, according to associate product manager John Diamonon, has sold in excess of 250,000 copies and is "on its way to becoming the highest grossing digital title ever." Diamonon states that the game has already broken both day one and week one records -- the game debuted November 25 and 26 on PSN and XBLA, respectively -- and he adds that the game is likely to best the 30 day record as well. Diamonon proceeds to thank everyone involved, stating that the game was "a labor of love for everyone involved" and then thanks the fans themselves for keeping the title "relevant" for well over a decade.

There's a lesson here, kids. Nostalgia sells, but high definition nostalgia really sells.

Street Fighter II HD surpasses 250K sold

by Randy Nelson { Dec 18th 2008 at 4:15PM }

Capcom has announced via the Capcom-Unity forums that Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix has sold 250,000 copies since its debut on November 25 (PS3) and 26 (360), and is on track to bring in more money than any previous downloadable game.

"HD Remix has shattered both day one and week one sales records and will most likely break 30 day sales records as well," associate product manager, John Diamonon, said. "It's on its way to becoming the highest grossing digital title ever." Calling the game "a labor of love for everyone involved," Diamonon thanked ... everyone involved. Oh, and like truly classy end credits, he thanked you, the player.

Free SFII HD Remix soundtrack get!

by Richard Mitchell { Dec 4th 2008 at 12:30PM }

If you've been playing (deep breath) Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix lately, chances are you've been positively rocking out to the revamped soundtrack. As it turns out, Capcom actually partnered with Overclocked Remix, a website that specializes in remixing game music, to create the soundtrack for SSFIITHDR. Gamers from all over the planet supplied the tracks for the soundtrack, and now OC Remix is giving away the entire soundtrack for free. That's precisely zero dollars. The soundtrack is being offered both as a full album download and as individual MP3s of each track. So, head over to OC Remix and get yourself some free music.

Note: As of this writing, we've had trouble getting the OC Remix site to load.

[Via Capcom-Unity]