AVGN reviews Street Fighter 2010, original

The Angry Video Game Nerd has posted his most recent review, taking on Street Fighter 2010 and even the original Street Fighter 1.

Adult language and trip back to the past await those of you who click the play button below.

Updated: Japanese Super Street Fighter 4 devs go over the new stages

Azrael has come back to translate the most recent Japanese Super Street Fighter 4 blog post.

While just the first part of the blog was initially posted, now the entire thing is available for you to read. Here it is.

Ricardo "Dasrik" LaFaurie passes away

A member of the fighting game community passed away recently, Ricardo "Dasrik" LaFaurie. An excellent piece explaining the details of his passing was written by Joe Zaza.

To help his family with the costs of recent events, some kind hearted members of the Shoryuken.com forums have set up a donation thread for those of you who'd like to help out.

If you personally knew Dasrik and would like to add your condolences, the first link in this story would be a good place to do so. I know his family would appreciate the kind words.

Yatterman No. 2 confirmed for Tatsunoko vs. Capcom on the Wii

On GameStop's Today on the Spot, Yatterman No. 2 was revealed as one of the secret characters for Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars. Seth Killian starts discussing the game at about 8:50 in the clip below.

Yatterman No. 2 being included shouldn't come as too big of a surprise for players, as a leak that was previously reported had her in the lineup.

Still, it's very cool to see she wasn't dropped from the game and she'll be making an appearance in some fashion when the title hits later this month.

For those of you who are curious, it was also stated on the official TvC blog there will not be an arcade release of Ultimate All-Stars and the save data from the previous game will not be compatible with the new one on the Wii.

Chinese Street Fighter 3 Third Strike players video

There's a lot of combo videos in the Street Fighter community, but this movie is from a Chinese group of players who put together a highlight reel of some of their best moments.

While you've probably seen a number of these tricks before, the fact they're happening during matches and the way these are edited together make for a very awesome clip.

Thanks to Aliensang for the heads up.

Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Wii sticks available for pre-order

The GameShark.com store has the Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Wii FightSticks made by Mad Catz available for pre-order.

These are supposed to be available when the game is released this month, although there isn't a date on the GameShark page.

Also, for those of you who asked, this connects to the Wiimote and it will work with Virtual Console titles and it's selling for $79.99. Here are a couple of shots.

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Daigo limited matches to mostly non-console characters

An interesting bit of information came from Clovr4Lyf, who pointed out in the Gootecks' interview with Arturo "Sabin" Sanchez that Daigo Umehara wouldn't face any of the console characters in the money matches he played, except for Cammy and Sakura.

Daigo's reasoning was that these characters were similar enough to their old iterations, he wouldn't mind playing against them.

We know from past interviews that Daigo doesn't practice much against the console characters. So it makes sense why he'd request to limit his play to certain members of the roster.

So what's your take on this matter? Does Daigo only playing against the arcade release fighters give him an advantage against competitors who have to learn to play against all 25 members of the roster? Or is it fair for him to make requests like this considering the console scene isn't as strong in Japan as it is here?

Leave a comment with your thoughts below.

Street Fighter 3 sprites site back online

You may have stumbled across this site at one point or another if you actively follow Street Fighter 3, but it went offline a little while back, and just recently came online again.

Regardless, the Street Fighter 3 sprite site is back now. On the page you can find animated sprites for all of the characters, background images and some other nifty stuff.

If you're looking for a new animated avatar, or just want to look at some of the artwork from the game, this is an excellent place to do so.

Archived video from Capcom's Tatsunoko vs. Capcom session

There was a Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars session at the Capcom headquarters today. The fans were invited to get some hands on time with the game, and Justin Wong was there to showcase his skills.

The crew had a live stream up, and luckily they've kept around the archived video from the event. Here it is in three parts.

CVG previews Super Street Fighter 4, confirms old rumors?

Computer and Video Games has an interesting preview of Super Street Fighter 4.

Parts of the interview seem to hint at things that they've heard directly from Capcom or another reputable source, while some seem to be taken from the rumor list and other things that have been posted.

Here's a bulleted run down of the notable things they had to say.

Get $10 towards another game when you pre-order Tatsunoko vs. Capcom

For those of you planning on purchasing Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars on the Wii, Amazon.com has a nifty offer giving you $10 towards the purchase of another video game when you order it off of their site.

Also, if goodies are your bag, when you pre-order it from Gamestop you'll get eight collectible trading cards.

If you're planning on buying the game anyway, you might as well get some free stuff to go with it.

Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars will be released on January 26th.

Balrog tricks video for Street Fighter 4

Xaazic, Jav1ts and other people have put together an excellent video showing off some nifty tricks with Balrog (Boxer) in Street Fighter 4.

Some of these tactics are character-specific, but they come really come in handy.

For an explanation of what's going on, hit this thread.

Videos show what can be done with hacked PC Street Fighter 4

YouTube user polarity55 has uploaded several videos showing how he's hacked the PC version of Street Fighter 4 to do some unusual things.

Here are some of the more interesting clips.

Daniel Graham performs a real life Hurricane Kick

Ever wonder what a real life Tatsumaki Senpuu-Kyaku (Hurricane Kick) would look like? This may be the closest thing you ever see to it as Daniel Graham performs this move.

Daigo vs. Arturo Sanchez money match video

Back before the Evo 2009 finals happened, Daigo Umehara played a series of Street Fighter 4 money matches against several of the top players in the community.

He beat almost every one, but Arturo Sanchez managed to outplay Umehara in one of the sets. This video has finally surfaced over on Gootecks' website in 720p resolution.

The whole clip isn't available on YouTube, but here's a teaser showing a little intro and the first set.

The video you can download from Gootecks' website also contains some commentary from Arturo explaining how he won the match.

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