How to complete Akuma's Challenge Mode Trials: Street Fighter 4
Last updated on April 27, 2009
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Video walkthrough of Akuma's (Gouki) Trial Challenges in Street Fighter 4. Watch ►
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Challenge Mode Walkthrough Notes
Akuma's Normal Trials teach you a good portion of his Cancels and basic combos. These are definitely worth going through if you're starting to learn how to play him.
The rest of his trials aren't too bad in comparison with the rest of the characters. If you've been playing Akuma for awhile, the Challenges aren't that different than the normal combos you'll be using when you play him.
On the last Hard Trial, #5, you need to force Dan into the corner and then get almost perfect spacing to be able to juggle him after the EX-Hurricane Kick. If you're just a bit off — either the Crouching Light Kick won't connect or the EX-Hurricane Kick will spin him away from the corner instead of towards it. Check out the video on the right if you have trouble.
Beating all of Akuma's trials unlock a few Icons and Titles related to him.
| Normal: Trial 1
• Jumping Hard Kick. • Towards + Hard Kick. • Towards + Light Punch and Light Kick (Throw). • Backwards + Light Punch and Light Kick (Throw). • Towards + Medium Punch. • Dive Kick (Down + Medium Kick in the air while jumping forward). |
Normal: Trial 2
• Fireball. • Red Fireball. • Air Fireball. • Shoryuken (Dragon Punch). • Hurricane Kick. • Air Hurricane Kick. • Demon Flip, Air Throw. • Teleport. • Raging Demon [Super] (Light Punch 2x, Towards, Light Kick, Hard Punch). • Nightmare Demon [Ultra] (Light Punch 2x, Backwards, Light Kick, Hard Punch). |
| Normal: Trial 3
• Standing Hard Punch, Cancel into Fireball. • Crouching Medium Kick, Cancel into Hurricane Kick. • Crouching Hard Punch, Cancel into Shoryuken. • Towards + Hard Kick, Cancel into Focus Attack. |
Normal: Trial 4
• Jumping Hard Kick, Standing Hard Punch, Cancel into Light Kick Hurricane Kick, juggle with Shoryuken. • Focus Attack, Dash, Standing Hard Punch, Cancel into EX-Hurricane Kick, juggle with Shoryuken. • Demon Flip, press Kick while flipping, Standing Hard Punch, Cancel into Fireball. • EX-Air Fireball, Red Fireball, juggle with Shoryuken. • Focus Attack, Dash, Cancel into Raging Demon [Ultra] (You have to do this very quickly). |
| Normal: Trial 5
• Crouching Light Kick, Link into Crouching Light Punch, Link into Standing Hard Punch. • (Just outside of Close Range) Standing Hard Kick, Link into Crouching Light Kick. • (Just outside of Close Range) Standing Light Punch, Link into Standing Hard Kick. |
Hard: Trial 1 • Crouching Medium Kick, Cancel into Fireball, Focus Attack Dash Cancel, Standing Hard Punch, Cancel into Hard Punch Shoryuken. |
| Hard: Trial 2 • Crouching Light Kick, Link into Crouching Light Punch, Link into Standing Hard Punch, Cancel into Light Kick Hurricane Kick, juggle with Hard Punch Shoryuken. | Hard: Trial 3 • (Just outside of Close Range) Standing Hard Kick, Link into Crouching Light Kick, Cancel into Light Kick Hurricane Kick, juggle with Shoryuken. |
| Hard: Trial 4 • Demon Flip, press Kick while flipping, Standing Light Punch, Link into Crouching Hard Punch, Cancel into Light Kick Hurricane Kick, juggle with Shoryuken. | Hard: Trial 5 • Jumping Hard Kick, Standing Hard Kick, Link into Crouching Light Kick, EX-Hurricane Kick, juggle with EX-Shoryuken. |
Posted by gam on April 29, 2009 at 8:34 a.m. #1
what is cancel and juggle? :O
Posted by Korikai on April 29, 2009 at 2:26 p.m. #2
Canceling a move is interupting a move animation with another move. Have you ever gone from one move straight into another with completing the first? Like going a Shoryuken straight into a Shoryureppa? This an example of canceling. It's is basically stopping a move to quickly execute another move.
Juggling is more simplistic. Juggling is hitting an opponent while they are immobile in their air. Classic example is being hit with a Shoryuken by Ryu and then being hit by Metsu Hadoken (ULTRA) before hitting the ground this is an example of juggling. It is basically hitting your opponent while they are in the air and unable to do anything.
Posted by Anony on June 15, 2009 at 4:05 p.m. #3
I gave up on this game.....Too many noobs using low kicks and too many sagat the fa**ots and kens. plus anytime i try a combo i fail completely because they do some random move that destroys me. This game can kiss my @$$.
Posted by benjibean on July 4, 2009 at 1:24 p.m. #4
i just started going through the trials now that i got my SE stick, am finding it pretty tough do the sanwa mods and octagon gate make executions any easier?
Posted by Furan-San on July 4, 2009 at 3:14 p.m. #5
I'm a proud gamerchik that can say: YES! I PASSED HIS FRIGGING Normal-Hard Trials!! My thumbs hurt though...Ryu's last trial is no easy task either. I don't even know how I managed to do Gouki's trial first when I'm a Ryu gal.
But I have to agree a little with Anony. Online gamers spam the crud outta f'ing Ken. I end up using Gouki's Ashura Senkuu to just keep away and spam a few Gohadoken's or Zanku Hadoken's to keep them at bay or making them jump right at me for a quick Shun Goku Shatsu and they have the NERVE to say that is cheating - when they spam the damn Shoryuken like that was his only special move. Ugh!
And don't get me started on the blockers...GAH!
Posted by balla05 on July 8, 2009 at 9:16 a.m. #6
on his hard 5 i cant get the ex hurricane kick out...any tips
Posted by Sleepinfire on July 10, 2009 at 2:14 p.m. #7
I cant get the (crouch) light kick
(crouch) light punch
Heavy Punch
I cant seem to get the heavy punch in there.. Any tips?
Posted by Thompson on July 14, 2009 at 1:39 a.m. #8
I think you can do fast the crouch light kick and the crouch light punch. But you have to LINK to the hard punch! Not to fast.^^
Posted by ShinAkuma on July 31, 2009 at 5:49 p.m. #9
Akuma's trials are simple for me. IMO I think it's about working out the timing . Cause that's all that bothered me.
It's not soooo extremly precise like blankas 3rd and 4th trial.
Posted by Josh on August 3, 2009 at 7:34 a.m. #10
aight i need somebodys help i don't know what i'm doin wrong and i know i suck balls at this game (no homo) but i can't get past the normal challenge #3... what the trick to canceling attacks?
Posted by thatoneguy on August 5, 2009 at 3:33 p.m. #11
Hello guys, I have a question about a move in the 2nd trial of normal. Move 6, how to perform that air-throw?
Pressing the grapple-buttons in the air doesn't seem to work.
And since the text that show up ingame is just unreadable, I'm helpless...
Any tips?
Posted by Good_Guy on August 6, 2009 at 12:17 a.m. #12
I'm at the first combo of 4. Trial (Normal) and don't know how to do ? What do i false here: Down Left (Light Kick) Down Right Right (Hard Punch) ?. Thanks for any comment ;)
Posted by Good_Guy on August 6, 2009 at 1:32 a.m. #13
I've done it. Thanks anyway ;)
Posted by xHyPhYx ThRaxX on August 7, 2009 at 9:11 a.m. #14
I can't seem to get the ex focus move hard punch on normal trial number 4's 2nd combo set i don't think there's timing involved but a way to keep dan standing when you wanna hit the hard punch any tips?
Posted by im the man on August 8, 2009 at 1:37 a.m. #15
yeah i got a tip stop playing games and get laid i was only 17 when bange big ass cuban and she was my freinds mom jealous
Posted by zombo on August 17, 2009 at 8:15 p.m. #16
i cant seem to do the last trial on hard.. i cant connect the heavy kick with the light punch for some reason.. and i have no idea on how to do the EX-Shoryuken
any ideas guys?
Posted by to thatoneguy on September 6, 2009 at 6:52 p.m. #17
you have to be extremely close to your opponent to pull of the grab.
and also, while i'm at it, @ im the man, fvck off you cvnt. nobody cares if you stopped playing games and banged your friends mom. if you stopped playing games, why the fvck do you need to come on this site anways? to screw around and make people feel bad? is that what gets you off? im pretty sure it is you little b1tch. heres a tip for you...
GET A LIFE!
Posted by genma on October 10, 2009 at 6:40 a.m. #18
hahahahahahahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhahahaaaaaaaaaaaa
Posted by caribbean_gamer on November 4, 2009 at 7:10 a.m. #19
i can't seem to get the combo after the hard kick just the hard drangon punch pls help me
Posted by se_confuse on November 15, 2009 at 11:17 a.m. #20
plz post the moves on video trial challenge for pc for all character it was so hard n dun even understand it for some moves like akuma goshoryuken !!!plz show us how to do it?
Posted by Michael on November 29, 2009 at 4:02 a.m. #21
how to cancel into fireball from standing hard punch...
Posted by Unixept on December 8, 2009 at 5:46 a.m. #22
@ Michael : It seems like you can cancel into a Gou Hadoken after a Close Standing Hard Punch, but not after a Far Standing Hard Punch.
Posted by Gza01 on January 10, 2010 at 10:29 p.m. #23
I'm currently stopped playing sf4 for a while because of others games that i was into like call of duty modern warfare 2 or what not, but now im back and i have to say that its not easy getting the moves back, I am stuck on Akuas 4th trial on normal. any tips? im currently on the focus attatck, dash, hurr kick, dragon punch ppp
Posted by Gza01 on January 10, 2010 at 10:31 p.m. #24
by the way, anyone who would like to play a few rounds, here is my ps3 sn GZA01 just add me... real quick.... im still a student, but hopefully i'll reach the teacher level
Posted by genesisplayer on January 14, 2010 at 7:33 p.m. #25
it takes more than practice to get goukis combos right.
Posted by Deruji on January 28, 2010 at 3:27 a.m. #26
Whats the timing for hard trial 1? Dan always blocks the hp after I dash
Posted by Asmilis on February 6, 2010 at 2:12 p.m. #27
im stuck now for 2 days or something on normal trials 4 with the Ex air fireball to red fireball. Cant seem to get this right, tryed everything, jumping forward, straight and even backwards. I sometimes get a red fireball but he always blocks it, but with earlyer timings he wont even fire the red fireball. My thumb is a friggn mess, but it seems there is no special tip that makes it easier and the videos on youtube dont help me at all.
Posted by Asmilis on February 6, 2010 at 2:29 p.m. #28
Hell. Im trying for 2 days and 5 minutes after i post i get it.
For anyone who has problems, you have to release the ex air fireball pretty late.
Posted by will on February 9, 2010 at 12:41 a.m. #29
asmilis, that trial is soo annoying, i actually ended up doing it by looking at my controller not the screen, standing right next to dan and timing the air fb so it hits low in the jump. but to be honest i guess i just got vlucky~
Posted by easy on February 24, 2010 at 6:16 p.m. #30
His trials are so easy,i can do his trials in 3-5 min. (not couting the loading)
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