Gouken may be unlocked in Street Fighter 4 on Sept. 26

Azreal on the Shoryuken.com message boards provided a nice translation of the latest entry on the official Japanese Development Blog.

Here's what's currently suspected.

Hints point to another computer controller character being unlocked on Sept. 26, 2008
The character who will be unlocked logically follows Akuma (Gouken?)
Maybe you've only seen this character's shape/profile up til now
There will be another announcement this Friday, Sept. 19, 2008

This entry strongly hints at Gouken — Ryu and Ken's master — being unlocked. Sometimes known as Sheng Long, he's also Akuma's older brother.

Other people have speculated Gen or Evil Ryu from the Street Fighter Alpha series could be the character mentioned.

Posted by M-80 on September 17, 2008 at 8:26 a.m. #1

Man I hope that it's Gouken and not Gen or Evil Ryu.....If it isn't Gouken I'll be pissed

Posted by Balrog on September 17, 2008 at 1:52 p.m. #2

Sounds a lot like Gouken to me, but it wouldn't be unlike Capcom to throw people for a loop. They like to do that some times.

Posted by Dante on September 19, 2008 at 3:07 a.m. #3

Man Gouken will be awesome in this but i wouldnt say no to E.Ryu

Posted by IvanEva on September 19, 2008 at 12:40 p.m. #4

Street Fighter is rather notorious for cheaply adding in "new" characters by just making more Shoto clones. Is this just going to be Gouki's body with a different head on it?

Posted by Ryu on April 5, 2009 at 2 a.m. #5

i would love if they made a Evil.Ryu

Posted by 2bunstopable on April 8, 2009 at 12:02 p.m. #6

can u guys post information on how to unlock Gouken?

Posted by Raz on April 27, 2009 at 7:18 p.m. #7

To unlock Akuma as a playable character:

You need to get at least one "perfect" win in a round, and more than one depending on how many rounds per match you are playing.

- 1 round match: 1 perfect round or more

- 3 round match: 2 perfect rounds or more

- 5 round match: 3 perfect rounds or more

- 7 round match: 4 perfect rounds or more

(including the last battle against Seth)

To unlock Gouken as a playable character:

1. Complete Arcade Mode playing as Akuma and watch (not necessary to watch everything) an ending.

2. Then, unlock Gouken as an opponent, and defeat him.

Necessary conditions to unlock Gouken as an opponent:

- Play with any characters with which you watched the ending once (so play using a character you have already beaten the game with)

- Do not continue at all.

- Do not lose at all. Not even one round (easier if you only play 1-round matches)

- Achieve certain number (or more) of "Perfect" rounds. The number of Perfect Win you need to achieve are:

If you play on

- 1 round match: 1 time or more

- 3 round match: 2 times or more

- 5 round match: 3 times or more

- 7 round match: 4 times or more

- Achieve certain number (or more) of Super Combo -OR- Ultra Combo Finishes. Super and Ultra finishes both count toward this number. The number of perfect win you need to achieve are:

If you play on

- 1 round match: 3 times or more

- 3 round match: 5 times or more

- 5 round match: 7 times or more

- 7 round match: 9 times or more

- Achieve certain number (or more) of First Attack (this means you must score the first strike in a match--the screen gives you the "First Attack" message, and you can mostly do this without even noticing):

The number of First Attack you need to achieve are:

If you play on

- 1 round match: 5 time or more

- 3 round match: 10 times or more

- 5 round match: 15 times or more

- 7 round match: 20 times or more

- Then Gouken will appear. Kick his butt to unlock him!