The Bionic Commando Podcast had Street Fighter 4 development team members Yoshinori Ono and David Crislip on their show.

One of the big things I heard Ono say is that Seth is about on par with M. Bison (Dictator) in SF2 Champion Edition in level of power, and there won't be a way to set up online matches where you can lock him out.

Character balance and player skill being what is it, it should be very interesting to see how this decision shakes out. It's usually best to wait and see how powerful a character ends up being, because what some people consider to be dominating can usually be countered with time.

Anyway, the action really gets underway around 8:10 in, they answer a bunch of questions from the fans and provide some good insight into the game.

Those of you wondering why Street Fighter 3 characters didn't make it in, how the character balance shakes up and a bunch of other things will get some really good answers mixed in with a lot of jokes and off topic items.

This is really a great listen regardless, and certainly worth your time even though it runs on the long side.