Seth Killan and Christian Svensson were on the Unity Boards to answer some questions from the fans about the HD Remix patch, release date of the Mad Catz controllers and a few other topics.What's up with the Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix patch?
Sven: I believe the patch is still in our internal test... and has been for a while. When it's "done" it will be submitted, which then has to go through the approval processes at MS, SCEA, SCEE, SCE Asia. After which point it will be rolled live.
I'm wondering if there's even a vague window of time you could estimate for its release.
Sven: See, doing exactly this is what gets us into trouble, because when it runs late, or bounces on a submission, THEN we'll get another earful.
It's best to just let it run its course and we'll give you updates when we have them to give.
Just take solace in the fact that we're working diligently on improving the product. :)
When is the official release date of the Mad Catz controllers?
Seth: It depends on when your retailer receives their shipments from Mad Catz. Unfortunately Capcom has no direct insight into or control of that process, and obviously the sticks are in very high demand. We're hoping everyone gets them as soon as possible, though it's all scheduled to put them in players' hands in time for launch...
Ono mentioned that if people really wanted to see SFIII characters return in the next Street Fighter game, you just have to let your voice be heard. So how can I do this?
Seth: Well we're way ahead of ourselves talking about a *next* SF game -- we've got one coming out in a couple of weeks that we'd like people to buy before we start cranking on something new :)
That said, this is [Capcom-Unity boards] definitely the place. I (and other people at work on SF) track everyone's comments broadly to see who is getting the comments lately, as well as of course having a pretty solid sense of character popularity as a big fan myself.
Beyond that, if we do get into a new game, I'd love to do what we did for SFIV: have a character poll right here to make sure that at least the biggest fan-favorite does make it into the game. The poll results from the last time we did that secured Cammy a spot, as well as catapulting a bunch of other characters that were "maybe"s into making the final cut.
Making sure the fans are heard and taken care of is my #1 priority. That doesn't mean everybody will always get exactly what they want, but it does mean the people in charge will get an earful of what you have to say before they make ANY decisions.
Was the Street Fighter series named as an homage to the Sonny Chiba Street Fighter movies? — Andrew
Seth: The original Street Fighter was tied closely in the minds of the developers to the Final Fight series, which does mostly take place in the mean streets of Metro City.
As for an homage to Sonny Chiba, I don't think that was directly considered, though many of the SF characters are firmly rooted in the pulpy traditions of kung-fu flicks, so it's all part of the overall cultural package...
