Famitsu scan shows new SSF4 features, bonus stages

Posted by shannaro!!! on November 3, 2009 at 10:18 p.m. #1

We get to bash cars again?! That's incredible!

Posted by nameless on November 3, 2009 at 10:19 p.m. #2

and barrells! woo hoo!

Posted by Phynx on November 3, 2009 at 10:21 p.m. #3

You can see some of the new menu screen too.

Posted by rwawwww on November 3, 2009 at 10:23 p.m. #4

for blanka it's cake walk

Posted by ComicDude on November 3, 2009 at 10:23 p.m. #5

I cant believe how stupid this is, like they could not include that on the SF4, and then they just re use it, cant they think of something new after almost 20yrs??? They should have included like b4 a fight where Ken Ryu touch gloves or when Dan see Sagat he cries they could have made it so much betta with lil things like that.

Posted by Pankratos on November 3, 2009 at 10:23 p.m. #6

I'm more interested in what that channel select thing is on the 2nd page; still, high fives all-around for bonus stages!

Posted by Jhay on November 3, 2009 at 10:26 p.m. #7

It's all for fun and fan service! People WANTED the return of the car bashing, so it's back. And it looks like the same car to me, which makes sense since this universe isn't too far away from SF2, right?
Heheheh, I just thought of Zangief piledriving the car. Wouldn't that be AWESOME?!

Posted by Dee on November 3, 2009 at 10:26 p.m. #8

There something there about 2 on 2 and 4 on 4. Wonder if they will have ranked teams online or maybe tournament mode online

Posted by Tyler on November 3, 2009 at 10:33 p.m. #9

I'd like an elaboration on that team battle thing. Is it tag battle, or King of Fighters style? Or what?

Posted by Venomish on November 3, 2009 at 10:33 p.m. #10

it is hard to read with that quality but I can see that they are adding some new/ better online modes

"team battle"
"replay channel"
"endless battle"
and of course, bonus stages

if only the pics where of a higher quality :(

Posted by Tournament? on November 3, 2009 at 10:36 p.m. #11

Like, a real Tournament mode? HDR style? Or more bull "we're gonna advertise it as Tournament mode but it's really Ranked with different points" Championship stuff?

Posted by Ron on November 3, 2009 at 10:41 p.m. #12

The car stage and layout looks exactly like the gas station location in the Final Fight car bonus stage.

Posted by Firegod on November 3, 2009 at 10:43 p.m. #13

awsome

Posted by MrProfessional on November 3, 2009 at 10:44 p.m. #14

lol at #5 ya not having ryu and ken touching gloves ruined the game.what was capcom thinking. >:/

Posted by MK Fan on November 3, 2009 at 10:56 p.m. #15

Pshh. They should add a bonus stage where you punch through some gold bars.

Posted by JJOR64 on November 3, 2009 at 10:57 p.m. #16

This game keeps getting better and better.

Posted by kara on November 3, 2009 at 11:06 p.m. #17

tourney mode for DLC? don't tell me i have to pay again...

eyyy i was hoping to beat up an escalade but that's alright~

not so excited abuot the barrel rolls
i hope they actually add something new for bonus stage rather than just rehash everything... at least 3s had somehtinng like parry runs not that it was really fun but at least it was new

Posted by voa on November 3, 2009 at 11:18 p.m. #18

i was hoping for better bonus stages kinda like in sf3. there was a bonus stage where sean tosses basketballs at you and you have to parry all of them. I think that kinda helps train players a little to parry. I think sf4 should have a bonus stage that trains players to either focus or fadc.

Posted by ... on November 3, 2009 at 11:19 p.m. #19

n3rF sAGaT on c4r and barr311 stag3s plz.

Posted by classy on November 3, 2009 at 11:21 p.m. #20

they should have a bonus stage based on doing focus dashing to hone our skills...

of course the noobs would cry cuz they can't fadc lol...

anyways lets hope capcom doesn't ruin online this time around... we know how much japan cares about online games

Posted by Sweet Poison on November 3, 2009 at 11:23 p.m. #21

Hopefully tournament mode will allow you to watch others in that mode even if you lose. HDR had a tournament mode but since you couldnt watch the others play once you lost you were better off just doing quarter matches.

Posted by BassChamber on November 3, 2009 at 11:23 p.m. #22

mate, you got champ mode in SFIV for free...

Posted by W for Wallace on November 3, 2009 at 11:32 p.m. #23

I'm wondering, on the team battles can you have an online friend play with you on your team?

Posted by mikenmike0001 on November 3, 2009 at 11:35 p.m. #24

the same type of bonus stages again? I was hoping they'd be more creative rather than just take the old ideas and redo the art from the original sf2 bonus stages. If they're going to just transfer over the old ones, might as well add the bonus one from WW with the flamed oil barrels lined up like a pyramid

Posted by DaBakerMann on November 3, 2009 at 11:42 p.m. #25

team battles <3333333 capcom better reveal a new character since the cats outta the bag

Posted by ShameOnRyu on November 3, 2009 at 11:54 p.m. #26

OMG they are going to put a freaking dlc in the game...
I can see a very dark futur for the video game on consoles :'(

Posted by chickenwings on November 4, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. #27

This is DELICIOUS

But seriously this sounds good after here the other not so great news. One thing i hope that is they finally fix the bonuses stages so that chargers can actually do there moves, it always sucked having bison or guile and not be able to throw out a scissors or a sonic boom(low short scissors spam=one f#ck3d up car lol). ANd the 2v2 team battle thing sounds really really good. And a real big thumbs up on the replays.

THe only things i want to hear now is that there shorting the stages, takeing out the short cuts and taking out the crouch teching. With those then i could finally let go of turbo(liez, ill always play it lol).

Posted by argh on November 4, 2009 at 12:04 a.m. #28

YES YES!!

Any nerf NPC seth only capcom

Posted by Strider-RagnaroK on November 4, 2009 at 12:07 a.m. #29

@18 but the Trials already does that not in the same manner but still is training.

by the way it seem the game is taken shape pretty quickly for them to have 3 characters done and those bonus stages good to see some new stuff but all i want to know about is the additional characters

Who else is on Capcom? Who else?

Posted by ¿? on November 4, 2009 at 12:47 a.m. #30

Looking at the Dee Jay pic… confirmed: he'll have Gen's waterfall kick, lul

Posted by Skid5jack on November 4, 2009 at 1:26 a.m. #31

I am really glad they are bringing back the barrells, think its a great homage.

I am dying to see the new character select screen.
Just would love to see Cody, Guy and Makoto. 2 Ultras per chracter are def confirmed ans you can see numbers I or II next to revenge meters.... Cant wait. 30th April is a long long way off

Posted by fffuuuu on November 4, 2009 at 1:59 a.m. #32

Line mode! WE NEED LINE MODE. a game with up to 8 people with the winner playing until he loses. do it capcom.

Posted by yoshimitsu on November 4, 2009 at 2:03 a.m. #33

imma be the best barrel basher in the game, no one is gonna beat my score

Posted by acku on November 4, 2009 at 2:39 a.m. #34

Now that poor hardworking Scottish man in the distillery stage is going to be really pissed.

Posted by poib on November 4, 2009 at 2:40 a.m. #35

the car looks like a previous generation Mercedes S class.

Posted by :P on November 4, 2009 at 3:42 a.m. #36

Car bonus stage looks more reminiscent of the one in Final Fight. As long as they include an option to turn the bonus stages on, or off, I'll be happy. Sometimes they can get annoying afer a while.

Posted by yeah! on November 4, 2009 at 4 a.m. #37

I want to Ultra the mother f*cker car!!!

Posted by GoukenFL on November 4, 2009 at 4:14 a.m. #38

I saw 2 Bonus Stages: The car and the barrels. Sweet!

• A team battle mode that is a 2 vs 2 set, but it can scale up to 4 vs 4:Not bad.

• A Replay Channel where you can play replays of matches while voice chatting with other players:Cool, more research.

• An Endless Battle mode with up to 8 players and voice chat, which sounds a lot like the quarter matches in SSF2T HD Remix: Nice, fans will like that!

• Apparently a 'tournament mode' will be delivered as DLC (downloadable content): OK, better not cost anything.

Posted by sanwa man on November 4, 2009 at 4:36 a.m. #39

Bit off topic,

Are you alowed to use shortcut buttons? In tournaments?
Or even just generaly? Is It seen as cheating?

eg, you have 8 buttons on arcade stick, user the extra ones for like "focus attack" and the other for "3xP" or even "grab"???

Posted by TL on November 4, 2009 at 5:03 a.m. #40

#39 You should learn the default 6 button layouts as is since this is how you play it in the arcades.

Posted by weazzzyyyefffff on November 4, 2009 at 5:51 a.m. #41

how the f**k do you even play with those extra 2? You must have sasquatch hands.

But yeah just learn the 6 buttons so your not lost at th arcades, or else wats da point of playing with da stick.

Posted by Garuda on November 4, 2009 at 5:53 a.m. #42

HELL YEAH. I have now confirmed that this is worth my money. Look at that network screen, HOW BEAUTIFUL.

And fooking lol at Acku with the Scottish dude comment, first thing I thought too.

Posted by Megatonbeef on November 4, 2009 at 5:58 a.m. #43

At every tournament i know of your not allowed to use any shortcut buttons. Those are only to make the game feel eaiser for newer players. Although if you have a ligitimate disability were shortcut buttons were the only way you could play then no one would mind if they were used.

Posted by ED on November 4, 2009 at 6:09 a.m. #44

Car Bonus Stage looks awesome.

It would be extremely nice to be able to fight in that arena. It looks cooler than some of the oficial stages.

I don't belive it will be possible, though. Just like the Parry The Balls bonus stage in Third Strike, this one probably won't be avaiable to fight in, too.

Posted by jin on November 4, 2009 at 6:21 a.m. #45

new bonus stage: focus attack the balls!!

Posted by red on November 4, 2009 at 6:22 a.m. #46

Team battlem reminds me of SF EX3 , hope this game does well. Spectating is really cool. And please no lag!! Lol

Posted by n0-Ha'doh' on November 4, 2009 at 6:35 a.m. #47

Still waiting on a confirmed Rose Bowl online mode.

Posted by Clickpow on November 4, 2009 at 6:45 a.m. #48

It also says something about better netplay in that scan.

Posted by Albo on November 4, 2009 at 6:48 a.m. #49

@ #48
really? first time hearing better netplay. Capcom really outdone themselves. Sf4 had some of the worse online features this gen and ssf4 has what seems the best out of all fighting games. Truly amazing and best news regarding ssf4!

GGPO ftw

Posted by juxtapose on November 4, 2009 at 6:52 a.m. #50

Now THIS is some actual new information. Why did we have to hear it from a magazine as second hand information rather than directly from Capcom?

I could really care less about the bonus stages, but the new game modes and an ACTUAL replay mode are good news.

Posted by Albo on November 4, 2009 at 7:09 a.m. #51

@#50
We were actually supposed to hear about this on friday but someone leaked the info on these low quality scans. 2 days left until we get more details

Posted by J on November 4, 2009 at 7:28 a.m. #52

Yes! I can't wait to beat up some cars!

Posted by VirgoBlu on November 4, 2009 at 7:46 a.m. #53

@#21 I want that online mode more than anything else! Being able to call out an online friend and have all your buddies watch...oh hell yeah. If not a stand alone feature I hope the "tournament mode" will include it.

@#42 Could the Scottsman be a new fighter? How sick would that be?!?! His story would be revenge on everyone that destroyed his barrels that he had planned to sell to pay for his sick deceased daughter's operation that would have saved her life. <--Brilliant. Capcom...you reading this?

Posted by VirgoBlu on November 4, 2009 at 7:55 a.m. #54

And I want my own replays...

Posted by Mr.Doctor on November 4, 2009 at 8:09 a.m. #55

Smash that car Chun Li.

Posted by blanka on November 4, 2009 at 8:14 a.m. #56

I was really hoping for ranked/championship games, they would have auto-matchmaking. So you don't pick who you play against.

Posted by AI on November 4, 2009 at 8:25 a.m. #57

other than makoto, i would like to see an improvement in the CPU's AI. its like companies stopped even trying to improve the AI in fighters. i like to fight the CPU in training mode sometimes and im tired of the extra stupid CPU.

Posted by Douchecom on November 4, 2009 at 9:03 a.m. #58

Any word on making the CPU actually hard to fight against?

Posted by anon on November 4, 2009 at 9:05 a.m. #59

Oh yes. This is delicious.

Posted by Ruiz on November 4, 2009 at 9:08 a.m. #60

So is the team battle mode like how they did it in CvS2? If so, then I'm stoked!!!

Posted by Seriously on November 4, 2009 at 9:08 a.m. #61

Who gives a sh-it? Why would you want bonus stages.

Posted by danjitsu on November 4, 2009 at 9:21 a.m. #62

Hey maybe the car stage doubles as a fighting stage it certainly looks cool enough. I still pray for more stages and music.

Posted by yes ron on November 4, 2009 at 9:45 a.m. #63

I recently played final fight one and yes this look pretty much the same car at the same place... lol nice cameo... hope to get a FA bonus stage somehow...

Posted by zomg on November 4, 2009 at 9:51 a.m. #64

WHY THE HELL IS THERE STILL NO OPTION TO FECKING TYPE TEXT BEFORE OR AFTER A MATCH!?

Posted by bossman on November 4, 2009 at 10:07 a.m. #65

@64 zomg

would be nice to be able to re-select your title in the lobby with titles such as
- that was close
- you got lucky
- your stupid scrub!
- your too good
- you are the master
- your mother smells unwell
- get a girlfriend

lol that sort of stuff or if poss you can write your own title

Posted by bossman on November 4, 2009 at 10:11 a.m. #66

all i want is decent online play
i hate getting beaten by my friends sagat online and having to go to his house to then show him what is what!

i want to play online like how it is offline thats my main concern i have to play more offline games to actually enjoy me and my friend do have standard internet but that should be good enough

Posted by cactusjack on November 4, 2009 at 10:29 a.m. #67

this is really cool it puts a bit of fun back in and the online modes opens it up can't wait

Posted by FrozenLeafz on November 4, 2009 at 10:31 a.m. #68

so excited :)

Posted by Soul Bro Ryu on November 4, 2009 at 10:40 a.m. #69

After a 10 year hiatus the Car is back on the roster, son! It's good to see the S-Class again. With all the violence to scotch in SSFIV, the Scots might outlaw this game. When it comes to alcohol that deserves a beatdown, they should be busting up barrels of PBR.

Garbage brew. Fit for Rufus though.

Still waiting for them to draft Terry Bogard for this one. License him, Capcom! SSFIV could use some Bustaa Wolves.

Posted by EdDieHard on November 4, 2009 at 11:30 a.m. #70

I don't understand why they won't add a Marvel character in the mix. They have rights to Marvel. They are adding additional characters to Ultimate Alliance 2 on Nov. 5. Capcom should give us real players we enjoyed in the past not barrels and monkeys.

Posted by @ EdDieHard on November 4, 2009 at 11:37 a.m. #71

I'll take this one guys.

You are a retard or at the very least, you are quite badly retarded.

This is Street Fighter not Marvel Vs...

Street Fighter players do not want or need Marvel characters fouling up the game, it wouldn't sit right with anyone and would just be weird. Only idiots would be happy and you're not an idiot are you...? Are you? oh...

Posted by Spidey on November 4, 2009 at 11:45 a.m. #72

Iwantz spidermon in this game no spidey no buy

Posted by @ edDieHard on November 4, 2009 at 11:49 a.m. #73

I hope that check gets waisted on another boring ass game by Activision.

Activision making Stupid games.

Posted by SuperV on November 4, 2009 at 12:26 p.m. #74

Glad the bonus stages are back.
Online team battle wud be so sweet.
Quarter match!!!! Nice!!!
I hope i can record all of my matches.
Im suprised about this tournament mode, i thought championship mode update is the tournament mode but i guess not.

Posted by Geese on November 4, 2009 at 12:49 p.m. #75

Does Team battle work like a KoF game? Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus has a mode like that.

Posted by shannaro!!! on November 4, 2009 at 1 p.m. #76

A Team Battle?! That's incredible!!!!
I wonder if it's gonna be like the Dramatic Battles we had on the Alpha series. Would our systems be able to handle that kind of stuff? I dunno. Probably not. It would be rather messy anyway. Imagine: having four characters on the screen at the same time?! That would be pretty messy, eh?

In any case, I highly doubt if Capcom would do that. I'M STILL HYPED!!!!

Posted by WG on November 4, 2009 at 1:02 p.m. #77

i reckon the team battles will b like mvc2 or mvc2 without the interchanging characters

Posted by WG on November 4, 2009 at 1:02 p.m. #78

i reckon the team battles will b like mvc2 or mvc2 without the interchanging characters

Posted by Albo on November 4, 2009 at 1:12 p.m. #79

It will be tournament style team battles where after you lose, your teammate faces that opponent taking turns. There is no tag and you don't control more than one character like kof.

...you guys sure have a wild imagination though..

Posted by "Oh! My car" -Final Fight Dude on November 4, 2009 at 1:19 p.m. #80

Posted by zomg on November 4, 2009 at 9:51 a.m. #64

WHY THE HELL IS THERE STILL NO OPTION TO FECKING TYPE TEXT BEFORE OR AFTER A MATCH!?
-
Because we don't need another way to be yelled at when playing online - win or lose. Don't pretend you were going to say good game, discuss the match, and share strategies with such a feature. You were going to scream in CAPS about being cheap, that character cheats, you only lost becuz, and insults.

And even if you won't, lotta other people will.
So its a bad idea.

Posted by reply to #79 on November 4, 2009 at 1:24 p.m. #81

Yeah, really. Not Tekken Tag or Guilty Gear -worst one Isuka, or MUGEN styles. Street Fighter series Team Battle always means the same thing. Can be confusing if someone did play some of that SFEX3 though, not a lot of people did though.

2 on 2 same screen?
Hope you enjoy bigger lag and the super hardware lag on PC version.

Posted by hyperbomb on November 4, 2009 at 2 p.m. #82

Can we get some special intros please lol

But I like the dramatic battle altogether

Posted by @81 on November 4, 2009 at 2:14 p.m. #83

Guilty Gear Isuka is one of the most technically demanding team fighters ever made...respect that.

Capcom has never been able to contain that level of actionw ith such detailed characters on the screen without slowdown.

Guilty Gear isuka is one of the greatest fighter mods ever.

Posted by AJ on November 4, 2009 at 2:29 p.m. #84

This is awesome news! I'm loving the way the team battles look.

Posted by -anto. on November 4, 2009 at 2:34 p.m. #85

Bring on the Turbo pls.

Posted by Kabbila on November 4, 2009 at 2:40 p.m. #86

When will SOMEBODY ask the questions if it will be on PC?

there must be a curse on these journalists...

Posted by SFIV PC on November 4, 2009 at 2:52 p.m. #87

They already did. It has been said that there are still no plans for it. Short schedule. Focusing on Xbox and Ps3. They would like to port it arcade tough. Arcade and PC being similar, PC is likely.

Posted by Phoenix Reborn on November 4, 2009 at 2:56 p.m. #88

Awesome pics. I'm hoping that we'll see some demo videos of these stages in action very soon, along with more shots of the new menu.

Posted by @ #85 on November 4, 2009 at 2:57 p.m. #89

There will be no turbo, this isnt 2D characters and stages!!

Posted by Sanwa man on November 4, 2009 at 4:25 p.m. #90

Thanks for the reply guys.
Its just that I dont use light kick, so I changed it to grab.

(which means It only grabs when im "standing", but actually does the light kick when im "crouching")

And I just find I easy to use shortcut buttons (button mapping) for Foucus-A and 3xP.

But, even though Im in uk where theres no arcades, and I play at home, I still dont like cheating. (if button mapping IS seen as cheating that is..)

Posted by paul on November 4, 2009 at 4:42 p.m. #91

@Sanwa man

button mapping isint ideal in the sense of tournament players dont do it not sure about all players but the top players dont

but i would say you need all buttons ie lp mp hp lk mk hk if you want to map the others 3p or throw then its up to you

Posted by ray on November 4, 2009 at 5:33 p.m. #92

why are they still trying to rape people with downloadable content, screw that. make it available with the purchase of the super street fighter 4 upgrade, damn. capcom always trying to make some more money on their so called 'fans.' they can keep their stupid tournament mode.

Posted by Smorgasboard on November 4, 2009 at 5:48 p.m. #93

#92

Here is a lesson in capitalism. Nothing in life is free.

Capcom deserves to be paid for their work and it is well within their right to price it in whatever way they want.

Posted by zerowolf on November 4, 2009 at 6:39 p.m. #94

man the tourment mode sh1t is going to be free just like last time.

Posted by AL on November 4, 2009 at 7:16 p.m. #95

the tourney mode is actually worth buying unlike the worthless dlc costumes. That's the kind of dlc capcom should have

Posted by smashingoodtime on November 4, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. #96

Too Bad the Team Battle mode is only availible online. damn...

Posted by to #83 on November 4, 2009 at 7:32 p.m. #97

Guilty Gear Sucks. the characters look weird.

Posted by chickenwings on November 4, 2009 at 8:14 p.m. #98

@93

Ur forgeting that the consumer has the power. ALot of people forget this. If its not worth my money i wont buy it. Tournament mode sounds like something that should come with the game and im sure alot of people feel the same. Its very simple, DONT BUY IT. Thats why only morons bought the alt customs and nobody i know spent points on them.

Posted by Test Page for Apache on November 4, 2009 at 8:27 p.m. #99

@83 Yeah, because showing a few sprites on screen (whose level of animation detail is just average) is certainly an incredibly complex task.

@81 Hardware lag on PC? Some computers would handle it at maximum quality, others wouldn't, sure. I still prefer that over the certainty of failing if I had a console.

Posted by Valter on November 4, 2009 at 8:38 p.m. #100

Teams and tournament is going to be amazing. Now the game has become more strategic in who will counter who with what character. This better stomp out ODST and those bad shooters.

Posted by chickenwings on November 4, 2009 at 8:49 p.m. #101

@valter

Teams will be fun, how do u counter pick a all ryu team(seriously, u know its gonna happen) LOLOLOOL. And this onwt topple shooters. Thats wishful thinking to say the least.

Posted by juxtapose on November 5, 2009 at 9:45 a.m. #102

@92

They never said you have to PAY for the DLC. Championship mode was DLC and they didn't make you pay for it. Maybe they just couldn't fit it into the short development cycle and it won't be ready in time for the retail release. Get over yourself.

Posted by @chicken on November 5, 2009 at 11:16 a.m. #103

the counterpick to ryu is ryu

Posted by genocide on February 28, 2010 at 7:23 p.m. #104

stealing sh*t snk f##k capcom

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