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— October 23, 2009 at 3:56 p.m. PDT
Jigsaw has again come through with another translation of the Japanese Street Fighter 4
. Today's entry talks about the character select artwork along with who they cast as voice actors for the new fighters.
Now, the last blog entry where I showed those Character Select illustration was surprisingly popular. I'm so happy! And to all you people who voiced your opinions on Dee Jay's portraits, thank you so much!
... The Character Select screen is literally taking shape as we speak. Actually, you might think we were making a decision between those two choices, but it seems our lead designer Gauge has really embraced everyone's comments, and provided a new and improved version!! (H-hey!)
Here it is!!
...well, I guess you might not be able to tell by just a glance...
Here are the two versions from last time. It looks pretty much the same, but he really went and redrew it?
Ah, well, it looks great, so I'm not mad. I guess complaining would be pointless.
Well, while we're at it, let's take a look at the creation process for the core character — Ryu's Character Select portrait.
First, the screenshot is retouched.
?!
Pretty much everything except his dougi (outfit) is totally redrawn!
Breathe some life into him, and it's perfect!
With a little help of Street Fighter 4's Art Directer, Ikeno, you can see the determination in his eyes, and the fighting spirit in his fists - and with that Ryu is born.
One more thing!
The Characters page at the official site will not just display the new characters, but little by little all 25 returning characters will be added! Also, although they only show pictures and character profiles right now, we're arranging some sample voice clips as well, so stay tuned!
By the way... the voice samples are still a ways off, but aren't you curious about who's playing Dee Jay, Hawk and Juri?
You want to know, right!?
Yeah, you want to know!!
...Right, so here's the cast!
Dee Jay: Kenji Hamada
T. Hawk: Tôru Nara
Juri: Eri Kitamura
They already did a little talking in the New Characters trailer, so I think maybe some of you already recognized the voices!
You might know Eri Kitamura as Yatterman-1 in Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom.
As Yatterman-1, you'd hear the energetic young hero say things like...
"I'm counting on you, Yatter-Wan!"
"The origin of Mecha!"
"He he, how about that!"
But as Juri...
"I'll sting you! Down to the bone!"
"Hey there... I'll kill you!"
"Oh you're worthless, I can't feel a thing."
That's scary... real scary! It's like a completely different Kitamura!
She has plenty of other quotes that are exciting in every sense of the word, so that's something to look forward to!!
OK, so today I've talked a lot about the Character Select illustrations as well as announced the new additions to the voice cast!
Hey, next friday is Dee Jay's birthday! Hm, I guess I was a little early in presenting his Character Select portrait... On a related note, next Thursday is El Fuerte's birthday. And with that, I bid you farewell until next week.
Mexico!
Jigsaw has again come through with another translation of the Japanese Street Fighter 4 blog. Today's entry talks about the character select artwork along with who they cast as voice actors for the new fighters.
