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• This will be a free download for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
• It'll be out in the fall or winter time.
• A PC version of the rebalance patch will be released at some point. Svensson said they'll keep the PC release and console versions in sync. Although not officially announced yet, the PC patch should also cost nothing.
• All that's currently planned for v2012 of SSF4 AE is a balance update, no other characters or features have been announced at this time.
Contributions to this story by Nyoro and Jason24cf.
no new characters? i was hoping for elena,rolento,hugo to be added as dlc. =(
if there are new characters, it won't be free. you can't have both. making a new character is no cheap.
And with this, the trolling begins. I'm just hoping that they made some changes to some of the characters that have been nerfed real bad especially Guile.
Well, better enjoy Vanilla AE as much as I can. Oh, wait, I don't play Fei or the twins.
really miss the SNES and PS2 days when you initially get a effin game and you just made dew try to master that specific game (glitches, bugs and character original attributes included) or move the phuck on. NOW we're consumed with bitchin bout nerfs, buffs, patches and and extra characters you now you will never see. Hey guys i know its a new era in technology and this give us the ability to greatly improve our gaming experience but hell lets just let a game be what is and CALM THE PHUCK DOWN!
FADCTAUNT
Actually, it's no really a stripped down version of PC due to the fact the program is meant to run continuously also you can't change graphical settings. the consoles are closer to the PC model then anything as they're meant to compensating to mutliple inputs outputs and displays. the PC and modern console are closer then either party would like to admit but just think about it. Also there's the factor of "How is it preforming on PC" you must think about
madsoul242
The thing is, we have the way to communicate and get the problems resolved. Also you have to remember before this generation not half of the people you even see playing online or chatting about things online didn't play a fighting game. nothing has changed just we do hear these people and it is becoming a bigger vocal opinion as we can actually get it done, but don't be fulled SINCE world warrior the ideals of "well this seems broken/bugged/unbalanced" has been there, however we never could be vocal we didn't have unity, or SRK or even eventhubs and online gaming wasn't as big.
And don't let this effect you, play your game, talk about your character, discuss match ups about the current game not the future game.
The person slapped by Honda is Yang, or Chun. Probably Yang.
Simply undoing the nerfs isn't enough. Several characters still aren't strong enough to compete well. Here's to hoping for more BUFFS.
To all the people talking about who's in the picture I want to let you know I'm not even wearing my glasses and I can tell that the two are Honda and Sakura.
@36
Ryu's air tatsu escape is gay. He doesn't need that back. I mained Ryu since Vanilla (dropped him in AE). I'd love some powerz back but that one is just toooooo lame. You don't want to encourage a run away game.
Low forward buff? Sure give it to him if you want, but its not enough.
You know what would be awesome? Let Ryu throw his super with a fireball on the screen again.
What I really expect? Damage back on solar plexus. Slightly better hit boxes on pokes. That's about it.
Deejay needs dem buffs. All he really needs is a bit of a damage boost. The damage I do with a 5-6 hit combo isnt even at 240. even a slight damage boost would be nice. Also, a little bit more combo-ability. He needs reliable ways into his ultras that arent situational. although that might be too powerful. All I know is that if I could combo into his Ultra 1 from upkicks(obviously not all the hits, but more than 1 or 2) then I would be a happy boy.
@42
Running away doesn't depend on the move, but the player. It just gives them different options. Ryu is practically useless in the corner and the Air tatsu would help alot in some matchups (zangief, yun, etc). And I mean ken still has his and akuma has a teleport, so... it's only fair lol.
And you would be surprised how a little buff on Cr.Mk could change his whole position in the game.
Even if the top tier character has nothing but 5-5 matchups, people will still bitch like crazy when they have to fight them.
@#43
...that could actually be onto something interesting. lol
Just buff low tiers(fuerte,thawk,gen,deejay,guy)etc...... Keep high tiers high. Plain and simple.
Aluppoj> I'm with you homie , that IS E.Honda doing his 100 hand slap on Sakura and yes you know I defintely want Alex in
Please Ono, I'm asking you nicely please add or reveal who this is
@ 25/24 point taken i understand and respect both of your opinions i just got a little nostalgic is all
AE is missing some Alex, Hugo, and Rmika.Wonder if she would have like a juggle super like Yun??? Intriguing i gotta say. Kinda sad i cant see gief and hugo in action, or alex and charlie.
Ono this is your chance to shine, rmika, you know you want her......me too:)~
@53
Good to hear from you bra! Vancity is my conspiricy theory partner lol!
@57
Your right! This is his chance to shine! Add Alex! I'll even accept R.Mika as long as The Brooklyn Brawler (Is that even his nick name? Lol) makes it in!
Face it, we'd all go freaking nuts if they added a few fan favorites! And IMHO the transition from 4 to 3s NEEDS ALEX!
Oh, one other thing... Who the Fu<k was that kid that Balrog took?!? Who is Remy!?!? Who/What is Q!?!! We should ALL Demand a few God Damn Answers!
@53 That is definitely Yang in his alternate costume. Look at the hair and look at this pic if you're wondering what is hanging between the characters legs: http://www.google.com/imgres?q=yang+a...
@62
You must be new here. That is not Yang and it is not Chun Li. Several of us have done like a Zillion still shot comparisons and Yang's crouching Hit stun kneels on the opposite leg!
And Chun Li has a similar leg stance, but her leg thickness never matches, her sash never matches, her right arm never matches.
Try again.
The ONLY changes I want to this game are:
1. Input actions after K.O.
2. Gouken and Akuma's original theme music back. (a Ryu remix is not a real theme capcom)
For those of you who were hoping for new characters/content...
Keep in mind they announced AE would be the very last game in the iteration, and if they plan to add more characters that would just make the balancing process harder. Even then, stuff like new characters are NEVER for free (at least for Capcom games), so my theory is that they're only just gonna work on balancing the characters.
That's just my theory though.
Psst... I heard from a very reliable source that Omega Rugal is going to be in the game. But, you didn't hear that from me...
...Yep.
@ #68.
YES. Why were Akuma's and Gouken's themes nerfed into some Ryu's theme variations? And now Evil Ryu included, 4 characters are stuck with the same theme. "Oh, but you could just fight Shin Akuma and Shin Gouken in Arcade mode." What if I'm playing online? When I fight Akuma and Gouken, I want to hear THEIR themes, not Ryu's.
And yes, I also want post KO hits. Capcom was like "oh, they're disrespectful." Bull.
We ALL know Street Fighter X Tekken will have PLENTY of patches/updates.
Has ONO's team got anything right the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd time?
@ #76
I'm not sure about MvC1, but I do remember post KO hits in MvC2. You would press start and were then allowed to smash your opponent up for a bit. But you couldn't do it if you did a Team Hyper Combo finish.
I agree with #68 and 75, after KO' we should be able to hit them!!!!!!!!!!! I look forward to that after I beat someone! Let me kick yun after I knock his ass out from a hard earned victory!
Capcom, do you admit that your fighting games always have unbalances on purpose to increase interest on your product, to keep the higher-ups happy in order to keep a steady stream of revenue coming in...eventhough you COULD have a balanced game?
Do expect us to believe that MvC3 and TvC and SF4 were put on market because the team thought they were truly 'complete'???
ANSWER!!!... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdU8oq...
its a free update and people are asking for characters? give me a break already.
Wat we need is to have ALL character tournament worthy, forget about adding more characters that will go unused anyway.
Anyone who still plays SSF4: thepuscifer (XBL)
I play that over AE, I do have AE but yeah, Seth and Ryu are useless in it now IMO
Aluppoj and denaycous_dee85> yes WE NEED ALEX, please Capcom make it happen we need Alex from SF3 in here it will bring new life to the game Guaranteed! Mika would be cool for Alex as a rival and Aluppoj brought up a interesting concept though at the Skyscaper stage Hugo and the workers are gone, could it be Hugo as the other character?
Lets face it, theres only one character the REALLY needs to be balanced, and thats Yun.
But i would like to see them actually make Gouken good. Hes ment to be the master of the shoto's for gods sake! He should be one of the best, not one of the worst.
I really hope there gonna add 4 new characters, 2 from 3S and 2 from Alpha...
Alex
Sean
Birdie
Karin
@ #15 wtf? buff guile? everyone knows how lame people can play guile. Sonic boom, sonic boom, flash kick! there is no way of getting close to that coward of a fighter. So few recovery frames after he throws a sonic boom that you can never punish that and if you jump you get flashed kicked in the mouth.
still holding out hope for new characters to fill those two empty spaces. Hoping for like Alex/Hugo/R.Mika
OMFG!!!!!1!!eleven!!!
Who the fuk is that in the picture gettin HHS?!?!? PHONEIX?!?!?!?!? Oh noes!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@53 VancityPlayboy Yeah, Ono totally needs to tell us who this is: http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2010/no...
I can't sleep at night, is MUST be Alex!!! Gaaahhhhhhhh!!!
And Ono San, who in the holy fuk is this!?!?!?!?!
http://blstb.msn.com/i/BD/B5FFBFD59C7...
Who are these mysterious figures?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
About Cody, his U2 & Super wif' too much on hit, please make them stop before the end in this case. Please Give him a decent EX wake up move coz againt player using hard pressure the matchup is juste impossible.
At the same time, make a offline uniform frame delay on all version (PS3, 360, Arcades & PC) will be great.
Online, AE on PS3 really lags too much even though the network marker is green.
The 360 version is much better in this case (I don't know about PC version)
Nothing special to add who have not alredy been telling about the others characters.
@83
It's ok to let them know that we want more content. It may not be part of the Free Re-Balance, but we still want it!
We are just letting them know that fan interest in this game still exists!
Besides, I don't think them throwing in a bonus with the patch would be out of the question. Probably not a character.. But maybe another stage or something. You never know.
Why would a DLC character down the road be out of the question? Other games get DL characters right?
I realize the platform is different, but iPhone get characters added for FREE all the time! And we (me) are willing to pay!
@53 Are people still on about that? For gods sake!!! Its YANG
@ You do know that that pic was taken when AE was still in development? They(capcom) probably changed his crumple animation after it was taken.
The pic was taken to hype up the AE, and Yang was one of the new additions of AE. It also clearly looks like Yang. All that leads to it being yang. Anyone who cant come to that conclusion, has to be a moron
@110.... Yes it "could" be, but it isnt. Its Yang
So what about what i said is made up?
- Ono DID post that pic before AE was released to build hype
- ALOT of things CHANGE while games are in development. Anyone with any sence knows that. So its VERY POSSIBLE that they CHANGED his animation for when hes in that situation
- It clearly DOES look like Yang.
Why would Ono post a mystery pic JUST BEFORE AE was released that doesnt feature one of the new AE characters or anyone else thats in the game? Use your brain please...
@91
They're making it a big deal that it's free because if they didn't this whole comment section would be filled with "Cashcom just charging for another version of the same game!"
@ mrdofficer 120
GTFO here with that trash!!!!
Try and stay on topic. Me, aluppoj and VanCityPlayboy are trying to decipher a 50yr old photograph nobody gives a shiit about anymore...
So, what happened to this character:
http://www.newcriminologist.com/uploa...
Ono, we now you have the answers!!!
You'll never beat the Union Ono!!!!!!!!!!!
@67 @116
It's Yang.
If you need to see something else there, ok.
Tell you what, let's sweeten the deal.
If I am right and it Yang in the pic fighting dhalsim or the new characters revealed don't match up to that body type(or they dont reveal any character period), you owe me a copy of Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 for xbox 360. If I am wrong and it is one of the new characters not announced for AE and is a new character to AE 2012 and matches up body wise to the character in the pic with dhalsim, I'll get you a copy of Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 for xbox 360.
Deal?
@68 and @75 YES! I went to Capcom Unity to Ask Capcom about this and the question just got ignored for some reason, either people really don't know it's missing or people don't care. Could you guys do me a favor and bump this question up to get some answers. Really shocked about this myself. Thanks.
BLANKA SHOULD BE BUFFED TO VANILLA STATUS DAMMIT!
Buff every fricking character except those scrubby twins and the Bruce Lee wannabe.
Yes! EVERY CHARACTER except the Hong Kong Mafia!
@126
blankas better in super(but he still has glaring design flaws). the only thing he had in sf4 was that u could hop through people and ultra on the over side, that was droped out of super for some reason.
either way, he sucks, make him more like cvs2.
1)Leaave the ball bounce back as it is but add alot more hit stun so that its safe on hit(also so u can fadc and extend combos), allow u to fadc the ball from any range. Make all balls the same speed as fierce for mix ups.
2)Rainbow balls has faster start up and breaks armor, ex rainbowball knocks down. ex up ball knocks down and is fadc'able.
3)Improve all of his normals(shorts chain, 2x low forward links like in super tubro, back close strong is nuetral strong and regular rock crusher is an overhead). This would make comboing into ultra 1 easier so scale the dmg accordingly. ANd thats fair, how many characters have meathead easy ultra combos?
4)Then improve the hop so that when canceled from his normals he is + on block(like ables step kick)
5)Eletric would be improved with faster start up/recovery across the board(like 3,4,5 frame start up). Ex is instant.
Now hes tournament worthy.
I had various wishes about Vega/Claw. But it is now certain that you won't make them happen. Like him hitting the opponent on the way to the wall during the super, making his jabs chain or easier links, give him his fake wall-dive or make Scarlet Terror hit his EXACT up of his head.
But now, if you won't give him these, I only have one wish remaining: PLEASE GIVE HIM A NORMAL ANTI-AIR MOVE like the anti-air claw from Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix!!!!
@130
the dev team needs to just play super turbo vega and they will see how bad they screwed up. Improve his roll for the pressure game and improve his wall dives.
I would like to see a buff to Chun li her sbk move like make it have more priority when u block or get hit by it and im talking about the reguler version also make her flip kick a few frames faster again seriously i dont know y they made that move slower now i mean sure it might have not been used much but still there was NOTHING WRONG WITH IT also they need to fix her ultra 1 BIG TIME since it wiffs on characters it shouldnt have like Rose just do something positive to her not make her op but still feel like she can take on most of the cast again.
I sincerely wantto thank Ono for setting about doing this. I really appreciate all the hard work, effort, time and energy he has put into the Street Fighter IV series from it's inception and all the way to AE 2012. Unlike other people I can think of, Ono is accessible to the fans, communicates with us all the time, takes the time to answer questions, obviously believes in and cares about what the community thinks and over-all follows through on things.
Thank You Ono!
@ 133 well you know they did just discover DNA in some space rocks... Only a matter if time before they admit it.
Alex!! Alex!! Alex!! Please give us Alex as dlc! Idc if I have to pay!.
@ #134
Hear hear! Thank you Ono for your continued work and patience! Keep it up! Can't wait for Alpha 4 and SF 5 and SFxT!
Everyone here wants one of three things:
1. Have the twins and Fei Long nerfed
2. Requests a character(s)
3. Want their character buffed beyond OP.
I want one thing, just balance the game a little bit. Don't overdo it.
@139
that isnt true. I want balance. But i want them to balance the game from a different direction. Make every characters as good as u can without being broken, instead of makeing nerfing everything till everyone sucks.
@111 lol your an idiot. its clearly Yang, and only an idiot would think otherwise
@139 - Incorrect in most parts :p
Whats whole obsession with "the twins" being OP? Its only Yun thats OP. Yang is perfectly fine, and doesnt need changing
Yes i would like to see some characters added. but who doesnt? Personally i would like to see Sean, Alex , Birdie and Karin
Im not asking for any buffs for my main. Adon(my main) is fine as he is. Any buffs would be nice, but not needed. I do want buffs for Gouken though. I feel he should be A LOT better then he actually is. Either give him a Shoryuken, or actually make his hurricane kick better, maybe half the height it travels and reduce its recovery frames..
Make Ryu OP plis