Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition 2012 is now live

Yun/Yang, HOLD DAT L ON YO CHEST. Honda IS BACK.

I think Capcom thinks AE 2012 is more exciting than it really is.

I still don't understand the point of undocumented changes. It'll let people fully utilize their characters much faster if they know everything about them. Figuring this stuff out will just take extra time that could be learning how to play.

One thing I wish they'd include is pushback info, whether or not something juggles, hit/hurtboxes, etc.

my bp points are going to be erased?

@lorcatomic

As far as I know, BP and PP will stick. I think I remember Capcom saying the numbers wouldn't be reset.

Poor Yang =(
I hope I can now properly use El Fuerte now. I really think the wall bounce with EX Q-bomb is stoooopid, I have to waste a meter AND it has to be counter-hit just to get a wall bounce.

PC always on third plan...

Its the 13th here in Australia, 9.32am. Is it live here yet? (cant check i am at work)

BORING...........

Xbox LIVE usually puts up new content at 2AM PST.

@8

lol

What time will this hit PSN on the East Coast?

@#8

you still didn't throw away your copy of the 3ds edition? LMAO

Awwwww yeah.

It's payback time. Yun and Yang: HOLD DAT SH*T.

Been stuck with crappy Tortilla for so long (before I stopped playing the game), when invincible Tortilla comes back it's gonna give me some kind of Hyperbolic Time Chamber effect or something

i guess thanks to this patch i can use the rest of the cast now! and maybe finally able to get the achievement/trophy "from c to shining c"!

@ #2 DarthWaddleDoo

Exactly!

It's like Capcom is saying "REJOICE! We just set characters to their previous versions (we never justified their changes in the first place), Team Hong Kong (minus Dan) will still be good, and lower C tier characters will still stink overall, (looking at you T.Hawk/Rose/Dan/Hakan =3)...SCIENCE!!!!!"

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad for the buffs but I'm not expecting my scrubby ass to instantly defeat the twins and Fei with my Rose just because they got nerfed. Even nerfed the twins/Fei still have for options and are more viable than a fair share of the cast. It levels the playing field a bit and I hope most people realize this sooner than later.

LoL i like how when a console game gets a patch its almost as if a whole new game is coming out. Starcraft has had at least 50 patches and there is a much, much larger tournament scene for that game and no patch gets even close to the hype as 2012.

The bid deal about The patch is because of the arcade scene. A game like mw3 can be constantly patched and updated every day because it's console exclusive. But to constantly add balance patches is harder when a lot of the japanese players play in arcades. If sf Console was patched all the time and not the cabinets then you would end up with 2 very different games frame wise and otherwise. I think this patch, although not as hype ad they make it seam, is still pretty darn hype. I've been waiting for this for awhile

If ryu's fireball/shinkuu trap is back, that would be so godlike XD

@18
Well you should never expect to instantly defeat anyone. That was never the purpose of the update. The update is to make all of the characters much easier to play and win with and bring characters at the top level down a bit to keep things interesting and fresh. At the end of the day its all about how skillful you are as a player; what you put into it to become good enough to compete.

Even if you play T.Hawk/Dan/Hakan, if you know your match up your gonna stand a better chance at winning matches than if you did'nt know anything to beguin with.

@18

I was just saying that some people may believe that the update is more of a game changer than it actually is. I was just stating that it just levels the playing field a little more but it's NOT like a nerf to one character and a buff to another character basically asserts a win. So yeah I was never expecting to instantly defeat anyone which was my point.

And also for the lower tiered characters, knowing the match up helps but characters that have more options naturally have an edge in a fight. So even if you know the match up certain characters are always disadvantaged if the skill levels are equal. Less so now but the update wont change the situation drastically, so that was my point to begin with.

Is this out yet? Australia?

I meant @22

-_-;

We will have Poison and Hugo in this update?
These are the rumors ...

@26

No new characters, only a balance patch.
so Hugo and Poison = just a rumor

Woo! Cody knife D and buffs. Niggas is gettin' cut!

@DarknessFallz

Rose is better than you think she is. Don't be a Japanese dickrider and think just because they rate her low that automatically means she's really that bad.

Did you ever stop and think to yourself that maybe the fighting game genre just isn't for you? (btw this is directed to everyone that swears their life to tier lists and matchups) I mean Capcom has been doing this for 20 years now and they still struggle to get balance right amongst all their fighters. What makes you think they'll do a great job now?

In fact, majority of fighters are horribly balanced. At this point it's the nature of the beast really. You either learn to deal with it and shut your mouth (like you should be doing) or you hang up the joystick and move onto something else like Call of Duty or HALO.

I really don't care about the nerfs I'm still using Yang

When is it gonna be here O.O

@29

I agree with you but Rose isn't that good. She is free on wakeup except for focus backdash which can also be anticipated and countered with ultras, long range pokes, tatsu's etc and she has ass damage.

-ALERT- The update has been uploaded to XBL -ALERT-
& we have 2 NEW characters folks! Hugo and Rolento

GO GO GO GO GO - GET IT NOW!!!!

@33

In my dreams

Damn excited to download the patch.
Hurry XBL make it live.

@33

Haha that's a funny one! =)

I hope it will come out any hour know...

Trying to access SSFIV AE Downloadable Content through the in-game menus freezes my Xbox now...

Trying to access my PSN, as well as XBL... still nothing... :(

@37 yeah, that happened to me aswell. I just eject the cd to get back to the home menu

I just received an automatic update when loading the disc on Xbox but the main menu still looks the same.

When loading a match the 2012 version sign appears! Sweet!

THIS IS IT!!

It is now live on PSN in the UK. Patch version 1.06 appeared when i started the game

VERSION 2012 OUT IN AUSTRALIA PEOPLE!

2012 available in Texas.

Do you know the secret says that if you hold all 3 punches and press start when you begin the game? what does it do? anyone? :)

I swear Cammy's medium and hard quick spin knuckle is faster! :)

Me and Juri? WE IN THERE!!!!

oh cmon its confirmed there are stealth changes but lets not turn it into "onyxia deep breaths more?"

good job capcrap pc ae 2012 is in feb

And I think they lowered Cammy's cannon spike a little bit too, I can do it a little faster.

I would like to see more changes on the system itself instead of just balance.

1. I want to have option to save the game instantly after a match if I found I want to save it instead of exit, go to Battle Log. This is waste of time and I have to quit from the game in order to do so.

2. When Confirm invitation failed to join, I really hate it is be kicked out and go back to the main page instead of stay in the Network Battle page.

great -.- vipers Ex B.kick just work if you use it in the air, without in combos etc. -.- what a pitty .. hate you crapcom, welcome SSFIV AE ver.2012 unbalanced Edition </3

When I start the game I get nothing. it is still v1.03. How do I make it update?

Also LOL @ all the salty pc users. HOLD DAT L SON IN YA CHEST SON

Akumas ex fireball from ex demon flip is weird :/ It's basically jab and strong versions but an ex dp goes through all of it. You drop down like a stone and seems pretty useless. Hopefully Tokido will find some use for it.

Lol @51 "welcome SSFIV AE ver.2012 unbalanced Edition </3"

@ slayman just log off of your psn account ( the one im referring to) and turn off your system. then restart your system log in again and play youll see it.

peroxcide> I agree with you Boring is right, just to balance the characters that is all

Got it in cali, went to xbox settings and cleared cache then i had to re-download updates for ssf4 along with it came the patch. GO GO GO

Additional Ryu change found!

Don't know if someone has already noticed this change but you can combo a shoryuken after a ex fireball on counter hit (FADC not required) in 2012 :P

Still experimenting ...

Just got the patch, and now in the lab breaking in 2012 Dan. As far as his taunt building meter now, it's a decent amount on hit/small amount on block...however landing the taunt period on opponents will be interesting since the recovery on it is pretty bad and can mean a free punish from your opponent. That's my two cents on that lil tidbit anyway, pardon my rambling. Now more to other matters involving Dan's changes in his Dan kicks, damage, normals, etc...

@37

You found a way around that yet? After around 5 tries of switching my xbox on/off and taking out the disc, I'm still not getting prompted with the update when I load the game...

Also not finding the update, relogged, rebooted many times, cleared the cache, nothing, it wont update. (XBL)

@59 you can do almost any move even ultras I'm loving it

I think it's just the people who bought the disc copy of ae who are not getting prompted with the download, it even says it on SRK. Clearing the cache didn't work aswell.. Just gotta be patient then.

did; anyones; consle; crash?

wow oni is rediculous now, you can combo air raging demon off of cross up air tatsu anywhere on screen (not sure if its character specific). you can also combo the air demon out of an anti air SRK (like a ryu anti air srk xx super).

still very hard to use the air version of his ultra one, even after an air hadou dash.

ex tatsu after a strong or light air hadou dash sends the opponent into really long spinning knock down if it hits. (huge recovery btw)..you can combo both ultras or an srk out of it but only in the corner. mid screen it can be used as a retarded mix up/cross up.

the combo: focus attack crumple -> delayed HCF light kick -> air raging demon is possible (was only able to get it on balrog, didn't test everyone though)

oni's looking really sick, gonna keep at him in the lab

Been playing it, seems like abels roll might be back to ssf4 status

@66

My console crashes sometimes while playing the game. And it will ALWAYS crash if I try to download DLC from the in game menu.

When you do light flashkick<U2 on a jumping opponent it takes 248 dmg. did 200 in AE.

T Hawk is in no way one of the worst characters in the game. If anyone ever played my T Hawk, and trust me.. Jago, Marlinpie, Wolfkrone, and Ramen Addict have played it. And ive beaten them too. Thing is people do not UNDERSTAND how to use him. THAT is why he is ranked at the bottom area of the list.

working fine for me. it was an 18mb patch. still feeling it out...

Rose with that 420 damage meterless ultra ;) HOLD DAT

Anyone know if it is up on the west coast? Been turning my xbox on and off for 30 min. now and still no update.

The game do not even shows "Ver.2012" or anything and only 18 MB are needed to nerf the entire cast even more? strange :P

i spent 10 mins looking for it on psn loooool what a mug!!!! it has an auto update when you start ssf4 ae just incase you was excited like me and couldnt find it.

1st things 1st ryu's cr medium kick is back! feels so good that i forgot how good it was in ssf4 loooool YIPPIE KIYAY MUDAFRICKER!!!!!

@75.... it shows "ver 2012" at the vs screen... at least for training anyway

zangief has 4frame autopilot safejump after st.hp

Someone hold me

nah its not people with disk because i have the disk one ( along with the paid dlc) on my ps3 and hasnt crashed or not downloaded. playing as i type ( lol)

Please say they added a time released hidden character! Alex!!!!!!

@81

I keep secretly hoping for this.

@82

Set your system date to 2013 and see what happens lol! I'll cross my fingers, and you'll pray lol!

@82&81Not a chance. A character's SKIN alone is around 18mb, let alone its crapshoot of data. Don't get your hopes up.

Aluppoj> me too, I sure as Hell hope Alex is a time released hidden character.

@87

Hey Van. I know your still hoping! They could have captured a ton of hype by doing that. Would have been an amazing bonus, and a chance for Capcom to smell like roses.

Sadly, it's probably another missed opportunity by them to get some great PR.

Sagat towards roundhouse into ex fire ball does full hits now. I think it didn't before :/

Yep... i think i'm officially done playing this game. Maybe until SF5.

Aluppoj> exactly! Alex would have brought new life into this game and that would have been awesome!! I know that burning character is still locked in that game.

@#89

Sweet as ***k

@44

If you hold all 3 punches and press start to begin arcade mode the CPU characters will use the DLC costumes even if you haven't purchased them.

@87

There is no way there is room for any "time released characters" in this 11MB update.

@85

I agree with you 100% dude. I also like Yun as a character, and even though he got nerfed, I wanted to use him anyway. However, If what you're saying about Yun is true then that sucks. T_T

@94

But that would be epic wouldn't it? Capcom would steal the show so hard with a move like that!

And call it my OCD, but 39 characters is no good for me. Make mine a 40 pack lol.

@95: You like Yun as a character? WHY?? He has no personality...

I think it's that the only changes not logged to be discovered so far is a couple of nerfs.. so people think to themselves what could be wrong, not what could be right. Maybe Bison has a hidden buff as well? Who knows, finding things in a fighting game that no one knows about or has seen before is one of the most traditional, and fun things about it in my opinion, I just hope Capcom made the right decisions ^^

Well Yun feels OK but he can no longer follow up after the ex lounge punch with a light lounge punch and his some of his combos can't be done anymore..

Mine said 18mb on my ps3 I keep seeing people say 11mb maybe a ps3/360 thing? Oh well no biggie.

Eventscrubs at it again, this patch is free and focuses on a heavier combo oriented game. Keep showing your fraudulently address I laugh so hard @ 90% of these retarded comments. "rose is bottom tier" seriously? Gtfo retards.

@45+49

Yes think you're right. Cammy's dive kick either seems faster or they made the height restriction lower. The M+H versions of SK seem faster on start up as well. Nice find.

Ryu seems much better now. I like the Evil Ryu changes as well. Chun li U1 has been fixed finally. I haven't played this game in while and I might get back into it.

@96 Agreed!

I think that if they had of added 2 more characters it might have encouraged users that didn't upgrade from SSFIV extra reason to upgrade to AE. (Essentially making it so Capcom make money from the update by users upgrading that otherwise are gonna stay with SSF4)

I am kind of surprised that Capcom didn't think like that with the v2012 update.

4 new characters were not enough reason to update for some, but the knowledge that they would get the 4 from AE plus another 2 on top of that could have been just what was needed to encourage more AE sales.

@29 kineticpoet

Did you ever think anything involving reading and reading comprehension wasnt for you? You completely misapprehended my point which was that people shouldn't overestimate the update because even it it is a rebalance it isn't a completely new game. Rose isn't the worst character in the game, she is my main but she doesn't have as many options as other characters so why don't you stop being an automatic "anti tier-dickrider" and going off on a tirade whenever you see the word tier. You know they aren't based on complete arbitrary whims and baseless conjecture, I don't base my character choice on them, obviously, but they are still informative. So before you feel that you should tell ppl to quit a game you should at least take the minimum effort to read their post before seeing the words "Rose" and "tier" and telling them they don't know anything because it reflects poorly on you for being so off the mark and embarrassingly reactionary.