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Super Street Fighter 4 AE: Super Battle Opera 2011 details and character stats

Posted by Nyoro — September 13, 2011 at 12:25 p.m. PDT

The page by Kyosuke from France has been keeping a running tally of which fighters have qualified for Super Battle Opera, otherwise known as Tougeki. The SSF4 AE part of the tournament features a 2v2 format just like last year's SBO. This year it looks like Super Battle Opera will be featuring the best of the best, with too many talented players to list.

The page has also been good enough to post the AE character usage statistics for this year's SBO.

Yun ( 9 )
Sagat, Fei Long ( 5 )
Yang ( 4 )
Dhalsim, Dictator, Makoto, Honda, Ibuki ( 3 )
Viper, Juri, Chun-Li, El Fuerte, Ken, Blanka ( 2 )
Claw, Gen, Ryu, Cammy, Rufus, Guy, Zangief, T.Hawk, Guile, Rose, Abel, Akuma
( 1 )

Note that there is a last chance qualifier for SBO and that MCZ|Daigo and Iyo haven't qualified themselves yet. This is the last chance for this team to make it in.

Tougeki is dated to occur this weekend from Saturday until Sunday. The live stream will most likely be pay-per-view, so whether footage will be available later is entirely up to them.

Tip from sf4maniac.

Comments

mrpowerhouse said on September 13, 2011 at 12:29 p.m.

i wonder who that lone rose qualifier is

JJOR64 said on September 13, 2011 at 12:30 p.m.

"Yun (9)" :_(

Come on AE12!

Good luck too the US teams. I still wish Dieminion and Latif could have made it.

ShO said on September 13, 2011 at 12:36 p.m.

1 Gen

BlackHart said on September 13, 2011 at 12:40 p.m.

And no deejay's???

I feel so alone.....(-_-)

Kappa

chickenwings said on September 13, 2011 at 12:41 p.m.

pay per view? really? Seriously man dont watch any streams out of japan.

bahamutknightzero said on September 13, 2011 at 12:42 p.m.

There is one surprise: No Akuma/Gouki

BestAlgorithm said on September 13, 2011 at 12:42 p.m.

@6 I agree! Pay-per-view for this is ridiculous.

Ruffles said on September 13, 2011 at 12:44 p.m.

Does anyone knows who are the El Fuerte players??

Aluppoj said on September 13, 2011 at 12:45 p.m.

That's 26 different characters. Fairly diverse. Glass half full fellas...

GLASS HALF FULL!

mrpowerhouse said on September 13, 2011 at 12:46 p.m.

#7 - there's one akuma

#10

MRHEROALPHA said on September 13, 2011 at 12:49 p.m.

im surprised theres 3 hondas

#11

THE_GODDAMN_MASTER said on September 13, 2011 at 12:50 p.m.

@10: Quoted for truth, good sir.

#12

RawVoltage said on September 13, 2011 at 12:50 p.m.

No one repping Hakan in there, s'all good.
When I get out of my parents basement I'll show em. >:{

#13

Ecto1T said on September 13, 2011 at 12:52 p.m.

Sigh, no Sakura. Was hoping Uryo was going to slide in there at the some point but I guess he didn't qualify or even try.

#14

WinstonChurchill said on September 13, 2011 at 12:56 p.m.

@#7

Tokido mate

#15

SAMURAI said on September 13, 2011 at 12:58 p.m.

No Balrog :(

#16

Fivec said on September 13, 2011 at 1:03 p.m.

I'm pretty sure Henry Cen is going in Dieminion's place. So 0 Guiles and 4 Honda's (tied with Yang) :o

#17

Fivec said on September 13, 2011 at 1:06 p.m.

@#9 Click the link. One Fuerte is iPeru from the US. The other is Inochi Fuerte.

#18

Karaiiskaki said on September 13, 2011 at 1:12 p.m.

1 Akuma...

Come on Capcom don't be stupid..Akuma needs to stay the same in AE 2K12...

#19

LordJim said on September 13, 2011 at 1:19 p.m.

@#15
Oh, he did try. Quite a few good players just did not make it.
Ikari Oyaji, Zangitan, -R-, Poongko, Nekojita, Neurosis, Kiryu Tsukimiya, Gamerbee, Air... They all tried and lost.
Heck, Momochi failed in like two qualifiers before finally getting in. Mago too, IIRC.

Also, it's not like those Yuns went in Solo and won. They usually have a strong teammate as well.
MDR(yun) with Haitani, Banbanban with KOK, Kazunoko with OjisanBoy(of the scariest teams IMO).

SBO quals are not that easy in Japan, that is for sure.

#20

BaroqueObama said on September 13, 2011 at 1:25 p.m.

No Seth, Dan, Gouken, Balrog, Sakura, Oni, Evil Ryu, Adon, Dudley, Hakan, Cody, Dee Jay

no Balrog is surprising...

#21

Soulblitz said on September 13, 2011 at 1:28 p.m.

Why so many Sagats? Did he get some good changes in AE? seemed like everyone stopped using him in Super.

#22

MODOKKK said on September 13, 2011 at 1:28 p.m.

where's poongko? gamerbee?

#23

LordJim said on September 13, 2011 at 1:31 p.m.

@#23
Yes. Plus, deals with the twins well. Also, in Japan, Arcade users jumped from Vanilla to AE, so they did not really drop Sagat.
@#24
Lost in the qualifiers.

#24

fireinthehole said on September 13, 2011 at 1:35 p.m.

Wait, so what happened to Poongko??? Does he also hate the formot of the tournament so he didn't enter or what???

#25

fireinthehole said on September 13, 2011 at 1:36 p.m.

@24

So who lost in qualifers, Poongko or Gamerbee???

#26

LordJim said on September 13, 2011 at 1:38 p.m.

Both of them.

#27

fireinthehole said on September 13, 2011 at 1:40 p.m.

@28

Seriously? Dame, are there any videos of either Poongko or Gamerbee losing during the qualification rounds?

#28

SnakeX said on September 13, 2011 at 1:41 p.m.

Poongko did not qualify.

Anyone that is not listed on the site linked in the news post did not qualify.

#29

Hitstick said on September 13, 2011 at 1:41 p.m.

who is the other Ken besides Micheal Tan? Please tell me it's Playerjun?

#30

makaveli2004 said on September 13, 2011 at 1:43 p.m.

There are actually 4 Hondas with Henry Cen replacing Dieminion. The website still lists Dueminion which mean that with him not being able to attend that there is no Guile at least until the last qualifying day.
Honda: 4
Guile: 0

#31

LordJim said on September 13, 2011 at 1:44 p.m.

@31
You could hit the link in the post.
It's Bananaken.

@#29
You act as if they never lose.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg85I9...

#32

SAMURAI said on September 13, 2011 at 1:46 p.m.

@ fireinthehole

He didn't make it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDHi6k...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd50uh...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIyQK0...

#33

LordJim said on September 13, 2011 at 1:47 p.m.

@#34
Yes, people playing a match of SF4 is just so random, the players may as well not touch the sticks.

#34

gtfopanda said on September 13, 2011 at 1:48 p.m.

Damn, no Poongko or Gamerbee sucks.

Also, there's more El Fuerte, Juri and Blanka than the motherfreaking Gouki and they keeps nerfing the character, way to go Capcom.

Hope Daigo and Iyo make it, we'll have 10 Yuns then. :>

#35

fireinthehole said on September 13, 2011 at 1:50 p.m.

@33

I'm not saying that. The thing here is that for Poongko to qualify, he only had to face Korean players. And so far, I've been seeing him just rape and maul every one from Korea. The only Korean player that has a remote chance against Poongko is Infiltration, and I heard that Poongko beat him so I'm a little surprised that he didn't make it through.

#36

makaveli2004 said on September 13, 2011 at 1:51 p.m.

@fireinthehole Korea qualifier http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isc5-S... http://www.youtube.com/user/KingOfTek....

Poongko and Hyde lost but they will probably attend the last qualifying day as they are presently in Japan for Kantou Ayana Cup. Gamerbee is also going to Japan for the Kantou Ayana Cup. I am no sure if SBO had any spots reserved for Taiwan like the US and Korea. He might try to qualify once there.

#37

ajmc133 said on September 13, 2011 at 1:53 p.m.

any chance of a re stream with English commentary? Sp00ky?

#38

WinstonChurchill said on September 13, 2011 at 1:55 p.m.

@#23

Sags has always been strong plus there's a fair few decent Sags in Japan.

#39

LordJim said on September 13, 2011 at 1:57 p.m.

@#37
Character strength is not defined just by representation. You think Rose or THawk are stronger than Akuma?
It's a matter of brackets and players, not just characters

#40

Fivec said on September 13, 2011 at 1:58 p.m.

@38 Not necessarily. I think BIGDANMUL, the Makoto player that Poongko lost to in the clip LordJim posted, is Japanese. I know he was in the Godsgarden same-day qualifier and made it out of pools at least. You don't have to be Korean to play in the Korean qualifier.

#41

Fivec said on September 13, 2011 at 2 p.m.

@39 Damn, people posting in here need to actually read the source of this article. There was a Taiwan qualifier.

#42

gtfopanda said on September 13, 2011 at 2 p.m.

@ #42

No it's not, but is also a good indicator of how a character fares. If he's too hard to use or not that rewarding people will drop him even if he's good.

#43

LordJim said on September 13, 2011 at 2:22 p.m.

@46
The better player wins most of the time, be it a single match of ft10.
It's true that a single match(or any single session for that matter) cannot determine the truly better player, but it is not random. Calling it random is like calling the whole damn game such.
The one who reaches the top is the team that managed to beat anyone in their way. Nothing random about it

#44

okay said on September 13, 2011 at 2:24 p.m.

Pay-per-view stream of a single elimination tournament in a foreign language? I will have to pass.

#45

LordJim said on September 13, 2011 at 2:25 p.m.

My post may seem contradicting, but a big skill gap is not overcome just by flukes. And a single session, even if it was FT10 would still not determine the better player. It takes hundreds of matches over a period of time to be able to say 'That guy just beats the other consistently'. But you do not have the luxury for such prolonged sessions in a tourney.

#46

cris25 said on September 13, 2011 at 2:39 p.m.

NO Goukens whatsoever?! =O Something's wrong! <endsarcasm>
I reeeeeeally wish they could make him more competitive...

#47

LordJim said on September 13, 2011 at 2:42 p.m.

@#50
Getting hit with 'random' ultras is 100% your fault.
Heck, one big whiff getting you punished for 50% if your life is not that impressive either. There are much more high damage games than SF4.
At this level, 'scrubbiness' does not apply

#48

Tensa said on September 13, 2011 at 2:44 p.m.

lol @47 did you know this is sf4? Anyway I dont like SBO rules really but what can you do I hope they change it

#49

makaveli2004 said on September 13, 2011 at 2:45 p.m.

@FIVEC, With all the information posted about Kantou Ayana Cup that was not mentioned anywhere else you have to be picky because I am was not sure if TW had qualifiers.(Not sure is different from there is not). Regarding the site in the source, I've relayed these sites in previous postings. At the end of the day, there is a last day qualifying event where players who missed out can still make it and yes Gamerbee, Poongko,HYde are presently in Japan(maybe you knew before my posting but not everyone on this site knew that). Don't post to boat, please contribute as well.
On another note, does anyone know where Kantou Ayana Cup will be streamed? There are going some great teams especially the one involving Kuroda using Ryu. The teams are broken down here:http://beastnote.blogspot.com/2011/09/kantou-ayano-cup-2nd-entry-list-2.html

#50

makaveli2004 said on September 13, 2011 at 2:47 p.m.

On another note, does anyone know where Kantou Ayana Cup will be streamed? There are going some great teams especially the one involving Kuroda using Ryu. The teams are broken down here: http://beastnote.blogspot.com/2011/09...

#51

LordJim said on September 13, 2011 at 2:56 p.m.

Yes, and Marn is so very successful in SF4, he won like the very first Arcade tournament of AE when nobody had even really practiced it in the US and...that is it. Oh, or Super with his Dudley...Oh wait. Occasional Hail Mary happens in all fighters.
And if you DROP your combos, getting punished is still your fault.
You may dislike the game's pace, reversal windoes or other parts of teh mechanics but it is still not random.
And it's still not a high damage game compared to most other fighters where you can deal more damage with less resources.

#52

THE_GODDAMN_MASTER said on September 13, 2011 at 2:58 p.m.

@56: Yes, how dare Street Fighter games have strategy.
(I wonder what game he thinks is the best SF of all time...?)

#53

LordJim said on September 13, 2011 at 2:58 p.m.

@#57
Daigo does prefer EVO, but that does not speak for all Japanese players. Many famous players dislike the Winner/losers bracket format, does that mean it's bad?
Conspiracy theories about being paid to attend notwithstanding.

#54

chickenwings said on September 13, 2011 at 3:03 p.m.

@56

i agree. They need to promote offensive/risk vs reward gameplay. Goin for throw mixups/resets doesnt even seem worth it when u consider a simple mashed dp with some bar would eat up big chunks of ur bar.

But u know, at the end of the day sf4 isnt gonna change, all we can do is hope sfxtekken does away with it.
-No inv frames on backdash
-No short cuts
-No crouch teching
-No smaller reversal windows
-Add guard meter

#55

chickenwings said on September 13, 2011 at 3:07 p.m.

we need an edit feature.

-SMALLER reveral windows

#56

WinstonChurchill said on September 13, 2011 at 3:10 p.m.

lol #61, u may as well just stay with 3S

#57

Th3_JoK3R_J said on September 13, 2011 at 3:13 p.m.

I think Reiketsu is the Claw player.

#58

Th3_JoK3R_J said on September 13, 2011 at 3:17 p.m.

nvm it's ujiki Go Ujiki!!!!

#59

DR_Jam said on September 13, 2011 at 3:51 p.m.

WHAT? PEOPLE ARE CHARGING FOR STREAMS NOW?

#60

DR_Jam said on September 13, 2011 at 4:02 p.m.

#5 I feel you
No Balrog either.
No seth.

#61

SabishiiRyuu said on September 13, 2011 at 4:24 p.m.

SBO has always been PPV and for the naiive ppl thinking it'll be uploaded soon after: it won't happen. Maybe only the finals and Arcadia will of course take them down.

#62

chickenwings said on September 13, 2011 at 4:36 p.m.

@64

i dont play sf3, st is where its at.

And dont bs urself and think that all the stuff i listed wasnt in other sf games. Marvel doesnt even give u inv frames on backdashs. Seriously nobody should be surprised that sf4 is a turtle fest.

#63

WinstonChurchill said on September 13, 2011 at 4:51 p.m.

bitch bitch, whine whine, yawn yawn

#64

chickenwings said on September 13, 2011 at 5:07 p.m.

@72

cause all the stuff i listed is casual bs. In the end it hurts capcom, there not gonna be able to sell old school games to newer players because they wont have those baby mode crutchs.

But i guess ur one of those guys that mashs buttons and think he knows sf but when the time comes for older games u either get bodied or u dont even play.

#65

WinstonChurchill said on September 13, 2011 at 5:11 p.m.

You know me so well x

#66

chickenwings said on September 13, 2011 at 5:14 p.m.

@74

yea, thats why u have no arguement.

On topic.

I figured people would be more vocal about the pay per view stream. Thats just crap, we had evo for free so idk wat there problem is. I totally understand that it costs money to get the streams done but they can just run commericals/ads during intermissions to try to earn some funding.

#67

WinstonChurchill said on September 13, 2011 at 5:26 p.m.

lol, why would I bother arguing. Not my level thx x

#68

Fivec said on September 13, 2011 at 5:30 p.m.

Why should people be vocal about the pay per view? Are we somehow entitled to free Street Fighter action?

#69

StellarSTLR said on September 13, 2011 at 5:45 p.m.

Again Yun is the one with the most tier whores. You know who you all are. ><

I'm just tired of seeing Yun Yun Yun Yun.....Yun Yun.

............Yun Yun Yun.

One mention for each tier whore this tourney has so far.

#70

ricefarmer said on September 13, 2011 at 5:54 p.m.

isn't this what the idiots who didn't want a patch to see? a bunch of yuns.. every tournament..

#71

Kaizy said on September 13, 2011 at 6:33 p.m.

@77
In my opinion, yes.
The players aren't payed due to Japanese gambling rules. It is all just for respect. The least they could do for the players is broadcast them playing to the world.

#72

Fivec said on September 13, 2011 at 7:11 p.m.

@80 Well, isn't that what they're doing? I mean, unless the stream is only available to Japanese viewers for some reason. Anyway, I really don't think these guys are doing it for the respect of the stream monsters. They're doing it for the respect of the community, which they'll get whether it's streamed or not.

#73

Pig_Red said on September 13, 2011 at 7:26 p.m.

#62

You have bad taste because you listed 3S and you didn't list Hyper Fighting. You're right about SF4, though, so I'll cut you some slack.

#74

SsjBizzle said on September 14, 2011 at 3:42 a.m.

26? different characters, thats really good towards people complaining. Probably more then the US tournies have

#75

bananainsaneface said on September 14, 2011 at 4:55 a.m.

Why are they making it seem like Daigo might attend this. He's already confirmed to be doing an exhibition vs 50 scrubs instead of going to SBO. I guess he did this to make himself feel better because he's on a massive losing streak.

#76

Rettaka said on September 14, 2011 at 5:20 a.m.

"The SSF4 AE part of the tournament features a 2v2 format just like last year's SBO."

That's not true! Last year was 3v3! The winning-team was: Kindevu, Momochi, RF!

God, so many killers:

Kazunoko/Ojisanboy, MDR/Haitani, Nemo/Kyabetsu, Bonchan/Momochi, Fuudo/Itabashi Zangief, Mago/Tokido!

#77