Video released counting down to 5 p.m. JST tomorrow may give sneak peek at mysterious new warrior.
While Ryu is riding high in GameSpot's Greatest Game Hero competition--having made it to the quarterfinals--he may soon have a new challenger. A teaser video
has been posted on Capcom's Japanese site under a section marked
"newwarrior," indicating that it will be updated at 5 p.m. JST tomorrow
(9 a.m. BST, 1 a.m. PDT).
Street Fighter IV received a flurry of DLC
shortly after launch with new game modes, improved online features, and
a number of premium costume packs hitting the console marketplaces in
the weeks after launch, but none has been seen since. The game has
proved a financial boon for Capcom with its 2-million-sale first week helping to buoy the Japanese publisher's annual results, with some help from Resident Evil 5.
The brawler was released on the Xbox 360 and PS3 in February
and on the PC in July after its arcade debut in 2008. Five characters
made their series debut in the arcade version--Abel, Crimson Viper,
Rufus, El Fuerte, and the inimitable Seth--while the console and PC
versions feature six characters not found in the arcades: Dan, Fei
Long, Sakura, Cammy, Gen, and Rose.
The series features plenty of characters who have not been seen
in this updated version, with Dee Jay and T-Hawk from Super Street
Fighter II Turbo the most notable omissions from the franchise's
heyday. The video presented on Capcom's site looks to present
long-distance silhouette images of fighters in combat, though at no
point is it clear that either of these characters is indeed new, nor is
there enough detail to determine the identities of those in combat.
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