Celebrate 25 Years Of Street Fighter With Ryu

I can't believe it's been 25 years!  Damn, I'm old!  *sigh*  Anyway, Capcom put together a short Ryu retrospective showing the evolution of the character as a way of celebrating this milestone.

Super Street Fighter IV - New Contender Trailer

SF20: The Art of Street Fighter

To celebrate over 20 years of Street Fighter (Damn, I'm old!) Capcom will be releasing a book of Street Fighter artwork. This is not to be confused with the book, Street Fighter Tribute that was released in 2008.



This edition will feature artwork from Street Fighter IV as well.

"SF20: The Art of Street Fighter gathers over 1,500 illustrations by Capcom’s top artists over the past 20 years. Included are character designs, concept art, rough sketches, game covers, promo artwork, crossover pieces and even some never-before seen artwork from Street Fighter’s past and present. Plus Capcom artists Akiman, Kinu Nishimura, CRMK, Edayan, Dai-Chan, Ikeno, Shinkiro and others give commentary on their favorite pieces and discuss what it’s been like to help forge the Street Fighter legacy." - Udon Entertainment

SF20: The Art of Street Fighter is set for a U.S. release on October 14, 2009 but according to Amazon.com, although Udon's website says September. I'm not sure if that's the US release date or a Japan release date.

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New Street Fighter IV Statues

Previously before the game dropped I blogged about the action figures that came with the Street Fighter IV Collector's Edition. These statues are different. According to Kotaku these miniature statues will only be available in Hong Kong & Tokyo.

You can see the entire collection of statues over at Tomopop.com

Those thighs are official,

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Adam Sessler's Review Of Street Fighter IV

Random Geekery: iGoogle Video Game Themes

I use Google's iGoogle page to check my e-mail, news & blogs I follow. For the longest I had been rocking the Marc Ecko theme from their artist's collection. But that all changed when I discovered that they have introduced video game themes! It's officially on like Donkey Kong! I realized that I am way too excited about this, but that's the point of my blog. lol



They have themes for Guitar Hero, Mega Man & everyone's favorite plumber. You can see the rest of the themes that are available here.

I had to go with the Street Fighter IV, myself.


What's your iGoogle theme?

Street Fighter IV Launch Party

Happy Street Fighter IV Day!!!!

Street Fighter IV Collector's Edition

According to Kotaku.com the Collector's Edition will include:

A limited edition Ryu statue for the PS3 and a C.Viper statue for the XBox 360.

An anime movie that sets up the storylines in Street Fighter IV. It's a Blu Ray disc for the PS3.

For more details and to see the XBox 360 version peep, Collector's Edition Revealed.

Meet The Boss Of Street Fighter IV

In my opinion he's pretty underwhelming in regards to looks & name. Why in the word did they name him Seth? lol He looks like a rip off of Dural from Virtua Fighter.

More Street Fighter IV Details

According to Amazon.com it looks like Street Fighter IV will be released for X-Box 360 & the PS3 on February 17 2009.

Video Games As Art? / Street Fighter IV (Gouken)

I originally showed you screen shots of Gouken a few weeks ago and even cats who don't play video games couldn't deny how great they looked. Truth be told, I don't even have a game system at all right now. I plan to cop a PS3 sometime in the first half of 2009. But I think games have become so advanced in regards to graphics & story lines that I think they should be considered art. Do you think there will be a day when you are buying screen shots of games as framed artwork? It's probably already done to a small extent.

I could watch someone play a video, like I watch a sporting event or movie. Now, it would have to be a really dope game, but I could. I would mind watching someone play their way through Metal Gear Solid 4. I'll often watch game play videos online.

Anyway, I went off on a tangent. Here's Gouken in action. Note how you can now use walls to trap opponents. He's uppercuts are ridiculous!!!

Dope Screen Shots Of Street Fighter IV

Here are some shots of Ken & Ryu's master, Gouken.






Kotaku.com has more screen shots and info on how to play as him.

Mmmmm . . . Street Fighter (c) Homer *Drools*

New Street Fighter IV Trailer

Street Fighter IV: Character Introductions

Street Fighter IV: Ryu v. Chun Li