I Bet That Would Make for One Exciting Replay!

Hey guys, its been ages since I've posted. Not really sure why considering I've havd more free time on my hands than ever before. Anyway, I came upon this Ken player's highlight reel and felt compelled to post again. Basically, I've been playing a lot of SSFIV online recently and I find that 19 out of 20 matches are against Ryus and Kens. Although this frustrates me to no end, it typically means they're "Weak like Kitten." Anyway, I needed to remind myself that just because all the Shoto's that I face online are scrubs, that does not mean that the characters aren't capable of some AMAZING high-level play when in the right hands. Here now for your enjoyment is PlayerJun52 (He is Japanese).



By the way, I am aware that the screen on the vid before pressing play is him getting a pipe to the spine, but pay no attention to that.

Die 1000 Deaths!!

The So Cal Regionals tournament just wrapped up late last night (Nov. 7) after two full days of Capcom based ownage (mixed with a little Namco). The main game was of course Super Street Fighter IV with literally the BEST players in the world representing. Japan's Daigo "the Beast" Umehara [Ryu] lost to America's FilipinoChamp [Dhalsim] but the real showstopper came a few fights prior.
I've been watching Japanese Akuma player Tokido wreck unholy shop on youtube for a couple of months now so I was so pumped to see that he was competing in the So Cal Regionals. Nothing could have prepared me for the premeditated victory pose he unleashed on the unsuspecting crowd. The balls on this guy, to project Akuma's glowing back tat on to his own back after a game winning Ultra I! Its a GD shame that the live stream didnt pan over but the excitement in the crowd is palpable. Here is a seperate video from youtube that has a better angle. Last but not least, here is a compilation of some of his best stuff on the asian Xbox Live server.

Now We're Speaking My Language!!

My two favorite characters, E. Honda and T. Hawk, have finally had their new alt costumes revealed! By the way, whats with all the abbreviated/animal names (M. Bison, C. Viper, T. Hawk, R. Carp)? Anyway, here they are:



By the way, pretty much all the costumes have been revealed. You can check em all out here. Come back and post your thoughts. Early observation, the big knot on peoples back (Akuma Alt 1, E Honda Alt 1 & 3 etc...) has been played.

[UPDATE] SSFIV Costume Pack Reveals

UPDATE: New images were added by Yoshi. You guys know I'm a total sucker for the Street Fighter costume packs. In fact, I have purchased every last one to date. Recently, my facination with the Street Fighter DLC brought me to the wonderful world of Twitter. I now follow Yoshi OnoChin who I'm pretty sure is the lead designer behind the current iteration of the franchise. Long story short, here are some costume design reveals he has recently posted on his twitter starting with the first to be revealed: Fei Long. (by the way, he apparently keeps getting in trouble with Capcom PR for doing this)

The rest of the recently revealed skins after the jump!





Ryu looks like a modern Japanese pirate, Cammy looks like some kind of super hero, Juri still looks like a confused individual and Chun-Li is sporting her old duds... what do you guys think?

UPDATE: I've added the released images of Ken, Rufus, El Fuerte, Abel and one more slippery character.

...and last but certainly not least would you believe that for some reason I can't add any more pictures to this post!! Anyway, click the title of the post and it should link you to one final "oily" image.